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2[[caption-width-right:300:When your fur is bright green, you've already gone where no ordinary rabbit would dare.]]
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4->''In another dimension, another time and space,''\
5''a parallel universe has fallen on its face!''\
6''When out of the chaos, who else could it be?''\
7''Funky animal adventurers from S-P-A-C-E!''
8-->-- '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD3lUzIB9JQ Theme song]]'''
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10A ''very'' short-lived (5 issues) but [[CultClassic well remembered]] comic book series created by Creator/LarryHama, with help from Michael Golden and Neal Adams, about [[TheCaptain Captain Bucky O'Hare]], a [[AmazingTechnicolorWildlife green]] [[FunnyAnimal humanoid]] [[SpeciesSurname hare]] who fights to protect [[AnotherDimension his Universe]] from the scourge of the evil Toad Empire. Bucky is assisted by the [[BadassCrew intrepid crew]] of his [[CoolStarship space frigate]], the ''[[TheDreaded Righteous Indignation]]'', which is joined by a human ChildProdigy named [[TheEngineer Willy DuWitt]], who entered his universe through a PortalDoor that he accidentally helped create via [[NegativeSpaceWedgie simultaneous Photon Accelerator malfunction]], and [[TrappedInAnotherWorld is trapped until the event can be recreated]].
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12The original comic debuted in 1986, originally appearing as entries in the comics anthology series ''Echo of Futurepast'', published by Continuity Comics -- the first issue debuted to the public in ''Echo of Futurepast'' #1 in May 1984. In 1991, a [[AnimatedAdaptation 13-episode animated television series]] (and a tie-in line of action figures by Creator/{{Hasbro}}) debuted, running from September to December 1991.
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15Creator/{{Konami}} would also release two video games based on the animated series, [[VideoGame/BuckyOHareNES one]] for the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]] and the arcade game ''VideoGame/BuckyOHare'' in 1992. The cartoon would inspire a UK comics company to produce a second ''Bucky O'Hare'' comic series in 1992; it reprinted the original five issues, and then created 15 new issues that expanded on the comics story.
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17Thanks to PragmaticAdaptation, Willy [=DuWitt=] can go freely back and forth between Earth and the other universe - [[AdaptationNameChange renamed the "Aniverse"]] - at will in the cartoon.
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19!!Bucky O'Hare and the Trope Wars:
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21* AbusiveParents: Willy's parents are of the "neglectful, selfish parents" variety. See AdultsAreUseless below for an example. Willy's mother has an EstablishingCharacterMoment where she balks at Willy devoting himself to the school science project, referring to the idea of the reward as "selfish and elitist"...rather rich, coming from someone who neglects her own son's aspirations and desires while attempting to force her lifestyle onto him.
22%%* ActionFigureFileCard: The toys had them, courtesy of the man who created the UrExample.
23%%* ActionGirl: Jenny and, to a lesser extent if only due to lack of screen time, Mimi [=LaFloo=].
24%%* ActionHoggingOpening: The series, of course.
25%%* AdvertOverloadedFuture: Any planet controlled by the Toads is this.
26* AdultsAreUseless: Willy's parents in both the comic and the cartoon are completely worthless.
27** In the comic, they are StrawmanPolitical hippy-types, who actually ''strand their son in another dimension'' through their carelessness and their indifference in listening to him.
28** In the cartoon, they are more reasonable and responsible, but they can't seem to understand that their son is going through a hard time at school because of bullies.
29* AIIsACrapshoot: The main villain, KOMPLEX, is a sentient computer program that the toads designed to run their planet. It turned evil and sent them on the warpath for no readily apparent reason. By contrast, AFC Blinky is a totally friendly and humble and [[ReligiousRobot religious]] robot.
30* AllThereInTheManual: The name of Bucky's [[TheMentor mysterious mentor]], Damaron Jabok, is given in a promotional booklet for an abandoned second season and further toyline.
31* AllThereInTheScript: The names of several characters and things, particularly:
32** Jeff and Mark (the other two bullies with Doug)
33** Bob (the gray hare in "Home, Swampy, Home")
34** Digger the mole's surname, [=McSquint=].
35** Willy's mother's first name, "Sunshine."
36** The ''Iron Vulture'' (the Corsair Canards' pirate ship)
37** Dr. Wartimer and Dr. Croakley (the other two toad scientists who created Komplex)
38* AllWomenAreLustful: All of the women in this show are ''very'' direct about their affections, Jenny and Mimi [=LaFloo=] in particular.
39* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: Bucky has green fur.
40%%* AmazonBrigade: The [[FunctionalMagic Alderaan Articifers]].
41* AmphibianAssault: The toads serve as the main villains of the series, with their goal being to conquer the galaxy.
42%%* ArchEnemy: The Toad Air Marshal ''really hates'' Bucky.
43* ArtificialLimbs: Kamikaze Kamo's lower arms are both cybernetic. This is also heavily implied to be one of the ways some toads disguised as the Corsair Canards from Dead-Eye's species (four-armed ducks) managed to make their disguise convincing despite having only two arms of their own.
44* ArtisticLicenseBiology: While there's some question of how exactly ordinary biology applies to anthropomorphic species like those in the Aniverse, Bucky O'Hare's people—while explicitly stated to be hares—share some of the distinct traits of both hares and rabbits: like rabbits, they can burrow into the ground ([[FurryReminder as Bucky does]] in "Bye Bye Berserker Baboon") and their planet Warren is named after the underground burrows in which rabbits typically live with up to about twenty other members of their extended families; yet, like hares (which dig shallow nests into the moors where they live), Bucky's people live above ground mostly in nuclear family units. A lyric from one of the toads' pop singers in the background in "On The Blink" ("As a smoother-skinned toad, you're just a frog!") also implies that the toads are somehow actually hybridized with frogs (and that this is why some of them have more warts—which they consider to be sexually appealing—than others).
45* AwesomeButImpractical: The toy version of the Toad Croaker. While in the show, games, and comic it was presented as more or less a one man recon vehicle, the toy was altered slightly to look like a left shoe, complete with treads on its bottom. The reason was so that kids would use it to smash it down onto Toad Trooper action figures, "stepping" on them[[note]]The name is a reference to the franchise's BattleCry "Let's croak (us some) toads!"[[/note]]... Needless to say the Toads' own Double Bubble didn't come anywhere close to this level of awesome.
46* BadassBoast: This is BRUISER, the Betelgeusian Berserker Baboon speaking! I'm unstoppable, unbeatable, and uncontrollable!
47* BadBoss: In one episode, Toad Air Marshal threaten to blow up the factory where Bucky and his friends are located unless they surrender. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Frix protests, saying that Frax, their troops and workers are still stationed in the factory.]] Toad Air Marshal calls it "a small sacrifice" to pay for victory.
48* BadassCrew: The crew of the ''Righteous Indignation''. To wit:
49** Bucky is an adept tactician and planner, as well as a highly skilled tumbler and acrobat.
