Line #23 WesternAnimation/LegendsOfChima


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:[[BattleCry For Chima!]] [[labelnote:Cast]](From left to right) [[ThievingMagpie Razar]], [[NeverSmileAtACrocodile Cragger]], [[FriendToAllLivingThings Gorzan]], [[KingOfBeasts Laval]], [[RhinoRampage Rogan]], [[SavageWolves Worriz]], [[{{Sleepyhead}} Bladvic]], and [[NobleBirdOfPrey Eris]][[/labelnote]]]]
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4	''Legends of Chima'' is a franchise by Franchise/{{LEGO}}. Previews of the TV show began in late 2012, and the show itself debuted in July 2013 on Creator/CartoonNetwork.
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6	Chima is a pristine land filled with many sentient animal tribes. Once at peace and in a state of balance, now they are at war over the [[InsistentTerminology CHI]], a mystical energy source which gives a boost of energy to the animals and powers to their vehicles. The tribes have formed into two factions who now fight over the CHI. The Lions, Eagles, and Gorillas to protect the CHI. While Ravens, Wolves, and Crocodiles for gain. For Laval, Prince of the Lion Tribe, this now involves fighting against his former friend Cragger who has become a leader of the opposing army.
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8	The franchise also had a ''LEGO Games'' board game simply named ''LEGO Legends of Chima'', as well as a video game released for the Platform/Nintendo3DS, [[Platform/NintendoDS DS]], and Platform/PlayStationVita, called ''LEGO Legends of Chima: Laval's Journey''. Developed by Creator/TravellersTales, the game [[BroadStrokes loosely]] followed the story of season one and utilized a handheld version of the VideoGame/LegoAdaptationGame formula. The franchise also had a MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame called ''VideoGame/LEGOLegendsOfChimaOnline'', allowing the player to explore Chima and fight enemies as a member of one of the four heroic tribes. However, it lasted for just under two years and closed in June 2015.
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10	!!''Legends of Chima'' provides examples of:
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12	* AffablyEvil: The Raven Tribe, depending on their mood. Their cheap, sly, salesman personalities give them their affable part, but they have been known to [[WildCard side with whoever]] [[OnlyInItForTheMoney pays them]].
13	* AlliterativeFamily: Many of the characters have names that start with the letter of the species they are based on; Lion Tribe has L names, Crocodile Tribe has C names. The Phoenix Tribe play with this; their names start with the letter "f", which makes the same sound as "ph".
14	* AllThereInTheManual: The official website provides bios for characters that don't get a lot of focus in the TV series, in addition to information on the various weapons used.
15	* AlluringFlowers: Crooler uses a special flower called a Persuader Plant that brainwashes anyone who inhales its compelling fragrance.
16	* AlphabeticalThemeNaming:
17	** The majority of the tribe animals have names that start with the same letter as their species. For example, all the Lions have names that start with the letter L.
18	** The Phoenixes all have names that start with the letter F; while not the same first letter as their species name, it's the same sound.
19	* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Most of the Wolves are nasty jerkasses. Eventually, however, they redeem themselves (or are the lesser threat at most), with the "Dark Tribes" ([[BatOutOfHell Bats]], [[SpidersAreScary Spiders]] and [[ScaryScorpions Scorpions]]) being the primary antagonist races, with no benevolent individuals seen so far. The Ice Tribes of Season 3 seem to be this as well. They're prehistoric and reanimated by CHI, [[OurZombiesAreDifferent and haven't been preserved in the ice well]].
20	* AndIMustScream: Though the Ice Tribes' victims are subjected to HarmlessFreezing, they still are unable to do anything but blink.
21	* AnimalEyes: All the inhabitants of Chima, though it should be noted that some are more obvious than others.
22	* AnimalStereotypes:
23	** We have virtuous and noble [[KingOfBeasts Lions]] and [[NobleBirdOfPrey Eagles]], [[GentleGorilla peace-loving Gorillas]], [[DumbMuscle dim-witted]] [[RhinoRampage Rhinos]], [[BusyBeaver hard-working Beavers]], [[NeverSmileAtACrocodile aggressive and villainous Crocodiles]], [[CreepyCrows sinister]] [[ThievingMagpie thieving Ravens]], [[SavageWolves vicious pack-oriented Wolves]], and [[CunningLikeAFox sneaky Foxes]].
24	** However, there are exceptions. Cragger is prone to bad decisions, but isn't really evil; even when he becomes the main villain, he's more BrainwashedAndCrazy thanks to Crooler's Persuader Plants. Cragger's parents seemed more interested in his safety and welfare than anything else. Crominius even helped out the Wolves by unifying them together when they were in a state of civil war in an act of kindness. And Wonald is just a naive little Wolf kid.
