History WesternAnimation / PJMasks

* GenderEqualEnsemble: In season 6, the Power Heroes team ends up having four boys (Catboy, Gekko, Newton Star & Ice Cub) and four girls (Owlette, an Yu, Bastet & Lilyfay).

** Also, in season 6, due to a misinterpretation of an ancient tablet by Gekko, Catboy & An Yu are tricked by Pharoah Boy into fighting Bastet.

* LetsYouAndHimFight: In "Clash On Mystery Mountain" Night Ninja tricks Armadylan into fight An Yu and take her staff from her.

* AnAesop: [[OncePerEpisode Every episode has one.]]

** This happens twice in Season 5; in the premiere "Ninja Powerup," the PJ Masks gained even more powers, even though they only used their new powers in said premiere, with HQ getting a powerup as well, giving it a new appearance and the PJ Sensors, and the episode "The PJ Riders Save the Day" sees the PJ Masks' Thememobiles gaining new powers (which, coincidentally, are the exact same powers the PJ's themselves gained in Season 2) upon retrieving them from Carly and Cartoka, despite the PJ Riders not wanting them to.
* MinimalistCast: While other kids are often seen during the daytime segments, the majority of the show focused on initially only eight main characters: the 3 PJ Masks, Romeo, Luna Girl, Night Ninja, the Ally Cat and Lionel (though the latter two were only minor characters up until "Ninja Power Up"). The trope has since gradually been downplayed with each season introducing more main characters[[note]]Season 2 had Armadylan, PJ Robot and the Wolfy Kids, while Season 3 had Motsuki and An Yu (the Splat Monster doesn't count, since he and Teeny Weeny are one and the same). Season 4 gave us Newton Star, Munki-Gu, Octobella and Pharaoh Boy. Finally, Season 5 introduced Owly, Orticia, Pirate Robot, Carly, Cartoka and the PJ Riders, with Season 6 debuting Ice Cub and Gloop III, as well as the cartoon counterparts of original book series characters Lilifée (now known in English as Lilyfay) and Bastet[[/note]], though as of the season 6 episode "Space Fairy Hero," the show only has a cast of about 30 (32 if you count Octobella's sidekick Percival and Pirate Robot's official sidekick Sally) main characters. Still, since the villains take turns fighting the heroes, and the supporting heroes also usually rarely appear together, there's still only around 7 - 8 main characters per episode.

** An Yu also qualifies; we only know that she was at some point in the past sealed away in the dragon gong, but nothing is known how and when this happened, or how long she was already guardian of Mystery Mountain at that point.

* NotAllowedToGrowUp: While it's clear that time passes (the show already has two Christmas episodes set on separate Christmases, and two episodes about Greg's birthday), none of the characters ever age. Or move to another class.

** Amaya/Owlette is the only girl amongst the main trio, and was the only female hero overall in seasons 1 and 2. Season 3 introduced An Yu (whose dragon form already appeared in season 2), but she is a supporting hero who only appears in select episodes alongside Armadylan and Newton, leaving Owlette to remain the only female PJ Mask. However, Armadylan, An Yu and Newton all become main heroes in Season 6, which also introduces Bastet, Lilyfay and Ice Cub]], so since there are now four main heroines in a group of nine main heroes, Owlette is no longer the only female main heroine.

* StatusQuoIsGod: Downplayed; while most episodes are stand alone stories whose events are forgotten by next, there have in fact been several episodes that did cause lasting changes in the show’s status quo. These include the introductions of new heroes and villains, the heroes getting new powers, their vehicles and HQ getting an upgrade, Teeny Weeny permanently ditching Night Ninja to become a hero, and Motsuki becoming Luna Girl’s surrogate sister, but eventually having a falling out with her and banishing her from the Lunar Fortress. The Season 5 episode "Carly and Cartoka" saw another major change to the status quo, with ''all'' the PJ vehicles (including their {{Thememobile}}s, which had been part of the show since the very beginning) being destroyed by the titular twins, and the heroes failing to get them back in favor of freeing the PJ Riders from the HQ Crystal, however, the PJ's did manage to retrieve and repair their Thememobiles much to the PJ Riders' chagrin in the season 5 episode "The PJ Riders Save the Day."

* AnimationBump: It is noticeable that the animation is smoother in Season 2 onwards.

