Line #117 WesternAnimation/StarWarsCloneWars


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3	->''"Like fire, across the galaxy, the Clone Wars spread. In league, with the wicked Count Dooku, more and more planets slip. Against this threat, upon the Jedi Knights falls the duty, to lead the newly formed army of the Republic. And as the heat of war grows, so too grows the prowess, of one most gifted student of the Force."''
4	-->-- '''Yoda''', [[Main/OpeningNarration the opening scene]]
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6	''Star Wars: Clone Wars'' is an AnimatedAdaptation Microseries, written and directed by Creator/GenndyTartakovsky, and produced by Creator/CartoonNetwork. Airing from 2003 to 2005, ''Clone Wars'' is set in the ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' universe, between the events of ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' and ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''. Whereas the Prequel Trilogy teases us with the beginning and end of the Clone Wars, this miniseries puts the "Wars" back in ''Star Wars'' and actually shows the meat of that galaxy-spanning conflict.
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8	It is not to be confused with the CG film and TV series ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars Star Wars:]] '''[[SpellMyNameWithAThe The]]''' [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars Clone Wars]]''. It could be considered a spiritual pilot for that series, and the two share a few voice actors, but don't have any of the same writers.
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10	The first volume of the series (Seasons 1 and 2) shows Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker leading the Clone forces in the Battle of Muunilinst. Obi-Wan leads the ground forces, and ends up battling the mercenary Durge. Meanwhile, Anakin leads the space battle, then gets drawn into a one-on-one fight with the Dark Jedi Asajj Ventress.
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12	Interspersed with this are shorter scenes from other characters and other battles: ARC troopers taking a key enemy position on Muunilinst, Kit Fisto fighting underwater on Dac, Yoda and Padme rescuing two Jedi ambushed on Ilum, and Mace Windu battling an army on Dantooine.
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14	Then General Grievous shows up and [[HeroKiller kills a bunch of Jedi]]. A ''bunch.''
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16	The second volume of the series (Season 3) has only two main storylines and no side stories. Beginning with the rescue of the Jedi from the last season's cliffhanger, it shows the tide of the war shifting against the Republic due to Grievous' arrival. The Jedi Council responds by promoting Anakin to Jedi Knight. A montage of Anakin kicking butt ensues, then he and Obi-wan are dispatched to Nelvaan to find Grievous. In this story, Anakin receives a [[MushroomSamba trippy vision exploration]] that harbingers his later collapse to the Dark Side.
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18	Meanwhile, Grievous leads a massive invasion of Coruscant. Yoda and Mace Windu lead the counterattack, while Shaak Ti attempts to escort Chancellor Palpatine to safety.
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20	The animation style is similar to ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'', but with outlines and [[TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects CG spaceships]]. The series was originally broadcast as three-minute episodes for the first two seasons (except Chapter 20, which was eight minutes long), then as twelve-minute episodes for the third season. Even in this format, the series earned two Emmy awards.
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22	Although the series is no longer canon, it appears to be connected to the canonical ''The Clone Wars'' series that began in 2008 through BroadStrokes, particularly concerning Asajj Ventress ([[RememberTheNewGuy as the series acts like she and Anakin have already met]]). [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWarsSeasonSeven In the final arc of that series]], it's mentioned that Shaak Ti is sent to protect Palpatine during the Battle of Coruscant, which is consistent in both continuities. Events from the series are also referenced in canon novels such as ''Literature/StarWarsTarkin'' and ''Literature/StarWarsBrotherhood''.
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24	The series had twenty-five episodes in total, running at about 2 hours and 20 minutes -- around the length of the ''Star Wars'' movies of the era. Lucasfilm released a {{recut}} of the microseries as two large narratives on DVD -- Volume I covering the first twenty segments, and Volume II covering the remaining five -- cutting out only minor bits of redundant footage. Unfortunately, the series was never released in any other format for a very long time... until it joined the Creator/DisneyPlus library in April 2021, released in the mini-movie format rather than through individual segments.
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27	!!This microseries provides examples of:
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29	* ADayInTheLimelight:
30	** Many minor characters get episodes focused around them, including Kit Fisto, Luminara, and Ki-Adi-Mundi. The most notable example is probably Shaak Ti, who stars as the protagonist of a Season 3 arc focusing on her attempt to prevent Grievous from kidnapping Palpatine.
31	** The Clone Troopers themselves have several episodes centered around them.
32	* AbortedArc: Durge is ominously shown to still be alive after Obi-Wan defeats him the second time, but he isn't seen again for the rest of the show.
33	* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: Used by Obi-Wan and Anakin to sneak into an enemy base.
34	* ActionGirl: Shaak Ti, Asajj Ventress (a DarkActionGirl) and Padme has her moments.
35	* AdaptationalBadass: ''Everyone'' is depicted as far more powerful than they were in the movies.
36	* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Asajj Ventress is noticeably less articulate and extroverted in this version, while Durge is turned into a full SilentAntagonist. In the ''ComicBook/StarWarsRepublic'' series, where they both debuted, they were generally ''very'' talkative.
37	* AdaptedOut: In ''Literature/LabyrinthOfEvil'', which was produced slightly earlier, Shaak Ti, Corobb and Moudama were also accompanied by Stass Allie when they went to secure Palpatine, and later were joined by Roth-Del Masona and B'ink Utrila. In the series' version of the event, only the first three Jedi appear. Politicians Sate Pestage and Armand Isard were also in Palpatine's office at that moment, but they are similarly absent from the portrayal.
38	* AllThereInTheManual: Volume II serves as the manual for portions of ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', as it is meant to bridge the gap between Episodes II and III, in particular introducing General Grievous, showing C-3PO's new gold plating and Anakin becoming a Jedi Knight (as well as the cosmetic changes he and Obi-Wan undergo), and especially showing the Battle of Coruscant before Episode III drops everyone into the tail end of it.
39	* {{Animesque}}: Given that it was done by Creator/GenndyTartakovsky, he incorporates all of his usual styles from shows such as ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'', including flashy well-choreographed fight scenes and a high emphasis on action, as well as a very cartoony animation style. There's also Durge, a full fledged ''Manga/{{AKIRA}}'' homage.
40	* AreTheseWiresImportant: In one episode, Mace Windu cuts a hole in a Vulture droid fighter with his lightsaber, yanks at some wires... and starts using them as ''reins''. Implausible as all get out, but it looks cool.
41	* ArmCannon: Most of the Nelvaanian warriors were given these as part of their grotesque body modifications. They tear them off after Anakin loses his own cybernetic arm, as a sign of respect to "holt kazed" -- and to symbolize that they won't let themselves be what the Techno Union turned them into.
42	* AscendedExtra: While many minor characters star in their own episodes, Shaak Ti is the protagonist of a mini-arc of them.
43	* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: Given an interesting spin. The Nelvaan language is a mix of Russian and Hungarian, read phonetically by voice actors who don't speak the language, to give it a non-natural "alien" sound.
44	* BackToBackBadasses: Both used straight by many Jedi, and mixed with DeadlyDodging by Shaak Ti.
45	* BadassBoast: An ''epic'' one for General Grievous, which helps set up his EstablishingCharacterMoment.
46	-->"Jedi! You are surrounded, your armies decimated. Make peace with the Force now, for this is your final hour. But know that I, General Grievous, am not completely without mercy. I will grant you a warrior's death. Prepare!!!"
47	* BadassCrew: The Muunilinst 10, the group of clones that take out the gun platform in the first season.
48	* BaldOfEvil: Asajj Ventress, a albino bald-headed lady who is very interested in becoming a member of the Sith.
49	* BareFistedMonk: The show's version of Windu features long sequences of destroying droids (Super Battle Droids at that) with his bare hands (either involuntarily or voluntarily), making use of the Force to deliver powerful RapidFireFisticuffs that can cave in metal.
50	* BashBrothers: As is with most Star Wars media, most of the Jedi Masters with their fellow Jedi or Padawans fit this trope perfectly.
51	** As is usual, Obi-Wan and Anakin are a duo to be reckoned with.