25	** Played with in Season 2, as all the previous enemies (Croc, Wolves, and Ravens) are now allied with the more noble tribes. We also now have new animals ([[BatOutOfHell Bats]], [[SpidersAreScary Spiders]], and [[ScaryScorpions Scorpions]]) that are living up to negative stereotypes.
26	** The Ice Hunters from Season 3, which consist of [[PrehistoricMonster Saber-Toothed]] [[CatsAreMean Tigers]], [[CruelElephant Mammoths]], [[VileVulture Vultures]], and [[spoiler:BearsAreBadNews Cave Bears]]. By contrast, there's noble Phoenixes and [[PantheraAwesome Big Cats (a Leopard and a few Tigers)]].
27	* AnimatedOuttakes: The Lego [=YouTube=] channel has released a series of short blooper reels featuring unscripted moments from random episodes. For instance, one blooper short features Eris in the opening of the first episode crashing into a tree.
28	* AnthropomorphicTransformation: The Tribes of Chima were once normal animals until exposure to CHI made them evolve.
29	* AppropriateAnimalAttire: When Worriz of the Wolf Tribe gets his pants and fur ripped by a thorn plant, he covers himself with a [[HandOrObjectUnderwear giant leaf]].
30	* ArcVillain:
31	** Cragger and Crooler act as the dual antagonists of the first bunch of episodes in season 1. Crooler however is the real mastermind manipulating Cragger with her Persuader Plants.
32	** Worriz throughout the middle of season 1 after Crooler breaks the Crocs' pact with the Wolves, with Crooler trying to regain lost footing.
33	** Cragger towards the end of season 1 after he's corrupted by the Fog of Destiny and has Crooler imprisoned.
34	** The Bat, Scorpion and Spider Tribes led by Scorm and Spinlyn in season 2.
35	** Sir Fangar and the Saber-Toothed Tiger, Vulture, Mammoth, and [[spoiler:Ice Bear]] Tribes in season 3.
36	* ArcWords: "FOR CHIMA!"
37	* ArtShift: A few flashbacks or scenes featuring legendary stories consist of 2D monochromatic drawings that are animated like an animatic.
38	* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: The Raven Tribe's call for "[[OnlyInItForTheMoney Trinkets and Treasure!!]]" right after Razar tells them they have to fight with the Crocs. Some of them or confused over why they would attack the Lion Temple, only for the cry of "Trinkets and Treasure" to get them excited again.
39	* BadMoonRising: The Wolves as they go on a berserk rampage during the time of a certain moon but inverted with the Skunks, who spray sweet smells during that time. Though the smells also creates plants from nothing which grow at massive speed. In turn, Skunks were the ones who originally made Chima livable during the 100-year moon phase. [[UnreliableNarrator Though it is just a legend that only the Skunks personally believe anyway]].
40	* BalanceOfPower: Not one single tribe can have too much CHI for utilization, otherwise, Chima suffers earthquakes and enormous dust storms.
41	* BerserkButton:
42	** ''Never'' steal the Wolves' "Mother Tooth".
43	** Don't cut down the Gorillas' Tower Flower when they're on the verge of the Great Mellow.
44	* BewareTheNiceOnes: Do ''not'' cut down the Gorillas' sacred tree, especially when they're on the verge of enlightenment. Don't threaten the growth of Gorzan's pretty little flower, either.
45	** [[spoiler:When the Ice Bears wake up, the Bears ''[[LetsGetDangerous get dangerous]]''.]]
46	%%* BigBadDuumvirate: Cragger and Crooler. Later, it's just Cragger.
47	* BigBadFriend: Cragger to Laval, after a sinkhole buried Cragger's parents. He feels it is Laval's fault.
48	* BigCreepyCrawlies: The Scorpion and Spider Tribes of the 2014 line.
49	* TheBigRace: Several episodes have plots revolving around the monthly Speedor races around the grounds of the Lion Temple to win a golden CHI orb.
50	* BlueAndOrangeMorality:
51	** The Beavers consider work ''fun'' and being given a break is considered a ''punishment''.
52	** It's revealed in "Ravens vs. Eagles" that that the Eagles have a "what's mine is yours and yours is mine" mentality. Razar and the others Ravens use it as a chance to take all the Eagles' belongings. The Eagles realize that if the Ravens are manipulating their tribe's morality, they should manipulate the Ravens (making them think they don't do shopping, using the Raven track for free etc.). All the Ravens except for Razar quickly give up.
53	* BloodKnight: The Rhino Tribe equates fighting to happiness. This is also one of the effects of the Fog of Destiny.
