History WesternAnimation / MaxSteel2013

** John Dread is known as Miles Dredd in this continuity. possibly due The former's naming similarity to Otherland's villain's name Johnny Dread, from book that was still releasing sequels during the time when original series was released.

* GRatedDrug: Dredd treats his turbo absorption like this he even described as a rush
%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, this example was removed. Please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
* GoodColorsEvilColors: N-Tek and Max Steel's most prominent color scheme is white with green and blue accents respectively. On the contrary, all of THI equipment is black with red accents... even their [[ObviouslyEvil robotic dogs!]]

* PlagueZombie[=/=]TechnicallyLivingZombie: They appear in "Cleaning House".

** John Dread is known as Miles Dredd in this continuity.

* UncannyValley: ''Turbo-Charged'''s animation.

* CanonForeigner: Played with. Some of the new characters -- Steel, Naught, Sydney, Kirby and a few others -- were expressly created for this continuity. But some of the others -- Commander Ferrus, the Elementors, Toxzon and Makino -- did exist in the old continuity, but were only added in after the fact in DTV movies and the like, almost none of which reached American shores, so in that case they are new additions.

--> Neon green for N-Tek.
--> Electric blue for Max. Notice that when [=CYTRO=] passes a gun to Max, it changes from N-Tek green to blue.
--> RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver for Dredd.
--> Winter's gear and suit are different shades of purple.
--> Black and white for Mortum and his gear.
* ContinuityReboot: After the Maximum Morphos film, the show unexpectedly [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome removed]] a few characters, such as Sydney, Kirby, Ven Ghan and others. [[spoiler: N-Tek, which had a very important role in the show, is removed after the events of Team Turbo and its agents are never seen again. Additionally, the film Turbo-Charged also eliminates the "Max and Steel" dynamic, as Steel is not capable of linking with Max anymore due to his new green energy. Despite that, Steel [[BlatantLies confirmed]] that he was working on a way to bond with Max once again.]].

* PragmaticVillainy: Dredd realizes that learning max steel's secret identity doesn't, what matters is his TURBO energy.

* Retcon: In The Legend of Ja'em Mk'rah, the titular character is shown escaping from his planet with a Makino fighter, although this is later retconned in Dawn of Morphos where Ja'em states that he came to Earth with a Takonian ship.

** Max refers to the [[TechnicallyLivingZombie sort-of zombies]] as [[Franchise/TheWalkingDead "walkers."]]
** Cannon Mode is straight-up [[WesternAnimation/BenTen Cannonbolt.]]

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: [[spoiler: In "Maximum Morphos", Max has to team-up with his arch-enemies (Dread, Extroyer, Toxzon and the Elementors) in order to stop Morphos from taking over the world.]]
* TimeSkip: Team Turbo and other films afterwards take place two years after the events of Maximum Morphos.

* UncannyValley: Turbo-Charged's animation.

** DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The way Dredd gets rather close and chummie towards Max and his ecstasy while draining his TURBO energy... In fact Forge even likens it to a 'fix'.

* LighterAndSofter: Compared to the classic film saga, the reboot comes as this - although this only applies for the first two seasons. While the show did have its dark moments, there is heavy emphasis on humor and the body horror of the villains are toned down considerably.

* MamaBear: Molly. If you mess with her boy, she will, literally, ''drop a building on you''.
* MerchandiseDriven: Starting with ''Team Turbo'', the show and toy line are in harmony, as the 2016 toys had the logos of the films in their package and a device named the Connect-Tek, which is named after the toy line with the same name, is integrated in the story.
%%* MultiformBalance: Max Steel's Turbo Modes.
* MonsterOfTheWeek: Averted. While the series did have a lot of standalone episode, there was only about 5 different villains/villain-teams in total who seemed to take turns to harass max.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: This interaction between Max and Kirby in "Hero Overload", a graphic novel from 2014.
-->'''Kirby:''' These guys make Max Steel look like an amateur, man. And this girl, Power Wing, is totally hot.
-->'''Max:''' How can you tell how hot she is from that? They've all got some kind of goofy armor on.
-->'''Steel:''' (on Max's head) I think Kirby's definition of "hot" might be enough to include "hidden behind goofy armor".

* WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld

* TechnologyPorn

On July 3rd, 2017, episodes of the show now air weekdays at 6:30 a.m. as part of the now defunct Creator/KidsClick.

As of July 3rd, 2017, episodes of the show now air weekdays at 6:30 a.m. as part of Creator/KidsClick.

* FantasticVoyagePlot: In the episode "A Germ of an Idea" Max and Steel had go inside Toxzon's body in order to heal his nervous system so that he can help them get rid of a computer virus.

* BookEnds: "Come Together" opens with an N-Tek ship picking up an Ultralink from space, and ends with [[spoiler:Dredd's crony Knott picking him up from space.]]

