History Toys / LEGOAlphaTeam

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[[caption-width-right:250:Ready for your next mission?[[note]]Clockwise from top left: [[PerpetualSmiler Flex]], [[OmnidisciplinaryScientist Radia]], [[TheLeader Dash Justice]], [[WrenchWench Cam Attaway]], [[DemolitionsExpert Crunch]], [[RobotBuddy Tee Vee]], [[TheEngineer Charge]].[[/note]]]]

* TheBadGuyWins: At the end of the November/December 2004 LEGO Magazine comic, the entire Alpha Team has been turned into {{Human Popsicle}}s by Ogel's Ice Orbs, and Ogel fires his Time Freeze Ray, completely freezing [[Toys/LEGOCity World City]] and grinding time itself to a halt. The comic ends on a cliffhanger, as [[SixthRanger Zed]] receives Dash's emergency beacon. A contest was announced for readers to submit their own short story saying who would win in the battle of Zed versus Ogel, but the winning entry was never published.

* ContinuityNod: An article in LEGO Brickmaster magazine featured Evil Ogel giving facts about Antarctica. When discussing the orca, Ogel mentions that he is quite familiar with this species, having turned them into Mutant Killer Whales during the previous mission.

** In the November/December 2001 LEGO Mania, Alpha Team joins forces with the Toys/LEGOStudios crew and Toys/LEGOLifeOnMars team to stop Ogel from [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashing]] the LEGO Dinosaurs.
** In the November/December 2002 LEGO Magazine, Alpha Team teams up with the VideoGame/LEGOIsland cast to rescue two LEGO Soccer teams from Ogel.
** In the November/December 2004 LEGO Magazine, time portals inadvertently created by Ogel's Ice Orbs cause dinosaurs and Titan XP from LEGO Creator to appear in [[Toys/LEGOCity World City]], [[Toys/KnightsKingdom2 Morcia]], and [[Franchise/StarWars the jungle moon of Yavin 4]].

* MisplacedWildlife: {{Discussed|Trope}}. In a LEGO Brickmaster article, Ogel mentions that he had a plan to parachute polar bears onto Alpha Team headquarters, but did not go through with the plan because he remembered that there are no polar bears in Antarctica.

* NoEnding: The January/February 2005 LEGO Magazine comic ended with the final showdown between Zed's Blizzard Blaster and Ogel's Scorpion Orb Launcher beginning... [[CliffHanger and that's it]]. There was a submit-a-story contest challenge to determine how the battle ended, but for some reason, while the contest winners' names were published in a later LEGO Magazine, the winning entries themselves were never published anywhere.

* ReTool: Mission Deep Freeze, which gave a complete makeover to most of the cast, changed the color scheme, added a transforming feature to most Alpha Team vehicles, and gave an [[AnimalMotifs arachnid motif]] to Ogel's vehicles.

** In ''Into The Deep'', Dash and Cam know that they cannot get to the orb machine with Ogel in the room, [[ShowSomeLeg so Cam offers to go distract him with her "irresistible charms"]].

* [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse What Happened to the Cat?]]: [[RightHandCat Mr. Whiskers]] only appeared in ''The Return of Ogel'', [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome and was never seen or even mentioned again]]. We don't even know if Mr. Whiskers survived the self-destruct mechanism of Ogel's base.

* TheBadGuyWins: At the end of the November/December 2004 LEGO Magazine comic, the entire Alpha Team has been turned into {{Human Popsicle}}s by Ogel's Ice Orbs, and Ogel fires his Time Freeze Ray, completely freezing [[Toys/LEGOCity World City]] and grinding time itself to a halt. The comic ends on a cliffhanger, as [[SixthRanger Zed]] receives Dash's emergency beacon.

* DontExplainTheJoke: Evil Ogel in the Goo Caverns:

* FreezeRay: The Time Freeze Ray is an upgraded FreezeRay that, when powered by enough Ice Orbs, can literally freeze time itself.

