Line #220 WesternAnimation/NexoKnights


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2	[[caption-width-right:350: "We are unbreakable!" [[note]]Clockwise from upper left: [[TotallyRadical Aaron Fox]], [[TheBigGuy Axl]], [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Lance Richmond]], [[TheLeader Clay Moorington]], [[ActionGirl Macy Halbert]][[/note]].]]
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4	''Nexo Knights'' is a Castle-esque LEGO Theme which was released in 2016. It's the successor to ''WesternAnimation/LegendsOfChima'', with an AllCGICartoon aired on TV, which lasted for four seasons. The toyline lasted until 2018, when it was quietly cancelled. A canon spin-off book, ''Literature/TheForbiddenPower'', was also written by Max Brallier of ''The Last Kids on Earth'' fame, telling the story of an orphan Fletcher Bowman sent to train to become a knight. Two more books were planned, but, just like the TV series, cancelled.
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6	The theme is, in a way, good old ''Castle'' with sci-fi elements, where the five heroic knights [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg (and a wizard, and two junior knights)]] must stop the evil Jestro from summoning an army of lava monsters that are attacking the kingdom of Knighton, which has advanced technology but a medieval society.
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8	There's a [[Recap/NexoKnights recap]] page being constructed.
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10	!! Tropes that apply to the sets and television series:
11	* TwentyFourHourArmor: Due to Axl's NonstandardCharacterDesign, no armorless version of him appears in the toyline or cartoon (although he is seen shirtless in one of the books). When Aaron [[LampshadeHanging asks him about it]], Axl states that he likes to be [[CrazyPrepared prepared]].
12	* AbhorrentAdmirer:
13	** Axl's little sister, Axlina, is one to Robin.
14	** Jorah Tightwad made advances towards Macy once, though not out of any romantic pursuits but rather to spite her father.
15	* ActionGirl: Princess Macy is one of the titular knights.
16	* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: The Forbidden Powers have alliterative names (e.g.: Collapsing Crumble).
17	* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Robin and Ava. Despite being in their pre-teens, they are mature enough to follow the adults into battle, although they usually provide support from behind the lines.
18	* AllThereInTheManual:
19	** The real-life Book of Monsters contains info on all the monsters in its pages, including some who never appeared in the series.
20	** In general, character encyclopedias and other guide books tend to include curious facts about the show's universe not seen in the series proper, such as the characters' backstories, the royal couple's real names and how many secondary characters are also Knights' Academy graduates.
21	* AmbiguousTimePeriod: When the show takes place is never made clear. Most of Knighton looks relatively rural, everyone is dressed like it's Middle Ages, so medieval period? But it doesn't explain technology centuries ahead of ours being in wide use. Twenty-somethingth century? Then again, cinema and electrical technology are implied to be no older than a hundred years. Given techonology in this world could have developed at a [[AlternateTechline different pace from ours]], the show could very well take place in an entirely fictional time period.
22	* AndroidsArePeopleToo: Zig-Zagged. It seems that Squirebots can live an independent life and get education and jobs, as seen with Chef Eclair and the hip-hop duo Chili Vanilla, but at the same time, most of them are treated as living (in a sense) test dummies, cheap labour and so on. A number of Squirebots are part of a criminal group providing support for abandoned Squirebots.
23	* AnimalCompanion: In "The Might and the Magic," Lance, while imprisoned on a farm, forms a rapport with a pig he names "Hamletta." He even brings Hamletta back to Knighton with him after being freed.
24	* AnimalMotifs: All the Knights' crests feature an animal matching their personalities in some way. As a ParentalBonus, most of them are repurposed logos from prior ''Castle'' themes.
25	** Clay -- Blue-and-white Eagle -- Black Falcons
26	** Lance -- White Horse -- Sir Kentis from Knights Kingdom II
27	** Axl -- Golden Bull -- Either Sir Adric from Knights Kingdom II or Cedric The Bull from Knights Kingdom I
28	** Aaron -- Orange Wolf -- Wolfpack
29	** Macy -- Red Dragon -- Either Black Knights or Dragon Masters
30	** Robin -- A chicken (though he trades it for a pair of crossed wrenches in his set-exclusive black armor)
31	** The only exception may be Ava, as her crest only appears in one of the guide books. We are not given a good look, but it resembles a larntern more than an animal's head.
32	* {{Arcadia}}: Despite the numerous technological advancements, most of Knighton still looks pretty rural and green, with jobs like farmers and miners still present, and up until Jestro released the Lava Monsters, it's been a peaceful realm for an entire century.
33	* ArmsAndArmorThemeNaming: The main characters all have {{punny name}}s based on the weapons they use: Clay Moorington (claymore), Lance, Aaron (arrow), Axl (axe), and Macy (mace).
34	* ArtifactOfDoom:
35	** The Book of Monsters, which corrupts Jestro and summons lava monsters into the kingdom.