52	** Luminara Unduli and Barriss Offee. Their lightsaber fight against the battle droids showed them to be perfectly synchronized.
53	* BattleInTheRain: It conveniently starts to rain during a face-off between Anakin Skywalker and Asajj Ventress. Cue a dramatic pause where they both stand still while raindrops hit their lightsabers and turn into wisps of steam. (This foreshadows the end of the faceoff, where [[spoiler:Anakin gives into rage again, channeling the Dark Side of the Force and using Ventress' dropped Sith lightsaber to savagely attack her, shoving her off the building they're on with the final blow]].)
54	* BeamSpam: A ''lot'' of it, too many examples to list them all. Every space battle featuring a lot of fighters firing a lot of lasers and the troopers' attempts to fight Durge come to mind.
55	* {{BFG}}: The ARC troopers sent to save the Jedi from General Grievous carry some heavy firepower. One carrying a [[ChainsawGripBFG chainsaw-gripped]] [[GatlingGood heavy blaster]] and another one who one ups his fellow trooper with the ''[[https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Reciprocating_quad_blaster "Reciprocating Quad Blaster"]]''. While they don't manage to take out Grievous, they definitely sent him running.
56	* BigBad: Palpatine/Darth Sidious, as per usual. With most of the events happening because of his grand machinations.
57	* BigEntrance: Our introductions to both Durge and General Grievous, they leave some very good impressions to their enemies.
58	* BilingualBonus: Nelvaanian language is based on Hungarian. The accent is very different from the actual language, but a native Hungarian speaker can still follow their dialogue.
59	* BloodlessCarnage: Very little of any remains are shown. Taken to ridiculous extremes when there is no visible body left after General Grievous's GoombaStomp. Averted with the below BodyHorror.
60	* BodyHorror:
61	** After Durge is shown to survive being hit with a massive barrage of blaster fire (with a rocket launched at him for good measure). We get a good look at the being underneath it and he definitely looks like something out of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil''. Although once he eats Obi-Wan however, he uses the force to free himself and the way the Bounty Hunter's body reacts to it, isn't a pretty sight.
62	** What happens to the male Nelvaanians: [[spoiler:they're placed in tanks, experimented on heavily, then mutated into hulking abominations, have their brains [[BrainwashedAndCrazy plugged into control units]] to turn them into SlaveMooks, and each fitted with an {{ArmCannon}}.]]
63	* BolivianArmyEnding:
64	** The second season ends with a handful of Jedi holding out against an army of Battle Droids and the newly introduced General Grievous.
65	** The third season actually picks up a couple minutes later. Five Jedi survived the initial ambush, and holed up where the Droid army couldn't touch them. General Grievous killed two of the Jedi and critically wounded two more before Ki-Adi-Mundi single-handedly stalled long enough for reinforcements to arrive; while the surviving Jedi and clones escape, so does Grievous.
66	* BroadStrokes: While the animated series has been rendered non-canon due to the ''Legends'' retcon, many events in the show are alluded to have happened in the Disney canon through references in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' and reference books. Mace Windu did partake in a mission to Dantooine to stop Separatist seismic tanks, Yoda did rescue Luminara and Barriss on Illum, and Shaak Ti was in charge of Chancellor Palpatine's safety when Grievous attacked Coruscant.
67	* BrokenFaceplate:
68	** During Ventress' stealthy and force-assisted ambush/massacre of the Troopers that followed Anakin, one of them has their helmets fly off and show it's shattered black visor.
69	** In one scene, General Grievous grasps a clone trooper's head with his clawed foot and smashes him against a wall so hard that his helmet shatters and his jaw is visible. [[BloodlessCarnage There's no blood]], but it's reasonable to assume that trooper is down for good.
70	* BrokenRecord: When Grievous and his Magnaguards are chasing Shaak Ti, the other Jedi, and Chancellor Palpatine underground, the toll computer repeatedly asks for payment before being destroyed by Grievous.
71	--> '''Computer''': Please deposit two Republic- Please deposit two Republic- Please deposit two Republic credits. Please de- Please de- Please deposit two Republic-
72	--> '''Grievous''': ''Destroys the toll computer''.
73	* CallForward:
74	** During his dogfight with Ventress, Anakin gets a lock on her and says [[Film/ANewHope "I have you now."]] He still failed to kill his target.
75	** Also from ''A New Hope'', the shots of Anakin’s arrival on Yavin 4 closely match those of the ''Millennium Falcon'' doing likewise 22 years later.
76	** We get a not-so-subtle reference to Darth Vader once Anakin undertakes the Nelvaanian journey to find their missing champions.
77	* CapeBusters: The ARC Troopers are a borderline case of this. They were genetically engineered super-soldiers who, using squad tactics (and heavy supporting firepower and air support), were able to at least hold their own against [[TheDragon General Grevious]] to rescue a group of wounded Jedi knights. Although they were super-soldiers, against Force-users like the Jedi Knights or the Sith, even their genetic augments wouldn't be enough to qualify them as supers in their own rights. [[spoiler:Though this ended up being some sly foreshadowing come ''Revenge of the Sith'' and Order 66.]]
78	* CapeSnag: While General Grievous was busy gloating, Shaak Ti uses the distraction to discreetly tie the general's cape to a train bar. It allows her to temporarily defeat him once it begins to travel.
79	* CaptainErsatz: The Jedi [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Sha'a Gi]]. Genndy says on the commentary he wanted to initially give him a more Shaggy-like voice, but thought it might come off as too goofy.
80	* CaptainObvious:
81	** "The city is under attack!" Said by Windu to Yoda, as a veritable ''rain'' of droid starfighters are flying past a Jedi Temple window.
82	** On Yavin 4, as Ventress is slowly picking off each of the clone troopers, Anakin says "Something's not right. I can feel it."
83	* CelShading: Spaceships are animated with cel-shaded CG.
84	* ChainsawGood: Genndy Tartovsky joked regarding the offscreen fight with General Grievous that they should put the sound of a chainsaw into the scene. It made it into the scene, and it turns an otherwise terrifying scene into something to laugh about as you wonder where he could have gotten a chainsaw. Hilariously, one of the Jedi waiting on the elevator, Corobb, starts frantically hitting the call button faster when he hears it.
85	* ChaseFight: The Jedi and General Grievous during the battle of Coruscant. The Jedi are trying to get Palpatine to a safe bunker while Grievous and his Magnaguards are trying to kidnap him. [[spoiler:It all comes to naught in the end, though, as Grievous somehow makes it there ahead of them.]]
86	* {{Chiaroscuro}}:
87	** Anakin's knighting ceremony. A darkened chamber, with only the Jedi Council's lightsabers for illumination.
88	** Anakin's fight with Asajj briefly has them fighting in a darkened tunnel. All you can see is the red-blue reflections of their lightsabers. Anakin is in blue, Asajj in red; when they emerge atop the temple, into the light of a red gas giant in the sky, and Anakin finishes Asajj with her own lightsaber and the Dark Side, they are both shown in red.
89	* ClifftopCaterwauling: Anakin, after his fight with Ventress.
90	* CompilationMovie: The miniseries aired on Cartoon Network with 4 minute episodes and was later released on DVD as an hour long movie. Inverted in some countries outside the US as this is the only form the episodes were available and TV-airings are in the same format.
91	* ConspicuouslyLightPatch: Averted. Though characters and objects are typically solid colors and backgrounds are painted, an object will be painted to match the background to avoid giving the game away. For example, when Asajj destroys a branch Anakin is standing on with the Force and a flick of her finger, the branch very nearly matches the tree.
92	* ContinuityNod:
93	** Numerous lines from the original trilogy appear in different contexts: "I have you now", "What a wonderful smell you've discovered", "Impressive. Most impressive", "There are alternatives to fighting", and "I've got a bad feeling about this."
94	** The Speeder Bike scenes to the Endor battle in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''.
95	** The overhead shots of the clones' cockpits are made to evoke those of the Original Trilogy.
96	** Anakin's cave vision of Darth Vader is a mirror of Luke's.
97	** The fight between the Mon Calamari's organic mounts and the machines of the CIS is meant to evoke the Gungan vs. Droid battle of ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''.
