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* FoeYay: Enchantress and Thor, though completely one-sided.
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** And [[TheVampireDiaries Nina Dobrev]] as Werewolf by Night's girlfriend, [[spoiler: who gets turned into a vampire]].
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* FromBadToWorse: [[spoiler: It was bad enough that Thanos got the Infinity Gauntlet with all 6 Infinity Gems. But when FaceHeelTurn Silver Surfer defeats Thanos and takes the gauntlet, he seizes the moment by destroying the Helicarrier v.2 and banishing the Super Hero Squad to another dimension of Time, Space and Reality.]]
** : [[spoiler: When the Mayor tried to reason with the Dark Surfer, he threw the Earth out of it's orbit, nearly destroying it's atmosphere from that alone, and slowly sending it further and further away from the sun.]]
** : [[spoiler: When the Mayor tried to reason with the Dark Surfer, he threw the Earth out of it's orbit, nearly destroying it's atmosphere from that alone, and slowly sending it further and further away from the sun.]]
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** : [[spoiler: When the Mayor tried to reason with the Dark Surfer, he threw the Earth out of it's orbit, nearly destroying it's atmosphere from that alone, and slowly sending it further and further away from the sun.]]
** : [[spoiler: When the Mayor tried to reason with the Dark Surfer, he threw the Earth out of it's orbit, nearly destroying it's atmosphere from that alone, and slowly sending it further and further away from the sun.]]
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* ForeShadowing: In "Mysterious Mayhem at Mutant High," Reptil laughs off the divining rod that Ringmaster was using to locate fractals and tosses it in the trash. [[spoiler: As he and Wolverine are flying away, the rod begins to shake and twitch violently and point towards Reptil in the sky, and the rock he wears around his neck begins to react as well in a subtle manner.]]
** There had been many subtler hints. [[spoiler:Reptil is the only one not depowered by Brynnie Bratton's fractal powered tiara]] and [[GoKartingWithBowser when he and Wolverine golf with M.O.D.O.K. and Abomination]] [[spoiler:he picks up a fractal and he is unaffected but Abomination is]].
** And for some reason Wasp always goes for her opponent's ass when she attacks; her favorite target seems to be Screaming Mimi.
** There had been many subtler hints. [[spoiler:Reptil is the only one not depowered by Brynnie Bratton's fractal powered tiara]] and [[GoKartingWithBowser when he and Wolverine golf with M.O.D.O.K. and Abomination]] [[spoiler:he picks up a fractal and he is unaffected but Abomination is]].
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** There had been many subtler hints. [[spoiler:Reptil is the only one not depowered by Brynnie Bratton's fractal powered tiara]] and [[GoKartingWithBowser when he and Wolverine golf with M.O.D.O.K. and Abomination]] [[spoiler:he picks up a fractal and he is unaffected but Abomination is]].
** And for some reason Wasp always goes for her opponent's ass when she attacks; her favorite target seems to be Screaming Mimi.
** There had been many subtler hints. [[spoiler:Reptil is the only one not depowered by Brynnie Bratton's fractal powered tiara]] and [[GoKartingWithBowser when he and Wolverine golf with M.O.D.O.K. and Abomination]] [[spoiler:he picks up a fractal and he is unaffected but Abomination is]].
** And for some reason Wasp always goes for her opponent's ass when she attacks; her favorite target seems to be Screaming Mimi.
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** Thanos punishing Nebula is straight out of ''Infinity Gauntlet'', except there, he withered her into a living corpse (which they couldn't do on a kids' show).
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** Just as in the comics, Screaming Mimi turns out to be [[{{Thunderbolts}} Songbird]]. [[Spoiler: That she's a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent is the surprising part.]]
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** Just as in the comics, Screaming Mimi turns out to be [[{{Thunderbolts}} Songbird]]. [[Spoiler: That [[spoiler:Songbird, although in this case she's a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent is the surprising part.and mole in Doom's operation.]]
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** Just as in the comics, Screaming Mimi turns out to be [[{{Thunderbolts}} Songbird]]. [[Spoiler: That she's a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent is the surprising part.)
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** Just as in the comics, Screaming Mimi turns out to be [[{{Thunderbolts}} Songbird]]. [[Spoiler: That she's a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent is the surprising part.)]]
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** Captain America, talking on the phone about a reenactment of Gettysburg he's attending: "Relax, Brubaker! It's just a Comicbook/CivilWar, what could go wrong?"
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** Captain America, talking on the phone about a reenactment of Gettysburg he's attending: "Relax, Brubaker! It's just a Comicbook/CivilWar, what could go wrong?"wrong?" It's also a nod to Ed Brubaker, long-time writer of Captain America.
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As the series begins, Doctor Doom has forged alliances with just about every supervillain, forming the Lethal Legion in order to hunt down the scattered fractals, each of which possess dangerous and different powers of their own. Doom's forces, including his two primary henchmen {{MODOK}} and the Abomination, dwell in Villainville which is separated from Superhero City by a giant wall erected at the start of the series premiere. Once again opposing Doom's plan is Iron Man, now leading the elite team known as the Super Hero Squad, consisting of Comicbook/TheFalcon, the Comicbook/IncredibleHulk, SilverSurfer, TheMightyThor, and {{Wolverine}}. The Super Hero Squad are headquartered in the {{SHIELD}} helicarrier, and are frequently aided in their defense of Super Hero City by their superhero friends, including their boss CaptainAmerica, rookie "Squaddie" Reptil, S.H.I.E.L.D. leader Comicbook/MsMarvel, and many more.
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As the series begins, Doctor Doom has forged alliances with just about every supervillain, forming the Lethal Legion [[GottaCatchThemAll in order to hunt down the scattered fractals, fractals]], each of which possess dangerous and different powers of their own. Doom's forces, including his two primary henchmen {{MODOK}} and the Abomination, dwell in Villainville which is separated from Superhero City by a giant wall erected at the start of the series premiere. Once again opposing Doom's plan is Iron Man, now leading the elite team known as the Super Hero Squad, consisting of Comicbook/TheFalcon, the Comicbook/IncredibleHulk, SilverSurfer, TheMightyThor, and {{Wolverine}}. The Super Hero Squad are headquartered in the {{SHIELD}} helicarrier, and are frequently aided in their defense of Super Hero City by their superhero friends, including their boss CaptainAmerica, rookie "Squaddie" Reptil, S.H.I.E.L.D. leader Comicbook/MsMarvel, and many more.
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Originally aired on ''CartoonNetwork''.''Creator/CartoonNetwork''. Now airs on ''TheHub''.
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* CardboardPrison: Subverted. Every time Doom tried to escape prison in season 2, he would fail to escape. He was finally freed by Molecule Man because he's a reality warper.
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* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: In the intro for a second season episode, Dr Doom is seated on an electric chair, the camera zooms in as we hear:
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** [[spoiler: then it's revealed that that "worst" is an psychotherapy session with Captain America]]
* CoveredInMud: Abomination, in response to being compared unfavorably to a dog, digs a huge pile of dirt and covers Reptil, Wolverine, and Thor in dirt to the point only their eyes are showing.
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* CoveredInMud: Abomination, in response to being compared unfavorably to a dog, digs a huge pile of dirt and covers Reptil, Wolverine, and Thor in dirt to the point only their eyes are showing.
* CoveredInMud: Abomination, in response to being compared unfavorably to a dog, digs a huge pile of dirt and covers Reptil, Wolverine, and Thor in dirt to the point only their eyes are showing.
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** In the above episode: While crammed in the back of the Punisher's van, one of the heroes starts muttering something about his nipple.
