History Animation / AgentAli

The first two seasons are available for viewing on [[https://www.youtube.com/c/EjenAli their official YouTube channel]].

* PlainName: Ali, Bakar, Comot, Rama, Iman and Munah are very common names in Malaysian culture.

The first two seasons are available for viewing on [[https://www.youtube.com/c/EjenAli their offical YouTube channel]].

!!''Agent Ali'' provides examples of:

* AnyoneCanDie: During the competition in Season 3, young agents who fail to meet the point requirements will be expelled from M.A.T.A. The first ones out are [[spoiler: Jet, Moon and Bulat]], two of which have played big roles in the second season and are fan favorites. This means not even major characters will be spared from expulsion. [[spoiler:Subverted, as it later turns out in "Mission: Camp", they were never expelled after all.]]

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The Tekno and Neuro M.A.T.A pillars function differently from how they were introduced in the second episode. Tekno was a pillar specializing in the creation of gadgets for their teammates, but slowly turned into [[SupportPartyMember Support Party Members]] who used the most advanced devices themselves. Not helped by how non-Tekno agents are now able to upgrade their equipment on their own. Neuro was originally a form of MissionControl, but everyone aside from Rama would act as TheLeader and LongRangeFighter of the group. Kombat has also lost its uniqueness as more and more agents are equipped for powerful attack and heavy combat such as Ali (Tekno), Alicia (Neuro), and Aleks (Inviso).

* AnyoneCanDie: During the competition in Season 3, young agents who fail to meet the point requirements will be expelled from M.A.T.A. The first ones out are [[spoiler: Jet, Moon and Bulat]], two of which have played big roles in the second season and are fan favorites. This means not even major characters will be spared from expulsion. [[spoiler:Subverted, as it later turns out in "Mission: Tent", they were never expelled after all.]]

* AnyoneCanDie: During the competition in Season 3, young agents who fail to meet the point requirements will be expelled from M.A.T.A. The first ones out are [[spoiler: Jet, Moon and Bulat]], two of which have played big roles in the second season and are fan favorites. This means not even major characters will be spared from expulsion.

introduces almost every new character in the series this way. The background blurs and darkens while a colored outline surrounds the introduced character. The name appears in the same color with a font befitting its futuristic sci-fi theme.

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[[caption-width-right:350:''Act immediately!'']]

''Agent Ali'' (also known as ''Ejen Ali'') is a Malaysian SpyFiction animated series produced by WAU Animation.

In the [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture futuristic]] city of Cyberaya lives the eponymous Ali bin Ghazali, who accidentally becomes a MATA [[note]](Meta Advance Tactical Agency)[[/note]] agent after using a device of theirs called the [[GogglesDoSomethingUnusual IRIS]] [[note]](Infinity Retinal Intelligence System)[[/note]]. With help from his uncle Bakar and other agents, Ali aids MATA in missions to defend Cyberaya, while keeping his agent identity secret from his non-agent friends, family and the general public.

Originally planned to be a solo film with a first teaser posted in 2013, it got reworked along the line into a series which debuted in 2016. After two 13-episode seasons, a film did launch: ''Agent Ali: The Movie (Mission: NEO)'' [[note]]otherwise originally known as ''Ejen Ali: The Movie (Misi: NEO)''[[/note]], on 28th November 2019. On 25th June 2022, the show's 3rd season started airing exclusively on Creator/DisneyPlus Hotstar with new episodes posted weekly.

The first two seasons are available for viewing on [[https://www.youtube.com/c/EjenAli their offical YouTube channel]].