50** Jenny uses her (secret[[note]]Except to Willy.[[/note]]) psychic abilities to devastating effect, and is an excellent pilot and perfectly capable personal combatant.
51** Deadeye is a lethal marksman with any gun (hence his name).
52** Willy, in spite of being a young child without military training, still fights effectively alongside the crew of the ''Righteous''. He is skilled enough with a frisbee to hit a thrown knife in flight.
53** Blinky has shown excellent skills in infiltration and cyberwarfare.
54** Bruiser is Bruiser. He caused the toads to evacuate an entire planet by making a BadassBoast on TV. ''Twice''.
55%%* BadassTeacher: Jenny to Felicia.
56* BatmanGambit:
57** Toadborg uses one on Jenny in "The Artificers of Aldebaran". He kidnaps [[StudentAndMasterTeam Jenny's student]] Felicia and takes her into a [[SpaceClouds nebula]] that he couldn't possibly navigate himself, [[FlawExploitation knowing Jenny would use her powers to navigate the nebula for him]]. He does this to get to the source of the Articifers' power; while he's able to access it, it proves too great for him to handle and he's knocked out. He wakes up with no recollection of the source or its location.
58** Another one was used by the good guys in "The Taking of Pilot Jenny" which succeeded in freeing the captured planet Warren.
59* BattleCry: The characteristic '''HI-YOU-GAH!''' of the Betelgeusian marines.
60** "Let's croak (us some) toads!"
61* BerserkButton: Don't insinuate that Toadborg was just a worker before being converted into a {{Cyborg}}, rather than a [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy warrior]].
62* BerserkerTears: Shed by Bruiser after Bruce vanishes for the second time.
63--> That's the second time the toads ''cost me MY BROTHER!''
64* BewareTheSillyOnes: When Bucky threatened the Air Marshal with the might of United Animals Space Fleet (which at that moment consisted of only one frigate, albeit toads did not know that), the Air Marshal actually saw this as opportunity to finally lure the main enemy force into open battle... which is quite reasonable course of action.
65* BigBad: Komplex, the evil [=AI=] who enslaved the Toads and has designs on the rest of the Aniverse.
66* BigDamnHeroes:
67** This kicks off the revelation of the BatmanGambit in "The Taking of Pilot Jenny" when, with the ''Righteous'' Crew seemingly at the mercy of KOMPLEX and Toadborg, the ship they're all in is rocked by gunfire as the ''Indefatigable'' cuts through their stagnate defenses like a hot knife through butter.
68** Another one occurs in "Bye Bye Berserker Baboon." The Total Terror Toad, a monstrous amphibian warrior, has the heroes cornered. To make matters worse, unlike his brethren, he is not afraid of Berserker Baboons and looks like he could eat them like popcorn. Bucky O'Hare, injured in a failed attack on the monster, suddenly dives down and burrows through the ground away, escaping. Unable to believe they've been abandoned by their leader, the others are treated to the sight of their ship suddenly launching and flying away. The monster gets closer and closer as the Air Marshal cackles that he's finally beaten even the "Great Bucky O'Hare." Suddenly, the sound of rockets firing is heard and Bucky returns on the Toad Croaker. Turns out he just went out to the next planet over to snag several jars of the Aniverse's best tasting flies, with which he proceeds to lure the Total Terror Toad back to the Toad Mothership where it proceeds to tear the place apart.
69* BigSisterInstinct: After the initial few episodes played with the idea of Jenny having romantic feelings for Willy, the show eventually established her as having more of a sibling bond with him, looking out for his wellbeing and at one point admonishing him for disobeying her order to stay behind.
70* BrainwashedAndCrazy:
71** When Blinky was captured by the toads and reprogrammed, this was the result on him when he was rescued by the ''Righteous''.
72** In the NES Video Game, you have to defeat Jenny, Willy, and Deadeye to free them from the Toads' brainwashing.
73** KOMPLEX did this to all the toads, setting off the war in the first place.
74* BriarPatching: Bucky, disguised as an old man, begs the toads who have just arrested him ''not'' to send him to the slave factory. Bucky wanted to be taken there so he can free the imprisoned hares at the factory.
75%%* TheBigGuy: Big, lovable Bruiser.
76* BrownNote: Toad TV, which turns anyone who watches it into a brainless couch potato.
77* TheBully: Willy is constantly being harassed by bullies Doug [=McKenna=] and his friends. at school. [[AdultsAreUseless His parents are blind to his suffering.]]
78* CanonImmigrant: While Jenny and Terror Toad were [[ProductionLeadTime first seen in the cartoon]], they and several other characters were eventually going to be released as part of the expanded toy line. [[ScrewedByTheNetwork Unfortunately, the expanded toy line didn't happen]].
79* TheCaptain: Bucky O'Hare is ''always'' the man in charge.
80* CapturedSuperEntity: As it turns out, the source of [[FunctionalMagic power for the Articifers]] is this: a powerful EldritchAbomination that resides in a nebula in an [[ForcedSleep induced sleep]]. Toadborg attempted to harness its power, but it ended badly for him (he survived the overload, but had forgotten about everything about it). It took the combined power of Jenny, her student Felicia, pretty much ''every single Aldebaran'' to put it back it sleep before it threatened the Aniverse. [[DontWakeTheSleeper It's best to leave it that way]].
81* CatFolk: Jenny and the residents of her home planet Aldebaran.
82* TheChampion: Toadborg is KOMPLEX's champion.
83* ChekhovsGun: Willy's water gun, which is [[InsistentTerminology "confiscated"]] by Deadeye in the second episode. It becomes VERY important to the crew when they're making their escape from the Toad Mothership. It's lampshaded later when the same tactic doesn't work a second time.
84* ChickMagnet: Bucky and Willy.
85* ChildProdigy: If Willy were not one of these, it's doubtful that he would have survived the first episode.
86* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: The bullies aren't seen again after the pilot.
87* CityPlanet: KOMPLEX has the toad homeworld completely covered in factories seven layers deep.
88* ColdBloodedTorture: This happens by way of OffstageVillainy in the episode ''"The Artificers of Alderberan"'' when Princess Felicia [[LeeroyJenkins gets herself]] [[DamselInDistress captured by toads]]. The scene begins with a solitary toad forcing Felicia to [[{{Subversion}} watch]] [[PokeThePoodle terrible commercials]]. [[KnightOfCerebus Then Toadborg enters the room]], proceeds to [[EnragedByIdiocy literally]] throw the toad out of the room in disgust, [[AloneWithThePsycho leaving him alone with Felicia]]. Then he clutches her face [[TouchOfTheMonster in a rather]] [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty uncomfortable manner]]. This immediately precedes her [[DoubleSubversion being tortured by Toadborg offscreen]].
89* CombatStilettos: While Jenny wears high heels (platform boots in the comic) as part of her outfit, she's in no way hampered by them; in one episode she's shown effortlessly dodging and performing acrobatics around a combat exercise droid.
90* ComicBookFantasyCasting: Dogstar's voice is based on Creator/JimBackus.
91* CoolShip: At least Bucky's ship's name is easily the coolest in Western TV animation, the ''Righteous Indignation''.
