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* AcceptableTargets: The township of Kanangra, after they refuse to let the Fist Team film there. Also mimes, people who are weak.

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* AcceptableTargets: The township of Kanangra, after they refuse to let the Fist Team film there. Also mimes, people who are weak.Any subject that isn't inherently extreme or dangerous.


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* AssPull: In the final episode, Steve's glasses grant the wearer levitation powers. This is never so much as foreshadowed, and Steve himself only uses said powers ''after'' we see someone else using them against him.

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* {{Squick}}: Rod's sexual lust. It even led to him writing a pop song about stalking a teenage girl. Apparently it was a success.

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* {{Squick}}: Rod's Rod is an unashamed sexual lust. It even led to him writing predator, and the show gives us more than a pop song about stalking a teenage girl. Apparently it was a success.few demonstrations.
** His charred scalp after getting shot in the back of the head.
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** In a quick segment during ''Timesaw,'' Mephisto cuts through time and makes a perfect circle around himself. This sends him into a dark, empty void.

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* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Blue Womp is almost flawlessly integrated alongside Orange Womp, both as a visual effect, and in their interactions together. At times you'll suspect actor Tony Walters actually had a twin brother. This is likely why the effect was only used in three episodes.

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* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: While none of the effects look ''realistic,'' the sheer scope of them is something to behold. They're used so consistently that after a while they just feel natural to the show.
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Blue Womp is almost flawlessly integrated alongside Orange Womp, both as a visual effect, and in their interactions together. At times you'll suspect actor Tony Walters actually had a twin brother. This is likely why the effect was only used in three episodes.
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* SpecialEffectsFailure: Very few of the shows' effects are ''meant'' to look conving, but there are a few screw ups even by their standards.
** Steve does the splits in ''Bush Bash,'' but his shirt doesn't bend with his legs.
** During ''Fist Furniture,'' you can clearly see trees and another building outside the window of what is supposed to be the top floor of a secluded skyscraper.
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** The brief montage of Tara's victims in ''Fist Furniture.''
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* AntiClimaxBoss: Depot, a gigantic robot the local council uses as a last resort to evict the Fist Team from Prawn World, is abruptly disintegrated by a beam of energy created by Mephisto's Feng Shui.
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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: By the end, it's just bad people getting away with bad things.
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* {{Narm}}: These guys are not professional actors.

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* {{Narm}}: These guys are not professional actors.All over the damn place.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: [[YouAreWhatYouHate Steve is a coward with anger issues.]] Most of the show could be seen as him torturing the others for his amusement while he sits safely on the sidelines. He spends an awful lot of time threatening people from the safety of a camera, and half of the people he beats up are clearly much weaker than him. By Series Two he's started to believe his own lies.
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** JerkassWoobie Steve becomes a rather pitiful mess after Fist Furniture fails, and spirals through depression all the way to [[spoiler: world conquest.]]

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** JerkassWoobie Steve becomes a rather pitiful mess after Fist Furniture fails, and spirals through depression all the way to [[spoiler: world conquest.]]]]
* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Blue Womp is almost flawlessly integrated alongside Orange Womp, both as a visual effect, and in their interactions together. At times you'll suspect actor Tony Walters actually had a twin brother. This is likely why the effect was only used in three episodes.

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* NightmareFuel: In Fear Factory, Steve has released a series of flying sharks into the titular factory. Rod briefly abandons his partner, the only person who recognises how insane everything is, to impress her by defeating some evil force within another room. When he returns, he finds the sharks have eaten all her flesh, save for her head. I'm not sure if his casual reaction makes it worse or better.

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* NightmareFuel: In Fear Factory, Steve has released a series of flying sharks into NightmareFuel:
** ''Fear Factory'' basically shows what happens when ordinary, sane people get caught up in
the titular factory. Rod briefly abandons his partner, the only person who recognises how insane everything is, to impress her by defeating some evil force within another room. When he returns, he finds the sharks have eaten all her flesh, save Fist Team's antics. They die horribly, and for her head. I'm not sure if his casual reaction makes it worse or better.mostly stupid reasons.


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** Mephisto cutting off a security guard's face (an old friend, no less) to use as a mask.
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*** Steve's motivation for saving the forest was not fueled by his quest for Fistworthiness, but instead a genuine want to save the forest.

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*** Steve's motivation for saving the forest was not fueled fuelled by his quest for Fistworthiness, but instead a genuine want to save the forest.



** One might feel a bit disturbed realising how willing these guys are to avert InfantImmortality.

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** One might feel The ColdOpening of ''Local Council'' where a bit disturbed realising how willing these guys are to avert InfantImmortality.politician is caught on camera swallowing a baby in public. Funny, until the mother starts screaming and begging for her child.
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* DudeNotFunny: CrazyAwesome as the show may be, sometimes it's idea of humor can get uncomfortable, or flat out mean spirited. ''Fear Factory'' in particular seems to think that Rod being a pervert, and the team getting their perfectly innocent team mates brutally killed left and right while they cower in fear, is hilarious.
** Despite usually getting his comeuppance, Rod's rape attempts may leave a bad taste in your mouth.
** Womp apparently succeeds at doing so to two girls Rod rendered unconscious. In the Audio Commentary, the makers wonder if this makes Womp instantly unlikable.
** In-Universe, when Steve and Blue Womp fight, they start out with a circle of kids around them jeering them on. When it finally devolve into Steve just violently pummeling the defeated Blue Womp, they leave in disgust.
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* DudeNotFunny: CrazyAwesome as the show may be, sometimes it's idea of humor can get uncomfortable, or flat out mean spirited. ''Fear Factory'' in aprticular seems to think that Rod being a pervert, and the team getting their perfectly innocent team mates brutally killed left and right while they cower in fear, is hilarious.

