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* AdaptationalWimp: Like everyone else (thanks to 1980s [[Creator/{{ABC}} network censors]] and parent groups), he was toned down, in terms of both personality and powers. His Omega Beams are an AgonyBeam as opposed to HomingLasers, and using them tires him quickly; Superman was only targeted twice by Darkseid with them, and while the first time Supes struggled with them, he [[NoSell completely shrugged them off]] the other time. This version of Darkseid also had a [[StalkerWithACrush weird fixation]] on [[AndNowYouMustMArryMe marrying]] Wonder Woman.

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* AdaptationalWimp: Like everyone else (thanks to 1980s [[Creator/{{ABC}} [[Creator/AmericanBroadcastingCompany network censors]] and parent groups), he was toned down, in terms of both personality and powers. His Omega Beams are an AgonyBeam as opposed to HomingLasers, and using them tires him quickly; Superman was only targeted twice by Darkseid with them, and while the first time Supes struggled with them, he [[NoSell completely shrugged them off]] the other time. This version of Darkseid also had a [[StalkerWithACrush weird fixation]] on [[AndNowYouMustMArryMe marrying]] Wonder Woman.
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* KidHeroAllGrownUp: As the case was in Pre-Crisis continuity, he started out in his teenagehood as Superboy.
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* SmartBall: "The Giants of Doom" had him come up with the evil plan of the week by synthesizing a formula to turn the Legion into giants.
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* PetTheDog: Although he's [[RefusalOfTheCall pretty reluctant to be dragged into the Super Friends]] and [[ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman has to be emotionally blackmailed into it with a problem only his unique powers can solve]], Cyborg is introduced at the start of the episode helping a young man who's just gotten a more mundane prosthetic foot to learn to walk on it, encouraging him to be comfortable in his own skin and to keep pursuing his dreams of basketball stardom instead of giving up. This shows that Victor still has a caring and compassionate heart, and that he wants to do good even if he's not sold on the whole crimefighting thing.

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* PetTheDog: Although he's [[RefusalOfTheCall pretty reluctant to be dragged into the Super Friends]] and [[ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman has to be emotionally blackmailed into it with a problem only his unique powers can solve]], Cyborg is introduced at the start of the episode helping a young man who's just gotten a more mundane prosthetic foot leg to learn to walk on it, encouraging him to be comfortable in his own skin and to keep pursuing his dreams of basketball stardom instead of giving up. This shows that Victor still has a caring and compassionate heart, and that he wants to do good even if he's not sold on the whole crimefighting thing.
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* IJustWantToBeNormal: Not unlike his comics counterpart, actually, Victor Stone is pretty against becoming one of the Super Friends in Season 9, preferring to live a normal life and only get involved when evil threatens the people he cares about around him. But when Darkseid threatens all of Earth, he feels compelled to help, and when it's his involvement that saves the day, he knows the alien warlord god will treat him like an enemy no matter what.
* MakeSomeNoise: Aside from the general strength and sturdiness that come from being a half-robot athlete, Cyborg's other powers are generally united by the theme of sound, including a sonic blaster, super-hearing, and the ability to do other things through sonic manipulations.
* PetTheDog: Although he's [[RefusalOfTheCall pretty reluctant to be dragged into the Super Friends]] and [[ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman has to be emotionally blackmailed into it with a problem only his unique powers can solve]], Cyborg is introduced at the start of the episode helping a young man who's just gotten a more mundane prosthetic foot to learn to walk on it, encouraging him to be comfortable in his own skin and to keep pursuing his dreams of basketball stardom instead of giving up. This shows that Victor still has a caring and compassionate heart, and that he wants to do good even if he's not sold on the whole crimefighting thing.
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* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: The New Earth versions of them are siblings, something which the show gave no indication of. In fact, the tie-in comics written by the scrip editor of the show (who did work at DC) stated they were very much not related to one another.

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* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: The New Earth versions of them are siblings, something which the show gave no indication of. In fact, the tie-in comics written by the scrip script editor of the show (who did work at DC) stated they were very much not related to one another.

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* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: The New Earth versions of them are siblings, something which the show gave no indication of. In fact, the tie-in comics written by the scrip editor of the show (who did work at DC) stated they were very much not related to one another.



** In addition, Wendy is stated to be the niece of Detective Harvey Harris, who was the mentor of a young Bruce Wayne, and Marvin is the son of the Diana Prince, whom Wonder Woman traded identities with, and her husband Daniel White.

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** In addition, Wendy is stated to be the niece of Detective Harvey Harris, who was the mentor of a young Bruce Wayne, and Marvin is the son of the Diana Prince, whom Wonder Woman traded identities with, and her husband Daniel White. They want to work in law enforcement in the future and so the leaguers basically use the Superfriends team as a way of mentoring them as a favor to their relatives, and that Wonder Dog was specifically named after Wonder Woman by Marvin. The writer of the comic, Creator/ENelsonBridwell, also speculates that Wendy might be the multiversal counterpart of Earth-Two's Wendy (or Wendi) Harris, who married Hourman. [[ShrugOfGod But she also might not be]].


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** PutOnABus: The comics would explain why they vanished (they went to college).


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* NamedByTheAdaptation: An author's note in the first issue of the tie-in comic ([[WordOfGod by E. Nelson Bridwell who was the script editor for the show]]) gave them the full names of Wendy Harris and Marvin White, for the reasons explained above. Post-Crisis, this was inconsistently remembered by writers, as due to their AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul as siblings, they were now either surnamed White or Harris depending on what comic you read.
* RelatedInTheAdaptation: When they were adapted to the Post-Crisis continuity, Wendy and Marvin were now siblings, [[ArchnemesisDad and the Calculator was their father]]. Also counts as a case of UnrelatedInTheAdaptation, since it's highly unlikely that they have any connection to either Diana Prince-White or Harvey Harris, if the latter two even exist.
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TedKnight (1973), Barney Phillips (''The All-New Super Friends Hour''), Creator/JackAngel (1978-1985)

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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TedKnight (1973), Barney Phillips Creator/BarneyPhillips (''The All-New Super Friends Hour''), Creator/JackAngel (1978-1985)
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->'''Voiced by:''' Norman Alden (1973-1977), William Callaway (1978-1985)

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->'''Voiced by:''' Norman Alden Creator/NormanAlden (1973-1977), William Callaway (1978-1985)
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* AdaptationalWimp: Like everyone else (thanks to 1980s [[Creator/{{ABC}} network censors]] and parent groups), he was toned down, in terms of both personality and powers. His Omega Beams are an AgonyBeam as opposed to HomingLasers, and using them tires him quickly; Superman was only targeted twice by Darkseid with them, and while the first time Supes struggled with them, he [[NoSell completely shrugged them off]] the other time. This version of Darkseid also had a [[StalkerWithACrush weird fixation]] on [[AndNowYouMustMArryMe marrying]] Wonder Woman.


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* StalkerWithACrush: Infamously towards Wonder Woman.

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