* StunGuns: Cam Attaway used a stun gun to put several mutant sea creatures to sleep, saving a group of scientists and allowing them to bring in the monsters for study.

See also ''Roleplay/AlphaTeamMissionDeepFreezeRPG'', which was based off this line's third wave of sets.

[[SimilarlyNamedWorks Not to be confused with]] ''Series/TheATeam'' (which appeared in ''VideoGame/LEGODimensions''), [[Series/{{Alphas}} Rosen's Alpha Team]], [[Toys/HeroFactory that other LEGO Alpha Team]], or [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil that other Alpha Team that has nothing to do with LEGO]].

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Trouble Train, Sea Colony Seven Science Center, Tundra Tracker, Solar Speeder, and Blizzard Blaster.
* AirVentPassageway: Dash uses one to sneak around Ogel's greenhouses in the intro cutscene of the PC game.

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Alpha Team, from Ogel's point of view.
-->'''Evil Ogel:''' They may have foiled my plans to use music to control the world’s weather, and they may have destroyed my beautiful orb machine, freed the mutant sea creatures, and saved the ocean, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and most annoyingly rented the last DVD copy of]] [[Film/{{Jaws}} JAWS]], but my next plan is the most wickedly brilliant of all!
* AwesomeMcCoolname: Dash Justice.

* BaseOnWheels: The Mobile Command Center.
* BigBad: Evil Ogel.
* BigRedButton: Activates the SelfDestructMechanism the Arctic Command Base. Ogel accidentally pushed this button during his VillainousBreakdown.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Whether it's humans, dinosaurs, or sea creatures, the Mind-Control Orbs always have this effect upon their victims.
* BubblegloopSwamp: Ogel Island, as depicted in the PC game.
* CallBack: An article in LEGO Brickmaster magazine featured Evil Ogel [[ShownTheirWork giving facts about Antarctica]]. When discussing the orca, Ogel mentions that he is quite familiar with this species, having turned them into Mutant Killer Whales during the previous mission.
* CardCarryingVillain: Evil Ogel, who falls under the Control sphere.
* CaveBehindTheFalls: Radia discovered a secret entrance to the Ogel Control Center in this form.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Cam Attaway and Crunch were both victims of this in Mission Deep Freeze.
* ContainerMaze: The Ogel Island greenhouses.

* CoolBoat: The Trouble Sub, plus most of Alpha Team's Mission Deep Sea vehicles.
* CoolCar: The Tundra Tracker.
* CoolPlane: The Blue Eagle.

** In the November/December 2004 LEGO Magazine, time portals inadvertently created by Ogel's Ice Orbs cause [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs dinosaurs]] and [[HumongousMecha titans]] from LEGO Creator to appear in [[Toys/LEGOCity World City]], [[Toys/KnightsKingdom2 Morcia]], and [[Franchise/StarWars long ago in a galaxy far, far away]].

* DeathMountain: Ogel Island, as depicted in the comics included in the LEGO sets.
* DemBones: Skeleton Drones, possibly. We don't know for sure whether or not they have flesh beneath those uniforms.
* DemolitionsExpert: Crunch.
* DesignatedVictim:
** Tee Vee in ''Into the Deep'', who is first destroyed by a Mutant Killer Whale, and then gets captured by mutant sea creatures no less than a minute after being rebuilt. Although, in the Alpha Team Intelligence Database, Tee Vee [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial denies]] that he was ever in danger.
-->'''Tee Vee:''' [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial I was not almost lost in the maze of sea monsters. An Advanced Undersea Scout such as myself is never lost. My vehicle was merely being held captive by those mutant brutes.]]
** Radia in pretty much every adaptation of Mission Deep Freeze. Whether it's in the Franchise/{{LEGO}} sets, the LEGO Magazine comics, the Red Lens training missions, or the ''Drones' Menace'' online game, Radia is always turned into a HumanPopsicle at one point and Alpha Team needs to rescue her.

