History WesternAnimation / MaoMaoHeroesOfPureHeart

''Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart'' is an animated adventure comedy from Creator/CartoonNetwork and Creator/{{Titmouse}}, created by Parker Simmons, a former storyboard artist for ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes''. It was announced on May 20, 2019, stealth premiering its first episode the same day on Cartoon Network's website and app. Futher episodes would premiere on the app the following month, with the series receiving its linear network premiere on July 1, 2019.

* ShouldntWeBeInSchoolRightNow: Zigzagged a bit. In "Trading Days" Badgerclops is surprised that Adorabat goes to school, and at the end, a line states that Adorabat had an off-screen conversation with her school friends where she told them she would be away from school (presumably to train). But in Flyaway it's implied that Adorabat actually does still go to school, although we never actually see her do it.

** “Trading Day” When the three heroes trade roles with each other to see if the other’s lives are easier or harder than their own, Adorabat wears Mao Mao’s Cape, hangs upside is a bat and she says “I’m Mao Mao” except for the hanging upside down part, this sounds eerily similar to Batman.

** “Trading Day” Whne the three heroes trade roles with each other to see if the other’s lives are easier or harder than their own, Adorabat wears Mao Mao’s Cape, hangs upside is a bat and she says “I’m Mao Mao” except for the hanging upside down part, this sounds eerily similar to Batman.

* SickEpisode: "Sick Mao", in which Mao Mao is sick, but won't admit it because it would mean he was weak. [[spoiler:He actually uses this to defeat the ice dragon attacking the Valley, by making it sick.]]

''Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart'' is an animated adventure comedy from Creator/CartoonNetwork and Creator/{{Titmouse}}, created by Parker Simmons, a former storyboard artist for ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes''. It was announced on May 20, 2019 and, in a first for the network, stealth premiered the first episode on Cartoon Network's website and app the same day.

Leading into the premiere, eight new episodes became available on the app on Friday, June 28. The series made its official debut Monday, July 1 (6:10PM ET/PT) on Cartoon Network, with new episodes continuing to premiere on Mondays through summer, moving to Saturdays in the fall.

''Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart'' is an animated adventure comedy from Creator/CartoonNetwork and Creator/{{Titmouse}}, created by Parker Simmons, a former storyboard artist for ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes''. It was announced on May 20, 2019; in addition, the first episode was uploaded to Cartoon Network's website and app the same day.

Mao Mao and Badgerclops used to travel the world as wandering heroes, until one day they crashed into and broke the Ruby Pure Heart, destroying the barrier protecting Pure Heart Valley. Mao Mao feeling personally at fault, he and Badgerclops, joined by the adventure-longing Adorabat, work together to defend the valley and its residents from all sorts of monsters and mayhem.

* RememberedICouldFly: Adorabat in "Try Hard" wants to get to the top deck of the Sky Pirate's ship, but is too concerned with being just like Mao Mao that she forgets she could simply fly up there. When she finally gets there by climbing, she then remembers just in time to [[spoiler:get past Orangusnake's "Omega Shield" -- broken glass shards all over the floor -- by flying over them.]] It then gets {{Lampshaded}} by Mao Mao.
-->'''Mao Mao:''' She ''forgot!?''

* DemonicDummy: "Scared of Puppets" has a ventriloquist dummy that Mao Mao finds utterly frightening due to an incident with one during his tenth birthday party. The dummy itself is more goofy looking than scary, but considering it's the only human-looking thing in a WorldOfFunnyAnimals, it might be invoking HumansAreCthulhu. Badgerclops plays off this trope by pretending to speak for him [[spoiler:swearing revenge from beyond the grave as it burns in the fireplace, which causes Mao Mao to faint]].

* DemonicDummy: "Afraid of Puppets" has a ventriloquist dummy that Mao Mao finds utterly frightening due to an incident with one during his tenth birthday party. The dummy itself is more goofy looking than scary, but considering it's the only human-looking thing in a WorldOfFunnyAnimals, it might be invoking HumansAreCthulhu. Badgerclops plays off this trope by pretending to speak for him [[spoiler:swearing revenge from beyond the grave as it burns in the fireplace, which causes Mao Mao to faint]].

* FaceYourFears: It's obvious to everyone in "Afraid of Puppets" that Mao Mao is scared of a ventriloquist dummy Badgerclops bougth, but is too stubborn to admit it. When his fear interferes with fighting a monster (due to said monster dropping dozens of them around Mao Mao's vicinity), he is forced to admit that he needs help from his teammates.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: "Afraid of Puppets" reveals that the only thing Mao Mao is afraid of is ventriloquist dummies. When a monster attacks the town, it upsets a whole kiosk full of them, which scatter around Mao Mao and paralyze him with fear.

* RememberedICouldFly: Adorabat in "Try Hard" wants to get to the top deck of the Sky Pirate's ship, but is to concerned with being just like Mao Mao that she forgets she could simply fly up there. When she finally gets there by climbing, she then remembers just in time to [[spoiler:get past Orangusnake's "Omega Shield" -- broken glass shards all over the floor -- by flying over them.]] It then gets {{Lampshaded}} by Mao Mao.

* WholeEpisodeFlashback: "Lonely Boy" has Mao Mao telling the story of how he met [[spoiler:Bao Bao]] as a kid.

--->'''Oragusnake and Pirate crew''': We're okay!
* InvisibilityCloak: How the Pure Heart Ruby hid the Valley. Once Mao Mao crashed into the Ruby (which was in part the fault of its invisibilty), the cloak fails and the Valley is now exposed to danger.

* CompressedVice: The plot of "The Truth Stinks" involves Badgerclops not being able to take criticism without going into a violent rampage. Even though Badgerclops has been shown to take criticism with no problem in previous episodes. In fact, their very first ever dialogue together in the ''first episode'' is Mao Mao criticizing Badgerclops for driving like a grandma.

* {{Animesque}}: The show's creator worked on WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes, so it isn't too surprising that this cartoon emulates quite a bit of anime tropes, from the incredible ActionHoggingOpening, to the {{Chibi}} designs of the characters, to the use of MangaEffects such as {{Hexagonal Speech Balloon}}s and {{Visible Sigh}}s.

** In the Japanese dub, the titular Mao Mao is voiced by Creator/TatsuhisaSuzuki, who already voiced [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV another dark-haired, sword-wielding hero bent on saving the world, while having many inner demons haunting him]].

'You're showing me how'\\

Show me how[[note]]It's actually 'You're showing me how'[[/note]]\\

** In the Japanese dub, the titular Mao Mao is voiced by Creator/TatsuhisaSuzuki, who already voiced [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV another dark-haired, sword-wielding hero bent on saving the world, while having many internal demons haunting him]].

** In the Japanese dub, the titular Mao-Mao is voiced by Creator/TatsuhisaSuzuki, who already voiced [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV another dark-haired, sword-wielding hero bent on saving the world, while having many internal demons haunting him]].
** The same goes in the Latin American Spanish dub, as Mao-Mao is voiced by Alejandro Orozco, who already voiced a sword-wielding villain wearing a black armor, and having lots of personal conflicts with his father: [[Franchise/StarWars Kylo Ren]].

* ActorAllusion: In the Japanese dub, the titular Mao-Mao is voiced by Creator/TatsuhisaSuzuki, who already voiced [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV another dark-haired, sword-wielding hero bent on saving the world, while having many internal demons haunting him]].

* ABloodyMess: Invoked in "Popularity Conquest", with cherry pies.