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%%* BigDamnHeroes: [[SelfServingMemory He thinks he is one,]] but he's actually [[BelievingTheirOwnLies delusional]] and has a huge ego.

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%%* * BigDamnHeroes: [[SelfServingMemory He thinks he is one,]] His various flights of fancy paint him as the one who rushes in and saves the day,]] as illustrated in "Threat Level Texas", but he's actually [[BelievingTheirOwnLies delusional]] and has a huge ego.



* DanceBattler: As evident in "Texas-ify It".
* DistressedDude: In "Threat Level Texas"

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* DanceBattler: As evident in "Texas-ify It".
It", the martial arts he uses incorporate elements of breakdancing.
* DistressedDude: In "Threat Level Texas"Texas", he's captured by Kain to get information on the Burners. Being [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Texas]], he doesn't offer anything useful.



* HotBlooded

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* HotBloodedHotBlooded: He's very loud and very eager to jump into action.



* LovableJock
* ManChild

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* LovableJock
LovableJock: Despite his huge ego, he's generally very chummy with others and fighting to protect Motorcity like the rest of the Burners.
* ManChild{{Manchild}}: He is a teenager technically like the rest of the Burners, but he's easily the most immature of the group, following his own personal whims and possessing a very vivid imagination that he often gets lost in.



* SmallNameBigEgo

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* SmallNameBigEgoSmallNameBigEgo: He fancies himself a master martial artist and tactician and imagines everyone else sees him the same way. His team appreciates him, but he's not nearly as much of a threat to Kain as he likes to think he is.



* VitriolicBestBuds: With Dutch.

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* VitriolicBestBuds: With Dutch.He hangs around with Dutch a lot despite how irritated Dutch gets with Texas' antics.
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%%* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: He's the most innocent of the crew in the FiveManBand. %%partial-context example

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%%* * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: It's not always easy to tell with his loud cowardice, but he is just as much of a hero as the rest of the Burners and always steps up to the task of protecting his friends and by extension Motorcity. He's also the most innocent of the crew in the FiveManBand. %%partial-context example only Burner with blond hair.
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* BadassBaritone

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* BadassBaritoneBaritoneOfStrength: Has a deep voice to match with his strength.
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* AsianAirhead: A rare male example.

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* AsianAirhead: A rare male example.He's a Filipino {{Cloudcuckoolander}} with a colorful imagination that occasionally trends into GeniusDitz territory when dispensing his own special brand of advice.
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* BareYourMidriff

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* TheChick: The not so common male example.



* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: He's the most innocent of the crew and is TheChick in the FiveManBand.

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* %%* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: He's the most innocent of the crew and is TheChick in the FiveManBand. %%partial-context example

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An Axe To Grind is no longer a trope, Big Damn Heroes doesn't explain why the character fits the trope


* AnAxeToGrind: Uses one in "Ride the Fantasy Vans".
* [[BigDamnHeroes Big Damn Hero]]: [[SelfServingMemory He thinks he is one,]] but he's actually [[BelievingTheirOwnLies delusional]] and has a huge ego.

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* AnAxeToGrind: Uses one in "Ride the Fantasy Vans".
* [[BigDamnHeroes Big Damn Hero]]:
%%* BigDamnHeroes: [[SelfServingMemory He thinks he is one,]] but he's actually [[BelievingTheirOwnLies delusional]] and has a huge ego.
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* WeaponOfChoice: He uses a [[BratsWithSlingshots slingshot]] early in "Texas-ify It" and in "Ride of the Fantasy Vans" to name a few.

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* WeaponOfChoice: BratsWithSlingshots: He uses a [[BratsWithSlingshots slingshot]] slingshot early in "Texas-ify It" and in "Ride of the Fantasy Vans" to name a few.



* SwissArmyWeapon: His WeaponOfChoice is a tool that can change into different weapons:

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* SwissArmyWeapon: His WeaponOfChoice weapon is a tool that can change into different weapons:
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* FightingWithChucks: His weapon of choice, other than GoodOldFisticuffs.
** They also shoot [[EnergyWeapon lasers]]. Yes, Gunchucks.

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Shes Got Legs is currently a disambiguation


* ShesGotLegs



* TomboyishPonytail

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* %%* TomboyishPonytail
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Nice Shoes has been disambiguated per TRS: [1]


* NiceShoes: Her boots.
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Simple Staff has been disambiguated


* SimpleStaff
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* NiceHat
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Blinding Bangs is no longer a trope. Moving examples to other tropes when applicable.


* BlindingBangs: Unlike most examples though, his eyes are often shown, and full shots of his face are rare but not terribly so.
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Five Man Band is undergoing a wick-cleaning project, so zero-context examples, roles with little to no context, and examples featuring groups of more than five, will be deleted.


