Line #32 WesternAnimation/DangerRangers


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2	[[caption-width-right:266:''"It's up to you, what'll you do, who are ya' gonna be like?"'' [[note]]Characters from top going clockwise: [[BearyFriendly Burble]], [[TheLeader Sully]], [[ActionGirl Kitty]], [[GadgeteerGenius Burt]], [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Squeeky]], [[MissionControl Gabriella]]. Not pictured: [[RobotBuddy Fallbot]].[[/note]]]]
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4	''Danger Rangers'' is an animated EdutainmentShow that aired on Creator/{{PBS}}. It features six animal heroes (and one RobotBuddy) who teach children about safety through example.
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6	The series was originally released from 2005 to 2006. Following a change in ownership, it began re-airing on Creator/{{CBS}} on September 17, 2011, as part of the Creator/CookieJarTV block, and then on Creator/ThisTV after it was removed from that block. Select episodes were also released on DVD.
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8	!!Tropes:
9	* AbandonedMine: One episode has a couple of kids venture into one to look for rumored treasure and get into major trouble as a result, and the theme of the episode revolves around on why you should never explore caves if you don’t know what you’re doing.
10	* ActorAllusion:
11	** Two to Sully's VA, Jerry Houser.
12	*** The music video on the importance of wearing helmets features Sully playing hockey at one point. Jerry Houser is an avid hockey fan, having previously starred in ''Film/SlapShot''.
13	*** Another music video about poison puts Sully in the center of a 3x3 grid, similar to the familiar opening to ''Series/TheBradyBunch''. Houser previously played Wally Logan, the husband of Marcia Brady in various sequel shows and specials.
14	** "Cave Save" shows Squeeky attempting to make a DagwoodSandwich with Fallbot that [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries Reuben]] would be insanely jealous of.
15	* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: Sully is a blue seal, and Kitty is a pink cat.
16	* ArtShift: "Kitty's Surprise Party" is very obviously outsourced to a different studio, resulting in noticeably choppier animation.
17	* AscendedExtra: At first, Gabriella stayed behind at headquarters to act as mission control, but she then took Burt's place in the field when he started staying behind more often.
18	* BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad: A group of "tough" biker kids in "Wild Wheels."
19	* BarefootCartoonAnimal: Most of the cast, although the heroes will wear boots when necessary for safety's sake.
20	* BearyFunny: Burble, a big ball of fun who loves to make jokes, especially puns.
21	* BerserkButton: Kids in danger is a Danger Ranger team-wide one. Squeeky in particular hates it when people ignore clear safety guideline signs.
22	* BoundAndGagged:
23	** Octodon's lackeys do this to Fallbot in "Water Works" after he mistakes them for children.
24	** Henri Ennui ties up Burble and Kitty in "Medicine Mix-Up."
25	** Quentin V Manderbill captures the entire team in "Where the Fun Never Stops", save for Gabriella and Fallbot.
26	* BusmansHoliday: "Wet and Wild" shows that the Danger Rangers don't stop trying to keep people safe just because they're on vacation.
27	* ButtMonkey: They don't call him Fallbot for nothing.
28	* CastingGag:
29	** This won't be the only feline character named [[WesternAnimation/TUFFPuppy Kitty]] that Creator/GreyDeLisle has voiced.
30	** It also [[WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain isn't]] [[WesternAnimation/BikerMiceFromMars the]] [[WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow first]] [[Franchise/KingdomHearts time]] Creator/RobPaulsen voiced a rodent.
31	* CatchPhrase: S.A.V.O has "Danger Alert!"
32	** Pretty much every time Fallbot gets hurt, he says "Ow! Who put that there?"
33	* CatsAreMean: Averted with Kitty, who is a firm but fair instructor with the kids and incredibly sweet to them, especially when they're scared or upset.
34	* ClipShow: The final two episodes, "Kitty's Surprise Party" and "Fallbot Forget-Me-Not", are such.
35	* DeadpanSnarker: Squeeky, who never passes up a chance to snip at ill-chosen actions or his teammates acting less than intelligent.
36	** Kitty too, though her main target is Sully when he starts posturing.
37	* DemotedToExtra: In the latter half of the series, Burt began volunteering to stay at HQ more and more.
38	* DisembodiedEyebrows: Several of the characters have these, including Burble and Fallbot.
39	* ADogNamedDog: Kitty the cat.
40	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness
41	** S.A.V.O calling out a "Safety Alert" instead of a "Danger Alert" in "Wild Wheels."
42	** The pilot notably lacks Gabriella and Fallbot, indicating they were added later on for the PBS run.
43	** The pilot also has the Rangers [[BreakingTheFourthWall speaking directly to the viewers]] in certain parts, something that didn't carry over to the series proper.
44	* ExactWords: A humorous version. In "Safety Rules", Squeeky is checking to make sure all the people passing through an intersection know all the proper safety guidelines, including hand signals. This exchange occurs.
45	--> '''Squeeky:''' Show me the signal for left turn.
46	--> (Driver does so.)
