History WesternAnimation / TheHerculoids

->son Dorno, they team up to protect their planet from sinister
->invaders!

->fearless wonders! With Zandor their leader, and his wife Tara and

->They're the Herculoids!

* RedHeadedHero: Zandor

* RockBeatsLaser: Several enemies of the Herculoids have far more advenced tech, but lose tho them either way.

** ItsQuietTooQuiet: Xandor in "Mission of the Amatons" and "The Island of the Gravites".

* TreasureRoom: "The Raider Apes". In the villager's cave system.

* TwoShorts: The 60s show, had two shorts per episode both with the Herculoids.

* VoluntaryShapeshifting: The title creatures in "The Mutoids".

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When trouble arose, Zandor commanded a small army of exotic beasts: Gloop and Gleep, a pair of [[BlobMonster gelatinous]] [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shape-shifters]]; Igoo, [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys an ape]] with [[NighInvulnerable rocklike skin]]; Tundro, [[MixAndMatchCritters a rhino-triceratops-like creature that could shoot burning rocks from its horn]], and Zok, a [[GiantFlyer flying]] [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragon]] capable of firing [[FrickinLaserBeams laser beams]] [[EyeBeams from its eyes]] and tail.

* ActionMom: Tara, very rarely. Most of the time she was a DistressedDamsel.

* DistressedDamsel: Tara

* [[OurDragonsAreDifferent/WesternAnimation Our Dragons Are Different]]: Zok

When trouble arose, Zandor commanded a small army of exotic beasts: Gloop and Gleep, a pair of [[BlobMonster gelatinous]] [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shape-shifters]]; Igoo, [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys an ape]] with [[NighInvulnerable rocklike skin]]; Tundro, a rhino-triceratops-like creature that could shoot burning rocks from its horn, and Zok, a [[GiantFlyer flying]] [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragon]] capable of firing [[FrickinLaserBeams laser beams]] [[EyeBeams from its eyes]] and tail.

When trouble arose, Zandor commanded a small army of exotic beasts: Gloop and Gleep, a pair of [[TheBlob gelatinous]] [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shape-shifters]]; Igoo, [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys an ape]] with [[NighInvulnerable rocklike skin]]; Tundro, a rhino-triceratops-like creature that could shoot burning rocks from its horn, and Zok, a [[GiantFlyer flying]] [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragon]] capable of firing [[FrickinLaserBeams laser beams]] [[EyeBeams from its eyes]] and tail.

* WaferThinMint: Zandor uses this against the gold-stealing "The Raider Apes".

This 1960s AnimatedSeries from {{Hanna-Barbera}} was unlike its contemporary, ''SpaceGhost'', in that it was set on Amzot[[note]]Quasar in the 1980's ''Space Stars'' revival[[/note]], a primitive planet protected by King Zandor[[note]]Just "Zandor" in the original series[[/note]]. Zandor's wife, Tara, and their son, Dorno, were the only other known human inhabitants. For some reason, aliens kept trying to conquer an isolated, largely uninhabited jungle world full of monsters. Go figure.

In the early 1980s, the Herculoids joined SpaceGhost in the AnimatedAnthology series ''WesternAnimation/SpaceStars''.

* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The Japanese dub has [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6pHynlUnaY&feature=related this]]

* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: Zandor and Zok in "Sarko the Arkman."
* BigRedButton: "Malak and the Metal Apes". Used to activate a SelfDestructMechanism.
* TheBlank: The title opponents in "Attack of the Faceless People".
* ByTheLightsOfTheirEyes: The eyes of the monsters of the Stone Forest in "The Lost Dorgyte."
* {{Crossover}}: They appeared in the ''SpaceGhost'' cartoon "The Molten Monsters of Moltar", part 4 of the six-part "Council of Doom" serial.

* DivingSave: Dorno to Gleep in "Swamp Monster."

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Igoo, and the flying monkeys in "The Beaked People."
* EvilLaugh: Most of the {{villains}}.

* FastballSpecial: Gloop changes to a giant slingshot to throw Igoo and also throws Gleep once.

* HarmlessFreezing: Igoo in "Mekkor."

* HostageSituation: Tara and Dorno occasionally.

* IncredibleShrinkingMan: Happens to the protagonists in "Tiny World Of Terror."

* ReversePolarity: "Revenge of the Pirates". Zok does his with his eye beams.

* ShrinkRay: Used on the protagonists in "Tiny World Of Terror."

** GladHesOnOurSide - Dorno says "I'm glad you're on our side" to Tundro in "The Lost Dorgyte".

** LeaveHimToMe: The king of "The Mole Men", referring to Zandor.
** SeizeThem: The king of "The Mole Men", again referring to Zandor.

** WeWillMeetAgain: Sta-Lak says "I will be back!" at the end of "Return of Sta-Lak''.

* WaferThinMint: Zandor uses this against the gold-stealing "The Raider Apes."

This 1960s AnimatedSeries from {{Hanna-Barbera}} was unlike its contemporary, ''SpaceGhost'', in that it was set on Quasar[[note]]Amzot in the original series[[/note]], a primitive planet protected by King Zandor[[note]]Just "Zandor" in the original series[[/note]]. Zandor's wife, Tara, and their son, Dorno, were the only other known human inhabitants. For some reason, aliens kept trying to conquer an isolated, largely uninhabited jungle world full of monsters. Go figure.

This 1960s AnimatedSeries from {{Hanna-Barbera}} was unlike its contemporary, ''SpaceGhost'', in that it was set on Quasar[[note]]Amzot in the original series[[/note]], a primitive planet protected by King Zandor[[note]]Just "Zandor" in the original series[[/note]]. Zandor's wife, Tarra, and their son, Dorno, were the only other known human inhabitants. For some reason, aliens kept trying to conquer an isolated, largely uninhabited jungle world full of monsters. Go figure.

* ActionMom: Tarra, very rarely. Most of the time she was a DistressedDamsel.

* {{Crossover}}: They appeared in one part of a five-part ''SpaceGhost'' cartoon.

* DistressedDamsel: Tarra

* HornAttack: Thundro's signature attack, especially of the shooting variety.
* HostageSituation: Tarra and Dorno occasionally.
* HypnoTrinket: "Ruler of the Reptons". The Reptons use a crown to MindControl Tarra.

* InvincibleHero: Every member of the cast except for Tarra and Dorno.

* RedAlert: In "Prisoner of the Bubblemen" after Zandor and Tarra escape.

* HotMom: Tarra

This 1960s AnimatedSeries from {{Hanna-Barbera}} was unlike its contemporary, ''SpaceGhost'', in that it was set on Quasar[[hottip:*:Amzot in the original series]], a primitive planet protected by King Zandor[[hottip:*:Just "Zandor" in the original series]]. Zandor's wife, Tarra, and their son, Dorno, were the only other known human inhabitants. For some reason, aliens kept trying to conquer an isolated, largely uninhabited jungle world full of monsters. Go figure.

* [[EverythingIsBetterWithMonkeys Everything's Better With Monkeys]]: Igoo, and the flying monkeys in "The Beaked People."

** In a very small number of episodes Zok displayed the ability to breath fire, sadly this troper can not recall if he actually used it as a weapon so it's possible they some how managed to give a dragon a fire BreathWeapon while managing to avert KillItWithFire

In the early 1980s, the Herculoids joined SpaceGhost in the AnimatedAnthology series ''Space Stars''.

* HairOfGold: Tarra