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* DudeNotFunny: CrazyAwesome as the show may be, sometimes it's idea of humor can get uncomfortable, or flat out mean spirited. ''Fear Factory'' in aprticular particular seems to think that Rod being a pervert, and the team getting their perfectly innocent team mates brutally killed left and right while they cower in fear, is hilarious.
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** Mephisto in Wonderland. Mephisto eats a cupcake cake and hallucinates. At first it's just a little off, with him walking along the road, which moves underneath him while he stays in place. Then he sees a woman in a bathroom mirror...

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** Mephisto in Wonderland. Mephisto eats a cupcake cake and hallucinates. At first it's just a little off, with him walking along the road, which moves underneath him while he stays in place. Then he sees a woman in a bathroom mirror...
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* HHilariousInHindsight: Mephisto surmises that the Terrorists from Episode Seven are in fact Super Villains, as their plan ultimately doesn't involve causing terror. In Series Two [[spoiler: he and the Fist Team become super villains themselves, with an even crazier plan than the ''terrorists.'']]

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* HHilariousInHindsight: HilariousInHindsight: Mephisto surmises that the Terrorists from Episode Seven are in fact Super Villains, as their plan ultimately doesn't involve causing terror. In Series Two [[spoiler: he and the Fist Team become super villains themselves, with an even crazier plan than the ''terrorists.'']]

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* HilariousInHindsight: Mephisto surmises that the Terrorists from Episode Seven are in fact Super Villains, as their plan ultimately doesn't involve causing terror. In Series Two [[spoiler: he and the Fist Team become super villains themselves, with an even crazier plan than the ''terrorists.'']]

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* HilariousInHindsight: ** He would also constantly insult and belittle the ABC, who would in turn eventually cancel the show at the end of ''Special Edition.'' While the show would recieve a second season, it would come four years later, to even less acclaim than before and disappear.
*HHilariousInHindsight:
Mephisto surmises that the Terrorists from Episode Seven are in fact Super Villains, as their plan ultimately doesn't involve causing terror. In Series Two [[spoiler: he and the Fist Team become super villains themselves, with an even crazier plan than the ''terrorists.'']]
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* CrossesTheLineTwice: One problem the show has is that a lot of it's comedy is based around this, and it doesn't always work.
** A determined magician failing an elaborate escape attempt from a burning metal box, just to be awarded Full Fist post-mortem? Funny.
** A little girl getting her head obliterated by a lawnmower because she guessed Steve's weight wrong, complete with blood splatter? Not funny.

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* AccidentalInnuendo: In a behind the scenes feature on the DVD, Doug Bayne (Mephisto) suddenly realises that the show sounds like the title of a gay porno.
* CrazyAwesome: Again, the entire main cast may qaulify, but Mephisto takes the cake. He snowboards using a dead snowboarder!

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* AccidentalInnuendo: In a behind the scenes feature on the DVD, Doug Bayne (Mephisto) suddenly realises that the show sounds like the title of a gay porno.
porno. In fact, just looking up the show can get some perverse results.
* CrazyAwesome: Again, the entire main cast may qaulify, qualify, but Mephisto takes the cake. He snowboards using a dead snowboarder!



* CreatorsPet: Played with Blue Womp. He's annoying and has Steve praising his skills like any good one. Eventually, however, Steve realises just how annoying he is and beats him to a pulp, and later finally kills him with a large cannon.

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* CreatorsPet: Played with Blue Womp. He's annoying and has In-Universe. Steve praising seems fond of Blue Womp, despite his skills like any good one. Eventually, however, Steve realises just how annoying he is presence interfering with the show and ultimately getting on everyone else's nerves. Eventually it becomes too much even for Steve, and he beats him Blue Womp to a pulp, and later finally kills him with a large cannon.



** In-Universe, when Steve and Blue Womp fight, they start out with a circle of kids around them jeering them on. When it finally devolve into Steve just violently pummeling the defeated Blue Womp, they leave in disgust.



* HilariousInHindsight: Mephisto surmises that the Terrorists from Episode Seven are in fact Super Villains, as their plan ultimately doesn't involve causing terror. In Series Two [[spoiler: he and the Fist Team become super villains themselves, with an even crazier plan than the ''terrorists.'']]



* {{Narm}}: These are not professional actors.

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* {{Narm}}: These guys are not professional actors.actors.
** NarmCharm: Fortunately, they don't expect you to take the story seriously.



