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''[[https://jumpherocomic.com/ [=JumpHero=]]]'' is a weekly-updating webcomic series created by Marlene Santos. It takes place in a universe filled with video game tropes. It focuses on a superhero named Uptop who’s tasked to save a certain princess who gets kidnapped every other day. Unfortunately, he hates the princess and hates anything to do with being a hero.

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''[[https://jumpherocomic.com/ [=JumpHero=]]]'' JumpHero]]'' is a weekly-updating webcomic series created by Marlene Santos. It takes place in a universe filled with video game tropes. It focuses on a superhero named Uptop who’s tasked to save a certain princess who gets kidnapped every other day. Unfortunately, he hates the princess and hates anything to do with being a hero.
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* EveryoneIsASuper: While every single bodoblock is also a super, some more typical races can develop them too.

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* EveryoneIsASuper: While every single bodoblock is also a super, some more typical races can develop them powers too.
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* HumongousHeadedHammer: Princess's main weapon is a giant hammer with a head that's almost the size of her body.

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* BetterWithNonHumanCompany: [[spoiler: Princess actually struggles to get along with the other bodoblocks, but does great with her entire army of poppins.]]



* ChefOfIron - Tama, one of the villains, has FoodBasedSuperpowers

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* ChefOfIron - ChefOfIron: Tama, one of the villains, has FoodBasedSuperpowersFoodBasedSuperpowers.
* CivilizedAnimal: Poppy can talk and act like the more humanoid members of the cast, but he's still considered a pet.


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* WaddlingHead: The poppins are based on this trope.
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* AntiGravityClothing: Shadow's hat is floating for no specified reason.


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* DrJerk: Doc really hates actually being a doctor.


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* LikeBrotherAndSister: Seems to be the relationship between Uptop and Downlow.


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* SummonToHand: Gladius's super power involves summoning a sword. Princess's super power can technically do this as well.
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* DeadlineNews: During a news broadcast during the chapter "Roll Me In", the station's helicopter gets trapped in the "unidentified rolling object"

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* DeadlineNews: During a news broadcast during the chapter "Roll Me In", the station's helicopter gets trapped stuck in the "unidentified rolling object"object".

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-> ''"Saving the princess can get tiring, especially when you hate her.''"
-->-- Series logline



A major gimmick in this series is that it contains an incredibly large amount of [[VideoGames video game]] references. These can range to being minor remarks on personal memories the author had with playing certain games to the [[CaptainErsatz Legally Distinct Mario Bros.]]. They're incorporated in a way that it is not necessary to recognize them to understand what is going on, but it does end up causing readers wanting to guess what the next chapter could possibly be about.



* AffectionateParody: Many arcs are satirically based on existing games.

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* AffectionateParody: Many arcs chapters are satirically based on the plots of existing games.video games



* DeliberatelyMonochrome: Flashbacks in the chapter, ''Confess the Truth'' are depicted as such.

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* DeadlineNews: During a news broadcast during the chapter "Roll Me In", the station's helicopter gets trapped in the "unidentified rolling object"
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: Flashbacks in the chapter, ''Confess "Confess the Truth'' Truth" are depicted as such.



* HowWeGotHere: The chapter ''999ft Below'' is told in this format.

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* HowWeGotHere: The chapter ''999ft Below'' "999ft Below" is told in this format.

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* AmplifierArtifact: [[spoiler: A couple of strange rocks have be used to trigger a SuperMode in some characters.]]



* CallASmeerpARabbit: The plucky ''cats'' look more like stoats.



* CastHerd: All the characters on the series cover can essentially split up into those who live in the Bodoblock Kingdom and those who live in the Dark Castle.

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* CartoonCreature: No one actually knows ''what'' Downlow is.
* CastHerd: All the characters on the series cover can be essentially split up into those who live in the Bodoblock Kingdom and those who live in the Dark Castle.


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* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler: Shadow and the Plant King get their own forms of this trope]]


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* PowerGlows: A character using their superpowers is typically portrayed with a glittery glow.


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* TheWorldIsJustAwesome: When Uptop and Downlow travel to the eponymous cave in the sky.

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* BackFromTheDead: A reference to the VideoGameLives trope, characters can very literally die and quickly respawn as long as they have enough lives again.



* {{Bloodlust}}: [[spoiler: The Plant King goes on a whole monologue about how overeating blood makes him more beautiful.]]



