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* MundaneUtility: The Joyce/Verigreen hero's weapon is a guitar that shoots colour, meaning that when payed it provides its own fireworks. Most of the big Yuk/Krud weapons were in fact designed as logging equipment.

* EvilIsDeathlyCold: Played with; Bakrakra/Catheter III is always freezing cold, to the point her personal chambers are depicted with flickering flames like the interior of a furnace, and her demand to be kept warm and toasty fuels the Yuk/Krud war against the Joyces/Verigreens. It's left unclear if the cold is due to living in the icy and dreary surroundings of the swamp, or if it's a physical manifestation of her own heartless nature.

There are two different English-language dubs; an American one and a British one. The American dub is far more faithful to the original scripts, but has been criticized for treating its audience like morons unable to understand subtle dialogue. The UK dub, on the other hand, changed some names, dialogue, and characterization to make a more comedic tone. A good example of the stylistic difference is that in the French and American version the frog mechs are called "Koa the Frog" or "Koas", while in the British dub that is translated to "Stereoscopic Hydrolic Amphibious Personnel Relocation Units" or for short, "Frogbuckets".

* HumongousMecha: The Yuk/Kruds use a number of these through the series, including a massive beetle-like airship that trails huge cutting blades to mow through flower forests, and the iconic Koa the Frog/Sterioscopic Hydrolic Amphibious Personal Relocation Unit (a.k.a. "Frogbucket"), a two-pilot frog-shaped vehicle that bounds around on its two legs and uses iron jaws to bite through flowers and foes.

* PostModernMagick: In the US dub, at least, Fulgor's father is as much a sorcerer as he is a scientist and that is why he can create wonders like Gallopus. He's also a mechanic who is able to shoot lightning from his fingertips, as Fulgor gets a rather painful demonstration in the final episode.

* StupidEvil[=/=]TooDumbToLive: In the above-mentioned EnemyMine episode, Lord Krabo sabotages the asteroid-busting energy-blaster so it is instead locked onto the Flower City, in hopes of ending the war in favor of the Yuks once and for all. Completely ignoring that if the asteroid isn't blown up, they'll be dead.
* {{Technobabble}}: Teknocratus does a bit of this but for Synapse it is his primary mode of communication (See HumongousMecha).
* TheNapoleon: Lord Krabo

* FiveManBand
** BigBad -- Queen Bakrakra/Catheter's Prime Minister Lord Krabo/ Draffsack. Mostly avoids VillainDecay on the very reasonable grounds that [[SurroundedByIdiots his agents are the ones who mess up, not him.]]
** TheDragon -- Commander of the Yuk/Krud army General Lukanus/Wasabi.
** EvilGenius -- Her Majesty's chief engineer Teknocratus/Synapse.
** TheBrute -- General Krabouic/Captain Roderick Drumsturdy, with his own Dragon General Kaboche/Corporal Stanley Greeb.
** TheLoad -- Corporal Kretinus/Fugg. [[UltimateJobSecurity Why, in a dystopian absolute monarchy, does he still have a job?]]
** TokenGoodTeammate -- Prince Acylius/Maximillian.
** GreaterScopeVillain -- Queen Bakrakra/Catheter herself.
** The roles change a bit story by story.

An recurring theme is that the Yuk/Krud way of life is ultimately futile, as they get their fuel from chopping down flowers (they are the size of trees relative to the cast), which will eventually run out due to the voracious way that the Yuks/Kruds insist on burning through them. The Joyces/Verigreens try to educate them against this foolishness, but the Yuks/Kruds will not be easily swayed, especially when Queen Bakrakra/Catheter III demands ever-raging fires to try and counteract her own eternal chill.

''Please note that there are two significantly different dubs of this program from the original French. In this article names and references to the more faithful US dub are before the / and the UK dub after it.''

* EvilIsPetty: Overlapping with ASillyReasonForWar; the entire Yuk/Voyce (or Krud/Verigreen) conflict is because their Queen hates being cold and is determined to stay warm, even if this means rampantly deforesting the flower forests to satiate that petty desire.