* FiveManBand:
** TheHero: Mike.
** TheLancer: Julie. She might be the girl, but with her mad skills, assertive attitude, and willingness to oppose Mike, she is the true lancer.
** TheBigGuy: Texas, who ''thinks'' he's TheLancer and ''wants'' to be TheHero.
** TheSmartGuy: Dutch.
** TheChick: Chuck. Screams like a girl, does whatever Mike says, and occasionally serves as his moral compass. Also fulfills the typical [[NonActionGuy "non-action"]] part of the trope as he typically rides shotgun with Mike. [[note]]Chuck does have his own car, Blonde Thunder; however, it doesn't get much use since Chuck doesn't know how to drive.[[/note]]
** TheMentor[=/=]TeamDad: Jacob.
** TeamPet: R.O.T.H.
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* GeniusBruiser: He out-hacks Chuck early in "Reunion".

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* GeniusBruiser: He out-hacks Chuck early in "Reunion"."Reunion" and surpasses even Mike as a hand-to-hand fighter as shown in "A Better Tomorrow".
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* PapaWolf

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* PapaWolfPapaWolf: After Mike pretends to take Julie hostage, Kane noticeably starts off his final confrontation with Mike in a state of TranquilFury, before that tranquility explodes into a positively vicious beatdown.

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* {{Determinator}}

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* {{Determinator}}{{Determinator}}: Goes without saying that he never backs down regardless of the unfathomable odds he's faced with. In the first episode, after his ride was totaled, he proceeded to exit the vehicle to fight the last of Kane's massive robots by himself on foot.



* TheHero

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* TheHero TheHero: He's the one leading the defense against Kane's forces.



** ChainsawGood
** PrecisionGuidedBoomerang
** RetractableWeapon
** SpinToDeflectStuff



* YoungerThanTheyLook

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* YoungerThanTheyLookYoungerThanTheyLook: He's as tall if not taller than some of the adults, and he has a pretty boxy build. Despite this, he's just a teenager.



* CarpetOfVirility

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* CarpetOfVirilityCarpetOfVirility: His uniform's top buttons are open to reveal that he has a lot of chest hair. It's fully put on display in a sunglasses commercial.



* DevilInPlainSight

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* DevilInPlainSightDevilInPlainSight: Mike Chilton trusted the man to be on the up-and-up during his time working for him, despite the perpetual glower in Kane's eyes indicating from the start that he was bad news.



* MrFanservice: If you've seen the sunglasses commercial you can't deny it.

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* MrFanservice: If you've seen A manic control freak, but for people more into middle-aged men, he's got quite the brawny physique. At the very least, he's confident enough about his looks to pose seductively for a sunglasses commercial you can't deny it.commercial.
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* RapunzelHair: Hers reaches her behind.

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* AttentionWhore



* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:In the 2nd part of the finale, when Kane turns on him, he gives the cars back to the Burners and sends his guards on the attack. In the penultimate moment, he saves Mike from a falling death with Mutt.]]
* BreakoutVillain: He was supposed to only appear in 2 episodes, but was so popular he got 6, including a major part in the finale.

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* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:In the 2nd part of the finale, when Kane turns on doublecrosses him, he gives the cars back to returns the Burners their cars and sends his guards on the attack. In the penultimate moment, he saves Mike from a falling death with Mutt.]]
* BreakoutVillain: He was supposed to only appear in 2 episodes, but was became so popular he got 6, including a major part in the finale.



* FalseFlagOperation: [[spoiler:He had his guards attack three gangs including his own in Julie and the Amazons, and blamed it on the burners.]]

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* FalseFlagOperation: [[spoiler:He had his guards attack three gangs including his own in Julie "Julie and the Amazons, Amazons", and blamed blame it on the burners.]]



* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: The Duke is on his own side always. This brings him in conflict with the Burners sometimes, others he just minds his own business. [[spoiler:In the season finale, he's a bad guy in part 1 and a good guy in Part 2.]]

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* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: The Duke is on his own side always. This brings him in conflict with the Burners sometimes, others he just minds his own business. [[spoiler:In the season finale, he's a bad guy with Kane in part 1 and a good guy the Burners in Part 2.]]



* ItsAllAboutMe: He's incredibly egocentric, to the point [[spoiler:that he frames the Burners for declaring war on other Motorcity gangs just because he felt like they were getting too much attention]].
* [=LargeHam=]: Oh, big time. He outshines Texas in this department; he's a self centered, gaudy, and eccentric guy who uses '''limos'' as ammo.

