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* ComboPlatterPowers: Octavia Paine's super-monster is a synthesis of the world's most powerful monster, the end result is a creature that nearly destroyed The Center, which also resulted in the one-time use of the U-Watch's laser-firing function, which just [[NighInvulnerability bounced off its skin]]. Too bad it inherited all of those monster's [[KryptoniteFactor weaknesses]]
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* ComboPlatterPowers: Octavia Paine's super-monster is a synthesis of the world's most powerful monster, monsters. the end result is a creature that nearly destroyed The Center, which also resulted in the one-time use of the U-Watch's laser-firing function, which just [[NighInvulnerability bounced off its skin]]. Too bad it inherited all of those monster's [[KryptoniteFactor weaknesses]]
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* ChannelHop: In America, it showed up out of the blue on [[FoxKids Fox Box]]. After the block folded, {{Nickelodeon}} picked it up and ran it for a bit. If you count the crossover with ''TotallySpies'', you could say the show was on ''CartoonNetwork'' too.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse?: What happened to the freaking Gatekeeper!? In the Season 2 finale Mom turns evil and hell is almost literally thrown upon earth, as she teams up with the demonic Gatekeeper. After the Gatekeeper is assumingly destroyed and Mom is back to normal, she decides to shut down The Center and go back to her old job. The episode ends on a cliffhanger with the Gatekeeper having survived and sneaking into the Center to cause whoknowswhat? The episode afterwards is back to StatusQuo as if that never happened.
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* BaldWomen: In the episode "The Lost Tribe," Diana loses all her hair after a hair dye job goes wrong and is mistaken by a group of underground creatures as their long lost queen. She stays bald for the entire episode.
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** Apparently, he might end up with [[TotallySpies Alex...]]
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* BodyHorror: One episode had a slug-like monster possessing people. Those possessed had little maggots wriggling on them, crawling in and out of their skins. Bonus point for having the victims wear band aids once freed, on the various points where the maggots were emerging.
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* FantasyKitchenSink: Not only does the show feature creatures and legends both original and obscure from every kind of sci-fi, fantasy or folklore story imaginable, but it also likes to fuse legends together to give them new spins - resulting in things like werewolves that transport victims to another dimension, ancient demons with arcane magic trapped inside cursed websites, or witches that spread like zombies.
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* SiblingRivalry: Martin and Diana often spite each other and pick fights for little to no reason at all, though they usually know when to drop it and focus on the mission. Their fighting negatively effecting their work came up several times as a plot point, however.
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* ArtEvolution: More noticeable in some ways than in others. Most obvious with Martin, who in the first season is squarer shouldered and has a more rectangular head that doesn't mesh with his hair in the same way, which also gave him the impression of being taller and more imposing than he ended up being. He also initially had a noticeable LanternJawOfJustice in some shots.
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* ArtEvolution: More noticeable in some ways than in others. Most obvious with Martin, who in the first season is has a model ''just'' different enough to be noticeable - squarer shouldered and has a shoulders, more rectangular head that doesn't mesh with head, his hair in the same way, which also gave is drawn a bit differently, and it all gives him the impression of being taller and more imposing than he ended up being. He also initially had a noticeable LanternJawOfJustice in some shots.
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* ArtEvolution: More noticeable in some ways than in others. Most obvious with Martin, who in the first season is squarer shouldered and has a more rectangular head that is slightly bigger in relationship to doesn't mesh with his hair in earlier episodes, the same way, which also gave him the impression of being taller and more imposing than he ended up being. He also initially had a noticeable LanternJawOfJustice in some shots.
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* ArtEvolution: More noticeable in some ways than in others. Most obvious with Martin, who is squarer shouldered and whose has a more rectangular head that is somewhat slightly bigger in relationship to his hair in earlier episodes, which also gave him the impression of being taller and more imposing than he ended up being. He also initially had a noticeable LanternJawOfJustice in some shots.
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* DemonicPossession: Fairly common - several involve a SealedEvilInACan trying to return to full power and/or gain revenge by possessing an innocent.
