History WesternAnimation / AtomicBetty

%% * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Penelope can be this at times.

%% * LargeHam[=/=]EvilIsHammy: Maximus I.Q. revels in this. He claims it's a prerequisite to being a good supervillain.

%% ** How Queen Penelobee was created.

%% * MagicSkirt: Betty, in an episode where she swings by her knees on a trapeze.

%% * MissingMom: Principal Peterson seems to be Regeena's only parent.

%% * NaiveNewcomer: Noah after he joins the Galactic Guardians in the third season.

%% * NeverMessWithGranny: Betty's grandma is a former Galactic Guardian.

%% * NonActionGuy: Noah. Starts to move away from this during Season 3.

** Wwhen Maximus can't sleep due to too much noise, he goes on a destructive rampage.

* ActionGirl: BeEven when not in her Galactic Guardian uniform, Betty can still kick a ton of butt.

* ActionGirl: Betty herself obviously! Even when not in her Galactic Guardian uniform, she can still kick a ton of butt.

* ArtisticLicenseSpace: In "Queen for a Day" we have this exchange.
-->'''General Bee:''' Is this a suitable world, your highness?\\
''Shows Queen Penelobee a picture of Earth.''\\
'''Queen Penelobee:''' [[InsignificantLittleBluePlanet No, you fool, none of these worlds are...]]\\
[[RecordNeedleScratch WHIRRRP!!]]\\
'''Queen Penelobee:''' Wait, that smell... [[{{Beat}} *beat*]] Honey!\\
'''General Bee:''' [[LampshadeHanging But we're in deep space.]]\\
'''Queen Penelobee:''' [[ScrewTheRulesIHavePlot I smell honey, nonetheless,]] [[EarthIsTheCenterOftheUniverse and it's coming from there.]]
* BadassAdorable: Don't be fooled. Betty certainly is a cute little girl, but she's also the greatest of the Galactic Guardians and a dedicated defender of the universe.
* BadassFamily: Betty and her maternal grandparents are galactic guardians; her uncle from "Rodeo Robots" is a cowboy; and her parents, while almost never seen fighting, have shown Greenbeard's gang what they're made of. And they thought they were fighting against actors.

* BarbieDollAnatomy: At the end of "Werewolves Of Zeebot" Noah is shown completely nude from the front and we can see he has no genitals.
** In "Who's The Baby Now?" the aliens that have been turned into babies remove their diapers to throw at Infantor, and are shown diaperless from the front with no genitals.

** Also, when Maximus can't sleep due to too much noise, he goes on a destructive rampage.
* BetweenMyLegs: Odd for a children's show, but this is how we're introduced to Pontifidora, along with the title card for the episode.

** Sparky and his mom. (His species has four stomachs, apparently.)

* BrainlessBeauty: [=DeGill=]'s two (or three since ''Mission: Earth'') groupies.

* ButtMonkey: Poor, poor Noah exists mainly to be pushed around by his classmates. Even [[spoiler: after getting promoted to a Galactic Guardian]] in Season 3, he still gets no respect and is usually used as a test subject for X-5's inventions.

* CaptainColorbeard: Greenbeard, the space pirate who antagonizes Betty every now and then. Notably, he actually does have a green beard.
* CaptainSpaceDefenderOfEarth: Atomic Betty follows in the footsteps of the likes of WesternAnimation/{{Buzz Lightyear|OfStarCommand}} as a semi-parody of the classic RaygunGothic space superhero.

* CardCarryingVillain:
** Pretty much all the villains, but Maximus takes the cake.
** In "The Pre-Teen Queen of Outer Space" when the Drones need a new queen they intentionally seek out the most evil female in the universe.

* ComplainingAboutRescuesTheyDontLike: The Empress from "Battle of the Bots" is captive by Maximus on the planet of Crushdon, though when she sees her rescuers along with robots, she begins complaining about them along with her allergies. Granted, she goes back with Maximus while the reward is simply a letter stating that her people don't want her because she's a [[RichBitch Snobby Empress]] anyway.

** Also, Sparky's Dad was never mentioned even in episodes where Sparky's Mom appears.

* DisproportionateRetribution: The Chameleon stole the Scythian President's brain because the President called Maximus a villain "when everyone knows he's a [=SUPER=]-villain".

** There's a non-accidental example in "Captain Sparky" when Sparky records over Penelope's embarrassing recordings of Betty and her friends with a video he {{s|urveillanceAsThePlotDemands}}omehow recorded of Penelope in CucumberFacial playing with her cat.

* EvilDuo: Maximus and Minimus are pretty much always seen together.

* {{Fat Bastard}}s: Plenty of the show's villains fall under this, like Max Sr., M'lord Orus, and Max Sr. Sr. (when he's elderly).
* TheFellowshipHasEnded: According to a staff member behind the series, Betty, Sparky and X-5 had gone their own separate ways after "The Future is Now".

* FountainOfYouth: The Youthinator in "Bold Age" where Maximus' grandfather, Max Sr. Sr., used it to make people old, and giving that youth to elderly like himself (and Penelope's grandmother).

* FreeRangeChildren: Averted, Betty's family and friends seem genuinely concerned when she disappears for long amounts of time to go on missions. Mainly in "Attack Of The Killer Space Baby" when Betty disappears from the dentist's chair worrying both the dentist and her mother.
* FreudianExcuse: it's heavily implied that [[AbusiveParents parental abuse]] [[ItRunsInTheFamily runs in Maximus's family]] which explains why they're all evil.
* FreudianTrio: The fearless leader Betty is TheKirk[=/=]Ego, the sardonic and logically-minded X-5 is TheSpock[=/=]Superego, and the goofy and excitable Sparky is TheMcCoy[=/=]Id.

* FutureBadass: Betty, Noah, and their human friends during the BadFuture episode. Even Penelope, given the right impetus.
* {{Gasshole}}: In "Family Feuds" Betty's mom is an accidental example for one scene. When she demonstrates her leg exercises to Betty a fart slips out just before it cuts to the next scene.

* GirlPosse: Penelope's friends Megan and Sarah.
* GreenAroundTheGills: In "Max Land" Betty's mom turns green when she finds out Beatrixo is making them beef tongue for dinner.

* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Admiral [=DeGill=] and possibly Minimus P.U.
** Parodied when [=DeGill=] is in the shower and they blur out his crotch.

* HalloweenEpisode: The episodes "When Worlds Collide", "The Ghost Ship of Aberdeffia", "Night of the Living Mummies", and "Trick or Creep".
* HartmanHips: Betty's mom has quite the lovely pair.
* HeelFaceTurn: At the end of "The Way of the Weiner" X-5 reprograms the Betty Clones to make them good.
* [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend He Is Not My Boyfriend]]: Betty about Noah in "No Space Like Home".

* {{Identical Grand|son}}daughter: In "Bold Age" when Penelope was aged up and her grandmother was aged down they each ended up looking like the other, except the aged down grandmother has thicker thighs than Penelope.
* InformedAbility / InformedFlaw: According to the bee-people in the episode "The Pre-Teen Queen of Outer Space", Penelope is the most evil female in the universe. Yeah, she's mean, but she's not ''that'' mean.
* InJoke: There is a real Moose Jaw located in Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan is Canada's prairieland, very open and very flat. The idea of there being a Moose Jaw ''Heights'' is just silly.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Penelope can be this at times.

* [[KavorkaMan Kavorka Woman]]: Sparky's mother Zulia has managed to score at least three different guys who are genuinely attracted to her... [[WhatDoesSheSeeInHim for some reason]].

* LargeHam[=/=]EvilIsHammy: Maximus I.Q. revels in this. He claims it's a prerequisite to being a good supervillain.

* LegoGenetics:
** How Queen Penelobee was created.
** Maximus created the Betty clones by combining Betty's DNA with the DNA of three different alien women.

* LittleGreenMen: Sparky and his mother Zulia appear as such,but several other characters could qualify, like The Chameleon.
* MagicSkirt: Betty, in an episode where she swings by her knees on a trapeze.
* {{Masquerade}}: Betty has to keep the existence of aliens top-secret to the rest of Earth - something that gets much more challenging in ''Mission Earth''.

* MiniatureSeniorCitizens: While Beatrixo isn't really that short, flashbacks to her Galactic Guardian days show her to be taller.
* MissingMom: Principal Peterson seems to be Regeena's only parent.

* MotiveDecay: In her first appearance, Iciclia's main goal was to steal enough montegoberries to keep looking Young and she was foiled. In her next appearances, she's only seen Young-looking and there's no mention of her dependancy anymore.

* NaiveNewcomer: Noah after he joins the Galactic Guardians in the third season.

* NeverMessWithGranny: Betty's grandma is a former Galactic Guardian.