36	** In season 3 there's the Forbidden Power tablets.
37	* AttentionWhore: Lance's innermost fear is obscurity.
38	* BackFromTheDead: Both Merlok (in a sense) and [[spoiler:Monstrox]] were able to pull this trope off.
39	* BadassInDistress: Every member of the team has been captured by the villains at least once. Ironically, this never happened to Ava, their token non-action member (at least in canon works).
40	* BaseOnWheels:
41	** The Fortrex, formerly Ye Olde Royal RV, is a giant castle on tank treads that the knights repurposed to their needs.
42	** Jestro responds in kind to the above example by having the Beast Master create an Evil Mobile for him.
43	** Evil Mobile gets destroyed in Season 3, but Roberto Arnoldi replaces it with Rolling Headquarters. Oh, and the "head" stands for [[{{Faceship}} Jestro's head]].
44	* TheBeastmaster: One of the Lava Monsters uses the name verbatim.
45	* BeleagueredAssistant: Lance's robot assistant, Dennis. [[spoiler: He leaves his master close to Season 1 finale, only to come back, and then leaves him permanently in the middle of Season 3]].
46	* BerserkButton:
47	** Do not ruin Axl's souffle.
48	** Do not laugh at Jestro.
49	** Do not call Whiparella "Whimparella". Or any nickname, for that matter.
50	* BetterThanABareBulb: ''Over half'' of the show's humour is built on this, such as Lance pointing out how horrible Clay's "pre-fight lines" sound. You could call it "Lampshade Knights" if you wanted.[[note]]"Lampshade Knights"? [[HypocriticalHumor Seriously]]?[[/note]]
51	* TheBigGuy: Axl, who has a [[TopHeavyGuy rather bulky upper body]].
52	** BigEater: As an extention of said role, Axl is almost always seen eating.
53	* BigBadDuumvirate: The Book of Monsters and Jestro ''technically'' form one, but The Book has a role much similar to a DragonInChief as the true brains, nevertheless they do seem to be equal partners. [[spoiler: After the Book's true identity, Monstrox, is revealed, he becomes the sole BigBad, with Jestro DemotedToDragon in the following season]].
54	* BigBookOfWar: The Knight's Code, written by Knighton's founders and dearly treasured by Clay Moorington. It's actually published in real life, though ironically, the actual rules of the code don't encompass that much of the book, so caling it "big" [[DownplayedTrope would be a stretch]].
55	* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The story's non-televised conclusion - Monstrox is defeated for good, but at the cost of Merlok's life.]]
56	* BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce: The world's spiciest chili created by the Gordon Ramsey {{expy}} in "Monster Chef". How spicy is it? He apparently burned down ''25 villages'' through the process of making it!
57	* BlingOfWar: In year 3, the knights all get golden armor.
58	* CannibalismSuperpower: Very odd instance. The Book of Monsters is a living TomeOfEldritchLore that serves as a container for monsters that increases the power and kind of monsters it can release by consuming other evil spell books. [[spoiler:Even more unusual given the other books are fragments of it that were separated by Merlok.]]
59	* CaptainOblivious: Lance's parents are so amazingly self-absorbed that, after being kidnapped, they fail to realize they're not at a spa, or that Magmar is outright trying to ''kill'' them, even when Jestro point-blank says they're hostages.
60	* CerebusRollercoaster: [[spoiler:After "Rock Bottom", the show eventually slipped into this. With Clay turned into stone, the kingdom under threat of complete destruction, and more disturbing information about Merlok's past revealed, the tone is definitely darker than the mostly light-hearted seasons 1 and 2, but all the above-mentioned themes can get interrupted at any moment by a quirky comment from Aaron or Jestro, and jokes are being made even when a town is being burned to the ground on-screen. The ''second'' time Clay turns into stone, his teammates take it surprisingly well, in fact, as if nothing happened]].
61	* ChekhovsGunman: Jokes Knightly first appears as a washed-up former comedian in "Book of Obsession". He gets back on his feet in "Open Mike Knight"… [[spoiler:thanks to stumbling upon the Book of Betrayal.]]
62	* CityOfGold:
63	** Auremville, Lance's hometown, with his family mansion being the prime example.
64	** Tightwad's unnamed city is an even straighter example, as it appears to be built fully with gold. [[spoiler:Or at least it used to be.]]
65	* ColorCodedMagic: The Nexo Power shields correspond to the knight they're meant for (ones for Clay are blue, Macy's red, Aaron green). The Forbidden Powers are black and purple.
66	* ComicallySmallDemand: The climax of "Greed is Good?" has Jestro and The Book of Monsters offer to give back Auremville's gold supply and Lance's parents back in exchange for... a tube of sealant, to weather seal [[VillainsOutShopping a new hot tub in their lair]]. Justified as they wanted to give the gold and Lance's parents back, while Lance didn't want his parents to come back.