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* ItsAllAboutMe: He's incredibly egocentric, to the point [[spoiler:that he frames the Burners for declaring war on other Motorcity gangs just because he felt like they were getting too much attention]].
* [=LargeHam=]: Oh, big LargeHam: Big time. He outshines Texas in this department; he's a self centered, gaudy, and eccentric guy who uses '''limos'' ''limos'' as ammo.



* TankGoodness: He has one. That shoots [[AbnormalAmmo limos]].

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* TankGoodness: He has one. That shoots [[AbnormalAmmo limos]].''[[AbnormalAmmo limos]]''.
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* DarthVaderClone: He wears all-covering, primarily black armor, weapons are predominantly red, he's someone who has a past with Mike, and [[spoiler:ends up working under Kane, becoming [[TheDragon his right hand]]]].
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* WhoWearsShortShorts
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Her hair is colored green.
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* MulticoloredHair: Blonde and brown, though he seems to be naturally brown due to the color of his eyebrows.



* MulticoloredHair: Her eyebrows indicate that she's a natural blonde, although her hair is predominantly brown.



* MulticoloredHair: Her square bun is dark brown hair with purple highlights.
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\* BeardOfEvil: Exaggerated; he's the BigBad of the show, and not only has a beard, but is also [[BaldOfEvil bald]], has a CarpetOfVirility and hairy arms.

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\* * BeardOfEvil: Exaggerated; he's the BigBad of the show, and not only has a beard, but is also [[BaldOfEvil bald]], has a CarpetOfVirility and hairy arms.



* TheDragon: More so at the start of the series wherein Kane has him as his 2nd In Command and finds him loyal enough to impart certain tasks and offensives agains the Burners. When Red joins up Tooley is demoted to TheBrute.

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* TheDragon: More so at the start of the series wherein Kane has him as his 2nd In Command and finds him loyal enough to impart certain tasks and offensives agains against the Burners. When Red joins up Tooley is demoted to TheBrute.



* SimpletonVoice

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* SimpletonVoiceSimpletonVoice:



* DarkActionGirl

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* DarkActionGirl DarkActionGirl:



* ScaryTeeth]

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* ScaryTeeth]ScaryTeeth: [[spoiler:The mutations gave her sharp teeth.]]



* WingedHumanoid

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* WingedHumanoidWingedHumanoid:

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* BadassBeard: Exaggerated; he's the BigBad of the show, and not only has a beard, but a CarpetOfVirility and hairy arms.



* BaldOfEvil
* BeardOfEvil
* BigBad

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* BaldOfEvil
* BeardOfEvil
* BigBad
\* BeardOfEvil: Exaggerated; he's the BigBad of the show, and not only has a beard, but is also [[BaldOfEvil bald]], has a CarpetOfVirility and hairy arms.



* BadassBeard



* BadassBeard



* ActionGirl
** DarkActionGirl: Lapses into this.


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* DarkActionGirl: Lapses into this.
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* LargeHam

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* LargeHamLargeHam: Let's just say that Kane is not much one for subtlety.



* LargeHam: Oh, big time. He outshines Texas in this department; he's a self centered, gaudy, and eccentric guy who uses '''limos'' as ammo.

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* LargeHam: [=LargeHam=]: Oh, big time. He outshines Texas in this department; he's a self centered, gaudy, and eccentric guy who uses '''limos'' as ammo.
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* FiveTokenBand: You have Mike ([[AmbiguouslyBrown mixed]] [[MixedAncestry race]]), Julie ([[TheSmurfettePrinciple only girl]]), Chuck ({{token white}}), Dutch ([[BlackAndNerdy black]]), and Texas ([[AsianAirhead Filipino]]).

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* FiveTokenBand: You have Mike ([[AmbiguouslyBrown mixed]] [[MixedAncestry mixed race]]), Julie ([[TheSmurfettePrinciple only girl]]), Chuck ({{token white}}), Dutch ([[BlackAndNerdy black]]), and Texas ([[AsianAirhead Filipino]]).



* AffectionateNickname[=/=]InSeriesNickname: Mikey.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: WordOfGod has confirmed that he's [[MixedAncestry mixed race]]. Fandom has varying opinions, but the general consensus is that he's of [[http://peopleofmotorcity.tumblr.com/post/29253752562/snazzy-lemon-drawing-from-my-livestream-bby Middle Eastern descent]].

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* AffectionateNickname[=/=]InSeriesNickname: AffectionateNickname: Mikey.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: WordOfGod has confirmed that he's [[MixedAncestry mixed race]].race. Fandom has varying opinions, but the general consensus is that he's of [[http://peopleofmotorcity.tumblr.com/post/29253752562/snazzy-lemon-drawing-from-my-livestream-bby Middle Eastern descent]].



* MixedAncestry



* MixedAncestry
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->''Voiced by: Nate Torrence''

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->''Voiced by: Nate Torrence''
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