98	** The pattern painted on Anakin's first starfighter is the same as on his podracer in ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''.
99	** Anakin defeats Asajj Ventress the same way Luke will [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi eventually defeat him]], hammering away at her lightsaber. (Though he doesn't cut off her hand.)
100	* ContinuitySnarl: Caused one regarding the depiction of the pre-[[Film/RevengeOfTheSith movie]] section of the Battle of Coruscant, which had previously been depicted in a radically different manner in ''Literature/LabyrinthOfEvil'' (notably regarding Mace Windu's role and the capture of Palpatine). The [[https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Battle_of_Coruscant/Legends Wookieepedia article]] engages in a herculean effort to unite the two presentations.[[note]]The [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse Disney canon]] reference book ''Star Wars Lightsabers: A Guide to Weapons of the Force'', in describing the battle, favors the ''Clone Wars'' interpretation.[[/note]]
101	* CosmeticAward: Captain Fordo (the red ARC trooper) receives a unique helmet insignia for his service in fighting Grievous in the beginning of season 3. An unusual case of a cosmetic award actually being considered good -- it's a highly prized Mandalorian symbol of heroism and honor.
102	* CurbStompBattle:
103	** Grievous spends most of his time stomping Jedi, but his fight with Mace Windu lasted ''two seconds''. With Windu using the Force to crush his chest, leaving the general coughing heavily due to his crushed lugs/organs.
104	** Mace Windu has another such battle, in the original Clone Wars mini-episodes, when he goes to planet Dantooine, and his army is slaughtered by a CIS superweapon. His response? To single-handedly take down the enemy battle droids and the superweapon. [[ButNowIMustGo And then, he drinks some water a little boy gave him and leapt off a mountain into the distance.]]
105	** Yoda uses the Force to smash two Trade Federation landing crafts together with ''one hand'' and his eyes closed.
106	** Dooku effortlessly defeats Ventress while testing her, and later barely seems to be trying while training (and besting) Grievous.
107	** For her part, Ventress easily defeats all of the gladiators in the Cauldron without any of them so much as hitting her.
108	* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: In a sequence reminiscent of Luke's experience in the cave on Episode V, Anakin has a vision in which a warrior loses his arm in battle, and replaces it with a mysterious shiny, black one with great power. At first he is able to defend his home and friends with the power of the arm, but soon it grows beyond his control and begins to consume and destroy everything he tried to save, including his wife before finally twisting his face into Vader's mask. The parallel to the loss of his own hand is clear, and it is certainly tracks to his own tragic fate and reliance on power to protect the ones he loves only to lose them to that same power.
109	* DeadHatShot: You can repeatedly see clone helmets floating on water or lying on the ground, since the series' ratings do not allow showing dead owners of those helmets in detail.
110	* DefeatEqualsExplosion: Whenever the droids are destroyed its usually accompanied by an explosion.
111	* DelayedCausality: Ventress does it to her final opponent in Count Dooku's "tryout".
112	* DestinationDefenestration: Happens when one of the clones accompanying Shaak Ti gets thrown out a window by Grievous.
113	* DigitalDestruction: When the series made it to DVD, it was plagued with terrible DVNR that resulted in a more blurry, jagged look (especially apparent when you look at the lines). Creator/DisneyPlus ended up using this exact same master despite billing it in high definition, complete with a 16:9 widescreen crop.
114	* DirtyCoward: The leaders of the Banking Clan may well be the most pathetic cowards in the franchise, panicking when the Clone army begins their assault and pleading for mercy the instant the battle turns against them.
115	* DisneyVillainDeath: Asajj and Anakin [[ClimbingClimax climb to the top of a ruined temple over a cliff.]] Anakin pummels her so hard, the part of the temple she's standing on gives way and she falls into the darkness. She was much too awesome a villain to kill off, so she returned in the expanded universe and ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars''.
116	* {{Dogface}}: The Nelvaanians, are a race of blue-furred or skinned beings that have facial features similar to a canine or some other mammalian creature.
117	* TheDreaded: General Grievous. His near-victory against five (albeit exhausted) Jedi established him as a fearsome enemy. Count Dooku actually taught Grievous to use fear as a weapon, telling him that without it he wouldn't stand a chance against the best of the Jedi.
118	* DrivingUpAWall: Obi-Wan drives a speeder bike up a steep vertical building by riding across the surface. Justified in that a speeder is a repulsor craft that can hover over a given surface.
119	* DualWielding:
120	** Fordo is very fond of his dual blaster pistols and he upgrades to using both a blaster rifle and a blaster pistol when holding the line against Super Battle Droids ''by himself'' during the Invasion of Coruscant.
121	** Asajj Ventress is very skilled with the use of two lightsabers, starting off with a blue and green one that belonged to her and her late Jedi Master before being given a gift of two sith lightsabers courtesy of Count Dooku.
122	** In the later part of the fight where Shaak Ti is surrounded by [=MagnaGuards=], she uses the Force to reclaim her lightsaber and uses it in conjunction with the recently acquired [=MagnaGuard=] staff.
123	** While Grievous starts with two, he begins to one ups all of them by using ''three'' and then ''four'' lightsabers.
124	* DynamicEntry: Durge makes his reappearance against the Troopers (after his battle with Kenobi) by dramatically bursting through a window with his jet pack. The clones shoot him, shoot his jetpack, and shoot his body when it hits the ground, rounding it off with a rocket launcher. Durge [[OneWingedAngel unveils his more venous and large form]] after that.
125	* ElevatorEscape: Happens near the end of the third season. Shaak Ti and two other Jedi take Chancellor Palpatine down a hallway as Grievous begins slashing his way through the assembled guards. They call the elevator while listening to Grievous fighting, and when it all goes quiet, the Ithorian Jedi repeatedly mashes the button. They do make it inside though, despite Grievous busting out of the office and running down the hall towards them.
126	* EstablishingCharacterMoment: While ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' doesn't allow you to see just how vicious General Grievous can be. His first entrance here has him taking on, and beating, no less than 5 Jedi at once. And we do mean '''[[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beating.]]'''
127	* EveryScarHasAStory: Anakin Skywalker received a scar across his right eye. This carries over into Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, where Hayden Christensen sports the scar over his right eye.
128	* EvilLaugh: Durge lets rip an ''epic'' one after he {{No Sell}}s Obi-Wan's attempt at stabbing him in the chest with a lightsaber, before giving the Jedi Master a pummeling.
129	* EvilSoundsDeep:
130	** As usual, [[TheDragon Count Dooku]], courtesy of Corey Burton's uncanny Christopher Lee impression.
131	** [[DarkActionGirl Asajj Ventress]] has a deep, gravely voice.
132	** In contrast to Matthew Wood's more nasally performance, General Grievous is depicted to be this as well.
133	* ExcusePlot: Some early episodes are essentially this, with any story being little more than context for the [[RuleOfCool flashy action scenes]]. However, the show doesn't take long to shed this trope and implement elaborate plotlines and character arcs.
134	* ExplainExplainOhCrap: During the battle on Coruscant, Yoda and Mace help the ground troops but notice the enemy forces aren't trying to go for the Senate or the temple, just causing senseless mayhem. It soon dawns on them that the attack is an distraction and they're really after Palpatine. Mace quickly breaks off to go aid those protecting him, but only arrives just in time to see Grievous loading Palpatine into a ship and most he can do is crush Grevious chest plate before he escapes.
135	* {{Expy}}: Sha'a Gi is an expy of [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Shaggy]]. He was intended to have the exact same voice, but the producers decided against it because they felt it would have given his death an overtone of inappropriate humor.
136	* ExtendableArms: The Magnaguards have these, as shown when Foul Moudama force-pushes one off a hover train and the Magnaguard extends his arm to keep from falling too far.
137	* ExtremeOmnivore: Oddly, Anakin brings a bag of bugs and worms to the little makeshift shelter he and Obi-Wan hang out in while waiting out a protracted siege and starts happily chomping on them. He might have done it just to {{Squick}} out Obi-Wan.