* NoNameGiven: Betty's parents were never given first names, and their last names are only revealed in a spinoff book (see OnlyOneName below).
* NonActionGuy: Noah. Starts to move away from this during Season 3.
* NonHumanHumanoidHybrid: [[spoiler:Paloma is revealed to be this in the Season 2 finale - specifically the child of a shapeshifting alien and a demon.]]
* NoteToSelf: Future!Penelope tries to do this so she can learn Betty's secret earlier. It doesn't work, as her past self just mistakes it for a prank.
* OmnicidalManiac: Maximus. He [[ForTheEvulz loves]] [[EarthShatteringKaboom destroying planets]].

* RaygunGothic: The Galactic Guardians technology looks like it was borrowed from ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons''.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Not quite a speech, but Maximus and Max Sr. both give out their reasons on why they don't want Max Sr. Sr., after he is snatched by them, to continue running things and why they don't want him around for too long.

* RichBitch: Penelope and her family (except Chaz)

* RobotBuddy: X-5 fulfills this role to both Betty and Sparky.
* RoguesGallery: ''Atomic Betty'' has a very large cast of recurring villains. I addition to Maximus and Minimus, we have The Chameleon, Dr. Cerebral, Infantor, Iciclia, Pontifadora, Hopper the Chopper, Max Sr., Nuclea, and Bombshelle, to name a few of them.
* [[RubberMan Rubber Girl]]: Betty's blue clone has these powers, inherited from her alien DNA.
* ScreensAreCameras: The Comm Links work this way.
* ShaggyDogStory: Subverted in "A Dream Come True", Betty's favorite pop star "Missy Miss" is coming to town, but it turns out the tickets were sold out so nobody could go. That is, until Betty opens the envelope her father dropped off, and lo and behold, it's a ticket to the Missy Miss Concert, so Betty got to go see her hero after all.
-->'''Noah:''' Cool. It's like a dream come true.\\
'''Betty:''' Well, not exactly. [[AsideGlance (winks)]]

** Maximus's AchillesHeel being his fear of water doesn't sound too far off from [[Film/{{Signs}} one particularly infamous M. Night Shyamalan movie about aliens who can be killed by water like acid.]]

** In "Case of the Missing Kanushu", ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' is referenced when [=DeGill=] tries to stop the red wasp from passing by, he almost succeeds in breaking the bridge, though due to him small and using a weaker wasp part, it does not go well. However, [[spoiler:he is still grabbed by the wasp crashing through the bridge and dragged to the bottom with Sparky shouting for him. Granted he does survive though.]]
** Both "Evil Idol" and "Galactic Idol" are also a shout out to [[Series/AmericanIdol another idol show]]

** One episode has a parody of''Series/DrPhil'' make an appearance.
** The empress in "Battle of the Bots" has the hairstyle of [[Franchise/StarWars Leia]].
** Speaking of ''Star Wars'', Maximus and Betty occasionally engage in duels with laser swords as well.

* SkewedPriorities: In "The Scribe" Sparky is more interested in the book he's reading than helping the others on a mission, causing Admiral DeGill to be captured. Betty calls him out on this.

* SplitPersonality: Minimus' head rotates to reflect his change in personality
* StockSoundEffects: In "Who's The Baby Now?" one of the babies heard crying has the same cry as Kate from ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}''

** In "Great Eggspectations" Betty and her friends are put in charge of taking care of zoo animals. When she's sent on a mission, she has to take the animals on the ship as she can't leave them behind as she was in charge of their care.

* ThickLineAnimation: Due to the show being animated in UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash and being inspired by retro science-fiction cartoons.

* TokenEvilTeammate: Future!Penelope. Though she's mostly just lazy and bratty, and the only evil thing she does is try to expose Betty's secret to her past self.

* TomboyishPonytail: Betty usually wears her hair this way. Sometimes she does let it down however.

* TrickingTheShapeshifter: The Chameleon in his first appearance.

* UnsettlingGenderReveal: Kind of downplayed, as this is a kids' show, but in "No Business Like Snow Business" Betty gets on the boys' hockey team unbeknownst to Penelope who mistakes her for a guy and starts putting the moves on her until she takes her helmet off.
* VillainOverForDinner: Sparky's mom has a bad habit of doing this. Her son even calls out on it when it happens for ''the third time in the series''.

** Penelope's Asian friend Sarah rarely talks. In ''Mission: Earth'', she had a mere two lines in the entire season - both in the same episode.
** [=DeGill=]'s groupies. Most of the time they just giggle like bimbos, though the green-skinned redhead gets a line in "A Hard Day's Fight".

