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5	''The Avengers: United They Stand'' is an {{animated series}} from [[TheNineties 1999]] starring Creator/MarvelComics' superhero team, ComicBook/TheAvengers. Unfortunately, due to plans for live-action movies, ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, ComicBook/IronMan and ComicBook/TheMightyThor couldn't be used as full members ([[DemotedToExtra Thor only appeared in the opening credits, and Cap and Iron Man made single-episode guest appearances]]), leaving ComicBook/AntMan of all people as TheLeader. The rest of the roster included ComicBook/TheWasp, ComicBook/TheVision, ComicBook/ScarletWitch, ComicBook/TheFalcon, ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}, Tigra, and ComicBook/WonderMan.
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7	Marvel briefly published a comic-book tie-in. Written by Ty Templeton, he managed to tell some accessible, fun, classic Avengers stories. He even managed to perfectly update "Even an Android Can Cry" ''and'' work in a guest appearance by Devil Dinosaur and Moon Boy.
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9	The show ran for only 13 episodes on Creator/FoxKids.
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11	The show's version of Tigra would later appear in ''Film/ChipNDaleRescueRangers2022''.
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13	!!This Marvel animation provides examples of:
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15	%% * ActionGirl: Tigra, Scarlet Witch, and the Wasp are all formidable heroines on the team.
16	* AdaptationNameChange: The Falcon's nephew is called Andrew rather than Jim or Jody.
17	* AdaptationTitleChange: The cartoon added the sub-title ''United They Stand''.
18	* AdvertisedExtra: When the complete series was released on DVD to cash in on the popularity of the live-action ''[[Film/TheAvengers2012 Avengers]]'' movie, Captain America and Iron Man were given the most prominent real estate on the cover. This is despite them only appearing in one episode each.
19	* AffablyEvil: Swordsman, Clint/Hawkeye's old mentor, was just as evil when Clint bumped heads with him again in the current day, but he was no less amicable toward his old partner even when they inevitably ended up fighting, trading him some sincere [[CombatCompliment combat compliments]].
20	-->"''I taught you'' too ''well!''"
21	* AFatherToHisMen: Ant-Man tries to be a reasonable and caring leader to the rest of the Avengers, in spite of his inadequacies.
22	* AIIsACrapshoot: Not just Ultron, but some equipment of his that somehow fuses with plant matter ''and comes alive'' in "Remnants".
23	* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Ant-Man feels this towards Captain America in his guest episode, due to the latter’s LivingLegend status.
24	* AnimatedAdaptation: Of ''ComicBook/TheAvengers''.
25	* {{Animesque}}: The use of PoweredArmor and lengthy {{Transformation Sequence}}s in every episode especially give off this vibe.
26	%% * AttackPatternAlpha: Used all over the place. There's even a "Containment maneuver #12".
27	* BattleCouple: Ant-Man & Wasp, a HappilyMarried couple, along with Wonder Man & Scarlet Witch, whose relationship drives the ongoing b-plot.
28	* BigBadEnsemble: Ultron is the primary villain in the opening two parter and appears in a few more episodes. The Zodiac are also a recurring threat, playing out machinations in a couple episodes and taking the lead in the finale.
29	* BigRedDevil: Invoked with Taurus’s character design, who's actually a minotaur but is also ''really'' red.
30	* ByThePowerOfGrayskull: The series had Ant-Man screaming "Avengers Assemble!!" followed by the transformation sequence of 3/4 of the team putting on powered armor. Scarlet Witch, Tigra and The Vision didn't wear any, being mutants and a robot respectively, so they were left out of the transformation sequence.
31	* ComicBookAdaptation: A 13 issue one written by Ty Templeton.
32	* CompositeCharacter: The team's government liaison is a thin, clean-shaven ObstructiveBureaucrat named Raymond Sikorski. He bears little resemblance to his comic counterpart, a portly, mustachioed man who was generally helpful to the Avengers, and has much more in common with Henry Peter Gyrich, Sikorski's predecessor in the comics. In fact, the animated Sikorski's physical appearance and meddling nature (right down to forcing The Falcon onto the team) come directly from Gyrich.
33	* CoversAlwaysLie: Wonder Man and the Vision are shown in the same lineup, despite the latter only existing due to the former’s DeathByOriginStory.