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!!''Agent Ali'' provides examples of:
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* ActionGirl: Alicia is a young girl and a ''very'' capable agent of M.A.T.A. Of course, being General Rama's daughter helps.
* AffirmativeActionGirl: Season 2 introduces more female M.A.T.A. agents.
* AnyoneCanDie: During the competition in Season 3, young agents who fail to meet the point requirements will be expelled from M.A.T.A. The first ones out are [[spoiler: Jet, Moon and Bulat]], two of which have played big roles in the second season and are fan favorites. This means not even major characters will be spared from expulsion.
* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals:
** ''Mission: Comot'' has a gang using genetically modified cats to rob people, and uses various devices to harm the poor things.
** Played with in ''Mission: Return'' and ''Mission: Purpose'', which demonstrate OOCIsSeriousBusiness [[spoiler: by having Ali's Override Mode attack Comot, although the I.R.I.S. control Ali to emotionlessly take on any possible hostiles]].
* BlackAndGreyMorality: The M.A.T.A. agents mean well and are presented as heroes, but they can also do some morally questionable stuff, whereas the villains are also presented as vile even if they meant well.
* CivvieSpandex: Of a sort. M.A.T.A suits aren't civilian clothes, but they are designed to look like them taking the form of formal attire for adults while childrens' often resemble jackets and casual wear.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The M.A.T.A. agency implements color coding for distinguishing agents in each of the four roles of their CommandRoster:
** Neuro agents are the strategists and leaders, usually wearing yellow outfits with hints of green.
** Techno agents specialise in gadgetry and appear in mainly red and white.
** Inviso agents are agile, cunning and masters of disguise and deception, usually wearing outfits of silver and off-white tones.
** Combat agents are masters of combat, trained to be fighters, in primarily blue attire with yellow as a secondary color.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The Tekno and Neuro M.A.T.A pillars function differently from how they were introduced in the second episode. Tekno was a pillar specializing in the creation of gadgets for their teammates, but slowly turned into [[SupportPartyMember Support Party Members]] who used the most advanced devices themselves. Not helped by how non-Tekno agents are now able to upgrade their equipment on their own. Neuro was originally a form of MissionControl, but everyone aside from Rama would act as TheLeader and LongRangeFighter of the group. Kombat has also lost its uniqueness as more and more agents are equipped for powerful attack and heavy combat such as Ali (Tekno), Alicia (Neuro), and Aleks (Inviso).
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Anyone who wields an I.R.I.S. and activates Override Mode gets glowing eyes as a side-effect. This mode was made to allow users to control technology around them, but the glowing eyes usually appear to signify [[spoiler: that the I.R.I.S., or something else, is controlling the user.]]
* GogglesDoSomethingUnusual: I.R.I.S., which has X-ray vision, night vision, and AR display among its many abilities. It was made by MATA [[spoiler:(particularly Ali's mother)]] with the primary function is to predict any possible situation to obtain the best outcome possible, effectively making its wielder a super agent.
* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: Zigzagged.
** Of the main cast, Ali attacks with his KillerYoyo while Alicia attacks with her slingshot.
** Of the pillar chiefs, Dayang is often seen with Ganz; the former uses her OrbitingParticleShield of weaponised spheres to fight while Ganz uses his brute strength. However, the other pillar chiefs Zain and Djin, both male, use a pistol and a sword respectively.
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Every episode is titled "Misi: [subject of episode]" ("Mission: [subject of episode]").
* LetsGetDangerous: Throughout the show, Bakar tends to flirt with Dos, however, in ''Mission: UNO'', [[spoiler: during the M.A.T.A. safe-house raid he ominously warns her that since she tried to hurt his nephew he can't hold back.]] He still loses, but you don't mess with his nephew.
* TheMole:
** M.A.T.A. grows suspicious of Agent Bakar, and believes him to be a spy/leader of the Numeros named Uno. However, when Uno is finally introduced in ''Mission: Uno'', the episode's ending reveals that the true mole of the Numeros was [[spoiler:Jenny with the codename Cinco]].
** In Season 3 it turns out that Cinco has a secret intel that she has ordered to locate the mainframe of M.A.T.A. Episode 7 reveals that the intel is Cinco's foster sister, who is also one of the Arena participants and is none other than [[spoiler:Kimberly Song]].
* MovingBeyondBereavement: The untimely death of Aliya, Ali's mother, occurred before the series and greatly impacted her immediate family. Ali's father became distant and consumed in his work as town pillar, and Ali too became emotionally distant. TheMovie progresses this arc further for both of them: Ali helped Niki, who was Aliya's best friend, believing that he was continuing her heroic legacy by doing so. [[spoiler: Niki turning out to be the TwistVillain makes him regret doing so, until his allies motivate him to keep going.]] By the movie's end, Ali convinces his father to help the people living in the slums that he and his mother had aided in the past, and they improve their livelihoods together.