* WeirdnessCensor: In "Wedding Crashers" Auntie Matter kidnaps Grampa Jim right in front of Betty's parents' eyes. But while they are shocked by the kidnapping and start to worry, the fact that an alien did it is completely ignored.
** "Takes One to Know One" {{avert|edTrope}}s this. When Paloma gets beamed into a spaceship, Duncan freaks out.
** In "The Pre-Teen Queen of Outer Space" Penelope doesn't find it frightening that she was kidnapped by giant alien bees; {{justified|Trope}} given that she thought it was a dream.
*** In "Queen For a Day" Penelope doesn't find it odd someone looks and acts just like her. Somewhat {{justified|Trope}} given that she thought it was a video game.

* WhyDontYouJustShootHim[=/=]StatingTheSimpleSolution: Maximus I.Q. once disguised a robot to pose as a long lost galactic guardian and lure Betty to a trap. Since the robot had an explosive device, Minimus suggested they could simply detonate it and finish off Betty but Maximus wanted to [[EvilGloating make sure Betty knew he's the reason of her demise]]. Then, as he had her dangling over a pool with deadly fish, Minimus suggested they'd just cut the rope but Maximus wanted to taunt her.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: In the episode where everyone thinks the end of the world is coming, Megan and Sarah turn on Penelope, stealing her jewerly and knocking her to the ground. At the end of the episode they're back to being practically her servants.

* {{Zonk}}: Parodied, as the secret "Project Zonk" that the crew has to protect in one episode ends up only being [[spoiler:taco sauce. Yes. Taco sauce. Betty was not pleased.]]

* AnAesop: A number of episodes end with such. For instance, "Practically Joking" delivers the moral that "the best jokes are those that don't come at the expense of others."

''Atomic Betty'' is a {{Canadian|Series}}/{{French|Series}} UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash animated series produced by Creator/BreakthroughEntertainment and Creator/MarathonMedia for Creator/{{Teletoon}}, with Creator/AtomicCartoons doing the animation. It was created by Trevor Bentley, Mauro Casalese, Rob Davies, and Olaf Miller, with Kevin Gillis, creator of ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons'', serving as developer and producer. The series ran for 78 episodes over the course of three seasons, premiering September 2004 and ending January 2008. The show has also aired on American airwaves, with the first two seasons airing on Creator/CartoonNetwork's Creator/{{Miguzi}} block during the show's original run, and the entire series seeing airtime on Creator/TheHub years later.

The series follows the adventures of Betty Barrett, a middle school girl from the suburbs of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. In most respects, Betty is your average Canadian 12-year-old: she enjoys playing in a garage band with her classmates, likes visiting her grandmother, has a crush on a friend's older brother, and regularly daydreams about becoming an astronaut and traveling to outer space. The only problem is that she's pretty flaky, constantly disappearing whenever her bracelet starts beeping for some reason and returning hours later with some strange excuse. The truth is that the astronaut thing isn't just a daydream: unbeknownst to ([[SecretKeeper most of]]) her friends and family, Betty lives a double life as a Galactic Guardian, a member of an [[SpaceCop intergalactic police force]] under the command of a fish-like alien named Admiral [=DeGill=]. Alongside her crew, a [[LittleGreenMen Little Green Man]] named Sparky and the robot X-5, Betty travels the cosmos and does battle with all sorts of foes, including her arch-nemesis Maximus I.Q, a cat-like alien, and his (literally) two-faced, monkey-like assistant Minimus P.U, who desire to rule the galaxy.

* I'veHeardOfThatWhatIsIt: In "A Finful Of Dollars" Sparky is excited to try beef jerky, then asks what beef jerky is.

** In the episodes "Winter Carnival" amd "Werewolves of Zeebot" Sparky eats things that make him fart.

* ThroughAFaceFullOfFar: In "Amulet Of Shangri La-De-Da" Sparky's face turns purple when he looks down through the clouds (because he's scared of heights)

->''"Call me up, I'm your girl!''\\
''Toughest chick in the alien world!''\\
''Ain't got time for pink and lace!''\\
''This girl's built for outer space!"''\\
-- ThemeTune

* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: In the episode ''Werewolves on Zeebot'' The Chameleon uses the powers of the Red Moon of Zeebot to turn the citizens into werewolves.

* BrilliantButLazy: Koreena prefers to build robots to do her work for her and when she was training in the the Galactic Guardian academy she cheated off Betty's notes.

* TheVillainSucksSong "This Cat Is Coming After You" on the album, being sung by Betty(‘s actress) about Maximus.

* BadFuture: The series GrandFinale "The Future Is Now!" has Betty visit one where the Galactic Guardians are reduced to LaResistance in a universe ruled by Maximus I.Q.

* TheVillainSucksSong "This Cat Is Coming After You" on the album, mainly for the Betty vocals dialogue