Thumb Wrestling Federation

The Thumb Wrestling Federation is a Show Within The Commercials that frames Cartoon Network's Saturday morning programming block, with a match at the halfway point of the block. It is a parody of Professional Wrestling featuring two rival teams, the Sinistras and the Mighty Dexteras, with play-by-play by Dick Thompson and color commentary by retired thumb wrestler Colonel Cossack. Other behind-the-scenes shorts run between the other shows, though Dick and the Colonel are the only characters to appear in the mid-show Ad Bumpers. Produced by Animation Collective.


 * Action Girl: 8 female wrestlers so far through three seasons.
 * Alliterative Name: Colonel Cossack, Hometown Huck, Pei Pei the Purple Panda, Senator Skull, Vini Vidi Victory -- ah, screw it, just go to the official website for a complete list.
 * The Bad Guy Wins: After the first two seasons' tournaments were won by Dexteras, a Sinistra,, won in season 3.
 * Butt Monkey: Let's see: there's Ouch, Billy Batboy, the Ref, Dick Thompson, and to a lesser extent, Hometown Huck.
 * Canada, Eh?: Face-Off Phil
 * Cloudcuckoolander: Colonel Cossack; Dwayne Bramage
 * Channel Hop: Nicktoons to Cartoon Network
 * Everything's Better With Princesses: Pei Pei the Purple Panda
 * Evil Foreigner: what Colonel Cossack probably was during his thumb wrestling career
 * Eviler Than Thou: Bucks Gazillion forcibly takes over the Sinistras in season 3. Okay, more like buys the Sinistras.
 * Face Heel Turn: With a name like "Evil Ira"\x9D (he initially wanted to be called "Good Ira", but it was already taken by some Identical Stranger), it was inevitable.
 * Five-Bad Band: The Evil Sinistras.
 * In season 1-2:
 * Big Bad - Senator Skull
 * The Dragon - N Fuego
 * Dark Chick - Itsy Bitsy
 * The Brute - The Big Time
 * Evil Genius and Fifth Ranger - Evil Ira
 * In season 3:
 * Big Bad - Senator Skull
 * The Dragon - N Fuego
 * Evil Genius - Evil Ira
 * The Brute - The Big Time
 * Dark Chick - Itsy Bitsy
 * Sixth Ranger Traitor - Bucks Gazillion
 * In Season 4:
 * Big Bad - Bucks Gazillion
 * The Dragon - Steve and Mugsy Thumbscrew
 * Evil Genius - The Visitor
 * The Brute - Queen Nefercreepy
 * Dark Chick - N Fuego
 * Five-Man Band: The Mighty Dexteras
 * In season 1:
 * The Hero and The Big Guy - Vini Vidi Victory
 * The Lancer - Hometown Huck
 * The Chick - Wasabi
 * The Smart Guy, then Fourth Ranger Traitor - Evil Ira
 * In season 2 onwards:
 * Big Good - Vini Vidi Victory
 * The Hero - Hometown Huck
 * The Lancer - Face-Off Phil
 * The Big Guy - Mr. Extremo
 * The Smart Guy - Danny Kaboom
 * The Chick - Wasabi
 * Hot-Blooded: Face-Off Phil has multiple Berserk Buttons, one of which is being called a hot-head. And he's one of the good guys. Also Colonel Cossack.
 * The Hyena: Laughing Loony
 * Jerkass: Most of the Sinistras, except for Billy Batboy.
 * Jerk With a Heart of Gold: Vini Vidi Victory
 * My God, What Have I Done?: Pinky, when he accidentally caused Wasabi to lose to The Big Time.
 * Only Sane Man: Dick Thompson
 * Screwed By the Network: Originally shown in the US on Nicktoons Network and Kids' WB. Now, on neither. (Granted, the latter no longer exists...)
 * Screw The Rules, I Have Money!: Bucks Gazillion. Oh, so much. Now that he's the leader of the Sinistras, it's been all but impossible for a Dextera to win in season 4.
 * Serious Business: Senator Skull's main goal is (or was, anyway) to lead the Sinistras into winning the TWF championship and take over the world.
 * Skyward Scream: Senator Skull after finding out that Bucks Gazillion has bought out the Sinistras.
 * Stealth Pun: Sinister and Dexter are heraldic terms meaning, respectively, left and right.
 * Surrounded By Idiots: Senator Skull, the (former) leader of the Sinistras.
 * Warrior Poet: Wasabi, though she's more along the lines of Kirabi.
 * Wearing a Flag On Your Head: James Montgomery Flag's mask is based on the American flag, and Face-Off Phil's is based on the Canadian flag.
 * Wham! Line: