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In TheEighties, the company Creator/RubySpears (the creators of ''WesternAnimation/RubikTheAmazingCube'') decided that Creator/MrT was cool enough to get his own AnimatedAdaptation. ''Mister T'' is the result.

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In TheEighties, The80s, the company Creator/RubySpears (the creators of ''WesternAnimation/RubikTheAmazingCube'') decided that Creator/MrT was cool enough to get his own AnimatedAdaptation. ''Mister T'' is the result.



Compare with ''WesternAnimation/RamboTheForceOfFreedom'' and ''WesternAnimation/ChuckNorrisKarateKommandos'', two other Ruby-Spears adventure cartoons from TheEighties based on live-action stars and franchises.

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Compare with ''WesternAnimation/RamboTheForceOfFreedom'' and ''WesternAnimation/ChuckNorrisKarateKommandos'', two other Ruby-Spears adventure cartoons from TheEighties The80s based on live-action stars and franchises.
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* NotQuiteStarring: Averted, where Mr. T not only voices himself, but he also gives AnAesop in the flesh.
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The show ran from 1983 to 1986, and had 30 episodes. Website/TheAgonyBooth [[http://www.agonybooth.com/recaps/Mister_T/ has several full recaps of some of the most bizarre episodes of the series.]]

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The show ran from 1983 to 1986, and had 30 episodes. Website/TheAgonyBooth [[http://www.[[https://web.archive.org/web/20200615142309/https://www.agonybooth.com/recaps/Mister_T/ com/tv-shows/mister-t has several full recaps of some of the most bizarre episodes of the series.]]
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* CoolPet: Dozer, [[RefugeInAudacity a dog who shares Mr. T's hairstyle!]]

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* CoolPet: CanineCompanion: Dozer, [[RefugeInAudacity a dog who shares Mr. T's hairstyle!]]
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* TheyFightCrime: And solve mysteries!

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* AdultFear: In one episode, Spike and some other kids are abducted for purposes never gone into, but he helps one girl escape while he is recaptured. She finds some adults who refer her to a police officer. Bad thing is, one of the abductors posed as a cop to lure her and others in. The looks on their faces as she asks tearfully 'Is He A Real Policeman?' bring the horror home.


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* InvasionOfTheBabySnatchers: In one episode, Spike and some other kids are abducted for purposes never gone into, but he helps one girl escape while he is recaptured. She finds some adults who refer her to a police officer. Bad thing is, one of the abductors posed as a cop to lure her and others in. The looks on their faces as she asks tearfully 'Is He A Real Policeman?' bring the horror home.
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Compare wioth ''WesternAnimation/RamboTheForceOfFreedom'' and ''WesternAnimation/ChuckNorrisKarateKommandos'', two other Ruby-Spears adventure cartoons from TheEighties based on live-action stars and franchises.

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Compare wioth with ''WesternAnimation/RamboTheForceOfFreedom'' and ''WesternAnimation/ChuckNorrisKarateKommandos'', two other Ruby-Spears adventure cartoons from TheEighties based on live-action stars and franchises.

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Compare wioth ''WesternAnimation/RamboTheForceOfFreedom'' and ''WesternAnimation/ChuckNorrisKarateKommandos'', two other Ruby-Spears adventure cartoons from TheEighties based on live-action stars and franchises.



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* LeotardOfPower: The gymnasts of course. Well save it for Mr. T who is their coach.

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* EpisodeTitleCard: Like most Ruby-Spears cartoons, the series uses them.
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Many (but not all) episodes are titled either "Mystery of the [X]" or "The [X] Mystery".
* LeotardOfPower: The gymnasts of course. Well save it for wear them. Mr. T who is their coach.doesn't.
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* NotQuiteStarring: A strange version in which Mr. T actually ''does'' appear, and giving AnAesop, too.

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* NotQuiteStarring: A strange version in which Averted, where Mr. T actually ''does'' appear, and giving AnAesop, too.not only voices himself, but he also gives AnAesop in the flesh.
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* PhotographicMemory: There are occasional references to Kim having one.
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* LeotardOfPower: The gymnasts of course. Well save it for Mr. T who is their coach.
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* SpotTheImpostor : In one episode, Spike is misled by a sophisticated scheme in which his vanished eldest sister Cathy is impersonated via technology. He finally sees through it when the faked voice calls him 'Spike': Spike is his nickname, one he only adopted well after Cathy's disappearance [[spoiler:and, though the episode never confirms this outright, her likely death.]]

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* SpotTheImpostor : In one episode, Spike is misled by a sophisticated scheme in which his vanished eldest sister Cathy is impersonated via technology. He finally sees through it when the faked voice calls him 'Spike': Spike is his nickname, one he only adopted well after Cathy's disappearance [[spoiler:and, though the episode never confirms this outright, her likely death.]]]] Crosses over with INeverToldYouMyName.

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* PassionateSportsGirl: The team has Robin and Kim, two young girls who really want to be pros.



%%* ScaryBlackMan: Mr. T.

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%%* * ScaryBlackMan: Mr. T.T is a benevolent version, having the looks but being more of a loud TeamDad in personality terms. [[PapaWolf But woe betide anyone who threatens his pupils, the Tag Along Kid or his dog.]]



* SpotTheImpostor : In one episode, Spike is misled by a sophisticated scheme in which his vanished eldest sister is impersonated via technology. He finally sees through it when the faked voice calls him 'Spike'. Spike is his nickname, one he only adopted well after his sister's disappearance [[spoiler:and, though the episode never confirms this outright, her likely death.]]

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* SpotTheImpostor : In one episode, Spike is misled by a sophisticated scheme in which his vanished eldest sister Cathy is impersonated via technology. He finally sees through it when the faked voice calls him 'Spike'. 'Spike': Spike is his nickname, one he only adopted well after his sister's Cathy's disappearance [[spoiler:and, though the episode never confirms this outright, her likely death.]]]]
* TeamDad: As the coach and protector of his gymnastics team, Mr. T may be one of the most badass team fathers in 80's western animation.
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* ManlyTears: "Mystery of the Stranger", just before the usual live action lecture by Mr T. After Spike is rescued from kidnappers, Mr. T kneels down and embraces him, tears falling from his closed eyes.


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* PreferJailToTheProtagonist: "Mystery of the Stranger" deals with abducted kids. Mr. T and company track down a pair of kidnappers. Eventually, Mr. T catches one of them and with a DeathGlare, offers the kidnapper a choice: face him or go to jail. The kidnapper begs to be thrown in jail.

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Those are individual examples. Splitting appropriately and leaving a single general description of the show's application of the trope in question at the top as a "super-example" (for want of a better term) of sorts.


* RuleOfCool: The show runs on it. Just look at the TitleSequence. Mr. T spins an alligator around above his head, for one example. Heck, he even punches a shark.

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%%* RingOfFire: In "The Fortune Cookie Caper."
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%%* RingOfFire: In "The Fortune Cookie Caper."
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Heck, he even punches a shark.
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%%* RingOfFire: In "The Fortune Cookie Caper."
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Heck, he even punches a shark.
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