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7	[[caption-width-right:350:Left to right: Cathy, Sam, Chris, and Danny.]]
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9	->''"Hi! My name is Cathy. My grandpa and I came from planet Rhapsodia to power up an age-old secret society. With my new friends, our mission is to battle troublemaking aliens around Singletown. We are... the [[TitleDrop Monster Buster Club]]!"''
10	-->-- '''Cathy Smith''', the opening sequence
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12	''Monster Buster Club'' is a French-Canadian co-produced [[AllCGICartoon computer-animated]] series which ran from 2008 to 2009 on Creator/{{Jetix}}, Creator/{{YTV}} and TF1 which was produced by [[Creator/MarathonMedia Marathon]], the animation company where ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'' and ''WesternAnimation/MartinMystery'' were created and Image Entertainment Corporation. It's about a foursome of twelve-year-olds (Sam, Chris, Danny, and Cathy) who, as members of an "age-old" secret society called [[TheEponymousShow the Monster Buster Club]], protect the city of [[CityOfAdventure Singletown]] from troublemaking aliens.
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14	The four kids are all [[WiseBeyondTheirYears surprisingly mature for their age;]] not only do they not seem to depend on their parents, they've been seen to hold part-time paying jobs in spite of being twelve years old. Their only adult supervision comes from [[EccentricMentor Cathy's grandfather]], a well-meaning [[TheMasquerade alien disguised]] as an old man who oversees the Monster Buster Club's operations, although [[AdultsAreUseless he's far from a reliable mentor]], being much more interested in tending to his garden.
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16	In each episode, the kids' everyday affairs are interrupted by one of the outrageous alien villains from their RoguesGallery (often with a bizarre, harebrained scheme such as turning the entire planet Earth into an exclusive nightclub), whom the [[KidHero kid heroes]] must suit up and stop. Along the way, they must also deal with [[RichBitch obnoxious millionaire]] Mark and their school principal, Ms. Rollins, who was an officer in the armed services and runs the school like a battleground.
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20	!!Tropes:
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22	* TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: Inverted in one episode, with the normally 3D show having a TV show in 2D animation.
23	* AcademyOfAdventure: Singletown Middle School, at least for our heroes. Everyone else is unaware of the alien-battling that takes place there.
24	%%** {{Acrofatic}}: Pizmo the Plump
25	* ActionGirl: Sam and Cathy both qualify.
26	* ActionHoggingOpening: The opening titles focus more on action than on any of the show’s other features.
27	* AdorablyPrecociousChild: John is a mix of this and AnnoyingYoungerSibling.
28	* AgentScully: Mr. Fusster. [[spoiler:Subverted in that he's just putting on an act and he actually knows that aliens do exist. Unfortunately, WordOfGod says that he and the MBC will never know if Mr. Fusster is an alien.]]
29	%%* AirVentPassageway: Cathy, in "Sticky Situation".
30	* AlienInvasion: The Spoilers destroying Singletown in "Famous Four (Part One)".
31	* AliensSpeakingEnglish: Seems like every being in the galaxy only has one language.
32	* AllAnimalsAreDogs: Moppy looks like a cat, but behaves like a dog.
33	%%* AllCavemenWereNeanderthals: Krog
34	* AllPartOfTheShow: In the episode "Acting Out", Wedge attacks Cathy during the ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' school play, forcing the other busters to intervene in full view of their classmates. Thankfully, they manage to make the whole thing pass for a Sci-Fi retake of the play with John's help.
35	* AllThereInTheManual: The show's [[http://monsterbusterclub.fr/ website]].
36	* AlphaBitch: Wendy usually fills this role, but she does have [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold moments of niceness]]
37	%%* AlmostKiss: Cathy and Jeremy in "The End Of Everything (Part One)".
38	* AmbiguouslyBrown:
39	** Chris and his little brother John
40	* AmbiguouslyGay:
41	** Ralph. In "Sore Winner", he takes his role as a Warrior Princess.
42	** Roy carried Mark like a princess in "Sticky Situation".
43	* AmusingAlien: Casanova, Mr. Smith's favorite plant.
