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* AdultFear: Being unable to save a young teenager after he's stung by a new species of sea creature that has no antidote to its poison.
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* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Neon Yellow Hair That Looks Like A Sea Sponge]]: Akata had an, um, ''interesting'' hairstyle.
** Eva had bright scarlet hair that you'd never see on a real life redhead.
** Oya had lavender hair.

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* TheBeastMaster: Oya could communicate with animals and they were usually happy to [[FriendToAllLivingThings help her with whatever she needed.]]



%%* FriendToAllLivingThings: Oya in her role as BeastMaster.

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%%* * FriendToAllLivingThings: Oya in SpeaksFluentAnimal and they were usually happy to follow her role as BeastMaster.orders.
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* ArtificialLimbs: Luke Bazooka is a cyborg with robotic arms.
* {{Atlantis}}: Obviously. This one being of the sunken variety.
* BadAssNormal: Dorothy. See ActionGirl.

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* %%* ArtificialLimbs: Luke Bazooka is a cyborg with robotic arms.
* %%* {{Atlantis}}: Obviously. This one being of the sunken variety.
* %%* BadAssNormal: Dorothy. See ActionGirl.



* TheBermudaTriangle: The series took place there.

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* %%* TheBermudaTriangle: The series took place there.



* BritishBrevity: The show only lasted one season.
* TheBrute: Luke Bazooka thanks to his cyborg enhancements.

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* %%* BritishBrevity: The show only lasted one season.
* %%* TheBrute: Luke Bazooka thanks to his cyborg enhancements.



* BumblingSidekick: Luke to Alfred and Eva.

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* %%* BumblingSidekick: Luke to Alfred and Eva.



* ClingyJealousGirl: Oya to Akata when Dorothy's around.

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* %%* ClingyJealousGirl: Oya to Akata when Dorothy's around.



* CoolBigSis: Dorothy tends to be this for Akata and Jim.

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* %%* CoolBigSis: Dorothy tends to be this for Akata and Jim.



* CreepyMonotone: When Akata is brainwashed and controlled by Eva he talks like this.

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* %%* CreepyMonotone: When Akata is brainwashed and controlled by Eva he talks like this.



* CuteButCacophonic: Oya had an extremely high-pitched voice that could get difficult to listen to after awhile.

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* %%* CuteButCacophonic: Oya had an extremely high-pitched voice that could get difficult to listen to after awhile.



* DarkActionGirl: Eva Medal was an evil badass, both physically and mentally.

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* %%* DarkActionGirl: Eva Medal was an evil badass, both physically and mentally.



* EvilLaugh: Eva had a classic, very creepy one.

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* %%* EvilLaugh: Eva had a classic, very creepy one.



* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: It was a show about the prince of Atlantis.

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* %%* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: It was a show about the prince of Atlantis.



* FourFingeredHands: The Atlanteans have them.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Oya in her role as BeastMaster.

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* %%* FourFingeredHands: The Atlanteans have them.
* %%* FriendToAllLivingThings: Oya in her role as BeastMaster.



* GreenEyedMonster: Oya towards Dorothy when she felt the latter was taking Akata's attention.

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* %%* GreenEyedMonster: Oya towards Dorothy when she felt the latter was taking Akata's attention.



* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Jim really wanted to be an Atlantean.

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* %%* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Jim really wanted to be an Atlantean.



* MadScientist: Dr. Droog from "The Fountain of Life" was one.

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* %%* MadScientist: Dr. Droog from "The Fountain of Life" was one.



* OhCrap: Many times by many characters throughout the series.
* PetTheDog: Alfred Bazooka once. See HiddenDepths.

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* %%* OhCrap: Many times by many characters throughout the series.
* %%* PetTheDog: Alfred Bazooka once. See HiddenDepths.



* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Oya's little pet fish was adorable.

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* %%* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Oya's little pet fish was adorable.



* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Akata is very hands-on in the defence of his kingdom.

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* %%* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Akata is very hands-on in the defence of his kingdom.



* SceneryPorn: Some of the oceanscapes are quite beautiful to look at.
* SealedEvilInACan: Ogen was sealed away in a statue by Akata's father after he tried to overthrow him.

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* %%* SceneryPorn: Some of the oceanscapes are quite beautiful to look at.
* %%* SealedEvilInACan: Ogen was sealed away in a statue by Akata's father after he tried to overthrow him.



* SupernaturalGoldEyes: On Atlantean prince Akata.

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* %%* SupernaturalGoldEyes: On Atlantean prince Akata.



* TakenForGranite: Ogen was turned to stone for rebelling against his king.

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* %%* TakenForGranite: Ogen was turned to stone for rebelling against his king.



* TwoGirlsToATeam: Dorothy and Oya for the heroes.

