History Series / RobocopTheSeries

* NotInTheFace: 'Pudface' Morgan repeatedly tells Robo not to hit him in the face whenever he's arrested, as a prior encounter between them in his facial features became malformed, which Morgan blames Robo for, though according to Parks, it was the result of an accident that Morgan himself caused.

* CrapsackWorld: While leagues above the world seen in the original film trilogy, the world in ''The Series'' isn't a picnic, either, with a war in the Amazon going on (though such a war was mention in the original trilogy, too), sections of Beverly Hills and Brooklyn have been walled off, and it's perfectly legal to market plushies that double as hand grenades and steriods (with the FamilyUnfriendlyAesop that weaker kids deserve to get bullied, no less) to children, and the mayor and DA are corrupt and in league with other criminals.

* CrapsackWorld: While leagues above the world seen in the original film trilogy, the world in ''The Series'' isn't a picnic, either, with a war in the Amazon going on (though such a war was mention in the original trilogy, too), sections of Beverly Hills and Brooklyn have been walled off, and it's perfectly legal to market plushies that double as hand grenades and steriods (with a FamilyUnfriendlyAesop, no less) to children.

* AdaptationNameChange: Due to rights issues, several characters outside of Alex Murphy[=/=][=RoboCop=] himself and his son Jimmy were renamed for the series: Anne Lewis became Lisa Madigan, Sgt. Reed became Stan Parks, the Old Man became the Old Man, and Ellen Murphy became Nancy Murphy.

* AdaptationNameChange: Due to rights issues, several characters outside of Alex Murphy[=/=]RoboCop himself and his son Jimmy were renamed for the series: Anne Lewis became Lisa Madigan, Sgt. Reed became Stan Parks, the Old Man became the Old Man, and Ellen Murphy became Nancy Murphy.

* AdaptationNameChange: Due to rights issues, several characters outside of Alex Murphy/RoboCop himself and his son Jimmy were renamed for the series: Anne Lewis became Lisa Madigan, Sgt. Reed became Stan Parks, the Old Man became the Old Man, and Ellen Murphy became Nancy Murphy.

* CrapsackWorld: While leagues above the world seen in the original film trilogy, the world in ''The Series'' isn't a picnic, either, with a war in the Amazon going on (though such a war was mention in the original trilogy, too), sections of Beverly Hills and Brooklyn have been walled off, and it's perfectly legal to market plushies that double as hand grenades and steriods (with the FamilyUnfriendlyAesop, no less) to children.

* CrapsackWorld: While leagues above the world seen in the original film trilogy, the world in ''The Series'' isn't a picnic, either, with a war in the Amazon going on (though such a war was mention in the original trilogy, too), sections of Beverly Hills and Brooklyn being walled off, and it perfectly being legal to market plushies that double as hand grenades and steriods (with the FamilyUnfriendlyAesop, no less) to children.

* OutOfTheInferno: Similar to the start of ''Film/RoboCop2'', Murphy steps out of the wreckage of a destroyed police car without any damage after the start of the PilotMovie after "Pudface" Morgan blows it up.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute:
** Lisa Madigan replaces Anne Lewis as Robo's partner, and has a homage (chewing gum and blowing a bubble) in the pilot episode. Oddly, despite the series taking an AlternateContinuity that disregards the third film, Lewis is never mentioned in the series.
** Likewise, Sgt. Parks takes over for Sgt. Reed, with no explanation of where the latter went.

* NotInTheFace: 'Pudface' Morgan repeatedly tells Robo not to hit him in the face whenever he's arrested, as a prior encounter between them resulted in the latter punching him so hard that his facial features became malformed.

* MoodWhiplash: One moment that doubles as a TerJerker is when Robo sees his parents for the first time since he became a cyborg, he flashes back to when he took his first steps, the two encouraging him. When the flashback ends, she sees him and panics, and her husband, Robo's father, tells him to go away.

* ThereWasADoor: Used in the opening credits.

* ContinuityNod: In [[Film/RoboCop1987 the first movie]], [=RoboCop=] ends up bodily throwing people out of his way when trying to access the department archive computers for information. In here, whenever he turns up in that part of the station, everyone hurriedly gets out of his way.

** The ex-lawyer baddie of "When justice fails". When he says something, Robo's lie detector simply gives up and says analysis is impossible.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Madigan for Lewis.

* GroinAttack: Near the end of the episode "Inside Crime", a clown-like gunman has Rochelle Carney (the OCP executive in charge of the "Inside Crime" television program) held hostage from within his custody and that he tells RoboCop and a few police officers to not do anything stupid. Rochelle decides that she's had enough and attacks the gunman herself, first with a back right elbow to his crotch, then a right kick to his groin before finally finishing him off with a hard right punch, to which she then jumps on top of him from upon the table and attempts to attack him much further before being pulled off by her fellow OCP executives.

* RuleNumberOne: Happens to Murphy's former partner.

* GroinAttack: Near the end of the episode "Inside Crime", a clown-like gunman has Rochelle Carney (the executive in charge of the "Inside Crime" television program) held hostage from within his custody and that he tells RoboCop and a few police officers to not do anything stupid. Rochelle decides that she's had enough and attacks the gunman herself, first with a back right elbow to his crotch, then a right kick to his groin before finally finishing him off with a hard right punch, to which she then jumps on top of him from upon the table and attempts to attack him much further before being pulled off by her fellow executives.

* GroinAttack: Near the end of the episode "Inside Crime", a clown-like gunman has a woman named Rochelle Carney (the executive in charge of the "Inside Crime" television program) held hostage from within his custody and that he tells RoboCop and a few police officers to not do anything stupid. Rochelle decides that she's had enough and attacks the gunman herself, first with a back right elbow to his crotch, then a right kick to his groin before finally finishing him off with a hard right punch, to which she then jumps on top of him from upon the table and attempts to attack him much further before being pulled off by her fellow executives.

!!This show has the examples of:

* AbnormalAmmo: Robocop's gun can now apparently fire electronic tracking devices.

** In the episode "Robocop Vs. Commander Cash", Robo has trouble arresting Rex Jones (an OCP researcher who's disguised as the titular cartoon character) because he claims that Robo "doesn't fight other superheroes" due to "cartoon law". Due to his overriding directives, Robo identifies Jones' statements as factual (and he turns out to be right).

* NonLethalWarfare: The series took advantage of the publicity given to NLW at the time to avoid having Robocop kill anyone. Robocop is instead armed with an array of Non-Lethal Weapons which he uses to capture the bad guys.

* SuperheroOrigin: There’s a ShowWithinAShow cartoon character named Commander Cash and in one episode someone dressed as him is instigating children to commit crimes. It turns out to be the creator of Commander Cash, Tex Jones, who was a researcher with OCP working on subliminal messaging. After another researcher working on brainwashing tried to kill him, Tex recuperated, trained, and became Commander Cash so he could lead Robocop to the culprit.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: None of the characters from the films (besides Murphy/Robo himself) make the jump to the show, and their absence is never commented upon.