44	* AnchoviesAreAbhorrent: In "Frogs in Space", the MBC hates anchovy-flavored pizza but Cathy eats it. [[spoiler:She finds out from her grandfather that she's allergic to anchovies.]]
45	* AndNowYouMustMarryMe:
46	** Krog to Principal Rollins in "Me Krog, You Rollins".
47	** Mimi to Mr. Fusster in "Here Comes the Bride".
48	* AnimeHair: Danny stands out compared to everyone’s more normal looks.
49	* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: John, Chris's kid brother. His attempts to help… don’t. At least most of the time.
50	* ArtificialHuman: Danny and Sam's clones, D34 and S2. [[spoiler:Turns out those two robots want to destroy and replace Danny and Sam.]]
51	* ArtShift: Two-dimensional art, such as posters and pictures, are rendered in {{Animesque}} style.
52	* AsskickingPose: At the end of their TransformationSequence
53	%%* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: The Jellynerp, in "Cloudy with a Change of Jellynerps".
54	* BabyPlanet: Planet Nebulak, which looks like a bowling ball.
55	* BadassNormal: Even without their weapons they can still kick alien butt. Except Chris.
56	* BadSanta: Dingle[[spoiler:, but he's actually sharing joy in Christmas.]]
57	* BatmanGambit: Danny pulls off one of these in "World's Toughest Kid", [[spoiler:tricking Brian by switching the direction of the zapper he was holding, so when Brian took it from him, he ended up shooting himself.]]
58	%%* BattleButler: Doudo
59	%%* BecauseDestinySaysSo: The Destiny Puzzle
60	* BerserkButton:
61	** Never disturb Sam while she's playing video games.
62	** In "The End of Everything (Part Two)", Danny gets angry [[spoiler:since Cathy is missing.]]
63	* BigEater:
64	** Cathy, who has two stomachs, at least one of which is [[BizarreAlienBiology removable]].
65	** Baby alien Tina, as well as the rest of her species, fittingly called [[MeaningfulName Eater Aliens]].
66	* BigFancyHouse: Mark's house. Justified, due to how rich he is.
67	* BigRedButton: In "The-Forget-Me-Stone", some of the MBC supercomputer buttons can lead to pitfalls.
68	* BiggerOnTheInside: They can not fit that entire elaborate base into a small wooden shed.
69	* BizarreAlienBiology: Cathy, her Grandpa, and all other aliens.
70	* BizarreSexualDimorphism: Grampa Smith, in his true form, looks like a sort of blue-skinned fish-fly thing with four limbs. Cathy's true form, on the other hand, has six tentacle-like limbs, white skin with pink spots, three crests on her head, and a squirrel-like tail. This is assuming that Grandpa Smith and Cathy belong to the same species; Cathy may well be adopted, seeing that we never hear anything about her birth parents.
71	* BlatantLies:
72	** King Petalia XIII claims that he's the former ruler of seventeen planets, and twenty four moons, give or take an asteroid.
73	** Glor Glenemore is a self-proclaimed thief in the galaxy, but he gets clumsy every time he's doing his mission.
74	* BlobMonster: Addison's real form -- [[spoiler:the Morphering Glob]].
75	%%* BodySnatcher: The Alcascythe to [[spoiler:Jeremy]] in "The Beast Within".
76	* BrainlessBeauty: Wendy isn’t the most sensible person.
77	* BrainwashedAndCrazy:
78	** Danny, Wendy and Ralph in "Battle of the Bands".
79	** The kids (except Danny, Chris and Cathy) in "Comic Book Heroes".
80	** Mark, Ralph, and Roy in "Stupid Human Tricks".
81	* BroughtDownToNormal: In "Sticky Situation", Cathy ended up losing her powers [[spoiler:but she gets them back later on thanks to her grandfather's antidote]].
82	%%* BubbleGun: The Electrobubble.
83	* BucketHelmet: Sam in "Mindreader" and Jeremy in "Forget-Me-Stone". [[SubvertedTrope Neither case works as plans]].
84	%%* BugWar: "The Bugaboos"
85	* ByThePowerOfGrayskull: The kids all cry "MBC! Po-o-o-o-wer up!", when transforming.
86	* CatchPhrase:
87	** Cathy: "Zeewa!", "Ginchy!", and other Rhapsodian slang that she only understands.
