History Characters / SWATKats

* GutturalGrowler: Somewhat with T-Bone, as he also speaks normally, but, being an anthro cat, he tends to growl his words as well.

* GutturalGrowler: As only Ed Gilbert can provide.

%%* TimeTravel: This is his main tactic.

* RedOniBlueOni: Their approaches to combat demonstrate this. T-Bone is the aggressive one who always jumps into the fight on the ground or in the air at the the first chance given, while Razor uses calculated cunning and some homemade gadgets for him and T-Bone to use to resolve even the most difficult situations. The sleeve length of their boiler suits/flightsuits are also indicative of their personality (long sleeves for Razor, and short sleeves for T-Bone)

* BlatantLies: All. The. Time. Half of his dialogue is spin doctoring or outright fibbing, from his CatchPhrase that he runs a clean operation to the fact the the [[spoiler:toxic waste]] barrels contain oil to lubricate the company's drills.

%%* MayorPain: Of the Incompetent variety.
%%* OfficeGolf: Unless he's at the course.

* InspectorJavert: Commander Feral is constantly talking about bringing the SWAT Kats in, believing them to be just as bad as the criminals and supernatural threats that they fight. This is in spite of all the times they saved not only the city, but Feral's own hide. [[spoiler:They only even exist because of one of his many screw-ups in the backstory.]]

* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: How he sees himself against Dark Kat, to the point where he's willing to push his own men aside whenever ''they'' have him cornered and not Feral (as he did with Chance and Jake). This act caused him to unable to arrest Dark Kat, but also his act lead to the creation of the SWAT Kats.

* BlindeWithoutEm: In ''The Deadly Pyramid'' it's implied she can't see very well without her glasses, supported by the fact she is rarely seen without them.

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/swat_kats_characters_large_9322.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Razor and T-Bone]]

* DirtyCoward: The lovable part is completely thrown out the window in "The Giant Bacteria", when he and Callie are fleeing the titular monster and a helicopter shows to lift them to safety. Callie reaches the rope ladder first and barely even begins to climb when Manx actually shoves her off so he can climb first.

* GutturalGrowler: When he ''does'' speak, he has a deep, gruff voice.

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/swat_kats_jake_and_chance.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Jake Clawson and Chance Furlong]]

** "Back off, SWAT Kats! The '''Enforcers''' will handle this!"

* PapaWolf: While not overprotective, he does worry for his niece Felina's safety. If not for the fact that his brother recommended her to the force, he would have kicked her out long time ago.

%% (Trope-slashing isn't allowed)* TheCommissionerGordon[=/=]RegularCaller: Callie alerts the SWAT Kats whenever a supervillain or giant monster is making trouble in Megakat City. In spite of this, she's not a SecretKeeper, because not even she knows who the SWAT Kats really are.
* DefiantToTheEnd: Stood up to the Metallikats and took responsibility for having them put behind bars (as opposed to Manx, who has allegedly never done a shred of paperwork for years), even proclaiming that she'd do it again in a heartbeat. She gets [[DestinationDefenestration dropped out of City Hall]] by Molly, but is luckily saved by the SWAT Kats.

%%* {{Tomboy}}: While female, she has a hard jawline and prominent cheekbones, giving her a somewhat boyish appearance, and in addition, she dresses in a men's (or at least unisex) uniform and does stereotypical masculine things like shoot laser guns, fly helicopters and shoot monsters and bad guys. The one feminine thing she's ever shown doing is fixing her hair after taking her helmet off in "When Strikes Mutilor", 'cause no one wants helmet hair.

* Cyborg: Subverted. The original Mac and Molly were already dead by the time Professor Hackle's robots discovered them, so transplanting their actual brains would have been of no use. Hackle specifically explains he recorded their brain patterns onto hard drives, meaning the Metallikats are purely mechanical copies of the originals rather than the original Mac and Molly being brought back to life.

* KnowWhenToFoldEm: After initially being defeated, he gets out his helicopter with laser gun blazing... only to have Felina [[BlastingItOutOfTheirHands shoot the weapon]] from his hand, whereupon he instantly surrenders.

->'''Voiced:''' by Creator/FrankWelker ("The Wrath of Dark Kat") and Creator/TonyPope ("Night of the Dark Kat")

* BigDamnHeroes: in "Katastrophe", he successfully frees the captured Swat Kats, Callie and Mayor Manx, then teams up with the Swat Kats to capture all the villains (though Dark Kat had a contingency plan to escape).