92* CurbStompBattle: When Jenny first met Toadborg, she mistook him for a [[MechaMooks simple robot]] and tried to defeat him with a psychic blast. [[NoSell It didn't work]]: as it turns out, [[{{Cyborg}} cyborgs]] aren't nearly as susceptible to her psychic abilities as robots are. Toadborg retaliates by [[TheWorfEffect effortlessly blasting her to the floor]] and [[InstantSedation knocking her out]] [[KnockoutGas with an aerosol]].
93* CuteClumsyGirl: Felicia.
94* {{Cyborg}}: Toadborg was a toad soldier who suffered a catastrophic injury and was rebuilt as a nearly invincible cyborg soldier.
95* CyberCyclops: The one-eyed android Blinky.
96* {{Cyberpunk}}: [[DownplayedTrope A downplayed]], but very present theme in the series overall. Several of the heroes fall solidly into AntiHero territory (such as Deadeye Duck), important advances in cybernetics are seen in both [[{{Cyborg}} Toadborg]] and [[ArtificialLimbs Kamikaze Kamo]], and [[BigBad Komplex]] is a sapient MasterComputer [[AIIsACrapshoot gone haywire]].
97* DayInTheLimelight: After "War of the Warts" every crew member of the ''Righteous Indignation'' got a least one episode in which to shine, sometimes two.
98* DemotedToExtra: Toadborg becomes this in the NES game. While he is still a [[BossBattle boss character]], he is only the boss of the relatively easy Green Planet, and one of the easiest bosses to beat himself. This is in direct contrast to his status as TheDragon and KnightOfCerebus in the show.
99* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: When Al Negator names his price:
100-->'''Toad Air Marshal''': '''Five thousand simoleons?!''' That's extortion! That's blackmail!\
101'''Al Negator''': Ha-ha, of course, two of my specialties.
102* DidntThinkThisThrough: Did you really think that the creators of a rogue AI would allow said AI to capture them and send them into deep space if there was a quick-and-dirty way to deactivate said AI? Seriously, Bucky?
103* DifficultButAwesome: In the video game, Jenny's Energy Orb, which requires charging. While it leaves you vulnerable to an attack, the energy ball is so powerful, that it can 1-shot some bosses.
104* TheDragon: Toadborg, to Komplex.
105** CoDragons: Toadborg and Toad Air Marshal often share this.
106** DragonInChief: Toadborg
107* TheDreaded: The Berserker Baboons. And that's ''after'' the Toads' genetic fear of Baboons has been neutralized.
108--> '''Air Marshal''': Wait a minute! Now, the goggles are a neat trick, but the Betelgeusian Berserker Baboons are our most formidable foes in the Aniverse!
109* DrillSergeantNasty: Bruiser falls into the role quite easily, when he is a guest instructor at the Betelgeusian military academy. His mother is very proud of him.
110* {{Dystopia}}: Formerly, the Toads' homeworld was a swamp planet. Now, it's a [[CityPlanet planet-sized industrial complex]] that runs seven layers deep beneath the surface, with every inch of the factory-planet [[BigBrotherIsWatching totally controlled]] and [[SinisterSurveillance endlessly watched]] by [[MasterComputer Komplex]]. Because their planet is in such a state, the Toads have turned to [[PlanetLooters stealing other planets]] and [[HostileTerraforming changing the biosphere to resemble their original swampy home]]. Despite this, when Komplex is taken offline in an attack by Bucky O'Hare, the Toads rebuild him without hesitation, [[BreadAndCircuses because they]] [[VillainWithGoodPublicity love their Toad TV]].
111* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In the first three episodes, Frix and Frax have deep, gruff voices that actually make them sound somewhat tough. This is in sharp contrast to all their later appearances where they have high, squeaky, whiny voices.
112* EmpathyDollShot: In the ThemeSong opening. Also used in a flashback in the second episode.
113* TheEmpire: And one populated by amphibians no less.
114* TheEngineer: Willy [=DuWitt=]. He is able to [[GadgeteerGenius build or repair just about anything]].
115* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Bruiser's not evil, but he is a badass. And he loves his mother very much.
116* EveryoneCallsHimBarKeep: The Toad Air Marshal, even after KOMPLEX fires him in one episode.
117* EvilSoundsDeep: At least if you are a threat to the heroes. The more of a threat you are, the deeper your voice.
118* ExplosiveDecompression: {{Averted|Trope}}. In the third episode, Toadborg exposes the ''Righteous Indignation'' crew to the vacuum of space to force Willy [=DuWitt=] to [[FriendOrIdolDecision choose between them and a chip containing important security codes]]. The effect is a surprisingly realistic gradual decompression.
119* ExpositoryThemeTune: The cartoon's theme song is a cross between this and BraggingThemeTune.
120* ExtendableArms: Both Toadborg and Blinky have the ability to extend their limbs. Blinky actually uses contractile tentacles for fingers, in fact.
121* TheFaceless: All of the human adults are shown from the neck down. The only humans whose faces we see are kids.
122* FacelessGoons: Pretty much all of the toads except for the Toad Air Marshal and Toadborg.
123* FantasticRacism: KOMPLEX has a deep hatred against all non-Toad beings. Bucky and Deadeye both have a hatred for Toads, and [[FunctionalGenreSavvy no one trusts]] [[VillainByDefault Sleezasaurs]]. There are also subtle hints of mammal vs. reptile/amphibian discrimination, given that lizards, newts and sleezasaurs have all been seen voluntarily working with the toads against the mammalian races.
124* FantasticSlurs: A lot of the characters seem to have a complete list of creative insults for toads, especially Bucky.
125* FeatheredFiend: All ducks shown tend towards the anti-heroic side of things at best.
126** The Corsair Canards are a gang of pirates who are most emphatically not ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything (the first thing we see them do is attack a luxury liner), but have a "no first use of violence"-policy (note, no ''first'' use, the Corsairs will gladly turn any ship that offers resistance into dust) which is enough to convince Bucky that the Corsairs are worth cultivating as allies against the Toads.
127** Kamikaze Kamo is a ninja duck, and the leads LaResistance against the Toad-backed Lizards attempting to conquer Canopus III. Kamo and his people are decent enough, but they are also reluctant to hold back and will happily use bladed weapons and attack from ambush. Kamo is shown nailing a fleeing enemy in the back with a shuriken.
128** On a more personal level, there is Deadeye Duck. Deadeye is a former Corsair Canard in good standing, and while he serves loyally as Bucky's master gunner, he is also far more likely to lie, cheat, steal and use gun violence in the name of the cause than the other main characters.
129* TheFederation: The United Animal Security Council and its strong arm, S.P.A.C.E.
130* FictionalCurrency: Simoleons is currency used in the Aniverse.
131* FictionalUnitedNations: The United Animal Security Council operates like this. Not a very flattering portrayal, either, given that they're depicted as so caught up with constant bureaucratic squabbling that they're willing to stick their heads in the sand and ignore the decades-long war against the toads.