67	-->'''Lance''': Huh, [[ARareSentence my parents for a tube of sealant...]]\
68	'''Clay''': ''[[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe Really?]]'' Do you actually have to think about it?
69	* CompanyCrossReferences:
70	** When the Knights are given a demonstration of the Fortrex's holographic training room, one of the holographic environments seen is the lion city from ''WesternAnimation/LegendsOfChima''.
71	** Lance's agent Maynard mentions a film called ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}} Knightjago 3]]'', which fittingly involves heroes fighting villains by spinning.
72	** The rock monsters that show up in "The Maze of Amazement" also look very similar to Craglins from ''Ninjago''.
73	* CoolCar: Ye Olde Royal RV, especially when modified by Ava and Robin into the Fortrex. Not to mention Clay's Rumble Blade, given to them as a gift by the King and Queen.
74	* TheCorrupter: The Book of Monsters puts Jestro on a path of villainy with convincing words.
75	* TheCorruption:
76	** The Book of Evil turns whatever it touches evil. It renders a rabbit rabid and gives Jestro his EvilMakeover complete with a corresponding attitude.
77	** The Forbidden Powers turned their guardians evil.
78	* CrownOfHorns: Whenever Jestro starts to act truly evil the ends of his jester hat stand up to make it look like horns.
79	* CrucifiedHeroShot: [[spoiler: Jestro, and later Clay, are chained up in this position while the Book of Monsters prepares to possess them]]. In other words, they are being prepped for a sacrifice, but not the heroic type.
80	* CutAndPasteEnvironments: Every town/village in Knighton looks the same. On a good day, a newly introduced settlement will have a visible quirk to set it apart, like being covered in snow (Snottingham), being built out of granite (Rockstead), or even having unique buildings (Nothing Hill), but most of the time the only way to tell them apart is by looking at the holographic sign on the central tower.
81	* DarkerAndEdgier:
82	** Season 3 strays from the knights being able to use Nexo power to win the fights in some episodes, not to mention the direction the story takes: [[spoiler: Clay is being slowly turned to stone]], [[spoiler:Monstrox]] is now able to revive monsters to fight once again, and the villains no longer plan to just conquer the kingdom - they are trying to ''destroy'' it.
83	** Season 4 is even moreso. Just to name a few: [[spoiler:Clay struggles with his new newfound anger issues, receives shocking news about [[LukeIAmYourFather his relatives]], his friends lose him one more time, and Monstrox burns almost half the kingdom to the ground]].
84	** The 2018 comics in comparison to not only the 2016 and 2017 ones, but pretty much the entire series - [[spoiler:Monstrox]] is an even bigger threat than before, not to mention much less comedic, still threatens to destroy the kingdom, while the villains are able to brainwash Squirebots into their minions and force the knights to fight them, a digital virus is being spread across Knighton and nearly infects all of it... [[spoiler: Oh, and [[KilledOffForReal Merlok dies in the end]].]]
85	* DeadpanSnarker:
86	** Half of Ava's dialogue is just snarking at whoever's around.
87	** So is Herb Herbertson, the male news anchor, [[SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl who's regularly fed up with his partner's antics.]]
88	* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:"The Fortrex and the Furious" reveals that this has been the Book of Monsters/Monstrox's plan all along, to manipulate Jestro into collecting all the evil books to regain his strength, then possess Jestro's body. Though in "Kingdom of Heroes", he changes his target to Clay.]]
89	* DenserAndWackier: To the other ''Castle'' themes. The monster designs are more exaggerated and cartoonish, and this is the first Castle theme to utilize futuristic technology, with all the ramifications that implies.
90	* {{Descriptiveville}}: Pretty much every town in Knighton has a name that tells you exactly what you're in for when you get there. Snottingham, for example, is a good place to get a cold.
91	* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Jestro decided to feed the Book of Chaos to the Book of Monsters, despite the latter warning the former that monsters made after eating this book will be much harder to control.
92	* DirtyCop: In the episode "The Good, the Bad and the Tightwad", the knights encounter three Deputybots who work for [[RichBastard Jorah Tightwad]] and pick a fight with anyone who enters their town since it "ain't big enough for the both of them".
93	* DoomyDoomsOfDoom: General Magmar's Siege Machine of Doom, the vehicle belonging to Magmar himself.
94	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
95	** In the fourth episode, Aaron's personal Squirebot is seen in one scene, implying that all knights, not just Lance with Dennis, would have their assigned robots in the TV series proper, but Clay, Macy and Axl's Squirebots remained toyline-exclusive characters.
96	** In the same episode, Jorah Tightwad and Roger the Scrubber are implied to be foreigners, but all following episodes and related works portray them as Knightonians.
97	* EmotionlessGirl: Ava's default expression.