138	-->'''Obi-Wan''': How ''can'' you eat that?\
139	'''Anakin''' (mouth full of bugs): But Master, you always taught me to feed off the Living Force.\
140	'''Obi-Wan''': That's not what I... ''(gives up)''
141	* TheFaceless
142	** In contrast to the later ''Revenge of the Sith'' and ''The Clone Wars'', no Clone Trooper's face is ever seen in this series. The closest we get is a shot of the back of Fordo's head as he puts on his helmet before the rescue on Hypori, and a trooper's neck being exposed when struck by Grievous in the Chancellor's suite.
143	** This is also played straight for Durge, whose face was only shown in the comics.
144	* FacePalmOfDoom: Grievous does this to one Jedi. With his ''foot''.
145	* FakeArmDisarm: Anakin infiltrates a Separatist compound on Nelvaan that has been performing [[BodyHorror horrifying experiments]] on the native population. First he was specifically chosen by the Nelvaanian shaman because he had a fake hand. Then the people who had been corrupted by the experiments tasked him to destroy the facility. Anakin does this by sticking his artificial hand in an energy sphere and stealing a critical component, but loses his robot hand in the process. The Nelvaanians see Anakin's mechanical stump as a symbol of their own freedom and respond by tearing off the [[ArmCannon arm cannons]] that the Separatists placed on them and cheer Anakin triumphantly.
146	* FakeStatic: In his usual brand of impulsiveness, Anakin fakes this when told not to go after Asajj Ventress.
147	--> "Sorry Master Kenobi, your transmission is breaking up."
148	* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath:
149	** Durge surrounds and absorbs Obi-Wan. Then Obi-Wan uses the Force to ''explode'' Durge from the inside out, scattering bits of him all over the room. Durge is shown in a later shot to be NotQuiteDead, but still, that's not pleasant.
150	** [[HeroKiller General Grievous]] gets two of these as part of his EstablishingCharacterMoment. First a hapless Padawan is ''crushed'' as Grievous lands on him. Then he grabs another Jedi with his mechanical foot, and visibly [[NeckSnap snaps his neck]] as he slams his head into the ground before tossing his corpse into the ceiling.
151	** Grievous's debut in the next season has him murder his way through dozens of clones and senate guards, crushing them and slicing them up. Most of it takes place off screen, but the ''sounds'' are gruesome enough.
152	** After witnessing their horrific experiments on the Nelvaanian males, Anakin kills the Techno Union's scientists - all of whom are Skakoans, a species from a planet with a high-pressure atmosphere - with the Force. Most of the deaths are tame (such as simply throwing them around, throwing into a crowd of un-brainwashed Nelvaanians, or blasting them with geysers), but the lead scientist's death stands out. Anakin [[PsychicStrangle Force chokes]] him until his pressure suit breaches, and while he doesn't [[ExplosiveDecompression explode]] as mentioned in other material, [[NeckSnap his neck compresses into itself]] and parts of his suit pop out while his corpse expels gas.
153	* FastRoping: After ascending an enemy tower, the Obi-Wan and the ARC troopers come sliding straight down into the war room.
154	* FearInducedIdiocy: General Grievous's first appearance in "[[Recap/StarWarsCloneWarsS2E10Chapter20 Chapter 20]]" has him and a droid army cornering a group of seven Jedi on the planet Hypori. The group of Jedi are backed into the wreckage of a ship by General Grievous and his droid army, and they are all on edge after being thoroughly demolished by him and his fighting force. As they await the general's arrival, they hear a mechanical clanking but it doesn't seem to be coming from anywhere, ramping up the tension. Sha'a Gi, one of the Jedi, is overcome by terror, breaks ranks and [[LeeroyJenkins rushes out into the open]], leading to him being killed immediately by Grievous by [[GoombaStomp being crushed by him from above]].
155	* FingerTenting: Palpatine does this in his first scene, complete with what sounds vaguely like bones rattling when he taps his fingertips/nails together.
156	* FlatWhat: From a droid a split second before it becomes two half droids.
157	* {{Flynning}}:
158	** There's times when the Jedi and their opponents are just sort of waving frantically in each other's direction. This seems inversely proportional to how close the camera is to the combatants.
159	** Deconstructed briefly; Count Dooku is shown training Grievous to [[DefiedTrope defy]] this trope, which is part of how he's able to defeat so many Jedi. Dooku himself is more economical with his movements than most in his duel as part of his Makashi style.
160	* FourFingeredHands: The Magnaguards are depicted as having four digits in an x-pattern.
161	* FromASingleCell: Alien bounty hunter Durge who has incredible healing powers. We see him recover from been cut into half, and later in that series he got [[LudicrousGibs blasted into a gooey mess]] via the Force by Obi-Wan. His remains slither away.
162	* FrontlineGeneral: The Jedi are all automatically generals, and prefer to command from the frontlines. Probably because they [[ImplausibleFencingPowers don't fear enemy blaster fire]].
163	* {{Futureshadowing}}:
164	** During his duel with [[spoiler:Ventress]], Anakin loses track of his opponent and enters a temple to search around. As he does so, two drops of water are heard falling, and they imitate the sound of [[VaderBreath Darth Vader's breath]].
165	** In a cave, Anakin hallucinates, seeing pictures on a wall move before his eyes, foretelling his fall to the dark side. At the end of the vision, the pictures form into a mirage that briefly looks ''exactly'' like Vader's mask.
166	** An earlier scene has Anakin walking as the lone human in a crowd of aliens with resentment and anger growing in his face, foreshadowing the Empire's anti-alien specism.
167	** Also counts as {{Foreshadowing}}, but Dooku warns Grievous to have surprise, fear, and intimidation on his side when facing the Jedi, noting that it would be better to retreat otherwise. The one Jedi he fights without doing this to happens to be [[OneManArmy Mace Windu]] and Grievous goes down in two seconds quite painfully.
168	* GameBreakingInjury: General Grievous is ridiculously impressive and highly adept at combat... and in the last episode, Mace Windu uses the Force to crush his chest, nearly killing him. Cue ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', where he's coughing and wheezing painfully and jobs to everyone.
169	* GatlingGood: One of the ARC troopers sent to save the Jedi from General Grievous is armed with a [[ChainsawGripBFG chainsaw-gripped]] heavy blaser.
170	* GoldMakesEverythingShiny: C-3PO gets his gold plating in Chapter 21.
171	* GoingNative: Anakin goes on a ritual journey during his mission to Nelvaan, complete with a WalkingShirtlessScene and tattoos across his chest.
172	* GoombaStomp: How Grievous kills the padawan Sha'a Gi.
173	* GrapplingHookPistol: Magnetic pistols are used to propel the ARC troopers up a tower and [[OutrunTheFireball away from the exploding cannon]] at its base. Some of the ARC troopers are also armed with wrist-mounted grappling hook launchers, they also have the ability to send shocks down the lines if used against an enemy.
174	* GRatedSex: We see Anakin and Padme having a respite from the war and spending time together, culminating on spending the night together, it's implied that that was the moment they conceived Luke and Leia.
175	* GratuitousForeignLanguage: The Nelvaanians speak Hungarian with a few Russian words thrown in.
176	* GunsAkimbo: Captain Fordo's weapons of choice with his standard ARC trooper kit are his pistols. Then, in one brief but completely awesome scene, he does this with a pistol and the standard DC-15a heavy rifle.
177	* GunshipRescue: The beginning of Season 3 ("Volume 2") has a custom-painted gunship save some Jedi from General Grievous just in the nick of time, in a move almost as cool as Grievous hunting them down in the first place.
178	* GunTwirling: Fordo pulls off this trope with his pistols occasionally.
179	* HairMemento: Anakin gives his Padawan braid to his wife Padmé after he is promoted to the rank of Jedi Knight.
180	* AHandfulForAnEye: Anakin and Ventress use the Force to splash water into each others' faces.
181	* HandSignals: Used by the ARC troopers during their missions.
182	* HandyFeet: General Grievous has this as a feature of his cyborg body. He can put all six of his limbs to good use as hands, though normally he sticks to being a humanoid, folding his extra arms and walking on his legs.