54	* BreatherEpisode: Episode 13, "Crocodile Tears". Taking place after the Crocs are captured by the Wolves, one would expect a suspenseful story of getting them out of the Wolves' camp. Instead, we get a pretty lighthearted story, with Laval thinking that Furtivo is [=ShadoWind=], and the Crocs humorously treating the wolves like servants, to the point where the Wolves willingly let the Crocs go, and then celebrate about it the next day. It's ultimately downplayed as Cragger ends up having a dream where his parents warn him about Crooler.
55	* BrutalHonesty: Razar when he sees the Dark Tribes with the Bear and the Eagle eggs. They can't move the Bear or the eggs go smash, and if they move the eggs the Bear falls to a bloody death. Right in front of Eris who is freaking out at the way he describes it.
56	* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler:The Phoenix Tribe leave Chima in the final episode, as the Illumination was successful, and thus they are no longer needed.]]
57	* CharacterCatchphrase:
58	** "For Chima!"
59	** Lagravis' "Use it well. Use it wisely." when giving other tribes CHI.
60	** The Gorillas [[TotallyRadical say "Dude" a lot, and "Bummer"]] when anything major or minor goes wrong. This happens often enough that that "dude" can represent [[{{Smurfing}} virtually anything]].
61	** Razar, in keeping with his shifty, thrifty dealer personality usually addresses people reflexively as "my friend".
62	** Skinnet the Skunk says "''Sor-ry''" in a defeated tone whenever he lets his stink loose. When the Hundred Year moon makes him smell ''good'', he says "''You're welcome''" whenever it happens, in the same tired tone.
63	** Foltrax, who flies the Phoenix Fire Temple, has "It's blazing time!".
64	* ClothespinNosePlug: When Skinnet is around everyone uses clothespins on their noses. In this world, it's almost like plugging your nose is SeriousBusiness since the ravens triple the price of the clothespins.
65	* ContinuityNod: G'Loona fully remembers it was Crooler that had a hand in leaving her outside during the hundred year moon.
66	* CoolBike: The Speedorz, one-wheeled bikes that draw their power from nature and are stylized to resemble their rider.
67	* CoolSword: Laval's Royal Valious, a sword with a glowing blue core and the face of a lion on its hilt. It's also been passed down among Lion royalty for generations.
68	* ComicallyMissingThePoint: The beginning of "The Biggest Race Of All" has strong tectonic activity occur throughout Chima because of the creation of a strong golden CHI. An Eagle named Ewald starts panicking alongside one of his compatriots because he finished his favorite book; both are seemingly oblivious to the fact that an earthquake is happening.
69	* CompanionCube: Before being exiled, Laval is given a rock named Chip, who he befriends during his exile.
70	* TheCorrupter: Crooler uses the Persuader Plants to put Cragger into a state where she can convince him to do whatever she says.
71	* CreationMyth:
72	** Each of the tribes have their own "great story" concerning Chima's creation. Season three reveals that [[spoiler:none are these are true, and that it was the Phoenix Tribe who helped create their land]].
73	** The Dark Tribes attribute their ascension to a Great Spider or Scorpion (depending on the tribe) in the sky giving the CHI to them. Cragger attempts to tell them the truth (that it was really [[spoiler:Laval who threw the CHI into the Gorge of Eternal Depth]]), but they refuse to believe him.
74	* DiscOneFinalBoss: Cragger and Crooler, with Worriz and the Wolves taking their place in episode 11. Cragger pulls a HeelFaceTurn in 14 after Crooler runs out of Persuader Plants to control Cragger. After Episode 16 though, Cragger is once again corrupted by Crooler, though not under her control, resulting in her being locked up. After Episode 20 though, Cragger permanently shakes off the Fog of Destiny. Then we learn from [[spoiler:Crunket, Cragger's mother, that the Outlands are filled with Dark Tribes that seek to gain the CHI, causing everyone to rally up in order to fight them.]]
75	%%* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:Laval in episode 20. He's okay, though... it was faked.]]
76	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The plot is very reminiscent of the Core War from ''Toys/{{BIONICLE}}'' with an empowering energy source sought out by many tribes who are willing to fight a war over it. The main difference is that [[spoiler:Chima doesn't explode from said energy.]]
77	* DownerEnding:
78	** Episode 10 ends with almost every tribe turned against each other due to Furtivo (a fox hired to spread misgivings among the tribes by Crooler), and a large portion of CHI is now with the Wolves and Crocs. Making things worse, the Wolf Pact that Crominius made with the Wolves is disposed of, meaning that the Wolves no longer have any need to assist the Crocs, and Crooler has effectively betrayed her brother (Who avoided an additional layer of MindControl during the ordeal).
79	** Episode 12 inverts this by ending with [[spoiler:the Wolves' stolen CHI being spent on a battle with the Crocs.]]