88	** MBC, especially Sam: "Let's bust them!"
89	* CardboardPrison: Wedge, the red Reptilian Morpher, and Agar do that.
90	* CelebrityStar: Brain Adamapple is an alien version of this.
91	* CheatersNeverProsper: Proskar. Danny reveals that Proskar [[spoiler:didn't follow one of the rules in Parchugal -- a game can be declared over if everyone has played]].
92	* ChekhovsSkill: In "The Trouble with Troublemaking", Danny's able to solve Cathy's Rhapsodian Puzzle Stick but it took him around two days. Later on, Danny uses the puzzle stick to knock out Gluten.
93	%%* ChristmasEpisode: "Secret Santa"
94	%%* CircleOfShame: Happens more than once in school.
95	* CityOfAdventure: Singletown, the trio’s home. Justified, since [[spoiler: Their founder was an alien]].
96	* ClassTrip: "Pipe Dreams". Who wants to go on a field trip in the city sewers?
97	* {{Cliffhanger}}: The last episode "Goodbye Earth" ends [[spoiler: with the MBC returning to Earth after the virus is eliminated]]. WordOfGod states that Cathy and Mr. Smith will continue to stay on Earth as along as there are evil aliens in town, while the MBC continues to hunt alien criminals.
98	%%* ClipShow
99	* CloserToEarth: Sam is very much the OnlySaneWoman to Cathy’s FishOutOfWater, Chris’ CuteButCacophonic and Danny’s SmallNameBigEgo
100	* ClosetShuffle: The MBC does this in few episodes. They even use it to take a shortcut to the clubhouse once.
101	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Cathy, big time. Though it’s less “has no idea of reality” and more “no idea of how things work on Earth”
102	* CollectorOfTheStrange:
103	** Gilbert and other Packrats.
104	** Speedy's twin brother, Veedy kidnaps humans for his art gallery called "Galaxy's Strangest Creatures".
105	* ColonelBadass: The Galactic Commander, though we seldom see him in action.
106	* ColorCodedCharacters: The MBC suits are color-coded according to the member's V-coms. Cathy wears pink, Danny wears red, Sam wears yellow, Chris wears blue and Elton wears green. Does this remind you of Franchise/PowerRangers?
107	%%* CoolCar: The MBV and Carpedo, both bought by Mr. Smith to Earth.
108	* CoolShades: The function of MBC's visors are similar to A-Scanner.
109	* CoolShip: The MBC Pods, used for transport.
110	* CoolOldGuy: Mr. Smith, Cathy’s grandfather and a RetiredBadass
111	%%* CoolOldLady: Frieda, Mr. Smith's sister.
112	* CrazyPrepared: The MBC always has gadgets to use.
113	* CulturedBadass:
114	** Cathy is shown to be knowledgeable in Rhapsodian culture as well as some customs in other planets.
115	** Sam, who enjoys painting and fine arts.
116	* CuteAndPsycho: Tina is like this when she eats Glusock crackers.
117	* {{Cyborg}}: Fibeloids, like Swampdweller each have a [[ArtificialLimbs metal left arm and an electronic right eye]].
118	* DeathTrap: Chris, Sam and Cathy in "Battle Of The Bands".
119	%%* DetectEvil: The A-Scanner.
120	* {{Determinator}}: Brian and his group of purple armored Stickes have interest in sports and other physical challenges.
121	* DistressedDude: Elton, in "Mindreader", courtesy of robots who want to use his mind reading.
122	* DogsAreDumb: Matisse, Wendy's pet, who sets off a plot with his stupidity.
123	* DumbBlonde: Cathy, concerning everything related to Earth.
124	* EasyAmnesia: "The Forget-Me-Stone" can induce this.
125	* EccentricMentor: Mr. Smith to the current MBC.
126	* EmbarrassingFirstName: Mr. Smith's first name is Hugo.
127	-->'''Sam:''' She didn't seem so sensitive to me... Hugo.\
128	(''Cathy chuckles'')
129	* {{EMP}}: The episode "Pipe Dreams" has Mr. Smith using an EMP (though not called as such exactly, as it's alien technology) to disable the machines of the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Invader of the Week]] before he'd unearth the MBC tunnels and absorb a good part of the town with his TractorBeam. Unfortunately, it disables the kids' weapons and other gizmos as well, so they have to take out the menace hand-to-hand.