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** In "In Mental Organism Designed Only for Kissing", SpongeBobSquarePants' iconic laughter can be heard when Hulk was channel surfing. Seeing as how TomKenny is the lead in the show, this isn't quite surprising. What is surprising though is that {{Nickelodeon}} is a rival channel to CartoonNetwork.
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** In "In Mental Organism Designed Only for Kissing", SpongeBobSquarePants' iconic laughter can be heard when Hulk was channel surfing. Seeing as how TomKenny is the lead in the show, this isn't quite surprising. What is surprising though is that {{Nickelodeon}} is a rival channel to CartoonNetwork.Creator/CartoonNetwork.
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* SomewhereAPaleontologistIsCrying: As a dinosaur-themed shapeshifter, Reptil is the major offender:
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*** No one knows WHAT they were for. Armor and temperature regulation are both separate theories.
**** And that doesn't even consider the time he grows stegosaurus plates on the bottom on his feet SO HE CAN SKATE.
**** And that doesn't even consider the time he grows stegosaurus plates on the bottom on his feet SO HE CAN SKATE.
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*** No one knows WHAT they were for. Armor and temperature regulation are both separate theories.
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**** And that doesn't even consider the time he grows stegosaurus plates on the bottom on his feet SO HE CAN SKATE.
**** And that doesn't even consider the time he grows stegosaurus plates on the bottom on his feet SO HE CAN SKATE.
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* TrainingMontage: Doom gets one, including Rocky's sweater. His teddy bear (also with Doom armor) stands in for the trainer.
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* CatchPhrase: "Hero up," and "No problems... adamantium skeleton." (The latter is given by [[{{Wolverine}} you-know-who]] in a pained or dazed manner whenever he suffers AmusingInjuries... which is often.
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* CatchPhrase: "Hero up," and "No problems..."[[ImOkay No problems]]... adamantium skeleton." (The latter is given by [[{{Wolverine}} you-know-who]] in a pained or dazed manner whenever he suffers AmusingInjuries... which is often.
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* ShownTheirWork: As evidenced by the huge amounts of in-jokes and [[MythologyGag MythologyGags]] the show uses. One example that stands out is in "Enter: Dormammu", in which the Hulk is the only squaddie to notice Dr. Strange's astral form, as a gag. It's not one of the Hulk's better known powers.
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** In "Deadly is the Black Widow's Bite!", Iron Man asked Black Widow[[spoiler: (Mystique)]] if she could say "[[RockyAndBullwinkle Moose and Squirrel]]". [[CrowningMomentOfFunny She refused.]]
* ShownTheirWork: As evidenced by the huge amounts of in-jokes and[[MythologyGag MythologyGags]] {{Mythology Gag}}s the show uses. One example that stands out is in "Enter: Dormammu", in which the Hulk is the only squaddie to notice Dr. Strange's astral form, as a gag. It's not one of the Hulk's better known powers.
* ShownTheirWork: As evidenced by the huge amounts of in-jokes and
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-->Oh sure! Father Odin always liked [[TheMightyThor you]] best!
-->Oh sure! Father Odin always liked [[TheMightyThor you]] best!
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** Doctor Strange's mystical abilities include "levitation, travel to other dimensions, transformation of matter, Bulgarian cow-tipping.. and he's great at Sudoku."
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* WickedStepmother: Enchantress cast a spell on Odin to make her marry him so she'd become Queen of Asgard. With this, she became Stepmother of Thor and Loki. Unfortunately for her, because of a rule Loki invoked in an attempt to take the throne for himself, since she's a "peasant", Odin technically abdicated by marrying her. Loki even went as far as casting a spell to prevent Enchantress from breaking hers. However, before Loki managed to dethrone Thor, Enchantress decided [[spoiler:she could use Odin to take over by force since he's the most powerful Asgardian. Fortunately Odin broke both spells]].
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* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: Wolverine and Reptil face off again M.O.D.O.K and Abomination in a full game of ''golf'' to decide who gets control of a fractal.
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* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: Wolverine and Reptil face off again M.O.D.O.K and Abomination in a full game of ''golf'' to decide who gets control of a fractal. [[spoiler:The villains lose and then subvert the trope by trying to take it by force. However, they seem to be ashamed of themselves since they decided to lie about it]].
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** In "Fate of Destiny!", when Iron Man summons the squaddies it's likely [[ToiletHumor Thor's on the john]] when the alarm sounds. They don't show anything, but he is sitting down reading a magazine, and he lets out [[spoiler: a barely audible grunt]] before leaving.
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[[caption-width:358:That's the way they all became TheBradyBunch!]]
''The Super Hero Squad Show'' is an animated television series by Marvel Animation based on the Marvel Super Hero Squad action figure line from Hasbro, and a humorous take on the MarvelUniverse. The series' animation is produced by Film Roman. While at first coming off as a ridiculous Disneyfication, especially since it began airing about two weeks after {{Disney}} announced it would buy Marvel (though this was in production way before that and Disney had nothing to do with it), it turns out to be more of a hilarious series full of jokes only the older comicbook fans will get. Taken like this, it's surprisingly funny.
Prior to the beginning of the series, the villainous DoctorDoom, in pursuit of universal domination, attempts to acquire the limitless reality-bending power of the [[InfinityPlusOneSword "Infinity Sword"]]. He is stopped by ComicBook/IronMan, but as a consequence of their battle, the sword is shattered into numerous "fractals" that rain down on [[BigApplesauce Superhero]] [[CityOfAdventure City]].
As the series begins, Doctor Doom has forged alliances with just about every supervillain, forming the Lethal Legion in order to hunt down the scattered fractals, each of which possess dangerous and different powers of their own. Doom's forces, including his two primary henchmen {{MODOK}} and the Abomination, dwell in Villainville which is separated from Superhero City by a giant wall erected at the start of the series premiere. Once again opposing Doom's plan is Iron Man, now leading the elite team known as the Super Hero Squad, consisting of Comicbook/TheFalcon, the Comicbook/IncredibleHulk, SilverSurfer, TheMightyThor, and {{Wolverine}}. The Super Hero Squad are headquartered in the {{SHIELD}} helicarrier, and are frequently aided in their defense of Super Hero City by their superhero friends, including their boss CaptainAmerica, rookie "Squaddie" Reptil, S.H.I.E.L.D. leader Comicbook/MsMarvel, and many more.
The second season starts after the Infinity Sword is reforged; it's taken by the Silver Surfer when he rejoins {{Galactus}} as his herald. The plot focuses on {{Thanos}}, who wants to complete the all-powerful Infinity Gauntlet to become supreme ruler of the universe. The ScarletWitch takes the Silver Surfer's place as the Squad travels across the universe to foil Thanos' plan.
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* ActionGirl: Ms. Marvel and TheWasp
* ActorAllusion:
--> '''Iron Man to War Machine''': Stop talking like you're on Reading Rainbow!
* AnIcePerson: Iceman
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking:
** "You are under arrest for curfew violation, resisting a Sentinel, and carrying duct tape without a proper license."
** Doctor Strange's mystical abilities include "levitation, travel to other dimensions, transformation of matter, Bulgarian cow-tipping.. and he's great at Sudoku."
* BarackObama: The Mayor's campaign posters do seem VERY familiar...
* BigBad: Dr. Doom in the first season, Thanos in the 2nd. The theme song even changes to reflect this between seasons. [[spoiler:Dark Surfer takes role for remainder of Season 2]]
* [[BigFancyHouse Big Fancy]] HauntedHouse: Doctor Strange's Sanctum Sanctorum.
* BoisterousBruiser: Thor fills this role for the heroes.
* ButtMonkey: This seems to be M.O.D.O.K.'s role. On the good guys' side, we have the Falcon. And more so his pet, Redbird, who suffers AmusingInjuries constantly. (At one point, he's sucked into the Helicarrier's rotors!)
* BlackBestFriend: War Machine to Iron Man.
** Falcon to...anyone else on the team.
* BrattyHalfPint: Episode 6 introduces us to Brynnie Bratton, who gives both sides a hard time over a fractal in a tiara she wears that her father gave her.
** To be fair, she's 3, and just wanted her daddy to come home from work. [[MissingMom (Of course, where her mother was in all of this is unknown.)]]
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Happens at least once per episode in the 2nd season. The Mayor of Super Hero city does this frequently.
-->''[[StanLee "If I was writing this episode, we'd all be a lot funnier."]]''
** Ms. Marvel berates Impossible Man for breaking the fourth wall for no good reason. He did it all throughout the episode that he shows up in, including revealing that he is ''the head writer of the show.''
** After one character makes a comment that breaks the fourth wall, other characters literally crash through a wall and Iron Man says "You know that's the fourth wall we've broken today."
* CainAndAbel: Loki and Thor
* CastingGag: AdamWest as the {{Batman}} {{expy}} Nighthawk and Susan Eisenberg as the WonderWoman expy Power Princess.
** And [[TheVampireDiaries Nina Dobrev]] as Werewolf by Night's girlfriend, [[spoiler: who gets turned into a vampire]].
* CaptainErsatz: Wolverine serves as this for [[AlphaFlight Guardian]] when he takes the moniker of Captain Canada.
* CaptainEthnic[=/=]CaptainGeographic: Ruthlessly parodied in the form of the All Captains Squad, which includes established heroes Captain America and Captain Britain... as well as Captain Australia, a boomerang slinging hero, Captain Brazil, a senorita who can dance a samba that causes sonic booms, and the diminutive but powerful (and economically prosperous!) Captain Lichtenstein.
* CanonForeigner: The Mayor of Super Hero City, Captain Australia, Captain Brazil, Captain Lichtenstein and Brynnie Bratton.
* CanonImmigrant: Reptil, who was created for the show, then appeared in the comics even before the show debuted.
* CardboardPrison: Subverted. Every time Doom tried to escape prison in season 2, he would fail to escape. He was finally freed by Molecule Man because he's a reality warper.
* CatchPhrase: "Hero up," and "No problems... adamantium skeleton." (The latter is given by [[{{Wolverine}} you-know-who]] in a pained or dazed manner whenever he suffers AmusingInjuries... which is often.
** Doom will often be heard yelling "Nuts!" after an OffScreenCrash.
*** Lampshaded by himself as his own catchphrase at the end of the final episode.
* ChewingTheScenery: Basically every scene with Dr. Doom in it. (Just goes to show that they understood the character.)
* CityOfAdventure: Superhero City, occasionally crossing over the segregatory wall into Villainville
* CloudCuckoolander[=/=]FunnySchizophrenia: DoctorStrange when under the effects of an Infinity Fractal.
* CompanionCube: Mjolnir at times (it's an EmpathicWeapon, but Thor has drawn a face on it).
* CompositeCharacter: [[spoiler: Scorpio in the show is a disguise used by Nick Fury, which is kind of fitting as the two are brothers in the comics (and Nick has disguised himself as Scorpio in the past).]] Nick Fury himself could be deemed a composite of his Ultimate and Classic selves.
* CouchGag: In the opening of every episode, Hulk is transformed into something else; including the original Jack Kirby drawing of Hulk, Joe Fixit, and... a baby. Sometimes doubles as a ShoutOut, such as [[TheSimpsons Simpson-]]Hulk.
* CreatorCameo: StanLee voices the mayor of Superhero City.
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: In the intro for a second season episode, Dr Doom is seated on an electric chair, the camera zooms in as we hear:
-->Any last words, Doom?
-->Do your worst...
** [[spoiler: then it's revealed that that "worst" is an psychotherapy session with Captain America]]
* CoveredInMud: Abomination, in response to being compared unfavorably to a dog, digs a huge pile of dirt and covers Reptil, Wolverine, and Thor in dirt to the point only their eyes are showing.
* DaChief: Ms. Marvel and Captain America.
** Both of whom answer only to Nick Fury.
* DeadpanSnarker: Bill (later Beta Ray Bill).
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Something along the lines of "FEAR THE POWER OF[[{{beat}} ...]] MY POWER"
* DidNotSeeThatComing: Doctor Doom, word for word, in the BlackWidow episode when CaptainAmerica reveals his own double agent. [[spoiler: Screaming Mimi is really Songbird.]]
* TheDitz: Let's just say Silver Surfer is now... well. [[SurferDude His name is rather appropriate.]]
-->'''Surfer:''' That is soooo cosmic.
** Thor tends to fill this role sometimes.
* DumbIsGood: Hulk chooses to invoke this trope when his Infinity Fractal-induced brilliance makes him an ineffective know it all who can't even fight properly.
** At one point, a fractal gave Hulk a moment of intelligence while he was doing a crossword puzzle. When it wore off, Hulk proclaimed "HULK NO UNDERSTAND HULK!"
* EmpathyDollShot
* EnemyMine
* EvilerThanThou: This happens to Doom when Dormammu comes to town.
* ExpressiveMask: Iron Man and everyone with a mask.
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: The Silver Surfer, after being corrupted by the Infinity Sword.]]
* FailOSuckyname: M.O.D.O.K. and Abomination waste no time in heckling new villain Paste Pot Pete's choice of villain name. Even when he decides to change his name to Trapster.
* FiveManBand
** TheHero[=/=]TheSmartGuy - Iron Man
** TheLancer - Wolverine
** TheBigGuy - Hulk and Thor share this role.
** KidAppealCharacter - Reptil
** TheChick - Ms. Marvel
** SixthRanger - Scarlet Witch
* FoeYay: Enchantress and Thor, though completely one-sided.
* ForeShadowing: In "Mysterious Mayhem at Mutant High," Reptil laughs off the divining rod that Ringmaster was using to locate fractals and tosses it in the trash. [[spoiler: As he and Wolverine are flying away, the rod begins to shake and twitch violently and point towards Reptil in the sky, and the rock he wears around his neck begins to react as well in a subtle manner.]]
** There had been many subtler hints. [[spoiler: Reptil is the only one not depowered by Brynnie Bratton's fractal powered tiara]] and [[GoKartingWithBowser when he and Wolverine golf with M.O.D.O.K. and Abomination]][[spoiler: he picks up a fractal and he is unaffected but Abomination is]].
** And for some reason Wasp always goes for her opponent's ass when she attacks; her favorite target seems to be Screaming Mimi.
* FourFingeredHands
* GeniusBruiser: Subverted hilariously in "Hulk Talk Smack."
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: More than once.
** The episode featuring their encounter with Dormammu has their physical makeups being altered and one instance shows Falcon along with his pet falcon Redwing dressed up in wedding attire, with him in a tux and the falcon in a wedding gown. His remark: "Hey! It is NOT like that!"
** In "Night at the Sanctorum," the heroes have to find a new place to temporarily live, and Iron Man reads off a list of heroes to stay with. He gets to She-Hulk and says to himself, "well, maybe if it was just ME."
** In the above episode: While crammed in the back of the Punishers van, one of the heroes starts muttering something about his nipple.
** Iron Man: Hulk, you trying to lose us our [[MediumAwareness G rating]]?
** War Machine mentions ''something'' about Iron Man dating She-Hulk:
--->'''War Machine:''' Didn't you dump her when you found out she was--\\
'''Iron Man:''' Gentlemen don't discuss such things!
*** When She-Hulk shows up in a season 2 episode, she asks Iron Man why he never calls her. He responds with this line:
---->Look, it's not you... It's just.. I've this thing about dents.
** In "Honor Thy Sky-Father", Thor and Hercules face off in a competition. In one round, they have to fight an 8 headed Hydra and bring back one of it's heads. Thor rushes in, fights, and then brings back a bag.
--->'''Thor:''' Behold! The head of the Hydra!"
--->'''Reptile:''' Umm, Thor... That's not its head.
--->'''Thor:''' It is not.. I see... [[BizarreAlienBiology But there were 8 of them!]]
--->'''Wolverine:''' Okay, that was just gross.
** "Hehe, he said 'put out'" - Abomination, Election of Evil.
** Fin Fang Foom loses his pants during the first season finale, shocking even the mighty Galactus! (Interestingly, nothing is seen underneath)
*** Which makes it also a ShoutOut to the not kid-friendly {{Nextwave}}.
* GoodIsOldFashioned: Taken to hilarious lengths with Captain America, who reminisces and asks everyone if they remember them building a dam... during ''the Depression.'' Also, he's not accepting President Roosevelt's calls.
** And multiple stories about "The War"
*** "During the war..." is almost a catchphrase for him.
* GottaCatchEmAll: The first season seems to deal with gathering pieces of an all powerful sword.
** The Infinity Gems in the second season.
* GrandTheftMe: Baron Mordo possesses Iron Man's armor, anyway.
* HehHehYouSaidX:
-->'''Beta Ray Bill:''' I was genetically enhanced to be a janitor, in order to take care of the Spacestation [[InherentlyFunnyWords Scuttlebutt]].
-->'''Thor:''' Hehe, thou said [[BaitAndSwitch scuttle.]]
* HeroesWantRedheads: When Black Widow ([[spoiler: who is Mystique in disguise]]) briefly joins the team.
** Except Wolverine. He stays away from dating superheroes and villains alike [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking (and backup dancers)]], which is the exact opposite of his portrayal in the comics.
** Maybe he's gotten GenreSavvy about their [[StuffedIntoTheFridge survival odds]].
* ItGotWorse: [[spoiler: It was bad enough that Thanos got the Infinity Gauntlet with all 6 Infinity Gems. But when FaceHeelTurn Silver Surfer defeats Thanos and takes the gauntlet, he seizes the moment by destroying the Helicarrier v.2 and banishing the Super Hero Squad to another dimension of Time, Space and Reality.]]
** : [[spoiler: When the Mayor tried to reason with the Dark Surfer, he threw the Earth out of it's orbit, nearly destroying it's atmosphere from that alone, and slowly sending it further and further away from the sun.]]
* IncrediblyLamePun: The show doesn't skimp on them.
-->'''M.O.D.O.K.:''' What are the Super Hero Squad doing at the water and power building?\\
'''Abomination:''' Paying their superpower bill?\\
'''M.O.D.O.K.:''' [''flailing uselessly''] Want to hit you...but arms...too short!
* InfinityPlusOneSword: The '''Infinity''' Sword.
* InsufferableGenius: Flatman, but more "insufferable" than "genius", as he believes not only that GlobalWarming [[IncrediblyLamePun flat-out]] doesn't exist, but also that ''the Earth is flat''.
* {{Kaiju}}: Mole Man uses these as part of his ''modus operandi''.
* LadyOfWar: Valkyrie
* LargeHam: Doom, naturally.
* LethalChef: Silver Surfer
* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: Wolverine and Reptil face off again M.O.D.O.K and Abomination in a full game of ''golf'' to decide who gets control of a fractal.
* LighterAndSofter: Obviously.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters
* [[MadeOfIron Made Of Adamantium]]: "No problems, [[{{Wolverine}} adamantium skeleton.]]"
* MagicSkirt: Jean Grey
* MediumAwareness: One episode features Dr. Doom and Magneto joining forces to obtain fractals, and end up accusing each other of stealing the entire pot. They had Falcon supposedly imprisoned, but he suddenly appears out of nowhere and snatches the remaining fractal in front of them.
-->'''Magneto:''' I did not steal your fractals!
-->'''Falcon:''' Actually, it was me. Wish I could tell you about it, but....read the message boards.
** Again in ''Days, Nights and Weekends of Future Past'':
-->'''Scarlet Witch:''' What do they write about me on your message boards?
-->'''Falcon:''' Uhh....nothing but positive things.
-->'''Scarlet Witch:''' Liar! No one EVER writes positive things on message boards!
* MythologyGag: Too many to name, but one particularly noteworthy example is Thor being turned into '''Throg, Frog of Thunder''' in the episode introducing Dormammu.
** "Tales Of Suspense" as an episode title, with an A-Plot focusing on Iron Man.
** "So that is what happens when [[Film/{{X-Men}} a toad is hit by lightning]]. What a letdown."
** The title cards are a homage to the Marvel covers of the 1960's and 70's. In particular, the first episode, featuring the Mole Man, has one that pays homage to the infamous first cover to ''Comicbook/FantasticFour'', with the featured superheroes standing in for the members of the Fantastic Four.
** Captain America, talking on the phone about a reenactment of Gettysburg he's attending: "Relax, Brubaker! It's just a Comicbook/CivilWar, what could go wrong?"
** A special one that doubles as a ShoutOut is during a trip to the Negative Zone Iron Man sees a vision of himself as he looks on ''WesternAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes''. His response:
-->'''Iron Man:''' Such ''strange'' apparitions!
* TheNapoleon: Captain Lichtenstein. Tiny, but economically prosperous!
* NeverSayDie: Parodied/played with:
-->'''Gray Hulk''': Ah, M.O.D.O.K. The Mental Organism Designed Only for Kick-ball.\\
'''M.O.D.O.K.''': Yes, it--''Hey''! That's not what it stands for!
** Played straight when he once says the "K" stands for "Kick-butt."
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Flatman purposely calls Ben Stein to mind.
* ObviouslyEvil: Chthon. Doom. Dormammu. Most of the villains, really...
* {{The Only One}}s: The Squaddies have to take care of everything. Even those who have some sense that a big event is going down, such as Doctor Strange, wait until our heroes have come to them before offering to help.
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Season 2 currently airs on Saturday mornings. At 6:30 AM.
* SealedEvilInACan: Literally. Doctor Strange has Baron Mordo sealed in a can of soda.
* ShesAllGrownUp: Valkyrie. The last time Thor saw her was in high school.
-->'''Thor''': She's filled out nicely.
* ShapeshifterSwansong: Invoked when [[spoiler:Black Widow]] is revealed to be Mystique, and [[SlapstickKnowsNoGender a blow to the head from Mjolnir]] causes her to shift into mishmashes of several Marvel characters - in a manner reminiscent of the Hulk fractal CouchGag.
--> '''MODOK''': [[ITakeOffenceToThatLastOne "My head isn't THAT big!!"]]
* ShoutOut
** In "In Mental Organism Designed Only for Kissing", SpongeBobSquarePants' iconic laughter can be heard when Hulk was channel surfing. Seeing as how TomKenny is the lead in the show, this isn't quite surprising. What is surprising though is that {{Nickelodeon}} is a rival channel to CartoonNetwork.
** In "Election of Evil", the Mayor references Spider-Man, the most major of missing Marvel characters, quite a lot. For starters, he tries to get superpowers by "getting bitten by a radioactive bug", and his campaign motto is "With great responsibility comes great power...and vice-versa."
** Reptil's favourite cheese is [[JoeQuesada Queso da Joe]] ("It's super-cheesy!")
*** M.O.D.O.K: "Ever since Knuckles Quesada got out of prison, he just hasn't been the same."
** Here's a particularly obscure one: In "Tales of Suspense," Doctor Doom gets a friend request from Magneto and Titanium Man. This is the name of a PaulMcCartney song from the Wings era.
