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The Red Panda is "Canada's greatest [[Superhero]]", a mostly non-powered adventurer with a slew of gadgets fighting crime and villainy on the streets of Toronto. His secret identity is "one of the city's wealthiest men", whose chauffeur, Kit Baxter, joins him on his adventures as The Flying Squirrel.
The series can be both silly and serious by turns. It takes place during the Great Depression, and many episodes deal with the poverty of the time, whether it's crimes caused by it, the Red Panda's secret identity trying to use his money to help with it, or Kit's background on the streets growing up with it. It also [[Playing with a Trope|plays with]] many [[Superhero]] tropes, especially those of [[The Golden Age of Comic Books]]. More recent{{when}} episodes have gotten generally darker, as the series' timeline moves into World War II.
Several years before the modern '''''Red Panda Adventures''''', a six-episode series was produced with a very different concept, featuring the Red Panda as a member of Canada's "Panda Squadron" during [[World War II]]. It was also much sillier, with characters like Baboon McSmoothie, [[Man of a Thousand Faces]], and German von German's Nazi Ninjas. It can currently{{when}} be found in the Decoder Ring Theater Vault.
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* [[Absent-Minded Professor]]: Doctor Chronopolis is one. [[Played for Drama]] when {{spoiler|Dr. C is put out of action following "The Wild West" by what appears to be Alzheimer's.}}
* [[Action Girl]]: Kit, despite being both the [[Sidekick]] and the [[Love Interest]], is ''never'' the [[Damsel in Distress]], and is capable of both making plans and kicking ass.
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** Andy Parker does this to his soon to be girlfriend/{{spoiler|now wife}} in "The Boy in Blue."
{{quote|'''Andy:''' Ellen, it's hard for me to kiss you when your mouth won't stop moving.}}
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* [[Something Only They Would Say]]: When another hypnotist convinces the Squirrel that the Red Panda is the bad guy, the Panda uses the phrase "Kit Baxter, behave yourself!" to prove his identity.
* [[Split Personality]]: {{spoiler|The Electric Eel}}
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* [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?]]: The Mad Monkey, with the power to command baboons. Eventually, however, he discovers that his power is actually a form of mind control that can be used against humans as well.
** It also gives him immunity to the Red Panda's hypnotic powers.
** Every time he shows up just proves that [[Took a Level
* [[Will They or Won't They?]]: The Red Panda and The Flying Squirrel, {{spoiler|until "The Field Trip."}}
* [[Write Who You Know]]/[[I Want You to Meet An Old Friend of Mine]]: Kinda. Creator/writer Gregg Taylor and Clarissa Der Nederlanden, voice of the Panda and Squirrel, are married.
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