History WebAnimation / BravestWarriors

A television series, which serves as both the fourth season and a continuation of the web series, premiered December 25, 2017 on VRV and began airing on Creator/{{Teletoon}} on September 3, 2018. The television series is a Canadian co-production with Creator/{{Nelvana}} and boasting a new creative team. A fifth season has yet to be announced, though on December 3, 2019, it was revealed that a SpinOff show focusing on the character Catbug is in development.

* FiveManBand: Discussed.
-->'''Chris:''' So... you're the cool one, you're the funny one, and you're the...\\
'''Beth:''' [[LampshadeHanging Girl.]]
** Chris: TheLeader.
** Beth: TheChick.
** Danny: TheLancer[=/=]TheSmartGuy.
** Wallow: TheBigGuy.
** Plum: SixthRanger.
** Catbug: TeamPet.

* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy:

* BigOlEyebrows: Danny.

* OhNoNotAgain: In "Dan Before Time", When Future Danny travels back to the moment Danny is about to use his time machine and destroys it to prevent him from creating a TemporalParadox or a TimeCrash.

* ScrewDestiny: The stated goal of [[spoiler:the Emotion Lord]] in "Parasox Pub." Chris appeared to manage it by finding a way to TakeAThirdOption rather than the ones presented to him.

-->(from Butter Lettuce) '''Wallow''': See that? This'll take hella fortnights. And you'll get prolapsed anus from sittin' there all day. AND I WON'T LET THAT HAPPEN! GO, FALCON AXE!!
-->(from Season of the Worm)'''Danny:''' [[PrecisionFStrike Mother]][[SubvertedTrope Falcon]] yeah, we're going after Mitch!

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Even if you see that the show might have the same art as ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', the show has [[spoiler: swearing, inappropriate scenes, blasmith humor and black comedy]]

*** A shot of The Emotion Lord crying, which happens [[FiveSecondForeshadowing less than a minute afterwards]] when he [[spoiler:sees Beths again]]. This becomes double foreshadowing in "The Parasox Pub", where it turns out [[spoiler:Chris completely destroyed his chances with Beth, and thus ruining the timeline, in "Merewif Tag" by missing Movie Night]].

** In the same arc, [[spoiler:Wallow could've used his falcon to get Chris out of the chasm but doesn't.]]

-->'''Martian News Reporter:''' How do ''you'' think this will effect the Martian Tourism Industry?

** A notable example is [[MsFanservice Plum]] who only has three fingers, and later on only ''two''. Justified in that she's an [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe alien]] [[OurMermaidsareDifferent mermaid]] [[BuffySpeak thing]]

* DidNotDoTheBloodyResearch: There is no intentional strong language, but there ''is'' a character named [[UnfortunateName Wankershim]]. This may have been intentional, given his behavior in "Butter Lettuce." After an incident where Wankershim absorbed the Universe, it was re-titled as "The Wankerverse."

* ZettaiRyouiki: Beth.

Now with a [[Characters/BravestWarriors Characters page]], and a [[Recap/BravestWarriors Recap page]], which is in need of some WikiMagic.

-->'''Beth:''' Come on, [[FishPeople Plum]]. [[AllMenArePerverts Let's hang out in my room]] [[AllMenAreRapists before we get pregnant.]]

* MissingMom: [[spoiler: According to the comics, Beth doesn't have one. Her father [[MrSeahorse became pregnant and had her himself.]]]]
* MrSeahorse: [[spoiler: Johnny Tezuka/Ralph Waldo Picklechips.]]

** During "Emotion Fjord", Chris can't anyone's name right.

''Bravest Warriors'' is an animated web series based on the ''other'' ''WesternAnimation/RandomCartoons'' short from Creator/PendletonWard, creator of ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''. The show is about four 16 year-olds -- Chris, Beth, Danny, and Wallow -- who journey across the universe in the far future, saving alien worlds with the power of their emotions. The series premiered November 8, 2012.

* BabyPlanet: In "Too High, Too Far, Too Soon," the BravestWarriors come across a planet that is both this and has a case of YearInsideHourOutside.

* LLoveDodecahedron: Starts out as a LoveTriangle: Danny is crushing on Plum, Plum has a crush on Chris, and Chris is in love with Beth. Then we find out that [[spoiler:Danny and Beth end up married after Chris and Plum get together, according to Future Chris.]]

