History WesternAnimation / StrokerAndHoop

-->'''Narrator''': And that, my friends, is the story of how Stroker saved Christmas. Now, it took old Stroker a few years to get over losing the lottery, and then figure out this was a happy ending. But that's the funny thing about happy endings. They're not about getting richer. They're about getting older, and getting to share another year with the ones you love. ''(A man approaches and grabs the poor turkey around the neck)'' Wait! What the hell? No! No, I want to live! Dear God! Please, don't kill me! ''(He is dragged offscreen and utters a BigNo before being killed)''

* InteractiveNarrator: The narrator for the Christmas episode, who amusingly turns out to be a turkey about to be taken to the slaughter.

An animated [[SatireParodyPastiche parody]] of the BuddyCopShow, especially ''Series/StarskyAndHutch''. Features two semi-competent yet ineffective {{Private Detective}}s, John "Stroker" Strockmeyer, his partner Hoop Schwartz, and their self-aware robotic car, C.A.R.R. Trivia/StrokerAndHoop

An animated [[SatireParodyPastiche parody]] of the BuddyCopShow, especially ''Series/StarskyAndHutch''. Features two semi-competent yet ineffective {{Private Detective}}s, John "Stroker" Strockmeyer, his partner Hoop Schwartz, and their self-aware robotic car, C.A.R.R.

Hoop (Speed Levitch) is a very touchy-feely, sensitive, pacifistic sort whos dressed like a bad motivational speaker. He prefers to talk problems out rather than skip straight to the gunplay. [[ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption This never works.]]

[[ShortRunners Canceled only after a season of 13 episodes]] and with [[LeftHanging no ending]]. But the show (As of 12/19/08) reruns on Adult Swim and on its online service, Adult Swim Video.

* [[spoiler: [[ActingForTwo Acing for Many]]: It turns out that kidnapper in '"Putting The 'Ass' in 'Assassin'" was [[ChekhovsGunman a guy who'd had small parts in previous episodes]] (a waiter, an office worker, a criminal, etc.) but nobody noticed his voice was always the same.]]

* HeyItsThatVoice: [[{{Nickelodeon}} Stick Stickly]] is C.A.R.R.
** [[WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks Uncle Ruckus]] is Coroner Rick.

** And done again at the end of the episode [[spoiler: as the sheriff was an identical cousin of Hoop and they wound up arresting the wrong guy. But as Stroker, Double Wide and the Sheriff are leaving, the former two notice the sheriff rubbing his hands evilly. They question this before u-turning back to the police compound to be on the safe side.]]

* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: Averted and lampshaded in "The Wrath of Khan'Ja" when Stroker [[DressingAsTheEnemy knocks out a guard and steals his clothes]] to try to get into the FPI headquarters. It turns out the other guard was watching the camera.

Hoop (Speed Levitch) is a very touchy-feely, sensitive, pacifistic sort whos dressed like a bad motivational speaker. He prefers to talk problems out rather than skip straight to the gunplay. [[ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption This never works]].

* [[spoiler: [[ActingForTwo Acing For Many]]: It turns out that kidnapper in '"Putting The 'Ass' in 'Assassin'" was [[ChekhovsGunman a guy who'd had small parts in previous episodes]] (a waiter, an office worker, a criminal, etc.) but nobody noticed his voice was always the same.]]
* AttendingYourOwnFuneral: Though Stroker later admits that bringing his son to his own funeral was a crappy idea
* ''{{Anti Hero}}'' : Stroker. By contrast, however, Hoop is very kind and innocent (When not provoked into avenging his fallen comrades).

* BlofeldPloy: [[spoiler:DoubleSubverted]]

* PostMortemOneLiner[=/=]PreMortemOneLiner: Hoop in one episode. They're all [[IncrediblyLamePun pretty bad]]

* ShurFineGuns: Combined with AccidentalAimingSkills at the start of one episode. Stroker and Hoop are held up by a Columbian drug dealer and are forced to drop their guns.. which go off, injuring both the drug dealer and his wife (who was inexplicably not present until just then). Stroker immediately lampshades it by stating he can't shoot that well when he actually aims.

* YetAnotherChristmasCarol: The episode "I Saw Stroker Killing Santa Claus"

C.A.R.R. (Paul Christie) is essentially the opposite of K.I.T.T. from ''KnightRider''. He's a junky old beater (not quite TheAllegedCar, but past his prime), he's not too smart, and lacks any really useful gadgetry other than [[DeadpanSnarker talking]] and the ability to drive himself. He listens to a lot of ultra-right-wing talk shows, since he doesn't have an FM radio. He was built by Stroker's mechanic friend "Double-Wide" (who is voiced by Curtis "Booger" Armstrong), whose ''odd'' private life is often helpful.

Stroker ([[{{Delocated}} Jon Glaser]]) falls short as a detective mostly due to his own short-sightedness, self-involvement and greed more than bad investigative skills. He has a young son (by his Latina ex-wife), whom he loves, even if he can't quite seem to show it properly.

Hoop (Speed Levitch) is a very touchy-feely, sensitive, pacifistic sort who prefers to talk problems out rather than skip straight to the gunplay. [[ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption This never works]].

* RealityEnsues: Many examples

[[TooGoodToLast Canceled only after a season of 13 episodes]] and with [[LeftHanging no ending]]. But the show (As of 12/19/08) reruns on Adult Swim and on its online service, Adult Swim Video.

* [[spoiler: [[ActingForTwo Acing For Many]]: It turns out that kidnapper in '"Putting The 'Ass' in 'Assassin'" was [[ChekovsGunman a guy who'd had small parts in previous episodes]] (a waiter, an office worker, a criminal, etc.) but nobody noticed his voice was always the same.]]

* [[spoiler: [[ActingForTwo Acing For Many]]: It turns out that kidnapper in '"Putting The 'Ass' in 'Assassin'" was a guy who'd had small parts in previous episodes (a waiter, an office worker, a criminal, etc.) but nobody noticed his voice was always the same.]]

* The Stroker and Hoop Fan [[http://www.strokerandhoop.org/ website]]

* NotSoHarmless: Hoop's mother Rose, when wrongfully imprisoned after being framed for murder, [[spoiler: kills an inmate who stabbed her, then fakes her suicide in order to get Coroner Rick help her escape. And when he doesn't comply, threatens to give him a "Colombian jockstrap" by holding a knife to his crotch.]]

* DeadBabyComedy: Coroner Rick is an in-universe example...if only to himself.
-->"Why they always gotta land face-down like that?"

Stroker (Jon Glaser) falls short as a detective mostly due to his own short-sightedness, self-involvement and greed more than bad investigative skills. He has a young son (by his Latina ex-wife), whom he loves, even if he can't quite seem to show it properly.

--> '''Cultists''': Eat a human, be a human, eat a human, be a human...\\