Line #24 YMMV/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers


1	%%* AccidentalInnuendo: ''Buzzwang''? Seriously?
2	* AmericansHateTingle: While the German dub was ''amazing'' and some of the characters may have come across even better in the German dub than the original English, Doc's dialogue was edited, which obscured the fact that most of his lines are pure SarcasmMode.
3	* AngstWhatAngst: For a guy who is supposedly obsessed with saving his wife from her FateWorseThanDeath, Zachary Foxx spends most of the show going about his business with a just-another-day-at-the-office-attitude, with just about everyone from Zachary to the show's own ''writers'' forgetting about the subplot of his wife.
4	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The soundtrack is a combination of prog-rock and AOR, was cooked up by John Van Tongeren (the guy who went on to score ''Series/TheFortyFourHundred'', ''Series/TheOuterLimits1995'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfTarzan'') and Peter Wetzler. Cult bands FM and Refugee sang tracks on it, and when Koch asked what extras should be on the DVD, the ''unanimous'' vote was for a soundtrack.
5	* BizarroEpisode: Some people dislike "Mothmoose", and any episode featuring Buzzwang, because their comedic tone clashes with the straight adventure episodes favored by fans. Also, "Mothmoose" doesn't feature ''any'' of the Rangers--the heroes are Zach's children and the Kiwi Kids (which is {{lampshaded}} by Commander Walsh explaining that the Rangers aren't available).
6	* CanonFodder: CharacterDevelopment on the main four and several {{Recurring Character}}s, ScrewedByTheNetwork, a couple of plot arcs that are LeftHanging, massive amounts of BackStory that was implied in two or three lines, several {{Noodle Incident}}s, and just enough of a nascent MythArc to hold it together.
7	* CargoShip: Wildfire seems a little bit more affectionate towards his ship's AI than normal.
8	* ClicheStorm: The theme song's one.
9	-->"No guts no glory! No pain no gain! One for all, all for one! Riders on the range!"
10	* CompleteMonster: [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen The Queen of the Crown]] is an evil [[SorcerousOverlord sorceress]] who starts off by ambushing Kirwin, and putting a heavy bounty on humans for every two-bit thug in the galaxy. She is [[HumanResources mashing the humans down]] to power Slaver Lords, artificial creatures through which she can see, hear, and administer her Empire; this is not only an exceedingly painful process, but leaves the victim [[AndIMustScream fully awake and aware of what's happened]]. The Queen also slaughtered millions on the planet of Tortuna, leaving a few domed cities behind in a lot of wasteland. She was hunting humans because the last race she used to power Slaver Lords has been hunted to near-extinction and she needed replacements. If that wasn't bad enough, she enslaves an entire planet, making the inhabitants work in concentration camp conditions to build a massive hyperspace cannon she uses to blow a chunk out of Earth's moon, threatening to do worse to Earth unless they gave her 5,000 humans in tribute. On a personal level, she uses the only psychocrystal she's made from a human--Zach's wife--to commit MindRape nightly on both of them.
11	* DrinkingGame: [[http://home.mindspring.com/~allronix/galaxy_rangers/gr_fic/grdrink.htm Here]].
12	* {{Fanon}}: Because the series is rather obscure, there are only a handful of fanfic writers, many of who work or have worked collaboratively. As a result, there are several elements (such as a "surname" for Niko) that keep showing up.
13	* FanNickname: Robert Mandell is called "Sir Robert" and Chris Rowley's nickname is "Master Kaymo," a reference to Rowley's Dragon series.
14	* FriendlyFandoms: With ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuestTheRealAdventures'' due to their similar tone, tropes, and several prominent FanFic writers.
15	** A lot of the Rangers fanficcers also enjoy ''Series/{{Leverage}}'', part because Hardison and Spencer's banter can read a ''lot'' like Doc and Goose's.
