One of several unwritten series created by troper
Mark Lungo,
V.I.C.T.O.R.R.S. is a tribute to the
Merchandise Driven adventure cartoons of
The Eighties. (It was inspired by a similar tribute,
Cartoon Action Hour—especially
Warriors of the Cosmos, the creators' love letter to
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.) The characters are
Funny Animals, but
V.I.C.T.O.R.R.S. is more serious than
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987. The intended tone is closer to something like
SWAT Kats, leavened by the clever, character-based humor of series like
The Real Ghostbusters and
Kim Possible.
The premise: Virnu is a
Krypton-esque world where super science and ancient sorcery meet epic heroism and over-the-top villainy. Every day seems to bring a new threat: Cyborg gangsters, sadistic ghosts, alien invaders, traitorous conspirators—you name it. Fortunately, the planet is protected by the V.I.C.T.O.R.R.S., a heroic
Badass Crew who use technology, magic and
The Power of Friendship to keep their world safe. You can learn more about the V.I.C.T.O.R.R.S. and their friends and foes at
the character sheet.
Be warned that anything you read here or on the character sheet (especially character names) is subject to change.
Tropes:
- Action Girl: Most of the female characters.
- Amazing Technicolor Wildlife: Virnu has a wider range of fur colors than the real world.
- Animal Superheroes/Badass Crew: The V.I.C.T.O.R.R.S., of course.
- Badass: All over the place. Virnu isn't quite a World of Badass, but it's close.
- Barefoot Cartoon Animals: The entire cast...except for the human astronauts who show up in one story.
- Battle Couple: Bravurso and Avonova.
- Casual Danger Dialogue
- City of Adventure/Shining City: Raltca, the capitol city of Virnu.
- Constructed World/A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far Far Away...
- Cool Bike: Avonova's Miniceptor.
- Cyberpunk: The city of Neondis is based on this trope.
- Dysfunction Junction: Many of the villains, including all of the Scourge Brigade.
- Earn Your Happy Ending
- Fantastic Racism: A war instigated by dragons is part of the Back Story. In the present day, dragons are often regarded with suspicion, even if they had nothing to do with the war.
- Fantastic Science
- Fantasy Counterpart Culture: Including a band of wanderers who are based on the Roma and the Irish Travellers.
- Fantasy Kitchen Sink: Any fantasy or sci-fi element that can kick off a good story (and doesn't contradict the earlier stories) might show up here.
- Fish People: A whole race of them, one of whom is the V.I.C.T.O.R.R.S.' Gadgeteer Genius.
- Five-Bad Band: The Scourge Brigade.
- Five-Man Band: The first lineup of the V.I.C.T.O.R.R.S.
- Fun with Acronyms: The series title stands for Virnu International Council Team—Organized Rapid Response Squad.
- Functional Magic
- Good Cop/Bad Cop: Bravurso and Loklobo do this occasionally. When Avonova joins the team, she takes over from Loklobo.
- Haunted House: The V.I.C.T.O.R.R.S. have to fight their way out of one.
- Lions and Tigers and Humans... Oh, My!: When human astronauts show up on Virnu.
- Magic A is Magic A
- Magic from Technology
- Mini Mecha: Bravurso uses one.
- Multinational Team: The V.I.C.T.O.R.R.S., the Scourges and the Mean Spirits are all examples.
- Non-Lethal Warfare: The V.I.C.T.O.R.R.S.' specialty.
- Personality Powers: Inverted with Talsa and Jenca. Boisterous Bruiser Talsa has the power of Invisibility, while Shrinking Violet Jenca has Shock and Awe powers in her Super Mode.
- Post Modern Magik
- Power Crystal: The power source for a lot of Virnu technology.
- Schizo Tech
- Secret Government Warehouse: The Archive of Specialized Knowledge, usually called the A.S.K. If the V.I.C.T.O.R.R.S. take a Lost Superweapon or Artifact of Doom from one of their opponents, they'll drop it off here.
- Spot the Imposter: The plot of an intended story in which one of the V.I.C.T.O.R.R.S. and one of the Scourges pose as each other.
- Team Title
- True Companions: The V.I.C.T.O.R.R.S. are a prime example.
- Two Girls to a Team: Noctonda and Prismira. Then Avonova shows up and makes the team a Gender Equal Ensemble.
- Weird Science
- World of Funny Animals
- Your Worst Nightmare: The Mean Spirits do this to their victims.
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