98	* EnfanteTerrible: Implied when The Book of Monsters gets grabbed by a little girl, and when we see him later he's ''terrified'' of insulting her tea.
99	%%* EpicFlail: Beast Master can use his chained Globlins like this.
100	* EvilTowerOfOminousness: Monstrox's old base was one. [[spoiler:After defeating him, Merlok shrunk it down and put it in a snowglobe. In the opening episode of season 2, Jestro and the Book of Monsters get it back.]]
101	* ExactWords: Macy tells Jorah Tightwad that if he fails the competiton, he'll get a kiss from Lance's sweetheart. [[spoiler:Turns out Lance calls Hamletta his sweetheart, so Tightwad is made to kiss a pig.]]
102	%%* {{Expy}}: Jack Shields is one of ''Franchise/JamesBond''.
103	* {{Faceship}}:
104	** Jestro's vehicle, "The Evil Mobile," is a frightening siege wagon with a monstrous jester's visage on its front.
105	** There's also his mobile headquarters in season 3.
106	* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Knighton is mostly based off medieval England, although there seems to be a bit of Scotland, Germany and even 19th-century United States [[CultureChopSuey mixed in as well]].
107	* FantasyForbiddingFather:
108	** Macy's dad refuses to let her be a knight because he thinks it's too dangerous.
109	** Lance's parents refused to let him be a celebrity, and made him be a knight. Lance still holds a grudge against that one, to the extent he refuses to try and rescue them when they're abducted.
110	** Not even Axl's father was eager to let his son become a knight at first, since there's never been a knight in their family, and he expected him to become the manager of the family's diner in the future.
111	* FantasyWorldMap: Although Knighton is technically only a part of the world, and implicitly a small one, [[https://nexoknights.fandom.com/wiki/File:MapNKpocketpower.png it does have one]].
112	* FromNobodyToNightmare: The Book of Monsters promised Jestro that he would no longer be known as a failure of a comedian, but the [[VerbalTic baddest baddie]] this world has ever seen.
113	* GeneralRipper: General Magmar. He comes equipped with a "siege mobile" to bombard his enemies.
114	%%* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
115	* TheGoodKingdom: Knighton appears to be a generally peaceful and prosperous country, and its monarch has a good reputation among his subjects.
116	* GottaCatchEmAll:
117	** The app game Merlok 2.0 had over 108 unlockable shield powers at launch, and even more by the time of the final update. And since the unlockable shields are all QR codes, there are multiple ways to unlock them, including looking them up on Youtube and the net. Heck, even the logo is a Nexo shield power!
118	** In series 3 & 4, the bad guys are looking for ten Forbidden Powers, [[spoiler:so they can awaken the Stone Colossus]].
119	** In Year 3, it's the heroes' turn to search for the seven Merlok Powers to defeat the vampire army.
120	* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: Inverted. Aaron uses a projectile weapon like a bow, and Macy uses a giant mace.
121	* HereThereBeDragons: ''The Book of Monsters'' features a Medieval-styled map of Knighton that shows that here there be not only dragons, but Scurriers as well.
122	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Merlok sacrificed himself to defend his library, but became Merlok 2.0 instead of perishing.]]
123	* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Jestro starts out as a decent, if bumbling, court jester, but is corrupted by the Book of Monsters into working with him. In "The Might and the Magic," he has second thoughts about attacking the capital with his monster army, especially since it would involve eliminating King Halbert, who was always [[NiceToTheWaiter very nice]] to him. The Book of Monsters, [[CrazyPrepared anticipating]] such a show of weakness, has Beast Master feed him the Book of Revenge (which was recovered behind Jestro's back), and uses its power to further corrupt Jestro into going ahead with the attack. In "Open Mike Knight", Jestro rediscovers his love for making others laugh, and reverts back to the side of good. But in season three, [[spoiler: Monstrox]] uses his lightning to corrupt Jestro once more. However, the process is not permanent, requiring [[spoiler: him]] to give Jestro regular jolts to ''keep'' him evil. [[spoiler: And at the end of season four, Jestro breaks free of his magic and is back on the "face" side, but not pardoned.]]
124	* HeelRaceTurn: [[spoiler:In season three, the lava monsters become good, even helping the Knights to fend off Monstrox's stone army.]]
125	* HiddenDepths: In "The Might and the Magic," Lance, while chained up in a pig sty, confesses to Hamletta that he knows he's superficial and arrogant, and derides himself for driving everyone away.
126	* {{Hologram}}: Merlok 2.0, a golden holographic wizard.
127	* HoverBoard: Aaron's shield can be used as this.
128	* IMeantToDoThat: Lance when he messes up part of his routine for the knight graduation ceremony.
129	* {{Invocation}}: "Merlok! Nexoooo KNIGHTS!" The phrase doesn't seem to be completely necessary, though they do have to hold their shields up in the air.
