Line #18 WesternAnimation/SupaStrikas


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:The Super League's Greatest.[[note]]''Front, Left to Right:'' '''Coach, Klaus, Dancing Rasta, Twisting Tiger, Shakes, El Matador, North, Cool Joe'''; ''Back, Left to Right:'' '''Big Bo, Blok'''; ''Not pictured:'' Eagle Eye, the Substitutes, and the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_man_(football) 12th Man]][[/note]]]]
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4	Supa Strikas is an animated TV show loosely based on an UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball-themed ComicBook of the same name that revolves around the adventures of a fictional soccer team called Supa Strikas as they try to win the Super League Trophy. They travel around the world taking on challenges, opposition teams trying to use tricks to beat them, and tackling personal issues. They play mostly against a handful of regular teams to build up rivalries between players- with the most common teams being Invincible United, Technicali, and Iron Tank. They also play against a lot of one off teams that tend to play in unique places such as a floating stadium or the top of a skyscraper or have a special skill (when they're not cheating) they use to win games.
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6	Main characters include:
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8	* '''Shakes''': Arguably TheEveryman of the team.
9	* '''Dancing Rasta''': The Jamaican captain of the team, is prone to giving motivational speeches.
10	* '''El Matador''': Shakes' partner as a striker, he is [[TheDandy incredibly vain]].
11	* '''Big Bo''': The goalkeeper of the team, is considered the best in the league.
12	* '''Twisting Tiger''': A player known for his 'Twisting Tornado' move where he [[TornadoMove twists]] his body around, animated as a [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Tasmanian Devil]]-like whirlwind.
13	* '''Cool Joe''': His main obsession is everything [[TheSeventies 70s]]— he has an afro with a comb in it, [[DiscoDan loves disco]] (and owns one), and wears 70s shoes.
14	* '''Blok''': An [[TheUnintelligible unintelligible]] defender.
15	* '''Klaus''': A second choice striker and [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass comical player]] well-versed in passing techniques.
16	* '''North''': A first choice defender along with Blok. He also [[SurferDude surfs]] in his spare time.
17	* '''Coach''': A super competent coach, portrayed as [[TheStrategist having a tactical answer]] to every tactic the opposition has.
18	* '''Spenza''': Friend of the team, he helps them get to the bottom of problems, especially when an opposition team is trying to sabotage them.
19	* '''Mac''': The announcer of every games that Supa Strikas are in. He mostly appeared with Brenda doing their own comedies in the announcer box.
20	* '''Brenda''': The second announcer of every games that the Supa Strikas are in. She is the OnlySaneMan in the announcer box and is frequently annoyed by Mac's eccentricities but often finds herself joining the fun.
21	* '''Supa Fran''': The eccentric fan of Supa Strikas and the president of the Supa Strikas fan club.
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24	!!Supa Strikas Contains Examples of:
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26	* AwesomeButImpractical: Some of the Strikas wanted to use a bunch of fancy moves from their movie in a match against the Sultans but Coach was against it, citing that the desert stadium's heat will quickly exhaust them.
27	* BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood: Invincible United used a form of hypnotic therapy to turn Dooma from a violent thug who did nothing but injure other players to a highly skilled captain who turned the team around from being way out of the running to being in the Super League finals. The Supa Strikas finding a way to sabotage his therapy and turn him back into a thug (and thus giving away crucial penalties) could be seen as a type of NiceJobBreakingItHero.
28	* BusmansHoliday: Whenever Strikas go on vacation, they'll be in a circumstance to be forced to play football.
29	* TheButlerDidIt: Klaus believes this to be ''always'' true from what he read in the Inspector [[SherlockHomage von Spector]] mystery novels. Two Super League investigators share this belief. Hilariously however, both times the Butler is innocent, with the latest Butler suspect actually helping out Klaus.
30	* BornInTheWrongCentury: When Shakes is being given a tour of a Chinese museum focused on the history of soccer, he jokes after learning about [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_football Mob Football]][[note]]a medieval game of football where any amount of players can join and that there are no rules[[/note]] that Invinicible United are playing in the wrong century.
31	* CassandraTruth: Happens in practically every episode. It's very common for one of the Supa Strikas (or someone associated with them) to get into trouble by being framed for something they didn't do. And their please of innocence usually fall on deaf ears until they are finally proven to be innocent.
