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* HappilyMarried: While they have their disagreements, Kevin and Vicky truly love each other and support each other throughout many hardships.

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* HappilyMarried: While they have their disagreements, Kevin and Vicky truly love each other and support each other one another throughout many hardships.
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* HappilyMarried: While they have their disagreements, Kevin and Vicky truly love each other and support each other throughout many hardships.
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* TheChosenOne: As revealed in the season one finale [[spoiler: Kevin was destined to become Koala Man, as there exists one on every planet, in every dimension, each behaving exactly as he does.]]
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* CloudCuckooLander: Kevin Williams is a very eccentric man fixated on [[LawfulStupid obeying the law]] and acting as Dapto's self appointed superhero.
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* FamilyMan: Although his Koala Man crusade can be time consuming, Kevin ultimately does love his family and wants what's best for them.
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* BadassNormal: Subverted hard for Koala Man. He's just an overweight, middle aged guy of questionable intelligence and sanity. What usually ends up saving the day is Kevin getting help from his family and friends or dumb luck. Or both.
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* TheDeterminator: The closest thing Kevin has to a superhuman ability. In spite of his general incompetence, he never gives up.
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* ButtMonkey: Koala Man hasn't any actual superpowers, gets constantly thrashed by far tougher opponents and is his hometown's resident pariah almost nobody respects.
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Kevin's drinking buddy Louise is deeply in love with him, yet she repeatedly CannotSpitItOut and Kevin [[ObliviousToLove hasn't a clue]].
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* AlternateHistory: In this universe, a young Maxwell used Australia's state of being 15 hours in the future from America to send a telegram to the Titanic in the past to warn them of their impending doom, allowing them to avert it. This allows the ship to reach America safely, and a cursed Egyptian mummy queen to escape her sarcophagus in the ship’s cargo and lead America to victory in both World Wars, eventually becoming President. However, while signing a peace treaty with the U.S.S.R., she and Leonid Brezhnev fell in love and the two abandoned their people for the moon. As a result, America fell into a lawless, war-torn, chaotic wasteland, with the exception of Hollywood, which broke off and drifted out to see as an island.

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* AlternateHistory: In this universe, a young Maxwell used Australia's state of being 15 hours in the future from America to send a telegram to the Titanic in the past to warn them of their impending doom, allowing them to avert it. This allows the ship to reach America safely, and a cursed Egyptian mummy queen to escape her sarcophagus in the ship’s cargo and lead America to victory in both World Wars, eventually becoming President. However, while signing a peace treaty with the U.S.S.R., she and Leonid Brezhnev fell in love and the two abandoned their people for the moon. As a result, America fell into a lawless, war-torn, chaotic wasteland, with the exception of Hollywood, which broke off and drifted out to see sea as an island.
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''Koala Man'' is a 2023 adult animated superhero comedy series created by and starring ''WesternAnimation/SmilingFriends'' co-creator Michael Cusack. The series also stars Creator/SarahSnook, Creator/DemiLardner, Creator/JemaineClement, Creator/RachelHouse, Creator/JarradWright, and Creator/HughJackman. Creator/JustinRoiland executive produces alongside Cusack and writing duo Dan Hernadez and Benji Samit (''Film/PokemonDetectivePikachu'').

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''Koala Man'' is a 2023 adult animated superhero comedy series created by and starring ''WesternAnimation/SmilingFriends'' co-creator Michael Cusack. The series also stars Creator/SarahSnook, Creator/DemiLardner, Demi Lardner, Creator/JemaineClement, Creator/RachelHouse, Creator/JarradWright, Jarrad Wright, and Creator/HughJackman. Creator/JustinRoiland executive produces alongside Cusack and writing duo Dan Hernadez and Benji Samit (''Film/PokemonDetectivePikachu'').

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Cusack portrays Kevin [=McKay=], an average Australian family man who must balance his family and career with his moonlighting as the superhero Koala Man. The series will premiere on Creator/{{Hulu}} January 9, 2023.

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Cusack portrays Kevin [=McKay=], an average Australian family man who must balance his family and career with his moonlighting as the superhero Koala Man. The series will premiere premiered on Creator/{{Hulu}} January 9, 2023.
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* AlternateHistory: In this universe, a young Maxwell used Australia's state of being 15 hours in the future from America to send a telegram to the Titanic in the past to warn them of their impending doom, allowing them to avert it. This allows the ship to reach America safely, and a cursed Egyptian mummy queen to escape her sarcophagus and lead America to victory in both World Wars, eventually becoming President. However, while signing a peace treaty with the U.S.S.R., she and Leonid Brezhnev fell in love and the two abandoned their people for the moon. As a result, America fell into a lawless, war-torn, chaotic wasteland, with the exception of Hollywood, which broke off and drifted out to see as an island.