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* DemonicPossession: Fairly common - several surprisingly many episodes involve a SealedEvilInACan trying to return to full power and/or power, gain revenge of accomplish some other evil goal by possessing the body an innocent.innocent soul, usually but not always one of our heroes.
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* TheMasquerade: The Center keeps paranormal activity under wraps, though the extent and severity in which they do so depends on the season. In earlier episodes, important people and authority figures sometimes already knew about the Center and would be given the heads up whenever an agent was coming by. In later seasons, only Center agents are allowed to know anything, and Martin and Diana are always on their own.
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* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: The episodes are all named in a style reminiscent of B-Movies or pulp magazines, with names like "It Came From Inside The Box" or "Return Of The Warlock."
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** At some point early in the episode, something is sent to Billy for analysis. At a later point in the episode, Billy will appear out of nowhere, scaring the heck out of the heroes (who have usually just avoided something scary) in the process, to give the results in person. He will then [[LovableCoward zip away just before things get dangerous again.]]
** At some point, the MonsterOfTheWeek will have done something to the PowerTrio, and it's effects will be all gone when the monster is dead. (See NoOntologicalInertia above.)
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** At some point early in the episode, something is sent to Billy for analysis. At a later point in the episode, Billy will appear out of nowhere, scaring the heck out of the heroes (who have usually just avoided something scary) in the process, to give the results in person. He will then [[LovableCoward zip away just before things get dangerous again.]]
]] This was used a lot less often during the 3rd season.
** At some point, the MonsterOfTheWeek willhave done eat/capture/brainwash/do something to either the PowerTrio, and it's effects will be all gone Billy or M.O.M, taking them out of the episode until the end. These are always perfectly cleared up by the end of the episode, generally disappearing when the monster is dead.dispatched. (See NoOntologicalInertia above.)
** At some point, the MonsterOfTheWeek will
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* JackassGenie: A MonsterOfTheWeek.recurring MonsterOfTheWeek. Another episode featured an evil Christmas elf who twisted holiday wishes.
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Martin in "The Vampire Returns", due to getting his soul sucked out by the vampire, as well as (along with Java and the teacher) in "Pirates of Doom" as a result of the [[ArtifactOfDoom cursed medallion]].
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Much like Marathon's other show TotallySpies, this happens fairly often. For some specific examples: Martin in "The Vampire Returns", due to getting his soul sucked out by the vampire, as well as (along with Java and the teacher) in "Pirates of Doom" as a result of the [[ArtifactOfDoom cursed medallion]].
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** In most episodes, Martin will come across some kind of strange slime - giving an excuse to use the cool teleporting sequence that comes with using the slime scanner.
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** At some point early in the episode, something is sent to Billy for analysis. At a later point in the episode, Billy will appear out of nowhere, scaring the heck out of the heroes (who have usually just avoided something scary) in the process, to give the results in person. He will then [[LovableCoward zip away just before things get dangerous again.]]
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'''''Martin Mystery''''' (2003-2006) is a French/Canadian animated series based on the Italian comic book ''Martin Mystere'', animated by [[MarathonMedia the studio that brought you]] ''TotallySpies''.
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'''''Martin Mystery''''' (2003-2006) is a French/Canadian animated series based on the Italian comic book ''Martin Mystere'', animated by [[MarathonMedia [[Creator/MarathonMedia the studio that brought you]] ''TotallySpies''.
''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies''.
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* ImpostorExposingTest: Since one episode was a WholePlotReference to ''Film/TheThing'', this was pretty much mandatory. In this case, the test consisted on scanning the DNA of hair and saliva.
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'''''Martin Mystery''''' (2003-2006) is a French/Canadian animated series based on the Italian comic book ''Martin Mystere'', animated by [[MarathonMedia the studio that brought you]] ''{{Totally Spies}}''.
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* NamesTheSame: Java the Caveman is also the name of a character in [[DCComics Metamorpho]]'s comics.
