History WesternAnimation / TheHerculoids

When trouble arose, Zandor commanded a small army of exotic beasts: Gloop and Gleep, a pair of [[BlobMonster gelatinous]] [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shape-shifters]]; Igoo, an ape with [[NighInvulnerability rocklike skin]]; Tundro, [[MixAndMatchCritters a rhino-triceratops-like creature that could shoot burning rocks from its horn]], and Zok, a [[GiantFlyer flying]] [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragon]] capable of firing [[EyeBeams laser beams from its eyes]] and tail.

%% * ImprovisedParachute: Multiple examples, all involving Gloop and Gleep.

* ActionMom: Tara, sometimes goes into battle to help however she also most of the time she was a DamselInDistress.

* RobotWar: According to ''Comicbook/FutureQuest,'' Zandor and his family are refugees from a planet conquered by its robots, and that's why they chose to settle on a primitive planet without advanced technology.

* ThroughAFaceFullofFur: Gleep in "The Time Creatures". He angrily turns red after getting zapped by a laser from one of the hovering machines, then morphs into one of them and returns fire at it.

->"Somewhere out in space live the Herculoids:
->Zok, the laser-ray dragon, Igoo the giant rock ape,
->Tundro the Tremendous, Gloop and Gleep the formless, fearless wonders!
->With Zandor their leader, and his wife Tara and
->son Dorno, they team up to protect their planet from sinister invaders!
->All strong, all brave, all heroes!
->They're the Herculoids!"

* {{Crossover}}: In [[TheSixties the sixties,]] they appeared in the ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost'' cartoon "The Molten Monsters of Moltar", part 4 of the six-part "Council of Doom" serial. The two crossed over more frequently on ''WesternAnimation/SpaceStars'' in [[TheEighties the eighties.]] And the Herculoids got to meet ''everybody'' from WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest to [[WesternAnimation/{{Birdman}} Birdman]] in ''Comicbook/FutureQuest.''

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Igoo is a giant rock ape and apart of our hero team. There also are the flying monkeys in "The Beaked People" who need the Herculoids help.

When trouble arose, Zandor commanded a small army of exotic beasts: Gloop and Gleep, a pair of [[BlobMonster gelatinous]] [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shape-shifters]]; Igoo, [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys an ape]] with [[NighInvulnerability rocklike skin]]; Tundro, [[MixAndMatchCritters a rhino-triceratops-like creature that could shoot burning rocks from its horn]], and Zok, a [[GiantFlyer flying]] [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragon]] capable of firing [[EyeBeams laser beams from its eyes]] and tail.