History WesternAnimation / Redakai

** BigBadWannabe: Zane in season 2 up until halfway in, though he does manage to corral Team Imperiaz to his side.

* BrokenAesop: A horribly botched GreenAesop in episode five. Maya leads the charge to protect a forest by ''[[KillItWithFire hurling a huge tornado made of pure fire within said forest.]]''
-->'''Boomer:'''Wow, when it comes to nature, you don't mess around, Maya!

* FollowTheLeader: It lists one of its biggest selling points as being like ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' and ''Anime/{{Bakugan}}''.

* TwoGirlsToATeam: Team Imperiaz.

* TwoGuysAndAGirl: Team Stax and Team Radikor. Also newbie Team Tiro. It's implied that TwoGuysAndAGirl is the average.

* KillItWithFire: Metanoid's abilities are plasma-based: Plasma hands, plasma sword, etc.

* TagalongKid: Mookee kinda filled this role early on, but it wasn't long before his appearances became more sporadic to the point were he stopped even being on the [[GlobalAirship X-Scaper]] and just stayed at the monastery.

* TheStoic: Techris, the alien cyborg.

* TheHero: Ky; his father Conner, too.

The cartoon centers around a boy named Ky Stax and his friends Boomer and Maya who quest around the world trying to collect an energy called "Kairu", the life energy of the universe before the villain Lokar and his minions find it first. They do this by fighting other teams and transforming into monsters. The episodes are different every week without much of an overarching plot.

* TheStoic: Techris.

* TheDarkChick: Zair

* TheChick: Maya

* MerchandiseDriven

''Redakai: Conquer The Kairu'' is a MerchandiseDriven cartoon series and card game developed by [=SpinMaster=]. The game centers around cards (Called "[[CallARabbitASmeerp X-Drives]]") that are made of clear plastic and have several transparent portions. There are three types of cards: Characters, who you start with three of, Monsters, which change the defenses and abilities of characters, and attacks, which damage opponents. First player to knock out all three of their opponents wins.

The Cartoon centers around a boy named Ky Stax and his friends Boomer and Maya who quest around the world trying to collect an energy called "Kairu", the life energy of the universe before the villain Lokar and his minions find it first. They do this by fighting other teams and transforming into monsters. The episodes are different every week without much of an overarching plot.

There is in fact a Season 2 subtitled "Shadow of Lokar" that was in production and has been completed for some time now. Season 2 episodes have begun airing October 3, 2012...[[NoExportForYou in France]]... However, some countries, like Australia, have aired the English episodes (with the US having no sign of airing them at all), and they can be found on Amazon Prime Video.

Redakai came in with a lot of fanfare but fell by the wayside in the United States after just a few months due to overwhelmingly negative reception.

* FlatCharacter: [[DesignatedHero Our heroes.]]
** However, throughout the various 52 something episodes, we do learn more about them, their quirks and foibles than we knew going in. By the end of season 2, they're not as flat and are more rounded.

There is in fact a Season 2 subtitled "Shadow of Lokar" that was in production and has been completed for some time now. Season 2 episodes have begun airing October 3, 2012...[[NoExportForYou in France]]... However, some countries, like Australia, have aired the English episodes (with the US having no sign of airing them at all), and they can be found online [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes if you know where to look]].

* BrokenAesop: Episode four is about a {{macguffin}} which siphons Kairu from the surrounding forest, causing it to wither and die. Once the macguffin is dealt with the forest instantly heals, sending the message that environmental damage is easy to fix.
** A horribly botched GreenAesop in episode five. Maya leads the charge to protect a forest by ''[[KillItWithFire hurling a huge tornado made of pure fire within said forest.]]''

* ShirtlessScene: Ky and Boomer at the end of Neptune's Reef.

* FollowTheLeader: It lists one of its biggest selling points as being like ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' and ''{{Bakugan}}''.

* ThrowTheDogABone: [spoiler:Though it isn't elaborated on beyond the one scene, when Ky uses the Prism Kairu to counteract and cure the encroaching Shadow Kairu in the series finale, when the negative effects are shown reversing, a scene is spared showing Nan and Berkby being freed from their crystal prison. Since the show ends not long after, this is about as happy an ending for Team Imperiaz as they are gonna get, even if they don't know it yet.]]

