I really wouldn't consider TMNT being remade a sign of the genre still hanging on (I chalk it up to Nostalgia Factor for it to live today).
Funny thing is that I was thinking of a show called"Amazon Hyenas".
It would be a show about four alien princesses who look like anthromorphic hyenas and live on a planet based on the Sarengheti in Africa.There are two species are the planet one is based on spotted hyenas and the other is based on African lions.I was thinking that they would be sent to earth by a mysterious portal and land in San Jose,California(Trying to be original).They end up under the watch of a technology inventor named Minerva Franklin and her daughter,Joyce(every show like this needs kids).
Meanwhile their lion rivals(they would be a five bad band) would be taken under the care of a crime boss named Leon Rex.
It would be a female aimed version of the formula.
Now that I think about it, female main characters are rare in that type of setting, and usually under The Smurfette Principle
Rule of Cute for me would be a team of superhero Pomeranians. Or just a superhero dog team with various breeds in it.
I had my own take on this. I tried to design in a style similar to old-school TMNT and its imitators, and drew them as roughly sketched toy concepts:
I really wouldn't say that it's a "genre" though. These were always just typical action cartoons like any other super-powered team. They just happened to involve mutant animals as characters thanks to TMNT's popularity. Nothing else distinguished them as their own genre...it was just a type of hero that happened to catch on for a while.
edited 14th Aug '11 1:32:56 PM by scythemantis
bogleech.com for my writing, comics and cartoons.In a sense, I thought it was a subgenre because it had recurring themes.
And sucks that Road Rovers was canceled due to that Russian song. It's the first one with an openly Bisexual doberman too!
Road Rovers was one of my favorites back in the day.
I wouldn't be surprised if this type of show made a slight comeback, seeing as how Cartoon Network revived Thunder Cats and Nickelodeon has that T.U.F.F. Puppy thing.
I've got two guns pointed west and a broken compass.Who said Road Rovers was cancelled over the russian song? Cartoons slip in stuff like that all the time, and if it offends people, it just gets taken out of subsequent airings or the whole episode is pulled. A joke pissing people off NEVER gets a whole show canceled, only edited.
That sounds like another example of stupid troper speculation.
bogleech.com for my writing, comics and cartoons.It's general speculation. It's one of the only plausible things that would've gotten the show canned, considering it had good ratings. The other was to make way for more educational TV, which is what I subscribe to.
I've got two guns pointed west and a broken compass.

Stupid thread title limit - I mean, caught on and still big today. You know, these two tropes. I'm actually thinking that a lot of them have some good potential, whether to Lampshade the trope or to play it straight.
Also, I disagree about Secret Mutant Hero Team being on-going to this present day. The last show I saw doing this was Kung Fu Dino Posse.
edited 9th Aug '11 6:04:46 PM by Ookamikun