History YMMV / StretchArmstrongAndTheFlexFighters

** Stretch Monster crosses it in "Age of Flexarium". [[spoiler:After the Flex Fighters assume he was destroyed in the explosion, Rook offers them gourmet snow cones to celebrate. After revealing he's Stretch Monster, he also reveals he poisoned their snacks so that they'd be unable to interfere any longer.]] He gets worse from there: in the season 2 finale, [[spoiler:despite the Jerkass woobie entry above, he, just as Rook and without transforming, erases the Flex Fighters' footage of him confessing that he's Stretch Monster, and blames the Flex Fighters for working with the Tech Men. He also knocks out Dr. C]].
** The last few episodes of season 2 do this for [[spoiler:Kane. He's revealed to be the leader of the Tech Men, whose goal is to bring order and discipline to the city even resulting in using the Smart Marks, aka ''mind control'' , to keep people in line]].

* EvilIsSexy:
** [[spoiler:Rook]] is handsome and charismatic, even as he's coldly attempting to murder the Flex Fighters.
** InUniverse, Ricardo seems to have this opinion of the Freak Sisters.

* TheUnTwist: "Endgame" left some viewers expecting [[spoiler:Dr. C]] to become revealed as Riya's mom, until following episodes confirmed that they aren't related, as viewers would probably assume before "Endgame".

* TheUntwist: "Endgame" left some viewers expecting [[spoiler:Dr. C]] to become revealed as Riya's mom, until following episodes confirmed that they aren't related, as viewers would probably assume before "Endgame".

* CaptainObviousReveal: [[spoiler: Riya]] being revealed as Blindstrike. [[spoiler: She openly expressed dislike for the Flex Fighters when Jake tried asking her out, she was a pretty [[FlatCharacter flat]] despite how much focus was given to her, and her talk to Jake about balancing her social life with her private life was practically FiveSecondForeshadowing]]. Now that the Flex Fighters know this secret, everyone at Creator/{{Hasbro}} and Creator/{{Netflix}} seem to have pretty much given up trying to hide it, including Victor Cook; the figure also has an un-advertised unmasking feature.
* EnsembleDarkhorse:
** Brick and Mortar earned some popularity, due to completely [[InvertedTrope inverting]] the trope idea that two silly dudes can't also be capable of delivering an immediate CurbStompBattle to the protagonists, their likable banter and close friendship, and their endearing goal of wanting to help people with the very device they're inventing. Near the end of season two, they team up with the Flex Fighters against the Tech Men, and push Hasbro's boundaries of appropriate kids' show language by referring to the Tech Men as, "fascists". Certainly helps that they're voiced by Creator/WayneKnight and Creator/TroyBaker.

** Believe it or not, [[spoiler: Rook]] is also this, as of season 2, even with the moral event horizon mentioned below. [[spoiler: While a corrupt figure, he also had to deal with the death of his terminally mother, and was rejected by the Epsilon Society that could've helped him become more successful.]]

** Stretch Monster crosses it in "Age of Flexarium". [[spoiler:After the Flex Fighters assume he was destroyed in the explosion, Rook offers them gourmet snow cones to celebrate. After revealing he's Stretch Monster, he also reveals he poisoned their snacks so that they'd be unable to interfere any longer]]. He gets worse from there: in the season 2 finale, [[spoiler:despite the Jerkass woobie entry above, he, just as Rook and without transforming, erases the Flex Fighters' footage of him confessing that he's Stretch Monster, and blames the Flex Fighters for working with the Tech Men. He also knocks out Dr. C.]]
** The last few episodes of season 2 do this for [[spoiler: Kane. He's revealed to be the leader of the Tech Men, whose goal is to bring order and discipline to the city even resulting in using the Smart Marks, aka ''mind control'' , to keep people in line.]]
* OlderThanTheyThink:

** The entire setup for the second season -- smart executive who recruited the heroes is revealed to really be the BigBad and then brands them as outlaws -- was previously done by another Hasbro series, ''WesternAnimation/AlphaTeensOnMachines'' ([[MarketBasedTitle aka]] ''Toys/ActionMan ATOM''), though the second season of that show where the twist was revealed never made it to the US.

** Season two reveals that Riya still grieves her parents dying while she was just a little girl, [[spoiler:because Stretch Monster/Rook took down the plane transferring the couple and Dr. C to another lab.]] Various points in the show also put Riya in danger of losing her latest mother figure, [[spoiler:Dr. C.]]
** Brick and Mortar are a rare villainous example that doesn't fall under JerkassWoobie. The reason they robbed banks was because [[spoiler: they needed money to fund a teleporter]] . The fact that they have an engaging dynamic like that of friends, and they intended to return the money, helps their case out.