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* %%* TwoGirlsToATeam: Dorothy and Oya for the heroes.

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* ButNowIMustGo: The final episode ends with Agata's parents coming to pick him up and bring him to the Atlanteans new home planet, which of course means he has to say goodbye to his friends on Earth.



* CoolBigSis: Dorothy tends to be this for Akata and Djin.
* CoolOldGuy: Djin's Uncle Momo and Shum, Akata's holographic mentor. Momo was a total badass that could drive a jeep like an F1 race car and almost singlehandedly saved his island home from a murderous billionaire corporation that wanted to destroy it with a bomb test.

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* CoolBigSis: Dorothy tends to be this for Akata and Djin.
Jim.
* CoolOldGuy: Djin's Jim's Uncle Momo and Shum, Akata's holographic mentor. Momo was a total badass that could drive a jeep like an F1 race car and almost singlehandedly saved his island home from a murderous billionaire corporation that wanted to destroy it with a bomb test.



* ForTheEvulz: Why does the sentry of the well want to trap Jaurice and Djin in the Mirror of Souls? Just because.

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* ForTheEvulz: Why does the sentry of the well want to trap Jaurice and Djin Jim in the Mirror of Souls? Just because.



* HeroicBuild: Everyone was pretty ripped except Akata and Djin, which was justified since they were adolescents among a cast of adults.
* HiddenDepths: In one episode, Alfred Bazooka, who up until then hadn't seemed much deeper than a standard goon, stops [[UngratefulBastard Eva]] killing Jaurice and Djin because earlier they'd saved his life.

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* HeroicBuild: Everyone was pretty ripped except Akata and Djin, Jim, which was justified since they were adolescents among a cast of adults.
* HiddenDepths: In one episode, Alfred Bazooka, who up until then hadn't seemed much deeper than a standard goon, stops [[UngratefulBastard Eva]] killing Jaurice and Djin Jim because earlier they'd saved his life.



* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Djin really wanted to be an Atlantean.

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* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Djin Jim really wanted to be an Atlantean.



* SaveTheVillain: Jaurice and Djin rescue Alfred after he's caught by Dagon. {{Lampshaded|Trope}} by Jaurice:

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* SaveTheVillain: Jaurice and Djin Jim rescue Alfred after he's caught by Dagon. {{Lampshaded|Trope}} by Jaurice:
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* FishPeople: The Atlanteans could swim as fast as fish, were patterned like them and could breath underwater.

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* FishPeople: The Atlanteans could are all human/fish-hybrids that can swim as fast as fish, were are patterned like them and could breath underwater.underwater but not above water.



* HalfHumanHybrid: An interesting variation; Jaurice starts the show as fully human, but after he dies on the ocean floor and Agata brings him back to life, Agata also attempts to transforms Jaurice into an Atlantean so he can survive underwater. The end result it that Jaurice becomes a human-Atlantean hybrid that can tranform back and forth between a human form and an Atlantean form; above water he looks like his human self, but under water he becomes Atlantean.

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* HalfHumanHybrid: An interesting variation; Jaurice starts the show as fully human, but after he dies on the ocean floor and Agata brings him back to life, Agata also attempts to transforms Jaurice into an Atlantean so he can survive underwater. The end result it is that Jaurice becomes a human-Atlantean hybrid that can tranform back and forth between a human form and an Atlantean form; above water he looks like his human self, but under water he becomes Atlantean.

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* CoolOldGuy: Djin's Uncle Momo and Shum, Akata's holographic mentor. Momo was a total badass that could drive a jeep like an F1 race care and almost singlehandedly saved his island home from a murderous billionaire corporation that wanted to destroy it with a bomb test.

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* CoolOldGuy: Djin's Uncle Momo and Shum, Akata's holographic mentor. Momo was a total badass that could drive a jeep like an F1 race care car and almost singlehandedly saved his island home from a murderous billionaire corporation that wanted to destroy it with a bomb test.



* HeelFaceTurn: Jaurice used to work for B.I.G but made the turn when Akata saved his life.

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* HalfHumanHybrid: An interesting variation; Jaurice starts the show as fully human, but after he dies on the ocean floor and Agata brings him back to life, Agata also attempts to transforms Jaurice into an Atlantean so he can survive underwater. The end result it that Jaurice becomes a human-Atlantean hybrid that can tranform back and forth between a human form and an Atlantean form; above water he looks like his human self, but under water he becomes Atlantean.
* HeelFaceTurn: Jaurice used to work for B.I.G but made the turn when Akata saved his life. In the series finale, Agata does the same to Jim.



* MagicPants: Jaurice's clothes transform with him when he switches between his human and Atlantean forms.



* SiblingRivalry: Between Eva and her brother Matt. Apparently, since they were kids, all her ever wanted was what Eva had and he was never happy until he got it.