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Martin Mystery (2003-2006) is a French/Canadian animated series based on the Italian comic book "Martin Mystere", animated by [[MarathonMedia the studio that brought you]] {{Totally Spies}}.
The series revolves around typical teens Martin Mystery, his step-sister Diana Lombard and their pal Java the Caveman, as they're sent on various missions by a secret organization known as "The Center" to investigate paranormal activity around the world.
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!!Tropes used on this show include:
* AdultChild: Martin
* AgentScully: Diana.
* AllCavemenWereNeanderthals: Java.
* AllWebbedUp
* AnimatedSeries
* {{Animesque}}
* ArbitrarySkepticism: Diana
* ArtifactOfDoom: One such example is the cursed medallion which results in a BrainwashedAndCrazy stint for Martin, Java and the teacher in "Pirates Of Doom" not to mention the numerous other ArtifactsOfDoom throughout the series.
* AttackOfTheKillerWhatever: Notably a killer teddy bear.
** AttackOfThe50FootWhatever
* BaldWomen: In the episode "The Lost Tribe," Diana loses all her hair after a hair dye job goes wrong and is mistaken by a group of underground creatures as their long lost queen. She stays bald for the entire episode.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Before becoming the harmless alien we know, Billy was a ruthless gladiator that went about destroying planets after he annihilated them. [[spoiler: He returned to this stage once and boy was it a battle.]]
* TheBlank: One episode features a face-stealing doppelganger.
* BodySnatcher / GrandTheftMe: Most of the heroes fall victim to this at some point but special mention goes to Martin himself who seems to get possessed more frequently.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Martin in "The Vampire Returns", due to getting his soul sucked out by the vampire, as well as (along with Java and the teacher) in "Pirates of Doom" as a result of the [[ArtifactOfDoom cursed medallion]].
* BrotherSisterTeam
* CoincidentalAccidentalDisguise: Diana resembled the queen of an ancient race called Alpha-Omega due to two things: One, she was trying out a hair dye that caused her hair to fall out and leave a stain on her balding head, and MOM just so happened to toss her a tooth necklace (she stated it was everyone would pay attention to it instead of her head.)
* ComboPlatterPowers: Octavia Paine's super-monster is a synthesis of the world's most powerful monster, the end result is a creature that nearly destroyed The Center, which also resulted in the one-time use of the U-Watch's laser-firing function, which just [[NighInvulnerability bounced off its skin]]. Too bad it inherited all of those monster's [[KryptoniteFactor weaknesses]]
* ContemporaryCaveman
* {{Crossover}}: With ''{{Totally Spies}}''. Only Martin and M.O.M appear.
* CuteMonsterGirl: In the season three finale, Diana gets mutated into a very cute lizard-girl. It helps that she is wearing a [[SpyCatsuit a black-red skin-tight suit]] which is shown to have underwater high-heel jet shoes and mask, so it is more of a high-tech suit. Those two combined make her look unusually cute in a strange way. Martin even jokingly compliments that she's only a mini-mutant because her eyes changed and she has a tail.
* ChristmasEpisode: Featuring a wish-granting snow globe that created a pocket dimension containing a Christmas-themed village... whose inhabitants, including things like the trees, reindeer and snowmen, were actually monsters.
* DaChief: M.O.M.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Billy used to be a [[SpacePirates Space Pirate Warlord]] called Ganthar, who makes the ''{{Metroid}}'' Space Pirates (sans Ridley) look like amateurs, conquering and strip-mining planets until they were completely barren, before moving on to another unfortunate planet. But all the violence became too much for him, and he fled to Earth as the RoswellIncident alien, and does a complete HeelFaceTurn, and a complete personality 180, resulting in the Billy we know.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Octavia Paine created the super-creature as revenge for M.O.M firing her for not measuring up to standards.
* EldritchAbomination: Several [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monsters of the Week]].
* EvilMentor: Octavia Paine.
* FishPeople
* FlirtyStepsiblings: Martin and Diana.