** In "The Ballard of Beta Ray Bill", the Stranger calls Beta Ray Bill "[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic [his] little pony]]".
* ShownTheirWork: As evidenced by the huge amounts of in-jokes and MythologyGags the show uses. One example that stands out is in "Enter: Dormammu", in which the Hulk is the only squaddie to notice Dr. Strange's astral form, as a gag. It's not one of the Hulk's better known powers.
* {{Sizeshifter}}: The Wasp has the power to both shrink and grow.
* SomewhereAPaleontologistIsCrying: As a dinosaur-themed shapeshifter, Reptil is the major offender:
** To protect himself, he grows "Stegosaurus armor". Stegosaurus' plates were thin, covered barely anything, and were for regulating temperature (not protection).
*** No one knows WHAT they were for. Armor and temperature regulation are both separate theories.
**** And that doesn't even consider the time he grows stegosaurus plates on the bottom on his feet SO HE CAN SKATE.
** To fly, he grows "Pterodactyl wings". Pterodactyls were not dinosaurs, and their wings didn't look like bat wings (with multiple bony "fingers" going through the middle).
** And then there's the time he morphed a hadrosaur's beak to use it as a shovel.
** Sadly, all of these examples occurred in ''the same episode''.
* SpiritualSuccessor: the whole franchise is most likely to have been - at least partially - by ''MiniMarvels''. With that said, how much of a "successor" the series may be is debatable since ''Mini Marvels'' is still ongoing.
* TheStarscream: M.O.D.O.K.
** [[TransformersAnimated Both of which]] have now been voiced by [[TomKenny the same man.]]
** Granted, he only tries to overthrow Doom once. In every other episode, he's Doom's loyal ButtMonkey.
** [[spoiler: The FaceHeelTurn Silver Surfer towards Thanos. Not only does he trick Thanos into giving him the Infinity Gauntlet, but he even banishes him into the Soul Gem.]]
* StockFootage: If the hour-long pilot is a good indication, at least once per episode stock animation of the core characters posing ''with attitude'' while the theme song plays will be utilized.
** It is, even if someone's missing from the lineup.
*** And Ka-Zar manages to RUN AWAY during the footage.
---->'''Falcon:''' "He moved fast in just ten seconds."
** "Mysterious Mayhem At Mutant High" does it with Reptil. '''Just''' Reptil.
* SuperDeformed
* SuperheroesWearTights: Ms. Marvel wears leggings with her uniform here.
* TakeThat
--> '''Silver Surfer:''' [[Film/XMen So ''that'' is what happens to a toad when it is struck by lighting. What a let down...]]
** IronMan: I can't believe this! ''FamilyCircus'' is still in the paper!
** Flatman's resistance to global warming is likely a subtle one towards the Republican Party and others' dismissal of said theories.
** Thor's theories explaining how Mjolnir could turn Beta Ray Bill's toilet scrubber into a mystical hammer in "The Ballard of Beta Ray Bill".
-->"Or maybe it's sloppy continuity."
* TalkingToHimself: Lampshaded.
--> '''M.O.D.O.K''': [referring to Iron Man] I tried to tell him, but it's like I'm talking to myself.
* TeamDad: Iron Man
* ThatPoorCat: OncePerEpisode, nearly.
* ToiletHumor: At least in the pilot. Not even Doom was exempt.
-->'''Falcon:''' Redwing, take care of that jewel on his forehead!
-->'''* splat* '''
-->'''M.O.D.O.K.:''' THAT'S UNSANITARY!
** It also appeared in "From the Atom...It Rises."
** In one episode, Human Torch and Silver Surfer destroy part of the Fantastic Tower. Cue a shot of Thing sitting on the toilet reading a newspaper only to have the bathroom crumble around him.
* TrainingMontage: Doom gets one, including Rocky's sweater. His teddy bear (also with Doom armor) stands in for the trainer.
* TransformationIsAFreeAction: Averted for [[PlayedForLaughs comedy's sake]]. Dark Surfer interrupts the Hero Up sequence by [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall messing with reality and destroying the show's logo in the background.]]
* {{Trickster}}: Loki. Who else?
* {{Tsundere}}: Ms. Marvel with... well, everybody.
* UnusualEars: Galactus.
* VisualPun: At one point in "Enter Dormammu," Doctor Strange's fractal-corrupted magic turns the heroes into various other things. Wasp becomes an insect, while Iron Man becomes a clothing iron and then a golfing iron.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: {{Spiderman}} was supposed to be in the show, possibly in Falcon's spot, but rights-holder Sony refused.
* [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse What Happened To The Wasp?]]: The first season started off by indicating that the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier was the home of other members of the Avengers such as Hawkeye and Wasp. After getting a decent amount of focus for a couple episodes, they're never seen or heard from again.
* WipeThatSmileOffYourFace: Nebula has her mouth removed from her face by Thanos and the Infinity Gauntlet.
-->'''Nebula:''' MMMRNN!
-->'''Thanos:''' Ooh, that is a *good* look for you!
* WitchHunt: Scarlet ''Witch'' is subjected to one by the founding citizens of Super Hero City in the year 1602, despite the fact that she had only shown good intentions and helped defend the city against the dreaded pirate Captain Doom up until that point. The Mayor reasoned that even though everyone likes her on an individual level, she is still guilty of being a witch.
* WouldntHitAGirl: Doctor Doom's mother attacks Hulk with her "sonic nag," to which Hulk responds that he doesn't fight girls. When she pours it on, he gets pissed and responds with his own sonic roar, properly causing a building to fall on top of her.
* YuppieCouple: A bratty little girl [[MeaningfulName appropriately named]] Brynnie Bratton appears several times and is usually pouting because whatever she was doing is interrupted by the heroes and villains fighting. She eventually gets ADayInTheLimelight in the sixth episode, where her dad gives her a tiara (with a fractal in it) as a gift, and she causes problems for both sides.
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''The Super Hero Squad Show'' is an animated television series by Marvel Animation based on the Marvel Super Hero Squad action figure line from Hasbro, and a humorous take on the MarvelUniverse. The series' animation is produced by Film Roman. While at first coming off as a ridiculous Disneyfication, especially since it began airing about two weeks after {{Disney}} announced it would buy Marvel (though this was in production way before that and Disney had nothing to do with it), it turns out to be more of a hilarious series full of jokes only the older comicbook fans will get. Taken like this, it's surprisingly funny.
Prior to the beginning of the series, the villainous DoctorDoom, in pursuit of universal domination, attempts to acquire the limitless reality-bending power of the [[InfinityPlusOneSword "Infinity Sword"]]. He is stopped by ComicBook/IronMan, but as a consequence of their battle, the sword is shattered into numerous "fractals" that rain down on [[BigApplesauce Superhero]] [[CityOfAdventure City]].
As the series begins, Doctor Doom has forged alliances with just about every supervillain, forming the Lethal Legion in order to hunt down the scattered fractals, each of which possess dangerous and different powers of their own. Doom's forces, including his two primary henchmen {{MODOK}} and the Abomination, dwell in Villainville which is separated from Superhero City by a giant wall erected at the start of the series premiere. Once again opposing Doom's plan is Iron Man, now leading the elite team known as the Super Hero Squad, consisting of Comicbook/TheFalcon, the Comicbook/IncredibleHulk, SilverSurfer, TheMightyThor, and {{Wolverine}}. The Super Hero Squad are headquartered in the {{SHIELD}} helicarrier, and are frequently aided in their defense of Super Hero City by their superhero friends, including their boss CaptainAmerica, rookie "Squaddie" Reptil, S.H.I.E.L.D. leader Comicbook/MsMarvel, and many more.
