Line #43 WesternAnimation/FantasticFourWorldsGreatestHeroes


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4	A 2006 animated adaptation of Creator/{{Marvel\|Comics}}'s First Family: The ComicBook/FantasticFour, meant to market the team to a new audience who were coming off the 2005 movie and heading into its 2007 sequel (which probably ended up working against the show during its initial broadcast), produced by French animation firm Moonscoop. The name "World's Greatest Heroes" refers to the comics' original tagline, "World's Greatest Comic Magazine".
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6	The series as a whole was LighterAndSofter, focusing much more on the Fantastic Four as a sitcom family who happened to go on adventures rather than a team of superheroes who were also a family.
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8	It was story edited by Creator/ChristopherYost.
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10	!!''Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes'' provides examples of the following tropes:
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12	* TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: The holographic "4", The Fantasticar and other vehicles are all obviously done in CGI when this is a [=2D=] cartoon.
13	* ActionGirl: Sue in stark contrast to previous Fantastic Four cartoons. She-Hulk also shows herself to be a very capable heroine in her one episode appearance and counts as a temporary AffirmativeActionGirl.
14	* AdaptationalComicRelief: The Skrulls. The FF lampshade this by regularly referring to them as "dumb".
15	* AdaptationNameChange: The Frightful Four are referred to as the Wizard's Four. Justified as the Wizard's Four don't want people to know they are villains.
16	* {{Animesque}}: As expected from a cartoon produced by Moonscoop, the art style is similar to that of an anime.
17	* AnimatedAdaptation: A cartoon based on the Fantastic Four comic book.
18	* AllYourPowersCombined
19	** Iron Doom in "Shell Games". Johnny even lampshades it "Double armor, dude isn't that ''heavy''?"
20	** Done also with Super Skrull who has ''all'' the powers of the FF.
21	* AnimeHair: Johnny's hair stands on end and ends in several spikes.
22	* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Giant monsters were many in this series.
23	* AttentionDeficitOohShiny
24	** Reed has the ForScience variant of this. His teammates have to occasionally remind him to focus on the bad guys.
25	** Sue also suffers from this on occasion. Most notable was in "Shell Game", when she was distracted by Stark's chandelier.
26	* BadassBoast: [[AllYourPowersCombined Super-Skrull]] is full of them.
27	-->"You cannot win. It is as simple as that. I have mastered your powers. I have studied your patterns. There is nothing you can do that I am not prepared for!"
28	-->"I've been training for months, studying the four of you. I've fought this fight a thousand times in simulation. [I haven't already won] Because I want to ''savor'' this moment."
29	* BadassLongcoat: Doom's green longcoat.
30	* BarrierWarrior: Susan in this continuity is a frequent practitioner, even using the edge of her force-fields to cut on occasion.
31	* [[BigBrotherInstinct Big Sister Instinct]]: In "Trial by Fire" Johnny gets captured by the Kree and a very angry Susan demands that Reed find him. She refuses to listen to his reason and TechnoBabble. She just wants to find her brother and kick the ass of whoever's responsible.
32	* BlueAndOrangeMorality: What the Impossible Man runs on.
33	* BluffTheImpostor: To a ludicrous extreme when Skrulls impersonate everyone in the Baxter Building; Reed asks questions like "How was it we first met? Five hundred years ago... it was on the moon, wasn't it?"
34	* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Ronan the Accuser is disgraced and exiled thanks to Johnny in the first episode, 14 later when the Super Skull appears it turns out he allied with this Kree to become a Super Skull, Johnny's reaction even while he and the Kree fight, "You'd be surprised how many blue guys we fight." He NEVER recognizes him.
35	* ButtMonkey: HERBIE suffers a lot.
36	* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Johnny in "Johnny Storm And The Potion Of Fire"
37	* BrattyHalfPint: A popular child star hangs out at the Baxter Building for an episode.
38	* BroughtDownToNormal: Happens to Ben Grimm in the episode "The Cure", in a sense. Rather than being truly rid of his mutation into an orange rock monster with incredible strength, he is molecularly disassembled and replaced with himself from before the incident where the Four gained their powers, consequently having no memory of the team's adventures as superheroes. In the end, Past Ben sacrifices himself so that Present Ben can return, who is left believing that the attempt to cure him didn't work.
39	* TheCameo
40	** Several in "The Cure"; ComicBook/SquirrelGirl even makes an appearance!
41	** In one episode, Johnny hires a photographer to improve the FF's image; he's never named, but it's obviously [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Peter Parker]].
42	** Another episode features a ''very'' good-looking [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]].