80	%%* DreamWalker: Apparently the Bear Tribe and even their Legend Beast are this.
81	* DumbMuscle[=/=]BloodKnight: The Rhino Tribe's main traits. They equate fighting to happiness.
82	* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:After Laval and his friends succeed in doing the Great Illumination correctly, everybody's problems are solved and the war between the different tribes of Chima finally ends.]]
83	* EffeminateVoice: This somehow happens to anyone caught in an exploding Bellow Plant's gas, which leads to them having high-pitched voices for a short while. While Laval doesn't think anything of it while dangling off 4 floating Bellow Plants, Worriz is understandably annoyed by this and Cragger even remarks that he suddenly "sounds just like those screeching eagles" because of it by the end of Episode 6.
84	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Worriz acts like this towards Windra.
85	* EveryoneHasStandards:
86	** In "Attack on Eagle Spire", while Ripnik is indifferent to the fact that hundreds of Lion, Eagle, and Wolf lives will be lost if the Crocs succeed in pulling Eagle Spire down, Razar is against it because those lives are potential customers.
87	** In episode 10, Crooler feels some remorse for causing the above DownerEnding, hesitating to get rid of the Wolf Pact and thinking about her actions, while the entire Wolf Tribe is celebrating their victory, though in silence.
88	** [[spoiler:When Sir Fangar reveals his plan to reawaken the Ice Bears to aid in the attack on the Lion City, the other Ice Tribe leaders are apprehensive about doing so, since [[TheBerserker they are completely berserk]], which is the reason they weren't revived with the rest of the Ice Tribes by Sir Fangar, though Sir Fangar goes ahead with it anyway]].
89	* EvilCannotComprehendGood:
90	** [[spoiler:Scorm is utterly baffled by Laval actually ''giving'' him some CHI, to the point where he thinks Laval was just trying to be cruel.]]
91	** Crooler can't imagine why Cragger is so willing to [[spoiler:surrender the throne when their parents finally return.]]
92	* EvilFormerFriend: Cragger to Laval because of the incident with the former's parents. In episode 14 they finally make up, then episode 16 comes along and Cragger goes into a semi-permanent BloodKnight state. By episode 20, Cragger returns to normal due to PowerOfFriendship.
93	* EvilIsDeathlyCold: The Ice Hunters have [[AnIcePerson ice]] powers, and are ''not'' friendly.
94	* ExposedAnimalBellybutton: Again, Eris, Crooler, and Rinona.
95	* {{Fangirl}}:
96	** Eris was this to Dom De la Woosh.
97	** Laval admires [=ShadoWind=], as well as he and Cragger being Woosh fanboys.
98	* FantasticRacism: Occurs a few times against specific tribes during conflict (Eagles in Attack on Eagle Spire), but each tribe is stereotyped somewhat in-universe as well.
99	* FloatingContinent:
100	** Mount Cavora is a giant floating rock in the center of Chima that's the source of all CHI. Season three elaborates on ''why'' it started floating.
101	** The last shot of the final episode reveals [[spoiler:''all of Chima'' is on another, larger floating rock.]]
102	* ForbiddenZone: The Outlands are a mysterious area outside Chima that becomes the focus of the second story arc.
103	* {{Foreshadowing}}: The black cloud in episode 18 is made of Bats, a new tribe for 2014.
104	* FriendlyTickleTorture: Subverted; When Lagravis is focused on finding his sense of humor in one episode, Longtooth offers to tickle the king. Lagravis bluntly refuses.
105	%%* FunnyAnimal: The citizens of Chima.
106	* FurryConfusion: Legend Beasts are animals that were not turned into humanoids by the CHI water. Laval meets a Lion Legend Beast in the pilot episode.
107	** In "The Hundred-Year Moon", The Wolves are all shown eating some kind of meat, despite no non-anthropomorphic animals ever being shown.
108	* GaiasVengeance: If CHI isn't distributed properly, the land and weather get... unpleasant.
109	* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Spinlyn, queen of the Spiders. She's mostly concerned with her beauty, and the other Spiders follow her mostly because they are awe-struck by her appearance.
110	* GoneHorriblyRight:
111	** In episode 16 Crooler uses the Fog of Destiny to make Cragger realize his destiny as conqueror of Chima, and one of his first acts is to imprison her.
112	** The Phoenix Tribe tried to uplift the ground-dwelling tribes by creating institutions of knowledge and learning, only for Sir Fangar to use that knowledge to try and conquer Chima.
113	* GroinAttack: According to Equila's commentary during the race in "Market Day", Laval takes "a log to the loins". One of the Wolves gets one in "Attack on Eagle Spire" when he slides down a chain sitting on it.