183	* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Think having ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}'s powers would be lame? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL0cO-x70iQ Tell it to Kit Fisto.]]
184	* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic:
185	** Averted with the clone troopers, as even the ones who get a degree of individual characterization never remove their helmets.
186	** Averted by Saesee Tiin, though he couldn't exactly not wear one when going into space.
187	** Played straight by Obi-Wan, who wears a helmet for exactly one battle, and it quickly gets knocked off.
188	* HeroKiller: General Grievous. In total, he effortlessly kills Daakman Barrek, Sha'a Gi, Tarr Seir, four Arc Troopers, 17 clone troopers (and that's just ''on-screen''), two Senate Guards, Foul Moudama and Roron Corobb. The first seven ''alone'' were in his ''first appearance''.
189	* HeroTrackingFailure: The GunshipRescue doesn't seem to land a single shot on Grievous. Also, the droid Nantex-class fighters targeting Anakin in Season 1 provide the page image.
190	* HollywoodTactics: During the Battle of Muunilinst, both sides are guilty of these. Especially when the droid speeder bikes charge at clone troopers who ... stand still and wait to be run down.
191	* {{Hypocrite}}: Minor example. When a suggestion is made to forego Anakin's trials and promote him early, the one arguing the most against it is Jedi Master Oppo Rancisis:
192	-->'''Rancisis''' That is what concerns me. To walk the path of the Jedi, one's spirit must be strong. That requires discipline. And he has often disobeyed you, has he not Master Obi-Wan?
193	-->'''Yoda:''' Did you not disobey me from time to time in your youth, Master Rancisis?
194	* IAmNotLeftHanded: General Grievous in the last episode. You thought he was tough with two arms? Well, now he has four.
195	* IceCreamKoan: The lightsaber construction ceremony.
196	-->'''Luminara Unduli:''' The crystal is the heart of the blade. The heart is the crystal of the Jedi. The Jedi is the crystal of the Force. The Force is the blade of the heart. All are intertwined: the crystal, the blade, the Jedi. You are one.
197	* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: In season 3, Anakin tries this against a group of Nelvaan warriors who have been brainwashed by the Techno Union. It doesn't work, and when he has to take another approach - destroying the mechanism that's controlling them - his cybernetic hand is destroyed, and the pain again causes him to give in to rage, channeling the Dark Side to savagely kill the villains. (But he ''did'' rescue the Nelvaans.)
198	* ImpendingClashShot: A terrifying one occurs at the end of Chapter 20. Weaponless, Master Ki-Adi Mundi's [[HeroicBSOD spirit breaks]] as he watches [[HeroKiller General]] [[TheDragon Greivous]], [[DualWielding wielding a lightsaber in each hand]], strike the fourth of a five Jedi team across the length of the room and into a pillar, which collapses upon them. [[DeathGlare Grievous turns his attention to Ki-Adi]] before [[ImplausibleFencingPowers picking up a]] ''[[OhCrap third]]'' [[ImplausibleFencingPowers lightsaber]]; he prepares to strike. [[HeroicWillpower Ki-Adi's spirit returns]] and he grabs another lightsaber from Grievous's belt with the Force. [[{{Beat}} They wait]]. Suddenly Grievous leaps at him -- all three blades drawn; Ki-Adi plants one foot behind and prepares to engage him. [[BolivianArmyEnding End of the season]].
199	* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: This trope shows up a few times. For example, at one point Padme uses Threepio as a target to make an invisible battle droid reveal its position. The droid fails to land a single shot on this shiny target walking slowly in a straight line.
200	* ImplacableMan: Grievous, who seems to be constantly aware of everything going on around him, allowing him to block and counter nearly anything thrown at him. It helps that he belonged to a race of proud warriors.
201	* ImportantHaircut: The completion of Anakin's training as a Padawan and his becoming a Jedi is signified when Yoda slices off Anakin's braid with a light saber in a Jedi Knighting ceremony. Later Anakin has it sent to Padme, who keeps it in a small jewelry box with the pendant he carved for her back in ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''.
202	* ImprobableAimingSkills: The ARC Troopers possess impressive powers of accuracy, almost every shot blasts a droid's head off and a single trooper takes out a Trade Federation armored tank in less than 5 seconds by running up the side of it, blasting the top off, shooting several shots from the inside of the machine and running.
203	* InsertGrenadeHere:
204	** One of the ARC Troopers uses this tactic to take out a droid tank in Star Wars: Clone Wars. However, he didn't have any grenades. So he blasted his way into the tank, then shot it up from the inside with his gun that fired explosions, and jumped out. It worked.
205	** Yoda did it as well, and though he had a lightsaber, it worked even better.
206	* ItsProbablyNothing: Played for laughs, with Palpatine dismissing Grievous's clanking footsteps drawing nearer and then suddenly stopping, to the dismay of his Jedi protectors. The droid general's head appears in the window behind him even as he's delivering the line, hanging upside down on the outside of the building. One gets the impression that the [[TheChessmaster scheming dark lord]], who actually ''wants'' to be captured, plays the classic part with some glee. Then again, the [[LargeHam Ham is Large]] with this one.
207	* JediMindTrick: Yoda uses the trick on Typho, who takes on Yoda's speech patterns. Padmé sees through it, but agrees with Yoda's request anyway.
208	* KingpinInHisGym: Count Dooku, a.k.a. Darth Tyranus, was shown training General Grievous.
209	* {{Knighting}}: Anakin was knighted by Yoda and the Jedi Council ''[[RuleOfCool with a lightsaber.]]'' It was to sever the "Padawan Braid" that Anakin had, which was delivered (secretly) to Padme, which symbolized the attainment of Jedi Knight rank.
210	* KnightOfCerebus: Although the series tends to be extremely flashy and campy, some of its villains are treated quite seriously.
211	** Asajj Ventress. In her first appearance, she kills of all other contestants for Count Dooku's notice. Then she takes out several squads of clone fighters on her own, ''then'' she kills off all clones who had followed Anakin, and manages to give Anakin a good fight.
212	** Durge. While Obi-wan's troops [[CurbStompBattle easily crush]] other Separatist forces, he and his biker droids begin slaughtering the clones and destroying their machinery. Obi-wan cuts him with his lightsaber, but Durge begins pulling himself back together. He's regenerated within minutes, and it takes Obi-wan [[WombLevel going inside him]] and ripping him apart from the inside to finally bring him down.
213	** ''[[HeroKiller General Grievous]]''. He's introduced by his troops surrounding a small group of Jedi, then orders them to stop while he deals with the Jedi personally. Before he even appears on-screen, his [[EvilSoundsRaspy voice]] booms, warning the Jedi about their impending doom. He kills a frightened Padawan, then mercilessly slaughters his way through several others before clone reinforcements chase him away. Out of six Jedi, only three survive, and two of those have serious injuries.
214	* LateArrivalSpoiler: TheReveal that General Grievous has four arms is no longer a surprise because almost all merchandise shows him with four arms.
215	* LeastIsFirst: When Anakin returns with the horribly mutated males of the local ProudWarriorRaceGuy tribe in the [[Recap/StarWarsCloneWarsS3E5Chapter25 final chapter]], a small child is the first one to welcome them back to the tribe.
216	* LetsGetDangerous: Yoda spends most of the time offscreen in the Jedi Temple. When the Separatist invasion of Coruscant begins, he heads to the front lines and starts forcepushing colossal troop carriers.
217	* LickedByTheDog: An alien child is the first to welcome back mutated villagers.
218	* LockAndLoadMontage: A couple of them. "Chapter 21" has a montage of the ARC Troopers arming themselves just before they swoop in to [[BigDamnHeroes rescue the Jedi]].
219	* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Grievous doesn't know that Palpatine and Darth Sidious are the same person; upon capturing Palpatine, he tells the Chancellor how lucky he is that Sidious and Dooku want him captured rather than killed.
220	* LowClearance: Mace Windu takes advantage of this: He flies at a gap in the skyscrapers of Coruscant and closes his fighter's S-foils to let him fit through. The Vulture Droids following him can't fit, and wreck themselves on the side of the building trying.
