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* GoKartingWithBowser: It's possible for characters like Stan, Peter and Leela to go toe-to-toe in cards with their enemies Ricky Spanish, the Giant Chicken and Zapp Brannigan.
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''Animation Throwdown: the Quest for Cards'' is a FreeToPlay card game. It is a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover featuring characters, locations and cards based off some of {{Creator/Fox}}'s most iconic animated series.

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''Animation Throwdown: the Quest for Cards'' is a FreeToPlay card game.game released in 2016. It is a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover featuring characters, locations and cards based off some of {{Creator/Fox}}'s most iconic animated series.
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* RedSkyTakeWarning: The Secret Fight Club has a blood-red sky to represent its higher difficulty compared to the Arena. Notable in that it's the ''only'' mode with this background; every other mode uses a standard blue sky.
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** Cards cap at Level 6** and cannot be upgraded any further.
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** Cards cap at Level 6** and cannot be upgraded any further.
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** The Arena mode caps at Rank 16, at which point it becomes the Secret Fight Club.
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* SituationalSword: Some card effects only activate on friendly cards with certain conditions. Effects denoted with a blue, three-point star only activate on cards from the same show, while effects denoted with a yellow, four-point star only activate on cards with the same attribute.
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* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Chapter 26 of Adventure (based off the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "Yug Ylimaf") features a fight against a naked Stewie Griffin.
-->'''Description:''' Got a sweet man-cave in Lois's uterus.

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* TheBeastmaster: Cards with the Animal attribute usually involve the character in question working with an animal to fight, though some characters like Brian and Klaus ''are'' the animal and so get the attribute by default.

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* TheBeastmaster: Cards with the Animal attribute usually involve the character in question working with an animal to fight, though some fight. Some characters like Brian and Klaus ''are'' the animal and so get the attribute by default.default.
* {{Cap}}:
** Heroes cap at Level 15, after which no more chips for the character will spawn.
** Cards cap at Level 6** and cannot be upgraded any further.



* ExcusePlot: Professor Farnsworth's wormhole machine has malfunctioned and brought together several different worlds, and now they're all fighting to determine who's the best through cards! Nothing more is made of this plot, as it's just an excuse to have them all interacting.

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* ExcusePlot: One of Professor Farnsworth's wormhole machine inventions has malfunctioned and brought together several different worlds, and now they're all fighting to determine who's the best through cards! Nothing more is made of this plot, as it's just an excuse to have them all interacting.
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* BaseballEpisode: Many characters like Stewie, Bobby and Leela have baseball-themed cards referencing specific episodes from their shows. These cards usually come with the Athletic attribute.

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* BaseballEpisode: Many characters like Stewie, Hank, Bobby and Leela have baseball-themed cards referencing specific episodes from their shows. These cards usually come with the Athletic attribute.
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* BaseballEpisode: Many characters like Stewie, Bobby and Leela have baseball-themed cards referencing specific episodes from their shows. These cards usually come with the Athletic attribute.
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* StarterMon: At the start of the game, you get to choose from one of five heroes: [[WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers Bob]], [[WesternAnimation/AmericanDad Roger]], [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Brian]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Leela]] and [[WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill Bobby]]. The heroes you don't choose will be unlocked later on in the game through the Arena mode.



** Enlarge (represented with a pizza) buffs the card's health for every enemy card currently on the field when the card is played.

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** Enlarge (represented with a pizza) buffs the card's health for every enemy card currently on the field when the card is played.played.
* TakeThat: During the opening to the game, Peter insults ''VideoGame/CandyCrush'':
-->'''Peter:''' Oh god, I hope this isn't one of those dumb candy crunching games...
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** The Join the Siege! screen has Mr. Ficheoeder surrounded by water balloons, referencing the ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' episode "The Oeder Games" where he forced the entire town to compete in a water balloon fight.
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* HomeStage: Each series has a location that's seen in the background when you fight a character from said series:
** ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': The Smith residence.
** ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': Mort's funeral home, Bob's Burgers and the store next door.
** ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': The Griffin residence.
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': The Planet Express building.
** ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': The Hill residence.

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* DrunkenMaster: Character cards with the Drunk attribute like "Drunk Amy", "Moonshine Roger" and "Drunk Peter", achieved by combining a character card with a Drunk attribute card, are just as capable of fighting as anyone else. [[TheAlcoholic Peter and Bill]] are unique in that they start out with the Drunk attribute by default.