132* FiveEpisodePilot: Okay a three episode one, [[Administrivia/TropesAreFlexible but who's counting]]?
133* FlashOfPain: In the arcade game, bosses gain seizure times of [[TurnsRed turning orange]] whenever they're dead soon.
134* ForeverWar: In both the 1986 comic and the cartoon, KOMPLEX enslaved the Toads a century ago and they've been at war ever since.
135* FrenchJerk: Captain Smada, a campy, simpering toad captain and old rival of the Toad Air Marshal who speaks with a French accent.
136* FridgeLogic: Invoked InUniverse during the cartoon; the episode "Kreation Konspiracy" revolves around Bucky trying to rescue KOMPLEX's long-lost creators, hoping that they have some secret shut-down code or key insight into his workings that S.P.A.C.E can exploit. At the episode's end, after having been rescued, the dumbfounded toads point out that if they had a quick and easy way to just deactivate KOMPLEX, they wouldn't have let him launch them into permanent exile in deep space.
137* FriendOrIdolDecision: Toadborg wants the defense codes or he'll jettison Bucky, Jenny and Deadeye into space. Willy faces a moral dilemma. Does he destroy the disks containing the codes, or give them up to save his friends? At Bucky's insistence he smashes them, to Toadborg's fury.... until Al Negator turns up with a copy of the codes. Oops.
138* FromNobodyToNightmare: Before Komplex corrupted them, the toads were a lazy, decadent race with a penchant for shoddily-made consumer products. Now they are a heavily militarized group of PlanetLooters.
139* FrothyMugsOfWater: Former pirate Gunner Deadeye Duck's favored drink? Swamp Grass.
140* FullyDressedCartoonAnimal: All the furry characters.
141* FunWithAcronyms: This franchise ''loves'' its acronyms.
142** S.P.A.C.E.: Sentient Protoplasm Against Colonial Encroachment
143** C.H.I.E.F.: Cool Head In Every Fiasco
144** C.A.T.: [[http://news.toyark.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2017/05/Boss-Fight-Jenny-Packaging-Preview.jpg Crystal Augmented Telekinesis]]
145* GeniusBruiser: Toadborg.
146** Bruce is a OneManArmy who happens to be a warp drive engineer by trade, and can build a teleporter out of scrap.
147* GogglesDoNothing: Bucky's aviator cap has a pair of large goggles that he never pulls down over his eyes.
148* GracefulLoser: Al Negator laughs upon realizing that Willy has managed to out-con him.. though that doesn't mean that anyone else can join in.
149* GranolaGirl: Willy's mother. Her name is "Sunshine", and in her first appearance she is gearing up for a "Save the Whales"-rally.
150* GroinAttack: Jenny kicks a toad in the family jewels in the first episode.
151* HandicappedBadass: Deadeye has only one eye. [[ImprobableAimingSkills The lack of depth perception has no effect on his aim]].
152* HeadInTheSandManagement: The United Animal Security Council seems to think that the Toad Empire's warmongering can be dealt with by doing exactly nothing.
153* HeelFaceTurn: One of the bully Doug's cohorts Jeff became Willy's friend after helping them with their science project, and consoles Willy when Doug took all the credit.
154* HeroOfAnotherStory: Commander Dogstar and the crew of the ''Indefatigable'' in the TV-series.
155* HeroWorshipper: Felicia to Jenny.
156* HoldingOutForAHero: The enslaved hares put to work building a new climate converter are waiting to be rescued by Bucky O'Hare. This irritates Mimi [=LaFloo=], who is trying to organize a [[LaResistance resistance]] movement so they can free themselves.
157* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Bucky, for all his strategic brilliance, has a bad tendency to trust easily. Best shown when he recruited Al Negator as the ship's mechanic.
158* HostileTerraforming: The toads have a machine which can completely change the climate and ecology of a conquered planet into a swamp. Given what we see of the cities on such converted worlds, this cannot be a pleasant experience for anything currently on the surface when this happens.
159* HotWitch: Jenny [[http://www.ospreygraphix.com/Screen%20Shots/Bucky-Ohare/Jenny/Jenny011.jpg fits the bill.]]
160* HumanoidFemaleAnimal: Every singe female character in the entire series fits this trope. However, not all of them have [[FurryFemaleMane hair]].
161* HypercompetentSidekick: It is downplayed due to him having very little screen-time, but Wolf, Commander Dogstar's NumberOne, is significantly more capable and on-the-ball than his Commanding Officer. His interactions with Dogstar are shining examples of [[ServileSnarker barely restrained snark]].
162* ImmuneToMindControl: In one episode, the entire crew of ''Righteous Indignation'' is put into a state of trance by Toad TV...except for Willy, who's able to shut off the transmission. He theorizes that his immunity is likely due to the fact that human's brain structure is different from that of a mammal from Aniverse.
163* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: While toned down in the cartoon due to LimitedAnimation, Jenny's outfit [[note]]WordOfGod names it [[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/4f/a6/ce/4fa6ce3ba3bca5daf7f3431a3353262a.jpg Aldebaran Battle Armor]][[/note]] in the [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/7bbJrABWwnf67Is19j_PzINJT76mxQAxr0thRZ5TKDRnl0eIXNR3CpQ2H19BXHoUt_nLO9ghcWaW=s0 comic]] [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/ngQH1NGoX_O2k1yyYXceI7QO7P7SNbmeoTcrYFrlPwDMYwuFZ0eDsPR97dsT8v2kZMRVqcGC0OCP=s0 book]] is pure CostumePorn. Even though it is [[SensualSpandex form-fitting]] [[FutureSpandex futuristic spandex]], it is equal parts functional [[PoweredArmor high tech battle-armor]] and [[ArsenalAttire active weapon system]]: It's covered in [[MagicalAccessory magical]] [[EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry gems]] that [[AmplifierArtifact amplify]] her [[MindOverMatter telekinesis]], and has one gem that serves as a SubspaceAnsible when combined with her [[TelepathicSpacemen telepathy]]. [[note]][[http://news.toyark.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2017/05/Boss-Fight-Jenny-Packaging-Preview.jpg Described here]][[/note]] The armored bits of the suit are made of a [[ChromeChampion very shiny metallic substance]] that is just as flexible as the rest of the suit.
164* ImprobableAimingSkills: And with a flying disk no less. Also some of the shots Deadeye pulls off seem fairly unlikely even given his background.
165* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: The Toad Air Marshal. He sees himself as Bucky's arch-nemesis but Bucky seems to view him as little more than an annoyance.
166* InformedAbility: The Toad Air Marshal is forever talking about his accomplishments and skills, but for the run of the series he's much more of joke character than anything else. Of course, considering the only guy in the entire Empire who seems remotely competent is in a higher position than him and above that is a super-computer, maybe he really is the best KOMPLEX could get for the job.
167* InsigniaRipOffRitual: In the episode "The Warriors", the Toad Air Marshall is stripped of his medals and demoted for his constant failures, with Frix and Frax put in charge. When they prove to be even more incompetent, [[StatusQuoIsGod KOMPLEX reinstates the Air Marshall]].