* FunWithAcronyms: As stated in the Totally Spies crossover, M.O.M. means 'Mystery Organization Manager".
* GentleGiant: Java
* ImpostorExposingTest: Since one episode was a WholePlotReference to ''Film/TheThing'', this was pretty much mandatory. In this case, the test consisted on scanning the DNA of hair and saliva.
* InNameOnly: The Mothman episode. The whole series in general is loosely based on a series of Italian comic books.
* InvisibleParents: Martin and Diana's mother only receives a brief mention by Gerard in a ChristmasEpisode.
* JackassGenie: A MonsterOfTheWeek.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Martin is commonly one of these, nearly always putting aside his self-absorbed, childish self, in order to confront whatever monster is on the scene. As soon as the mission is over, he's back to his normal behaviour. Arguably, his annoying behaviour can become a fusion of a {{Keet}} and {{Jerkass}}, as shown with his antics in the season three finale, which pushed Diana to do a FaceHeelTurn and join a rival organization. The betrayal is repaired by the end of the two-part episode, but Martin's lack of empathy seems to still remain at the end.
* {{Keet}}: Martin.
* LawyerFriendlyCameo: StephenKing, here called "Evan Prince".
* {{Leprechaun}}: One appeared as a MonsterOfTheWeek
* KrakenAndLeviathan
* LittleGreenMen: Billy.
* LivingShadow: Borack the Faceless One is the ruler of a realm composed completely of shadow, and is one of three characters in the entire show that got a two-part episode. Also an EldritchAbomination, as he pulled the entire population into the shadow world, and if he had succeeded in claiming Earth, [[FateWorseThanDeath they would have all turned into shadows themselves]].
* LostInTheMaize
* MadScientist: Lots of them.
* MadeOfIron: Martin and Java have survived situations of where a normal person could of been sent to a hospital.
* MagicSkirt: An upper body variant. In the episode where Martin and Diana hang out with their dad they're hung upside down, and Diana's t-shirt slides down but only enough to show off her navel.
* MillionToOneChance: As seen in ''The Vampire Returns'', Martin shares a very rare gene with Simone's original lover, and shares his looks also.
* MonsterOfTheWeek: Every other monster is also an "EldritchAbomination of the week".
* NamesTheSame: Java the Caveman is also the name of a character in [[DCComics Metamorpho]]'s comics.
* NeatFreak: Lampshaded by Martin when it comes to Diana in ''You Do Voodoo''.
* NerdsAreSexy: Diana. Not exactly a nerd, but Martin certainly thinks she is.
* NeverSleepAgain: The Sandman, a MonsterOfTheWeek, can trap people in their dreams.
* {{NGO}}: The Center also an MIB agency.
* NoOntologicalInertia: Pretty much every MonsterOfTheWeek has perfectly temporary effects.
** "Return Of The Beasts" . A mad paleontologist (yes, really) uses a huge geode to create dinosaurs and send them to rampage through the city for no apparent reason. At the end, Martin tricks one to melt the geode with its acid spit (really, dinosaurs do that), which causes every dinosaur to spontaneously melt into sludge. And is when you consider that the same paleontologist created ''Java'' through the same process, yet he remains intact and joins the gang permanently. (It's a flashback episode.)
* NotBloodSiblings: Martin and Diana. It doesn't make their (albeit, rare) ShipTease moments any less [[{{Squick}} Squicky.]] It should be noted that in the comics Diana and Martin were lovers, not siblings.
* OnceAnEpisode:
** Every episode, they will go to the Center to have a briefing with MOM. MOM will be working on ''something''. And Martin will be curious. And it ''will'' be destroyed.
** At some point, the MonsterOfTheWeek will have done something to the PowerTrio, and it's effects will be all gone when the monster is dead. (See NoOntologicalInertia above.)
* OnlySaneMan: Diana and M.O.M.