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* DrunkenMaster: Character cards with the Drunk attribute like "Drunk Amy", "Moonshine Roger" [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Drunk Amy]], [[WesternAnimation/AmericanDad Moonshine Roger]] and "Drunk Peter", [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Drunk Peter]], achieved by combining a character card with a Drunk attribute card, are just as capable of fighting as anyone else. [[TheAlcoholic Peter and Bill]] are unique in that they start out with the Drunk attribute by default.



* {{Fartillery}}: Some cards have the "gas" status effect, which causes any card it attacks to take additional damage after each turn.

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* {{Fartillery}}: Some cards have the "gas" Gas status effect, which causes any card it attacks to take additional damage after each turn.


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* MusicalAssassin: Musical cards usually involve the character either playing an instrument of some kind or singing. Fitting his love for the keyboard in the show, [[WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers Gene]]'s Legendary and Mythic cards start with the Musical attribute by default.
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* ActionBomb: Certain cards have the "bomb" ability, which causes them to explode upon attacking an enemy card. This doesn't harm the user, but the explosion will also damage cards right next to the targeted card.
* ArmourPiercingAttack: Cards with the Jab ability can bypass the Bunker and Sturdy abilities by dealing separate damage to both the shield and the card itself.

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* ActionBomb: Certain cards have the "bomb" Bomb ability, which causes them to explode upon attacking an enemy card. This doesn't harm the user, but the explosion will also damage cards right next to the targeted card.
* ArmourPiercingAttack: Cards with the Jab ability can bypass the Bunker Bunker, Shield and Sturdy abilities by dealing separate damage to both the shield and the card itself.
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* ArmourPiercingAttack: Cards with the Jab ability can bypass the Bunker and Sturdy abilities by dealing separate damage to both the shield and the card itself.
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** The win screen for ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' characters has Tina's Chariot pony doll from "The Equestranauts".
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** The win screen for ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' characters features the elephenguin from "You May Now Kiss the... Uh... Guy Who Receives", 'Til Death the horse from "Family Gay", Allison Janney the giraffe from "Barely Legal", the merman from "Lois Kills Stewie", the Iraq lobster from "Screams of Silence: the Story of Brenda Q.", Eddie the ostrich from "Ocean's Three and a Half", Billy Finn the dolphin from "Be Careful What You Fish For" and the seagulls from "Friends of Peter G".
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*** Hank - Balrog

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*** John Redcorn - T. Hawk.
* ShownTheirWork: A lot of cards reference extremely minor events from each show, such as outfits or objects that only appeared for a few seconds in one episode.

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*** John Redcorn - T. Hawk.
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* ShownTheirWork: A lot of cards reference extremely minor events from each show, such as outfits or objects that only appeared for a few seconds in one episode.episode.
* StatusBuff: Several abilities allow the player to buff their cards' attack or health in some way:
** Cheer (represented with [[WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers Gene's megaphone]]) buffs the attack for another card on the field.
** Motivate (represented with [[WesternAnimation/AmericanDad the golden turd]]) buffs the attack of any cards next to it.
** Crazed (represented with [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy the Evil Monkey]]) permanently buffs the card's attack whenever it successfully deals damage to an enemy card.
** Boost (represented with a red syringe with a hammer icon) buffs the card's attack whenever the user plays a card combo on the field.
** Recover (represented with a syringe with a heart icon) buffs the card's health whenever the user plays a card combo on the field.
** Enlarge (represented with a pizza) buffs the card's health for every enemy card currently on the field when the card is played.
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* DecompositeCharacter: Roger and his alter-ego Ricky Spanish are separate playable characters and can even fight each other in the Arena mode.
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* DualWielding: In the Arena mode, Bob wields a knife in one hand and a spatula in the other.
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* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': Peter*, Stewie*, Brian*, Giant Chicken*, Consuela*, Lois, Meg, Chris

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* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': Peter*, Stewie*, Brian*, Giant Chicken*, Consuela*, Lois, Meg, ChrisChris, Quagmire, Joe
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* DrunkenMaster: Character cards with the Drunk attribute like "Drunk Amy", "Moonshine Roger" and "Drunk Peter", achieved by combining a character card with a Drunk attribute card, are just as capable of fighting as anyone else.

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* DrunkenMaster: Character cards with the Drunk attribute like "Drunk Amy", "Moonshine Roger" and "Drunk Peter", achieved by combining a character card with a Drunk attribute card, are just as capable of fighting as anyone else. [[TheAlcoholic Peter and Bill]] are unique in that they start out with the Drunk attribute by default.
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* MythologyGag: All over the place:
** Bob's combat stance in the Arena mode has him dual-wielding a knife and spatula, just as he did when Gene glued his hands to them in "Beefsquatch".
** The research menu has Fry sharing a pizza with his dog Seymour from "Jurassic Bark".
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* SecretAIMoves: In the Arena mode, the player's opponent will start off with a special defense card. These cards amplify the character's main abilities, will automatically be placed on the field before the player's turn starts, and cannot be obtained or used by the player in any way; the developers have gone on record as confirming this was done as a means of countering how the player always starts with the first move.