114	* HappilyAdopted: Li'ella the Lioness is the adoptive daughter of Tormak the Tiger. Besides his over-protectiveness, it seems like a positive relationship.
115	* HarmlessFreezing: Anyone frozen by the Ice Hunters. Late in the third season, a trophy room full of frozen characters gets thawed out and everyone acts like nothing bad happened to them.
116	* HistoryRepeats: The Dark Tribes are born when Laval threw CHI into the Gorge of Eternal Depth. After they're defeated, Scorm throws the last bit of CHI he has into a gorge in a fit of rage (blaming it for giving the Dark Tribes sapience in the first place). This ends up inadvertently awakening the [[SealedEvilInACan Ice Hunters]].
117	* HonorAmongThieves: Razar owns a book called The Thieves Code, which states thieves should not steal from each other. [[TemptingFate After Razar says this, Furtivo the Fox steals the book.]]
118	%%* HookHand: Razar has this, as do some other Ravens.
119	* ImmortalProcreationClause: Averted in the case of the Eagle Legend Beast, who, despite being immortal like the others (or at least extemely long-lived), is shown to lay eggs.
120	* InexplicablyTailless: The Tribes of Chima who consist of animals that should have tails are lacking them. The only exceptions are Cragger, Crooler, and their parents (with the rest of the Croc Tribe being tailless), and the Scorpion Tribe (justified, considering it's their [[BewareMyStingerTail defining trait]]).
121	* InSeriesNickname: Plovar's fondness for the royal children, Craggy-waggy and Crool-laloo.
122	* InterspeciesRomance:
123	** Rogon (Rhino) has a crush on Eris (Eagle), who comes to reciprocate his feelings.
124	** Reegull is the product of a union between a raven and an eagle.
125	** Lavertus shared a mutual attraction with Crunket during their youth.
126	* IronicEcho: Laval (while trying to get out of the Gorge of Eternal Depth) accidentally says the same words Cragger used on the day that his own parents fell in.
127	* LadyMacbeth: Crooler goads her brother into taking revenge on the Lions and taking over Chima, even using Persuader Plants to further her influence.
128	* MacGuffinGuardian: The Lions guard the pool of CHI that falls from Mount Cavora, and unlike most [=MacGuffin=] Guardians, they are willing to share what they're guarding. It's their duty as Lions.
129	* MakeWayForTheNewVillains: The Ice Hunters made their debut by effortlessly overcoming the Dark Tribes, who were the villains of the previous season. Also downplayed right after, in that the first surface tribe they attack is the Crocodiles (former antagonists for most of season one).
130	* [[TheManBehindTheMan The Woman Behind the Man]]: Crooler to Cragger; all the Crocs' plans are orchestrated by her.
131	%%* ManEatingPlant: One of the things that exist in the Outlands (Which was big enough to swallow both Crug and Crawley).
132	* ManipulativeBitch: Crooler. Downplayed though, in that she can only manipulate others while using the Persuader Plants. Without them, she can't really talk anyone into doing anything.
133	* MassOhCrap: The tribes' response to Mount Cavora drying up, as the CHI that flows from it acts as their main power source.
134	* MeaningfulName:
135	** Crooler is definitely crueler than Cragger.
136	** Reegull's name combines an R sound with "eagle", and he has mixed Raven and Eagle parentage.
137	** To be long in the tooth is to be old, and Longtooth is one of the Lion Tribe's oldest warriors and literally has long upper fangs.
138	* MerchandiseDriven: Even by Lego's standards, it's clear that selling toys was the main priority of the show. However, similar to ''Ninjago'', this was dialed back as the series progressed.
139	* MindControlDevice: Crooler's Persuader Plants on her brother. She grows them in a secret garden away from the Crocs, though as it turns out they can be eaten as snacks, though whomever eats them breathes the spores for a short amount of time. Episode 12 reveals that the spores are more like BloodKnight spores, as revealed when Cragger accidentally inhales some Crooler left behind, and that they merely make one more susceptible to violent acts and suggestions. Episode 14 then reveals that they have become very rare, with the plants that Crooler was growing were the last ones left. It's eventually revealed that [[spoiler:their father was the one who planted them.]]
140	* MistakenForGay: A brief moment in "Foxtrot" possibly implies this. Rogon, Laval, and Eris are fighting, and Eris gets hurt. When Rogon says, "I'll save you, my love!" the baddies look confused. Laval answers, "He means Eris, not me."
141	* MortonsFork: The Dark Tribes' trap with the Bear Legend Beast and the Eagle Legend Beast's eggs. They are both on opposite ends of a rock balanced on a tall spire to create a seesaw trap where removing either the Bear Legend Beast or the Eagle Legend Beast's Eggs will cause the other to fall and go splat when they hit the ground.