* OurMonstersAreDifferent
* ParentalFavoritism: Gerard tries, but it always comes off as him liking Diana more than Martin, though he's arguably a science person, compared to Martin's enthusiasm with the paranormal, (and tendency not to do well at school), which actually matches perfectly with Diana's rational views, and high marks. But he's not above accepting the paranormal with sufficient proof, since before he finds out about The Center, he's practically hit in the face by it twice, each time Martin saves him, earning his father's respect.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: Marvin was sent here so we could rip off the plot from ''Film/TheThing''.
* SiblingSwitchSquick: In the original ''Martin Mystere'' comics, Diana was Martin's love interest, and eventually wife.
* SiblingYinYang: In most situations, Martin and Diana are embodiments of this trope.
* [[TalkingToHimself Talking To Herself]]: Teryl Rothery voices M.O.M. and voiced M.O.M.'s evil former pupil Octavia Paine in the season three finale.
** SamuelVincent also voices both Martin Mystery and Billy.
* TeamMom: The adequately named M.O.M.
* TeenageWasteland: A type 2 in "Mystery of The Teen Town"; adults are sent to the {{cyberspace}} by the teenagers.
* ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight
* TricksterArchetype: Martin
* {{Tsundere}}: Diana, oh so much.
* TheUnfrozenCavemanLawyer: Java.
* WeaksauceWeakness: The fungus monsters weakness is salt. One has to wonder what he's doing in Utah if that's the case.
* WhatTheHellHero: Even if she wasn't called out on it (Martin was more upset about her snagging yet another monster from him), she was quite sadistic in detonating what looked like a nitro-glycerin explosive in a cave. Underwater. In catacombs. Which collapsed the catacombs right on top of Martin and Billy. Probably because they were underwater in the first place, they survived.
* WholePlotReference: To ''Film/TheThing'' and ''EvilDead'', at least.
* WhosLaughingNow: Diana Lombard goes through this process in season three finale, but [[UnwittingPawn winds up being betrayed]] by the EvilMentor.
* YankTheDogsChain: Martin finds a girl who is pretty much a perfect match for him in the two-parter with the shadow people. She leaves him one episode later under pretty flimsy circumstances.
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Martin Mystery (2003-2006) is a French/Canadian animated series based on the Italian comic book "Martin Mystere", animated by [[MarathonMedia the studio that brought you]] {{Totally Spies}}.
The series revolves around typical teens Martin Mystery, his step-sister Diana Lombard and their pal Java the Caveman, as they're sent on various missions by a secret organization known as "The Center" to investigate paranormal activity around the world.
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!!Tropes used on this show include:
* AdultChild: Martin
* AgentScully: Diana.
* AllCavemenWereNeanderthals: Java.
* AllWebbedUp
* AnimatedSeries
* {{Animesque}}
* ArbitrarySkepticism: Diana
* ArtifactOfDoom: One such example is the cursed medallion which results in a BrainwashedAndCrazy stint for Martin, Java and the teacher in "Pirates Of Doom" not to mention the numerous other ArtifactsOfDoom throughout the series.
* AttackOfTheKillerWhatever: Notably a killer teddy bear.
** AttackOfThe50FootWhatever
* BaldWomen: In the episode "The Lost Tribe," Diana loses all her hair after a hair dye job goes wrong and is mistaken by a group of underground creatures as their long lost queen. She stays bald for the entire episode.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Before becoming the harmless alien we know, Billy was a ruthless gladiator that went about destroying planets after he annihilated them. [[spoiler: He returned to this stage once and boy was it a battle.]]
* TheBlank: One episode features a face-stealing doppelganger.
* BodySnatcher / GrandTheftMe: Most of the heroes fall victim to this at some point but special mention goes to Martin himself who seems to get possessed more frequently.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Martin in "The Vampire Returns", due to getting his soul sucked out by the vampire, as well as (along with Java and the teacher) in "Pirates of Doom" as a result of the [[ArtifactOfDoom cursed medallion]].
* BrotherSisterTeam
* CoincidentalAccidentalDisguise: Diana resembled the queen of an ancient race called Alpha-Omega due to two things: One, she was trying out a hair dye that caused her hair to fall out and leave a stain on her balding head, and MOM just so happened to toss her a tooth necklace (she stated it was everyone would pay attention to it instead of her head.)