168* InstantSedation: [[spoiler: In the episode ‘The Good, The Bad and The Worty’ Bucky and Jenny are victims of this trope when Toadborg renders them both unconscious with a jet of knockout gas sprayed from his finger.]]
169* InterspeciesRomance: All of the implied romances are this. See ShipTease for more details.
170* ItOnlyWorksOnce: [[spoiler: On their first meeting, Willy's water pistol is able to destroy a toad Void-Droid with one shot to its innards. On the second such encounter, it turns out the toads immediately upgraded their Void-Droids with better waterproofing.]]
171* {{Jerkass}}: Vice-Chairman Grebb, the Toad Air Marshal, Sly Lee-Zard, and Al Negator all fit this trope.
172* JerkassGods: Zigzagged with the [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien "Alien God-Mouse"]] in the 1986 comic. On the one hand, he believes all life is sacred, so he saves the toads aboard their magma tanker by teleporting them to safety before it implodes (though he does teleport them to a world with "bad food and high taxes" as a punishment for being evil). On the other hand, he makes no attempt to warn Willy that his parents are about to arrive and turn off his photon accelerator, trapping him in the Aniverse, and vanishes instead of sticking around and offering a hand.
173* KeeperOfForbiddenKnowledge: Jenny's species form a sisterhood, with a directive to keep the true extent of their powers, as well as any Aldebaran secrets, from all outsiders. Jenny herself has found ways to work around this, allowing her to sometimes go all out without her crewmates noticing (often with the Mother Superior's approval, of course). Willy, however, is the only outsider to have discovered a couple of these in one episode, and trustworthy enough to be sworn to secrecy. While few, like Toadborg, are somewhat familiar with Jenny's abilities, it's never where she or her "sisters" see it as a threat to their directive.
174** In the cartoon, when Toadborg tried to harness the source of the Aldebarans' power in the Dark Heart Nebula, the EldritchAbomination inside overwhelmed his sensors to the point where he doesn't remember it at all after being picked up by his fellow toads.
175** In the comic, Jenny is able to knock out the toads while she escaped captivity, because they won't remember a thing when they wake up. However, Mother Superior prevented her from using her powers later, warning her that they were watched by beings even more powerful than the Aldebarans themselves (in that case, the mouse-like creatures).
176* KillerSpaceMonkey: [[KillerGorilla Betelgeusian Berserker Baboons]] are a rare heroic example. They're one of the largest mammalian species seen in the series, and showcased as incredibly strong, and with legendary tempers. When not enraged, however, they're just people like everyone else in the Aniverse, with no particular racial tendencies towards malice. Still, there's got to be ''some'' reason why the Toads are absolutely terrified of them.
177** Explained in the show. The toads have a genetic trigger based on the shape of a Berserker Baboon that triggers an innate flight response. But it's only the specific shape of the Baboon that causes it to the point that if the shape is altered it's not triggered. Doesn't help them getting flattened by what they think is a spindly little thing is however.
178* KnightOfCerebus: Toadborg. [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain The Air Marshal is incompetent]] and the [[{{Mooks}} toads are ineffectual]], but Toadborg is [[SuperToughness tough]], [[TheStrategist smart]], [[RankScalesWithAsskicking competent]] and [[TheDreaded dangerous]].
179* LadyLand: Jenny's home planet Aldebaran is seen twice: only women are seen among the natives on both occasions. It's for certain that the women seen [[SmallReferencePools do not account for]] [[OneGenderRace the planet's entire population]], and we see one of them tending a child in a crib, but that begs the question: where are all the males?
180* LargeHam: In-universe example: Bruiser's TV appearances are GLORIOUSLY hammy.
181* LaserBlade: When the crew met Willy for the first time, Deadeye mistook Willy's flashlight for a LaserBlade and calling it a [[Franchise/StarWars lightsaber]].
182* LethalLavaLand: The NES game's Red Planet.
183* LighterAndSofter: While the [[AdaptationDisplacement better known]] TV series [[AnimatedAdaptation adaptation]] of the comic [[NobodyCanDie doesn't allow anyone to die on either side of the Toad Empire vs S.P.A.C.E. conflict]], the original comic series wasn't restricted by any [[MoralGuardians television censorship]]. As a result, characters could -and often did- actually die. Poor Bruce got [[NotEnoughToBury reduced to ashes]] in the first issue, and KOMPLEX [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness lobotomized]] the Toads that built him [[EstablishingCharacterMoment shortly after being activated]]. In addition, the TV series would generally substitute [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment wacky and silly Toad TV commercials]] for [[ColdBloodedTorture torture]] and [[WarIsHell war devastation]], but not always: Felicia was [[VillainyDiscretionShot tortured off screen]] in ''"The Artificers of Aldebaran."''
184* LikeBrotherAndSister: While Jenny and Bucky certainly care for each other, they never treat each other any differently than their [[TrueCompanions other crewmates]]. In fact, the only one who receives any romantic affection from Jenny was Willy: [[TheTease she often teases him]].
185* LovableNerd: Willy.
186* MagicFromTechnology: The [[OurMagesAreDifferent Artificer Witches of Aldebaran]] use "[[InsistentTerminology magic]]" that comes from the [[LivingBattery captured offspring]] of a [[CapturedSuperEntity massive sleeping creature]] that resides in the middle of the Dark Heart nebula. The sensors of the ''Righteous Indignation'' were designed by the Artificers and presumably use the same system.
187* MaleGaze: A rather gratuitous example occurs in "The Good the Bad, and the Worty": [[MsFanservice Jenny]] gets [[InstantSedation sedated]] after being on the receiving end of a CurbStompBattle courtesy of Toadborg. As she loses consciousness, the scene abruptly cuts to a [[https://youtu.be/7Mmtn1bOB1g?t=427 tightly focused shot of her breasts]] that [[MyEyesAreUpHere leaves her head completely out of the frame]] as [[DeadHandShot her raised arms fall limp]].
188* MarriedToTheJob: Deadeye confirms himself to be this.
189--> '''Deadeye''':"Ah, she was never mine, Willy me boy, and I got no time for lass in me life anyway."
190* MeaningfulName: Most of the characters have these.
191* MechanicalAnimals: [[HeroOfAnotherStory Commander Dogstar's]] crew has ASC Rumblebee, a war bot in the shape of an anthropomorphic bumblebee (as opposed to main character AFC Blinky who is a small humanoid bot with an eyeball for a head). The style design allows for a gun to be built into Rumblebee's large thorax, letting him shift modes into a stationary maser cannon and provide heavy artillery support for the crew of the Indefatigable, as well a second gun enplacement for the ship itself.
192* MedalsForEveryone: "Bye Bye, Berserker Baboon" ''begins'' with Bruiser being decorated for valorous conduct.
193* TheMentor: Bucky actually has one in the form of the mysterious Mentor, a rabbit who taught him how to be a warrior. Given how young he's portrayed as, one wonders when he had time to do that AND go through the Academy on Genus.