142	* MrFixit[=/=]{{Workaholic}}: The Beaver Tribe's main traits. To the point that they issue vacations as punishment.
143	* MundaneUtility: Several weapons have descriptions that mention non-fighting purposes for them.
144	** The blades of the Ravens' Bulwark are good for opening cans and jars.
145	** The pulse of the Sonic Roarox can toast vegetables in addition to immobilizing foes.
146	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Crooler invokes this trope in episode 3 when she and her brainwashed brother try to provoke Laval in the hope that Laval would accidentally say (in front of a crowd of angry Crocs) that they would never get any CHI. Unfortunately, she wasn't disappointed, and Laval throws the Crocs' CHI down the Gorge of Eternal Depth, causing GaiasVengeance as stated above.
147	** Then it's revealed that [[spoiler:the lost CHI had a hand in creating three new tribes, who not only had captured the Legend Beasts, but also stole almost all the CHI from Chima.]]
148	** Cragger had one as well, thinking that if he could reveal who the real creator of the Dark Tribes was, then they would be in shock (since they thought they were created by either a spider or scorpion in the sky). Unfortunately, not only did the Dark Tribes dismiss this revelation as baloney, it made the others a tad angry that Laval kept such a important piece of info from them.
149	** Laval gave an orb of CHI to Scorm, which led to him throwing the stolen CHI of the Dark Tribes into a chasm, reawakening the Ice Hunters.
150	** The Phoenix Tribe tried to uplift the "ground-born" tribes of ancient Chima, but ended up giving Sir Fangar the knowledge he needed to try and conquer Chima, and using "The Great Illumination" to defeat him and undo the damage the Hunters did and banish them into the Gorge of Eternal Depth for eternity.
151	*** As it turns out, [[spoiler:Fluminox choosing to stay with his son instead of completing the Great Illumination is the reason that it failed.]]
152	* NobodyCanDie: Though the entire series takes place during wartime, not one character is ever killed (though Laval does pull a rather convincing FakingTheDead in the season one finale). [[spoiler:Taken up to eleven in the series finale, where being ''blasted by fire'' only means that the undead villains become goody-goodies out of the blue]].
153	* NoInfantileAmnesia: Crooler remembers the day she and Cragger were born with startling clarity.
154	* NonhumanHumanoidHybrid: Reegull, a MadScientist with an Eagle father and a Raven mother.
155	* NonMammalMammaries: Many female characters like Eris, Crooler, and Spinlyn have breasts despite the fact they are not mammals.
156	* ObfuscatingInsanity: It's hard to tell if Lavertus has gone mad from living alone in the Outlands for years or not, especially since he likes using the ambiguity of the matter to mess with Cragger.
157	* OminousFog: The Fog of Destiny forces those who get sucked into it to see their true destiny (whether they want to or not.)
158	* OneWheeledWonder: Speedorz are (with a couple of exceptions) one wheeled racers.
159	* OurCentaursAreDifferent: Both the Spider and Scorpion Tribes have shown this trope, with notably Spinlyn and Scutter having humanoid upper bodies, and six-legged lower bodies like the insects they represent. Supposedly, Spinlyn's body style is possibly based on how most real female species of spiders are much bigger than males. Scutter however has no real explanation.
160	* OurZombiesAreDifferent: The Ice Hunters, who are partially decayed, with the odd glowing bone and ice powers. They are fully sentient, but cannot function without CHI. If their orb is removed, they fall back into a lifeless state until they get another.
161	* PaperThinDisguise: The fake [=ShadoWind=] (Furtivo), with Eris pointing out to Laval that it couldn't be the real thing for too many reasons to list.
162	* ParentalFavoritism[=/=]TheUnfavourite: Despite Cragger and Crooler being twins and Crooler hatching first, their parents prefer the former and made him prince of the Croc Tribe even though the position is to be assigned to the firstborn child. Whenever Crooler achieved something in life their parents would be too impressed with something Cragger was also doing to notice and completely ignored her, which led to her taking advantage of Cragger after he became king to make up for years of neglect.
163	* ParentalMarriageVeto: Downplayed in season 3. Laval develops a fast crush on Li'ella, but her foster father Tormak notices and doesn't approve at all, to the point of knocking down Laval with his bow on the steps of the Phoenix temple. Neither Lion thinks he's being fair.
164	* ThePhoenix: A whole tribe of them in the third season.
165	* PlayingWithFire: The heroic tribes use Fire CHI and are allied with the mythical Phoenix Tribe in Season 3 to combat the Ice Hunters.
