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* ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'' might count... only it's pseudo-medieval instead of modern day, and it averts TheSmurfettePrinciple (the original six had four males and two females).

* ''WesternAnimation/SWATKats'' could count in a sense, but compared to their contemporaries, there were several major differences. For one, they were lived in [[WorldOfFunnyAnimals a world full of other anthropomorphic "Kats"]], and they became vigilantes because their former commander in the Megakat City Enforcers (essentially cops but with air and navy forces) caused them to crash into the Enforcer HQ while chasing a villain after trying to pull an OnlyICanKillHim (see the main article for more details). Also, it was produced by Creator/HannaBarbera, and was perhaps the darkest series they ever made - people actually got killed, for starters; it was an early, but failed, attempt, at breaking out of the AnimationAgeGhetto.

* ''The Snailiens'': An obscure action figure line, featuring a quartet of anthropomorphic mollusk-like aliens who for some reason are named after famous U.S. Presidents.

* ''Heroes of Goo Jit-Zu'', which about teams of anthropomorphic animals (and later, aliens) with RubberMan powers gained from exposure to a meteor containing MutagenicGoo.

* Deconstructed ''big time'' in ''WebComic/KrigRAWR''.

* Often parodied on ''Late Night With Creator/ConanOBrien'', where Conan's mock fall previews often feature programs such as ''Embryonic Rockabilly Polka-Dotted Fighter Pilots'' or ''Country Cuckoo-Clock Codpiece Zulu Warriors''.

** ''Guerilla Groundhog]]''.

* ConversationalTroping in an early-90s issue of ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'' set at a toy expo: "Buddy, every ten minutes I've got someone trying to sell me 'the new Turtles'. I've a warehouse full of stupid dinosaurs named after dead presidents!"

** ''[[http://www.misterkitty.org/extras/stupidcovers/stupidcomics93.html Guerilla Groundhog]]''. ''Slings & Arrows Comic Guide'' says that this is one of the better ones, as it was one of the few that {{Downplayed|Trope}} the satire.
** ''[[http://www.atomicavenue.com/atomic/titledetail.aspx?TitleID=2898 Naive Inter-Dimensional Commando Koalas]]'' is also a somewhat downplayed example.

* ''Fanfic/ThisBites'': The authors clearly [[InvokedTrope invoked]] this trope; not only are the Teenage Dugong Warrior Squad half-turtle already ([[MixAndMatchCritters hybrids between sea turtles and manatees, to be precise]]), their names are Mikey, Donny, Raphey, and Leo, who respectively wield nunchucks, a bo staff, sai, and katana, and have respective headband colors of orange, purple, pink, and blue. Oh, wait, did I say [[PinkIsFeminine pink]]? Yeah, [[TheSmurfettePrinciple Raphey is actually a girl]].

* ''Radio/HowGreenWasMyCactus'' occasionally had episodes featuring the "Stone Age Mutant Whinging [[UsefulNotes/AustralianPolitics Liberals]]"

* {{Parodied}} in ''VideoGame/GoatSimulator'', where you can find the "Creator/MichaelBay [[ToiletHumor Turdles]]" hanging out in a sewer in Goat City Bay. On the console edition, they look like normal humans wearing green tracksuits and bandanas, but in the PC and mobile versions they much more closely resemble the original Ninja Turtles, except with the head of WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}.

* ''Series/AceLightning'': The Lightning Knights are a trio of [[GuradianOfTheMultiverse interdimensional police officers]] from a video game dimension. While they look more human than most examples, they stand out because of their CGI appearances and are known by a select few humans who aid them.

* ''WesternAnimation/WildWestCowboysOfMooMesa'' is TMNT in TheWildWest with cows, though like the SWAT Kats they lived in a world with others like them (the Mesa in question was a HiddenElfVillage created when an irradiated comet struck the late 19th century Western plains, raising it above the clouds and anthropomorphizing all the cows and some other animals) and they were lawmen. Significant in that the C.O.W.-Boys were created by Ryan Brown, a writer and artist for TMNT who created many of the designs of the action figures and some beloved characters like Leatherhead, and the Mighty Mutanimals as a team. The Turtles also crossed over with the C.O.W.-Boys years after the show went off the air.

* The cover of one ''ComicStrip/{{Bizarro}}'' book parodied this, with two [[EverythingsBetterWithPenguins penguins]] dressed like the TMNT complaining about a newspaper featuring the turtles:

Since these shows are usually aimed at young boys, expect TheSmurfettePrinciple to be in full swing. The heroes are usually [[LastOfHisKind the last of their kind]] -- TheChick only shows up on rare occasions. Consequently, InterspeciesRomance will usually be explored, [[{{Shipping}} particularly by fans]] and especially with the aforementioned career women.

* One ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' sketch features a team of motorcycle-riding combat mice called the Cheese League, who go by the names of [[TheLeader Colby]], [[TheBigGuy Muenster]], [[TheDandy Cheddar]], [[TheChick Brie]], and [[TheBabyOfTheBunch Baby Swiss]]. After an action-packed introductory sequence of the Cheese League battling a team of evil rats, the Cheese League are [[BlackComedy brutally murdered by a cat]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Dinosaucers}}'', in which good and evil teams of [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs evolved dinosaurs]] engage in more-or-less comic battles on modern day Earth. The good guys have a bunch of human teenagers as their {{Secret Keeper}}s.

The format is more or less this: a team of heroic monsters (aliens, mutants, or magical beings) are somehow created, awakened, or transported to the modern world. Usually a [[CityOfAdventure modern American city]]. They are honorable creatures who set out to [[TheyFightCrime fight crime]], usually under the training of an OldMaster, but the average person fears them for their appearance, so they must hide from {{muggles}}. However, they befriend one or two open-minded humans, usually either children or career women. These women or children end up being the team's friends and guides to modern Earth, and become their [[SecretKeeper secret-keepers]], and/or their KidWithTheLeash. Together, they all fight supervillains and evil creatures while keeping their identities a secret to maintain normalcy.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'': Referenced in the episode "The Santa Experience", in which Angelica asks Santa for a "Teenage Nuclear Fusion Squad" video game.