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* SecretAIMoves: In the Arena mode, the player's opponent will start off with a special defense card. These cards amplify the character's main abilities, will automatically be placed on the field before the player's turn starts, and cannot be obtained or used by the player in any way; the way. The developers have gone on record as confirming this was done as a means of countering to counter how the player always starts with the first move.
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* TheBeastmaster: Cards with the Animal attribute usually involve the character in question working with an animal to fight, though some characters like Brian and Klaus ''are'' the animal and so get the attribute by default.
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''Animation Throwdown: the Quest for Cards'' is a FreeToPlay card game. It is a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover featuring characters, locations and cards based off some of ''{{Creator/Fox}}'''s most iconic animated series.

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''Animation Throwdown: the Quest for Cards'' is a FreeToPlay card game. It is a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover featuring characters, locations and cards based off some of ''{{Creator/Fox}}'''s {{Creator/Fox}}'s most iconic animated series.



* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: Between several of ''{{Creator/Fox}}'''s most well-known animated series: ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill''.

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* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: Between several of ''{{Creator/Fox}}'''s {{Creator/Fox}}'s most well-known animated series: ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill''.
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''Animation Throwdown: the Quest for Cards'' is a FreeToPlay card game. It is a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover featuring characters, locations and cards based off some of ''{{Creator/Fox}}'''s most iconic animated series.

[[folder:Characters Represented]]
->''* denotes playable heroes''
* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': Stan*, Steve*, Roger*, Ricky Spanish*, Francine, Hayley, Klaus, Avery Bullock, Snot
* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': Bob*, Linda*, Tina*, Gene*, Louise*, Teddy, Mort, Jimmy Jr.
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': Peter*, Stewie*, Brian*, Giant Chicken*, Consuela*, Lois, Meg, Chris
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': Fry*, Leela*, Bender*, Dr. Zoidberg*, Zapp Brannigan*, Professor Farnsworth, Hermes, Amy Wong
* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': Hank*, Bobby*, Dale*, John Redcorn*, Peggy, Luanne, Bill, Boomhauer
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!!Tropes that apply to ''Animation Throwdown: the Quest for Cards'':
* ActionBomb: Certain cards have the "bomb" ability, which causes them to explode upon attacking an enemy card. This doesn't harm the user, but the explosion will also damage cards right next to the targeted card.
* AscendedMeme: The description for the "Shut up and take my money!" card references its memetic status in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' fandom.
-->Do what the meme says!
* DrunkenMaster: Character cards with the Drunk attribute like "Drunk Amy", "Moonshine Roger" and "Drunk Peter", achieved by combining a character card with a Drunk attribute card, are just as capable of fighting as anyone else.
* ExcusePlot: Professor Farnsworth's wormhole machine has malfunctioned and brought together several different worlds, and now they're all fighting to determine who's the best through cards! Nothing more is made of this plot, as it's just an excuse to have them all interacting.
* {{Fartillery}}: Some cards have the "gas" status effect, which causes any card it attacks to take additional damage after each turn.
* HatedByAll: True to form, ''everybody'' hates [[WesternAnimation/AmericanDad Ricky Spanish]]. Even {{Nice Guy}}s like Bobby, Tina and Fry won't treat him with anything less than pure contempt in their arena dialogue.
* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: Between several of ''{{Creator/Fox}}'''s most well-known animated series: ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill''.
* SecretAIMoves: In the Arena mode, the player's opponent will start off with a special defense card. These cards amplify the character's main abilities, will automatically be placed on the field before the player's turn starts, and cannot be obtained or used by the player in any way; the developers have gone on record as confirming this was done as a means of countering how the player always starts with the first move.
* ShoutOut:
** The [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Drunken Clam]] card's description references several events from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
--->The best moments happened here. Bart jumping the canyon, Mr. Plow...
** Several characters' stances in the Arena mode are based on characters from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'':
*** Brian - Ryu
*** Leela - Chun-Li
*** Bobby - E. Honda
*** Zapp Brannigan - M. Bison
*** John Redcorn - T. Hawk.
* ShownTheirWork: A lot of cards reference extremely minor events from each show, such as outfits or objects that only appeared for a few seconds in one episode.

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