** Mephisto in Wonderland moves is actually quite disturbing, funny as it is.

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** Mephisto in Wonderland Wonderland. Mephisto eats a cupcake cake and hallucinates. At first it's just a little off, with him walking along the road, which moves is actually quite disturbing, funny as it is.underneath him while he stays in place. Then he sees a woman in a bathroom mirror...



* SeasonalRot: Many people believe Series Two is this. As well as the fact that Steve becomes a Villain Protagonist in Series Two. Particulerly grating when you remember he made (but survived) a Heroic Sacrifice in Series One.

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* SeasonalRot: Many people believe Series Two is this. As well as this, thanks to almost completely discarding the fact that Steve becomes a Villain Protagonist in Series Two. Particulerly grating when you remember he made (but survived) a Heroic Sacrifice in Series One.show's original format, and for turning the Fist Team into outright [[VillainProtagonist villains]] instead of GoodIsNotNice.



* TheWoobie: Steve becomes this several times in Series Two. Ironically, twice after he rids himself of all weakness.

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* TheWoobie: The Womp becomes this in Season Two.
** The Mime arguably has it worse.
** JerkassWoobie
Steve becomes this several times in Series Two. Ironically, twice a rather pitiful mess after he rids himself of Fist Furniture fails, and spirals through depression all weakness.the way to [[spoiler: world conquest.]]
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* HarsherInHindsight: Steve would often tell viewers and fans who he deemed weak never to watch the show again. The show ultimately wasn't very successful, so they probably could've used the viewers Steve scared off.

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* DudeNotFunny: Despite usually getting his comeuppance, Rod's rape attempts may leave a bad taste in your mouth...eww.

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* DudeNotFunny: CrazyAwesome as the show may be, sometimes it's idea of humor can get uncomfortable, or flat out mean spirited. ''Fear Factory'' in aprticular seems to think that Rod being a pervert, and the team getting their perfectly innocent team mates brutally killed left and right while they cower in fear, is hilarious.
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Despite usually getting his comeuppance, Rod's rape attempts may leave a bad taste in your mouth...eww.mouth.



** Possibly the result of the girl failing to guess Steve's weight correctly in High School Challenge.
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* FetishFuel: The episode Time-Saw, Rod is given a new outfit that can be easily be described as a condom suit.
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* CompleteMonster: The team is definitely GoodIsNotNice, but [[spoiler:Steve seems to fit this best in the BadFuture episode. He punishes people for reading with the Death Penalty]]. Ouch.
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* HoYay: Steve and Womp. Pretty much stated in Series Two [[spoiler:when Womp kisses him on the lips. It ends up saving Steve's life. Womp gets a shotgun to the head for it]].

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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: For a series which some critics called 'mostly crap' and is considered by many non-fans to be forgettable, there were enough of these to make up its own page http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Awesome/DoubleTheFist
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Has it's own page http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Funny/DoubleTheFist
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: In the final episode, Tara has forgiven Rod for the horrible things he has done to her after he hotwires her, finally giving her free will. She comes to his aid later on, but gets killed due to his own stupidity, and reverts into a Vending Machine. Rod is heartbroken, and accidentally hits the Sidekick button. The little Tara requests a mission, so he tells her to go out and be free. This would have truly been heartwarming, had he not forgotten that they were in the middle of a battlefield. Idiot.

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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments Crowning Moment of Awesome]]: For a series which some critics called 'mostly crap' and is considered by many non-fans to be forgettable, there were enough of these to make up [[Awesome/DoubleTheFist its own page http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Awesome/DoubleTheFist
page.]]
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Crowning Moment of Funny]]: Has it's [[Funny/DoubleTheFist its own page http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Funny/DoubleTheFist
page.]]
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments Crowning Moment Of Heartwarming]]: In the final episode, Tara has forgiven Rod for the horrible things he has done to her after he hotwires her, finally giving her free will. She comes to his aid later on, but gets killed due to his own stupidity, and reverts into a Vending Machine. Rod is heartbroken, and accidentally hits the Sidekick button. The little Tara requests a mission, so he tells her to go out and be free. This would have truly been heartwarming, had he not forgotten that they were in the middle of a battlefield. Idiot.



* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Hero at Last.

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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Crowning Music of Awesome]]: Hero at Last.


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* FetishFuel: The episode Time-Saw, Rod is given a new outfit that can be easily be described as a condom suit.
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*** Also worth a mention that Steve's motivation for saving the forest was not fuelled by his quest for Fistworthiness, but instead a genuine want to save the forest.

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*** Also worth a mention that *** Steve's motivation for saving the forest was not fuelled fueled by his quest for Fistworthiness, but instead a genuine want to save the forest.
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* AndTheFandomRejoiced: when their efforts to get a second series proved successful.

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* CreatorsPet: Played with Blue Womp. He's annoying and has Steve praising his skills like any good one. Eventually, however, Steve realises just how annoying he is and beats him to a pulp, and later finally kills him with a large cannon.



* TheWesley: Played with Blue Womp. He's annoying and has Steve praising his skills like any good Wesley. Eventually, however, Steve realises just how annoying he is and beats him to a pulp, and later finally kills him with a large cannon.

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