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{{quote|''"It was the toughest of planets.''
''They needed a thousand lawmen.''
''They got'' '''''[[One Riot, One Ranger|one.]]'''''
''[[One Riot, One Ranger|He was enough.]]"'' }}
''Bravestarr'' was a [[Space Western]] action cartoon produced by [[Filmation]] that aired in 1987 after the success of ''[[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe|He Man and The Masters of The Universe]]''. It is now{{when}} being rerun on [[Qubo]] late at night.
As the [[Expository Theme Tune]] explains, sometime in [[The Future]], the planet New Texas is experiencing [[Days of Future Past]] with settlers coming to the planet to mine its deposits of "Kerium", an energy-bearing variety of [[Green Rocks]]. Unfortunately, the planet has to deal with the threat of Tex Hex, a mystically empowered outlaw who, with his gang, tries to steal as much Kerium as he can, and will overpower anyone in his way.
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* [[Action Girl]]: Judge J. B., at least some of the time.
* [[And Knowing Is Half the Battle]]: As with nearly all of [[Filmation]]'s 1980s series. Even villain Outlaw Scuzz gets to deliver one.
* [[The Atoner]]: Handlebar {{spoiler|is a former criminal. An ex-[[Space Pirate]], no less!}}
* [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever]]: Used in "Balance of Power". Stampede steals Shaman's staff and uses its magic to make a robot and later Thunderstick and Scuzz giants to fight Bravestarr.
* [[Automaton Horses]]: Thirty-Thirty.
* [[Badass]]: A crapload, this being a [[Space Western]], but Thirty-Thirty Most of all.
* [[Badass Grandpa]]: The Shaman, when he needs to be.
* [[Barefoot Cartoon Animal|Barefoot Funny Aliens]]: Evidently, the Prairie People [[Do Not Like Shoes]].
* [[Big Bad]]: Stampede.
* [[Big Good]]: The Shaman.
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* [[Character Title]]
* [[Cool Horse]]: Thirty-Thirty, an indefatigable talking mount who carries Bravestarr on his back in travel and in battle is a ferocious humanoid warrior who ''watches'' Bravestarr's back.
* [[Dark Chick]]: Vipra, who is less action-oriented than male villains, her main ability being to hypnotize.
* [[Days of Future Past]]: As with the other [[Space Western]] cartoons, clothing and architecture reminiscent of [[The Wild West]] and the Victorian era co-exists with futuristic technology. The spaceships look like sailing ships complete with rigging.
* [[Disney Death]]: Deputy Fuzz in the movie pilot.
* [[Does Not Like Shoes]]: Wild Child. Also, as noted, the Prairie People.
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* [[Drugs Are Bad]]: Again, "The Price".
* [[Dueling Shows]]: ''Bravestarr'' debuted in 1987, the same year as ''[[Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs]]'' premiered (in America) and a year after ''[[Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers]]''.
* [[Easily Forgiven]]: Vipra in "Who Am I?". She bullies Scuzz to get information on a magic book, uses the magic book to completely overthrow Tex Hex, establishes herself as the new leader of Tex Hex's gang, and even tries to talk directly to Stampede, but by the time the next episode rolls around, she's still in Tex's gang, taking orders as if nothing's happened.
* [[Eccentric Mentor]]: The Shaman.
* [[Episode Title Card]]
* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: Shaman, whose actual name is unrevealed.
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: Skuzz, to Fuzz.
* [[Executive Meddling]]: [
* [[Expository Theme Tune]]
* [[Eye Beams]]: One of Tex Hex's powers. One episode even has him create a laser rope out of his eyes in order to strangle one of his henchmen for talking back to him.
* [[Fantastic Racism]]/[[Fantastic Slurs]]: In one episode, the indigenous Prairie People [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|are called "critters", which is explicitly shown as offensive and wrong]].
* [[G-Rated Drug]]: Subverted in "The Price".
* [[Good Smoking, Evil Smoking]]: Scuzz. He's seen smoking a really dirty-looking cigar at all times, can't speak more than a sentence without coughing, and at one point in [[The Movie]], he actually lights his cigar ''with a stick of dynamite''. None of the other villains look too favorably on his habit, though.
* [[Heroes Want Redheads]]: Bravestarr and Judge J. B., openly acknowledged in [[The Movie]].
* [[Hobbits]]: The Prairie People
* [[I Call It Vera]]: Sarah Jane, Thirty-Thirty's [[BFG]].
* [[Just a Machine]]: The [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?|status]] of [[Mecha-Mooks]] varies from one episode to another, but series regulars Cactushead and Thunderstick are clearly considered people (albeit rotten ones).
* [[Last of His Kind]]: Thirty-Thirty
* [[Magical Native American]]: Bravestarr and his Shaman both qualify.
* [[Meaningful Name]]:
** Bravestarr is brave...and a Native American...and wears a star.
** Thirty-thirty wields the [[Ray Gun]] version of a Winchester 30-30 rifle.
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* [[Our Dragons Are Different]]: Stampede is a [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|giant, magic-using cyborg dragon with a head shaped like a cow-skull]]--and, at least for the era when this show was produced, he is frigging ''[[Nightmare Fuel|terrifying]].''
* [[Our Indians Are Different]]
* [[Our Monsters Are Weird|Our Robots Are Weird]]: [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Cactushead]] has to be one of the weirdest-looking robots ever designed. He looks like a [[Joke Character]], but he's actually one of Tex's more competent underlings. Then there's Thunderstick, who not only looks odd but speaks a sort of [[Robo Speak]] patois that causes him to repeat phrases in a herky-jerky manner.
* [[Pet the Dog]]: A few times, for Tex-Hex, usually regarding his ex-girlfriend Ursula or someone who reminds him of her.
* [[Pilot Movie]]: It was meant to be a theatrically released introduction to the series, but due to a botched distribution deal, it only had a few limited screenings and was rarely seen until its DVD release.
* [[Planetville]]: New Texas.
* [[Poorly-Disguised Pilot]]: The two-part "Sherlock Holmes in the 23rd Century", which was never produced by Filmation. The similar ''[[Sherlock Holmes in
* [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|Proud Warrior Race Guys]]: The Krang, a race of [[Petting Zoo People|cat guys.]]
* [[The Power of Rock]]: Used in "New Texas Blues".
* [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]]: Tex Hex's henchbeings.
* [[Sapient Steed]]
* [[Scaled Up]]: Tex Hex tries this in "The Vigilantes" by turning into a giant dragon in Handlebar's saloon. [[Curb Stomp Battle|It doesn't go well for him.]]
* [[Scare'Em Straight]]: "[[Drugs Are Bad|The Price]]", which shows [[Downer Ending|just what happens]] to people who use drugs.
* [[Sixty-Five-Episode Cartoon]]
* [[Space Western]]
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: The makers of the show couldn't decide whether Tex Hex's prairie person henchman is called Outlaw ''Skuzz'' or Outlaw ''Scuzz''. An episode title uses the "Skuzz" spelling, but "Scuzz" appears on the merchandise.
** The humanoid pig that's sometimes seen riding with Tex's gang is named ''Hawgtie'', not Hogtie.
* [[Start of Darkness]]: For Tex Hex.
* [[Stock Footage]]: Several extended sequences from the feature film were used routinely as stock footage (and padding) in the series: the space montage opening almost every episode; Bravestarr riding Thirty-Thirty through the desert; the town going into Fortress Mode. Conversely, some shots from the series' opening title were integrated into the film's action sequences (the two were produced simultaneously). The four stock sequences of Bravestarr summoning his animal powers were used regularly. Filmation's heavy use of stock and rotoscoped character motions may also qualify.
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