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10	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rsz_deltastate.png]]
11	[[caption-width-right:350:The main four at the bottom, L-R: Philip Graff, Luna Palacios, Martin Gold, Claire Donally]]
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13	->"Four young amnesiacs hold the fate of humankind in their hands. Their mission is to protect you from the 'Rifters' who want to control the human mind. They may appear to be harmless and self-absorbed but they have astonishing, paranormal powers and an invincible motivation: To retrieve the secrets to their past lives, hidden deep in the parallel dimension of the Delta State."
14	--> --'''Professor Robert Brodie, OpeningNarration'''
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16	''Delta State'' is a Canadian/French animated television series produced by Canada's Creator/{{Nelvana}} and France's Creator/{{Alphanim}}. The series debuted September 11, 2004, on Creator/{{Teletoon}}'s [[Creator/TeletoonAtNight Detour block]], but also aired in France from March 9, 2005, on France 2 and Canal+. It ran for a single season of 26 episodes, with designs, storyboards, etc. done in France and shooting and recording performed in Canada.
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18	The show features four roommates in their early twenties named Luna Palacios, Philip Graff, Claire Donally, and Martin Gold. They have no memories of their lives from before they started living together, but their mysterious friend and mentor Professor Robert Brodie has told them all of one very important thing: they all possess psychic powers that grant them the ability to subconsciously enter a lucid dream-like ethereal realm known as the Delta State. With only their strange powers and each other's company, these four young adults must face off against a mysterious group of malevolent beings known as The Rifters, who seek to gain total domination over the collective minds of the human race. At the same time, they also do their best to piece together their past lives from before they all found themselves together in this strange situation.
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20	''Delta State'' was based on a comic book of the same name by series creator Douglas Gayeton that was being produced around the same time as the TV show, but for unknown reasons, the comic ultimately remained unpublished. Regardless, this European-Canadian production is a notable and landmark achievement in the world of television animation for being the first ever TV cartoon to be entirely created through {{rotoscoping}}, taking over 27 months to complete. For its unique place in animation, the show won the Special Award for a TV program at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival.
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22	Every episode of the show is now available on Nelvana's [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBZNlAa1UKF5EdLbvPCPNCMyVlJL7-m5F Retro Rerun]] channel.
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25	!!This series provides examples of:
26	* AmnesiacHero: Directly referenced in the OpeningNarration, the protagonists can only remember since they started living together and gaining their powers.
27	* AnotherDimension: The titular Delta State. The main four must perform a ritual to have their minds enter the realm.
28	* BodySurf: As opposed to the normal, longer method of taking over someone's body, if a Rifter's current body is dying they can jump immediately into a nearby person.
29	* CatapultNightmare: This happens to Luna in episode 10 after she has a nightmare she fears is one of her premonitions.
30	* DatingCatwoman: Philip and [[spoiler:Maria]] develop feelings for each other.
31	%%* DeadpanSnarker: Philip
32	* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:The group manages to destroy the BigBad, and stop the EarthShatteringKaboom, but their mentor is dead and they have absorbed a lot of Rifter's energy. Luna then has a vision that reveals that they will eventually become Rifters themselves because of this.]]
33	* EarthShatteringKaboom: What will happen when [[spoiler:Brodie's]] immense powers goes into SuperPowerMeltdown.
34	* EvilWearsBlack: Sven and Maria wear an all-black ensemble, complete with BadassLongcoat.
35	* {{Gaslighting}}: [[spoiler: Maria disguised as the psychiatrist Sophia]] brings up the concept of group delusions to Phillip so that he questions the reality of the Delta State.
36	* GrandTheftMe: The modus operandi of the Rifters, a Hunter Rifter will steal someone's mind, imprisoning it inside the Delta State,and after a short coma they will assume their identity.
37	* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Maria]] is torn between her loyalty to the Rifters and her feelings for [[spoiler:Philip]]. She eventually chooses him.
38	%%* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Philip's mother]]
39	* HumanShifting: [[spoiler: Sven and Maria appear to be able to change their appearance to other people, although it is implied to be a mental disguise.]]
40	* ICannotSelfTerminate: [[spoiler:Brodie's motivation for training the group is to make them strong enough to kill him before he suffers a SuperPowerMeltdown and destroys the world.]]
41	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Brodie may seem cold to the others, but he does really care about them.
42	%%* LaserGuidedAmnesia
43	* PartTimeHero: While they recognize the threat of the Rifters as their main goal, the gang must also provide for themselves and they desire to have aspects of a normal life.
44	* PeopleJars: When the Rifters capture someone's mind, they appear suspended in spherical containers in the Delta State.
45	* PsychicPowers: The premise of the show revolves around the protagonists gaining the ability to send their minds into the Delta State to battle the machinations of the Rifters.
46	** In addition to this each member gains a unique power:
47	*** Phillip: Can see glimpses of the past.
48	*** Luna: Has precognitive visions.
49	*** Claire: Is able to remote view.
50	*** Martin: Telepathy and Mind Reading.
51	* {{Psychometry}}: This is how Phillip's power works specifically, he can see previous events related to an object he is holding.
52	* QuestForIdentity: The protagonists can only remember the last 2 months at the beginning of the series and struggle to find answers to their former lives in addition to their mission to save the world.
53	** [[spoiler:Luna]] laments this trope in the first episode, stating she wishes to start living again instead of having to live in the past.
54	%%* Really700YearsOld: [[spoiler: In episode 8 Martin learns that Brodie was around during WWII after finding a photo of him from that time where he looks exactly the same.]]
55	* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:Maria saves Philip from Sven's attack but is wounded in the process. She recovers, only to die two episodes later saving the whole group again.]]
56	* RemoteYetVulnerable: When entering the Delta State the heroes' bodies are left in a comatose state. They usually need one of the group or Brodie to watch over their physical bodies.
57	* {{Seers}}: Luna can see into the future, Philip can see into the past and Claire can see to faraway places.
58	* {{Telepathy}}: Martin. Interestingly, [[spoiler:he cannot read Brodie's mind]].
59	* ThanatosGambit: [[spoiler:Brodie trains the group so they will eventually gain enough power to kill him.]]
60	* WeirdnessSearchAndRescue: Inverted. The protagonists must search in the Delta State to rescue victims of the Rifters.
61	* YouAreNotReady: Brodie to Phillip in episode 4 after [[spoiler: Chantelle is murdered]] and he wants revenge: "You're not ready for Sven and Maria. Nowhere near ready."
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