32	* CelebrityImpersonator: There are a lot of El Matador wannabes and they're part of his fan club. He also has a BodyDouble for when the team starred in a movie. Spenza also had a go at the disguise when he saved Shakes from being brainwashed in ''Dooma's Day''.
33	* CharacterFocus: Each episode tends to focus on a particular character, and they usually make a point of it by making the cold open have a scene that focuses on that character.
34	* CirclingBirdies: The guys sometimes see rings of stars after a hard hit or other head injuries, such as when Bo slips on a banana peel that leads to EasyAmnesia. Sometimes circling soccer balls appear in place or stars, like when Chuck has a hard crash during a game or when Klaus is [[TheDoorSlamsYou is whacked by a door]] and knocked off a moving train.
35	* CloudCuckoolander: Klaus and El Matador sometimes, depending on the occasion.
36	* ConspicuousConsumption: The coaches of [[ArabOilSheikh Sultans]] and [[SouthernGentleman Cosmos]] are rich and not afraid to show it. The former has lavish stadiums and skyscrapers while the latter owns a hotel that serves gold-covered sundae.
37	* CriticProof: In-universe, the Strikas' movie "Strike Team" is panned by critics but sold out and adored by fans.
38	* CutLexLuthorACheck: Toni Vern creates a lot of incredibly advanced and high-tech inventions. Yet seems more focused on using them in cheating for soccer matches rather than selling them off to the highest bidder.
39	* DarkHorseVictory: [[spoiler:El Matador]] won in a RealityShow he wasn't invited to [[AchievementsInIgnorance by getting lost]] in the set.
40	* ADayInTheLimelight: Each Strika that tags along with Shakes or who appeared first in the episode is bound to be the main character.
41	* DesertBandits: One such group captured the Supa Strikas when the team had to go to the stadium for their game against the Sultans on foot (as training for the harsh climate). [[spoiler:They were actors hired by Coach to teach the players a lesson]].
42	* DrillSergeantNasty: The coach of Iron Tank, who is named Colonel [[TheVonTropeFamily von]] [[MeaningfulName Pushup]].
43	* EasyAmnesia:
44	** In "Big Bo To Go", Big Bo ends up getting a strong hit to the head that leads him to getting amnesia.
45	** After diving into the cold depths of the Antartica in "Dat Boot", Dancing Rasta would end up getting such a temperature shock that not only is he out of commission for a while. He would end up getting some amnesia out of it too.
46	* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Grimm FC has players that fit this but some of them subvert it by not having the brunette part down.
47	* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Supa Strikas' ''Coach'' and ''Professor''.
48	* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The defender Blok, who, well, blocks the ball. In one episode it was revealed he has a brother called Attak, who is a forward.
49	* ExecutiveMeddling: An in-universe example, Cool Joe is given a record contract but is required to change pretty much everything about his act.
50	* EyesAlwaysShut: Most of Nakama FC's players.
51	* GermanicEfficiency: The team Iron Tank is German and evokes all the cliches associated with this trope, along with a certain militaristic mindset.
52	* GoKartingWithBowser: During an off-season, Supa Strikas and Invincible United inadvertently booked a vacation on the same island and they ended up playing together an island-wide [[BusmansHoliday game of football]]. Upon their return, the reporters asked IU what they did and they replied honestly, [[CassandraTruth which the reporters didn't believe]].
53	* GratuitousForeignLanguage: Comes up frequently given that the Super League is international. Most common is the name of the news channel ''Futbol'' 360.
54	* HomeFieldAdvantage: There are teams with home fields that are meant to be an inconvenience to the visiting team. It can be as natural as the weather and temperature or artificial like hidden machinery installed to improve their own team's performance or hinder the opposition's.
55	* IAmTheNoun: According to Skarra in ''Dooma's Day'': "I am Invincible United."
56	* IKnowMaddenKombat: Uniquely enough, it's inverted. The Supa Strikas end up learning from martial arts to give themselves an advantage in their soccer matches.
57	** In "Heels Over Heads", Twisting Tiger injures his leg and is no longer able to pull off his signature move. He seeks Capoeira master to learn how to do a different version of his signature spin. However come match day he ends up over-relying on his new move (that he hasn't yet perfected) and ends up fumbling, thankfully he does remember another lesson from the master[[note]]"Wait for the opponent to make his first move and when his defenses are down, counterattack"[[/note]].
