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* EnsembleCast: Since this was made to capture the feel of 80s cartoons, but with the ethos of a tabletop role-playing game, they're designed to be about a group of characters, and not a singular hero and his sidekicks. Such as in ''He-Man''.
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* CallAHitPointASmeerp: Have their own quirky names for common role-playing terms, including "editions" being called "seasons".
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The fictional series ''Strikeforce Freedom'' deals with the titular military force fighting SPIDER, a terrorist organization that wants take over the world.

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The fictional series ''Strikeforce Freedom'' deals with the titular military force fighting SPIDER, a ruthless terrorist organization that wants take over determined to rule the world.
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** Merlis the wizard advisor usually has the classic campy CosmicMotifs of stars and moons on his robes, but if you look close at them you'll usually shapes like hearts, clovers and horseshoes too, images well-known to 80s kids who would've seen lots of commercials for Lucky Charms cereal while watching their favorite cartoons.

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I've had the second and third edition of the game for a while now, and noticed that a lot of the artwork was in a simplified, highly stylised style similar to the Timm Style (unlike the more detailed look you see in a lot of actual 80s cartoons). The legs were thicker than Bruce Timm's own style but they fit most of the other details


* TimmStyle: Despite being heavily inspired by MerchandiseDriven Adventure [[SaturdayMorningCartoon Saturday Morning Cartoons]] of TheEighties, a lot of the artwork in the second edition is in this artstyle which is more associated with TheNineties. Some of it was retained in the third edition.



* SpinOff: ''Ladies of Might'', which happen to be in a special St. Valentine's Day PDF file.

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* SpinOff: ''Ladies of Might'', which happen to be in a special St. Valentine's Day PDF file. The third edition appeared to [[{{Retcon}} retcon]] it into a [[WhatCouldHaveBeen never-made]] spin-off called ''Warrior Women of Iconia''.



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The Shadow Queen has a similar backstory and role to Evil-Lyn, but her appearance seems more inspired by The Baroness. Evil-Lyn and the Shadow Queen do both have Boyish Short Hair though

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* {{Expy}}: While the Shadow Queen is mainly based on [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983 Evil-Lyn]], down to her Backstory involving AnotherDimension, her appearance is (mostly) inspired by the [[WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero The Baroness]]. Both characters wear glasses and dark catsuits.
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trope is renamed Prefers Going Barefoot. Dewicking old name


* DoesNotLikeShoes: Oshida, Blobbor and Serpentina all go barefoot.
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%%* BareYourMidriff: Noblara.

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* CaptainErsatz: All over the dang place.
* ExperiencePoint: Guilty as charged.
* {{Expy}}: Most of the premade material is pretty blatant in being a lawyer-friendly version of a beloved 80's series.
* CriticalFailure: Called a "Flub".

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* %%* CaptainErsatz: All over the dang place.
* %%* ExperiencePoint: Guilty as charged.
* {{Expy}}: CastOfExpies: Most of the premade material is pretty blatant in being a lawyer-friendly version of a beloved 80's series.
* %%* CriticalFailure: Called a "Flub".



* {{Mana}}: Avoided with Spell Clusters.

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* %%* {{Mana}}: Avoided with Spell Clusters.



* BareYourMidriff: Noblara.
* BigBad: Nekrottus.

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* %%* BareYourMidriff: Noblara.
* BigBad: Nekrottus.
Noblara.



* TheBaroness: Her blonde haired {{expy}}, The Black Widow.
* BigBad: General Arachnid.
* ShoutOut: To ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero''.
* TheSquad

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* %%* TheBaroness: Her blonde haired {{expy}}, The Black Widow.
* %%* BigBad: General Arachnid.
* %%* ShoutOut: To ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero''.
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* BigBad: Maximillian Mercy.
* ShoutOut: To ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers''.
* TakeOverTheWorld: Maximillian's goal.

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* %%* BigBad: Maximillian Mercy.
* %%* ShoutOut: To ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers''.
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TakeOverTheWorld: Maximillian's goal.
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* {{Expy}}: More than its fair share.

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* {{Expy}}: More than its fair share.Most of the premade material is pretty blatant in being a lawyer-friendly version of a beloved 80's series.

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