130	* ItCanThink: Evil books other than the Book of Monsters are inanimate, but one of them, the Book of Deception, seems to have a conciousness of its own, having created an entire labyrinth full of traps and cryptic messages to trick those trying to find it. It can even create copies of itself with messages like "[[LogicBomb I cannot tell the truth]]" and "Fooled you, suckers".
131	* KentBrockmanNews: Herb Herbertson and Alice Squires of the Knighton News Network. Love their job, hate each other's guts, end up being better fit for a comedy show than news reports.
132	* KillItThroughItsStomach: Well not so much stomach as it is going inside [[spoiler:Monstrox]] and attacking him on the inside till he explodes.
133	* LampshadeHanging: [[BetterThanABareBulb Everywhere]]. The series is designed to be fun and self-deprecating.
134	** In episode 2, right after driving off Jestro, the knights pose. Macy asks if they have to do this every time. Clay replies that it's in the manual.
135	** Jorah Tightwad claims he has gold factories, which Macy points out doesn't make sense, since gold is mined.
136	* LaughablyEvil: Jestro is pretty much a rookie villain. The Book of Monsters is his harried mentor.
137	* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: You will definitely get this vibe when you watch the way the Book of Monsters and Jestro argue.
138	* MadeOfEvil: [[spoiler:Monstrox, first he was the Book of Monsters but when defeated, he changes into a evil cloud who can brings statues to life to do his bidding.]]
139	* {{Magitek}}: The knights' armor and weapons are fueled with Nexo powers, which is magic downloaded to the knights via wifi.
140	* MeaningfulName: Jorah ''Tightwad''. A tightwad he is, refusing to use any of his money to film the Tighty Knighties on a set, preferring to film in a dark, isolated forest.
141	* MechaMooks: An interesting instance where it is the protagonists that deploy these in form of Squirebots and not the villains.
142	* MetaMecha: The final battle depicted in the Tech Wizard Showdown set, with Clay piloting his Battle Suit and using that to pilot an even larger mecha.
143	* MilitariesAreUseless: Other than the Nexo Knights, Knighton seems to have a good amount of both human and robot knights and royal guards armed and on duty, but they are ill-equipped to deal with monsters: the few times Squirebots go up against them, they are quickly curb-stomped, while human knights (barring the main heroes, of course) do anything ''but'' fight monsters.
144	* MushroomMan: Mushlord from the spin-off books.
145	* MythologyGag: References to past ''Toys/LEGOCastle'' themes are plentiful:
146	** Certain early promotional videos feature knights wearing classic ''Castle'' armor, in "The Golden Castle", the Nexo Knights themselves wear them while acting for the titular movie.
147	** The Golden Castle itself is a reference to a ''Castle'' set.
148	** As a human, Merlok looks incredibly similar to Majisto, [[spoiler:not to mention he happens to have a witch sister. While Willa the Witch's relationship with Majisto is subject to occasional flip-flops, at least one set (though released after the cancellation of ''Nexo Knights'') treats the two as cousins]].
149	* NiceMeanAndInBetween: The Nexo Knights' three main allies have this dynamic going on. Robin, acting civil with most people and being glad to help them, falls under "Nice"; Ava isn't much of a jerk, but is notably harsher than Robin and doesn't shy away from making snarky comments, making her "Mean"; Merlok 2.0 is friendly most of the time, but loses his temper occasionally, making him "In-Between".
150	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed:
151	** In "The King's Tournament", Jorah Tightwad's "Tighty Knighties" are all named after various celebrities:
152	*** [[Creator/ShiaLabeouf Shia LiaBlade]]
153	*** [[Music/JustinBieber Jousting Bieber]]
154	*** [[Music/BritneySpears Brickney Spears]]
155	*** [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Block]]
156	** Gobbleton Rambley from "Monster Chef" is a parody of Creator/GordonRamsay.
157	* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Axl is a TopHeavyGuy in comparison to the others' more usual minifigure proportions. He also has more angular hands, with visible knuckles and finger lines.
158	* NothingIsScarier: Aaron's true fear, which is well hidden, is literally "nothing". He breaks down if he has nothing to do. Everything else no matter how creepy just pumps him up.
159	* NotSoStoic: In "The Book of Total Badness", Ava loses her wit-cracking attitude when she realizes the villains are on the verge of victory.
160	* NotQuiteDead:
161	** [[spoiler:In "Kingdom of Heroes", it seems as though Monstrox has finally been destroyed. But Jestro briefly sees his laughing face in a cloud...And true enough, Monstrox reappears in-person in season 3 premiere.]]
162	** The ending of the same episode implies that [[spoiler:all Lava Monsters had perished (we even see Burnzie and Sparkks get sucked into the book and not released before it explodes)]], but season 3 reveals that [[spoiler:they (even Burnzie and Sparkks) survived somehow]].