* MrSmith: Ali's name was deliberately chosen by the creators as a nod to common names used by spies in fiction.
* PlainName: Ali, Bakar, Comot, Rama, Iman and Munah are very common names in Malaysian culture.
* PuppyLove: Mia, Alicia's OnlyFriend, is shown to have a huge crush on Victor, who is no other than Ali's OnlyFriend. Victor seems to have no problems with this, which is very ironic compared to Ali and Alicia's keen dislike towards each other.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: At the end of season 2, the [[spoiler: MATA Academy is destroyed]]. Coincidentally, the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic started between then and the events of the movie. The MATA online classes that had implied to happen for a while parallels schools all over the world switching to an online medium to keep students and teachers safe from the virus.
* ShoutOut: There are Franchise/SuperSentai and Franchise/KamenRider posters in Ali's room.
* StumbledIntoThePlot: As Alicia likes to mention, Ali is an agent of M.A.T.A. simply because he found I.R.I.S. due to being [[MistakenIdentity mistaken for]] a spy by accidentally saying a secret codeword.
* SymbolicWeaponDiscarding: The reason Ali becomes a MATA agent is because the [[GogglesDoSomethingUnusual IRIS]] is synced to him, throughout the first 2 seasons he trains to wield it better to become a super agent like its former wielder. At the end of TheMovie, after he learns from the super agent (aka his [[MissingMom late mother]]) that the potential was never in the IRIS but in the user themselves, [[PlayingWithATrope the IRIS is confiscated from him as punishment, but he accepts it wholeheartedly]], determined to become a super agent without it.
* TakeAThirdOption: M.A.T.A. is willing to do everything to protect Cyberaya from criminals, so in a critical situation, they must make a SadisticChoice to finish their mission known as '''Protocol: Gegas'''. ''Protocol: Gegas'' means M.A.T.A. agents '''must''' willingly sacrifice their comrade if they are potentially unable to be saved by the team in a critical situation, for the sake of their mission in order to save Cyberaya. So far, there have been three moments when M.A.T.A. agents used this in some situation:
** In the past, INVISIO pillar chief, Agent Djin, had been left behind after an injury due to TakingTheBullet to stop the terrorists. As a result, the chief had no choice but to leave Agent Djin and protect the [[AppliedPhlebotinum Azurium]] for Cyberaya's safety. While M.A.T.A. remembers him as a SacrificialLion due to his heroic act, they didn't know in fact that [[spoiler:Djin survived the explosion, and feels betrayed by them. He thinks they planned to murder him, resulting in his FaceHeelTurn and becoming the BigBad named Uno.]]
** In the episode ''Mission: PROTOCOL: GEGAS!'' where this option was introduced by Alicia and Bakar. After Dos successfully steals the ''Azurium'' and injures Alicia, Agent Rizwan orders him to carry out ''Protocol : Gegas''. Which meant that Ali must sacrifice Alicia for the sake of reacquiring the Azurium and saving Cyberaya. Luckily, [[spoiler:Ali didn't take this and he chose to save Alicia. However, this resulted in the Azurium falling into Numeros' hands. Alicia, while saved and alive, suffers massive HeroicBSOD and is somewhat traumatized.]]
** In the final episode of season 2, ''Mission: Legacy'', after Uno decides to destroy the entire academy along with everyone inside, Agent Zain orders Alicia to engage ''Protocol: Gegas'', by saving the others from an explosion, and leaving him alone with Uno in order to defeat him and save the other injured M.A.T.A. agents. As a result, [[spoiler:Chief Zain is (supposedly) killed along with Uno.]]
* TeenSuperspy: Ali, Alicia and the M.A.T.A. Academy agents from season 2 are all teens.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork:
** Ali and Alicia really don't like to work alongside each other in earlier episodes. Their teamwork, however, improves after Ali saves her life, and gradually it upgrades into VitriolicBestBuds.
** In season 2, many of the young agents at M.A.T.A. Academy don't like Ali and consider him a weakling due to BeginnersLuck. It became worse after his huge mistake in the episode ''Mission: Return'', resulting in him being bullied by Rudy, Roza, Chris, Mika and Jet.
* UnknowinglyPossessingStolenGoods: Ali receives the [[GogglesDoSomethingUnusual IRIS]], a gadget that Dos stole from MATA, by accident because it was in the container he "buys" his breakfast in. The stall owner gives it for free under the belief [[MistakenIdentity that the boy is the operative he is meant to give the IRIS to]] because Dos says the password the operative would give is "tempoyak udang", which happens to be a breakfast item that Ali wants. Ali is later tracked by his uncle Bakar, who asks him if he mistakenly took anything that isn't his, and later finds Dos and Trez on his tail.
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%%* DarkerAndEdgier: Starting in the second half of Season 2.