* ActorAllusion: In "Wacky Floats", Night Ninja (Who’s voice actor previously voiced Rubble in ''PAW Patrol'') remarks that (Thought he doesn’t say the dog breed, English Bulldog) he's always wanted to be a [[WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol salty sea dog]].[[note]]"Wacky Floats" aired roughly 5 months after Sea Patrol.[[/note]] Bonus points since he was talking to Romeo, whose voice actor ''also'' played a pup (Specifically Zuma) on the same show.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Night Ninja did this twice in two Season 3 episodes, the first was in "Meet An Yu". He and his Ninjalinos steal the Dragon Gong from the museum, and take it to Mystery Mountain where he intends to order the dragon that resides inside the gong to help him rob the pagoda of all its relics. Too late does he learn that the dragon is actually An Yu, the defender of Mystery Mountain, who [[SealedGoodInACan was imprisoned in the gong]], and by taking the gong back to Mystery Mountain, he allowed her to finally break free, giving the PJ Masks a new powerful ally in the process.

* ChristmasEpisode: Three: Season 1's "Gekko Saves Christmas", Season 3's "The PJ Masks Save Christmas", and Season 6's/Power Heroes' “The Christmas Ninjalinos”. The latter two are also two-parters that takes up both parts of the episode.

* ChristmasEpisode: Two: Season 1's "Gekko Saves Christmas", and Season 3's "The PJ Masks Save Christmas". The latter is also a two-parter that takes up both parts of the episode.

** The second was in “Clash on Mystery Mountain”, Teeny Weeny felt so much guilt after Night Ninja successfully tricks Armadylan, and imprisons An Yu back in the Dragon Gong (temporarily before being freed again), when Night Ninja asks Teeny Weeny for a scroll, [[HeelFaceTurn Teeny Weeny pretty much had enough]], and uses a scroll to transport him and Night Ninja back to the city, the next segment “A Teeny Weeny Problem”, pays off from those previous events, An Yu repays Teeny Weeny and she teaches him to control when Teeny Weeny is in the Splat Monster form.

** In “Clash on Mystery Mountain”, Teeny Weeny felt so much guilt after Night Ninja successfully tricks Armadylan, and imprisons An Yu back in the Dragon Gong (temporarily), when Night Ninja asks Teeny Weeny for a scroll, to which [[HeelFaceTurn Teeny Weeny pretty much had enough]], and uses a scroll to transport him and Night Ninja back to the city, the next segment “A Teeny Weeny Problem”, pays off from those previous events, An Yu repays Teeny Weeny and she teaches him to control when Teeny Weeny is in the Splat Monster form, thus Teeny Weeny abandons Night Ninja and joins the good guys.

** In “Clash on Mystery Mountain”, Teeny Weeny felt so much guilt after Night Ninja successfully tricks Armadylan, and imprisons An Yu back in the Dragon Gong (temporarily), when Night Ninja asks Teeny Weeny for a scroll, to which [[HeelFaceTurn Teeny Weeny pretty much had enough]], and uses a scroll to transport him and Night Ninja back to the city, and in the next segment “A Teeny Weeny Problem”, An Yu repays Teeny Weeny and she teaches him to control when Teeny Weeny is in the Splat Monster, thus Teeny Weeny abandons Night Ninja and joins the good guys.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Night Ninja did this in the Season 3 episode "Meet An Yu". He and his Ninjalinos steal the Dragon Gong from the museum, and take it to Mystery Mountain where he intends to order the dragon that resides inside the gong to help him rob the pagoda of all its relics. Too late does he learn that the dragon is actually An Yu, the defender of Mystery Mountain, who [[SealedGoodInACan was imprisoned in the gong]], and by taking the gong back to Mystery Mountain, he allowed her to finally break free, giving the PJ Masks a new powerful ally in the process.

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: The television version of Tarabiscoville where the heroes reside appears to be a mash-up of the French and North-American setting with a great influence of North American culture[[note]]Both [[HalloweenEpisode Halloween Episodes]] that shows the kids trick-or-treating, a tradition most prevalent in the US, Canada, Ireland and the UK, and during the ChristmasEpisode, [[DreamingOfAWhiteChristmas it starts snowing]][[/note]]. The episode ''Newton and the Ninjas'' also has it be in clear range of the Aurora Borealis, which is pretty close to the Arctic circle, meaning it could be in either Alaska or anywhere in Canada. To make matters more confusing, anytime the heroes are seen traveling into space from Earth or traveling back to Earth from space, they head for a different country or even entirely different continent (specifically in Europe, or South America), it also gets even more confusing with the Season 6 premiere episode "Heroes Everywhere" where, at the end of the episode, the beams coming from the heroes (Catboy, Owlette, Gekko, An Yu, Newton Star, and their new teammate Ice Cub) that form their new HQ, Power Q, came from Central Florida, suggesting that Tarabiscoville is possibly located in Florida, which is in the United States, but in other episodes like Space Fairy Hero, and the four-part episode Heroes of Iceworld (the latter of which broadcasted earlier in the IP's native France, and Latin America), when the characters travel back to Earth from space, they're shown heading to France, which is where Tarabiscoville is located in the books, but even still, Tarabiscoville's location consistency is all over the place throughout the show.