163	* PatchworkMap: How the official map of Knighton looks like: the northern edge of it is GrimUpNorth stuck in an EndlessWinter, but in only slightly more southern latitude LethalLavaLand is located, separated from the frozen Cold North by the Hill Country. Meanwhile, the north-east of the kingdom is occupied by the Rocklands, and the south-east is the ThirstyDesert Wasteland. In the center of all this is the {{Arcadia}}-looking region where the capital of Knightonia is located, with the south-west being somewhat similar.
164	* PlantPerson: The Forest Monsters are a whole group of these.
165	* PlanetOfHats: It's closer to Town of Hats. Every village and town across the Kingdom specializes in some manner of characteristic or industry. Usually in reference to whatever the towns name is a pun of.
166	* PoorCommunicationKills: Due to his advanced age, Merlok sometimes forgets important details. For example, [[spoiler:when he informs the knights Jestro will raid the school library, he forgets to tell them Jestro's not after a book, but a snowglobe on the librarian's desk.]]
167	* PostModernMagik: Doesn't get more [=PoMo=] with mysticism than using the VirtualGhost of a WizardClassic as an [=OS=] that casts his spells over Wi-Fi.
168	* PoweredArmor:
169	** Robin's Black Knight armor.
170	** In the second year, the knights all get them, starting with Clay (who needs it just to get around as he starts turning to stone). They later turn out to be able to combine with their new vehicles.
171	* PredecessorVillain: The dark wizard Monstrox, who was defeated by Merlok years ago. He is mentioned several times throughout the first story arc, with the Book of Monsters (who knew him personally) holding him in particularly high regard. [[spoiler: Though it's less admiration and more [[ButHeSoundsHandsome stroking his own ego]] ]]
172	* PreviouslyOn: Herb Herbertson recaps the events of the last episode through a "Knighton News Network" segment.
173	* PunnyName: Aside from the punny [[ArmsAndArmorThemeNaming weapon-based]] names of the main characters, Ava Prentis' name is a pun on "apprentice," which she is, and main antagonist Jestro's name is a pun on "jester" (guess what he was before he became a villain).
174	* RapePillageAndBurn: The monster armies' favourite activity, thankfully without the "rape" part as far as we know.
175	* RapidFireComedy: You'd have to try hard to remember an episode that goes on without a new joke for at least a minute.
176	* RefuseToRescueTheDisliked:
177	** In "The Might and the Magic", when Clay reminds everyone that they still need to pick up Lance, Macy asks "Do we have to?"
178	** Lance himself does this in "Greed is Good?", refusing to rescue his parents from Jestro and the Book of Monsters until his friends force him to go through with it.
179	* RememberTheNewGirl: Did you have any idea that Lance had a sister before you've read ''The Forbidden Power'' or watched Season 4? Don't worry if you didn't, because she was never even mentioned before, but apparently everybody knows who she is.
180	* RobotBuddy: Squirebots, who serve as soldiers, servants, and even a chef!
181	* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Princess Macy is one of the knights, The Queen is no slouch in a pinch either, and largely more battle ready than the King, and even the King himself eventually goes into action in a fighting mech.
182	* RuleOfCool: Most of the sets seem to invoke this. How about Jestro's Evil Mobile, a giant jester-faced chariot ''made of lava'' and pulled by a lava giant? Or perhaps Clay's Rumble Blade, an off-roader that can separate into a claymore-shaped plane and two motorcycles?
183	* RunningGag:
184	** Clay making a "pre-fight line", with Lance always there to point out how cheesy it sounds.
185	** The Book of Monsters telling the Bookkeeper to go somewhere/do something, only for him to misunderstand the orders.
186	** Lance making an unflattering comment about the academy principal, only for him to show up [[RightBehindMe Right Behind Him]].
187	* SealedEvilInASixPack: [[spoiler:"The Fortrex and the Furious" reveals that the Book of Monsters, and all the other evil books, are actually the cans containing the divided essence of the necromancer Monstrox, who was defeated and imprisoned by Merlok long ago.]]
188	* ServantRace: The Squirebots were literally created to fill in for human squires. While they are not slaves, they appear to be at the very least lower-class citizens who aren't always treated nice.
189	* ShoutOut:
190	** To ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' - at least three per episode:
191	*** [=FancyPants=] finishes off a lecture with "And that is how we know the Earth to be banana-shaped".
192	*** The Book of Monsters has a habit of screaming "Run away!" when things go south for the villains.
193	*** The opening episode of season 2 has Jestro (apparently) trying to steal the Book of Armaments. Whether it can be used to slay vicious rabbits is unknown.
194	*** Merlok, trying to remember his middle name, wonders if people call him "Tim".
195	*** After [[spoiler:reforming]], the [[spoiler:Lava Monsters]] form an anarcho-syndicalist commune, just like the mud farmers.