* ComboPlatterPowers: Octavia Paine's super-monster is a synthesis of the world's most powerful monster, the end result is a creature that nearly destroyed The Center, which also resulted in the one-time use of the U-Watch's laser-firing function, which just [[NighInvulnerability bounced off its skin]]. Too bad it inherited all of those monster's [[KryptoniteFactor weaknesses]]
* ContemporaryCaveman
* {{Crossover}}: With ''{{Totally Spies}}''. Only Martin and M.O.M appear.
* CuteMonsterGirl: In the season three finale, Diana gets mutated into a very cute lizard-girl. It helps that she is wearing a [[SpyCatsuit a black-red skin-tight suit]] which is shown to have underwater high-heel jet shoes and mask, so it is more of a high-tech suit. Those two combined make her look unusually cute in a strange way. Martin even jokingly compliments that she's only a mini-mutant because her eyes changed and she has a tail.
* ChristmasEpisode: Featuring a wish-granting snow globe that created a pocket dimension containing a Christmas-themed village... whose inhabitants, including things like the trees, reindeer and snowmen, were actually monsters.
* DaChief: M.O.M.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Billy used to be a [[SpacePirates Space Pirate Warlord]] called Ganthar, who makes the ''{{Metroid}}'' Space Pirates (sans Ridley) look like amateurs, conquering and strip-mining planets until they were completely barren, before moving on to another unfortunate planet. But all the violence became too much for him, and he fled to Earth as the RoswellIncident alien, and does a complete HeelFaceTurn, and a complete personality 180, resulting in the Billy we know.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Octavia Paine created the super-creature as revenge for M.O.M firing her for not measuring up to standards.
* EldritchAbomination: Several [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monsters of the Week]].
* EvilMentor: Octavia Paine.
* FishPeople
* FlirtyStepsiblings: Martin and Diana.
* FunWithAcronyms: As stated in the Totally Spies crossover, M.O.M. means 'Mystery Organization Manager".
* GentleGiant: Java
* ImpostorExposingTest: Since one episode was a WholePlotReference to ''Film/TheThing'', this was pretty much mandatory. In this case, the test consisted on scanning the DNA of hair and saliva.
* InNameOnly: The Mothman episode. The whole series in general is loosely based on a series of Italian comic books.
* InvisibleParents: Martin and Diana's mother only receives a brief mention by Gerard in a ChristmasEpisode.
* JackassGenie: A MonsterOfTheWeek.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Martin is commonly one of these, nearly always putting aside his self-absorbed, childish self, in order to confront whatever monster is on the scene. As soon as the mission is over, he's back to his normal behaviour. Arguably, his annoying behaviour can become a fusion of a {{Keet}} and {{Jerkass}}, as shown with his antics in the season three finale, which pushed Diana to do a FaceHeelTurn and join a rival organization. The betrayal is repaired by the end of the two-part episode, but Martin's lack of empathy seems to still remain at the end.
* {{Keet}}: Martin.
* LawyerFriendlyCameo: StephenKing, here called "Evan Prince".
* {{Leprechaun}}: One appeared as a MonsterOfTheWeek
* KrakenAndLeviathan
* LittleGreenMen: Billy.
* LivingShadow: Borack the Faceless One is the ruler of a realm composed completely of shadow, and is one of three characters in the entire show that got a two-part episode. Also an EldritchAbomination, as he pulled the entire population into the shadow world, and if he had succeeded in claiming Earth, [[FateWorseThanDeath they would have all turned into shadows themselves]].
* LostInTheMaize
* MadScientist: Lots of them.
* MadeOfIron: Martin and Java have survived situations of where a normal person could of been sent to a hospital.
* MagicSkirt: An upper body variant. In the episode where Martin and Diana hang out with their dad they're hung upside down, and Diana's t-shirt slides down but only enough to show off her navel.
