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* BroadStrokes: The series is somewhat a DistantSequel to the 1991 film and has several references to the film, despite changing the setting from Los Angeles to the fictional town of Hughesville (a reference to Howard Hughes). Kit's father Dave is voiced by Creator/BillyCampbell, who portrayed Cliff in the film, and one episode features a photo of Jenny Blake, instead of Cliff's comic love interest Jenny Blake. Another episode references Cliff's fight with Lothar and recreated the climax of the 1991 film.



* ConnectedAllAlong: Giving Kit's family name, she is possibly a descendant of the original Rocketeer, Cliff Secord. In the episode "The Critter Gang", we learn Cliff is Kit's great grandpa, when she refers to him as such.

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* ConnectedAllAlong: Giving Kit's family name, she is possibly a descendant of the original Rocketeer, Cliff Secord. In the episode "The Critter Gang", we learn Cliff is Kit's great grandpa, great-grandpa, when she refers to him as such.


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* DistantSequel: The series is set around 80 years after the setting of the comic, with Kit being the great-granddaughter of Cliff Secord. It's even implied to be a BroadStrokes sequel to the 1991 film.
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The show is executive produced by Creator/NicoleDubuc (''WesternAnimation/DragonTales'', ''WesternAnimation/MyFriendsTiggerAndPooh'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'', ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'', ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRescueBots'', ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'', ''WesternAnimation/MilesFromTomorrowland'', and ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'').

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The show is executive produced by Creator/NicoleDubuc (''WesternAnimation/DragonTales'', ''WesternAnimation/MyFriendsTiggerAndPooh'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'', ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'', ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRescueBots'', ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'', ''WesternAnimation/MilesFromTomorrowland'', and ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'').
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* AbsenteeActor: Kit is the only character to appear in every episode. The following characters are absent in these episodes:
** Tesh: "Flight Class Heroes", "The Great Piggybank Caper"
** Butch: "Flight Class Heroes"
** Ambrose: "Hot On The Trail", "Follow That Bulldog", "Recipe For Disaster", "The Critter Gang"

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* AbsenteeActor: Kit is the only character to appear in every episode. The following characters are absent in these episodes:
** Tesh: "Flight Class Heroes", "The Great Piggybank Caper"
** Butch: "Flight Class Heroes"
** Ambrose: "Hot On The Trail", "Follow That Bulldog", "Recipe For Disaster", "The Critter Gang"
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* AdultFear: The plot of "Flight Class Heroes" has Kit, Valerie, Ben, and Logan getting trapped on a malfunctioning, pilotless plane that's flying to Brazil. To say that Mr. Coleman, their teacher, is worried would be an understatement.
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* MixedAncestry: Kit Secord is a Caucasian girl with Lebanese ancestry.

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A young girl named Kit Secord receives a surprise package on her birthday revealing that she’s next in line to become the Rocketeer, a legendary superhero who has the ability to fly with the help of a rocket-powered jet pack. Armed with her cool new gear and secret identity, Kit is ready to take flight and save the day with her gadget-minded best friend, Tesh, and airplane-mechanic grandfather, Ambrose, and her pet bulldog, Butch, who join her on epic adventures to help the people of her hometown and defend it against a variety of villains.."

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A "A young girl named Kit Secord receives a surprise package on her birthday revealing that she’s next in line to become the Rocketeer, a legendary superhero who has the ability to fly with the help of a rocket-powered jet pack. Armed with her cool new gear and secret identity, Kit is ready to take flight and save the day with her gadget-minded best friend, Tesh, and airplane-mechanic grandfather, Ambrose, and her pet bulldog, Butch, who join her on epic adventures to help the people of her hometown and defend it against a variety of villains.."
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The show was not renewed past its first season and ended on July 25, 2020.
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** [[spoiler:Norman Sinclair tries to be this in the last episode but turns out to be too destructive]].
* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: Norman Sinclair only appears in the last episode of the series.

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** In "Heart of a Hero", Sylvester Slapdash, Dr. Doodlebug and the Valkyrie help the Rocketeer to recover her rocket pack from Norman Sinclair.



