Line #5 DarthWiki/TommyMunroe


1	In an [[AlternateUniverse alternate]] [[TheNineties nineties]] setting, 10-year-old Tommy Munroe leads a normal life in his suburban neighborhood, until he is possessed by a powerful alien warrior that makes him into a one-man Franchise/SuperSentai team, and now he has to fight the alien warrior's evil brother, Thraxaru, who's trying to pry Tommy's powers out of his body with physical and mental attacks, including monsters made out of everyday items and drawings made by children! This is not an easy task, seeing as how he also has to deal with his [[SmittenTeenageGirl teenage sister]], Katie, his [[DotingParent goofy parents]], Karen and Laurence, and the problems of suburban life.
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3	[[MediaNotes/MediaClassifications Possible rating]]: TV-G or TV-PG. Not your average child and family in a sitcom; they state outright that they're Christians, though they often [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] Literature/TheBible. Every character has validity and depth, [[AdultsAreUseless adults are]] ''[[AdultsAreUseless not]]'' [[AdultsAreUseless useless]], and no matter what devastating monster attack comes their way, [[LawOfConservationOfNormality they're still a loving, happy family.]]
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5	In this show, NoCelebritiesWereHarmed, only [[CompositeCharacter combined]], and JustForFun/XMeetsY abounds, [[ShowWithinAShow especially on television]]. For example:
6	* [[Franchise/{{Digimon}} Digi]][[Anime/{{Bakugan}} Spheroids]]: Your not-so-standard NinetiesAdventureSeries in {{Cyberspace}}... [[{{Muppet}} with puppets]]. Tommy's second-favorite show in the universe, also known as his backup just in case [=PowerBorgs=] [[SeriesHiatus isn't coming back]].
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8	* [[Franchise/PowerRangers Power]][[Series/{{Beetleborgs}} Borgs]]: Obviously everything [[SoBadItsGood awe]][[SugarWiki/SoCoolItsAwesome some]] for a [[TheNineties 90's]] kid combined, and subsequently Tommy's favorite show in the history of the universe.
9	* [[Series/{{Thunderbirds}} Thunder]][[Literature/DragonridersOfPern dragons]]: A British StopMotion show; Tommy's sister, Karen, loves this show and its handsome puppet protagonist, Julian Gryth. Needless to say, Tommy himself won't touch the show.
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12	!!Tropes
13	[[folder:General]]
14	* ArtInitiatesLife: Many of Thraxaru's monsters are half-this, and [[AnthropomorphicObjects half-everyday-object]], usually.
15	* BigBrotherInstinct: Age-inverted. Tommy feels that as the more powerful of any of his family, he has the strongest duty to protect them from harm.
16	** KnightTemplarBigBrother: If Katie gains enough damage from a monster's attack, the gloves come off and ''someone's gonna pay''.
17	*** If it's ''Katie'' that's the protective one, her attacks will be fairly effective against any monster, even a ''giant''.
18	* BrandX: There's no such thing as [[Platform/MicrosoftWindows Windows]] or [[Platform/MacOS Mac]], they're combined to form [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Zeus]] and its line of programs such as [[strike:Wordpad]] ''Wordsworth'', [[strike:[=MSPaint=]]] ''[[PunnyName Art IE]]'', and so on.
19	** If there are two popular brands of anything (cereal, video game consoles, etc.), they'll be combined, with some tweakage.
20	* ChildMage[=/=]ChildSoldier: Tommy, precociously talented in the art of [[TookALevelInBadass combat, intrigue]], and ''[[KiManipulation deadly energy attacks]]''.
21	* CoolBigSis: Katie, although Tommy would ''never'' admit it.
22	* FavouritismFlipFlop: Tommy ''will not'' touch anything that is a favorite of his sister's, except when she either doesn't like it anymore, or simply isn't looking.
23	* IWasQuiteALooker: Although Laurence now is a middle-aged [[BigFun funny fat guy]], back then he was quite... ''[[TallDarkAndHandsome different]]''... leading to a HeroicBSOD for Tommy when Katie notices he looked like Julian Gryth. ''Julian "Thunderdragons" Gryth.''
24	* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: Tommy once had to save the [=PowerBorgs=] actors lives from destruction while he was on the set of [[TheMovie their new movie]]. You can imagine his enthusiasm, even though as an alien hero he can't necessarily stop for an autograph.