130	* EnsembleCast: There are four main characters who get roughly equal spotlight.
131	%%* EverybodyLaughsEnding
132	* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Galactic Commander. His name is actually Zubin.
133	* EyeCatch: A black background with the show's logo appearing on top.
134	* FeminineWomenCanCook: Cathy loves cooking.
135	* FictionalVideoGame
136	** ''Blastraton 3000'' in "Flower King".
137	** ''Tough City's 3 Racer Game'' in "Aliens on the Fast Track".
138	* FirstNameUltimatum:
139	** In "The Whole Truth", Mr. Fusster calls Danny, "Daniel" twice.
140	** Happens to Sam (Samantha) in few episodes.
141	* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Cathy and Danny are both sanguine, Sam is choleric, and Chris is melancholic. As for the other members, John is melancholic while Elton is phlegmatic.
142	* FreeRangeChildren: Do any of these kids have parents?
143	* FreudianExcuse: Wedge wants to get revenge on his rival Stanley Caminski and his successful career. Stanley says to MBC that Wedge's clients usually [[spoiler:eat their audiences]] in the middle of the show.
144	%%* AFriendInNeed
145	* FunWithAcronyms: Cathy has a gadget G.P.U.D.F. or Great Powered Ultimate Direction Finder in "Camping Out".
146	* GadgetWatches: The MBC's V-Coms, used for transforming and communication.
147	* GadgeteerGenius: Chris, John, and Jeremy have all played this role to the MBC.
148	* TheGameComeToLife: The MBC is forced to play Proskar's board game called "Parchugal". Parchugal is also a popular game in planet Gunyatto.
149	* GangOfHats: Pincherbots, Armor Stickies, and Clipperbots. All three armies look alike.
150	* GenderEqualEnsemble: There are four members of the team, two girls and two boys.
151	%%* GenkiGirl: Cathy
152	%%* GiantSpider: "Keep Your Eye on the Nebulak".
153	* GoneToTheFuture: In one of the episodes, Danny accidentally goes to the future and sees alien invaders destroying Singletown. Whats worse is that the MBC's secret is revealed through [[spoiler:Mark's website]]. Good thing that the MBC SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong by taking [[spoiler:Mark's video camera]].
154	%%* GossipyHens: Wendy and her friends.
155	* GrandTheftMe: In "Lizard's Tails", the Reptilian Morpher switches bodies with Danny [[spoiler:in order to steal the MBC's power supply -- the Mobato flower]].
156	%%* GratuitousDiscoSequence: Nova, in "Dancing in the Dark".
157	* GreatBigBookOfEverything: The MBC Alien Archives. They can be seen on MBC's supercomputer.
158	* GroupHug: In "The End of Everything (Part Two)", after [[spoiler:capturing Nossida]].
159	%%* HalloweenEpisode: "Trick or Treat... or Alien?"
160	* HatePlague: In "Outcraker's Badland Galaxy Tour", the MBC argued with each other because of Outcraker's schemes. They don't realize that their [[ThePowerOfFriendship teamwork]] is required in order to continue their authorization to the club.
161	* HeelRealization:
162	** Speedy learns that stealing is illegal on Earth, unlike on his home planet where it is allowed.
163	** The MBC manage to solve Gilbert's problem by giving him a Vacuvator to keep his comic collections without any mess.
164	* HistoryRepeats: "Statue of Limitations" has the MBC having to stop an alien from pulling off a scheme thwarted by the original MBC.
165	* HomemadeInventions: Some of the MBC gears were created by Chris or John.
166	* HollywoodToneDeaf: Moochie's terrible voice can cause damage to buildings.
167	%%* {{Hologram}}: The Hololizer.
168	* HorribleCampingTrip: In "Camping Out", Chris admits that he hates camping. Meanwhile, the rest of MBC members and Mr. Smith have trouble searching for a special flower and setting up camp.
169	* HumanAliens: Subverted. All of them are wearing a disguise.
170	* HumanoidAliens. Most of the aliens are this, but some aren’t.