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* SiblingRivalry: Between Eva and her brother Matt. Apparently, since they were kids, all her he ever wanted was what Eva had and he was never happy until he got it.

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* ButtMonkey: Luke, thanks mostly to being a BumblingSidekick and the dumber half of ThoseTwoBadGuys. If something's going to go wrong for their team, odds are it will happen to him.

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* ButtMonkey: Luke, thanks mostly to being a BumblingSidekick and the dumber half one of ThoseTwoBadGuys.the Bazooka brothers. If something's going to go wrong for their team, odds are it will happen to him.



* HiddenDepths: In one episode, Alfred Bazooka, who up until then hadn't seemed much deeper than your standard one half of ThoseTwoBadGuys, stops [[UngratefulBastard Eva]] killing Jaurice and Djin because earlier they'd saved his life.

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* HiddenDepths: In one episode, Alfred Bazooka, who up until then hadn't seemed much deeper than your a standard one half of ThoseTwoBadGuys, goon, stops [[UngratefulBastard Eva]] killing Jaurice and Djin because earlier they'd saved his life.



* ThoseTwoBadGuys: The Bazooka brothers; Alfred and Luke. They work for B.I.G and are [[BigBad Eva's]] two sidekicks.

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* LullDestruction: The dreaded "Uhh!" was used in force.
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* BlackBestFriend: Djin is Akata's.
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* BiggerBad: The B.I.G board are the only ones worse than Eva and happen to be her direct superiors.

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* SiblingRivalry: Between Eva and her brother Matt. Apparently, since they were kids, all her ever wanted was what Eva had and he was never happy til he got it.

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* SiblingRivalry: Between Eva and her brother Matt. Apparently, since they were kids, all her ever wanted was what Eva had and he was never happy til until he got it.it.
* TheSmartGuy: Dorothy was a brilliant scientist who saved the day with her smarts on a regular basis.



* TheSmartGuy: Dorothy was a brilliant scientist who saved the day with her smarts on a regular basis.

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* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: After screwing up royally, Luke is demoted to...a hamburger cook. Something he finds beyond humiliating.



* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: After screwing up royally, Luke is demoted to...a hamburger cook. Something he finds beyond humiliating.
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It ran in 1997 and these days it's almost impossible to find anything about it online, bar a few limited episode guides and a stub article on TheOtherWiki.

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It ran in 1997 and these days it's almost impossible to find anything about it online, bar a few limited episode guides and a stub article on TheOtherWiki.Wiki/TheOtherWiki.
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It ran in 1997 and these days [[SlidingScaleOfWesternAnimationObscurity it's almost impossible to find anything about it online,]] bar a few limited episode guides and a stub article on TheOtherWiki.

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It ran in 1997 and these days [[SlidingScaleOfWesternAnimationObscurity it's almost impossible to find anything about it online,]] online, bar a few limited episode guides and a stub article on TheOtherWiki.

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* ActionGirl: Dorothy regularly charges into dangerous situations and has taken down plenty of baddies despite being a normal human.



* {{Atlantis}}: Obviously. This one being of the sunken variety.
* ActionGirl: Dorothy regularly charges into dangerous situations and has taken down plenty of baddies despite being a normal human.



* BarbieDollAnatomy: All the Atlanteans have this since they don't wear clothes. Which raises some, ahem, interesting questions about how they continue their species...

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* BarbieDollAnatomy: All {{Atlantis}}: Obviously. This one being of the Atlanteans have this since they don't wear clothes. Which raises some, ahem, interesting questions about how they continue their species...sunken variety.


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* BarbieDollAnatomy: All the Atlanteans have this since they don't wear clothes. Which raises some, ahem, interesting questions about how they continue their species...
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* CoolOldGuy: Djin's Uncle Momo and Shum, Akata's holographic mentor. Momo was a total BadAss that could drive a jeep like an F1 race care and almost singlehandedly saved his island home from a murderous billionaire corporation that wanted to destroy it with a bomb test.

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* CoolOldGuy: Djin's Uncle Momo and Shum, Akata's holographic mentor. Momo was a total BadAss badass that could drive a jeep like an F1 race care and almost singlehandedly saved his island home from a murderous billionaire corporation that wanted to destroy it with a bomb test.



* DarkActionGirl: Eva Medal was an evil BadAss, both physically and mentally.

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* DarkActionGirl: Eva Medal was an evil BadAss, badass, both physically and mentally.
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* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Nathaniel's two mates, Ratface and Leadhead, don't fall for Akata's trickery for one second and even lampshade it. Too bad Nathaniel refuses to listen after Akata insults them.
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''The Prince of Atlantis'' was a [[BritishBrevity short-lived]] {{BBC}} cartoon that [[MediumBlending mixed CGI and traditional animation]]. It told the story of an Atlantean prince named Akata who, along with his friends of both the sea creature and human variety, defended the oceans and his Atlantean secrets from the evil B.I.G. corporation.