* RuleOfThree: In "The Halloween Heist", The Rocketeer sees through Sylvester Slapdash because he already used it during three other robberies that same week.

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* RuleOfThree: In "The Halloween Heist", The Rocketeer sees through Sylvester Slapdash Slapdash's disguise because he already used it during three other robberies that same week.
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* GooGooGetup: In "Save the Statue", Harley has Laura dress up like a baby as part of a plan to steal the money meant to repair the original Rocketeer's statue.
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* ChristmasEpisode: "The Christmas Star"
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* LineOfSightAlias: In "Rocketeer Day", Sylvester Slapdash disguises himself as the original Rocketeer and has to come up with a name. Upon looking at a chicken and the picture of a barn, he comes up with "Chick Barnes".
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* {{Adorkable}}:
** Kit definitely embraces this thanks to her love of aviation and generally cheerful attitude.
** Tesh is also this thanks to his more quirky behavior, and energetic personality.
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* GilliganCut: In "Songbird Soars Again", Kit says Tesh will be happy to learn she found May Songbird's plane. The next scene shows Tesh asking who May Songbird is.
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* HalloweenEpisode: "The Haunted House"/"The Halloween Heist". The former features the Great Orsino running a haunted house and the latter features Sylvester Slapdash trying to steal new costumes during Halloween since the Rocketter knows the ones he already has.


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* RuleOfThree: In "The Halloween Heist", The Rocketeer sees through Sylvester Slapdash because he already used it during three other robberies that same week.

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* BrokenPedestal: Tesh initially saw Xena Treme as his extreme sports idol. He could put up with her vain behavior, but lost respect for her when she stole his modified bike without a second thought.

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* BrokenPedestal: Tesh initially saw Xena Treme as his extreme sports idol. He could put up with her vain behavior, but lost respect for her when she stole his modified bike without a second thought. A later episode shows her losing Valerie's respect for endangering people during a stunt.
* CameraAbuse: In "Super Deany", Deany's transformation sequence ends with him crashing on the camera.



* OhWaitThisIsMyGroceryList: In "Sitti's Visit", Cast-Iron Chef steals a list of ingredients Kit's Mom bought for the Bulldog Cafe and mistakes it for a recipe. He's called out for believing a recipe would use such a big amount of yeast.



* TransformationSequence: A 15 second transformation sequence plays whenever Kit puts on The Rocketeer outfit.

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* TransformationSequence: A 15 second transformation sequence plays whenever Kit puts on The Rocketeer outfit. Deany has a similar sequence in "Super Deany".

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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: In "Ground Control to Rocketeer", Tesh decides he needs a codename to avoid being exposed as Rocketeer's sidekick. Kit has to remind him that a codename with "Tesh" on it won't help.

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** In "Big Top Problems", the Great Orsino easily sees through it when the Rocketeer and her friends disguise themselves as circus artists since her rocket pack is too unique. Deany, on the other hand, initially assumes her dog is the Rocketeer.


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* EnemyMine:
** In "Dr. Doodlebug's Fair Game", when Dr. Doodlebug loses his watch Newton during his attempt to steal a pillbug plushie, he agrees to help the Rocketeer to stop his out-of-control invention.
** In "Big Top Problems", once the Rocketeer finds out that Orsino and Deany, instead of being the thieves she's looking for, had some of their items stolen, she asks for their help and they agree.


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* FriendOrIdolDecision: In "Dr. Doodlebug's Fair Game", when the device he created to steal a pillbug plushie goes out of control, he must choose between saving the plushie or saving his friend Newton. He chooses Newton.


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* PaperThinDisguise: In "Big Top Problems", the Rocketeer, Ground Control and Butch disguise themselves as circus artists to spy on the Great Orsino. Because the Rocketeer's rocket pack is unique, Orsino easily recognizes her.
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* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: In "Hot on the Trail", Tesh made a device that can, among other things, call flamingoes in spite of Kit saying it's unlikely there'll be any in the area they and their fellow Trailblazers will visit. When Laura and Harley go there to steal a gem, Laura hopes she'll see a flamingo.

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