The second season starts after the Infinity Sword is reforged; it's taken by the Silver Surfer when he rejoins {{Galactus}} as his herald. The plot focuses on {{Thanos}}, who wants to complete the all-powerful Infinity Gauntlet to become supreme ruler of the universe. The ScarletWitch takes the Silver Surfer's place as the Squad travels across the universe to foil Thanos' plan.
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!! This series provides examples of:
* ActionGirl: Ms. Marvel and TheWasp
* ActorAllusion:
--> '''Iron Man to War Machine''': Stop talking like you're on Reading Rainbow!
* AnIcePerson: Iceman
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking:
** "You are under arrest for curfew violation, resisting a Sentinel, and carrying duct tape without a proper license."
** Doctor Strange's mystical abilities include "levitation, travel to other dimensions, transformation of matter, Bulgarian cow-tipping.. and he's great at Sudoku."
* BarackObama: The Mayor's campaign posters do seem VERY familiar...
* BigBad: Dr. Doom in the first season, Thanos in the 2nd. The theme song even changes to reflect this between seasons. [[spoiler:Dark Surfer takes role for remainder of Season 2]]
* [[BigFancyHouse Big Fancy]] HauntedHouse: Doctor Strange's Sanctum Sanctorum.
* BoisterousBruiser: Thor fills this role for the heroes.
* ButtMonkey: This seems to be M.O.D.O.K.'s role. On the good guys' side, we have the Falcon. And more so his pet, Redbird, who suffers AmusingInjuries constantly. (At one point, he's sucked into the Helicarrier's rotors!)
* BlackBestFriend: War Machine to Iron Man.
** Falcon to...anyone else on the team.
* BrattyHalfPint: Episode 6 introduces us to Brynnie Bratton, who gives both sides a hard time over a fractal in a tiara she wears that her father gave her.
** To be fair, she's 3, and just wanted her daddy to come home from work. [[MissingMom (Of course, where her mother was in all of this is unknown.)]]
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Happens at least once per episode in the 2nd season. The Mayor of Super Hero city does this frequently.
-->''[[StanLee "If I was writing this episode, we'd all be a lot funnier."]]''
** Ms. Marvel berates Impossible Man for breaking the fourth wall for no good reason. He did it all throughout the episode that he shows up in, including revealing that he is ''the head writer of the show.''
** After one character makes a comment that breaks the fourth wall, other characters literally crash through a wall and Iron Man says "You know that's the fourth wall we've broken today."
* CainAndAbel: Loki and Thor
* CastingGag: AdamWest as the {{Batman}} {{expy}} Nighthawk and Susan Eisenberg as the WonderWoman expy Power Princess.
** And [[TheVampireDiaries Nina Dobrev]] as Werewolf by Night's girlfriend, [[spoiler: who gets turned into a vampire]].
* CaptainErsatz: Wolverine serves as this for [[AlphaFlight Guardian]] when he takes the moniker of Captain Canada.
* CaptainEthnic[=/=]CaptainGeographic: Ruthlessly parodied in the form of the All Captains Squad, which includes established heroes Captain America and Captain Britain... as well as Captain Australia, a boomerang slinging hero, Captain Brazil, a senorita who can dance a samba that causes sonic booms, and the diminutive but powerful (and economically prosperous!) Captain Lichtenstein.
* CanonForeigner: The Mayor of Super Hero City, Captain Australia, Captain Brazil, Captain Lichtenstein and Brynnie Bratton.
* CanonImmigrant: Reptil, who was created for the show, then appeared in the comics even before the show debuted.
* CardboardPrison: Subverted. Every time Doom tried to escape prison in season 2, he would fail to escape. He was finally freed by Molecule Man because he's a reality warper.
* CatchPhrase: "Hero up," and "No problems... adamantium skeleton." (The latter is given by [[{{Wolverine}} you-know-who]] in a pained or dazed manner whenever he suffers AmusingInjuries... which is often.
** Doom will often be heard yelling "Nuts!" after an OffScreenCrash.
*** Lampshaded by himself as his own catchphrase at the end of the final episode.
* ChewingTheScenery: Basically every scene with Dr. Doom in it. (Just goes to show that they understood the character.)
* CityOfAdventure: Superhero City, occasionally crossing over the segregatory wall into Villainville
* CloudCuckoolander[=/=]FunnySchizophrenia: DoctorStrange when under the effects of an Infinity Fractal.
* CompanionCube: Mjolnir at times (it's an EmpathicWeapon, but Thor has drawn a face on it).
* CompositeCharacter: [[spoiler: Scorpio in the show is a disguise used by Nick Fury, which is kind of fitting as the two are brothers in the comics (and Nick has disguised himself as Scorpio in the past).]] Nick Fury himself could be deemed a composite of his Ultimate and Classic selves.
* CouchGag: In the opening of every episode, Hulk is transformed into something else; including the original Jack Kirby drawing of Hulk, Joe Fixit, and... a baby. Sometimes doubles as a ShoutOut, such as [[TheSimpsons Simpson-]]Hulk.
* CreatorCameo: StanLee voices the mayor of Superhero City.
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: In the intro for a second season episode, Dr Doom is seated on an electric chair, the camera zooms in as we hear:
-->Any last words, Doom?
-->Do your worst...
** [[spoiler: then it's revealed that that "worst" is an psychotherapy session with Captain America]]
* CoveredInMud: Abomination, in response to being compared unfavorably to a dog, digs a huge pile of dirt and covers Reptil, Wolverine, and Thor in dirt to the point only their eyes are showing.
* DaChief: Ms. Marvel and Captain America.
** Both of whom answer only to Nick Fury.
* DeadpanSnarker: Bill (later Beta Ray Bill).
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Something along the lines of "FEAR THE POWER OF[[{{beat}} ...]] MY POWER"
* DidNotSeeThatComing: Doctor Doom, word for word, in the BlackWidow episode when CaptainAmerica reveals his own double agent. [[spoiler: Screaming Mimi is really Songbird.]]
* TheDitz: Let's just say Silver Surfer is now... well. [[SurferDude His name is rather appropriate.]]
-->'''Surfer:''' That is soooo cosmic.
** Thor tends to fill this role sometimes.
* DumbIsGood: Hulk chooses to invoke this trope when his Infinity Fractal-induced brilliance makes him an ineffective know it all who can't even fight properly.
** At one point, a fractal gave Hulk a moment of intelligence while he was doing a crossword puzzle. When it wore off, Hulk proclaimed "HULK NO UNDERSTAND HULK!"
* EmpathyDollShot
* EnemyMine
* EvilerThanThou: This happens to Doom when Dormammu comes to town.
* ExpressiveMask: Iron Man and everyone with a mask.
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: The Silver Surfer, after being corrupted by the Infinity Sword.]]
* FailOSuckyname: M.O.D.O.K. and Abomination waste no time in heckling new villain Paste Pot Pete's choice of villain name. Even when he decides to change his name to Trapster.
* FiveManBand
** TheHero[=/=]TheSmartGuy - Iron Man
** TheLancer - Wolverine
** TheBigGuy - Hulk and Thor share this role.
** KidAppealCharacter - Reptil
** TheChick - Ms. Marvel
** SixthRanger - Scarlet Witch
* FoeYay: Enchantress and Thor, though completely one-sided.
* ForeShadowing: In "Mysterious Mayhem at Mutant High," Reptil laughs off the divining rod that Ringmaster was using to locate fractals and tosses it in the trash. [[spoiler: As he and Wolverine are flying away, the rod begins to shake and twitch violently and point towards Reptil in the sky, and the rock he wears around his neck begins to react as well in a subtle manner.]]
