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[[File:beetleborgs.jpg|frame|Just three typical, average kids.]]
''Beetleborgs'' was a live-action series produced by [[Saban]] and aired on [[
Unlike ''Power Rangers'', this show made little attempt to be serious, being more light-hearted and comical (meaning that it makes even the early seasons of ''Power Rangers'' look like a Sam Peckinpah film). It also had a storyline completely different from its Japanese counteparts. It even aimed to a younger demographic, evidenced by the heroes [[Kid Appeal Character|being 9-10 years old]].
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The three friends, with their new powers and a little help from Flabber, must stop them. This is complicated by the "House Monsters", comic relief monsters (Count Fangula, a vampire; Wolfie, a werewolf; Mums, a mummy; Frankenbeans, a [[Frankenstein's Monster]], and later Little Ghoul [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|a... er, little ghoul]]), who often try to eat the kids, but generally have to settle for eating the screen-time.
The second season had an exchange of villains and subsequently an exchange of costumes, with a new ally in the artist who created the comics and his evil brother working for the new bad guys. Slightly [[Darker and Edgier]] but nothing too shocking. The show remained relatively popular, but like ''[[Power Rangers]]'' the source footage eventually ran out. Unlike ''Rangers'', there was no follow-up series to adapt (well technically there was, but it was drastically different from the previous ''B-Fighter'' shows and was somehow even more kid-friendly than ''Beetleborgs'').
As of June 2011, the entire series (along with [[VR Troopers]] and [[Power Rangers]]) is available for streaming on Netflix.
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* [[Foreshadowing]]: Josh arrives in town, and promptly woos Drew's crush, and is generally well liked by everyone except Drew; at the same time an evil counterpart to the Beetleborgs appears & beats them at every opportunity. ''I wonder how they're going to get out of this...''
* [[Halloween Episode]]: Two of them, actually: "Bye Bye, Frankie" (Season 1) and "Halloween Haunted House of Horrors" (Season 2).
* [[Headless Horseman]]: In "Headless Over Heels", the Headless Horseman had an encounter with Wolfgang in the old country and allergies to him is what made him lose his head. When he arrives in Charterville looking for his head, he thought Wolfgang had it and tried to claim it back (or take the head of the other Hillhurst monsters). It turns out that Little Ghoul had his head which she used for bowling and ended up giving it back. Bolts were attached to the head to keep it from falling off again.
* [[Henshin Hero]]
* [[Hit Flash]]: Of the ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' variety; [[Justified Trope|justified]] in that the heroes are based on comic book characters.
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* [[Large Ham]]: Flabber.
* [[Law of Chromatic Superiority]]: Subverted, the blue Beetleborg is the leader, not red, who turned out to be the [[Token Girl]].
* [[Leitmotif]]: Each of the [[Stock Super Powers]] has an audio track to match.
* [[Literal Genie]]: Flabber.
* [[Losing Your Head]]: There is one episode where Roland, Drew, and Jo did remove their own heads.
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