History WesternAnimation / SWATKats

* FamilyFriendlyFirearms: Par for the course in this type of show, at least with regular guns (Commander Feral quite clearly has a handgun, and despite ejecting casings when fired, it inexplicably makes laser noises; then again, it has an orange-colored portion (an emitter?) inside the muzzle); though Felina and a few other Enforcers have a futuristic-looking laser pistol. Enforcer tanks and copters have missiles, and yet fire lasers instead of bullets or shells. However, occasionally Enforcer commandoes are seen firing bazookas of some sort, and the SWAT Kats' arsenal is clearly intended to be as non-lethal as possible (the cement rotary gun, for instance) or have alternate functions (like the Tarpedoes (used for blinding enemies), or the Scrambler missiles (used for electrical shocks, like to bring down forcefields)), and their Glovatrixes often have scaled down versions of these projectiles; they do fire a regular missile on one occasion (it was [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] when it was fired with a button marked ''Plain Old Missile'').
** Also, [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness throughout season 1]] the Enforcers' and criminals' weapons sometimes seemed to fire bullets, but with red streaks trailing the bullets as they were fired, and laser noises accompanied these; this tended to happen when the plot called for bullets in some fashion, so presumably this was some sort of compromise (though lasers won out by season 2).

%%* FighterLaunchingSequence: The heroes taking off in the [=TurboKat=] in the intro.

* TanksForNothing: The only purpose the Enforcer tanks serve is getting stomped by the MonsterOfTheWeek so the heroes can save the day.
** According to model sheets, they're called Peacekeepers, and rather bizarrely seem to lack turrets (despite appearing to possess them, they never rotate even once). Instead, their main armament seems to consist of two dual forward-mounted laser cannons that can tilt up and down but not side to side, meaning the Peacekeeper can ''only'' fire in whatever direction the front end is currently facing.
*** There have actually been a few tanks like this in real life, most notably Sweden's Stridsvagn 103 S-Tanks. They were designed in that manner so that they'd be very low profile, and thus blend into the environment and defensive barricades better. Their tracks could rotate rapidly in alternate directions in order to make the tank turn quickly in the event it needed to. Unfortunately for the Enforcers, the Peacekeeper seems to lack both of those qualities.

%%* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Between the SWAT Kats and Feral at times. Also between Dark Kat, the Metallikats, and Dr. Viper in "Katastrophe"

** Callie also does this during her ActionGirl moments. In "The Wrath of Dark Kat", she saves the SWAT Kats by hitting the titular villain with one of the money bags he'd stolen. In "The Ci-Kat-A", when alien-possessed scientist Dr. Harley Street is trying to "recruit" her, Callie says "I don't think so!" and smashes him on the head with her briefcase.

* TotallyRadical: The phrase "The Radical Squadron" is part of the series title, but never used in the show itself.
** Ironically, while it was TotallyRadical in a meta sense, within the show, they ''are'' a radical squadron - [[VigilanteMan in the "radical measures" sense of the word.]]
** "Radical" is used a few times in the second season; thankfully, it didn't catch on.

%%* ShipTease:

%%* WorldOfFunnyAnimals: Although unlike many examples of this trope, Megakat City has only one intelligent species.

* CatNinja: Dark Kat has a few as {{Mooks}} in "Razor's Edge." However, they really only get one scene showcasing their martial arts skills when they attack a security guard. They have the same purple fur as their master, and wear [[GogglesDoSomething goggles]] and [[GasMaskMook gas masks]].