** There had been many subtler hints. [[spoiler: Reptil is the only one not depowered by Brynnie Bratton's fractal powered tiara]] and [[GoKartingWithBowser when he and Wolverine golf with M.O.D.O.K. and Abomination]][[spoiler: he picks up a fractal and he is unaffected but Abomination is]].
** And for some reason Wasp always goes for her opponent's ass when she attacks; her favorite target seems to be Screaming Mimi.
* FourFingeredHands
* GeniusBruiser: Subverted hilariously in "Hulk Talk Smack."
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: More than once.
** The episode featuring their encounter with Dormammu has their physical makeups being altered and one instance shows Falcon along with his pet falcon Redwing dressed up in wedding attire, with him in a tux and the falcon in a wedding gown. His remark: "Hey! It is NOT like that!"
** In "Night at the Sanctorum," the heroes have to find a new place to temporarily live, and Iron Man reads off a list of heroes to stay with. He gets to She-Hulk and says to himself, "well, maybe if it was just ME."
** In the above episode: While crammed in the back of the Punishers van, one of the heroes starts muttering something about his nipple.
** Iron Man: Hulk, you trying to lose us our [[MediumAwareness G rating]]?
** War Machine mentions ''something'' about Iron Man dating She-Hulk:
--->'''War Machine:''' Didn't you dump her when you found out she was--\\
'''Iron Man:''' Gentlemen don't discuss such things!
*** When She-Hulk shows up in a season 2 episode, she asks Iron Man why he never calls her. He responds with this line:
---->Look, it's not you... It's just.. I've this thing about dents.
** In "Honor Thy Sky-Father", Thor and Hercules face off in a competition. In one round, they have to fight an 8 headed Hydra and bring back one of it's heads. Thor rushes in, fights, and then brings back a bag.
--->'''Thor:''' Behold! The head of the Hydra!"
--->'''Reptile:''' Umm, Thor... That's not its head.
--->'''Thor:''' It is not.. I see... [[BizarreAlienBiology But there were 8 of them!]]
--->'''Wolverine:''' Okay, that was just gross.
** "Hehe, he said 'put out'" - Abomination, Election of Evil.
** Fin Fang Foom loses his pants during the first season finale, shocking even the mighty Galactus! (Interestingly, nothing is seen underneath)
*** Which makes it also a ShoutOut to the not kid-friendly {{Nextwave}}.
* GoodIsOldFashioned: Taken to hilarious lengths with Captain America, who reminisces and asks everyone if they remember them building a dam... during ''the Depression.'' Also, he's not accepting President Roosevelt's calls.
** And multiple stories about "The War"
*** "During the war..." is almost a catchphrase for him.
* GottaCatchEmAll: The first season seems to deal with gathering pieces of an all powerful sword.
** The Infinity Gems in the second season.
* GrandTheftMe: Baron Mordo possesses Iron Man's armor, anyway.
* HehHehYouSaidX:
-->'''Beta Ray Bill:''' I was genetically enhanced to be a janitor, in order to take care of the Spacestation [[InherentlyFunnyWords Scuttlebutt]].
-->'''Thor:''' Hehe, thou said [[BaitAndSwitch scuttle.]]
* HeroesWantRedheads: When Black Widow ([[spoiler: who is Mystique in disguise]]) briefly joins the team.
** Except Wolverine. He stays away from dating superheroes and villains alike [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking (and backup dancers)]], which is the exact opposite of his portrayal in the comics.
** Maybe he's gotten GenreSavvy about their [[StuffedIntoTheFridge survival odds]].
* ItGotWorse: [[spoiler: It was bad enough that Thanos got the Infinity Gauntlet with all 6 Infinity Gems. But when FaceHeelTurn Silver Surfer defeats Thanos and takes the gauntlet, he seizes the moment by destroying the Helicarrier v.2 and banishing the Super Hero Squad to another dimension of Time, Space and Reality.]]
** : [[spoiler: When the Mayor tried to reason with the Dark Surfer, he threw the Earth out of it's orbit, nearly destroying it's atmosphere from that alone, and slowly sending it further and further away from the sun.]]
* IncrediblyLamePun: The show doesn't skimp on them.
-->'''M.O.D.O.K.:''' What are the Super Hero Squad doing at the water and power building?\\
'''Abomination:''' Paying their superpower bill?\\
'''M.O.D.O.K.:''' [''flailing uselessly''] Want to hit you...but arms...too short!
* InfinityPlusOneSword: The '''Infinity''' Sword.
* InsufferableGenius: Flatman, but more "insufferable" than "genius", as he believes not only that GlobalWarming [[IncrediblyLamePun flat-out]] doesn't exist, but also that ''the Earth is flat''.
* {{Kaiju}}: Mole Man uses these as part of his ''modus operandi''.
* LadyOfWar: Valkyrie
* LargeHam: Doom, naturally.
* LethalChef: Silver Surfer
* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: Wolverine and Reptil face off again M.O.D.O.K and Abomination in a full game of ''golf'' to decide who gets control of a fractal.
* LighterAndSofter: Obviously.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters
* [[MadeOfIron Made Of Adamantium]]: "No problems, [[{{Wolverine}} adamantium skeleton.]]"
* MagicSkirt: Jean Grey
* MediumAwareness: One episode features Dr. Doom and Magneto joining forces to obtain fractals, and end up accusing each other of stealing the entire pot. They had Falcon supposedly imprisoned, but he suddenly appears out of nowhere and snatches the remaining fractal in front of them.
-->'''Magneto:''' I did not steal your fractals!
-->'''Falcon:''' Actually, it was me. Wish I could tell you about it, but....read the message boards.
** Again in ''Days, Nights and Weekends of Future Past'':
-->'''Scarlet Witch:''' What do they write about me on your message boards?
-->'''Falcon:''' Uhh....nothing but positive things.
-->'''Scarlet Witch:''' Liar! No one EVER writes positive things on message boards!
* MythologyGag: Too many to name, but one particularly noteworthy example is Thor being turned into '''Throg, Frog of Thunder''' in the episode introducing Dormammu.
** "Tales Of Suspense" as an episode title, with an A-Plot focusing on Iron Man.
** "So that is what happens when [[Film/{{X-Men}} a toad is hit by lightning]]. What a letdown."
** The title cards are a homage to the Marvel covers of the 1960's and 70's. In particular, the first episode, featuring the Mole Man, has one that pays homage to the infamous first cover to ''Comicbook/FantasticFour'', with the featured superheroes standing in for the members of the Fantastic Four.
** Captain America, talking on the phone about a reenactment of Gettysburg he's attending: "Relax, Brubaker! It's just a Comicbook/CivilWar, what could go wrong?"
** A special one that doubles as a ShoutOut is during a trip to the Negative Zone Iron Man sees a vision of himself as he looks on ''WesternAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes''. His response:
-->'''Iron Man:''' Such ''strange'' apparitions!
* TheNapoleon: Captain Lichtenstein. Tiny, but economically prosperous!
* NeverSayDie: Parodied/played with:
-->'''Gray Hulk''': Ah, M.O.D.O.K. The Mental Organism Designed Only for Kick-ball.\\
'''M.O.D.O.K.''': Yes, it--''Hey''! That's not what it stands for!
** Played straight when he once says the "K" stands for "Kick-butt."
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Flatman purposely calls Ben Stein to mind.
* ObviouslyEvil: Chthon. Doom. Dormammu. Most of the villains, really...
