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And they're not going to take it anymore.
In 1978, a film was made spoofing B monster movies, in which tomatoes mysteriously gain sentience and mobility, becoming killer tomatoes, which then attack. It was, [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|sensibly]], called ''Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!'' No genre was safe as the self-billed "Musical-Comedy-Horror Show" ripped up everything from romantic comedies to spy films, pausing long enough to take pot shots at superheroes and politics. Despite being made for less than $100,000, it's generally regarded as a failure at the box office. It, nonetheless, earned a cult following and practically became the defining film for [[So Bad
This would have been the end for the red menace (no, not '''that''' [[Dirty Communists|red menace]]), if it hadn't been for an episode of ''[[Muppet Babies]]'' using footage from the film to narrate a story called, "Attack of the Silly Tomatoes". It was a highly rated episode and New World Pictures inexplicably decided the world needed a sequel and offered the creators of the original 2 million dollars to film one.
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Can no one stop these mutant fruits?<br />
Where will we find our brave recruits?<br />
[[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|Can Wilbur get rid... of that dumb parachute?]]<br />
TOMATOES! TOMATOES! TOMATOES!'' }}
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* [[Demoted to Extra]]: The main villain of the first movie only makes a cameo towards the end of the second. Naturally, [[Lampshade Hanging|he bemoans this lack of screentime and dialogue during said cameo]].
* [[Disney Death]]: FT is okay!
** Considering the plucky little guy survived an [[Non
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: One episode sees [[Dracula]] himself provide Doctor Gangrene with a vampire formula. Almost the entire town becomes vampires as a result, but Dracula ultimately provides the cure. Why? Because he feels the townspeople don't have the class to be vampires.
* [[Evil Is Hammy]]: Dr. Gangreen... 100%!
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* [[Excited Show Title]]
* [[Expository Theme Tune]]: Loosely so in the case of the first film, the second is clearly an example of this trope, explaining that, yes, you are watching a sequel.
* [[Family
{{quote| '''Gangrene:''' Blast! If this were primetime, I could use real bullets.}}
* [[The Film of the Book]]: "Based on the novel ''[[The Grapes of Wrath (Literature)|The Tomatoes of Wrath]]''"
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** The second season premiere also lampshades Gangrene's success at the end of the episode: "This is not a two-parter, this is a one-parter."
* [[Last Minute Hookup]]: Complete with really bad love song.
* [[Lawyer
** Of course, the actor is actually credited as Superman in the credits, so whether this is [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]] or a [[Lawyer
* [[Lighter and Softer]]: Tara never once discussed oral sex, bondage, or leather whips in the animated series. There was also a distinct lack of killer tomatoes killing.
* [[Mad Scientist]]: Don't call Dr. Gangrene mad. He isn't mad! A little angry sometimes...
* [[Mad Scientist Laboratory]]
* [[Mad
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Dr. Putrid T. Gangrene. You just can't get a normal job with a name like that.
* [[Medium Awareness]]
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* [[Noodle Implements]]: Don't ask what Tara can do with "a lawn-chair, six milk bottles and a tuning fork." Or do.
* [[Object Ceiling Cling]]: There is a pizza stuck to the ceiling... which later becomes [[Book Ends]].
* [[One
* [[Parody Names]]: Every First Season episode. ''Spatula, Prinze of Dorkness'', ''War of the Weirds'', ''Invasion of the Tomato Snatchers''...
* [[Plant Aliens]]: They aren't actually aliens, but somebody thought it was close enough to put in and who am I to argue?
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* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: There's really no other words for it, is there?
* [[Revenge of the Sequel]]
* [[Self
** This happens in the far-flung future in Season one episode, "Terminator Tomato From Tomorrow"... torturing Wilbur and the Killer Tomato Task Force.
* [[Sliding Scale of Comedy and Horror]]
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** [[Incredibly Lame Pun]], behold thy greatest example ''ever!''
* [[Troperiffic]]: All Tropes Must Be Mocked!
* [[What Measure Is a Non
* [[What Measure Is a Non
** In the Season One episode, ''The Tomato From the Black Lagoon'', the titular tomato named Link, lampshades this:
{{quote| '''Link:''' Not all tomatoes are vicious veggies bent on plundering and pillaging, you know!}}
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