-->'''Evil Ogel:''' Do you really think you've stopped me? You didn't turn off the D.O.O.M. machine at all! [[NiceJobBreakingItHero You kicked it into]] ''[[NiceJobBreakingItHero high gear]]''!

* DontExplainTheJoke: Evil Ogel in the Goo Caverns.

* DrillTank: The Magma Drill.
* ElaborateUndergroundBase: The Goo Caverns.
* TheEngineer: Cam Attaway and Charge.
* EverythingsDeaderWithZombies: Skeleton Drones, which were originally called "zombies" in the videogame and first wave of sets.
* EvilBrit: Evil Ogel was depicted in the videogame with a British accent.
* EvilGloating: Evil Ogel is fond of this.
* EvilIsHammy: Evil Ogel, oh so much.
-->'''Evil Ogel:''' ''I am Ogel'', and I ''cannot'' be ''stopped''!
* EvilLaugh: Evil Ogel loves to do this. In the videogame, every time you failed a mission, Evil Ogel would laugh.
* EvilMinions: Zombie Workers and Zombie Barrel Pushers, who operate equipment in Ogel's bases and ignore Alpha Team agents unless they interrupt their work.
* EvilPlan: In the videogame and the first wave of sets, Evil Ogel planned to TakeOverTheWorld by turning everyone into Skeleton Drones with his Mind-Control Orbs. In ''Evil Music'', Evil Ogel planned to use his WeatherControlMachine to destroy all the world's crops and force everyone to be dependent on him for food. In Mission Deep Sea, Evil Ogel planned to take over the world by turning marine life into mutant monsters and (revealed in the LEGO Mania comics) draining all water sources from the cities. In the LEGO Mania comics, Ogel planned to destroy major cities with lasers, [[{{Brainwashed}} brainwash]] [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs dinosaurs]] into his minions, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking kidnap a pair of soccer teams so he could watch them play in his personal undersea dome]]. In Mission Deep Freeze, Ogel planned to freeze time itself.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Evil Ogel is given a fitting deep voice in the PC game and ''Into the Deep''.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Evil Ogel, especially in the PC game where he acts polite and good-mannered towards the Alpha Team agents as he threatens to trap them forever and feed them to the sharks.

* FunWithAcronyms: The D.O.O.M. machine.

* GardenOfEvil: Arguably the Ogel Island greenhouses, which grow "evil plants" used in the manufacturing of Evil Orbs.
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: In the intro cutscene to the PC game, Dash easily distracts a zombie Guard by whistling. In the game itself, Guards will never leave their post and Troopers will never break formation, even if there is an Alpha Team agent in plain sight.
* GenreBlind: Evil Ogel, who clearly wasn't catching on to the fact that Alpha Team was easily trumping every single challenge he threw at them or that every single one of his door locks was specifically catered to an Alpha Team agent's specialty.
-->'''Evil Ogel:''' True, you've opened my plunger doors, my double plunger doors, the laser doors, gotten past all of my guards and sentries, opened the electric doors, and the motorized doors, and rescued the entire Alpha Team, ''but'' [[[EvilLaugh evil laughter]]] you'll ''never'' get past my ''rope locks''!
* GratuitousItalian: Despite being an EvilBrit, Ogel says "bravissimo" while commending Alpha Team on successfully rescuing Charge in the [[UndergroundLevel Goo Caverns]].

* HazmatSuit: Worn by Zombie Barrel Pushers.
* HollywoodHacking: In ''Drones' Menace'' and ''Ogel's Fortress'', an Alpha Team agent can hack into one of Ogel's computers just by typing really quickly, and when they're finished, the computer screens display the word "HACKED". Only Dash Justice can hack computers with blue screens and only Arrow can hack computers with yellow screens, though.
* HookHand: Starting with Mission Deep Sea, Evil Ogel's left hand is replaced by a hook.
* HumongousMecha: The Blizzard Blaster.
* IcePalace: The Arctic Command Base and Ogel's Mountain Fortress.

