Line #26 WesternAnimation/SushiPack


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2	[[caption-width-right:330:Top row, L-R: [[TheLeader Tako]], [[MellowFellow Maguro]]. Bottom row, L-R: [[HairTriggerTemper Ikura]], [[KidAppealCharacter Wasabi]], [[LittleMissBadass Kani]].]]
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4	''Sushi Pack'' is a children's SaturdayMorningCartoon featuring a team of items from a sushi menu, jolted to life thanks to a bolt of [[LightningCanDoAnything lightning]]. The Pack consists of Tako (octopus), Maguro (tuna), Kani (crab), Ikura (salmon roe) and Wasabi, who together battle evildoers and learn life lessons. They live in an organic donut shop with their human friend and [[{{Mentors}} mentor]] Ben. Despite the superhero element of the story, violence is used only as a last resort.
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6	The show was co-created by Tom Ruegger of ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' fame and Nicholas Hollander, and produced by American Greetings and Creator/DiCEntertainment (notable for being the latter's final cartoon before Creator/CookieJarEntertainment acquired them). The show aired on Creator/{{CBS}}' [=KEWLopolis=] block from November 2007 to February 2009 for 2 seasons.
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11	* AchillesHeel: Heat is the only weakness for most of the Pack. Wasabi can take the heat, but in turn he can't stand extreme cold.
12	* AesopAmnesia: The cast frequently ends up offending Wasabi and needing to apologize.
13	* AndThatsTerrible: "You were teasing Wasabi and teasing hurts!"
14	* {{Animesque}}: A mix of this and regular cartoon style.
15	* AnthropomorphicFood: The main characters are assorted kinds of sushi and hot mustard that have been uplifted via lightning.
16	* ArentYouForgettingSomeone: In "Sushis of a Certain Stature," the Pack think that the town is putting up a statue of them, since it's announced as "Wharf City's Greatest Hero." It's actually of Kato Platypus, who was more active years earlier.
17	%%* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: Volta from "Starring Ikura"
18	%%* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Ikura in "A Very Big Deal"
19	* AttackOfTheKillerWhatever: In "Pants On Fire", Unagi develops the ability to bring anything from traffic lights to a jungle gym to ''bagels'' to murderous life.
20	* BadassInDistress: Satellightning's return episode involves him needing to be rescued from the bottom of the sea. Bear in mind this is someone who [[CurbStompBattle schooled]] the police, the army, and The Pack [[LetsYouAndHimFight when they fought him]] in his debut episode.
21	* BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad: Sir Darkly. He appears to be a manifestation of evil, so it's [[JustifiedTrope justified]].
22	%%* BadPowersBadPeople
23	%%* BarrierWarrior: Maguro.
24	* BlushSticker: Kani, Maguro, and Mochi Mochiato have them.
25	* CardboardPrison: The only villain shown consistently in jail is The Collector.
26	%%* CareBearStare: Maguro occasionally uses her mental powers in this way.
27	* CarnivoreConfusion: Played rather disturbingly in that the Pack actually ''remembers'' their past lives as animals (save Wasabi, who was a plant instead). This means that not only should they remember ''dying'', but somebody was actually cruel enough to slaughter intelligent, talking animals.
28	* CityOfAdventure: Wharf City.
29	%%* CollectorOfTheStrange: One villain called, appropriately, The Collector. %% Is there a specific thing he collects?
30	%%** TheCollector: "Collect 'Em All".
31	* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Titanium Chef punishes Mochi Mochiato by having her teammates ridicule her.
32	* CuteBruiser: The entire Pack. They're a team of cute and tiny anthropomorphic food-based critters... who have superpowers they use to fight crime and defend an entire city.
33	* ADogNamedPerro: The main characters and most of the Legion of Low Tide are based on and named after primarily animal-based dishes in Japanese cuisine. The Sushi Pack has Tako the octopus and Kani the crab, while Maguro and Ikura are respectively named after the Japanese words for tuna meat and salmon roe. The Legion of Low Tide has Fugu the blowfish, Unagi the eel, and Uni the sea urchin, while Toro's name refers to fatty cuts of tuna meat.
34	* EasyImpersonation: In "The Wrong Sushi," Tako, Maguro, Kani, and Wasabi are convicted of a crime, despite presented video evidence showing what is obviously the Legion of Low Tide made up to look like the Pack.
35	* EdibleThemeNaming: Each of the members of the Pack has a name relating to what food they were before the lightning strike.
36	%%* EnemyMine: With Unagi in "Lights On, Lights Off" and "The Thing That Wasn't There".
37	%%* EnemyToAllLivingThings: Sir Darkly.
38	* EveryEpisodeEnding: Every episode ends with the Pack jumping into the air and shouting "Sushi Pack!" The only exception is the episode "Lights On, Lights Off", when [[EnemyMine Unagi helped them save the day]] and all six of them shouted "Go Planet Earth!"
39	%%* EvilCounterpart: The Legion of Low Tide.
40	%%* {{Eyedscreen}}
41	* EyepatchOfPower: Tako wears a fake eyepatch.
42	%%* FairWeatherMentor: Titanium Chef.
43	%%* FatAndProud: Oleander.
44	* FireBreathingDiner: Ben drinks some hot sauce and has this reaction in "Red Hot Chili Planet".