* AdaptiveArmor: Steel made one for Max, from which he [[ClingyCostume cannot get out.... ever]].

--> '''Max:''' Don't tell me, [[JerkJock school bully?]] [[ShoutOut What's his name]], [[Franchise/ArchieComics Moose]], [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture Biff]], [[Franchise/SpiderMan Flash]]?

* AscendedExtra: The name "Max Steel" was simply a cool alias for Josh [=McGrath=] to use on his spy and counter-terrorism missions in the original show. Here, it refers to the fusion of human Maxwell [=McGrath=] with the alien being known as Steel.

* VillainExclusitivityClause: Almost every recurring villain in the first two seasons is related to the Ultralinks somehow, with the notable exception of Toxzon. After that, more independent villains have begun to appear.

* AbortedArc: During the second season, an organization of aliens named "The Black Star Council" was introduced, whose main goal was to capture Steel (who was considered a fugitive) and make him pay for his crimes. However, after the second season ends, they are never mentioned nor seen, implying that the producers dropped the idea for commercial interests.

* AscendedExtra: The name "Max Steel" was simply a cool alias for Josh [=McGrath=] to use on his spy and counter-terrorism missions. Here, it refers to the fusion of human Maxwell [=McGrath=] with the alien being known as Steel.

** The original Makino, while powerful, was easily outsmarted by Toxzon. This version of Makino is the Big Bad of the series.
** L'Étranger returns as Mortum, a villain who took down N-Tek and allied with Max's arch-nemesis in order to obtain a device named Connect-Tek. While Mortum's classic counterpart only appeared three times and supposedly died in its last appearance, Mortum was one of the strongest (and darkest) enemies that Max ever fought against.

** Also, Jason Naught- he's kicked around by hero and villain alike. Hell, in "Come Together", he unleashed his [[OneWingedAngel cyborg combat form]], only to immediately get knocked down a large shaft in the THI building.

* ContinuityReboot: After the Maximum Morphos film, the show unexpectedly [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome removed]] few characters, such as Sydney, Kirby, Ven Ghan and others. [[spoiler: N-Tek, which had a very important role in the show, is removed after the events of Team Turbo and its agents are never seen again. Additionally, the film Turbo-Charged also eliminates the "Max and Steel" dynamic, as Steel is not capable of linking with Max anymore due to his new green energy. Despite that, Steel [[BlatantLies confirmed]] that he was working in a way to bond with Max once again.]].

** Turbo-Warriors invokes this. The film is much darker than the other films of the franchise and by the end of the film, Terrorax shows to Max how a world dominated by Nexus would be. In this vision, the world fell into chaos and anarchy and the dead bodies of Max's friends are seen and Terrorax appears maniacally laughing in front of his lord Nexus. The film also features few [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath Family Unfriendly Deaths]]. For instance, [[spoiler: Night Howl is tossed in an energy field by La Fiera and is charred to death and Terrorax burns to ashes.]]

* MerchandiseDriven: Starting with ''Team Turbo'', the show and toy line are in harmony, as the 2016 toys had the logos of the films in their package and a device named Connect-Tek, which is named after the toy line with the same name, is integrated in the story.

*** Mortum's fight against Jim in the Daedelus platform is a reference to the first episode of the original series, Strangers. Curiously, Mortum is also based off on L'Étranger, a French mercenary who debuted in the aforementioned episode.

* TrojanPrisoner: Wind Elementor attacks the NTEK base, with the sole purpose of getting dragged into the same brig where the other Elementors are.

* AffectionateParody: The episode "Supermania" is an AffectionateParody of superhero comics, and incredibly full of shout outs. Steel becomes a full on comic fanboy, so he turns the Turbosuit into a cheesy superhero outfit [[SuperheroesWearCapes with a cape]], gives the Strength mode [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk purple pants]], declares he has a [[ComicBook/SpiderMan "Steel sense"]], and says they need to get to the [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} Fortress of Steelitude]]. He also adds superhero sound effects. The episode's eyecatches are also done in the style of the Adam West ''Series/{{Batman}}'' series.

* ContinuityReboot: After the Maximum Morphos film, the show unexpectedly [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome killed off]] few characters, such as Sydney, Kirby, Ven Ghan and others. [[spoiler: N-Tek, which had a very important role in the show, is also killed off after the events of Team Turbo and its agents are never seen again. Additionally, the film Turbo-Charged also eliminates the "Max and Steel" dynamic, as Steel is not capable of linking with Max anymore due to his new green energy. Despite that, Steel [[BlatantLies confirmed]] that he was working in a way to bond with Max once again.]].

* ElectronicEyes [[EyesOfGold of Gold]]: Mr. Naught has these.

* OurZombiesAreDifferent: Done with a toxic gas in [[CaptainObvious the episode where Toxzon debuts.]] Played straight with Mortum's robot zombies in Team Turbo Fusion-Tek.