* TookALevelInKindness: The original pilot has Wallow and Danny be almost interchangable {{Jerkass}}es to Chris, but in the show proper they're much more mellow and well rounded. To Wallow at least, Danny's still a bit of a jerk, but he does truly care for Chris as a friend.

** ''Hamster Priest'': [[spoiler: Ralph Waldo Picklechips is working on summoning the Aeon Worm and Beth is somehow connected to the devices he's using to connect Neo Mars to the Seethough Zone.]]

* YearInsideHourOutside: In "Too High, Too Far, Too Soon," the BravestWarriors come across [[BabyPlanet an extremely tiny planet]] where centuries pass by on its surface, while only seconds go by above the planet.

Originally produced for Creator/FrederatorStudios' Cartoon Hangover Website/YouTube channel, Ward had no involvement with the show whatsoever, despite creating the original short. Instead, the series was executive produced by Creator/WillMcRobbAndChrisViscardi, while Breehn Burns (of ''WebAnimation/DrTran'' fame) wrote and directed every episode of the first two seasons ([[Creator/JhonenVasquez sans one]]). The third season, produced for the Cartoon Hangover Creator/{{VRV}} channel, was directed by Tom King ([[Creator/TomKing no, not that one]]), with Burns remaining as writer.

Originally produced for Creator/FrederatorStudios' Cartoon Hangover Website/YouTube channel, Ward had no involvement with the show whatsoever, despite creating the original short. Instead, the series was executive produced by Creator/WillMcRobbAndChrisViscardi, while Breehn Burns (of ''WebAnimation/DrTran'' fame) wrote and directed every episode of the first two seasons ([[Creator/JhonenVasquez sans one]]). The third season, produced for the Cartoon Hangover Creator/{{VRV}} channel, was directed by Tom King ([[/Creator/TomKing no, not that one]]), with Burns remaining as writer.

''Bravest Warriors'' is the second cartoon from Creator/PendletonWard, creator of ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''. The show is about four 16 year-olds--Chris, Beth, Danny, and Wallow--who journey across the universe saving alien worlds with the power of their emotions. Did we mention this is from the creator of ''Adventure Time''?

As with ''Adventure Time'', it started out as a short on Creator/FrederatorStudios' ''WesternAnimation/RandomCartoons'' for Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}. Unlike ''Adventure Time'', ''Bravest Warriors'' never got picked up...but it did become a web series for Cartoon Hangover, with its first two seasons being uploaded to Website/YouTube. The show is written and directed by Breehn Burns (of ''WebAnimation/DrTran'' fame), and is executive-produced by Creator/WillMcRobbAndChrisViscardi.

There is a comic book series from Creator/KaboomComics, which ran for 36 issues. The comics tend to be more family-friendly than the series. There's also some children's books: ''The Great Core Caper'' (a {{Gamebook|s}}), ''Strange Dog in a Strange Land'', and some activity books.

The production blog is [[http://bravestwarriors.cartoonhangover.com here,]] and you can view the original short [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypJOq2vYfe8 here.]] And the [[TheWikiRule wiki]] for it is right [[http://bravestwarriors.wikia.com/wiki/Bravest_Warriors_Wiki here.]] You can watch Season 1 [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2DcNkn8HAwSPwGn9h2GGM4Z0t6B0ySVD here,]] the Season 1 Minisodes [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2DcNkn8HAwRW4Tsm2kKrRbQS0oMmJPrx here]] and Season 2 [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2DcNkn8HAwRr71gBLs5XKBCEtuBkbLWf here.]] Season 3 was released in 2017, where it joined the other Cartoon Hangover shorts on Creator/{{VRV}}. The comic series can be purchased [[https://www.comixology.com/Bravest-Warriors/comics-series/8792 here.]]

A television series, which serves as both the fourth season and a continuation of the web series, began broadcast in Fall 2018. The TV series is co-produced in Canada by Creator/{{Nelvana}} and airs domestically on Creator/{{Teletoon}}, both of which are subsidiaries of Creator/CorusEntertainment. Season four streamed first on VRV in the U.S, premiering December 25, 2017.

* ActionGirl: Beth, of course.

* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: In the pilot, Chris gives one to Beth in order to defeat a monster that feeds on pent-up emotions. Unfortunately, she doesn't hear it over her own laughter.

* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: Phobos and Deimos are presented as much larger than they actually are in the Martian sky; Deimos in particular would be hard to pick out without knowing what you were looking for, while Phobos would be much smaller than the Earth's moon.
** Along with the above, nobody on Mars seems to have the anticipated height gains from growing up in 1/3 Earth gravity.
*** Though in a DreamSequence, Danny punts several children much farther than would be possible in Earth gravity.

* BlessedWithSuck: Subverted. In "Lavarinth", the emotion lord "grants" the team's opponents the ability to read their minds, much to the chagrin of the team. [[spoiler: Fortunately, they all become friends because of said power. Sorta.]]

* BodyHorror: [[spoiler:The hamsters' reactions to the viral scrapings of the Aeon Worm that Ralph Waldo Picklechips feeds them. Their pupils dilate, go blank-white, and their faces contort painfully as their minds are warped to the Worm's will, forcing them to speak, ''[[MadnessMantra "Never... Doubt... The... Worm."]]'' Every syllable is layered with disturbingly audible pain.]]

* BookEnds: The first time we see the Paralysed Horse, he says that he is unable to comfort Beth, for he is [[TearJerker "just a horse".]] [[spoiler: Then, as he sacrifices himself to save Beth and Catbug, he remarks that he is sworn to protect her, for he is "just a horse".]] Also qualifies as a MeaningfulEcho.

* ColorCodedCharacters: Each Warrior wears a different color: Chris, blue; Beth, green; Danny, red; and Wallow, orange.

* DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu: See InterspeciesRomance.

* EnergyWeapon: The Warriors summon weapons by rubbing heat-sensitive stickers on their suits. Danny has the Dog Sword, Beth has the Cat Lashes, Wallow has the Falcon Axe, and Chris has...Bee With Excellent Leadership Skills.

* FailedASpotCheck: Beth brushing her teeth in the Holojohn in "Butter Lettuce"... too sleepy to notice the guys are in there with a "30% sexier" hologram of herself.
** Debatable: she did lock them inside and run the "Butter Lettuce Party" simulation, so she realized they were there at some point, but only acknowledged this after she's left the bathroom.

*** Further foreshadowed in "Time Slime," when Chris is [[spoiler:the only one actually reacting to the emotional pain of the Fartsparkles Time Generator.]]

* ForgotAboutHisPowers: In issue 23 of the comics, Wallow remembers his bubble shield after passing through a tunnel of spikes where it would have helped.

* FourFingeredHands: Pretty much everyone who has human-like hands, with the bizarre exception of Wallow, who has a full compliment.

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: In comic issue #1, the Bravest Warriors bake two disturbing sentient cupcakes conditioned to fight each other to the death. Orange cupcake hammers green to pulp, but that's not the end of them. As the Warriors search for a sufficiently frightening movie, an undead, levitating green flash-burns orange with a death ray just as orange uses its bionic arms to retrieve a binder labeled "codes" from the Warriors' safe.
** [[spoiler:Which later ends up being actually relevant since the orange cupcake was piloted by the Warriors, and the green was being controlled by Sadness.]]

* HeldGaze: Chris and Beth does this in "The Bunless".

* HeroesPreferSwords: In the pilot, Chris has a lightning sword, and gets a honeycomb sword in the series proper. Danny gets a Dog Sword.

* InterspeciesRomance: Wallow and Supreme Chancellor Gayle go back some way.

* KidsAreCruel: Catbug is naive and child-like. As a result he doesn't quite understand right and wrong. Due to this, episodes have dealt with him being both a kleptomaniac and a murderer.

* LoveTriangle: Danny is crushing on Plum, Plum has a crush on Chris, and Chris is in love with Beth.
** LoveDodecahedron: Potentially becomes this when we find out that [[spoiler:Danny and Beth end up married after Chris and Plum get together, according to Future Chris.]]

* MythologyGag: The first issue of the comic opens with the Bravest Warriors destroying a planet to eliminate sexism like they did in the pilot episode.

* NoodleIncident: That time on Venus between Wallow and Gayle.

* OperationJealousy: Saves a planet in "The Bunless".

* OutOfFocus: Since the first episode, Pixel has since only appeared in the "Lost Episode", Sugarbellies.
** Justified; according to Breehn Burns, Pixel's appearances are cut for time. Pixel gets more attention in the comics.

