History WesternAnimation / TheComicStrip

''The Comic Strip'' was a 1987 Creator/RankinBassProductions AnimatedSeries which ran for one season, 65 episodes in all. This was Rankin/Bass's last television series before it went into dormancy.Like with their previous series, animation was primarily handled by [[Creator/WaltDisneyAnimationUnits Pacific Animation Corporation]], in conjunction with uncredited subcontractors Creator/MookDLE, Creator/{{Aubec}} and Creator/WangFilmProductions.

''The Comic Strip'' was a 1987 Creator/RankinBassProductions AnimatedSeries which ran for one season, 65 episodes in all. This was Rankin/Bass's last television series before it went into dormancy.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Karate Kat, [[BarefootCartoonAnimal though he's far from the only one in his universe]]. Also Wolfie of the Mini-Monsters, though in his case it's justified as he's a werewolf.

* LuckyTranslation: It's really lucky that the planet covered in water is called Water-O by its residents who call themselves Waterians. But then we're Earthlings from a planet whose name means "dirt", so who are we to judge?

** Winifred the witch on ''Mini-Monsters'', as her concoctions caused severe bellyaches to her fellow campers in one episode.

* OddlySmallOrganization: Big Papa only has Sumo Sy and Boom-Boom Burmese working for him.

* EverythingsEvenWorseWithSharks: Subverted by the Tiger Sharks' Mako, who transforms into a humanoid mako shark but is the titular good guys' leader. Their space ship is even shaped like a shark, which generally bad news for the bad guys.

* AmbiguouslyHuman: The Tigersharks are ostensibly humans from Earth, but in their non-transformed forms, Lorca and Octavia have lavender and green skin respectively. Octavia's hair is also teal with streaks of light blue-silver and she has black lips. Most of the team also have pointed ears, even the ones who appear closest to baseline human. One has to wonder if alien DNA didn't enter the human genome at some point between the present day and the setting.

** Jynx is the only female Mini Monster. Some sources say that Blanko is also female, but they also call call them "Blanka", which is not the case.

* WickedWitch: Averted by Winifred of the Mini-Monsters.

* ByThePowerOfGreyskull: Karate Kat's mantra before changing out of his jacket suit into his karate gi by [[EverythingsBetterWithSpinning spinning]].

* CardCarryingVillain: As with most 80's cartoons, the villains were clear and proud of their intentions.
--> '''Captain Bizarrly''': What cause do you serve?
--> '''T-Ray''': ''Evil!'' What other cause ''is'' there?

* InsistentTerminology: The first episode of ''Street Frogs'' begins with Honey Love refusing to answer to her birth name of "Loretta" when Sam is trying to get her attention, instead of the aforementioned street name she picked as part of the titular group.

* AmbiguouslyHuman: The Tigersharks are ostensibly humans from Earth, but in their non-transformed forms, Lorca and Octavia have lavender and green skin respectively. Octavia's hair is also teal with streaks of light blue-silver and she has black lips. Most of the team also have pointed ears, even the ones who appear closest to baseline human. One has to wonder is alien DNA didn't enter the human genome at some point between the present day and the setting.

* ShockAndAwe: T-Ray's ship is equipped with "Lighting Rods" which work the opposite of what their name implies, shooting blasts of electricity. It's ''red'' electricity, too, 'cause he's evil.

* AmbiguouslyHuman: The Tigersharks are ostensibly humans from Earth, but in their non-transformed forms, Lorca and Octavia have lavender and green skin. Octavia's hair is also teal with streaks of light blue-silver and she has black lips. Most of the team also have pointed ears, even the ones who appear closest to baseline human.