* InstantIceJustAddCold: Or rather, just add an Ice Orb.
* IslandBase: Ogel's Island.
* KaizoTrap: Averted in the PC game. As shown in [[https://youtu.be/JrX6fj-Ex2g?t=9s this video]], a level is registered as successfully completed as soon as the door is unlocked, even if an Alpha Team agent is knocked out during the "door opening" animation.
* TheLeader: Dash Justice.
* LegacyCharacter: In an interview, Evil Ogel revealed that he is the great-great-great-great-great-grandson of [[Toys/KnightsKingdom2 Lord Vladek]].
* MachineMonotone: Tee Vee [[AvertedTrope averts]] this trope in the videogame, but plays it straight in the Mission Deep Sea online game ''Into The Deep''.

* MeaningfulName: Tee Vee looks like a television on legs. Dash is the motions expert. Charge is the electrical expert. [[SdrawkcabName Ogel]] is the opposite of everything good about Franchise/{{LEGO}}. Zed is the [[SixthRanger last Alpha Team agent to be introduced]].
* MiniMecha: The Alpha Team Aquatic Mech and X-1 Snowbot Defender.
* MisplacedWildlife: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. In a LEGO Brickmaster article, Ogel mentions that he had a plan to parachute polar bears onto Alpha Team headquarters, but did not go through with the plan because he remembered that there are no polar bears in Antarctica.
* MissionBriefing: One of these precedes every level in the videogame.
* {{Mooks}}: Skeleton Drones.
** EliteMooks: The Ogel Shark Sub is piloted by an unique Skeleton Drone wearing a badge. The Scorpion Orb Launcher is piloted by a Super Ice Drone, which looks like a normal Ice Drone with a black skull.
** GasMaskMooks: Zombie Barrel Pushers.
* MrExposition: Tee Vee in the videogame.

* NoEnding: The January/February 2005 LEGO Magazine comic ended with the final showdown between Zed's [[HumongousMecha Blizzard Blaster]] and Ogel's [[SpiderTank Scorpion Orb Launcher]] beginning... [[CliffHanger and that's it]]. There was a submit-a-story contest challenge to determine how the battle ended, but for some reason, while the contest winners' names were published in a later LEGO Magazine, the winning entries themselves were never published anywhere.
* ObliviouslyEvil: Dash Justice has a brief moment of this in ''Evil Music'' when he starts playing a tune on Ogel's [[WeatherControlMachine pipe organ]], unaware that he's spawning [[WeatherDissonance storms]] as a result.
* ObviouslyEvil: Everything that has to do with Evil Ogel.
* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Radia specializes in laser technology, but she's the Alpha Team's all-around scientist.

* PerpetualSmiler: Flex, until Mission Deep Freeze.
* PlayerHeadquarters: Orbiting Satellite Headquarters, albeit it's not actually a level and just the backdrop of the main menu. However, training missions appear to take place in the Orbiting Satellite Headquarters.
* PluckyComicRelief: Flex in the videogame and first two waves. In Mission Deep Freeze... not so much.
* PoweredArmor: The Alpha Team Robot Diver.
* {{Prehistoria}}: In the November/December 2001 LEGO Mania {{Crossover}}, Alpha Team's mission takes place on Dinosaur Island.
* ProductionThrowback: Crunch's explosives in the PC game use the same design as the explosives in ''Toys/RockRaiders''.
* PuzzlePlatformer: The videogame adaptation can be best classified as this. You don't actually control any of the Alpha Team agents, but you place down tiles telling them where to go, and you set up equipment to help them get past obstacles or open locked doors.

* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: The color scheme of Ogel's bases, vehicles, and Skeleton Drone uniforms.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: One of Evil Ogel's eyes is red.

* RightHandCat: Mr. Whiskers.
* RobotAntennae: Tee Vee's original design had these, in keeping with his television set-inspired appearance.
* RobotBuddy: Tee Vee.

* SdrawkcabName: "Ogel" is "Franchise/{{LEGO}}" spelled backwards. In an interview with the Great Redini, Ogel claimed that this was because everything he stood for was the opposite of LEGO.