196	** Also to ''Power Miners'': at one point, non-crystalline versions of the larger rock monsters show up.
197	** In the first episode, Merlok repels Jestro and the monsters through the spell "KlaatuBaradaNikto".
198	** In "The Golden Castle," Lance's agent describes other movies he could star in, such as [[Film/Transformers2007 "Lanceformers"]] and [[Film/TheAvengers2012 "Lancevengers"]].
199	** The Knighton News Network reporters not only have a rather aloof way of reporting very serious events, but they also look a lot like the reporters from ''Film/RoboCop1987''
200	** The episode "Saturday Knight Fever" references the movie ''Film/SaturdayNightFever''.
201	** The episode "The Fast and the Furious" references ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious''.
202	** The Knights' Academy Principal Brickland is fond of shouting "[[Franchise/BackToTheFuture slacker]]" at students.
203	** One of the Nexo Powers is the old LEGO Space logo and appropriately spawns a spaceship when activated.
204	** Clay's vacation resort is run by a man designed after [[Series/FawltyTowers Basil Fawlty]], right down to speaking a la John Cleese. Just to get the point across, one of the resort's towers gets damaged, causing the man to lament it's "faulty".
205	** One of the Combo Nexo Power combinations Ava mentions having tested is "[[Music/EarthWindAndFire Earth, Wind and Fire]]", which Merlok even lampshades:
206	-->'''Merlok 2.0:''' Boogie down, boogie down.
207	** In Season 4, we are introduced to a secret agent [[Franchise/JamesBond Shields, Jack Shields]].
208	* ShowWithinAShow: According to the producer, ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/LegendsOfChima'' both exist within the series' universe as works of fiction, which is why elements of them occasionally show up.
209	* SlidingScaleOfGenderInequality: Implied to be at about a 5. Women can and do become knights, but the ActionGirl's father just doesn't want her to be. Her mother, however, seems more willing.
210	** This may have to do more with the [[LovableCoward king]] himself being afraid about the idea of any member of his family being on the front lines.
211	* SmurfettePrinciple:
212	** Macy is the only main knight who is female, as we are [[LampshadeHanging frequently made aware]].
213	** Lavaria and Whiparella are the only two unambiguously female Lava Monsters.
214	** Stone Monsters shake this up a little, having at least four female members (three Harpies and Ruina).
215	** Pola from Year 3 is the only known female Tech Monster/vampire.
216	* SnakePeople: Whiparella has a snake-like lower body.
217	* TheSmartGuy:
218	** Ava is pretty much a ChildProdigy, complete with a somewhat deadpan tone to her voice.
219	** Robin is no slouch himself, and is a whiz with hardware and mechanical engineering. He handles the hardware, Ava handles the software.
220	* SpellBook: Several, used by Jestro to summon lava monsters from beyond.
221	* SpellMyNameWithAnS: "Fortrex... spelled with an "x", [[LampshadeHanging which makes it cool and high-tech."]]
222	* SpiderPeople: Lavaria's Ultimate form has a four legged spider-like lower half. However, the associated shield power indicates that this form is actually beetle-based.
223	* StealthPun:
224	** The Fortrex, which combines "fortress" and ''rex'' ([[BilingualBonus Latin for "king"]]). In other words, its name is the same as many previous flagship sets in the Castle line: King's Castle!
225	** Axl. While his name is obviously based on his weapon of choice, it is spelled with an "XL", which means [[TheBigGuy "extra large"]].
226	* {{Stripperiffic}}: All of the female lava monsters. Justified in that they are not human, and thus may not share the same biology and parts, dressing the way they do more for the sake of recognizability.
227	* StrongFamilyResemblance: In "The Maze of Amazement", Axl's family are all shown to look just like him.
228	* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: At one point, Jestro tries wearing a hat made of gold. He promptly falls over and has difficulty picking himself up because it's gold.
229	* SympatheticVillainDespicableVillain: The two main villains are the royal jester Jestro, who turned evil after getting tired of being laughed at, and the Book of Monsters, who told him this was the best solution to his problem. While Jestro, despite embracing his villainy, is still treated with some degree of sympathy and eventually makes a HeelFaceTurn, it's made clear that the Book is an irredeemable bastard who is just using him, [[spoiler:and true enough, turns out he's planning to possess the jester to become the necromancer Monstrox that he used to be. This continues in the following seasons, where Jestro only follows Monstrox's plan to destroy the kingdom due to having been brainwashed by him.]]
230	* TakeThat: Two subtle ones in Golden Castle; One comes from Jestro who insults remakes and asks how explosions make anything better. The other is to people who complained about the new style. After Merlok reminisces on the days where there was only Magic and Knights, Ava says that they can't live in the past.
231	* TechnicianVsPerformer: During the King's Tournament the Tighty Knighties effortlessly school the Nexo Knights. However when Jestro's monster forces show up they are all either terrified or easily dispatched while the Nexo Knights drive off the evil forces. The Tighty Knighties even admit that while they are the superior ''athletes'' their opponents were the better ''warriors''.