58	** In "Cuju Be Loved", Shakes is sent to China for a grand opening of a soccer museum and ends up discovering the titular sport [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuju Cuju]]. An ancient sport similar to football that also involves kung-fu. Finding out that one of the tour guides for the museum is a Cuju master.
59	* InterchangeableAsianCultures: Ura Giri is Japanese but his hair is arranged similarly to a Manchu [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queue_(hairstyle) Queue]] and he wears traditional Chinese men's jacket and shoes, though he also wears a stylized karate gi sometimes.
60	* ItsRainingMen: In "Cool Joe Loses His Groove" Iron Tank decide to arrive at the ground by parachuting into it for some reason.
61	* {{Jerkass}}:
62	** Almost every team has at least one jerkass who cheats, manipulates, and/or endanger Supa Strikas members. Sometimes it's an entire team of jerkasses like Invincible United and Iron Tank with everyone complicit in their evil plans or just one member like Coach Ura Giri of Nakama who would rather cheat to win even when his players want a fair game.
63	** Ms. Altivo, the head of the Super League TV, who manipulates many members of the Super League team to fight each other for the huge fame and viewership.
64	* MultinationalTeam: The Supa Strikas all hail from different parts of the world, while their opponents tend to all be from one country. It seems to be a subtle promotion of multiculturalism and the idea of people from all walks of life working together to fix problems.
65	* OldMaster: Ura Giri got the looks down, personality-wise however is another completely different story.
66	* OpposingSportsTeam: It varies from team to team but most of Supa Strikas' opponents cheat. Sometimes the coach and players are in cahoots but there are times that the players aren't aware (usually when a player is on a FriendlyRivalry with a Strika) and sometimes when the coach isn't.
67	* OutOfGenreExperience: "Sepak Attack" has Shakes temporarily playing [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepak_takraw sepak takraw]] for a team called Aces after the Strikas' jet was grounded in [[UsefulNotes/{{Malaysia}} Kuala Lumpur]].
68	* APirate400YearsTooLate: El Ariete, the eccentric and reclusive heading coach, wears pirate attire and fires footballs from cannons. Although that mostly refers to him in his retirement, when he used to be a player he seemed relatively more civilized.
69	* ProductPlacement: The second season was sponsored by Caltex, so the uniforms the team wore had a large Caltex logo put on it.
70	* NamesToRunAwayFromVeryFast: Would you really trust a coach if he's named Ura Giri (Japanese for ''betrayal'')?
71	* RedShirt: Literal with Strikas' bench players but subverted in that they're more like MauveShirt[[note]]They have names and faces but rarely have speaking lines or shown playing.[[/note]] and downplayed, of course, since it's just football, no matter how [[SeriousBusiness serious]].
72	* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: Shakes brings up the trope name when Riano jokes that he thought he died [[ItMakesSenseInContext when the papparazzi caught El Matador trying to extingiusih a burning Shakes cardboard cutout and mistook it for him drowning Shakes at the beach]].
73	* SuperSentaiStance: Nakama can sometimes be seen posing like this.
74	* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: Done to extreme levels. The only coaching staff is the man only known as Coach. There are no medical staff, and the players are frequently seen treating each other (or sent to a hospital). When something needs to be fixed or a mystery needs to be solved, a player (and at times Spenza, a friend of the players) take care of it which can cause them to miss parts of the game. The opposition teams do the same, with whatever mean trick they do usually done by their star player.
75	* TornadoMove: Twisting Tiger's signature move. "Heels Over Heads" focuses on him having a crisis when he ends up being injured and no longer able to pull the move off.
76	* TrainingFromHell: Many episodes focus on a player or players going somewhere remote to refine a skill to take on the team of the week. This usually involves an extreme ([[WaxOnWaxOff or unusual]]) form of training.
77	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Sa Ming United and Colossus FC only appeared in the first two seasons and doesn't appear in the later seasons same goes for Colossus FC. Meanwhile Cognito Inc only appeared in two episodes for Season 6 and 7 respectively.
78	* WorthyOpponent: Orion's Coach Black shook hands with the Supa Strikas' Professor after the latter figured out that the former's formations are based on [[spoiler:constellations]]. It is one of the few instances where an opposing team's coach wasn't cheating.

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