* SharkPool: The second half of the Ogel Island greenhouse levels in the PC game are filled with these.
-->'''Evil Ogel''': "I must say, it looks like you're in rare form. Excellent. That is how my [[ThreateningShark sharks]] like their meals. Rare! ''Very'' rare!"
* ShouldersOfDoom: In the LEGO sets, Ogel wears the same shoulder pads as the [[Toys/LEGOSpace Star People]].

* ShowSomeLeg: Invoked in ''Into The Deep'', where Cam Attaway volunteers to distract Ogel with her "irresistible charms" while Dash sneaks in and destroys the orb machine.
* SixthRanger:
** Diamond Tooth and Arrow, who replace Crunch and Cam Attaway from previous missions.
** Zed can even be considered a SixthRanger to the Mission Deep Freeze cast, not being introduced until the very end of the series.

* SkullForAHead: Skeleton Drones, assuming they aren't [[DemBones completely skeletal]] underneath those uniforms.
* SlippySlideyIceWorld: The Arctic Command Base, and the entire setting of Mission Deep Freeze.

* SpaceStation: Alpha Team Orbiting Satellite Headquarters.
* SpeakingSimlish: Played straight in the intro cutscene of the PC game, but otherwise completely [[AvertedTrope averted]] in the game itself by Tee Vee and Evil Ogel, as well as ''Into The Deep'' and [[http://youtu.be/XlWN6XtIFOU the commercial for Mission Deep Freeze.]]
* SpiderTank: The Scorpion Orb Launcher.

* TheSquad: Alpha Team.

* SubStory: Mission Deep Sea.
* SupervillainLair: [[IslandBase Ogel Island]] (complete with greenhouses and the [[VolcanoLair Ogel Control Center]]), the [[ElaborateUndergroundBase Goo Caverns]], [[UnderwaterBase Deep-Sea Orb Factory and Ogel Underwater Base]], [[IcePalace Arctic Command Base]], Volcano Island, Ogel's Sector 5 base, and Ogel's Mountain Fortress.
* TakeOverTheWorld: Each of Ogel's three master plans ultimately have this as the goal.
* ThisIsADrill: Ogel has some pretty big drills set up in his [[ElaborateUndergroundBase Goo Caverns]]. Alpha Team also has their DrillTank, the Magma Drill.
* ThreateningShark: In the videogame, some of Ogel's bases have [[SharkPool shark-infested waters]]. In Mission Deep Sea, Ogel's forces included the Ogel Shark Sub.
* TimeBomb: In Charge's training mission on the Alpha Team website, you have to defuse a bomb before its timer runs out.

* TransformationSequence: In the online Mission Deep Freeze games, the first time you initiate a particular vehicle's Alpha Mode, it will undergo a TransformationSequence.
* TunnelKing: Fans speculate that this is Diamond Tooth's specialty, given the fact that he drives the [[CoolCar Tundra Tracker]] which can transform into the [[DrillTank Magma Drill]].
* UnderTheSea: The Deep Sea Orb Factory, and the entire setting of Mission Deep Sea.
* UndergroundLevel: The Goo Caverns.
* UnderwaterBase: The Ogel Underwater Base and the Sea Colony 7 Science Center.
* VillainBall: If Ogel did not [[EvilGloating gloat]] over Alpha Team's failure to turn off the D.O.O.M. machine, they would never have found out about his secret Arctic Command Base. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Ogel immediately after the reveal.
-->'''Evil Ogel:''' Nobody knows about it! ''Nobody''! Not even ''you''! [{{beat}}] ''D'oh''! [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial Just kidding about that secret Arctic Command Base]]!
* VillainousBreakdown: Evil Ogel has one at the end of the PC game, during which he accidentally activates the base's SelfDestructMechanism in his fit of rage.

* WeatherControlMachine: Ogel's pipe organ in ''Evil Music'', which caused...

