History TabletopGame / Crimestrikers

* WretchedHive: Neondis, a nation ruled by corruption and bribery, is a country-sized version of this trope. Its capital, Windfall City, is a more traditional example.

* WeaponizedCar: The Mob Mobile, an Outrage vehicle that looks like an ordinary sedan until its hidden weapons are deployed.

* TimeTravel: It exists, but it's very limited. Outrage discovers Tempestium, a [[{{Unobtanium}} rare element]] that makes time travel possible, and uses it to bring three historical criminals called the Time Terror Team into the present. (Audrey Claymore also makes the trip by accident.) But then...
** TimeTravelTaboo: Under orders from the Creaturian Council, CIPO agents round up all the Tempestium they can find and lock it away before it can be misused again. So the world is safe -- at least as long as no more Tempestium is discovered...

* UsefulNotes/TheBritishInvasion: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by The Wild Guesses, who are similar to bands like Music/TheRollingStones, Music/TheWho, Music/TheYardbirds and Music/ThePrettyThings -- except that they're {{Funny Animal}}s (and have two female members).

** TimeTravelTaboo: Under orders from the Creaturian Council, CIPO agents round up all the Tempestium they can find and locks it away before it can cause more trouble. So the world is safe -- at least as long as no more Tempestium is discovered...

** TimeTravelTaboo: Under orders from the Creaturian Council, CIPO rounds up all the Tempestium they can find and locks it away before it can cause more trouble. So the world is safe -- at least as long as no more Tempestium is discovered...

* ImmuneToMindControl: In "I.T.T.T.", the titular MindControlDevice doesn't affect the Crimestrikers because ther Bio Beacons block its effects.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The game book has entries for 19 heroes and 14 villains, and there are also several supporting and {{Recurring Character}}s.

* UsefulNotes/TheBritishInvasion: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by the Wild Guesses, who are similar to bands like Music/TheRollingStones, Music/TheWho, Music/TheYardbirds and Music/ThePrettyThings -- except that they're {{Funny Animal}}s (and have two female members).

* FakeBand: Two of them, the Wild Guesses (from "Take a Wild Guess") and Weapons Lab Disaster (from "The Righteous Rock 'N Roll Rampage"), get their own episodes. The latter story also mentions several other bands in passing.

* JustForFun/XMeetsY: ''Crimestrikers'' is basically ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' meets ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}''. Or, given the eighties cartoon theme of the system, possibly ''WesternAnimation/GIJoe'' meets ''WesternAnimation/TheDisneyAfternoon''.

** TimeTravelTaboo: Under orders from the Creaturian Council, CIPO rounds up all the Tempestium they can find and locks it away before it can cause more trouble. So the world is safe -- at least until more Tempestium is discovered...

* HeroesRUs: The Crimestrikers team is influenced by heroic organizations in 80s cartoons such as ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero'', ''WesternAnimation/{{MASK}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/COPSAnimatedSeries'', as well as earlier examples such as [[Series/TheManFromUNCLE U.N.C.]][[Series/TheGirlFromUNCLE L.E.]] and [[ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} S.H.I.]][[Series/AgentsOfSHIELD E.L.D.]].

* SeriesContinuityError: Kali Kilbride's twin sister is referred to as Blythe throughout most of the book and Brigid in the synopsis of "My Sister, My Enemy". WordOfGod says her actual name is Blythe.

* BatPeople: The game features two examples. Crimestriker Nyx Marama is one of the nicest characters in the series. Vladimir "Steelwing" Kavas, a deposed dictator who wants his old job back, [[BatOutOfHell isn't]].

* MixedAnimalSpeciesTeam: Both the Crimestrikers and most of the criminal organizations they fight fall under this trope. The sole exception is Warlord Rasavanto's Torrent Troopers, an army of [[ANaziByAnyOtherName racist]] Hydrerans, and even then Rasavanto will ally himself with land dwellers (or go after "race traitors" from his own species who oppose him) to further his goals.

* OneNameOnly: The naming convention among both the Hydrerans and the dragons.

* ArtificialGravity: The Gravity Glove is a small-scale example. It's a tricked-out glove that projects a "suspension beam", allowing the user to lift and suspend heavy objects for an extended time. It also works on people, which can lead to a high-tech variant of UnwillingSuspension.

* JustForFun/XMeetsY: ''Crimestrikers'' is basically ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' meets ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}''.

* BarefootCartoonAnimal: Pretty much the entire cast, since Creaturians (like many [[BeastMan anthro animals]]) usually wear full outfits except for shoes. The exceptions are the villains who use PoweredArmor (Forster Burns) or full body disguises (Commander Ahab, The Righteous One) and the robots.

* BarefootCartoonAnimal: Pretty much the entire cast, since Creaturians (like many [[BeastMan anthro animals]]) usually wear full outfits except for shoes. The exceptions are the villains who wear PoweredArmor (Forster Burns) or full body disguises (Commander Ahab, The Righteous One) and the robots.

* BarefootCartoonAnimal: Everyone except the villains who wear PoweredArmor (Forster Burns) or full body disguises (Commander Ahab, The Righteous One) and the robots.

* BatOutOfHell: Both {{Subverted}} and PlayedStraight. Crimestriker Nyx Marama is one of the nicest characters in the series. Vladimir "Steelwing" Kavas, a deposed dictator who wants his old job back, isn't.

* HeroesRUs: The Crimestrikers team is influenced by heroic organizations in 80s cartoons such as ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero'', ''WesternAnimation/{{MASK}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{COPS}}'', as well as earlier examples such as [[Series/TheManFromUNCLE U.N.C.]][[Series/TheGirlFromUNCLE L.E.]] and [[ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} S.H.I.]][[Series/AgentsOfSHIELD E.L.D.]].