171	%%* HumansAreCthulhu: Chris, in "It's Not Good to be King"
172	* {{Humanshifting}}: Aliens can shapeshift into human forms.
173	* HumongousMecha:
174	** Gilbert's clown-like robot in "Comic Book Heroes".
175	** In "Beware of Frogs", Herptilius and his crew steal many electrical devices to built a giant robot.
176	** His robot also appeared in "The End of Everything (Part Two)", but there's no operator inside.
177	* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: In the French dub, episodes are numbered "Rule" (not the actual MBC rule numbers that the main characters mentioned).
178	%%* IKnowKarate: Sam. Confirmed by the [[WordOfGod official website.]]
179	* ImprobableAge: Kathy’s age, which is well in advance of 100, but never kept straight.
180	%%* ImprovisedWeapon: Sam and Danny are the major offenders.
181	* InnocentAliens: Some of the aliens, such as the Speed Morpher, are NonMaliciousMonsters.
182	%%* InsectoidAliens: General Louse and the Bugaboos.
183	* IntentionallyAwkwardTitle: In Creator/DisneyXD, one of the show's episodes is called "Stupid Human Tricks" instead of "Silly Human Tricks".
184	%%* InvisibilityCloak: Agar and Morag.
185	* IronLady: Principal Rollins acts like an army colonel, unless Mr. Smith is around.
186	%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Danny
187	* JuniorHigh: Where the MBC are based
188	* KidHero: The main characters are kids who fight alien criminals.
189	* KissingCousins: [[spoiler:Cathy's big secret is that she kissed her cousin Elton on a dare.]]
190	* LastNameBasis: Kids in Singletown addresses the adults (except their parents) by their last names.
191	* LegacyCharacter: The Monster Buster Club has been ongoing for 200 years.
192	%%* {{Leitmotif}}
193	* LetsSplitUpGang: The MBC are looking for clues, obviously.
194	* LicensedGame: There's one for the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUI7JDWEcrY Nintendo DSi]]. However, you have to download that game via Platform/DSiWare.
195	* LikeFatherLikeSon: Nosidda. His name [[SdrawkcabName spelled backwards]] is "Addison". [[spoiler:He follows his father's dream -- turn Singletown into a place for aliens.]]
196	* LimitedWardrobe: Everyone is always shown wearing the same everyday outfit. Cathy is always wearing her pink shirt and pants with the green top, Sam is always wearing her yellow shirt with the white pants, Chris is always wearing his blue outfit, Danny is always wearing his purple hoodie with the orange pants, etc.
197	* MadnessMantra: "We are not lollygagging! We are not lollygagging!"
198	* MagicDance: Cathy and Mr. Smith do this to activate their powers.
199	* TheMasquerade: Both aliens and MBC members keep their true identities secret.
200	* MayDecemberRomance: Mr. Smith is a thousand years older than Principal Rollins. [[spoiler:Principal Rollins has had secret feelings for Mr. Smith ever since she found out that he's worked in the military before. (He has, just not the one she's thinking of.)]]
201	* MeaningfulName: Mr. Smith's first name "Hugo" means "intelligent" in Spanish.
202	* TheMenInBlack : The MBC, in practice
203	* MessyPig: The Dunderthunker [[spoiler:eats the town's electrical devices.]]
204	* MilesGloriosus: [[spoiler:The Galactic Commander. In "Famous Four (Part Two)", he reveals that he can't fight without his backup.]]
205	* MindControlDevice: Gilbert's Hypno-Orthodontics.
206	* MindOverMatter: Cathy has displayed this power at times. She calls it an "old Rhapsodian energy trick".
207	* MonsterOfTheWeek: The show’s usual format, but some of them do return in later episodes.
208	%%* NeatFreak: Mr. Bigshnel
209	* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Matisse is named after Henri Matisse, a French painter in 20th century.
210	* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: What ''can't'' Cathy do!? WordOfGod says that she's capable of learning all kinds of extraordinary abilities.
211	* NonActionGuy: Elton and Jeremy during their brief tenures with the Club.
212	* NonindicativeName: ''Monster Buster Club'' is about four kids hunting and busting alien enemies. However, aliens are not considered as monsters.