166	* PleaseKillMeIfItSatisfiesYou: Cragger to Laval in the pilot. Laval does not follow this request and strikes a rock behind Cragger, displaying MartialPacifist traits. This turns into SuicidalPacifism when Cragger then instantly tries to drown [[SuperDrowningSkills Laval]].
167	* PowerGlows:
168	** CHI is glowing blue power in solid form. When any citizen of Chima plugs in CHI, their body is encased in a blue or red BattleAura (which are the LEGO "constraction" figures of the characters), and then glow red or blue around the edges.
169	** Fire CHI has an orange/red glow.
170	* PowerOfLove: Rogon will do anything to protect Eris (especially since he thinks that Eris has a crush on him, [[spoiler:which she does]].)
171	* {{Precursors}}: The Phoenix Tribe, who were the first intelligent beings in the land and the source of CHI.
172	* PrehistoricMonster: The Ice Hunters, which consists of Saber-Toothed Tigers, Mammoths, Teratorns (prehistoric vultures), and Cave Bears.
173	* ProudIndustriousRace: The Beaver Tribe, who [[BusyBeaver absolutely]] ''[[BusyBeaver love]]'' [[BusyBeaver to work]]. They even get punished by being forced to take breaks from working. As such, the land that they live in has all sorts of complex structures, getting new improvements constantly.
174	* PuppetKing: Cragger is the ruler of the Crocs, however his sister Crooler uses the pollen from Persuader Plants to make him do whatever she tells him.
175	* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: The usual foes are the Crocs but there are exceptions. Crominius kindly helped unify the Wolf Tribe, and was friends with Laval's father, Lagravis. Cragger is just BrainwashedAndCrazy. In addition, Wonald of the Wolf Tribe isn't really evil, he's just a young, innocent kid.
176	* ScarfOfAsskicking: Displayed on multiple characters, though most notably with Cragger, who's scarf is not only red, but torn as if it's seen more than a few battles. Not to mention, the Croc kicks some serious tail. The one that is closest to a scarf would actually be the cowl of Laval's outfit when he's not wearing a harness.
177	* SceneryPorn: Every area in Chima has a lot of great detail.
178	* SealedEvilInACan: The Ice Hunters, who were frozen in ice a thousand years ago. Scorm throws a CHI orb into a gorge underground, accidentally reawakening them to be the season 3 villains.
179	* SeriesContinuityError: Crooler's bio on the series' website states that she's Cragger's younger sister. In the show proper, her being older than Cragger by a few seconds is a major plot point because their parents assuming he hatched first is what sparked her desire for power. It could be possible the bio was trying to intentionally mislead audience members.
180	* SharedUniverse: As revealed in ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'''s Season 5 finale, Chima is in one of these with Ninjago as part of the Sixteen Realms, with Lloyd and Morro even arriving in Chima briefly (using stock footage from "Ravens VS Eagles"), and the Beavers appearing in Season 11.
181	* ShoutOut: Dom de la Woosh's name is a clear homage to Creator/DomDeLuise.
182	* ShownTheirWork: Eris in episode eight makes the real life Eagle mating sound, albeit sped up.
183	* SideEffectsInclude: Fake CHI may look green, but it works just as well as the real thing until it fades away and leaves you acting like a chicken.
184	* SoLastSeason: In Season 3, the Tribes of Chima don't stand a chance against the Ice Hunters with their equipment powered by normal CHI, and only with the help of the Phoenix Tribe and their Fire CHI are they able to fight back.
185	* SoftWater: In "Attack on Eagle Spire", several Wolves are sent plummeting down when the bellow plants making them float up are popped. All of them just so happen to fall into a river surrounding the base of the spire and suffer no injuries.
186	* SophisticatedAsHell: The official description for Laval's sword goes on for a while about its construction and how it's been passed down through Lion royalty for generations, then ends with "Yep. It will knock the bejeebers out of you."
187	* SticksToTheBack: Characters will often just place their weapons on their back when they are not in use, even when there is nothing physically holding them. For example, the scales on Cragger’s back are somehow able to keep his spear in place.
188	* TheStinger: In "The Warrior Within", Rogon, Runk, and Rukus are shown getting lost after taking a detour. Once the credits start rolling, they trio are shown again at night finally finding the road that leads them back to their home.
189	* SuddenlySpeaking: In "For Chima!", the ordinarily mute [=ShadoWind=] utters just two words through his helmet's respirator. [[TitleDrop Guess what he is]].
190	* SuperDrowningSkills: Laval. As Cragger puts it "You always were a lousy swimmer." [[spoiler:He overcomes this in the season 2 finale to save the Lion Legend Beast.]]
191	* SuperMode:
192	** Using CHI gives the characters a boost in power until it wears off.
