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[[File:Silverhawks.jpg|frame|"Wings of silver, nerves of steel... Silverrrhawwwwks!"]]
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The [[Silverhawks]], the "partly metal, partly real" space law-enforcement for the Limbo Galaxy (which wasn't much bigger than a solar system) oppose The Mob, run by the evil Mon*Star. The show wasn't as bad as you might have thought (with a few exceptions), despite its total lack of astronomy, physics, or really any sort of science. However the character designs are interesting, the characters themselves are engaging, and most of the stories are fun.▼
▲''[[Thundercats (Animation)|Thundercats]]'' [[In Space]]. (Not entirely, but darned close). A [[Rankin Bass Productions|Rankin/Bass]] [[Animated Series]] from [[The Eighties|1986]] that shares most of its production and creative teams with its predecessor.
▲The Silverhawks, the "partly metal, partly real" space law-enforcement for the Limbo Galaxy (which wasn't much bigger than a solar system) oppose The Mob, run by the evil Mon*Star. The show wasn't as bad as you might have thought (with a few exceptions), despite its total lack of astronomy, physics, or really any sort of science. However the character designs are interesting, the characters themselves are engaging, and most of the stories are fun.
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* [[Action Girl]]: Steel Heart.
* [[Action
* [[And Knowing Is Half the Battle]]: A subversion. While it does occur at the end of each episode, it's neither a "[[An Aesop|moral of the story]]", nor a "public service announcement". Instead, it's a short astronomy lesson (mostly about the solar system and its then-nine planets [Pluto is now a dwarf planet]) presented within the context of Bluegrass training the Copper Kidd as a pilot.
* [[Bad Guy Bar]]: The Sinistar Saloon. [[Frothy Mugs of Water|100% alcohol-free]].
* [[Big Bad]]: Mon*Star.
* [[Batman Can Breathe in Space]]: Yeah, it's by the people who did ''[[
* [[Brother
* [[Cool Starship]]: The Maraj. Aesthetically pleasing design, it also contains compartments to launch each of the Silverhawks from, and the main cockpit can detach into a fighter-like mode while the rest of the craft goes invisible.
* [[Cute Mute]]: Copper Kid.
* [[Distaff Counterpart]]: In-series example. Like Bluegrass (a Silverhawk), Melodia (one of the mob) attacks using a musical instrument that shoots lasers shaped like music staves (plural of "staff"). In Melodia's case, she uses a keytar <ref>A musical keyboard designed to be held like a guitar, and one of the iconic musical instruments of synthpop bands in [[The Eighties]]. [http://www.roland.com Roland] is the only company that still makes them (the AX-SYNTH is their flagship model, along with the AX-9 and out-of-production AX-7).</ref> whereas Bluegrass uses a guitar.
* [[Environment Specific Action Figure
* [[Episode Title Card]]
* [[
* [[Expository Theme Tune]]
* [[Expy]]:The [[Big Bad]] is a gravelly voiced villain who has his own transformation phrase and can transform into a much more powerful form. [[Thundercats
* [[Five
** [[The Hero]]: Quicksilver.
** [[The Lancer]]: Bluegrass.
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* [[Heroic Mime]]: Copper Kid, who hails from the Planet of Mimes.
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: Seymour and Zeek .
* [[Hey,
* [[Hollywood Cyborg]]: The Silverhawks.
* [[Instrument of Murder]]: Bluegrass's guitar and Melodia's keytar.
* [[Merchandise
* [[Methuselah Syndrome]]: People apparently measure their lifespans in the ''millennia''.
** Considering that their civilization has [[Faster
* [[Mirror Morality Machine]]
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: Condor's voice is an imitation of [[Humphrey Bogart]].
* [[Obsolete Mentor]]: Commander Stargazer.
* [[The Other Darrin]]: When Adolph Caesar (the original voice of Hotwing) died during production, another actor took over the role.
* [[Sci
* [[The Shadow Knows]]: Molec-U-Lar's disguises have one flaw...
* [[Sixty
* [[The Smurfette Principle]]: Occurs on both sides with Steel Heart (good guys) and Melodia (bad guys).
* [[Space Police]]: The premise of the show.
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* [[Team Title]]
* [[The Teaser]]: Each episode opened with clips from that day's story, accompanied by a [[Narrator]] giving a brief plot synopsis.
* [[Those Two Guys]]: Seymour and Zeek.
* [[Time Stands Still]]: Timestopper's power.
* [[Transformation Sequence]]: Combined with [[By the Power of Greyskull]] and [[
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* [[Twin Telepathy]]: Steelheart and Steelwill. This is why their hearts failed simultaneously. Used at least once after that, but not much more than that.
* [[You Fail Physics Forever]]: Again, ''where to begin''?!
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