213	* NoodleIncident
214	** Cathy mentioned that the MBC was created centuries ago. She didn't explained about the history of the club, though. Unfortunately, WordOfGod says that he doesn't know the details about the origin of MBC. All he knows is that Addison Single is the founder of Singletown and he wanted to create a place where aliens and human will live peacefully together.
215	** Not to mention Cathy and her wacky experiences back in Rhapsodia.
216	* NoodlePeople: Human beings, excluding fat people.
217	* NoSocialSkills: Cathy is clueless about Earth and its inhabitants.
218	%%* ObfuscatingStupidity: Frieda
219	* ObviouslyEvil: In "The Trouble with Troublemaking", Gluten is supposed to be disguised as the detention monitor, but does nothing but look psychotic and shout things like "No talking!" [[BrokenRecord repeatedly]]. After he drops the act and starts acting like his normal alien self he acts perfectly normal. He explains that he was under the impression that's how detention monitors normally act.
220	* OneWingedAngel: Nosidda can [[spoiler: turn into a giant.]]
221	* OpeningNarration: "Hi! My name is Cathy..."
222	* OurFounder: Addison Single, with a side order of [[ThatsNoMoon That's No Statue.]]
223	* PaletteSwap: Alien villains from "The End of Everything".
224	* ParentalAbandonment: The parents of MBC members are never revealed but they are mentioned in the show. So does other kids (except Ralph whose father appears in two episodes) in Singletown. WordOfGod says that the kids' parents [[WhatCouldHaveBeen might be featured in the third season]], if it ever happens.
225	* PardonMyKlingon: Cathy, in spades, but not swearing so much as speaking in Gratuitous Rhapsodian.
226	* PeopleZoo: Gluten runs one. He targets Cathy because he wants a Rapsodian.
227	* PlantAliens: Mr. Smith's exotic plants. King Petalia XIII and other plants from his home planet are also included in this trope.
228	* PortalNetwork: In "Clean Sweep", there's a hidden portal that leads to the garbage planet.
229	%%* ThePowerOfFriendship
230	* PowersAsPrograms: In "Sticky Situation", Cathy's powers are transferred to Wendy.
231	%%* ThePrankster: Danny, Ralph and Roy.
232	* PrimalFear: Sam is afraid of spiders.
233	* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: In "It's Not Good to be King", the Zugrabians like Crunger believe that kidnapping their arch enemy's emperor or his family will restore their honor.
234	* ThePsychoRangers: The Monster Beater Club in "Monster Beaters".
235	* RaisedByGrandparents: Cathy‘s parents/Hugo’s kids are never seen.
236	* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Cathy, Mr. Smith and other Rhapsodians are over hundreds of years old.
237	* RealNameAsAnAlias: Is Cathy's name her [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname nickname]] or her real name? Or is her [[OverlyLongName full name is too long]]? Or maybe it would just sound like gibberish to us. Many fans, especially in fanfiction, prefer to call her "Catherine".
238	* RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude: Implied to be how Danny, Chris and Sam ended up in the club
239	* {{Revenge}}: One of the common reasons villains return to fight against the MBC. The following aliens are notable examples of this trope:
240	** Gluten
241	** Grandmother Octovore, plus her husband.
242	%%** Herptilius
243	** Addison Single
244	%%** Road Worker Morpher
245	%%** Swampdweller
246	%%** Wedge
247	* RetiredBadass: Mr. Smith was a former MBC member and is still admired by the people of the Galaxy.
248	* ReusedCharacterDesign: Character designs are recycled a lot. Disguised aliens that the MBC uncovered and caught sometimes reappear as normal human background characters.
249	* RevengeBeforeReason: Crunger and other Zugrabians.
250	* TheRival:
251	** Mark is this to Danny.
252	%%** Wedge to Stanley Caminski.
253	%%* RhymesOnADime: Dingle
254	%%* RPGEpisode: "Sore Winner"
255	%%* RobotDog: Matisse's clones in "Dog Daze".
256	* RubberMan: Cathy can stretch her limbs.
257	* RuleNumberOne: "MBC Rule number one -- the Monster Buster Club must be kept secret." Breaking this rule will cause the MBC to disband and members will no longer access its technology.
