Krypto the Superdog received his own animated series in 2005 titled Krypto the Superdog. In this series, Krypto was allowed by Superman to live with a suburban Metropolis boy and his family, and had adventures alongside other characters such as Ace the Bat-Hound (Batman's dog) and Streaky the Supercat (in the comics, Supergirl's pet cat, but in this series, Streaky belongs to the girl next door to the family Krypto lives with).
Attractive Bent Gender: Stretch-O-Mutt changes genders twice in the show and both times he/she is very arrtactive to the people who see him/her. One time he changes into a rather sexy and curvy female bunny to distract a magical rabbit in order for Ace to get the rabbits wand. And the second time he disguises himself as a mermaid in order to get the rats away from blackbeak to save Streaky.
Carnivore Confusion: Sharks are considered mean because they eat fish and cats are feared because they like to eat fish as well. Too bad a dolphin is the first to react to Streaky being a cat because 1) dolphins aren't fish and 2) dolphins *also* eat fish. Not good when this show was also rated E/I, meaning it's supposed to be educational.
Unless this dolphin is fish-friendly. Also, dolphins do accidentally get caught on fishnets.
The Chew Toy: Streaky. Rather unfortunate since the show is filled with dogs. Lampshaded in one episode.
Streaky: That could've happened to anybody...
(one of Robbie's devices falls and splatters Streaky with goop)
Not so here! Krypto's no mental slouch, and as Ace himself noted, "most dogs just fetch the paper; I actually read it." Although to be fair, one of them is an alien dog and the other is Batman's dog
The Junkyard Dogs.
Expy: Most characters bear a striking similarity to the human characters they hang out with.
Eviler than Thou: Mechanicat builds a robot to help him out with his take over the world plans. Said robot says he is "50% Naughtier" than the original.
Exactly What I Aimed At: While battling a vulture in a museum, Krypto shoots at the vulture with his heat vision and seemingly misses, only to hit a sprinkler system that soaks the bird making it difficult to fly.
Freaky Friday Flip: Some Red Kryptonite causes Krypto and Kevin to change bodies.
Getting Crap Past the Radar: In "Funny Business", Bud and Lou greet Ace the Bat-Hound (whom they believe to be incapacitated by their 'giggle bubbles') with "You're outta luck, Batty-boy".
Heavy Voice: Mammoth Mutt has one whenever she inflates herself.
Incredible Shrinking Man: The aliens from planet Teeniton do this to Kevin and Krypto. Krypto is understandably not threatened by the environment. Kevin... not so much.
Me's a Crowd: An invention allows Ignatius to duplicate himself, but because the second duplication was used on a duplicate, the machine goes nuts and produces non-stop Ignatiuses... Ignatii... iguanas.
Musical Assassin: Streaky is such a Dreadful Musician that his singing can cause hull breaches on Mechanikat's ship. He later uses this ability to shut down an entire security system.
The Villains Club's headquarters looks like the Hall of Doom.
In "K-9 Crusader" Thundermutt, a dog actor, wants to emulate Ace for a movie. While Ace's costume resembles the Batman:TAS costumeThundermutt's costume looks more like the one Adam West used to wear.
Planimal: In one episode, Krypto and the Bathound face off against a half-dog/half-plant villain named Dogwood who tries to bring the trees to life so they can rebel against humanity.
Power Incontinence: Streaky gains invisibility powers, but as he uses them they become harder to control. It reaches a point where only his face can be seen only if he concentrates really hard.
Power Loss Makes You Strong: Red Kryptonite causes Krypto to lose his powers. He learns to make do with equipment that he borrows from Bathound
Reed Richards Is Useless: Kevin and Krypto routinely stumble across technology that does things like stop time or reverse the aging process and never think that there might be a wider use for them.
Rhyming With Itself: The themesong. "He's Krypto! The super dog! Krypto the super dog! He's got super powers! And his name is Krypto! Krypto! The super dog!"
Rogues Gallery: Mostly the animals associated with other DC characters' Rogues' Galleries, such as Catwoman's cat, the Joker's hyenas, the Penguin's birds, and Lex Luthor's iguana, though there are new ones as well.
Robo Cam: Dogbot uses this to obtain a Target Lock on Kevin.
The Stoic: Ace (by virtue of having a personality similar to Batman's).
Stock Sound Effects: Viewers who have watched entirely too many cartoons will be able to recognize a lot of the sound effects in this show as coming from Hanna-Barbera's extensive sound library. Given that the cartoon seems to be evoking the look and feel of '60s Hanna-Barbera shows, this is probably deliberate.
Super Team: The Dog Star Patrol, based on the Space Canine Patrol Agency.
What Happened to the Mouse?: When Supercat's fan club turns up in a later episode, it has a completely different set of members. Presumably a different club, but still, why not re-use the existing characters?
What Measure Is A Non Super: In "Bat-Hound Meets The Dog Stars," Ace meets the Dog Stars, but gets razzed by Bull Dog and the others when it's seen he has no obvious super powers. It's when Hot Dog vanishes that Ace gets to show his detective abilities, finding out he was kidnapped (by Snooky) and is able to locate where a power-drained Hot Dog is being held in time for Krypto to help in the rescue. Afterwards, Hot Dog vouches for Ace as well as the convinced Bull Dog, saying "'E's got powers of the mind, 'e 'as!"
Who's on First?: Gets a Shout Out when Stretcho pretends to be a radio set. "Who's on first, What's on second, and Rodriguez is on third..."
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