43	** And yet another one has [[ComicBook/AntMan Hank Pym]].
44	** A subtle one is the girl Johnny accidentally traps in the Negative Zone who is named Frankie. Frankie Raye in the comics is also known as Nova (no relation to the Nova Corps), one of Galactus' heralds and a FlyingFirepower in her own right.
45	* ChestInsignia: Ben is the only one who doesn't have one. So Johnny painted one on his chest.
46	* CoolCar: Johnny has many flame-decaled cars, plus the Fantasticar.
47	** RunningGag: The reason why Johnny has so many is that he invariably wrecks them after a short time. In one episode Sue uses his current ride to battle a villan; Johnny expresses disappointment that he wasn't the one to wreck it.
48	* CoolOldLady: Mrs. Monet, a tenant in the Baxter Building who gets a kick of rocketing through space and takes on alien bugs with bug spray in an awesome manner.
49	* CompetitiveBalance: The Fantastic Four
50	* CutenessProximity: In "World's Tiniest Heroes", Sue's wrath is completely defused by the timely appearance of a dog.
51	-->'''Susan:''' PUPPY!
52	* CutLexLuthorACheck: Certain supervillians, including Doom, Trapper and the Wizard could be making a lot of money with the technology they created, which includes antigravity, various glues and energy blasts.
53	* DeusExMachina: Sue's force-fields had an abundance of uses (cutting things, creating shapes etc) which usually ended up saving the team.
54	* DoomyDoomsOfDoom: [[spoiler:The frikkin Mole-Man, who did you think?]]
55	* TheDragon: Lucia von Bardas.
56	* DullSurprise: Reed's voice just sounds uninterested in anything going on.
57	* {{Dumb Blond\|e}}: Johnny has blond hair and is the least intelligent of the main characters, frequently making dumb and reckless decisions.
58	* EngineeredHeroics: The Wizard's Four.
59	* EvilRedhead: Agent Pratt in "Hard Knocks".
60	* FlyingFirepower: Johnny, what with the flying and the fire balling. Dragon Man also qualifies being a [[spoiler: robotic]] dragon that flies and breathes fire.
61	* FreakyFridayFlip: Reed and Doom switch minds in the episode in "Doomed".
62	* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In her debut episode, Alicia is sometimes shown with very pronounced nipples.
63	* GrandTheftMe: ''Doomed'' features Reed suffering this after Doom pulls a FreakyFridayFlip on him.
64	* GreatGazoo: Impossible Man.
65	* [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff He's Big in Japan]] Quoted in-universe by the Human torch in ''Frightful''.
66	-->'''Johnny:''' I'm moving to Japan, I'm big in Japan.
67	* HarmlessVillain: Mole Man isn't all that threatening compared to the other villains on the show.
68	* HeroDoesPublicService: "Molehattan" finds Reed, Susan, and Johnny playfully using their powers for the amusement of a kid soccer team until Ben turns up to coach them.
69	* HeManWomanHater: Klaw. His first bit of dialogue has him telling that "little girls shouldn't play with super powers". When the Wizard's Four are discussing their plans in private, Klaw is especially eager to take down Sue.
70	* HeyYouHaymaker: Thing to Namor the ComicBook/SubMariner.
71	* HowWeGotHere: The episode "The Cure" starts with Reed, Susan, Johnny and She-Hulk fighting alongside while a BroughtDownToNormal Ben Grimm watches it from home. Then it goes back to when Reed is about to try another way to turn the Thing back into Ben Grimm.
72	* HulkSpeak: The Hulk appears and like most incarnations of the character uses sentence fragments and refers to himself in third person.
73	* HypocriticalHeartwarming:
74	-->'''Mole Man:''' (''to Reed'') ''Must'' you prattle on?\
75	'''Ben:''' Hey! Only we get to say stuff like that.
76	* IAmAMonster: Thing as usual considers himself this. In "Hard Knocks," [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Bruce Banner]] says otherwise -- calling the Hulk "a force of nature," but the Thing a hero to be looked up to.
77	* IdiosyncraticWipes: Variations of the "4" logo.
78	* InconvenientItch: Reed while being held captive by the Mole Man's {{Mooks}}. Also the other members of the team in "Strings".
79	* InstantAIJustAddWater: Bruiser in "Doom's Word Is Law". Reed insists that HERBIE isn't sentient, but it's hard to believe when HERBIE is doing things like going on strike because he feels insulted.
80	** He does have a point in that HERBIE tends to have [[AIIsACrapshoot logic gates becomes walls]]. He could be said to just score very high on the Turing test.
