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Created by [[Cosgrove Hall]] in 1993 and lasting for two seasons, ''[[Avenger Penguins]]'' seemed to be made as an [[Affectionate Parody]] of the [[Teenage Mutant Samurai Wombats]] trope. It revolved around a trio of motorcycling penguins - Marlon, the brash leader, Rocky, a large penguin lacking in brains, and Bluey, a small penguin that spoke in a nearly indechiperable language. When they weren't challenging the 'Sleaze Brothers' or hanging out at their favourite ice cream joint, they were trying to stop evil genius Caractacus P Doom ([[Fantastic Four|no relation]]), along with his henchman Harry Slime, from trying to [[Take Over the World]].
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* [[Affably Evil]] -- Doom
* [[Aliens Speaking English]] -- Mildy subverted, an alien speaks in a strange language only Bluey can understand, but some of what it says can be recognised as a variation on English
* [[Animal Superheroes]]
* [[Attack of the 50
* [[Bond Gun Barrel]] -- In 'Fishfinger', which spoofed James Bond.
* [[Brainless Beauty]] -- Recurring character Delores Divine. Fittingly, she's a love interest for Rocky.
* [[Butt Monkey]] -- Harry Slime
* [[Card
* [[Yet Another Christmas Carol]] -- Doom gets the treatment courtesy of the penguins
* [[City of Adventure]]
* [[City
* [[Deranged Animation]] -- Quite a bit, especially from Doom.
* [[Distaff Counterpart]] -- Doom has a female version of himself in the future.
* [[Doomy Dooms of Doom]]
* [[Dumb Is Good]] -- Rocky, the dumb penguin, is usually cheerful and chipper, while Marlon, who is smarter, is more cynical and grumpy. Likewise, Harry Slime, who is quite stupid, is also less evil than the genius Doom.
* [[Easily
* [[Episode Title Card]]
* [[Exactly What It Says
* [[Expository Theme Tune]]
* [[
* [[Evil Tower of Ominousness]]: Which transforms into a giant [[Drill Tank]]...thing.
* [[Feather Fingers]]
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** "Hello, I'm Harry, I'm single and a vir....."
* [[Good Feels Good]] -- Something Harry Slime actually discovers in 'A Winter's Tale'.
* [[Half
* [[Happy Fun Ball]] -- Doom manufactures these in the pilot.
* [[Hey,
* [[Identical Grandson]] -- In 'The 23rd Century', the penguins, Doom and Harry all have descendants who resemble them exactly.
* [[Incredible Shrinking Man]] -- 'Big City, Little City'
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* [[Local Hangout]] -- Slush City
* [[Mad Scientist Laboratory]]
* [[May the Farce Be
* [[Minion
* [[Musical Episode]] -- 'Rock and Roll Penguins'
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]] -- Caractacus P Doom
* [[Never Say "Die"]] -- Averted. Rocky actually says this phrase once or twice.
* [[Nightmare Sequence]] -- 'Nightmare at Tea Time' is based on this trope. Doom also has nightmares about the penguins.
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]] -- Doom is loosely based on Orson Welles and Harry Slime speaks like Peter Lorre. A [[Our Presidents Are Different|President Target]] even speaks like [[Richard Nixon]].
* [[No Fourth Wall]] -- To the point where Doom would explain his plan to the ''audience''.
* [[Non
* [[Once an Episode]] -- Doom tries to take over the world and/or destroy the penguins
* [[Parody Episode]]
* [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent]] -- Used and subverted with Harry Slime
** He's more amphibian-like
* [[Shout
* [[Status Quo Is God]] -- The first season may have ended with Slime becoming good and Doom on Mars, but at the beginning of the second season, the former was inexplicably evil again and Doom was back on earth.
* [[Stealth in Space]] -- Parodied. In 'The 23rd Century', the ''[[Star Trek
* [[Strong Family Resemblance]] -- Doom has a cousin who looks exactly like him and even has his own 'Harry Slime'
* [[Talking to Himself]]
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* [[Title Theme Tune]]
* [[Toothy Bird]]
** Which, however, are attacking an obvious expy of the ''Starship'' ''[[Star Trek
* [[The Wild West]] -- 'The Wild Wild Wild West' and 'High Doom'
* [[X Meets Y]] -- It's more or less [[Biker Mice From Mars]] Meets [[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]], even though the three shows came out around the same time.
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