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* AlternateHistory: In this universe, a young Maxwell used Australia's state of being 15 hours in the future from America to send a telegram to the Titanic in the past to warn them of their impending doom, allowing them to avert it. This allows the ship to reach America safely, and a cursed Egyptian mummy queen to escape her sarcophagus in the ship’s cargo and lead America to victory in both World Wars, eventually becoming President. However, while signing a peace treaty with the U.S.S.R., she and Leonid Brezhnev fell in love and the two abandoned their people for the moon. As a result, America fell into a lawless, war-torn, chaotic wasteland, with the exception of Hollywood, which broke off and drifted out to see as an island.
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* AlternateHistory: In this universe, a young Maxwell used Australia's state of being 15 hours in the future from America to send a telegram to the Titanic in the past to warn them of their impending doom, allowing them to avert it. This allows the ship to reach America safely, and a cursed Egyptian mummy Queen to escape her sarcophagus and lead America to victory in both World Wars, eventually becoming President. However, while signing a peace treaty with the U.S.S.R., she and Leonid Brezhnev fell in love and the two abandoned their people for the moon. As a result, America fell into a lawless, war-torn, chaotic wasteland, with the exception of Hollywood, which broke off and drifted out to see as an island.

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* AlternateHistory: In this universe, a young Maxwell used Australia's state of being 15 hours in the future from America to send a telegram to the Titanic in the past to warn them of their impending doom, allowing them to avert it. This allows the ship to reach America safely, and a cursed Egyptian mummy Queen queen to escape her sarcophagus and lead America to victory in both World Wars, eventually becoming President. However, while signing a peace treaty with the U.S.S.R., she and Leonid Brezhnev fell in love and the two abandoned their people for the moon. As a result, America fell into a lawless, war-torn, chaotic wasteland, with the exception of Hollywood, which broke off and drifted out to see as an island.
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* ButterflyOfDoom: In the show’s universe, Australia literally exists 15 hours in the future from America, and thus has a “Red-Hot Rule” that forbids warning anyone outside of Australia of any impending disasters. However, in 1912, a young Maxwell sends a telegraph back to the Titanic to warn them of their impending disaster, triggering a bizarre chain of events that results in America becoming a war-torn, anarchic wasteland and Hollywood a floating island separate from it.

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* ButterflyOfDoom: In the show’s universe, Australia literally exists 15 hours in the future from America, and thus has a “Red-Hot Rule” that forbids warning anyone outside of Australia of any impending disasters. However, in 1912, a young Maxwell sends a telegraph telegram back to the Titanic to warn them of their impending disaster, triggering a bizarre chain of events that results in America becoming a war-torn, anarchic wasteland and Hollywood a floating island separate from it.
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* ButterflyOfDoom: In the show’s universe, Australia literally exists 15 hours in the future from America, and thus has a “Red-Hot Rule” that forbids warning anyone outside of Australia of any impending disasters. However, in 1912, a young Maxwell sends a telegraph back to the Titanic to warn them of their impending disaster, triggering a bizarre chain of events that results in America becoming a war-torn, anarchic wasteland and Hollywood a floating island separate from it.
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* AlternateHistory: In this universe, an Australian child used Austrailia’s state of being 15 hours in the future from America to send a telegram to the Titanic to warn them of their impending doom, allowing them to avert it. This allows the ship to reach America safely, and a cursed Egyptian mummy Queen to escape her sarcophagus and lead America to victory in both World Wars, eventually becoming President. However, while signing a peace treaty with the U.S.S.R., she and Leonid Brezhnev fell in love and the two abandoned their people for the moon. As a result, America fell into a lawless, chaotic wasteland, with the exception of Hollywood, which broke off and drifted out to see as an island.

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* AlternateHistory: In this universe, an Australian child a young Maxwell used Austrailia’s Australia's state of being 15 hours in the future from America to send a telegram to the Titanic in the past to warn them of their impending doom, allowing them to avert it. This allows the ship to reach America safely, and a cursed Egyptian mummy Queen to escape her sarcophagus and lead America to victory in both World Wars, eventually becoming President. However, while signing a peace treaty with the U.S.S.R., she and Leonid Brezhnev fell in love and the two abandoned their people for the moon. As a result, America fell into a lawless, war-torn, chaotic wasteland, with the exception of Hollywood, which broke off and drifted out to see as an island.
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* EvilIsPetty: Kevin's daughter Alison will stop at nothing to become the ultimate AplhaBitch.

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* EvilIsPetty: Kevin's daughter Alison will stop at nothing to become the ultimate AplhaBitch.AlphaBitch.
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* CouchGag: From episode two onwards, each episode ends the theme song with Koala Man walking on screen and reciting a rule from his “Koala Code”.
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* AlternateHistory: In this universe, an Australian child used Austrailia’s state of being 15 hours in the future from America to send a telegram to the Titanic to warn them of their impending doom, allowing them to avert it. This allows the ship to reach America safely, and a cursed Egyptian mummy Queen to escape her sarcophagus and lead America to victory in both World Wars, eventually becoming President. However, while signing a peace treaty with the U.S.S.R., she and Leonid Brezhnev fell in love and the two abandoned their people for the moon. As a result, America fell into a lawless, chaotic wasteland, with the exception of Hollywood, which broke off and drifted out to see as an island.