* ItsAllMyFault[=/=]NiceJobBreakingItHero: Ky knows the spread of Shadow Kairu was his fault and beats himself up over it. It's part of what motivates him to find a cure[[spoiler:, even if it means chasing an allusive and dangerous legend pertaining to Prism Kairu on his own, which he does as season 2 winds down. Thankfully, though, Ekayon sneaks and tags along; Ky wouldn't have been successful without him.]]
* [[KillItWithFire Kill It With Plasma]]: Metanoid's abilities are plasma-based: Plasma hands, plasma sword, etc.

* LaserGuidedKarma[=/=]KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Zigzagged with regards to Lokar in the series finale. Yes, he does lose the Kairu Cube he won halfway through the season, along with the Palladion that he had won off of Master Boaddai ''and'' his own Draqular shortly thereafter when Boaddai beats him in a Master Showdown, and yes, his plan to transform the Earth's Kairu into Shadow Kairu was thwarted by Ky's timely use of Prism Kairu, but not long after, he defiantly swears his vengeance while reaffirming his goals before [[VillainExitStageLeft vanishing]], seemingly abandoning the Radikor and Imperiaz in the process.]]

* [[spoiler:[[LukeIAmYourFather Luke, I Am Your Grandfather]]: Lokar is Maya's Grandfather.]]

* [[spoiler:RoboticReveal: Team Hiverax. It happens toward the end of season 2. Turns out they were built by Lokar, which we found out as he destroyed them for their betrayal/disobedience.]]

* [[spoiler:ThrowTheDogABone: Though it isn't elaborated on beyond the one scene, when Ky uses the Prism Kairu to counteract and cure the encroaching Shadow Kairu in the series finale, when the negative effects are shown reversing, a scene is spared showing Nan and Berkby being freed from their crystal prison. Since the show ends not long after, this is about as happy an ending for Team Imperiaz as they are gonna get, even if they don't know it yet.]]

* TheUnreveal[=/=]SequelHook[=/=]CliffHanger: [[spoiler:While celebrating their recent triumphs from the finale, Teams Stax, Team Tiro, Masters Boaddai and Conner, and Mookee and Ekayon all witness an aircraft that looks like the X-Scaper making a crash landing on the Monastery grounds. Mookee notes that the style looks like that of his people of Nervod's. When the door opens and shadows step out, cue the reactions from the entire group... before cuing the credits! Since new episodes are highly unlikely after this one, it could also count as an example of "AndTheAdventureContinues".]]

** EvilCostumeSwitch: Team Radicor in season 2, though they were always 'evil'. Not much changes really: Zair gains a red jacket, Zane gains a new cloak from Lokar's tattered robe, with Techris being the most obvious in a new "jumpsuit" with a new haircut.

* MinimalistCast: Although the cast isn't small per se, there is a noticeable 'limitation', if you will, of characters in this show, with Team Stax seemingly the only good guys collecting Kairu until Ekayon comes along over halfway into the first season. Even then, he almost never shows up. There are more Redakai Masters other then Master Boaddai, so presumably, there are more good guy teams out there, yet we never see them and Lokar's E-Teens always end up targeting Team Stax. Due to the Kairu deposits often being in the wilderness, we see few characters of the day and even fewer recurring characters other than the E-Teens, making the character pool seem shallow compared to other shows of this type. Even season 2 doesn't do much to change it despite the new characters, Master Boaddai gaining new trainees, and Team Hiverax replacing Team Badicor. In fact it makes things worse by recycling a good deal of season one's characters of the day. At least the whole "We might see them again." bit isn't a lie here.

* OutOfFocus: Mookee after early season 1. He gains a bit more screen-time, a long with a second [[CharacterFocus focus episode]], later in season 2.

* PutOnABus: Team Badicor after their defeat in season 1's finale, are banished away by Lokar and are never seen and, bar a quick mention later in season 2 by Koz worrying of sharing a similar fate, never heard from again. Though since they weren't actually destroyed [[spoiler:like the Hiverax were]], they could always appear again, in theory.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: The Redakai Masters, though made most obvious with Master Boaddai, especially after he loses his Paladium monster halfway into season 2 and starts acting more and more his age [[spoiler:until he gets it back in the last episode]]. Their precise ages are left vague, but they are definitely OlderThanTheyLook.