* MillionToOneChance: As seen in ''The Vampire Returns'', Martin shares a very rare gene with Simone's original lover, and shares his looks also.
* MonsterOfTheWeek: Every other monster is also an "EldritchAbomination of the week".
* NamesTheSame: Java the Caveman is also the name of a character in [[DCComics Metamorpho]]'s comics.
* NeatFreak: Lampshaded by Martin when it comes to Diana in ''You Do Voodoo''.
* NerdsAreSexy: Diana. Not exactly a nerd, but Martin certainly thinks she is.
* NeverSleepAgain: The Sandman, a MonsterOfTheWeek, can trap people in their dreams.
* {{NGO}}: The Center also an MIB agency.
* NoOntologicalInertia: Pretty much every MonsterOfTheWeek has perfectly temporary effects.
** "Return Of The Beasts" . A mad paleontologist (yes, really) uses a huge geode to create dinosaurs and send them to rampage through the city for no apparent reason. At the end, Martin tricks one to melt the geode with its acid spit (really, dinosaurs do that), which causes every dinosaur to spontaneously melt into sludge. And is when you consider that the same paleontologist created ''Java'' through the same process, yet he remains intact and joins the gang permanently. (It's a flashback episode.)
* NotBloodSiblings: Martin and Diana. It doesn't make their (albeit, rare) ShipTease moments any less [[{{Squick}} Squicky.]] It should be noted that in the comics Diana and Martin were lovers, not siblings.
* OnceAnEpisode:
** Every episode, they will go to the Center to have a briefing with MOM. MOM will be working on ''something''. And Martin will be curious. And it ''will'' be destroyed.
** At some point, the MonsterOfTheWeek will have done something to the PowerTrio, and it's effects will be all gone when the monster is dead. (See NoOntologicalInertia above.)
* OnlySaneMan: Diana and M.O.M.
* OurMonstersAreDifferent
* ParentalFavoritism: Gerard tries, but it always comes off as him liking Diana more than Martin, though he's arguably a science person, compared to Martin's enthusiasm with the paranormal, (and tendency not to do well at school), which actually matches perfectly with Diana's rational views, and high marks. But he's not above accepting the paranormal with sufficient proof, since before he finds out about The Center, he's practically hit in the face by it twice, each time Martin saves him, earning his father's respect.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: Marvin was sent here so we could rip off the plot from ''Film/TheThing''.
* SiblingSwitchSquick: In the original ''Martin Mystere'' comics, Diana was Martin's love interest, and eventually wife.
* SiblingYinYang: In most situations, Martin and Diana are embodiments of this trope.
* [[TalkingToHimself Talking To Herself]]: Teryl Rothery voices M.O.M. and voiced M.O.M.'s evil former pupil Octavia Paine in the season three finale.
** SamuelVincent also voices both Martin Mystery and Billy.
* TeamMom: The adequately named M.O.M.
* TeenageWasteland: A type 2 in "Mystery of The Teen Town"; adults are sent to the {{cyberspace}} by the teenagers.
* ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight
* TricksterArchetype: Martin
* {{Tsundere}}: Diana, oh so much.
* TheUnfrozenCavemanLawyer: Java.
* WeaksauceWeakness: The fungus monsters weakness is salt. One has to wonder what he's doing in Utah if that's the case.
* WhatTheHellHero: Even if she wasn't called out on it (Martin was more upset about her snagging yet another monster from him), she was quite sadistic in detonating what looked like a nitro-glycerin explosive in a cave. Underwater. In catacombs. Which collapsed the catacombs right on top of Martin and Billy. Probably because they were underwater in the first place, they survived.
* WholePlotReference: To ''Film/TheThing'' and ''EvilDead'', at least.
* WhosLaughingNow: Diana Lombard goes through this process in season three finale, but [[UnwittingPawn winds up being betrayed]] by the EvilMentor.
* YankTheDogsChain: Martin finds a girl who is pretty much a perfect match for him in the two-parter with the shadow people. She leaves him one episode later under pretty flimsy circumstances.
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