221	* LowerDeckEpisode: The show managed to have episodes without Jedi, but that's only because the episodes were 3 minutes long.
222	* MacrossMissileMassacre: One of these was fired at the Republic starfighters by the droid starfighters. Anakin Skywalker got them all following him, then used the MisguidedMissile technique and flew straight through the nearest enemy capital ship's starfighter launch bay. He still had a swarm of missiles after him, though, so he got his fighter squadrons to line up a shot at where he was going to be and fire off ''another'' Macross Missile Massacre. The two Massacres collided in midair (-space?) and wiped each other out.
223	* MadeOfExplodium: Somehow, machinery is even more explosive than it is in the films. Tanks and artillery emplacements fall apart after being poked with a lance or slashed in the side with a lightsaber. After watching for a while you start expecting everything to explode into red smoke if it's so much as touched.
224	* MagicalNativeAmerican: The Nelvaanians are this [-[[RecycledInSpace IN SPACE!]]-].
225	* MauveShirt: The unnamed Clone commander, he's always distinguishable by wearing red (He's on the show's page image). [[AllThereInTheManual The manual]] lists his name as Fordo.
226	* MeaningfulName:
227	** The Ithorian with the SuperScream is named "Roron." Say it phonetically.
228	** There's a wolf-man Jedi named Voolvif Monn.
229	* MisguidedMissile: Used by Anakin to take out one of the enemy ships. They were actually fired by his squadron, but due to the [[DeadlyDodging exact circumstances]] a few missiles happened to lock onto Anakin's ship by mistake.
230	* MonochromaticEyes: Asajj Ventress, whose eyes are completely white with no pupils or irises.
231	* MoodWhiplash: When General Grievous kicks his way into the Chancellor's office to try and kidnap him. The Jedi rush the Chancellor out, leaving the clones behind to stall him in scenes of what is very nearly explicit carnage (only the lack of blood kept it from being truly horrific). Cut to the Jedi waiting for the elevator to arrive, with screams, blaster fire and ''chainsaw'' sounds coming from the office. And then one of the Jedi reaches out and pushes the elevator call button 6 times to make it get there faster.
232	* MookHorrorShow: Anakin's slaughter of the Techno Union executives on Nelvaan, complete with killing the last one with a [[{{Foreshadowing}} Force choke]].
233	** Pretty much any scene with General Grievous is this, only from the perspective of ''[[TheWorfEffect Jedi.]]''
234	* MorallyBankruptBanker: A PlanetOfHats of them in the Banking Clan.
235	* MoreDakka: Almost all the ranged weapons are fired continuously until the opponent is reduced to scrap.
236	* MotorcycleJousting: There's a pair of episodes (Chapter 4 and Chapter 8) in which Obi-wan Kenobi and a platoon of clone lancers do this against IG lancer droids and the bounty hunter Durge, on speeder bikes.
237	* MultiArmedAndDangerous: General Grievous. He can hold lightsabers with his feet, too. So theoretically he could use 5 lightsabers at once (one foot would still be needed to stand on).
238	* MundaneMadeAwesome: Mace Windu drinking from the wide-eyed kid's canteen is very nearly as awesome as the rest of his actions in Chapter 13.
239	* MushroomSamba: Anakin's vision in the cave. He gets a blast of steam in the face in a cave on Nelvaan. As a result, he starts seeing the cave paintings move. Considering how well the vision summarizes and foreshadows his own fall to the Dark Side, The Force probably assisted the lack of oxygen. This sequence parallels Luke's experience in the cave in ''Episode V'', where he receives a similar vision/warning about his own susceptibility to the Dark Side.
240	* MyHorseIsAMotorbike: The good guys' speeder-bikes are stylized to resemble horses.
241	* NeckLift: Durge does this to San Hill during the Battle of Muunilinst to shut him up when he starts complaining. General Grievous does this in his introductory scene to Tarr Seirr, using his leg to boot; Grievous proceeds to instantly [[NeckSnap snap Seirr's neck]] then tosses his corpse to the ceiling.
242	* NeverBringAGunToAKnifeFight: When he [[spoiler:breaks into Palpatine's office]], Grievous is confronted by several clone troopers who open fire on him all at once, but he [[CurbStompBattle takes all of them out with little effort]]. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that he's a cyborg with superhuman reflexes, speed and toughness, fighting in very close quarters and armed with {{Laser Blade}}s that cut right through virtually anything.
243	* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler:Asajj Ventress]] is thrown off a temple on Yavin 4. [[spoiler:She actually survives.]]
244	* NighInvulnerability: Durge. At the end [[spoiler:Obi-Wan makes him explode from inside and his pieces are still shown crawling away afterwards. Other comicbooks and novels confirm that Durge fights the Jedi again, and has to be dropped into a star to be killed]].
245	* NoDialogueEpisode: A few combat-centric or clone-centric episodes. Helped by the fact that the episodes are only about four minutes long.
246	* NoseArt: The ARC troopers paint a Rancor on their ship.
247	* NoSell: Roron Corobb's shout sends a platoon of Super Battle Droids flying but not General Grievous, who just digs his clawed feet into the ground and weathers the assault.
248	* NotSoDifferentRemark: When Obi-Wan suggests Anakin be promoted to Jedi Knight in the wake of General Grievous' emergence, Master Rancisis is the biggest opponent of this suggestion, citing Anakin's impulsiveness. Yoda counters by reminding Rancisis was just as impulsive as Anakin was at his age.
249	* ObfuscatingStupidity: Palpatine pretends to be horribly GenreBlind while he's being chased by Grievous.
250	* OffhandBackhand: Grievous does one of these during his first attempt to kidnap Palpatine, grabbing a clone trooper with one of his HandyFeet and [[DestinationDefenestration throwing him out a window]].
251	* OhCrap: In Episode 23, Shaak Ti, having been on the receiving end of Grievous's wrath back at Hypori, has one when she hears the clanking of the droid General's footsteps and realizes who the Separatists sent to kidnap Palpatine.
252	** The two Jedi protecting Palpatine have this when they're holding back Grievous' two lightsabers, only for his arms to split into four and allow him to grab two more lightsabers.
253	* OneManArmy:
254	** Many Jedi, especially Mace Windu and Yoda, who wipe out hundreds of droids without their lightsabers and tear apart legions with little help from their soldiers.
255	** The first scene in Episode 22 has a commander of a droid base bragging that it would take at least 50 Jedi to take it. The droid standing next to him tells him there are Jedi approaching. The commander's first guess at their number is ''1000'', but there are only two. Those two are Obi-Wan and Anakin, who utterly destroy the droid army without batting an eye. The massive army of non-Jedi they brought with them probably helped.
256	** General Grievous is able to cut through clones and Jedi with his usual psychopathic zeal.
257	** Durge is shown to be a one-man arsenal.
258	* TheOner: A dogfight between Anakin and Asajj through a battle cruiser required a 50 foot painting. And still needed to be cut for time.
259	* OutfitDecoy: On the ice planet, Padme gets attacked by some battle droids with cloaking fields. She takes cover, then throws her [[PrettyInMink fur-trimmed]] cape into the open to trick the droids into firing and revealing their position.
260	* OutOfTheInferno: So cool, they do it twice. First, Durge walks out of the flaming wreckage of his speeder bike, then Asajj Ventress emerges from the flaming wreckage of Anakin's starfighter. Though Asajj used the Force to clear the flames.
261	* OvershadowedByAwesome: A few of the villains are demonstrated to be legitimately powerful opponents but they're just outclassed by their competition.
262	** Downplayed with Durge, who is more than a match for Clone Troopers but his weapons and armor are no match for a Jedi with a lightsaber. His absurd HealingFactor allows him to keep coming back but he still ultimately falls to the power of the Force.
263	** Ventress is a formidable warrior and a highly competent assassin. Unfortunately, Dooku utterly schools her in their duel, which only lasted as long as it did because he was toying with her.
264	* PendulumWar: Constantly, with the ground battle for Muunilinst being the best example.
265	* PersonOfMassDestruction:
266	** Every single Jedi.
