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Insektors was a 1994 CGI TV series (actually the first TV series to be fully CGI) about a conflict between two different tribes of anthropomorphic insects. The tribes are the Joyces/Verigreens, who are brightly coloured and airborne, and the Yuks/Kruds, who are fixated on keeping their furnaces burning to survive. It was made by a small french studio called Fantome, and it recieved the 1994 of the "Children and Young People" Emmy award.
 
There are two different English-language dubs; an American one and a British one. The American dub is far more faithful to the original scripts, but has been criticized for treating its [[Viewers Areare Morons|audience like morons]] unable to understand subtle dialogue. The UK dub, on the other hand, changed some names, dialogue, and characterization to make a more comedic tone. A good example of the stylistic difference is that in the French and American version the frog mechs are called "Koa the Frog" or "Koas", while in the British dub that is translated to "Stereoscopic Hydrolic Amphibious Personnel Relocation Units" or for short, 'Frogbuckets'.
 
Although the two sides are at war, all the weapons are non-lethal. The Joyces/Verigreens fire globs of colour to make their enemies laugh and dance, while the Yuk/Krud weapons fire darker globs that the American dub identifies as "coal juice". Either way, combatants are taken out of action until restored at their base.
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* [[Green Aesop]]: Good guys spend their time cultivating flowers, playing music (which aside from General Lukanus/Wasabi's terrible percussion the bad guys hate) and enjoying life. Bad guys spend their time logging forests and being depressed. Due to the overall plot and believability of how the Yuks/Kruds adopted this stance however it avoids being [[Anvilicious]].
* [[Faceless Goons]]: Both sides, probably as a time and cost saving measure. Unless you have a name you are a small beetle if a Yuk/Krud and a bee is a Joyce/Verigreen.
* [[Five -Bad Band]]:
** [[Big Bad]] Queen Bakrakra/Catheter's Prime Minister Lord Krabo/ Draffsack. Mostly avoids [[Villain Decay]] on the very reasonable grounds that [[Surrounded By Idiots|his agents are the ones who mess up, not him.]]
** [[The Dragon]] Commander of the Yuk/Krud army General Lukanus/Wasabi
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** [[The Brute]] General Krabouic/Captain Roderick Drumsturdy with his own Dragon General Kaboche/Corporal Stanley Greeb
** [[The Load]] Corporal Kretinus/Fugg. [[Ultimate Job Security|Why, in a dystopian absolute monarchy, does he still have a job?]]
* [[Five -Man Band]]: The roles change a bit story by story.
* [[Fridge Logic]]: In one episode all the important Joyces/Verigreens attend a music festeval/go to band practice at most ''five minutes'' stroll from the Yuk/Krud border. Remember guys Location, Location, Location!
* [[Greek Chorus]]: The Guards/Methane Brothers
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