194* TheMole: Chairman Harman turns out to be [[MobileSuitHuman a tiny newt controlling a robot body]].
195* MommasBoy: Bruiser.
196* {{Mook Lieutenant}}s: Frix and Frax.
197* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: Thanks to her [[PsychicPowers powers]], Jenny can be destructive to ''ridiculous'' levels compared to the rest of the cast. The only thing restricting her from doing this all the time is the fact that she's sworn to [[{{Masquerade}} keep those powers a secret from the rest of the universe]]: [[HoldingBackThePhlebotinum thus, she must be discreet]].
198* MoreThanMindControl: The Toad Empire is totally and completely under Komplex's control, despite the fact that the Toads are clearly in control of their own mental faculties. [[IControlMyMinionsThrough This is done through]] subconscious brainwashing carried in television signals, which most of the Toads [[FunctionalAddict find addicting, but not debilitating]]. To non-Toads, the content of those signals act as MindRape, implying that the Toads have been [[ConditionedToAcceptHorror conditioned to accept this]]. However, if given enough time and effort, Komplex can manipulate these signals to [[BlankSlate empty the minds of non-Toads and directly reprogram them to serve him]].
199* MsFanservice: [[HotWitch Jenny]]. She has [[LongHairIsFeminine long]] [[FurryFemaleMane hair]], her outfit is [[SensualSpandex spandex]] with a [[ZettaiRyouiki Grade-A Zettai Ryouiki]] (see ImpossiblyCoolClothes above for more info on her outfit), and she herself is very much TheTease towards Willy [=DuWitt=]. The camera also tends to focus on her in [[MaleGaze certain predictable ways]].
200* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Deadeye has four arms, all of which are great for [[ImprobableAimingSkills shooting things with]].
201* TheNapoleon: The Toad Air Marshal, swagger stick and all. Bucky also to a certain degree.
202* NeverSayDie: [[AvertedTrope Thoroughly averted]]. Toadborg in particular makes numerous overt death threats, and none of the other characters shy away from mentioning death. That said, [[NobodyCanDie nobody dies, even when they definitely should]].
203* NewAgeRetroHippie: Willy's parents are these. This is played up more and portrayed much less sympathetically in the comic book than in the cartoon.
204* NiceGuy: Willy [=DuWitt=].
205* NintendoHard: The NES game is very difficult to win. Surprisingly, it ''isn't'' bad programming that gives the game this distinction, [[SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames it was the requirement for skill]]. The "HARD!" password makes it even tougher!
206* NonMammalMammaries: [[WorldOfBuxom In spades]]. Even the female ''toads'' have breasts.
207* NotSoHarmlessVillain: According to Blinky, the reason the Toads' initial push was so unexpected was that everyone thought they were completely harmless.[[note]]They ''were...'' [[BrainwashedAndCrazy at first]].[[/note]]
208* NotQuiteDead: In the cartoon, Bruce gets zapped by the photon accelerator and everyone thinks he's dead (or rather, had "[[UnusualEuphemism attained oneness with the universe]]") as a result. He actually got teleported across the Aniverse. In the comic, however, Bruce was working on the engines when a plasma cannon shot caused [[ExplosiveInstrumentation severe feedback in the engine circuits]]... he was [[NotEnoughToBury instantly reduced to a pile of ash]].
209* ObstructiveBureaucrat: The United Animal Security Council is consistently portrayed as hopelessly incompetent. In the comic, they weigh down S.P.A.C.E with an outrageous amount of forms and politically-motivated red tape. (As an example, S.P.A.C.E is not allowed to engage Toad Forces on or around inhabited planets without securing official, written recognition from that specific planet's government first - [[{{Irony}} even if]] the Toads are already in the process of [[HostileTerraforming stealing]]/[[OrbitalBombardment destroying]] said planet. The only thing the Toads do is steal and/or destroy planets.) In the addition, the entire reason S.P.A.C.E is stretched so thinly in its efforts to fight the toads is because the Security Council would only spare the budget for a total of ''[[SuicidalPacifism three individual frigates]]...'' [[TheAllegedCar all of which are repurposed civilian transport craft with guns strapped onto them]].
210* OhCrap: Nearly all toads are terrified of Berzerker Baboons and they have this reaction whenever one shows up.
211* ParentalBonus: The cartoon is so heavily loaded with these that it would be a waste of space to list them all. That said, Mimi [=LaFloo=]'s frigate is called the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screaming_Mimi_(film) Screaming Mimi.]] That's just the beginning.
212* ParentService: There is a ''lot'' of {{fanservice}} in this cartoon, all over the place. Most of it comes from [[MsFanservice Jenny]].
213* {{Pirate}}s and {{Privateer}}s: The Corsair Canards start as SpacePirates whom Deadeye convinces to work for S.P.A.C.E. and only attack the Toads.
214* PlanetLooters: The toads do this differently depending on the medium. In the comic, they siphon out the molten cores of planets to use as raw materials to feed their war machine. In the cartoon, they basically steal planets by conquering them and enslaving the races to work for them, frequently subjecting the world to HostileTerraforming to remake the environment into something more to their preference.
215* PlanetOfHats: Before Komplex took over, the Toads were an entire civilization of mindless consumerism.
216* PlayerGuidedMissile: Jenny's charged orb in the NES game can be controlled by the player.
217* PortalDoor: A literal example; the portal between Earth and the Aniverse is the door of Willy's closet. Unlike in the comics, where he's stuck in the Aniverse, Willy can travel between worlds in the cartoon whenever he pleases.
218* PunnyName:
219** Come on...Al Negator?
220** The toad scientists who built Komplex are named '''Hop'''kins, '''Wart'''imer and '''Croak'''ley.
221** "Willy [=DuWitt=]". Just say his full name and think about it.
222* RankScalesWithAsskicking: Bucky's the head of his crew and also a very formidable all-around warrior. Toadborg is also a very serious physical threat in addition to being the toads' only competent commander. In the last episode, when KOMPLEX gets a body, he also proves to be extremely difficult to bring down, and this form was fittingly adapted into the final boss of the arcade game. Averted with the Air Marshall, who's only slightly less useless than his goofy assistants.
223* RecycledInSpace: ''ComicStrip/BuckRogers'' with anthropomorphic animals.
224** The arcade game functions similar to that of ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' as both of these games are run-and-gun action games [[BeatEmUp on a semi-isometric view]].
225* ReformedCriminal: Deadeye straddles the line between this and RecruitingTheCriminal. He used to be a member of the notorious pirate band the Corsair Canards, but seems to have left on good terms. He is well-known and respected among the Corsairs (though some consider him a sell-out) and keeps in touch with his old shipmates. He is also the master gunner of the ''Righteous Indignation'' and a loyal and trustworthy member of Bucky's crew.