* MinimalistCast: While other kids are often seen during the daytime segments, the majority of the show focused on initially only eight main characters: the 3 PJ Masks, Romeo, Luna Girl, Night Ninja, the Ally Cat and Lionel (though the latter two were only minor characters up until "Ninja Power Up"). The trope has since gradually been downplayed with each season introducing more main characters[[note]]Season 2 had Armadylan, PJ Robot and the Wolfy Kids, while Season 3 had Motsuki and An Yu (the Splat Monster doesn't count, since he and Teeny Weeny are one and the same). Season 4 gave us Newton Star, Munki-Gu, Octobella and Pharaoh Boy. Finally, Season 5 introduced Owly, Orticia, Pirate Robot, Carly, Cartoka and the PJ Riders, with Season 6 being confirmed to debut Ice Cub and Gloop III, as well as the cartoon counterparts of original book series characters Lilifée (now known in English as Lilyfay) and Bastet as seen in a new trailer for the season[[/note]], though as of the season 6 episode "Space Fairy Hero," the show only has a cast of about 30 (32 if you count Octobella's sidekick Percival and Pirate Robot's official sidekick Sally) main characters. Still, since the villains take turns fighting the heroes, and the supporting heroes also usually rarely appear together, there's still only around 7 - 8 main characters per episode.

* MysteriousPast: Goes for pretty much ALL heroes and villains. Due to the show lacking a proper OriginsEpisode for the majority of it's characters (with the sole exception of Ice Cub), it's unknown how the 3 main PJ Masks, Night Ninja, Luna Girl and Romeo became who they are now, or how they first met. The episode "Catboy Does It Again" proves the PJ Masks didn't always have their powers since Romeo plans to revert them back to before they were heroes, but that's about it.

* PromotionToOpeningTitles: After using the season 1 opening sequence up till season 5, season 6 finally gave the show a new opening sequence featuring all three of the new heroes, as well as Armadylan, An Yu, Newton Star and most of the villains that had been introduced over the past seasons. The only characters still absent are Munki-Gu and Orticia, both of whom are [[PutOnABus confirmed to not be returning]], as well as Owly & Lionel of the PJ Pets, PJ Robot, Pirate Robot, Carly, Cartoka, the PJ Riders (probably due to the theme song not having enough room for any of these characters) and Gloop III (who has yet to debut in the series).

** Amaya/Owlette is the only girl among the 3 main heroes, and was the only female hero overall in seasons 1 and 2. Season 3 introduced An Yu (whose dragon form already appeared in season 2), but she is a supporting hero who only appears in select episodes alongside Armadylan and Newton, leaving Owlette to remain the only female PJ Mask. However, Armadylan, An Yu and Newton will all become main heroes in Season 6, [[spoiler:which will also introduce Bastet, Lilyfay and Ice Cub]], so since there will be four main heroines in a group of nine main heroes, it seems Owlette won't remain the only female main heroine for long after all.

* SupermanStaysOutOfGotham: Over the course of the series, as the main PJ's gain more allies, it becomes quite noticeable that for some reason they never ask these allies for backup whenever they find themselves in a tight spot. Season 6 in particular is guilty of this; each episode all heroes gather in their new Space HQ to discuss that nights mission, but then they pick 1 - 3 members to go on this mission and once the choice has been made, these heroes are somehow on their own for the remainder of the episode. No matter the trouble they face, they never even consider calling their fellow heroes in HQ to come to their aid, nor do these other heroes keep an eye on how the mission is going and decide for themselves they should go down to Earth and help.

* {{Thememobile}}: All three young heroes have their own vehicle; the Cat-car (a blue automobile), the Owl-glider (a red flying machine with owl wings) and the Gekko-Mobile (a green amphibian vehicle with a lizard tail). However, they got destroyed in the season 5 episode "Carly & Cartoka" by the titular twins, being replaced with Cat Stripe King, Eagle Owl and Power Lizard respectively, but the PJ Masks did manage to recover them despite the PJ Riders' jealousy in "The PJ Riders Save the Day."

* TomTheDarkLord: The Wolfy Kids are named Howler, Rip... and Kevin.