* DynamicEntry: Shadow makes his first appearance by slamming a door open in Kaizo’s unsuspecting face.



** PlayingWithFire: Rigel.
** MakingASplash: Mara.

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** PlayingWithFire: Rigel.
** MakingASplash: Mara.
AnIcePerson: Haley.



** ShockAndAwe: Sparky.
** AnIcePerson: Haley.
** MakeSomeNoise: Roxy.



** MakeSomeNoise: Roxy.
** MakingASplash: Mara.
** PlayingWithFire: Rigel.
** ShockAndAwe: Sparky.



* EvilOverlord: [[spoiler: While there doesn't seem to be any other sapient life around to govern, the Plant King considers himself to be an actual ruler.]]



* LightIsNotGood: [[spoiler: when Shadow becomes mad with power, his super install covers him entirely in light (a stark contrast from his typical gray appearance)].
* TheManInTheMoon - The Moon has a grimacing face.

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* LightIsNotGood: [[spoiler: when Shadow becomes mad with power, his super install covers him entirely in light (a stark contrast from his typical gray appearance)].
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* TheManInTheMoon - ManEatingPlant: [[spoiler: The Plant King threatens to eat the Princess and her poppins.]]
* TheManInTheMoon:
The Moon has a grimacing face.face.
* ManOnFire: Punchy comically falls into a flaming hole one time.



* MicroMonarchy - The Bodoblock “Kingdom” is probably covers about an acre of grass.

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* MicroMonarchy - MicroMonarchy: The Bodoblock “Kingdom” is probably covers about an acre of grass.



* NeverGivenAName: The Plant King doesn't seem to have an actual name.



* OminousMultipleScreens: In the prologue, we find Titanius and Shadow in a room like this.



* Plantimal: The residents of Starfruit Island.

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* Plantimal: {{Planimal}}: The residents of Starfruit Island.


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* PortableHole: The Plucky Cat Pirates have this technology.


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* PunnyName: The fruitimals are all named after the fruit and animal they represent.


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* SolidClouds: Can be seen in the prologue.
* SortingAlgorithmOfThreateningGeography: Uptop and Downlow's typical quest seems to follow these tropes in order:
** GreenHillZone
** LevelInTheClouds
** PalmtreePanic
** UnderTheSea
** SlippySlideyIceWorld
** UndergroundLevel
** LethalLavaLand
** TheLostWoods


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* TitledAfterTheSong: Several chapters are named after songs that come from the video games they parody.
* VacationEpisode: Starfruit Island
* VineTentacles: The Plant King uses vines as limbs
* WeakenedByTheLight: [[spoiler: The Plant King suffers a relatively horrific death when wilting away completely after being exposed to the Sun]]
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* ArtificialHuman: Implied. The bodoblocks come from a machine, but no one knows how it actually works.



* ConversationCut: The prologue features such a montage where Uptop explains the premise of the series as he and Downlow walk through probably miles of land in only 12 panels.



* DeliberatelyMonochrome: Flashbacks in the chapter, ''Confess the Truth'' are depicted as such.



* FlashbackEffects: Flashbacks are depicted differently from the present time.



* HowWeGotHere: The chapter ''999ft Below'' is told in this format.



* RobotKid: While intentionally built to be a product rather than a person, Ari ends up fitting this trope.



* SilentSceneryPanel: While ''[=JumpHero=]'' is usually a very fast past series, these will show up at times.



* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: Defied. Most characters are intentionally portrayed with androgynous characteristics or even ones associated with the opposite gender.



* WorldOfFunnyAnimals: Humans do not exist in this universe.

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* WorldOfFunnyAnimals: Humans do not exist in this universe.universe.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Ari acts like preteen but was actually built pretty recently by the time he's introduced.

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* ChefOfIron - Tama's power involves food.

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* ChefOfIron - Tama's power involves food.Tama, one of the villains, has FoodBasedSuperpowers



* DressedToHeal: Doc's outfit.



* HealingHands: Doc's power.



* KnowsTheRopes: Bucky summons a lasso for his power.



* MeaningfulName: Many of these characters have names related to their abilities or other characteristics.



* MeaningfulName: Many of these characters have names related to their abilities or other characteristics.



* MoralMyopia:
->'''Uptop:''' I’m sorry, but it’s just wrong to go around calling someone’s name, thinking you’re both friends. ''[notices Shadow]'' Oh hi, Shadow!



