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No, this is not related to Jujubes candy, nor to the [[Names the Same|Tak]] from [[Invader Zim|another Nicktoon]].
No, this is not related to Jujubes candy, nor to the [[Name's the Same|Tak]] from [[Invader Zim|another Nicktoon]].


''Tak And The Power Of Juju'' is a series of [[Platformer|Platformers]] that was later adapted into an [[All CGI Cartoon]] TV series made in 2007 by the [[Nickelodeon]] network. In the game, Tak is a boy who is the apprentice of a jungle-dwelling tribe's Shaman. When the tribe's patron Juju (god), The Moon Juju, is captured by the evil shaman Tlaloc, she is supposed to be rescued by a prophesied hero. But the tribe's greatest warrior, Lok, was also turned into a sheep by Tlaloc. So Tak gets sent in a series of quests to find the means to restore him to normal. It eventually turns out that it was Tak himself who was the hero all along. The game has had four sequels so far.
''Tak And The Power Of Juju'' is a series of [[Platformer|Platformers]] that was later adapted into an [[All CGI Cartoon]] TV series made in 2007 by the [[Nickelodeon]] network. In the game, Tak is a boy who is the apprentice of a jungle-dwelling tribe's Shaman. When the tribe's patron Juju (god), The Moon Juju, is captured by the evil shaman Tlaloc, she is supposed to be rescued by a prophesied hero. But the tribe's greatest warrior, Lok, was also turned into a sheep by Tlaloc. So Tak gets sent in a series of quests to find the means to restore him to normal. It eventually turns out that it was Tak himself who was the hero all along. The game has had four sequels so far.


The cartoon drops most of the adventure elements from the game and instead focuses on the comedic ones. ''Everyone'' in the show is an idiot, though some are dumber than others. [[Rapid Fire Comedy|The gags come fast one after another]], with common sense and even reality taking a backseat. In most episodes (each of which contains two stories) Tak himself is to blame for the problem going on, by causing them or making them worse. Tak is often helped by Jeera, the [[Tomboy]] daughter of the tribe's chief. The [[Nightmare Fuel|utterly bizarre]] Jujus are also usually involved. Lok is also in the series, still admired as a hero when he's really just a boastful coward ([[Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist|not that Tak is much better]].) Some of the jokes [[Refuge in Audacity|cross the line of good taste]] occasionally.
The cartoon drops most of the adventure elements from the game and instead focuses on the comedic ones. ''Everyone'' in the show is an idiot, though some are dumber than others. [[Rapid-Fire Comedy|The gags come fast one after another]], with common sense and even reality taking a backseat. In most episodes (each of which contains two stories) Tak himself is to blame for the problem going on, by causing them or making them worse. Tak is often helped by Jeera, the [[Tomboy]] daughter of the tribe's chief. The [[Nightmare Fuel|utterly bizarre]] Jujus are also usually involved. Lok is also in the series, still admired as a hero when he's really just a boastful coward ([[Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist|not that Tak is much better]].) Some of the jokes [[Refuge in Audacity|cross the line of good taste]] occasionally.


