History Series / ThealmightyJohnsons

* IJustWantToBeNormal: Ty, [[spoiler: achieved by the end of season 2]].

* DrunkWithPower: The reason why Mike is so hesitant to use his powers when it comes to financial gain, i.e gambling, card games etc. After a while, he doesn't know when to quit, becomes cocky and is generally a JerkAss, even when there is a ''serious'' risk of someone getting hurt.

''The Almighty Johnsons'' is a 2011 UsefulNotes/NewZealand UrbanFantasy {{Dramedy}} about a family of four Kiwi brothers and their CloudCuckoolander cousin who all happen to be incarnations of Norse gods.

* WhatTheHellHero: Mike typically warns his fellow brothers of the consequences of using their god powers. One night, however, he decides to go out gambling, the perfect time for his powers to slip through the cracks. Of course, this causes some complications.
** Almost crosses into too dumb to live. The guy walks into a casino, sits down at the Blackjack table and proceeds to win every single hand for the duration of the night, turning $800 into $90,000 before they finally throw him out for suspected cheating.

* {{Bowlderize}}: The American version on Syfy bleeps out swear words and covers over nudity

The story revolves around Axl Johnson (Emmett Couling Skilton), a typical university student who has just turned 21 years old--an event which triggers weird signs all over Auckland. Upon turning 21, his brothers tell him that he and his brothers are [[PhysicalGod reincarnated Norse Gods]], although their powers have diminished over the years. It took a lightning bolt to make him realize the truth about his godhood, and he discovers that he is the physical incarnation of the god Odin. After a rival goddess shoots an arrow which nearly pierces his heart, fulfilling the prophecy that proves he is Odin, his older brother Mike (Timothy Balme) tells him about his quest: In order to get all their powers back, Axl (Odin) has to find his soulmate, Frigg, and seal the deal. If he doesn't find her before he dies, his whole family dies with him. However, several goddesses have united to prevent him from finding Frigg, including the one who tried to kill him earlier.

* DisproportionateRetribution: after the God of Poetry Anders/Bragi sleeps around, ruining the lives of three girls in ways that range from "Not that bad" to "Jerkass", said girls decide to preform a vasectomy operation on him while he's knocked out from tranquilizers. In his bedroom. With a stolen set of surgical instuments from a vetinarian. The one preforming the operation ''isn't even a liscened practinoner!'' She's just a ''receptionist!''
** Michelle's reaction to [[spoiler: Mike breaking up with her, and then sleeping with Hanna/Frygg? To break into Hanna's house and stab her with a kitchen knife. She doesn't succeed on account of Martin/Heimdall coming in and breaking a hammer over her head.]]

Created by South Pacific Pictures, the makers of the long-running soap opera ''ShortlandStreet'' hit show ''OutrageousFortune'', with the assistance of New Zealand on Air, ''The Almighty Johnsons'' is the latest product of star writers like James Griffin and Rachel Lang. Originally intended for one season, the first season's success led to the airing of a second season and a scheduled third season, which began filming on 14 January 2013. Many established Kiwi actors have participated in the show, most notably Keisha Castle-Hughes as Axl's flatmate and ShipTease Gaia, and Timothy Balme (Mike).

** In season 1, Gaia's dad Bryn says to Axl that he will [[JackAndTheBeanstalk "grind his bones into fertiliser"]].[[spoiler: Season 2 reveals that Bryn is a giant]].

* SecretKeeper: Because they had to run away from Scandinavia to escape from [[TheSpanishInquisition Christians with torches]] the Norse gods trust no-one with the knowledge they are gods. [[spoiler: Although Zeb finds out eventually]]

* CallBack: The first season ends with Mike and Axl playing Rock, Paper, Scissors. Something Mike did in the first episode to prove to Axl that he was a God.

* CrazyPrepared: Mike knows that sooner or later Colin/Loki will try to enact revenge for Mike besting him so Mike takes out copious amounts of fire insurance. When Collin burns down Mike's bar, Mike laughs all the way to the bank.

** In Season 3, Episode 8, Mike tricks Colin into entering a "game" where he has the advantage. Mike proceeds to deliver Colin a CurbStompBattle.

* RetGone / RippleEffectProofMemory: Kind of - time travel isn't involved, but after [[spoiler:Ty loses his godhood and becomes mortal]], his existence is erased from mortal memory; only the other gods remember who he is. [[spoiler: This happens to the main cast once the spirit of the Norse gods return to Asgard.]]

* ShoutOut: In the Pilot, Anders says to Ty [[ForrestGump "Run, Forest, Run"]]

** Any time [[Film/TheHobbit dwarves]] are mentioned, it's usually in relation to Anders.

* Squick: Mike (and some viewers, no doubt) looks fairly freaked when Michele's mother tells him that the previous Ullr was her fathr, aka Michele's grandfather.
* TheStinger: [[spoiler: In the third season finale, Colin hangs around and drops an ominous-looking red crystal on the same spot where Frygg's Norn stone used to be in the Agar. Assuming there's a fourth season, this will be explored.]]

** [[spoiler: Axl's genderbent episode in season one becomes this when Frygg is revealed to be the very same woman he turned into.]]

-->''[[HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse Fabulous secret powers were revealed to me the day I held aloft my magic sword....]]''

** Season 3, Episode 12: [[spoiler: The Johnsons find out that reuniting Odin and Frygg will kill them all, Hanna/Frygg sleeps with Mike and reveals to Michelle that she doesn't want to be with Odin, right before ''Martin kills Michelle with a hammer.'']]

* RetGone / RippleEffectProofMemory: Kind of - time travel isn't involved, but after [[spoiler:Ty loses his godhood and becomes mortal]], his existence is erased from mortal memory; only the other gods remember who he is.