47	--> '''Squeeky:''' Right.
48	--> (Driver demonstrates the signal for right turns, sending Squeeky flying smack into a stop sign.)
49	* FantasyHelmetEnforcement: And you can bet the "bad kids" don't wear helmets. (Though they might wear backwards ball caps.)
50	* FrenchJerk: Henri Ennui is the villain in "Medicine Mix-Up" and has an exaggerated French accent. For some strange reason, he’s the only character in Paris who sounds French.
51	* FurryConfusion: There's an episode about responsible dog ownership and how to interact with dogs...despite the fact that several canine characters have appeared beforehand.
52	** Mt. Rushmore and the Statue of Liberty are still human in a WorldOfFunnyAnimals.
53	* FurryReminder
54	** Burt rarely, if ever, runs due to being a turtle. He's also seen sleeping inside his shell.
55	** In the music video "Everybody Be Water Safe", Sully balances a ball on his nose.
56	* GadgeteerGenius: Burt, who not only built Fallbot, is implied to have built all of the team's equipment.
57	%%* IAteWHAT: Fallbot has this exact reaction after accidentally eating an entire container of vitamins in "Medicine Mix-Up." %%What reaction?
58	* InformedSpecies: It's implied that Sully is a seal, but given that he actually has legs instead of tail-fins, he looks more like a tailless otter instead.
59	** Though there was one blink-and-you-miss-it moment in one episode where he's swimming and inexplicably has them; they're legs as soon as he got out of the water.
60	* JabbaTableManners: Commander Octodon, the VillainOfTheWeek in "Water Works", is shown noisily stuffing his face with a table full of food at one point.
61	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Squeeky may not be the nicest Danger Ranger on the team, but he still values the children's safety.
62	* LandmarkingTheHiddenBase: The rangers base themselves inside Mt. Rushmore.
63	* LoopholeAbuse: In "The Great Race", when Worley's cheating is uncovered, Gabriella pays the entry fee so she can beat him. One of Worley's cronies claims that no one can run fast enough to do that; she smirks and says "Who said anything about ''running''?" and proceeds to whip him by flying at her top speed. When the crony tries to claim she's cheating, Sully points out that the rules only say "no wheels" and not "no wings".
64	* MamaBear/ PapaWolf: The Danger Rangers. The surest way to get them on your case is to threaten a child or cause a situation where kids could get hurt.
65	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Generally when characters realize the danger they've put themselves or others in, this trope is their reaction.
66	** Squeeky has this reaction in "Wet and Wild" when he accidentally upsets a little girl who's just learning to swim and is feeling self-conscious about it.
67	** In "Go Games", Burt has this reaction when he realizes that he had taken over the film Junior Ranger Talia was making of the titular event for her school project.
68	* MyGreatestFailure: For Burble, Rusty Ringtail in "Wild Wheels" proves to be this, namely that Burble was unable to get Rusty to stop foolishly risking his life for thrills and ignoring safety guidelines.
69	* NoAntagonist: Several episodes don't feature an antagonist trying to endanger the children, and instead, the children get themselves in danger from their own mistakes.
70	* NonActionGuy: Burt, who tends to use gadgets in the field that project a video or hologram for communication purposes instead of acting in person.
71	* OneSteveLimit: Averted. "Sparky" is used both for a puppy who is a major participant in the events of "The Great Race" and the RobotDog Burt invents in "Dog Days".
72	* ParentalBonus
73	** The song "Don't Touch That!" mentions the deaths of Creator/{{Socrates}} and Romeo from ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' (although [[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer/WesternAnimation it gets details about both deaths wrong]]).
74	** The Brayski Brothers from "Wet and Wild" are essentially Yortuk and Georg Festrunk from ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' as donkeys.
75	* ParrotPetPosition: Squeeky often takes this position on Burble's shoulders.
76	* PinkGirlBlueBoy: Kitty and Sully.
77	* RascallyRaccoon: Rusty Ringtail, the BigBad of "Wild Wheels".
78	* RhymingTitle: The title of the show itself, as well as the episodes "Fires and Liars", "Cave Save", and "Chem Gems".
79	* RoadSignReversal: This was used by a kid in a failed attempt at cheating on a race in "The Great Race."
80	* RobotDog: Burt invents one, Sparky, in "Dog Days."
81	* ShortRunners: Only lasted for one season with sixteen episodes.
82	* SweetSeal: Sully
83	* TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: Type B, with Quentin P. Manderbill, in "Where the Fun Never Stops." "Please, Mister Manderbill is my father. Call me Quentin."
84	* TitleThemeTune
85	* TwoGirlsToATeam: Kitty and Gabriella.
86	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: At the end of "Wild Wheels", Rusty Ringtail swears that the Danger Rangers haven't seen the last of him. His only other appearance is the false alarm music video in "Fires and Liars".
87	* WickedWeasel: Worley, though he's more of a TeensAreMonsters case rather than an outright villain.
88	* WorldOfFunnyAnimals: Except Mount Rushmore and the Statue of Liberty are still humans for some reason.

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