226* ReligiousRobot: A.F.C. Blinky clearly believes in the religion that is practiced by the ''Righteous Indignation''[='=]s crew, which appears to be an alternate universe version of Taoism (Blinky directly mentions [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/qMP6Omm8b9JFoIYTw69CwW5NF3mdyWxfZJL4zhLVY2ZDuulReNNI_1vP7WVFK3qSmdh-gIGI9fMA=s0 "Sacred Tao"]]). He has also been programmed to respect the Chain Of Command more than his religion, which may be a deliberate [[MoralityChip failsafe system]].
227* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Al Negator is a two-timing scuzzball only out for profit, willing even to betray the toads. Likewise, Samurai lizard Sly Leezard is quite the bastard. Note that this is subverted when Sly's boss, the supreme commander of the Samurai lizards, has him punished for breaking the Samurai's code of honor, and lets the heroes go free (so long as they never return).
228* RestrainingBolt: In the comic book, KOMPLEX [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness lobotomized its creators soon after being activated]]. In a deliberate effort to make the [[AnimatedAdaptation cartoon]] pass the [[MoralGuardians network censors]], [[LighterAndSofter this was changed]] to KOMPLEX having an inability to hurt his designers. So, when he took over the toads, he sent them into deep space.
229* TheRightOfASuperiorSpecies: Thanks to KOMPLEX, the Toads believe themselves to be superior to the other races, and as such, they claim the right to [[PlanetLooters steal their planets]] and [[SlaveRace enslave their inhabitants]].
230* RobotSoldier: The Toads use some of these as a supplement to their armies. Jenny made the mistake of thinking [[{{Cyborg}} Toadborg]] was one of them.
231* ScaryDogmaticAliens: The Toads easily fit this trope by way of TechnoDystopia. Formerly, they were a harmless, but [[ShamelessSelfPromoter vain]] and [[{{Greed}} greedy]] people run by [[PrivatelyOwnedSociety capitalist lords]]. Then those lords decided to make KOMPLEX: a [[DeusEstMachina massive, sentient computer network]] that could [[TheSingularity run their society more efficiently than they could themselves]]. [[GoneHorriblyright That's exactly what it did]], by [[EverythingIsOnline taking direct control of everything]] - [[IndividualityIsIllegal and everyone]] - in their entire society: it put the entire populace under [[SinisterSurveillance constant surveillance]] through their [[ScreensAreCameras TV screens]], [[BigBrotherIsWatching at all times]]. Generally, [[BreadAndCircuses the toads didn't mind one bit]]... aside from the fact that KOMPLEX essentially forced them to [[DoomedHometown destroy their own swampy home planet]] by turning it [[GaiasLament into a giant factory to suit their consumerism]]. To fix that problem, KOMPLEX used [[PropagandaMachine manipulative mass media]] to [[MoreThanMindControl change the toads]] into [[TheEmpire incredibly militaristic expansionists]] that [[MasterRace deem themselves superior to all other species in the universe]], and sent them on a bloody campaign across the galaxy to [[PlanetLooters steal other planets]] and then [[HostileTerraforming terraform them to suit the toads' needs]].
232* SecretKeeper: Willy is the only non Aldebaran who knows about Jenny's [[KeeperOfForbiddenKnowledge magical abilities]].
233* SexyCatPerson: Jenny is a [[MostCommonSuperpower well endowed]] and [[TheTease openly]] [[AllWomenAreLustful romantic]] woman who just so happens to be [[CatFolk a humanoid cat]].
234* {{Short Runner|s}}: The comic ran for five issues. The TV series was gone after 13 episodes.
235* ShoutOut: Both the comic and the cartoon contain a '''massive''' amount of references to both ''Franchise/StarTrek'' and ''Franchise/StarWars''.
236* ShipTease: Both the comic and the cartoon strongly tease at a possible relationship between [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan Jenny and Willy DuWitt]], and the cartoon also teases at a romance between [[RescueRomance Bucky O'Hare and Mimi LaFloo]]. That said, [[ShortRunners due to the comic lasting only five issues, and the cartoon's short time on the air]], [[NoRomanticResolution nothing is developed in any concrete way]].
237** In the comic, Jenny started showing [[TheTease very overt affections]] for Willy [=DuWitt=] [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/oV64NCSpwkpaItDWWUb4pANDdq5NthOjjf3D_kCGWn5DisrIOn8ByinfyKx01arR3VlbGuHg2Y9N=s0 almost immediately after meeting him]], in response to his offer to [[TheReliableOne help the crew of]] the ''Righteous Indignation'' instead of [[IChooseToStay simply returning home]], despite the distinct possibility of becoming [[TrappedInAnotherWorld trapped forever]]. The cartoon simply makes her reasons and affections much more obvious. [[note]](In her own words: [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan "Willy DuWitt, you are very brave."]])[[/note]] By the end of the three part pilot episode, she had kissed him several times in increasingly affectionate ways - the last being [[http://archive.is/zo9gb directly on the mouth]] - and also given him a magical Alderberan memory stone [[SubspaceAnsible to keep contact with him]].[[note]]That last point is very significant, since Alderberans are ''[[KeeperOfForbiddenKnowledge very secretive]]'' regarding their magic, to the point where [[TheFettered Jenny hides her magical powers from the rest of]] the ''Righteous Indignation''[='=]s crew, even going so far as to [[HoldingBackThePhlebotinum ask for permission to use an invisible psychic blast]] to [[HonorBeforeReason save her own life]]![[/note]] Willy consistently responds to her advances with a CrushBlush.
238** In the immediate following episode, [[CunningLikeAFox Mimi LaFloo]] developed feelings for Bucky O'Hare after he [[RescueRomance saved her from a Toad labor camp]]. Afterwards, she was swiftly [[TheCaptain given a ship to command]] - on Bucky's recommendation - based on her [[TheLeader tendency to lead]]. She proceeds to thank Bucky with a kiss, which causes him to break into a bashful grin. Seeing this, [[HaughtyHmph Jenny "humphs" haughtily]] and scoffs about Mimi's lack of propriety... [[HypocriticalHumor despite her own behavior towards Willy in literally all of the previous episodes being the same]].
239* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Jenny is clearly [[TheTease interested]] in Willy for this reason.
240--> '''Jenny''':"Willy [=DuWitt=], you are a very brave human"
241* SlidingScaleOfAnimalCast: The entire franchise is a Level 4 example.
242* SlippySlideyIceWorld: The NES game's Blue Planet.
243* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Jenny is the only female in Bucky's crew.
244* SpacePirates: The Corsair Canards, Deadeye's old outfit.
245* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the comics, Bruce dies and goes onto be replaced by Bruiser and Willy. He was instead teleported to a far-off galaxy in the AnimatedAdaptation, and comes back for a second appearance, with a set-up for an eventual return.
246* StatuesqueStunner: Jenny is quite tall compared to nearly everyone who isn't Willy or a Berserker Baboon, and is also a major source of {{Fanservice}}.