* {{The Only One}}s: The Squaddies have to take care of everything. Even those who have some sense that a big event is going down, such as Doctor Strange, wait until our heroes have come to them before offering to help.
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Season 2 currently airs on Saturday mornings. At 6:30 AM.
* SealedEvilInACan: Literally. Doctor Strange has Baron Mordo sealed in a can of soda.
* ShesAllGrownUp: Valkyrie. The last time Thor saw her was in high school.
-->'''Thor''': She's filled out nicely.
* ShapeshifterSwansong: Invoked when [[spoiler:Black Widow]] is revealed to be Mystique, and [[SlapstickKnowsNoGender a blow to the head from Mjolnir]] causes her to shift into mishmashes of several Marvel characters - in a manner reminiscent of the Hulk fractal CouchGag.
--> '''MODOK''': [[ITakeOffenceToThatLastOne "My head isn't THAT big!!"]]
* ShoutOut
** In "In Mental Organism Designed Only for Kissing", SpongeBobSquarePants' iconic laughter can be heard when Hulk was channel surfing. Seeing as how TomKenny is the lead in the show, this isn't quite surprising. What is surprising though is that {{Nickelodeon}} is a rival channel to CartoonNetwork.
** In "Election of Evil", the Mayor references Spider-Man, the most major of missing Marvel characters, quite a lot. For starters, he tries to get superpowers by "getting bitten by a radioactive bug", and his campaign motto is "With great responsibility comes great power...and vice-versa."
** Reptil's favourite cheese is [[JoeQuesada Queso da Joe]] ("It's super-cheesy!")
*** M.O.D.O.K: "Ever since Knuckles Quesada got out of prison, he just hasn't been the same."
** Here's a particularly obscure one: In "Tales of Suspense," Doctor Doom gets a friend request from Magneto and Titanium Man. This is the name of a PaulMcCartney song from the Wings era.
** In "The Ballard of Beta Ray Bill", the Stranger calls Beta Ray Bill "[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic [his] little pony]]".
* ShownTheirWork: As evidenced by the huge amounts of in-jokes and MythologyGags the show uses. One example that stands out is in "Enter: Dormammu", in which the Hulk is the only squaddie to notice Dr. Strange's astral form, as a gag. It's not one of the Hulk's better known powers.
* {{Sizeshifter}}: The Wasp has the power to both shrink and grow.
* SomewhereAPaleontologistIsCrying: As a dinosaur-themed shapeshifter, Reptil is the major offender:
** To protect himself, he grows "Stegosaurus armor". Stegosaurus' plates were thin, covered barely anything, and were for regulating temperature (not protection).
*** No one knows WHAT they were for. Armor and temperature regulation are both separate theories.
**** And that doesn't even consider the time he grows stegosaurus plates on the bottom on his feet SO HE CAN SKATE.
** To fly, he grows "Pterodactyl wings". Pterodactyls were not dinosaurs, and their wings didn't look like bat wings (with multiple bony "fingers" going through the middle).
** And then there's the time he morphed a hadrosaur's beak to use it as a shovel.
** Sadly, all of these examples occurred in ''the same episode''.
* SpiritualSuccessor: the whole franchise is most likely to have been - at least partially - by ''MiniMarvels''. With that said, how much of a "successor" the series may be is debatable since ''Mini Marvels'' is still ongoing.
* TheStarscream: M.O.D.O.K.
** [[TransformersAnimated Both of which]] have now been voiced by [[TomKenny the same man.]]
** Granted, he only tries to overthrow Doom once. In every other episode, he's Doom's loyal ButtMonkey.
** [[spoiler: The FaceHeelTurn Silver Surfer towards Thanos. Not only does he trick Thanos into giving him the Infinity Gauntlet, but he even banishes him into the Soul Gem.]]
* StockFootage: If the hour-long pilot is a good indication, at least once per episode stock animation of the core characters posing ''with attitude'' while the theme song plays will be utilized.
** It is, even if someone's missing from the lineup.
*** And Ka-Zar manages to RUN AWAY during the footage.
---->'''Falcon:''' "He moved fast in just ten seconds."
** "Mysterious Mayhem At Mutant High" does it with Reptil. '''Just''' Reptil.
* SuperDeformed
* SuperheroesWearTights: Ms. Marvel wears leggings with her uniform here.
* TakeThat
--> '''Silver Surfer:''' [[Film/XMen So ''that'' is what happens to a toad when it is struck by lighting. What a let down...]]
** IronMan: I can't believe this! ''FamilyCircus'' is still in the paper!
** Flatman's resistance to global warming is likely a subtle one towards the Republican Party and others' dismissal of said theories.
** Thor's theories explaining how Mjolnir could turn Beta Ray Bill's toilet scrubber into a mystical hammer in "The Ballard of Beta Ray Bill".
-->"Or maybe it's sloppy continuity."
* TalkingToHimself: Lampshaded.
--> '''M.O.D.O.K''': [referring to Iron Man] I tried to tell him, but it's like I'm talking to myself.
* TeamDad: Iron Man
* ThatPoorCat: OncePerEpisode, nearly.
* ToiletHumor: At least in the pilot. Not even Doom was exempt.
-->'''Falcon:''' Redwing, take care of that jewel on his forehead!
-->'''* splat* '''
-->'''M.O.D.O.K.:''' THAT'S UNSANITARY!
** It also appeared in "From the Atom...It Rises."
** In one episode, Human Torch and Silver Surfer destroy part of the Fantastic Tower. Cue a shot of Thing sitting on the toilet reading a newspaper only to have the bathroom crumble around him.
* TrainingMontage: Doom gets one, including Rocky's sweater. His teddy bear (also with Doom armor) stands in for the trainer.
* TransformationIsAFreeAction: Averted for [[PlayedForLaughs comedy's sake]]. Dark Surfer interrupts the Hero Up sequence by [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall messing with reality and destroying the show's logo in the background.]]
* {{Trickster}}: Loki. Who else?
* {{Tsundere}}: Ms. Marvel with... well, everybody.
* UnusualEars: Galactus.
* VisualPun: At one point in "Enter Dormammu," Doctor Strange's fractal-corrupted magic turns the heroes into various other things. Wasp becomes an insect, while Iron Man becomes a clothing iron and then a golfing iron.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: {{Spiderman}} was supposed to be in the show, possibly in Falcon's spot, but rights-holder Sony refused.
* [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse What Happened To The Wasp?]]: The first season started off by indicating that the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier was the home of other members of the Avengers such as Hawkeye and Wasp. After getting a decent amount of focus for a couple episodes, they're never seen or heard from again.
* WipeThatSmileOffYourFace: Nebula has her mouth removed from her face by Thanos and the Infinity Gauntlet.
-->'''Nebula:''' MMMRNN!
-->'''Thanos:''' Ooh, that is a *good* look for you!
* WitchHunt: Scarlet ''Witch'' is subjected to one by the founding citizens of Super Hero City in the year 1602, despite the fact that she had only shown good intentions and helped defend the city against the dreaded pirate Captain Doom up until that point. The Mayor reasoned that even though everyone likes her on an individual level, she is still guilty of being a witch.
* WouldntHitAGirl: Doctor Doom's mother attacks Hulk with her "sonic nag," to which Hulk responds that he doesn't fight girls. When she pours it on, he gets pissed and responds with his own sonic roar, properly causing a building to fall on top of her.
* YuppieCouple: A bratty little girl [[MeaningfulName appropriately named]] Brynnie Bratton appears several times and is usually pouting because whatever she was doing is interrupted by the heroes and villains fighting. She eventually gets ADayInTheLimelight in the sixth episode, where her dad gives her a tiara (with a fractal in it) as a gift, and she causes problems for both sides.
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