193	** Fire CHI gives people [[PlayingWithFire fire powers]] in addition to an even bigger power boost than the regular kind, and turns their armor red and gold in the process.
194	* SwordFight: Happens a lot here. It's why Laval has a training dummy in his room.
195	* TechnoBabble: Rogon becoming smart near the vicinity of the Rhino Legend Beast is highlighted by him taking on this speech pattern.
196	* ThematicSequelLogoChange: Season 2 has the logo resemble vines with thorns to establish the season takes place in the Outlands, and Season 3 has the logo be made of ice with the CHI in the "i" replaced with a Fire CHI due to both elements playing a major part in the season.
197	* ThemeSongReveal: The Phoenix Tribe’s theme begins with the same sequence of notes as the music that plays when Lagravis explains Chima's CreationMyth, except in a different key. It turns out the Phoenixes were the ones responsible for originally [[UpliftedAnimal uplifting Chima's wildlife.]]
198	* ToiletHumor:
199	** [[SmellySkunk Skinnet]] and his "special gift" are the source of numerous fart jokes throughout the entire show.
200	** Crug [[UnderwaterFartGag farts in the pool]] that the Wolves gave to the captive Crocodiles in the episode "Crocodile Tears".
201	* TokenGoodTeammate: Wonald is this to the Wolf Tribe because he mainly eats fruit and doesn't seem very interested in attacking the other tribes. Even during the BadMoonRising event, he mainly just eats more fruit than normal, not really attacking anyone else.
202	* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: When Crug and Crawley try to set foot in the out-lands, they are almost eaten alive by a giant carnivorous plant before it spits them out. It probably did not like the taste of Croc.
203	* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: After Scorm's defeat, he decides he wants nothing more to do with CHI and has it all dropped into the gorge. This allows the Ice Hunters to be reawakened and continue their conquest over Chima.
204	* WalkingShirtlessScene: Almost every male soldier in Chima is bare-chested. These include characters like Longtooth, Crug, and Tormak.
205	* WalkingWasteland: The Ice Hunters freeze the land they walk upon.
206	* WasItReallyWorthIt: Crooler asks herself this in episode 10, after betraying her own brother and her father's legacy to succeed in her goals.
207	* WhamEpisode:
208	** Episode 10, as stated above, and also episode 11 takes the cake; episode 10's DownerEnding has ended the Speedor Races for good, and that the wolves are going on a rampage across Chima, taking almost all of the available CHI, leaving Chima in a state of imbalance represented by an increasing number of earthquakes, and we see that Crooler is locked up for betraying Cragger, who has started to get over her mind control.
209	** Just when you think everything will be solved, episode 16 happens, [[spoiler:turning Cragger back into an antagonist. Episode 17 has Laval willingly enter exile for stealing an Orb of Golden CHI. He's later allowed out of it due to necessity, but episode 18 ends with the falls on Mount Cavora beginning to dry up (later revealed to actually be blocked up with spider webs), which only Crug notices before he dismisses it.]]
210	** Episode 26: [[spoiler:The Dark Tribes are defeated and the CHI is restored, but Scorm throws his last CHI orb into an abyss to be rid of it, accidentally unleashing something slumbering deep beneath the ground.]]
211	* WhatTheHellHero: Everyone except Cragger and Eris gives one to Laval in Episode 25, after Cragger accidentally reveals that Laval had [[spoiler:dumped the CHI orbs into the Gorge of Eternal Depth and thus created the Dark Tribes.]]
212	* WhiteAndGreyMorality: On one end you've got the Lions whom are the paragons of good and keep the other tribes in line by distributing CHI, and the Eagles and Gorillas whom are kindly scholars and spiritualists but are quick to ally with the Lions. On the other end you've got the Crocs whom are lead by a prince being manipulated by his sister, the Ravens who are master con men, and the Wolves who are savage and will seize power if deemed necessary. The other tribes fall somewhere in between.
213	* WildCard: The Ravens will work for whoever pays them; this includes working for two or more sides of a conflict simultaneously. They'll play all the tribes if it means more treasure for themselves.
214	** In Episode 5, however, [[OhCrap they panic]] when Laval threatens to destroy their goods, immediately surrendering and agreeing to Laval's demands, even more so since they're pressed for time with a whole army coming down to their level.
215	* WorldHealingWave: The Illumination in the final episode, which not only [[spoiler:undoes the Ice Tribes' freezing of Chima, but purifies everything and everyone.]]
216	* WorldWreckingWave: The Ice Hunters are basically a ''living'' one of these.
217	* WouldHurtAChild: The Dark Tribes capture the Eagle Legend Beast's eggs and put them in a situation where they would get smashed.
218	* XtremeKoolLetterz: Speedorz.

Context WesternAnimation / LegendsOfChima