History Anime / TimeBokan

* TerribleTrio: Marjo, Walther, and Grocky- the first in the franchise, in fact!

* StealthPun: Although Gaikotts goes through several design changes over the course of the series, its base form always remains a Skull.

* Unobtanium: Whatever makes up the contents of Dynamonds. In use, they have about 100 times the explosive power of Uranium, making it perfect for the Skull Trio to power up their mechs.

* JapaneseBeetleBrothers: Their main mech resembles a Rhinoceros Beetle, while their sub-mech resembles a ladybug.

* JapaneseBeetleBrothers: The heroes mecha resemble a beetle.
* KidHero: Junko and Tanpei are the most younger heroes of the franchise.

* PigeonholedVoiceActor: All three members of each TerribleTrio in starting from Time Bokan have been voiced by the same seiyuu, for the past 30 years.

* AbsentMindedProfessor: Dr. Monjia fits this trope.
* CatsAreMean

* [[spoiler: [[TheDogWastheMastermind The Cat Was the Mastermind]]]]: [[spoiler: turn out that cat (villains team pet) is the BigBad]].

* HumongousMecha[=/=]ArtificialIntelligence: The mecha invoked by heroes.

* PerpetualPoverty:The bad guys are living in a modest apartment and every day they invent new ways to find food and avoid paying rent.

* Qipao: Mun Mun often wears this dress as a civilian oufit.

* ShoutOut: the entire series is this at Literature/JourneyToTheWest. The heroes protagonists are the descendants of Sanzo and Itadaikiman is a Goku expies.

* [[BigBrotherInstinct Big Sister Instinct]]: Mirenjo wants his brother to become king.
* [[CelibateHero Celibate Villain]]: Mirenjo invoke this trope putting aside his feelings for Baron Don Fan Fan.

* {{Stripperiffic}}: All female leaders of the Terrible Trio

** ThrowTheDogABone: However, in an episode, they pick the easy training (and the heroes the other)[[/folder]]

* LivingWithTheVillain: as Time Cop both heroes and villain living in the police [[Space Station]].

* DuelingDubs: In the case of the 1993 OVA. It was originally released by U.S. Manga Corps in 2005, but was redubbed by Sentai Filmworks for a 2014 release.

As of 2012, there are no plans to make another Time Bokan series not counting the Yatterman remake.

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-->[[TitleScream TIIIIIIME BOKAN!]]

A [[LongRunner long running meta-series]] by {{Tatsunoko Productions}}, the Time Bokan meta-series typically involves a {{Battle Couple}}, a {{Robot Buddy}}, and {{Mini Mecha}} based off animals stopping a {{Terrible Trio}} (maybe even [[TropeMaker THE]] Terrible Trio) from doing misdeeds.

As of 2011, there are no plans to make another Time Bokan series not counting the Yatterman remake.

* BattleCouple: Standard formula found in almost all series.
** However, ''Ippatsuman'' and ''Yattodetaman'' have solo heroes.

* PigeonholedVoiceActor: All three members of each Terrible Trio in starting from Time Bokan have been voiced by the same seiyuu, for the past 30 years.

-->[[BigWordShout TIIIIIIME BOKAN!]]

* TerribleTrio: Can possibly be the TropeCodifier, if not TropeNamer

A [[LongRunner long running meta-series]] by {{Tatsunoko Productions}}, the Time Bokan meta-series typically involves a {{Battle Couple}}, a {{Robot Buddy}}, and {{Mini Mecha}} based off animals stopping a {{Terrible Trio}} (maybe even [[TropeMaker THE]] Terrible Trio from doing misdeeds.

A [[LongRunner long running meta-series]] by {{Tatsunoko Productions}}, the Time Bokan meta-series typically involves a {{Battle Couple}}, a {{Robot Buddy}}, and {{Mini Mecha}} based off animals stopping a {{Terrible Trio}} from doing misdeeds.