* WireDilemma: In Charge's online training mission, you have to memorize the correct order of colors presented on a blackboard, then defuse a TimeBomb by cutting only those colored wires in that order.
* WrenchWench: Cam Attaway.
* YouFool: Evil Ogel to Dash Justice.
-->'''Evil Ogel:''' Fool! You'll never get past my security doors! Your rescue efforts will be ''futile''!

** One of the levels in the Goo Caverns is titled "[[Literature/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Mirror Mirror]]".

* TimeBomb: In Charge's training mission on the Alpha Team website, you have to diffuse a bomb before its timer runs out.

* WireDilemma: In Charge's online training mission, you have to memorize the correct order of colors presented on a blackboard, then diffuse a TimeBomb by cutting only those colored wires in that order.

* MeaningfulName: Tee Vee looks like a television on legs. Dash is the motions expert. Charge is the electrical expert. [[SdrawkcabName Ogel]] is the opposite of everything good about {{LEGO}}. Zed is the [[SixthRanger last Alpha Team agent to be introduced]].

Unlike all other Toys/LEGOThemes, ''LEGO Alpha Team'' is unique in that its videogame adaptation was actually released in 2000, a full year prior to the first wave of sets. Released for PC and Gameboy Color, ''LEGO Alpha Team'' is a PuzzlePlatformer with the premise that, in the search for Ogel's secret bases, the entire Alpha Team has been captured, and it's up to you to move Alpha Team equipment around Ogel's bases to help Dash Justice, the last remaining agent, open doors and rescue his teammates before foiling Ogel's latest plot.

* ProductionThrowback: Crunch's explosives in the PC game use the same design as the explosives in ''Franchise/RockRaiders''.

* TheBadGuyWins: At the end of the November/December 2004 LEGO Magazine comic, the entire Alpha Team has been turned into {{Human Popsicle}}s by Ogel's Ice Orbs, and Ogel fires his Time Freeze Ray, completely freezing [[LEGOCity World City]] and grinding time itself to a halt. The comic ends on a cliffhanger, as [[SixthRanger Zed]] receives Dash's emergency beacon.

* EvilPlan: In the videogame and the first wave of sets, Evil Ogel planned to TakeOverTheWorld by turning everyone into Skeleton Drones with his Mind-Control Orbs. In ''Evil Music'', Evil Ogel planned to use his WeatherControlMachine to destroy all the world's crops and force everyone to be dependent on him for food. In Mission Deep Sea, Evil Ogel planned to take over the oceans by turning marine life into mutant monsters and controlling all the world's water. In the LEGO Mania comics, Ogel planned to destroy major cities with lasers, [[{{Brainwashed}} brainwash]] [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs dinosaurs]] into his minions, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking kidnap a pair of soccer teams so he could watch them play in his personal undersea dome]]. In Mission Deep Freeze, Ogel planned to freeze time itself.

* EvilPlan: In the videogame and the first wave of sets, Evil Ogel planned to TakeOverTheWorld by turning everyone into Skeleton Drones with his Mind-Control Orbs. In ''Evil Music'', Evil Ogel planned to use his WeatherControlMachine to destroy all the world's crops and force everyone to be dependent on him for food. In Mission Deep Sea, Evil Ogel planned to take over the oceans by turning marine life into mutant monsters. In the LEGO Mania comics, Ogel planned to destroy major cities with lasers, [[{{Brainwashed}} brainwash]] [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs dinosaurs]] into his minions, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking kidnap a pair of soccer teams so he could watch them play in his personal undersea dome]]. In Mission Deep Freeze, Ogel planned to freeze time itself.

In 2008, ''LEGO Alpha Team'' received a SpiritualSuccessor called ''Toys/LEGOAgents''.

[[SimilarlyNamedWorks Not to be confused with]] ''Series/TheATeam'', [[Series/{{Alphas}} Rosen's Alpha Team]], [[Toys/HeroFactory that other LEGO Alpha Team]], or [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil that other Alpha Team that has nothing to do with LEGO]].