Avenger Penguins: Difference between revisions

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]].

* [[Affably Evil]]—Doom -- Doom

* [[Aliens Speaking English]]—Mildy -- 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

* [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever]]—Doom -- Doom creates a huge monster made of disgusting things, than Marlon becomes large himself

* [[Bond Gun Barrel]]—In -- In 'Fishfinger', which spoofed James Bond.

* [[Brainless Beauty]]—Recurring -- Recurring character Delores Divine. Fittingly, she's a love interest for Rocky.

* [[Butt Monkey]]—Harry -- Harry Slime

* [[Card-Carrying Villain]]—Doom -- Doom

* [[Yet Another Christmas Carol]]—Doom -- Doom gets the treatment courtesy of the penguins

* [[Deranged Animation]]—Quite -- Quite a bit, especially from Doom.

* [[Distaff Counterpart]]—Doom -- Doom has a female version of himself in the future.

* [[Dumb Is Good]]—Rocky -- 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-Conquered World]]—After -- After Marlon is disposed with in 'I Married An Android', Doom takes over the world quite quickly.

* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]—The -- The show takes place in 'Big City'

* [[Good Feels Good]]—Something -- Something Harry Slime actually discovers in 'A Winter's Tale'.

* [[Happy Fun Ball]]—Doom -- Doom manufactures these in the pilot.

* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]—Mike -- Mike McShane as Marlon and Doom.

* [[Identical Grandson]]—In -- In 'The 23rd Century', the penguins, Doom and Harry all have descendants who resemble them exactly.

* [[Interspecies Romance]]—While -- While averted with the Penguin's crush on Bella, they are seen lusting after human women quite often.

* [[Lazy Artist]]—Parodied -- Parodied with the 'Badly Drawn Brothers'.

* [[Local Hangout]]—Slush -- Slush City

* [[May the Farce Be with You]]—Doom -- Doom dresses up as Darth Vader in 'Starstruck', and 'The 23rd Century' has the 'Doom Star' and 'Bow Tie Fighters'

* [[Minion with an F In Evil]]—Harry -- Harry Slime

* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]—Caractacus -- Caractacus P Doom

* [[Never Say "Die"]]—Averted -- Averted. Rocky actually says this phrase once or twice.

* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]—Doom -- 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 -- To the point where Doom would explain his plan to the ''audience''.

* [[Non-Mammal Mammaries]]—Bella -- Bella, the female penguin that runs Slush City

* [[Once an Episode]]—Doom -- Doom tries to take over the world and/or destroy the penguins

* [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent]]—Used -- Used and subverted with Harry Slime

* [[Shout-Out]]—Harry -- Harry Slime's name is a reference to Welles movie 'The Third Man'.

* [[Status Quo Is God]]—The -- 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 -- Parodied. In 'The 23rd Century', the ''[[Star Trek|Enterprise]]'' expy uses its 'cloaking device', which consists of a robotic arm coming out of the side and dropping a black tablecloth with stars painted on it over the ship. [[It Runs on Nonsensoleum|It works]].

* [[Strong Family Resemblance]]—Doom -- Doom has a cousin who looks exactly like him and even has his own 'Harry Slime'

* [[X Meets Y]]—It -- 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.