* TheMole: M.A.T.A. grows suspicious of Agent Bakar, and believes him to be a spy/leader of the Numeros named Uno. However, when Uno is finally introduced in ''Mission: Uno'', the episode's ending reveals that the true mole of the Numeros was [[spoiler:Jenny with the codename Cinco]].

* FanDisservice: Lot of fans love a cute and NiceGirl with glasses. If they take off their glasses, their beauty will increase and at some point become more badass. The episode ''Mission: Uno'' takes a dark route with the disservice of [[spoiler:Jenny revealing herself to be TheMole of the Numeros when she [[TheGlassesComeOff takes off her glasses]]. In season 2, she no longer wears glasses, and her personality is even more sadistic than before. Ouch...]]

%%* ActionGirl: Alicia.

** Of the pillar chiefs, Dayang is often seen with Ganz; the former uses her FloatingParticleShield of weaponised spheres to fight while Ganz uses his brute strength. However, the other pillar chiefs Zain and Djin, both male, use a pistol and a sword respectively.

Originally planned to be a solo film with a first teaser posted in 2013, it got reworked along the line into a series which debuted in 2016. After two 13-episode seasons, a film did launch: ''Agent Ali: The Movie (Mission: NEO)'' [[note]]otherwise originally known as ''Ejen Ali: The Movie (Misi: NEO)''[[/note]], on 28th November 2019. The show's 3rd season is set to air in 2022, firstly to be exclusively available on Creator/DisneyPlus Hotstar for a given period.

* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Mission: COMOT has a gang using genetically modified cats to rob people, and uses various devices to harm the poor things.
** Mission: RETURN and Mission: PURPOSE demonstrate OOCIsSeriousBusiness [[spoiler: by having Ali's Override Mode attack Comot]].

* FanDisservice: Lot of fans love a cute and NiceGirl with glasses. If they take off their glasses, their beauty will increase and at some point become more badass. The episode ''Mission: Uno'' took a dark route and added additional disservice because [[spoiler:Jenny reveals herself to be TheMole of the Numeros when she [[TheGlassesComeOff takes off her glasses]]. In season 2, she no longer wears glasses, and her personality is even more sadistic than before. Ouch...]]
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Anyone who wields an I.R.I.S. and activates '''Override-Mode''' gets glowing eyes as a side-effect. This mode was made to allow users to control technology around them, but the glowing eyes usually appear to signify [[spoiler: that the I.R.I.S., or something else, is controlling the user.]]
* GogglesDoSomethingUnusual: I.R.I.S., which has X-ray vision, night vision, and AR display among its many abilities.
* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: Ali attacks with his yoyo, while Alicia attacks with her slingshot.

* LetsGetDangerous: Bakar in Mission: UNO. Throughout the show he flirts with Dos, however [[spoiler: during the M.A.T.A. safe-house raid he ominously warns her that since she tried to hurt his nephew he can't hold back.]] He still loses, but you don't mess with his nephew.
* TheMole: M.A.T.A. grows suspicious of Agent Bakar, and believes him to be a spy of--or the leader of--the Numeros named Uno. However, when Uno was finally introduced in ''Mission: Uno'', the episode's ending revealed that the true mole of the Numeros was [[spoiler:Jenny with the codename '''Cinco''']].