16	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: ''[[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers Galaxy Rangers]]'' was more popular in England and Europe than its country of origin; Germany got the entire series on [=DVD=] before America did. Also see MerchandiseDriven on [[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers the main page]].
17	* HilariousInHindsight:
18	** The HappilyMarried, ByTheBookCop...played by the future [[Franchise/LawAndOrder Lenny Briscoe]]
19	*** Hell, the narration portion of the theme song even contains the words "Law and Order".
20	** One episode is titled [[spoiler:"[[Franchise/StargateVerse Stargate]]"]], and the plot involves securing a large [[MirrorUniverse dimensional doorway]] before the villains capture it. Niko notes that "Readings indicate incredible power surging!" and that beings of immense power are trapped on the other side because [[spoiler:the Stargate is locked with no way of opening it]]. [[note]]The episode premiered 8 years before the ''Film/{{Stargate}}'' film. And three unrelated science-fiction novels named ''Stargate'' had already been released by 1983. The term "stargate" was not unknown.[[/note]]
21	* {{Narm}}: Shane "Goose" Gooseman's voice. He's supposed to sound like Creator/ClintEastwood ([[ComicBookFantasyCasting the actor he was modeled on]]) but where Clint had a soft yet raspy, menacing voice Doug Preis plays Shane with a voice that can only be described as nasally, which seriously undermines his mysterious tough guy ladies man persona.
22	* NarmCharm:
23	** Shane "Goose" Gooseman's very name. Seriously, Shane ''Gooseman''? While it's easy to see that his first name is obviously a reference to the 1950s western classic ''Film/{{Shane}}'', his surname is just plain silly, even for an 80s cartoon. Then again, the inherent silliness of a name like ''Gooseman'' might just add to the show's darker than usual yet still very retro 80s charm.
24	** The theme song is a very 80s ClicheStorm but damn if it isn't catchy.
25	* NightmareFuel: A surprisingly large amount for a cartoon from the mid 1980s. Inferred genocides, animal cruelty, BodyHorror, MindRape... oh my. Go [[NightmareFuel/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers here]] for specifics.
26	* PeripheryDemographic: The show was more popular among teens and young adults than the [[MerchandiseDriven toy-buying]] grade school boys that the producers hoped to attract.
27	* RetroactiveRecognition: Zachary Foxx was one of Creator/JerryOrbach's earlier roles long before ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' and ''Series/LawAndOrder'' came out. It's a little hard to recognize his younger voice without the New York accent and trademark [[DeadpanSnarker snark]] that made Lenny Briscoe a star, but it's the same guy.
28	* ShipToShipCombat: May be the only fandom on Earth where it's completely {{inverted}}. Despite a sizable body of FanFic, most of the fanbase goes with the "canon" or WordOfGod 'ships; [[HappilyMarried Zach / Eliza]], [[ShipTease Goose / Niko]], and [[GiveGeeksAChance Doc / Maya]].
29	* TheScrappy: When Chris Rowley was watching a marathon put on at a small sci-fi convention, he called out "Oh, Buzzwang, we wanted to kill him so badly." The rest of the audience said (almost in unison) "So did we!"
30	* SpiritualSuccessor: Modern fans sometimes explain this as ''Franchise/MassEffect'' [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' with a glorious dose of "what if they were made in TheEighties?"
31	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: [[spoiler:The subplot regarding the FateWorseThanDeath for Eliza Foxx, wife of Zachary Foxx, is often glossed over to the point of being pretty much forgotten by everyone in the show, including Zachary himself. When one learns that Niko had a crush on him some episodes later you're tempted to wonder why he didn't go after her... until you remember that he is in fact ''married''.]]
32	* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Genocide, on-screen death, a DatingCatwoman (or at least shagging her) situation in "Renegade Rangers", slavery, torture, ''massive'' aversions of NeverSayDie (with the on-screen body count to back it up)... even Mandell admits the show's writing "flew over the heads of six year olds."

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