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: The television version of Tarabiscoville where the heroes reside appears to be a mash-up of the French and North-American setting with a great influence of North American culture[[note]]Both [[HalloweenEpisode Halloween Episodes]] that shows the kids trick-or-treating, a tradition most prevalent in the US, Canada, Ireland and the UK, and during the ChristmasEpisode, [[DreamingOfAWhiteChristmas it starts snowing]][[/note]]. The episode ''Newton and the Ninjas'' also has it be in clear range of the Aurora Borealis, which is pretty close to the Arctic circle, meaning it could be in either Alaska or anywhere in Canada. To make matters more confusing, anytime the heroes are seen traveling into space from Earth or traveling back to Earth from space, they head for a different country or even entirely different continent (specifically in Europe, or South America), it also gets even more confusing with the Season 6 premiere episode “Heroes Everywhere” where, at the end of the episode, the beams coming from the heroes (Catboy, Owlette, Gekko, An Yu, Newton Star, and their new teammate Ice Cub) that form their new HQ, Power Q, came from Central Florida, suggesting that Tarabiscoville is possibly located in Florida, which is in the United States, but in other episodes like Space Fairy Hero, and the four-part episode Heroes of Iceworld (the latter of which broadcasted earlier in the IP's native France, and Latin America), when the characters travel back to Earth from space, they're shown heading to France, which is where Tarabiscoville is located in the books, but even still, Tarabiscoville's location consistency is all over the place throughout the show.

'''''PJ Masks''''' is a Creator/DisneyJunior cartoon that premiered on September 18, 2015. It is based on [[Literature/PJMasks Les Pyjamasques]], a series of French picture books created by Romuald Racioppo.

* {{Irony}}: Ninjas are supposed to be stealthy, hiding in the shadows and keeping their existence a secret. But Night Ninja is openly showy and craves the spotlight, wanting everyone to know him.

* TheDeterminator: No matter how many times the PJ Masks foil them, the nighttime villains always come back for more.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Night Ninja accidentally did this in the Season 3 episode "Meet An Yu". Night Ninja and his Ninjalino's steal the dragon gong from the museum, and take it to Mystery Mountain where he intends to order the dragon that resides inside the gong to help him rob the pagoda of all it's relics. Too late does he learn that the dragon is actually An Yu, the defender of Mystery Mountain who [[SealedGoodInACan was imprisoned in the gong]], and by taking the gong back to Mystery Mountain, he allowed her to finally break free, giving the PJ Masks a new powerfull ally in the process.

** The Mexican Spanish dub, which is subtitled "Héroes en pijamas", made some modifications to some names, Owlette is Ululette, Gekko's name replaces the first K in his name with a C and goes by Gecko (It's still the same pronunciation), PJ Robot is Robot en Pijama, Night Ninja is Ninja Nocturno, Motsuki is Polisuki, and Luna Girl is simply Luna, the subtitle name is even used as the team's name in this dub.

** The Mexican Spanish dub, which is subtitled "Héroes en pijamas", made some modifications to some names, Owlette is Ululette, Gekko's name replaces the first K in his name and goes by Gecko (It's still the same pronunciation), PJ Robot is Robot en Pijama, Night Ninja is Ninja Nocturno, Motsuki is Polisuki, and Luna Girl is simply Luna, the subtitle name is even used as the team's name in this dub.

** The Mexican Spanish dub, which is subtitled "Héroes en pijamas" made some modifications to some names, Owlette is Ululette, Gekko's name replaces the first K in his name and goes by Gecko (It's still the same pronunciation), PJ Robot is Robot en Pijama, Night Ninja is Ninja Nocturno, Motsuki is Polisuki, and Luna Girl is simply Luna.

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: The television version of Tarabiscoville where the heroes reside appears to be a mash-up of the French and North-American setting with a great influence of North American culture[[note]]Both [[HalloweenEpisode Halloween Episodes]] that shows the kids trick-or-treating, a tradition most prevalent in the US, Canada, Ireland and the UK, and during the ChristmasEpisode, [[DreamingOfAWhiteChristmas it starts snowing]][[/note]]. The episode ''Newton and the Ninjas'' also has it be in clear range of the Aurora Borealis, which is pretty close to the Arctic circle, meaning it could be in either Alaska or anywhere in Canada. To make matters more confusing, anytime the heroes are seen traveling into space from Earth or traveling back to Earth from space, they head for a different country or even entirely different continent (specifically in Europe, or South America), it also gets even more confusing with the Season 6 premiere episode “Heroes Everywhere” where, at the end of the episode, the beams coming from the heroes (Catboy, Owlette, Gekko, An Yu, Newton Star, and their new teammate Ice Cub) that form their new HQ, Power Q, came from Central Florida, suggesting that Tarabiscoville is possibly located in Florida, which is in the United States, but in other episodes like Space Fairy Hero, and the four-part episode Heroes of Iceworld (the latter of which broadcasted earlier in the IP's native France and Latin America), when the characters travel back to Earth from space, they're shown heading to France, which is where Tarabiscoville is located in the books, but even still, Tarabiscoville's location consistency is all over the place throughout the show.