=== Tropes seen in games and TV series include: ===
=== Tropes seen in games and TV series include: ===
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** The antagonist version of Lok looks like a drugged-up version of [[Crash Bandicoot|Dr. Neo Cortex]] and plays a similar role to both [[Kirby|King Dedede]] and [[Bomberman (Video Game)|Chapion Bomber]].
** The antagonist version of Lok looks like a drugged-up version of [[Crash Bandicoot|Dr. Neo Cortex]] and plays a similar role to both [[Kirby|King Dedede]] and [[Bomberman (Video Game)|Chapion Bomber]].
** The Pupununu Tribe look like dugged-up versions of [[Rayman|the Hoodlums]] and play a similar role to [[Super Mario|the Shy Guys]].
** The Pupununu Tribe look like dugged-up versions of [[Rayman|the Hoodlums]] and play a similar role to [[Super Mario|the Shy Guys]].
* [[All Just a Dream]]: The entire second game. [[Or Was It a Dream]]
* [[All Just a Dream]]: The entire second game. [[Or Was It a Dream?]]
* [[Ambiguously Human]]: Chief, Lok, Slog, Zariah and the Pupununu tribe.
* [[Ambiguously Human]]: Chief, Lok, Slog, Zariah and the Pupununu tribe.
* [[Animated Adaptation]]
* [[Animated Adaptation]]
* [[Arson Murder and Jaywalking]]: When Jibolba describes the plight of the Pupanunu people in the first game, he calls the Moon Juju "good, and wise, and pretty." Then he mentions Tlaloc having imprisoned her, and states that Tlaloc isn't good or wise, "and he's ''certainly'' not pretty."
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: When Jibolba describes the plight of the Pupanunu people in the first game, he calls the Moon Juju "good, and wise, and pretty." Then he mentions Tlaloc having imprisoned her, and states that Tlaloc isn't good or wise, "and he's ''certainly'' not pretty."
* [[Ax Crazy]]: Cheif.
* [[Ax Crazy]]: Cheif.
* [[Baleful Polymorph]]: Tlalok's sheeping curse. He turns Tak into several different animals in quick succession during the first game's final boss fight.
* [[Baleful Polymorph]]: Tlalok's sheeping curse. He turns Tak into several different animals in quick succession during the first game's final boss fight.
* [[Beat Them At Their Own Game]]: Tak uses Tlaloc's own tricks to defeat him.
* [[Beat Them At Their Own Game]]: Tak uses Tlaloc's own tricks to defeat him.
* [[BLAM Episode]]: [[They Changed It Now It Sucks|Love Hurts and Beauitful Girls]]
* [[BLAM Episode]]: [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks|Love Hurts and Beauitful Girls]]
* [[Border Patrol]]: The electric jellyfish in the original game.
* [[Border Patrol]]: The electric jellyfish in the original game.
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]
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* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]: Tak in the TV series
* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]: Tak in the TV series
* [[Dumb Muscle]]: Lok and Slog
* [[Dumb Muscle]]: Lok and Slog
* [[Everythings Better With Monkeys]]: A curse turns the Chief into one.
* [[Everything's Better With Monkeys]]: A curse turns the Chief into one.
* [[Fat Bastard]] / [[Fat Idiot]]: Chief
* [[Fat Bastard]] / [[Fat Idiot]]: Chief
* [[Fake Ultimate Hero]]: Lok
* [[Fake Ultimate Hero]]: Lok
* [[Fetch Quest]]: The ''entire'' first game is a long string of fetch quests.
* [[Fetch Quest]]: The ''entire'' first game is a long string of fetch quests.
* [[G Rated Drug]]: The love potion from "Love Hurts".
* [[G-Rated Drug]]: The love potion from "Love Hurts".
* [[Gonk]]: Lok and The Pupununu Tribe.
* [[Gonk]]: Lok and The Pupununu Tribe.
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: One of the episodes in the show, the singer uses the word "gay", though it's used for the original definition.
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: One of the episodes in the show, the singer uses the word "gay", though it's used for the original definition.
* [[Hey Its That Voice]]: We got [[Blood Plus|Saya]], [[The Venture Bros|Brock Samson]], and [[Pinky and The Brain|Brain]] in a comedy show.
* [[Hey It's That Voice]]: We got [[Blood Plus|Saya]], [[The Venture Bros|Brock Samson]], and [[Pinky and The Brain|Brain]] in a comedy show.
** The games feature [[Jason Marsden]] as Tak, while the show has him voiced by Hal Sparks, best known for playing the cult leader Zoltan in ''[[Dude Where's My Car]]''.
** The games feature [[Jason Marsden]] as Tak, while the show has him voiced by Hal Sparks, best known for playing the cult leader Zoltan in ''[[Dude Where's My Car]]''.
* [[Hoist By His Own Petard]]: Tak beats Tlaloc in the first game by {{spoiler|Having a polymorphed Flora [[Tree Buchet|fling Tlaloc]] into his own giant Bad Juju cauldron, turning him into a sheep.}}
* [[Hoist By His Own Petard]]: Tak beats Tlaloc in the first game by {{spoiler|Having a polymorphed Flora [[Tree Buchet|fling Tlaloc]] into his own giant Bad Juju cauldron, turning him into a sheep.}}
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* [[Painting the Fourth Wall]]: The first game opens with Jibulba summoning a mighty Juju to guide Tak through his adventure. This turns out to be the player. Jibulba marvels at the "power stick" the player holds, and the "mystic box" the player watches him on, noting that it is clearly "the most important thing in your hut."
* [[Painting the Fourth Wall]]: The first game opens with Jibulba summoning a mighty Juju to guide Tak through his adventure. This turns out to be the player. Jibulba marvels at the "power stick" the player holds, and the "mystic box" the player watches him on, noting that it is clearly "the most important thing in your hut."
* [[Reality Is Out to Lunch]]
* [[Reality Is Out to Lunch]]
* [[Save the Princess]]: The second game appears to be a basic [[Save the Princess]] plot, with the dream world thrown in for flavor. Turns out {{spoiler|there is no princess, just Pins and Needles [[Totem Pole Trench|on top of each other]], and the "Horrible Beast" Tak takes out is the Dream Guardian. [[Nice Job Breaking It Hero|Oops.]]}}
* [[Save the Princess]]: The second game appears to be a basic [[Save the Princess]] plot, with the dream world thrown in for flavor. Turns out {{spoiler|there is no princess, just Pins and Needles [[Totem Pole Trench|on top of each other]], and the "Horrible Beast" Tak takes out is the Dream Guardian. [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|Oops.]]}}
* [[Screwed By the Network]]
* [[Screwed By the Network]]
* [[Super Drowning Skills]]: Lok takes damage whenever he enters water in ''The Great Juju Challenge'' -- not because he can't swim, but because he attracts angry fish. (If the water is full of gators, Tak's no better off.)
* [[Super Drowning Skills]]: Lok takes damage whenever he enters water in ''The Great Juju Challenge'' -- not because he can't swim, but because he attracts angry fish. (If the water is full of gators, Tak's no better off.)
** [[Super Not Drowning Skills]]: The Lobster Suit lets Lok walk around underwater indefinitely.
** [[Super Not-Drowning Skills]]: The Lobster Suit lets Lok walk around underwater indefinitely.
* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Fauna and Flora
* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Fauna and Flora
** In the TV series Jeera and Zaria.
** In the TV series Jeera and Zaria.

