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'''''Cartoon Action Hour''''' has a lot of a shout-outs to 1980s cartoons, including ''[[Transformers]]'' (''Transbots''), ''[[Thundercats]]'' (''Action Cats''), and ''[[G.I. Joe]]'' (the ''[[Inhumanoids]]''-like ''Dark Brigade'' and the regular version as ''Strikeforce Freedom'', replacing snake-themed villains with spider-themed villains), for example.
▲"Cartoon Action Hour: Season Two" was released on Oct 30, 2008. Season Three is currently in development.
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* [[Experience Point]]: Guilty as charged.
* [[Expy]]: More then its fair share.
** [[Captain Ersatz]]: All over the dang place.
* [[Critical Failure]]: Called a "Flub".
* [[Greek Chorus]]: Kargorr, a fictional villain from a fictional series, shows you how ''not'' to play the game. For CAH: Season 2, John Bravesteel, a fictional hero from the same fictional series as Kargorr, keeps Kargorr in check.
* [[Hit Points]]: Called Hurt Points in CAH:S1. Avoided in CAH: Season 2, replaced with "Set Back Tokens". Even more cartoon logical!
* [[Mana]]: Avoided with Spell Clusters.
* [[Merchandise-Driven]]: At least in the first version, players were encouraged to think of creating their character as coming up with that character's action figure.
* [[Mooks]]: called Goons. Rules are provided to handle those who get their hides kicked time and time again.
* [[Never Say "Die"]]: Completely embraced. Characters don't die, they're only knocked out or captured. ''Unless'' you're gaming out [[The Movie]].
* [[Noodle Incident]]: Kargorr, the failed villain complains about a comic relief character, Ziggle. John Bravesteel, Kargorr's heroic counterpart, says that Kargorr is just upset that Ziggle defeated him
* [[Point Build System]]: Uses Character Points (First season) and Proof of Purchase Points (Second season).
* [[Retraux]]: The rule book even includes a glossary of 80's slang, but only in the first edition.
* [[Shout-Out]]: The whole RPG and 'Cartoon Logic' is a [[Shout-Out]] to cartoons of the 1980s.
* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]: Kargorr, so very much. His whole shtick is that he's an incompetent [[Harmless Villain]] (bordering on a [[Dastardly Whiplash]]) who thinks of himself as a fearsome [[Big Bad]].
* [[Word of God]]: Cynthia Celeste Miller, creator of ''
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== ''Warriors of the Cosmos'' ==
The fictional series, ''Warriors of the Cosmos'', deals with Iconia, a once peaceful planet, now under the attack of Nekkrottus's Blackskull Empire. The [[Big Good]], King Rastor of Haven, bringso together a group of heroes called Guardians of Iconia to defeat Nekkrottus' forces once and for all.
{{tropelist|The fictional series, "Warriors of the Cosmos", has the following tropes:}}
* [[Bare Your Midriff]]: Noblara.
* [[Big Bad]]: Nekkrottus.
* [[Eek!
* [[The Empire]]: The Blackskull Empire.
* [[The Kingdom]]: Haven.
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* [[The Starscream]]: Shadow Queen fits this role.
* [[Take Over the World]]: Nekkrottus's goal.
== ''Strikeforce Freedom'' ==
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* [[Big Bad]]: Maximillian Mercy.
* [[Shout-Out]]: To ''[[Transformers Generation 1]]''.
* [[Take Over the World]]: Maximillian's goal.
* [[Transforming Mecha]]: Both the Transbots and the Warbots fit this trope.
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