267	** The ARC troopers to a lesser extent.
268	** Yet again, General Grievous. Example: While escorting Palpatine to the safety bunker, the three Jedi taking him hop on a transport ship moving away from Grievous. His solution? Jump on the ship and slice the engines open, causing the ship to crash into the streets below.
269	** Even Amidala gets in on the action.
270	* PimpedOutCape: Amidala's ice planet suit has a fur cape.
271	* PragmaticVillainy: A subtle example. The reason General Grievous spared Shaak Ti when he obviously could have killed her was because he needed a live witness to let the Jedi Council know that Chancellor Palpatine was gone (as his boss Darth Sidious, who unknown to Grievous, was Palpatine, had wanted them to know).
272	* PreAssKickingOneLiner: One of the Jedi during the space battle of Coruscant:
273	-->'''Clone Trooper:''' General Tiin! The ship is lost!
274	-->'''Saesee Tiin:''' It's time to get a new one.
275	* PretenderDiss: Asajj Ventress declares herself a Sith Lord, only for Count Dooku, a ''real'' Sith Lord, to mock and beat her down. Specifically, Dooku tells Ventress how he senses fear in her, which a true Sith would lack. While fear can indeed be used to draw power from TheDarkSide, a Sith is supposed to draw power instead from ''[[ThePowerOfHate hatred]]''.
276	* PrettyInMink: Amidala's ice planet outfit is trimmed with light blue fur on the cape and gloves.
277	* PsychoStrings: Used to introduce Grievous. Also used when Durge's true form is revealed.
278	* PullingThemselvesTogether: Durge.
279	* PunchPunchPunchUhOh: Happens with a lightsaber instead of fists: Obi-Wan is fighting Durge, a giant alien bounty hunter, and manages to stab him in the chest. Durge looks down, begins to laugh, and proceeds to beat the crap out of Obi-Wan.
280	* RapidFireFisticuffs: Mace Windu goes all [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Kenshiro]] on some super battle droids after losing his lightsaber.
281	* RedHerringShirt: Shaak Ti is a member of [[CListFodder the squad of Jedi that Grievous soundly defeats]]. She survives, and goes on to play a major part in the Battle of Coruscant, protecting Chancellor Palpatine.
282	* RedshirtArmy: When Anakin Skywalker takes off alone to chase an enemy Force-user, Obi-Wan orders a squadron of clone troopers to follow him and save him from getting himself killed. When the clones arrive, they proceed to [[LetsSplitUpGang split up]] and get wiped out over the course of about three minutes, without ever seeing the enemy. Amusingly enough, clone troopers are the predecessors of [[ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy storm troopers]], perhaps indicating that the trope is inheritable.
283	* RedSkyTakeWarning: The final phase of the duel between Anakin and Ventress, which takes place with the gas giant Yavin looming large in the background. This gets taken up to eleven when Anakin loses his lightsaber and taps into the Dark Side to beat Ventress.
284	* ReducedToRatburgers: Anakin had a lunch of a bag full of bugs.
285	* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: The blue, elephant-like species of Ortolans (which first appeared in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'') , when the Separatist Droids invade their homeworld.
286	* RuleOfCool:
287	** [[MotorcycleJousting Speeder-bike jousting]].
288	** Also, when the Jedi are waiting for the elevator to arrive, and are listening to Grievous beat the tar out of a several dozen clone troopers, a {{chainsaw\|Good}} can be heard, something which is not often noted to be in his arsenal of weapons. This one was also RuleOfScary.
289	** The [[ShockwaveStomp "Seismic Tank"]] on Dantooine.
290	* {{Sarashi}}: The top half of Ventress' outfit kind of looks like one.
291	* SarcasticClapping: Count Dooku's response to Ventress' SingleStrokeBattle.
292	* SeahorseSteed: Mon Calamari riding giant seahorse-alikes and other aquatic creatures.
293	* SeaMonster: The Mon Calamari fought the separatist forces with knights riding on giant eels.
294	* SecretTestOfCharacter: For viewers, it's clear that this is the ''real'' reason Sidious sent Ventress to kill Anakin; if Anakin can't defeat her, he's unworthy of becoming Sidious' apprentice.
295	* {{Sexophone}}: Used as a joke when C-3PO first shows off his new gold plating.
296	* ShirtlessScene: We get two good ones.
297	** When assisting Mon Calamari's people, Kit Fisto wears only diving shorts, a belt and wristwraps when battling underwater.
298	** As Anakin [[GoingNative goes native]] with the Nelvaanian people, he is forced to take off his top and is then given ritualistic tattoos.
299	* ShockwaveStomp: Mace Windu is fighting a giant "seismic tank". A massive hovering vehicle close to the size of a Star Destroyer, which only has a single form of attack: A giant stomper that hits the ground below it with the force of a medium nuclear bomb.
300	* ShoutOut:
301	** One of the first Jedi killed by Grievous is named Sha'a Gi, and he's a dead ringer (no pun intended) for [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Shaggy]].
302	** The scene where Anakin uses his robot arm to slide down to the core of the Techno Union's factory and destroy it's core was strongly reminiscent of ''Film/IRobot''.
303	** Planet Nelvaan was named for Creator/{{Nelvana}} Studios, who had created the ''Droids'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Ewoks}}'' animated series, as well as the Boba Fett cartoon that was the single best part of ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial''. C-3PO's eyes are animated in homage to his portrayal in the ''Droids'' series. The native Nelvaanians' canine appearance is a nod to Nelvana's first animated feature, ''WesternAnimation/RockAndRule'', where all the cast were DogFaces.
304	** In one very brief crowd shot, a [[Series/BattlestarGalactica1978 Cylon]] is seen.
305	** The Nelvaanian shaman's hair clip bears the [[http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQyGJ3Dqs4cTWpZDw05J_FQXK4ZTqNaE7oJgYU4pLjsXMh9BcDtWrVDcJCl5g zintaris]], which was a prominent clan symbol in [[WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack Tartakovsky's other hit series]].
306	** More of an allusion, and most likely not deliberate, but the last two thirds of Chapter 20 showcase almost an identical scenario -- in mood, conflict, and soundtrack and sound effects -- to the episode "Jack and the Ultrabots" from Creator/GenndyTartakovsky's ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack''.
307	** On Nelvaan, during the cave trial, Anakin sees the Story of the Ghost Hand, where the hero fights a ''[[EldritchAbomination tatarigami]]'' and gains a cursed arm with incredible power. At first helpful to the village, it eventually devours them all. ''Very'' similar to the story of Ashitaka from [[Anime/PrincessMononoke Princess Mononoke]], and used to foreshadow the coming of Darth Vader.
308	* SilenceIsGolden: The series made excellent use of extended no-dialogue sequences, taking inspiration from Genndy's other work such as ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack''.
309	* SilentAntagonist: Strangely, Durge, whose only line in all of his screentime is a contained EvilLaugh. This contrasts to his portrayal in the comics, where he's a smooth talker that doesn't shut up even after being beheaded.
310	* SingleStrokeBattle: Asajj Ventress against the last of the gladiators.
311	* SkewedPriorities: As the Battle of Coruscant begins, C-3PO starts yelling at the battle droids about their programmers before Padme drags him away.
312	* SmokeShield: Used on Durge and Grievous.
313	* SpamAttack: General Grievous performs a defensive version of a spam attack while holding five Jedi at bay simultaneously, using their slain comrades' lightsabers!.
314	* SpareAMessenger: Grievous leaves Shaak Ti tied up in electrified cables to tell Mace Windu she failed to protect Chancellor Palpatine.
315	* SpinToDeflectStuff: General Grievous attacked five Jedi at once via judicious spinning of two lightsabers and his own rotating torso.
316	* StealthHiBye: Asajj Ventress's introduction.
317	* SternChase: Grievous against the Jedi protecting Palpatine in the finale of the series.
318	* StiffUpperLip: Palpatine's composure while Coruscant is under attack. It's easy to remain calm [[spoiler:when he secretly orchestrated the whole thing]].
