Kaijudo: Difference between revisions

* [[Animesque]]: Interestingly, the art director, [http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-06-01/Kaijudo-Rise-of-the-Duel-Masters-animated-series/55333764/1 David Coleman], said, among other things, that the main characters were designed with shapes in mind. Triangles for Ray since he's proactive, squares for Gabe since it's balanced like how he prefers things, and circles for Allie with occasional sharp corners to show her general soft and pacifistic nature, unless you get her really mad. Their main creatures, Bob, Gargle, and Squeaky respectively follow the same patterns.

* [[Another Dimension]]: The Kaiju Realm.

* [[Badass Longcoat]]: Master Nadia.

* [[Big Bad]]: The Choten.

* [[Easy Amnesia]]: Master Nadia's Cyber Viruses, which she uses to control who knows what knowledge. Like erasing memories of the Kaijudo world from people who are no longer potential acolytes...

* [[Elemental Powers]]: The five masters of the Kaijudo Order each specializes in creatures from one of the five Civilizations:

** [[Playing With Fire]] - Master Hector Chavez and the Fire Civilization. His primary creature is [[Lightning Bruiser|Gilaflame the Assaulter]].

** [[Making a Splash]] - Master Nadia Lobachevsky and the Water Civilization. Her primary creature is [[Psychic Powers|Aqua Chaser Rusalka]].

** [[Green Thumb]] - Master Benjirou Kimora and the Nature Civilization. His primary creature is [[The Big Guy|Mighty Shouter]]

** [[Casting a Shadow]] - Master Jaha and the Darkness Civilization. Her primary creature is [[Soul Power|Black Feather of Shadow Abyss]].

** [[The Hero]]: Master Nigel, even though he's a rigid [[Jerkass]], he's still the leader.

** [[The Lancer]]: Master Chavez, he is most opposite Nigel in his way of thinking, and is the most supportive of Ray and his friends.

* [[Hair of Gold]]: Ray's mother and Allie (who's more of a strawberry-blonde).

* [[Halfbreed]]: Ray. Half-white, half-Japanese. Carny doesn't let him forget it either. Also, Tatsurion the Unchained a.k.a. Bob, is a hybrid creature, born of both the Fire and Nature Civilizations.

* [[Jerkass]]: The bully Carny. Allie accuses him of being a racist, which he doesn't argue against. He's probably against Ray's parents' [[Mixed Marriage]].

* [[Kick the Dog]]: Although keeping the Kaijudo world hidden is understandable, Master Nadia's attempt at erasing the group's memories still feels like this.

* [[Missing Mom]]: Allie. Her and Ray growing up with only one parent is how they became such good friends.

* [[Monochrome Casting]]: [[Averted]]. The cast, both heroes and villains, are ethnically diverse. It was also brought up as a plot point regarding half-Japanese/half-white main character Ray and a racist bully.

* [[Multicolored Hair]]: Probably to reflect his shonen hero-like status, Ray's bangs are red at their ends. According to a picture, his dad doesn't have them, so Ray's are probably dyed.

* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: Out of the five masters, Master Chavez is the kindest and most understanding of the bunch. Although he is pretty sted-fast about things like "no touching the creatures", he is the one most on Ray, Allie, and Gabe's side, and seems to be open to their ideals and how they can positively affect their art of Kaijudo, in direct contrast to Master Nigel, who claims the kids' way "is not the Kaijudo way". Master Kimora is this to a lesser extent and Master Jaha is basically neutral.

* [[Smug Snake]]: {{spoiler|Fingers}}

* [[Spoiled Sweet]]: Allie. She fits in in many cliques and could join most clubs she'd want, but she still chooses to hang with Ray and Gabe, "the lepers".

* [[Those Two Girls]]: The two [[Alpha Bitch|Alpha Bitches]] who don't understand why Allie would want to hang with the "losers" Ray and Gabe. Heck, they're actually credited as ''Mean Girls''.

* [[Token Trio]]: Ray (half-white/half-Japanese boy), Gabe (African-American boy), and Allie (white girl).

* [[X Meets Y]]: [[Kaijudo (Animation)|Kaijudo]] seems like [[Digimon]] and [[Huntik Secrets and Seekers (Animation)|Huntik's]] biracial lovechild.