History WebAnimation / TheChampions2018

* BigFriendlyDog: Lionel Messi's dog Hulk makes a couple appearances and while [[https://www.vbetnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/messi-dog.jpg he's already rather large compared to his master]] in RealLife, the series has the hound stand as tall as Messi and Messi is able to ride on him as a mount.

* BellyButtonless: Virgil van Dijk apparently has no belly button. [[spoiler: Dejan Lovran deduces that it's because he's a clone, which is confirmed when he stumbles upon Liverpool's laboratory. After the Virgil clones capture Dejan, his clone shows up to assure the Zenit players that he's done with the clone conspiracy theory. Malcolm takes notice that the clone doesn't have a belly button, which his teammates dismiss as Lovran being a weirdo.]]

* ChairReveal: [[spoiler: In the first episode of Season 7, we are led to believe that Cristiano Ronaldo is recruiting players to Saudi Arabia as part of an evil plan to take over the Champions Mansion. This is further accentuated by the fact that we don't see Ronaldo's face, or body for that matter, but the unknown figure is sitting in a large swivel char with a number 7 on it. In the second episode, after Karim Benzema notes that Ronaldo sounds oddly French when he talks, we finally see who's sitting in the chair: It's Kylian Mbappe - who's using a Cristiano Ronaldo voice changer to disguise his voice - who's luring all the older players to Saudi Arabia in the hopes of starting a football New World Order and reigniting the GOAT discussion between him and Erling Haaland.]]

* ChristmasCarolers: Harry Kane, David Luiz (in clown makeup), Jamie Vardy (holding a Red Bull), and a clearly unamused Jose Mourinho playing the triangle carol at the Champions league mansion before being shooed away by Cristiano Ronaldo. [[spoiler: Later on, at the Christmas feast, they are presented a turkey by Marcus Rashford outside the window.]]

* CloneArmy: [[spoiler: Dejan Lovran discovers that Liverpool has a secret laboratory with an army of Virgil van Dijk clones, explaining why he is able to run at perfect health while recovering from injury and not breaking a sweat.]]

* ConspiracyTheorist: Dejan Lovren is of the tinfoil hat wearing variety. Surprisingly he's been right about a number of his conspiracies including [[ContinuityNod the underground fight club, Gareth Bale being an alien]], and [[spoiler: Liverpool having a secret laboratory with Virgil van Dijk clones.]] However, his theory that the dome around the mansion is only a projection is disproved when he crashes a rocket into it.

* TheCorrupter: [[Spoiler: Kylian Mbappe admits that in trying to wage war with Erling Haaland to make them both better, he forgot about Pep Guardiola's influence and admits that he created a monster.]]

** [[Spoiler: When Kylian Mbappe breaks himself and Arsenal out of the dungeon, with help from Real Madrid and their unlimited finances, he announces that the transfer window is open and he will buy any player to challenge Erling Haaland.]]

-->--'''Messi''' Now I let my ''soccer'' do the talking.

-->'''Mbappé:''' You know, you could always join me in Ligue 1. Perhaps a loan to Lyon?\\

* DarkerAndEdgier: [[spoiler:Kylian Mbappe's reboot of The Champions with him and Erling Haaland as the main characters is treated like this, with darker lighting effects, a more dramatic storyline, and even a different delivery of the iconic opening taglines.]]

* DarkerAndEdgier: [[Spoiler:Kylian Mbappe's reboot of The Champions with him and Erling Haaland as the main characters is treated like this, with darker lighting effects, a more dramatic storyline, and even a different delivery of the iconic opening taglines.]]

* DarkerAndEdgier: [[Spoiler: Kylian Mbappe's reboot of The Champions with him and Erling Haaland as the main characters is treated like this, with darker lighting effects, a more dramatic storyline, and even a different delivery of the iconic opening taglines.

* UpToEleven: [[spoiler:Kylian Mbappe's Cristiano Ronaldo voice changer has a dial that goes all the way up to 11, which is indicated as "whiney" and basically sounds like the actual Ronaldo having a temper tantrum]].

* UpToEleven: [[Spoiler: Kylian Mbappe's Cristiano Ronaldo voice changer has a dial that goes all the way up to 11, which is indicated as "whiney" and basically sounds like the actual Ronaldo having a temper tantrum]].

* CommonalityConnection: Although things start off awkwardly when Neymar meets Cristiano Ronaldo in Saudi Arabia, as they barely know each other and Neymar sees that Ronaldo's mansion is basically empty outside of him and David Ospina, once the two get to talking about each other, they find that they share the same birthday and astrological sign and had frosted tips when they were in their top form. It looks like they're going to hit it off, [[spoiler, but when Neymar thanks Ronaldo for inviting him to Saudi Arabia, Ronaldo admits he never called him]].

** This is listed as the reason why many of the players leaving for Saudi Arabia are going. Most notably Ronaldo convinces Neymar that even though he's injured he'd still get paid a lot of money to just stand around on the pitch. Similarly, Karim Benzema tells Ronaldo that he's only going to Saudi Arabia for the money, not to hang out with him.

* CargoShip: Emi Martinez is shown (offscreen) dry humping his Golden Glove trophy during the Champions Chat finale, then in the Season 7 trailer, does the same with a pool noodle in the background.

** [[spoiler:After Neymar thanks Cristiano Ronald’s for calling him to invite him down to Saudi Arabia, Ronaldo responds with "I never called you."]]

** [[spoiler:After Neymar thanks Cristiano Ronald’s for calling him to invite him down to Saudi Arabia, Ronaldo responds with "I never called you"]]