* SuperSpeed: Tuslow's power.



* ThemeNaming: The bodoblocks tend to have pretty cartoonish names. For an even more obvious theme, consider Uptop and Downlow (and Tuslow despite not being very associated with them).

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* ThemeNaming: The bodoblocks tend to have pretty cartoonish names. For an even more obvious theme, consider Uptop and Downlow (and Tuslow despite not being very associated with them).them).
* WorldOfFunnyAnimals: Humans do not exist in this universe.

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* AffectionateParody: Many arcs are satirically based on existing games
* AntiHero - Uptop very much acts like this
* ArborealAbode: Uptop and Downlow live a hollowed out tree

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* AffectionateParody: Many arcs are satirically based on existing games
games.
* AntiHero - Uptop very much acts like this
this.
* ArborealAbode: Uptop and Downlow live a hollowed out treetree.



* BlackBeadEyes: Some characters are depicted with these eyes
* CamelCase: The title of the series

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* BlackBeadEyes: Some characters are depicted with these eyes
eyes.
* CamelCase: The title of the seriesseries.



* ChainsawGood: Kaizo's super power

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* ChainsawGood: Kaizo's super powerpower.



* ColorCodedElements: Some characters have color pallets related to their “elemental” powers, if they have them
* CoolCrown: Princess is always seen with a crown. The Plant King has some petals on his head that take the form of a tiara

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* ColorCodedElements: Some characters have color pallets related to their “elemental” powers, if they have them
them.
* CoolCrown: Princess is always seen with a crown. The Plant King has some petals on his head that take the form of a tiaratiara.



* DarknessVonGothickName: Shadow and Titanius

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* DarknessVonGothickName: Shadow and Titanius Titanius.



* ElementalPowers: Several characters have super powers based on these tropes
** PlayingWithFire: Rigel
** MakingASplash: Mara
** GreenThumb: Fern and the Plant King
** ShockAndAwe: Sparky
** AnIcePerson: Haley
** MakeSomeNoise: Roxy
** LightEmUp: Shadow
** {{Technopath}}: Pixel

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* ElementalPowers: Several characters have super powers based on these tropes
tropes.
** PlayingWithFire: Rigel
Rigel.
** MakingASplash: Mara
Mara.
** GreenThumb: Fern and the Plant King
King.
** ShockAndAwe: Sparky
Sparky.
** AnIcePerson: Haley
Haley.
** MakeSomeNoise: Roxy
Roxy.
** LightEmUp: Shadow
Shadow.
** {{Technopath}}: PixelPixel.
* TheEngineer: Widget's super power.



* FishPeople: Mara is designed to look vaguely like one
* FlashOfPain: That little circle bodoblocks have on their disks blinks red when they get hurt
* {{Flight}}: Shadow and Buzzy have the ability to fly
* FloatingLimbs: Characters such as Princess and Miranda exhibit this trait

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* TheFaceOfTheSun: The Sun seems to have a pretty apathetic face.
* FishPeople: Mara is designed to look vaguely like one
one.
* FlashOfPain: That little circle bodoblocks have on their disks blinks red when they get hurt
hurt.
* {{Flight}}: Shadow and Buzzy have the ability to fly
fly.
* FloatingLimbs: Characters such as Princess and Miranda exhibit this traittrait.



* InASingleBound - Uptop’s super power
* JerkassHasAPoint: Uptop’s right: Princess should actually be doing something to stop the kidnappings

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* TheGoodKingdom: The Bodoblock Kingdom is a relatively safe space.
* InASingleBound - Uptop’s super power
power.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Uptop’s right: Princess should actually be doing something to stop the kidnappingskidnappings.
* LightIsNotGood: [[spoiler: when Shadow becomes mad with power, his super install covers him entirely in light (a stark contrast from his typical gray appearance)].
* TheManInTheMoon - The Moon has a grimacing face.



* MonochromaticEyes: Gladius, Punchy, Pixel, [[spoiler: Super Shadow and Super Princess]] have these eyes

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* MonochromaticEyes: Gladius, Punchy, Pixel, [[spoiler: Super Shadow and Super Princess]] have these eyeseyes.



* NoConservationOfEnergy: Princess can make stuff out of thin air
* NoBiologicalSex: Appears to be a feature of the bodoblocks

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* NoBiologicalSex: Appears to be a trait of the bodoblocks.
* NoConservationOfEnergy: Princess can make stuff out of thin air
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* NoBiologicalSex: Appears to be a feature of the bodoblocksNoMouth: Punchy and Pixel. Gladius’s only appears in certain situations.