247* SufficientlyAdvancedAlien: Encountered in the comic book in the form of a white mouse. [[AGodIAmNot He explicitly denies being a god]], declaring that his people developed their RealityWarper powers as a gift from another, even ''more'' powerful race. He has the ability to rewrite reality around himself, which he mostly uses in the form of creating whatever he wants out of thin air. Apparently, anything he creates that travels outside his "sphere of influence" ceases to be, which the toads found out to their detriment when the magma they stole from his planet disappeared when they got far enough away. He proved to be something of a benevolent version of this trope, using his powers to rescue the toads on the ship (though he admitted the place he'd sent them to was known for its high taxes and bad food).
248* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
249** The Toads aren't exactly the most capable military force... But the United Animal Council allows S.P.A.C.E. to have a grand total of three ships (''one'' in the cartoon, though they later expand to three), [[TechnicallyATransport originally Banana Runners refitted for war]], each with a crew of six, and gave them extremely restrictive rules of engagement. The Toads have conquered dozens of worlds.
250** When he first encounters the [[MechaMook Void Toads]], Willy discovers that his squirt gun can short circuit them. In the second encounter he discovers that the Toads have refitted them with better waterproofing.
251** The Toads have a genetic marker that leaves them terrified of the shape of the Betelgeusean Berserker Baboons. They eventually start wearing goggles that alter that shape, so they aren't terrified anymore... Just long enough for them to realize they're ''still'' three-meters tall apes with SuperStrength and legendary tempers.
252---> Wait a minute! Now, the goggles are a neat trick, but the Betelgeusian Berserker Baboons are our most formidable foes in the Aniverse!
253** One episode has Bucky find Komplex' banished creators, and ask them how to deactivate it. They ask back what makes them think they'd have ''let'' it banish them if they could have deactivated it easily.
254* TagTeam: The NES game uses this mechanic to allow the player to control the entire ''Righteous Indignation'' crew.
255* TelepathicSpacemen: Jenny, and all other Articifers.
256* TerrorHero: Bruce and Bruiser, and the entire species of Betelgeusian Berserker Baboons as a whole, as far as toadkind is concerned. Even the sight of one sends legions of toads heading for the hills or even evacuating planets.
257* ThemeNaming: Frix and Frax.
258* TitleDrop: "And now an update on Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars!"
259* TokenHuman: Willy.
260* TooDumbToLive:
261** In the comic, a toad ship recklessly flies into the ''Righteous Indignation''[='=]s kill zone despite receiving multiple warnings.
262** The United Animal Security Council seems almost like it's [[SuicidalPacifism actively]] ''[[ObstructiveBureaucrat trying]]'' to get wiped out by the Toad Empire. Despite the fact that the toads have been aggressively warring on all other species for decades, they refuse to actively meet the toads with equal force, instead commissioning an anti-toad "fleet" that consists of, in the comic, three ''second hand'' frigates, which the cartoon downgraded to only '''one''' frigate. Three by the end of the cartoon. Lampshaded in the first episode of the cartoon, when Bucky storms into the UASC meeting and indignantly points out he asked for a fleet and got one ship to protect the whole Aniverse with.
263** Frix and Frax, to an insane level.
264* TookALevelInBadass: Willy took one the moment he joined the ''Righteous Indignation''[='=]s crew.
265* TragicBigot: Every person on the ''Righteous Indignation'' except Willy [=DuWitt=] and AFC Blinky openly [[FantasticRacism hates the entire Toad race]], and for totally justifiable reasons. The most clear-cut example of this trope is Bucky O'Hare himself, whose whole race was enslaved by the toads, and his [[DoomedHometown homeworld]] [[HostileTerraforming turned into a swamp]] for [[PlanetLooters their use]].
266* TrappedInAnotherWorld: The original comic ends with Willy's parents entering his room and switching off his photon accelerator, breaking the link between their dimensions
267* TriggerHappy: Deadeye solves just about every problem he encounters by shooting at it. [[BloodKnight He enjoys that sort of thing]].
268* TsurimeEyes: The outer corners of Jenny's eyes notably slant upwards to a sharp point. Appropriately, she is both strong-willed and proud.
269* [[TheDividual The Twindividual]]: Frix and Frax. They're only distinguishable from one another due to the Frix's larger chin and jawline compared to Frax. Otherwise they're essentially identically and almost never appear separately.
270* UncannyFamilyResemblance: Bucky has a cousin named Jeffrey who is nearly identical to him (except he's voiced by Creator/ScottMcNeil). Bucky uses it to his advantage.
271* UnknownRival: The Air Marshal considers Bucky his arch-nemesis. Bucky considers the Air Marshal a minor speed-bump on the road to taking down Toadborg and KOMPLEX.
272* UnwinnableByDesign: In The NES game, the Blue Planet is not possible to complete without completing the Green Planet and rescuing Blinky to break the ice blocks. Either use a password to revert back or get a game over to reselect planet.
273* VileVillainLaughableLackey: KOMPLEX and Toadborg are portrayed as very threatening and competent villains, unlike their comically incompetent underlings.
274* WackyParentSeriousChild: Willy [=DuWitt=] is a down to Earth rationalist with a genius intellect. His parents are proud hippies.
275* WarComesHome: The series proper opens with the titular Toad Wars already [[InMediasRes in full swing]]. We're introduced to the title character and his crew as they raid a Toad slave ship and free its captives who are all, surprise, surprise, hares, indicating Bucky's own home planet of Warren has been conquered. This causes Bucky to put pressure on S.P.A.C.E. to commission more ships to combat the Toad menace, as Warren was supposedly safe from the Toad Armada.
276* WeaksauceWeakness: The Void-Droid -- very powerful, but not [[KillItWithWater waterproof]] [[spoiler:(initially).]]
277-->'''Air Marshal''': I don't believe it! It was ray shielded and missile shielded!\
278'''Frax''': [[CaptainObvious But not waterproof]]!
279* WeatherControlMachine: The Toad Empire use building-sized climate converters for HostileTerraforming attacked planets' climates into swamps.
280* WhatMeasureIsANonCute: The toads and pretty much every non-mammalian species in the show, apart from birds of course.
281* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: All toads, naturally fear the berserker baboons. Toadborg manages to get over that fear.
282* WildCard: Al Negator is willing to work with anyone who pays him well. Toads don't trust him or most Sleezasaurs. Non-toads trust him even less.
283* WilyWalrus: Subverted with Harman, a walrus who is part of the benevolent United Animal Security Council. [[spoiler:While he ''is'' evil, being TheMole who was sent by the villains to infiltrate the Council, it is later revealed that he is not actually a walrus, but [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent a newt]] piloting [[RoboticReveal a robot walrus body]].]]
284* WorldOfBuxom: It seems like every adult female in the Aniverse has a huge rack.
285%%* WorldOfFunnyAnimals: The whole Aniverse.
286* ZergRush: The toad soldiers have training and hardware that's - for the most part - inferior to what Bucky's crew and lone ship can bring to bear in a fight. The main reason they're still dangerous is they're the only side to have an actual fleet and armies. To keep the amphibian menace from engulfing the Aniverse, by the end of the show S.P.A.C.E. has managed to assemble [[OddlySmallOrganization a grand total of three ships, each with a crew of about six members]].

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