319	* StockScream: When Grievous's [=MagnaGuards=] knock the clone troopers off a skyscraper, one of the troopers lets out a Wilhelm Scream. The scream is also heard from a clone thrown through the air by the seismic tank on Dantooine.
320	* StormingTheCastle: Averted. Obi-Wan and Anakin have been assigned to help out a siege effort of a clone army. Obi-Wan, bored out of his mind, asks Commander Cody how much longer it will take for them to take the enemy's position. Cody ''cheerfully'' responds three months, saying they're making good progress, while Obi-Wan moans about how long they've already been there. Then he and Anakin find an underground tunnel to sneak into the city, and take out its shields reactor, allowing the clones to storm all over it.
321	* AStormIsComing: The season 2 finale:
322	-->'''Yoda:''' Mmm. Darker, the coming storm grows. I fear the dark cloud of the Sith shrouds us all.
323	* StrangeSyntaxSpeaker: In one episode, Yoda uses a JediMindTrick on Captain Typho to get him to agree with his plan of saving two fellow Jedi. Hysterically, this leads to Typho speaking like him. Padme obviously sees right through it but is so amused that she just goes along with it.
324	* StylishProtectionGear: Amidala's ice planet outfit. Since it's a white camo SpyCatsuit (she is in a snow environment), it also doubles as FanService.
325	* SuperScream: Roron Corobb, due to Ithorians having four throats.
326	* SuperSpeed:
327	** Mace Windu races across a battlefield of B2 Droids and pummels them with RapidFireFisticuffs with some very handy help from the Force.
328	** Shaak Ti, who speeds towards [[spoiler:Palpatine once she realizes the magnaguards had been distracting her so the Grievous could get to the Chancellor.]]
329	** Asajj Ventress in her opening scene against the gladiators, speeding past several gladiators as one of them launches fireballs at her.
330	* SuperSoldier:
331	** Durge, who can be best described as a living HealingFactor clad in a walking armory.
332	** General Grievous, one of the greatest badasses in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' universe, was a cyborg. His finest display of power was shown here; at the Battle of Hypori, his first public appearance in the Clone Wars, he single-handedly defeated a team of seven Jedi, including Masters Ki-Adi Mundi, Shaak Ti, and Aayla Secura. He killed three of them, incapacitated another, and would almost certainly have killed the other three if a team of ARC troopers hadn't arrived at the last second and (somehow, without getting obliterated themselves) held him off. Grievous himself summed up this victory with a declaration of their imminent demise prior to the fight:
333	-->'''Grievous''':"Jedi! You are surrounded, your armies decimated. Make peace with the Force now, for this is your final hour. But know that I, General Grievous, am not completely without mercy. I shall grant you a warrior's death. Prepare!!!"
334	** The team of ARC troopers managed this because they were Super Soldiers themselves (to a much milder degree than Grievous, sure, but there were a lot more of them than there were of him). They held him at bay with impressive amounts of MoreDakka.
335	* ThickLineAnimation: The opposite of Tartakovsky's ''other'' [[WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack swordfighting series]].
336	* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: It does when it's a LaserBlade. Being able to control its path and call it back to your hand helps.
337	* TrainEscape: Used by the Jedi to end the fight with [=MagnaGuards=] at the train station.
338	* UnnecessarilyLargeInterior: The bridge of the Republic Cruisers.
339	* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: Playfully averted in the third season. Obi-Wan and Anakin are leading the siege of a city when Anakin discovers a secret way inside past the shields. In a deadpan voice, Obi-Wan says, "So I assume the plan is to crawl through the sewer, work our way to the shield generator, fight our way through the defenses, blow up the generator, knocking out the shield and all our troops swarm in and overwhelm the enemy?" They then do exactly that.
340	* UnwillingSuspension: Shaak Ti gets bound up by electric wires by General Grievous.
341	* UnwittingPawn: An interesting case in that, while she's completely willing to do what she's asked, she's not aware of the true reason behind the request. Ventress is sent after Anakin under the pretense that killing him will promote her into becoming a proper Sith. In reality, Darth Sidious does not expect her to win, and is only sent there to [[spoiler:drive Anakin closer to the Dark Side]].
342	* UseTheirOwnWeaponAgainstThem: Ventress knocks Anakin's lightsaber out of his hand in their fight. Undeterred, Anakin takes one of her lightsabers from her and forces her off a cliff with a series of vicious, aggressive strikes.
343	* VillainEpisode: A few episodes are devoted to some of the villains to showcase their abilities (usually in the form of a CurbStompBattle) before facing the heroes.
344	** Durge gets an episode dedicated to him and his EliteMooks laying waste to the Republic army before he faces Kenobi.
345	** Ventress gets an episode of nothing but her [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomping]] an arena of gladiators. She also has a follow up duel with Dooku before she flies off to battle Skywalker.
346	** Grievous' ''introduction'' is him dishing out the mother of all {{Curb Stomp Battle}}s to multiple Jedi.
347	* VisionQuest: Anakin goes on one that almost perfectly foretells his fall to the dark side. It even ends with a twisted (and rather horrifying) image of Darth Vader's mask.
348	* TheVoiceless: Despite being an important character (and not being a taciturn guy in any other adaptation), Durge never talks on-screen in the series, aside from a brief EvilLaugh.
349	* WaitHere: Yoda to Padmé. To her credit, Padmé does get out of the situation herself by taking out a couple of invisible mooks.
350	* WalkingArmory: Durge has a small arsenal of weapons at his disposal; these consist of [[GunsAkimbo a pair of blaster pistols]], an EpicFlail, two ArmCannons (one delivers a FlechetteStorm and the other is a [[FireBreathingWeapon flamethrower]]), and a pair of laser shields. Most of these are destroyed during his first fight with Obi-Wan.
351	* WeaponOfMassDestruction:
352	** The Seismic Tank. Unfortunately for the tank it encounters Mace Windu shortly after its appearance, but it definitely does a good job decimating a large amount of forces. Both Clones and Droids.
353	** The giant underwater cannon on Mon Calamari, it's strong enough to bisect one of the Republics ships. That one encounters Kit Fisto.
354	* WeatherControlMachine: An side-effect of whatever the Techno Union was doing on Nelvaan.
355	* WhileRomeBurns: Played with. As the Confederacy attacks Coruscant, Chancellor Palpatine remains in his office, sipping tea and ignoring the Jedi's encouragement to take shelter. And when the Jedi-killer General Grievous smashes through the window, Palpatine reacts by ''scolding'' Grievous. But this is all for show: unknown to anyone present, Palpatine is also Darth Sidious, the shadowy leader of the Confederacy. He makes no effort to protect himself because had arranged his own kidnapping.
356	* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Mace Windu uses the Force to crush Grievous' internal organs instead of fighting him hand-to-hand.
357	* WorfHadTheFlu:
358	** The show explains how easily Grievous managed to beat 5 Jedi at once. Dooku advises Grievous to exhaust and demoralize Jedi first before engaging them, and that [[KnowWhenToFoldThem it would be wise to flee otherwise]], which is what happens later on in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''. The Jedi that Grievous fought in his first appearance were visibly battle-worn and surrounded by Grievous' droid army. The one Jedi Grievous faces without exhausting first (Mace Windu) [[CurbStompBattle quickly crippled him]] by Force-crushing his chest, where Grievous' remaining internal organs are housed.
359	** Speaking of which, this also preemptively throws out some rationalizations for the VillainDecay General Grievous suffered in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''. Grievous barely recovers from Windu's attack and it's implied to be the source of [[IncurableCoughOfDeath the persistent cough]] that he has in ''Revenge Of The Sith''.
360	* WronskiFeint: Anakin, pursued by a large numbers of enemy fighters, orders his squadron of clone pilots to fire their missiles across the bow of a capital ship and then lures the enemy fighters into the path of the missiles, and carries over some of the missiles to one of the enemy carriers.
361	* XRaySparks: Asajj Ventress, on the receiving end of Dooku's Force lightning.
362	* YouShallNotPass: Shaak Ti against the [=MagnaGuards=]. Subverted horribly -- [[spoiler:Grievous is already waiting in the shelter she's guarding]].

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