* PoliteVillainsRudeHeroes: The kingdom actually considers the villains to be pretty decent people.

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* Plantimal: The residents of Starfruit Island.
* PoliteVillainsRudeHeroes: The kingdom actually considers the villains to be pretty decent people. Meanwhile Uptop comments that his neighbors hate each other.
* PowerCopying: Kimi's super power.
* ThePowerOfCreation: Princess’s super power.



* ScaryTeeth: [[spoiler: The audience only sees the Plant King's teeth after he reveals his true intentions.]]



* TheGoodKingdom: The Bodoblock Kingdom is a relatively safe space.
* ThemeNaming: The bodoblocks tend to have pretty cartoonish names. For an even more obvious theme, consider Uptop and Downlow (and Tuslow despite not being very associated with them).
* ThePowerOfCreation: Princess’s super power.



* ScaryTeeth: [[spoiler: The audience only sees the Plant King's teeth after he reveals his true intentions.]]

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* ScaryTeeth: SuperMode: [[spoiler: A mysterious rock ends up being a catalyst for this.]]
* SuperStrength: Punchy's super power.
* ThemeNaming:
The audience only sees the Plant King's teeth after he reveals his true intentions.]]bodoblocks tend to have pretty cartoonish names. For an even more obvious theme, consider Uptop and Downlow (and Tuslow despite not being very associated with them).
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* Scary Teeth: [[spoiler: The audience only sees the Plant King's teeth after he reveals his true intentions.]]

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* CoolCrown: Princess is always seen with a crown. The Plant King has some petals on his head that take the form of a tiara



* NeverBareheaded: Princess and Shadow always have hats on and visible, even when they realistically would not.



* SaveThePrincess: Major plot element of this series
* SignatureInstrument: Roxy's guitar
* TheGoodKingdom: The Bodoblock Kingdom is a relatively safe space
* ThemeNaming: The bodoblocks tend to have pretty cartoonish names. For an even more obvious theme, consider Uptop and Downlow (and Tuslow despite not being very associated with them)
* ThePowerOfCreation: Princess’s super power
* TheSpeechless: Kimi is nonspeaking.

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* SaveThePrincess: Major plot element of this series
series.
* SignatureInstrument: Roxy's guitar
guitar.
* TheGoodKingdom: The Bodoblock Kingdom is a relatively safe space
space.
* ThemeNaming: The bodoblocks tend to have pretty cartoonish names. For an even more obvious theme, consider Uptop and Downlow (and Tuslow despite not being very associated with them)
them).
* ThePowerOfCreation: Princess’s super power
power.
* TheSpeechless: Kimi is nonspeaking.nonspeaking.
* Scary Teeth: [[spoiler: The audience only sees the Plant King's teeth after he reveals his true intentions.]]
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* BlackBeadEyes: Some characters are depicted with these eyes


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* CastHerd: All the characters on the series cover can essentially split up into those who live in the Bodoblock Kingdom and those who live in the Dark Castle.
* CastOfSnowflakes: Even background characters appear to be various different creatures.


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* EnsembleCast: While Uptop is marketed as the protagonist, the series takes time to focus on different characters each chapter.


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* EvilOverlooker: A silhouette of Titanius can be seen on the series cover.


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* EyesAlwaysShut: Kimi typically has her eyes appear shut.


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* MonochromaticEyes: Gladius, Punchy, Pixel, [[spoiler: Super Shadow and Super Princess]] have these eyes


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* NoBiologicalSex: Appears to be a feature of the bodoblocks


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''[=JumpHero=]'' is a weekly-updating webcomic series created by Marlene Santos. It takes place in a universe filled with video game tropes. It focuses on a superhero named Uptop who’s tasked to save a certain princess who gets kidnapped every other day. Unfortunately, he hates the princess and hates anything to do with being a hero.

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''[=JumpHero=]'' ''[[https://jumpherocomic.com/ [=JumpHero=]]]'' is a weekly-updating webcomic series created by Marlene Santos. It takes place in a universe filled with video game tropes. It focuses on a superhero named Uptop who’s tasked to save a certain princess who gets kidnapped every other day. Unfortunately, he hates the princess and hates anything to do with being a hero.