Revision as of 07:30, 9 January 2014

No, this is not related to Jujubes candy, nor to the Tak from another Nicktoon.

Tak And The Power Of Juju is a series of Platformers that was later adapted into an All CGI Cartoon TV series made in 2007 by the Nickelodeon network. In the game, Tak is a boy who is the apprentice of a jungle-dwelling tribe's Shaman. When the tribe's patron Juju (god), The Moon Juju, is captured by the evil shaman Tlaloc, she is supposed to be rescued by a prophesied hero. But the tribe's greatest warrior, Lok, was also turned into a sheep by Tlaloc. So Tak gets sent in a series of quests to find the means to restore him to normal. It eventually turns out that it was Tak himself who was the hero all along. The game has had four sequels so far.

The cartoon drops most of the adventure elements from the game and instead focuses on the comedic ones. Everyone in the show is an idiot, though some are dumber than others. The gags come fast one after another, with common sense and even reality taking a backseat. In most episodes (each of which contains two stories) Tak himself is to blame for the problem going on, by causing them or making them worse. Tak is often helped by Jeera, the Tomboy daughter of the tribe's chief. The utterly bizarre Jujus are also usually involved. Lok is also in the series, still admired as a hero when he's really just a boastful coward (not that Tak is much better.) Some of the jokes cross the line of good taste occasionally.

Tropes seen in games and TV series include:

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