--->"Don’t make a big deal about it. I just didn’t want to owe those two hoods anything."

* OnlyICanKillHim: [[spoiler:See the Mayor Manx section for more details.]]

* ThoseWackyNazis: AvertedTrope. See above.

* BlankWhiteEyes: Mutilor has solid yellow eyes with no pupils. Averted with Traag, who has solid red eyes but does have pupils.

* EvilSoundsDeep: With Creator/MichaelDorn playing Mutilor, what else would you expect?

* DatingCatwoman: Her relationship with T-Bone.

* FemmeFatale: Especially noteworthy, as she was the only independent female villain of note to show up in the series.
* HandStomp: She tries to do this to [[spoiler:Cybertron]] at the end of "Turmoil 2."

* IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten: Puts T-Bone into this position to determine his loyalty.

* RedBaron: You guessed it -- no real name given. Unless, of course, Turmoil really ''is'' her name.

* MakeMeWannaShout: Ci-Kat-A emit a [[BrownNote piercing shriek]] which is painful to the ears and capable of shattering glass.

* TheDragon: She may be this to Dark Kat. Or possibly the other way around.
* EvilTwin: But unlike the SWAT Kats, she never gets to interact with her heroic counterpart.

* MightyGlacier: Although he is usually TheUnfought despite his immense size and great physical strength, when he ''does'' involve himself in battle, it's as this.

* CameBackWrong: Of course, he wasn't exactly a decent man to begin with.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Not only does he betray and mutate Morbulus in "The Giant Bacteria," he also betrayed Dark Kat in "Katastrophe" (but only because he anticipated Dark Kat's ''own'' betrayal of him), and in "The Doctors of Doom" [[spoiler:he would've turned against Dr. Street, turning him and the other Ci-Kat-A into hideous mutants to do his bidding.]] Protip: ''Don't'' ally yourself with Dr. Viper. Even before becoming Viper, he betrayed his employer Dr. Zyme pretty much instantly.

* SnakeTalk: If there's an "S" in a sssentence, expect Dr. V to draw it out. Ssss!

* VisionaryVillain: See his quote above.

* RedEyesTakeWarning[=/=]GlowingEyesOfDoom: When he's angry or attacking, his normally pink eyes glow red.

* UnexplainedRecovery: He's splattered all over the Turbokat when Megakat Biochemical Labs explodes, but is back just fine with Viper later on. Presumably he survived by [[PullingThemselvesTogether pulling himself back together]] offscreen [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay T-1000]]-style (likely, given his amorphous nature), or Viper just made another one (also likely).

* AlliterativeName: '''M'''ac/'''M'''olly '''M'''ange, as well as '''M'''etallikats.

* CatsAreSnarkers: If they're not insulting each other, they're insulting the SWAT Kats. Or Mayor Manx. Or Commander Feral. Or...

* HappilyMarried: More or less.

* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: He kidnaps Queen Callista (in "Bride of the Pastmaster"), and then her [[IdenticalGrandson lookalike descendant]] Callie Briggs (in "The Deadly Pyramid"), in separate attempts to marry them. The SWAT Kats rescue the withered wizard's intended victim both times. [[NoYay Thank God]].

* TimeTravel: This is his main tactic.

* MonsterClown: What was your first clue?

* RealityWarper: Not unlike ComicBook/TheJoker during the ''ComicBook/EmperorJoker'' storyline.

* RealMenWearPink: Well, okay, ''purple'', but still.

* SurferDude: He has some elements of this, given the era of the show.

* UndyingLoyalty: To Ann.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Is it "Abby" or "Abi"?
** Abby, going by one model sheet, although it's annoyingly mostly illegible due to the Cartoon Network logo.
** The scripts for "The Pastmaster Always Rings Twice" and the unfinished episode "Succubus!" (where she has an important supporting role) and the book ''The Art of SWAT Kats'', which includes scans of pages from a story outline for "The Deadly Pyramid," give it as Abby.

* SenselessSacrifice: Debatable. Callie still gets abducted, but his actions do at least save the lives of Dr. Sinian and her assistant Henson, and he remains functioning long enough to (somehow) get word to the SWAT Kats that Callie's been taken.

* MauveShirt: Like Randall, he's a supporting character in a ''SWAT Kats'' episode, which ordinarily means bad, bad things, but amazingly he manages to survive. And like Randall, he [[RealMenWearPink wears a mauve outfit]] (although his is lighter).

* LovableCoward: When danger gets too close, you can always find him... running and hiding.

* OfficeGolf: Unless he's at the course.