81	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Johnny Storm, of course. He's a glory hound and frequently messes with Ben Grimm, but he still cares about doing the right thing.
82	* KilledOffForReal: Dr. Doom, apparently. The last time we see him he gets suicide-bombed by one of his former Doombots ("Bruiser") and vanishes in a great explosion.
83	* LargeHam: Dr. Doom, as usual, is prone to chewing the scenery and talking in a grandiose manner.
84	* LaserGuidedAmnesia: In "The Cure", Reed finds a way to turn Ben back to normal, but at the cost of erasing his memories of everything that happened since he became the Thing.
85	* LawyerFriendlyCameo: Johnny hires a freelance photographer and cuts him off before he can introduce himself. [[ComicBook/SpiderMan he resembles a certain freelance photographer of superheroes Marvel was not allowed to use because of a contract with]] Creator/{{Sony}} [[ComicBook/SpiderMan at the time]].
86	* LogicBomb: Doom's Robots can usually be destroyed if they are told a logical paradox, but notably subverted in one episode. Doom pulls a FreakyFridayFlip on Reed, leaving Reed trapped in his body with robots that were ordered not to obey "Doom". Reed tells them to self-destruct and - aside from a minor protest - they ultimately comply because "the word of Doom is law".
87	* MagicVersusScience: Reed vs. Diablo in "Johnny Storm and the Potion of Fire".
88	-->'''Reed Richards:''' HA! Take that, MAGIC! [[BeatPanel Hem.]] [[ArbitrarySkepticism It was all scientifically explained.]]
89	* MamaBear: Susan takes attacks against the Four, especially Johnny, ''very'' personally.
90	* MostCommonSuperpower: Susan has a more modest version of the trope, but [[FreezeFrameBonus some of the female extras in the background]] are enormous.
91	* MsFanservice: Not a blatant example but Sue's costume is very tight and ''very'' form fitting, which makes it perfect for the occasional shot of her shapely buns. She-Hulk also qualifies as well being an AmazonianBeauty with a deep, sensual voice and a costume that shows off her legs and butt.
92	* MythologyGag: The show's title, and a few other references.
93	** "Strings" has a beautiful one, with a brief gag involving several Skrulls masquerading as cows, homaging the Skrulls' very first appearance where Reed hypnotized them into believing they were cows.
94	** A lot of the episode plots are lifted wholesale from the very early Lee-Kirby run.
95	** Thing briefly threatens to pull off Annihilus's wings, like he did in Ultimate.
96	** ''Shell Games'' ends with a wounded Doctor Doom declaring that Iron Man has made himself an enemy and [[WeWillMeetAgain that the two of them shall meet again]], referencing how Iron Man and Doom have fought several times over the years (most famously in the ''Doomquest'' storyline).
97	** She-Hulk briefly joined the team when Ben returned to human. In the comics, She-Hulk briefly joined the team while the Thing [[ComicBook/SecretWars1984 stayed in Battleworld because he reverted to human]].
98	** The Impossible Man notes, as he's leaving Earth in his first appearance, that he hopes it [[{{ComicBook/Galactus}} gets eaten]].
99	** in "Hard Knocks", Sue, Johnny and Ben initially [[MistakenForOwnMurderer thought Hulk killed Bruce Banner]], just like Jack [=McGee=] believed in ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977'' – although [[AdaptationNameChange Bruce was named David]] there.
100	* NerdsAreSexy: SEXIEST. REED RICHARDS. EVER.
101	* NosyNeighbor: Many of the Fantastic Four's neighbors are quite meddlesome and prone to getting involved in their affairs.
102	* NoIndoorVoice: HERBIE!
103	* TheNotableNumeral: The Fantastic Four themselves follow the designation of being referred to with a number and an adjective.
104	* NotQuiteFlight: Susan uses her force-fields to make discs to fly around on.
105	* NotSoAboveItAll: Reed at the end of "Frightful"
106	-->'''Reed:''' "Smartest man on earth." ''Please!''
107	** Upon defeating the magician Diablo:
108	-->'''Reed:''' YEAH! [[MagicVersusScience Take that, magic!]]
109	* ParentalSubstitute: Susan seems more like this to Johnny than a CoolBigSis, in addition to being the TeamMom to the Four.
110	* PowersAsPrograms: In "Bait and Switch", the characters' powers all get swapped, with a mild dose of PersonalitySwap into the bargain.
111	* PragmaticAdaptation: At best, it's more accurate than the movie.
112	* PreciousPuppies
113	* PsychoRangers: The Wizard's Four to the Fantastic Four:
114	** The Wizard is the leader TheSmartGuy of his team just like Reed.