45	* FreakyFridayFlip: Wasabi and Mayor Martin in "Everybody is Some Body"
46	%%* FriendlyEnemy: Mochi and Unagi.
47	%%* GadgeteerGenius: Kani.
48	* GoldfishPoopGang: The Legion of Low Tide, basically.
49	%%* HadesShaded: Oleander.
50	%%* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The downfall of many of the villains.
51	%%* HowWeGotHere: "So Says Who?"
52	* HumongousMecha: B.O.B. ([[FunWithAcronyms Being of Bamboo]]). Huge to the Pack, normal-sized to us.
53	* HypocriticalHumor: From "Deep Freeze":
54	-->'''Titanium Chef''': Maguro is not one of us. She's different. We don't tolerate difference. Right, boys?\
55	'''Toro''': We can barely tolerate ourselves.
56	%%* ICanSeeMyHouseFromHere: "A Very Big Deal"
57	%%* InnerMonologue: Tako.
58	%%* InsultBackfire
59	* IntelligibleUnintelligible: Wasabi. Oddly, Ben ends up speaking his exact dialect of this trope after drinking hot sauce.
60	%%* IronicEchoCut: "So Says Who?"
61	%%* JamesBondage
62	%%* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee
63	* LegoGenetics: In "Fish Tales," a special bisque made with DNA from Kani's shell turns Oleander into a [[HalfHumanHybrid Crab Person]].
64	* MeaningfulName: The Pack's names all relate to the kind of food they were before uplifting via lightning.
65	* MerchandiseDriven: It's made by a greeting card company. Averted somewhat, as the only known merchandise of the show appears to be for promotional purposes only.
66	%%* MindOverManners
67	%%* MiracleGroMonster: The monsters in "Rex Marks the Spot".
68	%%* MirrorUniverse: "Mirror Schmirror"
69	%%* MixAndMatchCritters: Paradoxter created some in "Near Miss."
70	%%* MonsterOfTheAesop
71	%%* TheNapoleon: Kani.
72	* NoodleImplements: In "When Will Ben be Zen?," Wasabi's plan to help Ben involves him wearing mukluks for some reason.
73	* NotMeThisTime: In "The Thing That Wasn't There," an electrical creature that [[ByTheEyesOfTheBlind only Maguro can see]] is causing havoc all over the city. Since the attacks all have to do with electricity, the rest of the Pack assume that Unagi, the electric eel member of [[EvilCounterpart The Legion of Low Tide]] is up to no good. When they confront him, he denies having anything to do with it.
74	* OutOfCharacterMoment: When Maguro flips out at Tako in "But Is It Art?".
75	--> '''Maguro''': "If I wasn't so in time with my inner tuna, ''I'd go barracuda in him!''"
76	%%* PerkyFemaleMinion: Mochi Mochiato.
77	%%* PersonalRaincloud: Sir Darkly, on occasion.
78	%%* PsychoElectricEel: Unagi.
79	* ThePsychoRangers: The Fried Food Fighting Force were created as this. They ended up [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal turning on Oleander]] after discovering she [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness planned to eat them later]].
80	%%* TheRashomon: "So Says Who?"
81	* RememberTheNewGuy: A few villains have "returned" in their debut episode (Oleander, Paradoxtor, Sir Darkly, to name a few).
82	* RepeatingSoTheAudienceCanHear: Used occasionally by the Pack to translate Wasabi's "mustard speak" for the viewers.
83	%%* RhymesOnADime: This line from "Give Peas A Chance":
84	%%--> '''Chief Flume''': It's a mess. Carrots, corn, green beans, and a clump of weird frozen peas! %% Given quote does not appear to be a proper rhyme.
85	%%* RoguesGallery
86	* ShoeShineMister: In "Chemicals Made From Dirt," the Titanium Chef's evil plan involves shoeshine, even though his own minions point out that no one shines his shoes in this day and age. However, his plan also involves the power of peer pressure, and sure enough, everyone wants to get his shoes shined to be "cool". One boy even volunteers to help them shine shoes.
87	%%* SmallNameBigEgo: Tako and his art.
88	%%* TeamMom: Maguro.
89	* TeamTitle: The show is named after the superhero team it's about.
90	* TitleThemeTune: "Sushi, sushi, sushi, sushi, Sushi Pack!"
91	%%* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Kani and Maguro, respectively.
92	%%* TomeOfEldritchLore: Titanium Chef's "Book of Chum Chop".
93	%%* TVNeverLies: "Sweet Tooth"
94	%%* TheUnintelligible: Wasabi.
95	* VillainousGlutton: Oleander doesn't care that the protagonists are sentient, they're still food to her.
96	%%* VillainTeamUp: "The Yam Yakkers" and "Fair Share For Sure"
97	* VoicesAreMental: Wasabi remains TheUnintelligible when in Mayor Martin's body. Martin's secretary can still understand him because "[[TakeThat All politicians speak gibberish]]."
98	%%* WalkingWasteland: Sir Darkly.
99	%%* WeWantOurJerkBack: "Chemicals Made From Dirt".
100	* WordSchmord: The episode title "Mirror Schmirror".
101	%%* YouJustRuinedTheShot: "Starring Ikura".

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