25	* MyNaymeIs: Thraxaru is pronounced "'''Thraxar'''", the ''U'' is silent.
26	* PuppeteerParasite: A more-or-less ''benevolent'' version, as it allows for his powers, although Tommy as a good Christian kid does has his worries about allowing an alien monster ([[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory analogous to a]] ''[[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory demon]]'') [[SplitPersonalityMerge to live on within him]].
27	* SiblingYinYang: Katie and Tommy, although Katie thinks Tommy [[GirlsHaveCooties forces it]].
28	* SuckECheeses: [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Planet Party-plex]], a mix between awesome and creepy; complete with advanced animatronic aliens that adapt to almost any instrument.
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31	[[folder:[=PowerBorgs=] specific]]
32	* {{Cyborg}}: The [=PowerBorgs=] are superhumanoid machines when transformed, and [[WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld ordinary teens]] otherwise. How they turn from ordinary organisms to MechanicalLifeforms isn't quite explained in the series ([[SealedBadassInACan The BorgAura/Borg-Power]] [[AWizardDidIt did it!]]). In the Japanese series it was based off of, [[MagicFeather they were cyborgs all along]], and just got nifty costumes so they can [[RuleOfCool look cool]] and [[JetPack fly around]] and stuff; [[KiManipulation every]][[SuperStrength thing]] [[HyperAwareness else]] is just their... ''[[BuffySpeak cyborgness]]''.
33	** However, what the teens ''do'' have that separates them from other people is one stock superpower for each of them (I.E. one has SpiderSense, the other has AuraVision, and so on); nothing really ''cyborg''-like, unless you think like [[WritersSuck the American writers]] who thought [[SuperPoweredRobotMeterMaids robots could do anything]].
34	* DanceBattler: Scotty of the [=PowerBorgs=], the CaptainErsatz of [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Zack]], incorporates popular (for the ''nineties'') dance moves into his kung-fu techniques in a form which he calls "Scotty-Time", which he uses in either human or Borg form.
35	** His Japanese counterpart is justified for his dancing by being trained in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capoeira Capoeira]], which was not understood by [[LostInTranslation the American writers]].
36	* DawsonCasting: [[TechnoWizard Brainiac]] of the [=PowerBorgs=], the CaptainErsatz of [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Billy]] and an {{Expy}} of [[Series/{{Thunderbirds}} Brains]], is actually an adult, [[OlderThanTheyLook although his baby-face says otherwise]]. For Brainiac's [[TimeSkip flash-forward pilot story]], [[MakingUseOfTheTwin his older, nearly identical brother had to play him]], for he ''looks'' the age that his younger brother is ''supposed'' to be.
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39	[[folder:Thunderdragons specific]]
40	* AlienSky: Jryn Alpha's sky features a tiny [[strike:blue]] [[PurpleProse sapphire]] sun. [[ArtisticLicenseSpace Even though the creator knew that a blue sun of any kind would be too hot/unstable to allow complex life to develop]] [[note]]Even if the planet was far enough away from the sun in question to maintain a proper, Earthlike temperature, its heat would eventually cause the sun to burn out much faster than a "proper" yellow sun.[[/note]], [[ArtMajorPhysics he deliberately broke the rules to show that Jryn Alpha was indeed a different world]].
41	* CallARabbitASmeerp: Averted in Thunderdragons, where many of the animals are definitely ''not'' like anything in our world, [[CallASmeerpARabbit although they might use familiar terms associated with our animals]], such as "puppy", "roach", and "lamb".
42	** There ''are'' the Canequinuks, however, who resemble a [[MixAndMatchCritters part Chihuahua part Afghan Hound part horse creature]] (Canine + Equinine), and are [[DogsAreDumb most stupid]]. Still, they are the [[HorseOfADifferentColor brainlessly loyal pack animals]] of Jryn Alpha, and [[LetsGetDangerous shouldn't be taken for granted]].
43	* GenreShift: Thunderdragons, going from rescuing the people and animals of Jryn Alpha to stopping intergalactic terror after just 40 episodes. [[labelnote:?]]There were 52 20-minute episodes.[[/labelnote]]
44	* {{Gonk}}: [[labelnote:Arl]][[TechnoWizard Scientist and engineer]][[/labelnote]] Krunax Jranus looks this way compared to the rest of the [[GenericCuteness generically handsome cast]]. [[http://gigacake-mmmkay.deviantart.com/art/Krunax-Jranus-172082358 Take a look at him]], and then try imagining him partnered with a character that looks more like ''[[http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/gerryanderson/images/thumb/9/9c/ScottTracyCloseUp_TheImposters.jpg/200px-ScottTracyCloseUp_TheImposters.jpg this]]''.