258	* ScarsAreForever: Danny has a little scar on his left eyebrow. It's not explained how he got it, though.
259	* SchoolPlay: "Acting Out" focuses on Cathy being cast in one.
260	* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Mark believes money entitled him to anything.
261	* SecretKeeper: John knows the team’s identities. How is never explained.
262	* SecretTestOfCharacter: The MBC qualifies this. According to the WordOfGod, the process in joining the club is very secret and the members will only ask you if you want to join once.
263	%%* SecretWeapon: [[spoiler:Frieda Smith]], in "The Destiny Puzzle".
264	* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Nerdy Chris and brash jock Danny.
265	* SensualSpandex: They even glow in the dark, too.
266	* ShoutOut
267	** In the episode "The Trouble with Troublemaking", Cathy is sent to {{Room 101}} for her detention.
268	** In "Princess Sam", Danny mentions [[Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial "E.T. phone home!"]]
269	** There is a certain episode where Cathy says [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo "Jinkies!"]]
270	** In "Galaxy's Strangest Creatures", there's a ''[[Film/TheMatrix Matrix]]'' reference inside the school and warehouse.
271	** There's another one in "New Recruits", where an alien enemy does the BulletTime thing.
272	** In "The Battle of the Bands", at the gym you'll find a poster at the left which resembles the head of the three main characters from ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies''
273	* SickEpisode: Cathy comes down with a bad case of allergy in "Dog Daze" and [[WorkingThroughTheCold cold in "It's Not Good to Be King"]]. Not only she's sick, but those illnesses affect her powers as well.
274	%%* SleepCute: Danny and Cathy, in "The-Forget-Me-Stone".
275	* {{The Smart Guy}}s: Chris for the MBC; Jeremy in general.
276	* SixthRanger: Elton temporarily joins the team in "The End Of Everything (Part 2)", filling in for Cathy.
277	* SneezeOfDoom: Cathy catching an Earth cold causes her head to occasionally become huge, and then sneeze with enough strength to send everybody tumbling in a good radius. At first it's an inconvenience threatening to ruin her cover, but then she weaponizes it against an hostile alien.
278	* SpectacularSpinning: In "Famous Four (Part One)", Danny spins his pod to impress his friends until [[spoiler: he accidentally goes to the MBC's time tube that leads him to the future (see: GoneToTheFuture)]].
279	* SpeechImpediment: Gilbert, but he speaks clearly in "Laugh Attack".
280	* SpeedStripes: Speed Morpher has one.
281	* SpellMyNameWithAThe: Danny's own nickname, "The Danny".
282	%%* SpiderSense: Cathy, in "The-Forget-Me-Stone".
283	* SplitScreenReaction: No episode go without at least one.
284	* SpoiledBrat: Mark. See ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney.
285	* StarfishAliens: Most of the aliens have diverse designs and power sets.
286	* StatusQuoIsGod: The show never strays too far from formula, with any episodes that do ending with a ResetButton
287	* StickySituation:
288	** When Gluten appears, he traps the MBC and other victims by throwing his blue ooze at them. Also the title of the episode.
289	** In the HalloweenEpisode, Danny ends up stuck on the floor of a HauntedHouse -- actually an alien pulling a ScoobyDooHoax -- because of a giant alien pet camouflaged as the floor.
290	* StuffBlowingUp: "Mindreader" and "Comic Book Heroes" feature this
291	* SuperheroEpisode: "Comic Book Heroes" featuring Cathy reading the one female heroine in the local comics shop, called Liberty Ladd and deciding to become "Cathy Lass."
292	* SuperheroTeamUniform: The team wears black jumpsuits with TronLines and goggles, with each member having their lines and goggles in a different color.
293	%%* SuperSpeed: Speedy and his evil twin brother Veedy.
294	* SwallowedWhole: Chris in "World's Toughest Kid" and "Cloudy with a Chance of Jellynerps"
295	* SwissArmyWeapon: Each MBC Blaster can change into a [[WeaponsThatSuck Vacuvator]], [[RayGun Double X, Alien Flasher]], [[SonicStunner Sonar Blaster]], or [[BubbleGun Electrobubble]].
296	* TabletopGames
297	** In the episode "Sore Winner", Danny is forced to play a game called ''Demons & Daggers'', a parody of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''.