** Stretch Monster crosses it in "Age of Flexarium" [[spoiler:After the Flex Fighters assume he was destroyed in the explosion, Rook offers them gourmet snow cones to celebrate. After revealing he's Stretch Monster, he also reveals he poisoned their snacks so that they'd be unable to interfere any longer]]. He gets worse from there: in the season 2 finale, [[spoiler:despite the Jerkass woobie entry above, he, just as Rook and without transforming, erases the Flex Fighters' footage of him confessing that he's Stretch Monster, and blames the Flex Fighters for working with the Tech Men. He also knocks out Dr. C.]]

** Stretch Monster crosses it in "Age of Flexarium" [[spoiler:After the Flex Fighters assume he was destroyed in the explosion, Rook offers them gourmet snow cones to celebrate. After revealing he's Stretch Monster, he also reveals he poisoned their snacks so that they'd be unable to interfere any longer]].
*** He crosses it again in the season 2 finale. [[spoiler:Despite the Jerkass woobie entry above, he, just as Rook and without transforming, erases the Flex Fighters' footage of him confessing that he's Stretch Monster, and blames the Flex Fighters for working with the Tech Men. He also knocks out Dr. C.]]

* AuthorsSavingThrow: Season two addressed laments calling Riya Dashti a FlatCharacter by having her continue to become less reclusive, while still not rushing into a romance with Jake, and by hiring the show's first female writer -- Jennifer Muro -- to flesh out Riya's past and motivations.

* & "Singularity Event" has Nathan word his fears of rejection from Erika in an oddly specific manner, that he expected her to say that she'd "rather eat poison" than date him. In "The Age of Flexarium", [[spoiler:Rook tricks Nathan and his friends into eating poison snowcones]].

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: "Singularity Event" has Nathan word his fears of rejection from Erika in an oddly specific manner, that he expected her to say that she'd "rather eat poison" than date him. In "The Age of Flexarium", [[spoiler:Rook tricks Nathan and his friends into eating poison snowcones]].

*** He crosses it again in the season 2 finale. [[spoiler: Despite the Jerkass woobie entry above, he, just as Rook and without transforming, erases the Flex Fighters' footage of him confessing that he's Stretch Monster, and blames the Flex Fighters for working with the Tech Men. He also knocks out Dr. C.]]

** The entire setup for the second season -- smart executive who recruited the heroes is revealed to really be the BigBad and then brands them as outlaws -- was previously done by another Hasbro series, ''WesternAnimation/AlphaTeensOnMachines'' ([[MarketBasedTitle aka]] ''WesternAnimation/ActionMan ATOM''), though the second season of that show where the twist was revealed never made it to the US.

* MagnificentBastard: Rook gradually gains control of almost all the parts of Charter City, a city that he essentially rebuilt from the ground up to begin with.

* HilariousInHindsight:
** Stretch guessing that Mr. Savic is Blindstrike gains one level of hilarity in episode #12, [[spoiler:which reveals Blindstrike as a young woman, not an old man (Wingspan even lampshades the wild inaccuracy of Jake's guess)]], and another one in episode #18, [[spoiler:when Mr. Savic becomes the Monster of the Week]].
** Riya as a child is voiced by Creator/KathreenKhavari, who is also the go-to voice actor for [[ComicBook/MsMarvel2014 a different hero with stretching powers.]]

* AssPull: Some fans felt this way about season two revealing [[spoiler:that Kane leads the Tech Men, given that there was pretty much ''nothing'' that indicated that this could be a possibility.]]
* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Because of the previous Stretch Armstrong dolls lacking any personality or detailed backstory, and looking very different than this version of Stretch, this show only seems liked by viewers who can keep an open mind, and/or previously enjoyed other cartoons Victor Cook directed.

** Riya as a child was played by Creator/KathreenKhavari, who would later become the go-to voice actor for [[ComicBook/MsMarvel2014 a different hero with stretching powers.]]

* {{Narm}}: The end of "Lie Sandwich" literally casting Dr. C in an evil light could look over-the-top, especially after the first season finale reveals her true motivations.

* AssPull: Some fans felt this way about [[spoiler:the reveal that Kane leads the Tech Men, given that there was pretty much ''nothing'' that indicated that this could be a possibility.]]

** Believe it or not, [[spoiler: Rook]] is also this, as of season 2, even with the moral event horizon mentioned below. [[spoiler: While a corrupt figure, he also had to deal with the death of his terminally mother, and was rejected by the Episicon society that could've helped him become more successful.]]

* HilariousInHindsight: Stretch guessing that Mr. Savic is Blindstrike gains one level of hilarity in episode #12, [[spoiler:which reveals Blindstrike as a young woman, not an old man (Wingspan even lampshades the wild inaccuracy of Jake's guess)]], and another one in episode #18, [[spoiler:when Mr. Savic becomes the Monster of the Week]].

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: [[spoiler:You can't topple a corporate monopoly.]]

* RetroactiveRecognition: Hey, it's [[Creator/KathreenKhavari Ms.]] [[ComicBook/MsMarvel2014 Marvel]] as Riya!