34	* DaChief: Mr. Sikorski is the main authority figure the Avengers work with and he tends to be belligerent towards them.
35	* DeathMeansHumanity: In the episode "Remnants," The Avengers consider killing the robots they discover on the island, but aren't sure if the robots matter morally or not and decide to avoid killing them until they can be sure. Eventually they discover that the robots will kill everyone else on Earth and have the UN nuke the island. They deeply regret the robots' deaths and feel just as bad as if they had been forced to kill humans.
36	* DemotedToExtra: ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, ComicBook/IronMan and [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]], in spite of being very prominent members of the team in the comics, are reduced to cameos as portraits and/or one-time guest appearances.
37	* EnvironmentSpecificActionFigure: Besides having snap-on armor, every Avenger got an alternate costume whenever they went somewhere weird (the jungle, underwater, outer space, etc.), almost certainly as potential toy fodder.
38	** Ultron might count too, with how the show portrays him as mainly just the head, which is inserted into a new body for whatever the situation calls for.
39	* FantasticRacism: The witches of New Salem are pretty much known for being persecuted in history, yet they call out Scarlet Witch for being a ''mutant''.
40	* HappilyMarried: Ant-Man and the Wasp are married and love each other dearly.
41	* HiddenElfVillage: New Salem, Scarlet Witch's old training grounds. She visits the place in the penultimate episode to gain the aid of her mentor Agatha in reviving Wonder Man from his coma.
42	* JerkassHasAPoint: Sikorski can be pretty obnoxious at times, but he is right that the team sometimes lacks discipline and can be needlessly reckless in the field. Hawkeye failing the President in the first episode is one such example.
43	* LeftHanging: The series ends with [[spoiler:the Zodiacs getting what they were after, and able to turn the Zodiac Key, while Wonder Man's powers have been rendered unstable due to the Zodiacs' DoomsdayDevice, and Ant-Man votes to drop him from the team.]] ''That's it.''
44	* LethalJokeCharacter: Egghead may be a ridiculous villain, but he has just enough knowledge of manipulating Pym particles to ''nearly kill Ant-Man.''
45	* ManBehindTheMan: Swordsman, who convinced his old pal Hawkeye to join his group, was acting under orders from Taurus.
46	* MerchandiseDriven: Very evident where the heroes wore brightly colored, {{Animesque}} battle armor for no apparent reason other than to shill toys; this is made even more blatant by the fact that [[ComicBook/IronMan one of the superheroes]] ''[[ComicBook/IronMan who's most well-known for doing that sort of thing]]'' is relegated to a cameo. One wonders if they had him in mind when they came up with the armor idea but realized too late that he wasn't on the table.
47	* MirroringFactions: The people of New Salem started that community because of the prejudice and hatred they received from normal humans. Scarlet Witch [[NotSoDifferentRemark insists she can relate, due to being a mutant]].
48	* MultipleHeadcase: Gemini from The Zodiac is depicted as a two-headed alien (one male head and one female head) with four arms.
49	* MythologyGag: Like in the comics, it's mentioned in "Command Decision" that Captain America and Falcon have a history of working together.
50	* TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness: The Zodiac, a group of constellation-themed foes who have a fiendish plot in the works. Not that that plot was ever really explained, though, but it's apparently a big deal.
51	* OpponentSwitch: The Avengers do this to defeat the Masters of Evil in their episode.
52	* OrganicTechnology: In "Remnants", some technology Ultron left lying around somehow turns into this when fused with the local flora.
53	* OvershadowedByAwesome: Hank spends Captain America's guest appearance grousing because practically everyone is singing Cap's praises and listening to him.
54	* PoweredArmor: The show gave most of the Avengers suits of battle armor that they wore over their existing costumes, complete with a OncePerEpisode TransformationSequence. Given the emphasis on the show's toyline, this was almost certainly an attempt at making the heroes more "[[MerchandiseDriven toyetic]]".
55	* ThePlan: Hank will never go into battle without one. When asked “what if it didn't work”, Ant-Man replies "You know, that never even crossed my mind."
56	* RedHerring: The MonsterOfTheWeek in "Remnants" looks to all the world like ComicBook/ManThing, but is actually plant matter fused with Ultron's technology.