298	** In "Mindreader" and "Laugh Attack", Mark challenges his classmate to play a game called "Fishy Fish", a board game loosely based on ''Battleships''.
299	* TakeThatKiss
300	** Cathy gives Jeremy a kiss on the cheek as a promise after saving her friends from Herptilius.
301	** There's another episode where Wendy kisses Danny on his cheek.
302	* TalkingToPlants: Mr. Smith does this sometimes. Cathy figures it’s because he’s bored in retirement.
303	* TelepathicSpacemen: Elton, Cathy's cousin. He's considered as an annoying person to the MBC [[spoiler:until they realize his ability can be useful in reading the enemy's next move.]]
304	* TerribleTrio: Mark and his cronies, Ralph and Roy.
305	* ThoseTwoGuys: Ralph and Roy, Mark’s lackies.
306	* TinyGuyHugeGirl
307	** Moochie is shorter than his wife Frieda.
308	%%** Mr. Fusster and Mimi.
309	* TitleDrop: The title of the show.
310	** "World's Toughest Kid"
311	** "Battle of the Bands"
312	** "The End of Everything (Part Two)"
313	--->'''Cathy:''' Grandpa!\
314	'''Sam:''' The flower!\
315	'''Danny:''' The rocket!\
316	'''Chris:''' The end of everything!
317	** "Galaxy's Strangest Creatures"
318	* ToiletHumour: In "Wrong Number", the Galactic Commander says "poopcorn" instead of popcorn.
319	* TomboyishName: Sam, though he Principal called her “Smamntha”.
320	* TradeSnark: Herptilius' Amphimabot. Intergalactic patent pending.
321	* TransformationSequence: Changing from regular clothes to MBC suits.
322	* TronLines: The kids' fluorescent costumes give off this effect in the dark.
323	* TrustMeImAnX: In "It's Not Good to Be King", Principal Rollins attempts to cure Cathy's cold. What's worse is that the school doesn't have at least one nurse (Principal Rollins fired her for being "too soft").
324	* TunnelNetwork: The MBC network tunnels are large enough to park the MBC Pods. Those tunnels are said to be important tools for protecting humans and aliens on Earth.
325	* TwoTeacherSchool: Principal Rollins and Mr. Fusster are the only regular characters at the school. While there’s also a Mr. Gluten, he’s mentioned as on vacation, with all of his appearances being a shape shifting alien.
326	* UncannyFamilyResemblance: Cathy, Elton, and [[spoiler:young]] Frieda's hair styles look similar.
327	* UniversalDriversLicense: Whether the MBC rides on their own pods, MBV, or a space ship, it's quite a surprise they get used to them.
328	%%* VillainousBreakdown: Nossida and Rocky Mountain.
329	* TheVirus: [[spoiler:The alien virus in "Goodbye Earth"]]. The episode [[spoiler:doesn't tell us what kind of effects it has, aside from being contagious to humans]].
330	* WeaksauceWeakness
331	** General Louse is afraid of bug sprays and swatters.
332	** Addison has hated pigeon poop ever since he became a statue.
333	** The Alcascythes are weak against flowers.
334	** The Reptilian Morpher (from "Lizard Tails") and the Gumblian's main weakness is cold temperature.
335	* WeaponsThatSuck: The kids trap aliens with [[EnergyWeapon Vacuvators]].
336	* WellIntentionedExtremist: Addison wants to create a place where humans and aliens will live peacefully together, but he uses his real form to scare humans and destroy the MBC.
337	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Elton is never seen after his second appearance in first season, but he was mentioned by Cathy in "Famous Four (Part Two)".
338	* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: Many fans notice that the location of Singletown is based somewhere on France or North America, but WordOfGod says Singletown is a setting where it can be anywhere.
339	* WholeEpisodeFlashback: "The End of Everything" and "Famous Four".
340	* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Sam is scared of knitting... until she learns that Danny is stuck in the club with her.
341	* WiseBeyondTheirYears: The MBC members are twelve years old. Cathy's a lot older, but still physically (and mentally) a kid.
342	%%* YourCostumeNeedsWork: Chris, in "Trick or Treat... or Alien?"
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