45	** It was due to Krunax's NonStandardCharacterDesign that he was soon KilledOffForReal through HeroicSacrifice, and replaced with another, older, [[HollywoodHomely but still handsome]], Arl for Julian. [[labelnote:=[]]A writer apparently wasn't too happy with how some critics were treating Krunax, some of them saying that he should be removed. He bets that [[AlasPoorScrappy they're rather sorry now that]] [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor they made him do it!]][[/labelnote]] He made a couple cameo appearances afterward as a SpiritAdvisor and star of his first test film respectively.
46	* HoldYourHippogriffs: Thunderdragons... If it's a [[StockBritishPhrases British slang phrase]], it has a Jrynian equivalent.
47	-->"I say, that's just not [[strike:cricket]] saccharine!" (Also acting as the opposite of "That's so sweet!")
48	-->"[[strike:Bloody hell]] Scorchin' star!" (You have to [[TrrrillingRrrs trill the R's]] to get maximum effect)
49	-->"[[strike:Luvaduck]] Lorvolammie!" (From a forgotten [[StarfishLanguage Jrynian language]]; the phrase roughly translates to "Heavens above, [[GroinAttack strike down my]] manhood if [[ThisCannotBe what I see is]] ''[[ThisCannotBe really]]'' [[ThisCannotBe what I see]]." [[WordOfGod according to the writer of the Thunderdragons series]])
50	** Also, "hold your horses" becomes "curb your Canequinuks", with the latter having much more of an offensive effect, equivalent to "Hold your horses, you stupid, impatient whelp!"
51	* SchizoTech: Thunderdragons, having a strong ring of [[MedievalEuropeanFantasy Middle]][[PunkPunk Punk]], although the highest level of [[BambooTechnology technology]] in the setting was a prototype film projector made by Krunax; he deemed that TheWorldIsNotReady for such a bizarre device.
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54	[[folder:[=DigiSpheroids=] specific]]
55	* EveryoneIsASuper: All fauna in the Digiverse has immense power, or the potential for such.
56	* IntriguedByHumanity[=/=]HumanityIsInfectious
57	* KnowledgeBroker: The Tree of Knowledge, a creature unfortunately grafted to a tree who absorbs the knowledge around the Digiverse through his roots, acts as this to anyone who wants information, [[DefaultToGood but mostly to the Posi-Team and their human friends]].
58	* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: The [=DigiSpheroids=], never having a set list of powers, just [[ElementalPowers loose guidelines]]. This can get rather silly when "able to generate ''mini''-tornadoes" becomes "able to effectively cause a ''massive hurricane''"! All this from a doll-sized critter...
59	* NotSoStoic[=/=]DefrostingIceKing: [=CyRobo=], at first a hyper-intelligent robot mainly used as a fighting encyclopedia on legs, now developing very [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots human-like]] personality traits through ThePowerOfFriendship. He at first was not quite keen on developing human emotions, due to [[TinMan his fear]] that [[PsychoactivePowers his immense power would go out of control from irrational motivation]]; however, he soon realized that emotional power could unlock his true abilities, and [[HumansAreSpecial he soon embraced his human self]], [[JustForFun/SuperWeight becoming the most powerful D-Sphere in the Digiverse]], next to the demigod-like Fae and Darque.
60	* PowersAsPrograms: Literally for the digital [=DigiSpheroids=]; their code can be modified to make them
61	** evolve quickly and/or boost its PowerLevels in emergency situations,
62	** change their ElementalPowers, or...
63	** [[BodyHorror corrupt their data to horrific levels.]]
64	* PowerTrio: [[TheMcCoy AvAaron]], [[TheSpock CyRobo]], and [[TheKirk RollRaviq]].
65	* {{Technopath}}: The main antagonists of [=DigiSpheroids=], Reginald and Quincy Wickwire, became expert technopaths after a FreakLabAccident graphed binary numbers [[RedRightHand onto their skin]]. However, should they [[PsychoactivePowers grow annoyed and enraged]], they become instant WalkingTechbane.

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