* ActionGirl: Alicia.
** AffirmativeActionGirl: Season 2 introduces more female M.A.T.A. agents.

* BlackAndGreyMorality: The M.A.T.A. agents meant well and are presented as heroes, but they can also do some morally questionable actions whereas the villains are also presented as vile even if they meant well.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The M.A.T.A. agency implements this for the distinguishing of agents in each of the four roles of their CommandRoster:

** Techno/Tekno agents specialise in gadgetry and appear in mainly red and white.

** Combat/Kombat agents, are masters of combat, trained to be fighters, in primarily blue attire with yellow as a secondary color.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Starting in the second half of Season 2.

* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Anyone who wields an I.R.I.S. and activates '''Override-Mode''' possesses these as a side-effect. This mode was made to allow users to control technology around them, but the glowing eyes usually appear to signify [[spoiler: that the I.R.I.S., or something else, is controlling the user.]]

* LetsGetDangerous: Bakar in Mission: UNO. Throughout the show he flirts with Dos, however [[spoiler: during the M.A.T.A. safe-house raid he ominously warns her that since she tried to hurt his nephew he can't hold back.]] He still loses but you don't mess with his nephew.
* TheMole: M.A.T.A. grew suspicious of Agent Bakar, and believed him to be a spy of or the leader of the Numeros named Uno. However, when Uno was finally introduced in ''Mission: Uno'', the episode's ending revealed that the true mole of the Numeros was [[spoiler:Jenny with the codename '''Cinco''']].
* MovingBeyondBereavement: The untimely death of Aliya, Ali's mother, occurred before the series and greatly impacted her immediate family. Ali's father became distant and consumed in his work as town pillar, and Ali too became emotionally distant. TheMovie progresses this arc further for both of them: Ali helped Niki, who was Aliya's best friend, believing that he was continuing her heroic legacy by doing so. [[spoiler: Niki turning out to be the TwistVillain made him regret doing so, until his allies motivated him to keep going.]] By the movie's end, Ali convinces his father to help the people living in the slums that he and his mother had aided in the past, and they improve their livelihoods together.

** MrSmith: Ali's name was deliberately chosen by the creators as a nod to common names used by spies in fiction.

* TakeAThirdOption: M.A.T.A. is willing to do everything to protect Cyberaya from criminals, so in a critical situation, they must take a SadisticChoice to finish their mission known as '''Protocol: Gegas'''. ''Protocol: Gegas'' means M.A.T.A. agents '''must''' willingly sacrifice their comrade if they are potentially unable to be saved by the team in a critical situation, for the sake of their mission in order to save Cyberaya. So far, there have been three moments when M.A.T.A. agents used this in some situation:

** In the final episode of season 2, ''Mission: Legacy'', after Uno decides to destroy the entire academy along with everyone inside, Agent Zain orders Alicia to engage ''Protocol : Gegas'', by saving the others from an explosion, and leaving him alone with Uno in order to defeat him and save the other injured M.A.T.A. agents. As a result, [[spoiler:Chief Zain is (supposedly) killed along with Uno.]]
* TeenSuperspy: Ali, Alicia and the M.A.T.A. Academy agents from season 2.

** Ali and Alicia really didn't like to work alongside each other in earlier episodes. Their teamwork, however, improves after Ali saved her life, and gradually upgraded into VitriolicBestBuds.

* {{Expy}}: Alicia seems to be similar to [[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius Cindy Vortex]] in terms of her role and personality.
** Some fans speculated that ''Ejen Ali'' is literally ''[[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'' due to lots of similar dark, mature themes mixed with its kid-friendly nature, but with secret agents, hackers, terrorists and evil spies instead magical girls and witches.

Originally planned to be a solo film with a trailer in 2015, it got reworked into a series which debuted in 2016. After two 13-episode seasons, a film did launch: ''Agent Ali: The Movie (Mission: NEO)'' [[note]]otherwise originally known as ''Ejen Ali: The Movie (Misi: NEO)''[[/note]], on 28th November 2019. The show's 3rd season is set to air in 2022, firstly to be exclusively available on Creator/DisneyPlus Hotstar for a given period.