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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
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 be found in the Decoder Ring Theater Vault.
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* [[Costume Copycat]]: "Red Panda: Dead or Alive!"
* [[Crossover]]: "The World Next Door", crossing over with the original universe. As well, the Decoder Ring Theater 2008 Christmas Special was set around a [[Show Within a Show|fictional crossover]] between ''Red Panda Adventures'' and ''[[Black Jack Justice]]'', another Decoder Ring Theater series.
* [[Crimefighting
* [[Cute Bruiser]]: The Flying Squirrel
* [[Cut Lex Luthor a Check]]: The Poet writes beautiful poems that are believed to be the most perfect form in the last hundred years. He uses them to taunt the Red Panda about his next caper.
* [[Dating Catwoman]]: It's been hinted that the Red Panda and Professor Zombie had this kind of relationship before the start of the series.
* [[A Day in
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: The Red Panda and the Flying Squirrel are big on this. Dr. Chronopolis even gets into the act in "Merlin's Tomb".
* [[Death Is Cheap]]/ [[No One Could Survive That]]: Lost in time, buildings dropped on them, blown up, and other things that this troper can't even remember have happened to Red Panda's [[Rogues Gallery]] and they keep coming back. Red Panda enough [[Lampshade Hanging|noted]] that [[Genre Savvy|he's stopped thinking they're dead]] [[Never Found the Body|unless he sees the body.]]
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*** It has. With {{spoiler|The Genie}}
* [[Evil Laugh]]: Much like [[The Shadow]] who undoubtedly serves as an inspiration, Red Panda has a pretty creepy laugh.
* [[Everything's Better
* [[Faking the Dead]]: They've done this a few times with the Flying Squirrel.
* [[Fanfic]]: Gregg Taylor has a don't ask don't tell stand on these. You can write them, he just doesn't want to hear about it.
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* [[Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique]]: Besides her driving skills this is The Flying Squirrel's biggest asset to the pair. Red Panda has done it a few times, "Deadliest Game" being the best example, but Kit is by far the one that uses this trope the most.
* [[Joker Jury]]: "Trial By Terror"
* [[Jumping
* [[Kid From the Future]]: {{spoiler|The Red Squirrel}}
* [[Kiss of Death]]: Nightshade's power.
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** The biggest one might be {{spoiler|Tom Tomorrow's sacrifice}} before the events of "A Nose For News"
** Or the case that Red Panda was on when Kit revealed to him that she knew who he was. All we know right now is that he was tied to a chair and Kit had to [[Car Fu|drive the limo through a wall.]]
* [[No Name Given]]: The Red Panda; see [[Only Known
** Also Fitzroy's second-in-command, who is only referred to as the Captain. {{spoiler|Until she's promoted following Fitzroy's death and becomes the Major.}}
* [[Oblivious to Love]]: For a master detective, the Red Panda couldn't pick up on any of Kit's hints of romance.
* [[Only Known
** The creators said that there was only one situation in which his name would be revealed, and in "[http://decoderring.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=479207 Operation: Cold Feet]", it happened. As {{spoiler|he and Kit get married}}, his name is revealed as {{spoiler|August Fenwick}}.
* [[Pass the Popcorn]]: Red Panda and the Flying Squirrel do this in "The Callaghan Mob".
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* [[Super-Powered Evil Side]]: {{spoiler|The Electric Eel}} from "Duality" onward.
* [[Super Registration Act]]: Interestingly, this seems to be being done by the heroes ''themselves''; specifically, New York's Justice Union, who have tried to strongarm the Red Panda into joining before.
* [[Sure, Let's Go
* [[That Man Is Dead]]: The {{spoiler|Electric Eel}} believes this about his alter ego in "Trial By Terror" {{spoiler|He was wrong.}}
* [[The Cowl]]: Red Panda
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* [[Title Drop]]: In "Murder Wears A Mask" one of the headlines Kit reads is the aforementioned title.
* [[Tomato Surprise]]: {{spoiler|John}} at the end of "Just Like Clockwork." But most [[Genre Savvy]] listeners most likely guessed by the first commercial break.
* [[Too Clever
* [[Translator Microbes]]: In season 7, {{spoiler|the Red Panda}} can apparently do this subconsciously. He has no idea how it works.
* [[Unexplained Recovery]]: {{spoiler|The Electric Eel, Kid Chaos}}
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