* RealityWarper: Emotion Lords. They might also be PhysicalGod[=s=]. Not much is known about them except they're very emotional, and very powerful.
** Thirty space chickens, go!
** Five hundred Chocolate Puppies!
* RedHerring: In "Dimension Garden", throughout the episodes the grub that the young warriors find is hinted to be [[spoiler: the larva form of the Aeon Worm]] until its revealed that it's actually [[spoiler:Catbug.]].
** [[spoiler: However, the very end of the episode shows Ralph discovering the Aeon Worm in his Garden...]]

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: At the end of "Time Slime", [[spoiler: the Warriors see that they've been killed ''twice'' trying to stop the malfunctioning time vortex, and decide to give up and go home.]]
** Also, the rocket bus driver in "Memory Donk" bails out because he can't remember how to fly (unfortunately, he tries this in the vacuum of space). Later, Jelly Kid bails out over Neo-Mars City when Danny asks it to help fight the Memory Donk.

** DeusAngstMachina: In ''The Parasox Pub'', the mission is [[spoiler:to kill a talking RidiculouslyCuteCritter named Puddingtown. And Puddingtown is [[TheMessiah the single nicest being in the universe]].]]

*** The opening of that episode references the repeated off world colony ad from ''Film/BladeRunner''.

*** On the note of ''Trek'', the episode was, generally, a WholePlotReference to the [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration TNG]] episode "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E10Parallels Parallels]]," in which Worf undergoes [[spoiler:reality-hopping]] under similar circumstances. Perhaps to [[WhereNoParodyHasGoneBefore press this specific reference further than the aforementioned Picard and Kirk cameos]], Danny briefly turns into Worf at one point. [[spoiler:In addition, the fact that the alternate universes in this episode are generally malevolent may refer to the [[Recap/StarTrekS2E4MirrorMirror Mirror Universe]] featured in ''TOS'', ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine DS9]]'', and elsewhere in ''Trek'' lore]].

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Beth, since Plum is not a regular cast member. Beth even lampshades it when they lose their memories at one point, saying her role on the team is just being the girl.
** Though this is subverted in the comic series since Plum makes more regular appearances.

* SubvertedKidsShow: While the original short is for kids, the internet series is confirmed to be a bit raunchier (think ''Adventure Time'' with no censors). Not surprising considering it's on a channel called ''Cartoon Hangover''.

* [[spoiler:TerminatorTwosome: The Emotion Lord(s) and The Concierge, respectively.]]

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Butter lettuce to Beth, apparently.

* VomitIndiscretionShot: Happens in "Butter Lettuce", when Wallow makes the Beth hologram 9000% sexier which is so hideous it makes Danny vomit.

* WhamEpisode: ''Lavarinth'': [[spoiler: The Emotion Lord is revealed to be an older version of Chris from 184 years in the future.]]

* WhamLine: From ''Hamster Priest'': [[spoiler:"Never... doubt... the worm!"]]
** And right before that:

** Also in ''Merewif Tag'':

* AssimilationPlot[=/=]EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: Wankershim becoming large enough to encompass the entire universe is treated as both of these tropes by the Emotion Lord, but in practice nothing really changes, besides...

** A notable example is [[HelloNurse Plum]] who only has three fingers, and later on only ''two''. Justified in that she's an [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe alien]] [[OurMermaidsareDifferent mermaid]] [[BuffySpeak thing]]

* HelloNurse: Plum for the guys.

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[[caption-width-right:254: Left to right: [[ButtMonkey Danny]], [[ActionGirl Beth]], [[NiceGuy Chris]], [[GentleGiant Wallow]]]]

->''"[[CatchPhrase POWER RESPECT!]]"''

There is a comic book series from Creator/KaboomComics, which ran for 36 issues. The comics tend to be more family-friendly than the series. There's also some children's books: ''The Great Core Caper'' (a ChooseYourOwnAdventure book), ''Strange Dog in a Strange Land'', and some activity books.

* DeliberatlyMonochrome: The afterlife mall, all its deceased residents, and the bus that ferries the dead to said mall, are all in black and white.

** Other examples include casual swearing, Aversion of NeverSayDie, and even in the first episode, Wallow having a sentient male AI in his left glove that is [[ClingyJealousGirl clingy and jealous]] with malfunctioning 'nads.

* NeverSayDie: Averted as [[spoiler: Beth and the Horse flee the rampaging Aeon Worm.]]
** The Emotion Lord can avert this too, in ''The Parasox Pub''.