The series can be found here [[https://jumpherocomic.com/]].
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''[=JumpHero=]'' is a weekly-updating webcomic series created by Marlene Santos. It takes place in a universe filled with video game tropes. It focuses on a superhero named Uptop who’s tasked to save a certain princess who gets kidnapped every other day. Unfortunately, he hates the princess and hates anything to do with being a hero.

The series takes the form of episodic chapters highlighting the strange but daily lives of Uptop and various other people he knows. Many of these characters, including Uptop, belong to a race of presumably artificial lifeforms called the bodoblocks. Each one of them has a unique super power, but they don’t really seem to be into fighting crime or anything like that.

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* AffectionateParody: Many arcs are satirically based on existing games
* AntiHero - Uptop very much acts like this
* ArborealAbode: Uptop and Downlow live a hollowed out tree
* BearerOfBadNews: It is implied that Poppy is the one who calls the heroes whenever Princess is kidnapped.
* BigBad: Titanius, the only villain who's an actual villain.
* CamelCase: The title of the series
* ChainsawGood: Kaizo's super power
* ChefOfIron - Tama's power involves food.
* ColorCodedElements: Some characters have color pallets related to their “elemental” powers, if they have them
* {{Cowboy}}: Bucky is a character with this aesthetic. He even has a lasso for his super power.
* DarknessVonGothickName: Shadow and Titanius
* EasilyDetachableRobotParts: The bodoblocks aren’t considered robots, but they have this trait.
* ElementalPowers: Several characters have super powers based on these tropes
** PlayingWithFire: Rigel
** MakingASplash: Mara
** GreenThumb: Fern and the Plant King
** ShockAndAwe: Sparky
** AnIcePerson: Haley
** MakeSomeNoise: Roxy
** LightEmUp: Shadow
** {{Technopath}}: Pixel
* EveryoneIsASuper: While every single bodoblock is also a super, some more typical races can develop them too.
* EvilIsBigger: The Plant King and Titanius are the largest characters in the series and the only villains played straight so far.
* Expy: Some characters seems to start off as intentional, blatant copies of characters from existing video games, only to reveal their unique selves as time goes on.
* FishPeople: Mara is designed to look vaguely like one
* FlashOfPain: That little circle bodoblocks have on their disks blinks red when they get hurt
* {{Flight}}: Shadow and Buzzy have the ability to fly
* FloatingLimbs: Characters such as Princess and Miranda exhibit this trait
* GenderBlenderName - Poppy has a feminine name despite being a boy.
* GirlyBruiser: Princess carries a giant mallet as her main weapon and [[spoiler: also manages to one-shot a giant monster.]]
* GoodIsNotNice - Uptop has actually shown to have morals, but his stubborn personality remains present.
* InASingleBound - Uptop’s super power
* JerkassHasAPoint: Uptop’s right: Princess should actually be doing something to stop the kidnappings
* MicroMonarchy - The Bodoblock “Kingdom” is probably covers about an acre of grass.
* MeaningfulName: Many of these characters have names related to their abilities or other characteristics.
* NiceGuy: Downlow, though she isn't perfect.
->''"She is so normal, everyone loves her. She’s Uptop’s best friend who also saves Princess. To keep things running smoothly, she sometimes tells Uptop to keep quiet about how he truly feels."''
-->-- ''Official character bio''
* NoConservationOfEnergy: Princess can make stuff out of thin air
* OnePersonOnePower: Each bodoblock only has one. In-universe, Uptop and Downlow's FusionDance doesn't seem to count against this.
* PoliteVillainsRudeHeroes: The kingdom actually considers the villains to be pretty decent people.
* PrettyPrincessPowerhouse: [[spoiler: While she spends most of the first season as very afraid of taking action, when put to the test Princess ends up proving incredibly capable.]]
* PrincessesPreferPink: Pretty much everything Princess owns is pink.
* PrincessesRule: It is not only her name but also her official title.
* PunchClockHero: Uptop and Downlow do this because no one else even tries.
* RudeHeroNiceSidekick: Downlow is more of TheLancer but essentially fits this trope.
* SaveThePrincess: Major plot element of this series
* SignatureInstrument: Roxy's guitar
* TheGoodKingdom: The Bodoblock Kingdom is a relatively safe space
* ThePowerOfCreation: Princess’s super power
* TheSpeechless: Kimi is nonspeaking.

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