The leader of the Enforcers, Feral is courageous and honest, but he's also arrogant, ill-tempered, narrow-minded, stubborn and rude. Worst of all, he regards the SWAT Kats as reckless vigilantes who are as dangerous as the villains they fight. {{Iron|y}}ically, he's also indirectly responsible for the formation of the SWAT Kats in the first place; see NiceJobBreakingItHero[=/=]OnlyICanKillHim for more details.

* ByTheBookCop: By the time of the series. It's a bit muddier in the backstory.

** SympatheticInspectorAntagonist: He does have a point, though: the SWAT Kats ''are'' unsanctioned vigilantes illegally operating in the city, flying around in a souped-up fighter jet while [[DestructiveSavior causing millions in damage]] with their arsenal of missiles whenever they show up.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero[=/=]OnlyICanKillHim: While they were still Enforcers, Jake and Chance had Dark Kat's ship cornered. Unfortunately, Feral insisted on capturing the villain personally, and his interference resulted in Dark Kat escaping, Enforcer headquarters being damaged, and Jake and Chance getting thrown off the force -- and deciding to become the SWAT Kats.

* TheCommissionerGordon[=/=]RegularCaller: Callie alerts the SWAT Kats whenever a supervillain or giant monster is making trouble in Megakat City. In spite of this, she's not a SecretKeeper, because not even she knows who the SWAT Kats really are.
* DefiantToTheEnd: Stood up to the Metallikats and took responsibility for having them put behind bars (as opposed to Manx, who has allegedly never done a shred of paperwork for years), even proclaiming that she's do it again in a heartbeat. She gets [[DestinationDefenestration dropped out of City Hall]] by Molly, but is luckily saved by the SWAT Kats.

* GeekyTurnOn: Brains, beauty, courage and compassion -- what's not to like?

* AlliterativeName: F and F.

* FriendOnTheForce: To the SWAT Kats.

* PutOnABus: He doesn't appear or even get mentioned in the second season. Instead, his role as Feral's second in command is filled by Felina. One wonders what ultimately became of him. Most likely, Feral finally got tired of his antics and fired him.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: In "The Wrath of Dark Kat," he insists his name his Steel "with two E's," but when we see his nameplate in "Enter the Madkat," it says Steele with ''three'' E's. Nobody is quite sure which is the correct spelling. Not even Steel(e) apparently.
** According to the storyboards for "Enter the Madkat," it is in fact Steel with two Es, and his nameplate ''was'' supposed to say "Steel", but it appears the animators screwed up.

* WelcomeBackTraitor: For some reason, he's not only still in the Enforcers, but still the lieutenant commander in "Enter the Madkat", despite the fact Feral ''knows'' Steel basically abandoned him to get killed.

* UndyingLoyalty: To the Ferals.

* KilledOffForReal: Most of the denizens, including Rex Shard, are seen reverting back to their normal selves after he's de-crystallized. Meece? [[GoryDiscretionShot We don't want to know]].

* PunnyName: "Cyrus Meece" = "Siamese," even though he clearly ''[[NonIndicativeName isn't]]'' a Siamese cat.
** Could also be an homage to Mr Jinks (from the old Pixie and Dixie cartoons) and his famous line "I hate meeces to pieces!" Hey, it IS a Hanna Barbera cartoon.
* SmallTownTyrant: Given his Southern accent.

* DeadpanSnarker: Both of them, but King especially.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: For Dr. Zyme.

* AssholeVictim: Talon, considering the way he likes to use his position to bully Shard.

* DeadpanSnarker: Both of them have their moments.

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: As a result of the Ci-Kat-A's bite.

* ThoseTwoGuys: They stick together like all the best duos should.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone[=/=]TenMinuteRetirement: In "Razor's Edge", after he accidentally injures an elderly couple. [[spoiler:Or so he thinks -- it turns out to be another of Dark Kat's {{Evil Plan}}s.]]

* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: How he sees himself against Dark Kat, to the point where he's willing to push his own men aside whenever ''they'' have him cornered and not Feral (as he did with Chance and Jake).

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JimCummings

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/EdGilbert (Season 1), Creator/JimCummings (Season 2)

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JimCummings

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JimCummings

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JimCummings

->'''Voiced by:''' Michael Rye

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/CharlieAdler

* DarkseidDuplicate: He's a big, ancient cat with EvilMinions (minor demons that work for him) that try multiple times to turn Megakat City into a conquered realm of chaos. He even makes alliances with various members of the Kats' RoguesGallery to take them down.