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* AwesomeAussie: Parodied with Big Greg, a buff blonde macho man who otherwise comes across as a bit of a blowhard. He's also voiced by Creator/HughJackman to complete the image.
* BigBad: The Kookaburra, a bird-themed criminal mastermind who has it in for Koala Man. As the series goes on, he's revealed to be behind every misfortune in Dapto, [[spoiler: not to mention being the school's principal, the one who killed Koala Man's beloved animal companion]] ''and'' [[spoiler: Kevin's former childhood friend, "Pissy Chrissy"]]. Yeah, this guy's been busy.
* EvilIsPetty: Kevin's daughter Alison will stop at nothing to become the ultimate AplhaBitch.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Koala Man is obsessed with following the rules and his failed attempts at superheroics have caused a lot of strain with his family, but he's ultimately a good guy who just has a very weird way of showing he cares.



* SeriousBusiness: In the trailer, Koala Man aids a neighbor in yard care, taking the length of the grass as seriously as a bomb threat.

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* LawfulStupid: Koala Man is obsessed with following the law to the letter. He never misses a moment to request that someone provide a permit for whatever it is they're doing. [[spoiler: His anal retention is eventually revealed to have created his arch-nemesis, the Kookaburra.]]
* MarsNeedsWomen: In one episode an EldritchAbomination approaches Earth, causing the townsfolk to develop a hive mind, leading to the formation of a cult that contructs a rocket ship so they may fornicate with the entity. As it turns out, the alien monstrosity just wanted to use their rocket as a dildo.
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Michael Cusack's characters Damo and Darren are recurring characters, but their hideous appearances look very out of place with the more simplistic character designs.
* SeriousBusiness: In the trailer, Koala Man aids a neighbor neighbour in yard care, taking the length of the grass as seriously as a bomb threat.
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'''Previews:''' [[https://youtu.be/ctIOPqEmd4s Trailer]]

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'''Previews:''' [[https://youtu.be/ctIOPqEmd4s Trailer]]Trailer]], [[https://youtu.be/fL_P2qQ4PL8 Clip 1]]
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* SeriousBusiness: In the trailer, Koala Man aids a neighbor in yard care, taking the length of the grass as seriously as a bomb threat.
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* LandDownUnder: The series is set in Australia. As seen in the trailer, everyone speaks with Australian accents, the presented cast is made up of Australian actors, the superhero is themed after an Australian animal, and there is even a shot of kangaroos driving a car.
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* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Animal alias example. As seen in the trailer, Koala Man has themed himself after a koala, but he doesn’t have the powers and he hasn’t built any appropriate gadgets yet.
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* ThreePointLanding: Parodied in the trailer. Koala Man tries to make the famous dramatic entrance to stop a crime, but winds up botching it and twisting his ankle.
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Cusack portrays Kevin [=McKay=], an average Australian family man who must balance his family and career with his moonlighting as the superhero Koala Man. The series will premiere on Creator/{{Hulu}} January 9, 2023.

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Cusack portrays Kevin [=McKay=], an average Australian family man who must balance his family and career with his moonlighting as the superhero Koala Man. The series will premiere on Creator/{{Hulu}} January 9, 2023.2023.

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''Koala Man'' is a 2023 adult animated superhero comedy series created by and starring ''WesternAnimation/SmilingFriends'' co-creator Michael Cusack. The series also stars Creator/SarahSnook, Creator/DemiLardner, Creator/JemaineClement, Creator/RachelHouse, Creator/JarradWright, and Creator/HughJackman.

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''Koala Man'' is a 2023 adult animated superhero comedy series created by and starring ''WesternAnimation/SmilingFriends'' co-creator Michael Cusack. The series also stars Creator/SarahSnook, Creator/DemiLardner, Creator/JemaineClement, Creator/RachelHouse, Creator/JarradWright, and Creator/HughJackman. Creator/JustinRoiland executive produces alongside Cusack and writing duo Dan Hernadez and Benji Samit (''Film/PokemonDetectivePikachu'').

Cusack portrays Kevin [=McKay=], an average Australian family man who must balance his family and career with his moonlighting as the superhero Koala Man. The series will premiere on Creator/{{Hulu}} January 9, 2023.
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''Koala Man'' is a 2023 adult animated superhero comedy series created by and starring ''WesternAnimation/SmilingFriends'' co-creator Michael Cusack. The series also stars Creator/SarahSnook, Creator/DemiLardner, Creator/JemaineClement, Creator/RachelHouse, Creator/JarradWright, and Creator/HughJackman.

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