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''The Prince of Atlantis'' was a [[BritishBrevity short-lived]] {{BBC}} Creator/{{BBC}} cartoon that [[MediumBlending mixed CGI and traditional animation]]. It told the story of an Atlantean prince named Akata who, along with his friends of both the sea creature and human variety, defended the oceans and his Atlantean secrets from the evil B.I.G. corporation.
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'''''The Prince of Atlantis''''' was a [[BritishBrevity short-lived]] {{BBC}} cartoon that [[MediumBlending mixed CGI and traditional animation]]. It told the story of an Atlantean prince named Akata who, along with his friends of both the sea creature and human variety, defended the oceans and his Atlantean secrets from the evil B.I.G. corporation.

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'''''The ''The Prince of Atlantis''''' Atlantis'' was a [[BritishBrevity short-lived]] {{BBC}} cartoon that [[MediumBlending mixed CGI and traditional animation]]. It told the story of an Atlantean prince named Akata who, along with his friends of both the sea creature and human variety, defended the oceans and his Atlantean secrets from the evil B.I.G. corporation.
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A [[BritishBrevity short-lived]] {{BBC}} cartoon that [[MediumBlending mixed CGI and traditional animation]]. It told the story of an Atlantean prince named Akata who, along with his friends of both the sea creature and human variety, defended the oceans and his Atlantean secrets from the evil B.I.G. corporation.

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A '''''The Prince of Atlantis''''' was a [[BritishBrevity short-lived]] {{BBC}} cartoon that [[MediumBlending mixed CGI and traditional animation]]. It told the story of an Atlantean prince named Akata who, along with his friends of both the sea creature and human variety, defended the oceans and his Atlantean secrets from the evil B.I.G. corporation.
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* BadAssNormal: Dorothy. See ActionGirl.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Dr. Droog ended up blasted with his own life draining laser than later on he was sucked into his own machine.

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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Dr. Droog ended up blasted with his own life draining laser than laser, then later on he was sucked into his own machine.

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* TheBermudaTriangle: The series too place there.

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* TheBermudaTriangle: The series too took place there.



* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Happened to Akata after Eva caught him in one of her traps and took control of his mind with one of her gadgets.

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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Happened to Akata after Eva caught him in one of her traps and took control of his mind with one of her B.I.G's gadgets.


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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: It was a show about the prince of Atlantis.
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* ForTheEvulz: Why does the centry of the well want to trap Jaurice and Djin in the Mirror of Souls? Just because.

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* ForTheEvulz: Why does the centry sentry of the well want to trap Jaurice and Djin in the Mirror of Souls? Just because.

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* ForTheEvulz: Why does the centry of the well want to trap Jaurice and Djin in the Mirror of Souls? Just because.
* FourFingeredHands: The Atlanteans have them.



* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: The Blue Ray was this, so much. At least half the episodes involved Akata learning to use it in some new way which then proved essential to solving the problem of the day.



* RedEyesTakeWarning: Nathaniel the Cruel had glowing red eyes in his ghost form. He was even more murderous after he died, so this applied.

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* RedEyesTakeWarning: RedEyesTakeWarning:
** Alfred Bazooka had red eyes. Though they were behind a mask, so maybe they weren't natural.
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Nathaniel the Cruel had glowing red eyes in his ghost form. He was even more murderous after he died, so this applied.



* TooDumbToLive: Almost happens literally when Luke gives Alfred ten times too much of a highly dangerous substance when they were trying to make a bomb and it almost blows them both to kingdom come.

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* TooDumbToLive: Almost happens literally when Luke gives Alfred ten times too much 0.5g instead of 0.05g of a highly dangerous substance when they were trying to make a bomb and it bomb. It almost blows them both to kingdom come.
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* EvilVersusEvil: "Ghost Ship" briefly had B.I.G take on Nathaniel the Cruel and his crew.
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* HeroicBuild: Everyone was pretty ripped except Akata and Jim, which was justified since they were adolescents among a cast of adults.

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* HeroicBuild: Everyone was pretty ripped except Akata and Jim, Djin, which was justified since they were adolescents among a cast of adults.
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* BloodlessCarnage: Most of the time. Subverted once when the B.I.G board members feed their sharks a very bloody dead fish.
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* KickTheDog: In "Countdown to Doomsday" B.I.G stage a FantasicNuke test on an inhabited island. Why? Just because they can. No one even bothers to suggest trying to find an uninhabited island.

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* KickTheDog: In "Countdown to Doomsday" B.I.G stage a FantasicNuke FantasticNuke test on an inhabited island. Why? Just because they can. No one even bothers to suggest trying to find an uninhabited island.

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