115	** Klaw can [[ShapingYourAttacks shape his attacks]] just like Sue. Also, whereas Sue's powers are somewhat light-based, Klaw's are based on sound.
116	** Dragon Man can fly and shoot fire just like Johnny [[spoiler: an ability that allows him to frame Johnny for causing a fire.]]
117	** Trapster has a brownish-orange color like Ben and his first on-screen individual act is helping rescue a cat from a tree that Ben was trying to help.
118	** Whereas the Fantastic Four is a team of one scientist and three BookDumb people, the Wizard's Four are a team of ''three'' scientists and [[spoiler: a robot]].
119	* RaceLift: As in ''Film/FantasticFour2005'', Alicia Masters is black in this continuity. Her stepfather Philip Masters, aka the Puppet Master, is also made black in this continuity.
120	* RoboticReveal: Von Bardas. Dragon Man in "Frightful".
121	* SaveTheVillain: Mr Fantastic briefly considers leaving Mole Man to be eaten by the monsters he was trying to control, before concluding "I think they'd take away our superhero licenses".
122	* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Johnny and HERBIE both have high-pitched and feminine screams.
123	* SelflessWish: By Ben in "Contest of Champions."
124	* ShipTease
125	** One of the few FF adaptations where Reed and Sue aren't a couple... quite yet. (In the GrandTheftMe episode, one of the things that tips Sue off is that "Reed" is flirting with her.)
126	** Likewise Ben and Alicia haven't ''quite'' made the RelationshipUpgrade, but she is his closest confidant.
127	* ShoutOut
128	** Johnny calls Reed "[[Film/AustinPowers Dr. Evil]]" when he and Ben think Reed intentionally caused their transformations.
129	** When Johnny is brought to trial before the blue-skinned Kree:
130	--->'''Johnny:''' Franchise/TheSmurfs got big... (''when he meets Ronan The Accuser'') You must be Angry Smurf!
131	** Ben calls [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]] ''ComicBook/RichieRich''.
132	** In "My Neighbor Was A Skrull", the episode where the Four get kidnapped by aliens, Johnny yells, [[Film/{{Aliens}} Game over, man. Game over.]]
133	* SmallNameBigEgo: Puppet Master thinks he deserves more than he actually does.
134	* SplitScreen: Used frequently and cleverly.
135	* TastesLikeChicken: In the first Skrull episode, one of the clues that something is wrong is that everything tastes like chicken. Even the soda.
136	* TerribleIntervieweesMontage: In "The Cure", Johnny, Susan and Reed interview various Cameos of Marvel heroes to replace Thing. In the end they engage ComicBook/SheHulk.
137	* ThereWasADoor: After Johnny burns through the window of Tony Stark's office:
138	-->'''Tony:''' You know, this is a very high-tech building. We have things called doors.
139	* {{Tsundere}}: Sue's behavior around Reed tends to unpredictably alternate between caring for him and being harsh to him.
140	* TrueCompanions: Ben spells it out in the very first episode.
141	-->'''Ben''': If you attack one of us, Doom...you attack all of us.
142	* UnmovingPlaid: The Thing's rocky skin is created with the technique of the pattern not changing in spite of his movements.
143	* TheVerse: Implied to be set in the same universe as ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen2009'', and the ''WesternAnimation/HulkVs'' movies.
144	* VillainousCrush:
145	** Doom appears to have one for Susan, as he flirts with her when he's taken over Reed's body in "Doomed". (Incidentally, this was what tipped Susan off that something wasn't right.)
146	** Namor isn't precisely a villain, but he is an antagonist in the first episode he shows up, and he's clearly interested in Susan - enough to battle the Four ''again'' when they protest at her staying behind in Atlantis.
147	* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: When Dr. Doom wipes Reed from existence in "Out of Time", the devastated Susan goes berserk on him, forcing Ben to ''literally'' have to pick her up and carry her away.
148	* WasntThatFun: In one episode, Dr. Doom sends the Baxter Building into space. Reed has to fly it like a spaceship, using Doombots as thrusters, before crashing it into the Latverian Embasssy. Most of the building's residents are terrified by all this, but one dotty old lady wants to do it again.
149	* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Johnny once lampshaded the fact that Susan used to only be able to turn invisible.
150	* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: "Bruiser" and HERBIE from "Doom's Word is Law."
151	* WorstWhateverEver
152	-->'''Sue:''' I know, I know: we're the Worst. Neighbors. Ever. Right?
153	* WronglyAccused: Reed, during "Doomsday".
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