57	* RetCanon: The comics' Falcon briefly wears the armor he wears on this show.
58	* RingsOfActivation: Whenever Vision turns [[{{Intangibility}} intangible]] or [[NighInvulnerability extra dense]], a red ring materializes around and passes up or down his body.
59	* SacrificialLamb: Wonder Man, who's very quickly put into a coma while setting up the Vision's origin.
60	* SayMyName: "HENRY!" said by Wasp whenever she or Ant-Man are in peril.
61	* ShoutOut: Ant-Man in his microship maneuvers between ''the keys on a keyboard'', looking for all the world like [[Film/ANewHope the trench run.]]
62	* SixthRanger: The first episode establishes Ant-Man, Wasp, Hawkeye, Tigra, Wonder Man, and Scarlet Witch have been members for sometime. Falcon and Vision are formally added to the team at the end of the second episode. Of course, they were in the opening credits, so it's not a surprise.
63	* SoProudOfYou: "Command Decision" ends with Captain America saying Hank has done him and the other founding members proud.
64	* StockFootage: The transformation sequences are always reused in every episode to save money on animation costs.
65	* {{Stripperiffic}}: Tigra’s outfit leaves little to the imagination.
66	** Hawkeye's old circus costume from "Comes a Swordsman" is a male version of this. And unnecessarily so.
67	* TeamMemberInTheAdaptation: {{Inverted\|Trope}}, with the Avengers' Big Three (ComicBook/IronMan, ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, and [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]]) not being part of the team in this version. Despite being present in the opening sequence, Tony and Cap appear in one episode each, and Thor never appears at all.
68	* TransformationSequence: Ant-Man, Wasp, Hawkeye and Falcon's snap-on armor appears over their bodies when they prepare for battle.
69	* WeWillMeetAgain: In his final appearance, Ultron is sent crashing into an abyss, but he promises to escape and face the team again one day.
70	* WesternZodiac: The motifs of the Zodiac, a whole group of themed villains from outer space, with Taurus as the acting leader.
71	* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: {{Discussed\|Trope}} and {{averted\|trope}} in the episode "Remnants." The Avengers consider killing the robots they discover on the island, but aren't sure if the robots matter morally or not and decide to avoid killing them until they can be sure. [[spoiler:Eventually they discover that the robots will kill everyone else on Earth and have the UN nuke the island. They deeply regret the robots' deaths and feel just as bad as if they had been forced to kill humans]].
72	* WhatTheHellHero: There are several instances of the heroes being chewed out for making bad decisions. Hawkeye in the first episode for leaving his post and the president getting hurt. Later Ant-Man for seemingly giving in to the demands of Kang when he took Wasp hostage. [[UnspokenPlanGuarantee Though in that case it was a plan which worked, so everybody was cool with it.]]
73	* WolverinePublicity: When Marvel finally released a DVD collection to coincide with the popularity of the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'', Captain America and Iron Man were given the most prominent placement on the box, despite the fact that they ''only appeared in one episode each''. The actual Avengers highlighted in the show like The Wasp, The Falcon, and Hawkeye were all shunted off to the side, including Ant-Man, who was actually ''the leader and the main character''.
74	* XanatosGambit: During an episode, newly introduced villains the Zodiac hijack a series of nuclear weapons satellites, which our heroes believe are being used to hold the world hostage and promptly destroy. Turns out, they ''wanted'' the satellites destroyed, as they were obstructing their view of a celestial convergence needed to turn their [[ArtifactofDoom giant astronomical key]] and bring them one step closer to universal domination.
75	* YouDontLookLikeYou:
76	** Ultron can swap out every part of his body for whichever reason, giving him several different appearances. He's even missing his feelers in "Remnants".
77	** Kang barely looks anything like how he appears in the comics.
78	* YouHaveFailedMe: At the end of "Comes a Swordsman", Taurus punishes Swordsman for his failure by ordering his minions to tear him into twelve pieces.
79	* YouKilledMyFather: This show's Baron Zemo has been under the impression that Captain America killed his father ie. the previous Baron Zemo. In actual fact, [[KarmicDeath it was his own shots reflected off the vibranium shield that did it.]]
80	* ZodiacMotifs: The Zodiac Crime Syndicate shows up as villains.

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