232	%% * ThoseTwoGuys: Burnzie and Sparkks.
233	* TimeSkip: Several month had passed between the Season 2 finale and the Season 3 opening. ''The Forbidden Power'' and information from the official website indicate that around a year overall had passed in-universe since the first episode.
234	* TomeOfEldritchLore: The Book of Monsters, certainly, but also the other books it seeks out to increase its powers. They consist of the Books of Evil, Chaos, Fear, Anger, Deception, Destruction, Revenge, Greed, Envy, Cruelty and Betrayal.
235	* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: Aaron is too fearless to be defeated by [[IKnowWhatYouFear Whiparella]], who is completely exasperated trying to get a fear response out of him. His taunting ends up seriously hurting her feelings too, she cries when reporting back to Jestro.
236	* TopHeavyGuy: Axl, thanks to the new torso piece introduced with him.
237	* TotallyRadical:
238	** Man, Aaron just loves to pepper his dialogue with sick slang.
239	** The robot announcer Alice, who, on top of saying lots of puns, thinks she's "hip".
240	** Merlok has an occasional go at it too, like when ordering the knights to show their "totes amazeballs" moves.
241	---> '''Ava:''' Wow, magic hipness. Score one for the old dude.
242	* TronLines: Knighton technology has these in lovely Neon Chainsaw Orange. The knights' armor glows with them whenever they power up.
243	* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: It's not uncommon for Knighton denizens to pay no attention at Jestro, who by all accounts should be number 1 on the wanted list, walking into their town like he's in charge, and only start panicking after he attacks. Citizens of Rockstead, the town that survived more than one war without a scratch, are especially so, since they remain completely unfazed by the destruction of their not-so-indestructable after all town.
244	* UpperClassTwit: The Richmonds are a ''family'' of these, with the sole exception of Izzy - Lance isn't the biggest offender, but his parents are [[CaptainOblivious so oblivious]] that they can't tell they are being held hostages even when their captors spell it to them.
245	* ViewersAreGoldfish: In Season 4, be prepared to get reminded at least OncePerEpisode that [[spoiler:Monstrox]] plans to awaken the Colossus of Ultimate Destruction and destroy Knighton. Even after it ultimately happens.
246	* VillainSong: The Book of Monsters has a short one about how being bad is "so neat-o" and "real mean-o", which can be heard in the second webisode and Season 2 finale.
247	* VillainousHarlequin: Jestro, the BigBad.
248	* ViolentGlaswegian: Reex, Roog and Rumble have Scottish accents.
249	* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: Merlok 2.0 and Ava are both literal cases, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome which has been known to cause problems.]]
250	* WeakButSkilled: Played with, the Tighty Knighties are skilled in tournaments compared to the Nexo Knights but in an actual fight they are screwed.
251	* WhamLine: At the end of "The Fortrex and the Furious":
252	-->'''Jestro:''' Just who do you think you are, anyway?\
253	'''[[spoiler: The Book of Monsters]]:''' [[spoiler: Me? Oh, I know exactly who I am. Before I was trapped in this book, I was the mighty arch-necromancer, Monstrox!]]
254	* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler: Clay finally turns into stone in episode 9 of season 3.]]
255	* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: Earth is mentioned in Season 1 Episode 4, and several real-life cultures, including Greek and Roman, in following episodes. So, assuming the Earth's georgraphy in this world is close to ours, which continent is Knighton located on? Europe, North America, Asia, Australia by some virtue?
256	* {{Wingdinglish}}: The residents of Knighton speak English (Clay even calls the language that), but use a font more in line with the one seen in ''WesternAnimation/LegendsOfChima'', which looks somewhat out of place in a Europe-influenced setting.
257	* WomenAreWiser:
258	** On par with Clay, Macy is the most capable and serious member of the team, compared to the SpoiledBrat Lance, TotallyRadical Aaron, and BigEater Axl.
259	** Played straight with Ava and Robin as well - though both are pretty smart, the latter is occasionally prone to childish behaviour and reckless actions that get him into trouble, while the former isn't.
260	** Female monsters like Lavaria and the Harpies aren't necessarily geniuses, but tend to be brighter than their male counterparts.
261	* XtremeKoolLetterz: The Fortrex, which Robin lampshades:
262	--> '''Robin:''' ...Because having an X in the name makes it cool and hi-tech!
263	* YouCantThwartStageOne: The Book of Monsters ''will'' devour all twelve evil books, and Jestro ''will'' get ten Forbidden Powers and awaken the Stone Colossus, no matter how hard Nexo Knights try to stop them.
264	* YouthfulFreckles: Macy, Aaron, and Robin all have these.

Context WesternAnimation / NexoKnights