* StrictlyFormula: Up until about when Ekayon first showed up, two-thirds into season 1, the episodes had a pretty standard formula: Master Boaddai would sense the location of a Kairu deposit and send Team Stax to collect it. They would arrive at the general location and try to pin-point the exact whereabouts with their X-Readers and Maya's ability to sense Kairu. Along the way, the [[VillainOfTheWeek E-Teens of the day]], who happened to be looking for the exact same Kairu deposit Team Stax were, would intercept them (or vise-versa). A Kairu challenge would happen (with powers and no monsters) and Team Stax would usually (but not always) drive them off temporarily. They'd continue searching for and eventually find the Kairu deposit, only to come by the same E-Teens again. ''Another'' Kairu challenge (with monsters this time), with Team Stax usually coming out on top. They collect the Kairu, get new X-Drives they may or may not use, and go home feeling better about themselves, with a possible scene of Lokar reprimanding the failed E-Teens (additional obstacles when looking for the Kairu are optional). Once Ekayon first appears and onward however, the formula gets shaken up bit by bit. Early season 2, for example, has Team Stax not win as many decisive victories, even losing the Kairu to the Hiverax and failing to beat Team Radicor the second time around.

* YankTheDogsChain: Team Imperiaz in regards to rescuing their parents. All of season 1, Lokar was blackmailing them to find him Kairu with no inclination that he would ''ever'' free their parents. Then comes season 2 with Lokar seemingly out of the picture: they ''finally'' find their parents only to run afoul of Zane who takes up Lokar's blackmail to coerce services to himself. They then enlist Team Stax for help in taking down the Radicor, with some reluctance on Boomer and Maya's part, only to have that blow over, forcing them to double cross Team Stax (for the second time in the series). Even when the two E-Teen groups drive off Team Stax, [[KickTheDog Zane reveals he has no intention of releasing Nan and Berkby]] ''[[KickTheDog ever]]'', and continues using them as leverage. It's unfortunate; if only the Imperiaz had the courage to stand up to Team Radicor's threats alongside Team Stax... [[spoiler:[[ThrowTheDogABone Though the finale does spare a short scene for them]].]]

* LimitedWardrobe: Everyone really, though in season 2 Team Stax do get variations on there clothes: Ky's vest becoming a long sleeve jacket, Maya gaining a red-and-white vest, and Bommer's vest becoming white and silver.

There is in fact a Season 2 subtitled "Shadow of Lokar" that was in production and has been completed for some time now. Season 2 episodes have begun airing October 3, 2012...[[NoExportForYou in France]]... However, some countries like Australia have airing the English episodes (with the US having no sign of airing them at all) and can be found online [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes if you know where to look]].

There is in fact a Season 2 subtitled "Shadow of Lokar" that was in production and has been completed for some time now. Season 2 episodes have begun airing October 3, 2012...[[NoExportForYou in France]]... However, some countries like Australia are airing the English episodes (with the US having no sign of airing them at all) and can be found online [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes if you know where to look]].

* ItsAllMyFault[=/=]NiceJobBreakingItHero: Ky knows the spread of Shadow Kairu was his fault and beats himself up over it.

* LastOfHisKind: Mookee comes from a world that was destroyed by Lokar and is, allegedly, the last of his kind.

* YankTheDogsChain: Team Imperiaz in regards to rescuing their parents. All of season 1, Lokar was blackmailing them to find him Kairu with no inclination that he would ''ever'' free their parents. Then comes season 2 with Lokar seemingly out of the picture: they ''finally'' find their parents only to run afoul of Zane who takes up Lokar's blackmail to coerce services to himself. They then enlist Team Stax for help in taking down the Radicor, with some reluctance on Boomer and Maya's part, only to have that blow over, forcing them to double cross Team Stax (for the second time in the series). Even when the two E-Teen groups drive off Team Stax, [[KickTheDog Zane reveals he has no intention of releasing Nan and Berkby]] ''[[KickTheDog ever]]'', and continues using them as leverage. It's unfortunate; if only the Imperiaz had the courage to stand up to Team Radicor's threats alongside Team Stax...