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A common western action cartoon format that was very popular in the 1980s and 1990s (after the success of ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' [[Fountain of Expies|spawned]] a [[Follow the Leader|crop of imitators]]) and still continues to this day.
The format is more or less this: A team of heroic monsters (aliens, mutants, or magical beings) are somehow created, awakened, or arrived in the modern world. Usually a modern American city. They are honorable creatures who set out to [[They Fight Crime|fight crime]]. The average person fears them for their appearance, and they must hide from [[Muggles]]. However, they befriend one or two open-minded humans, usually either children or career women. These women or children end up being the team's friends and guides to modern Earth, and are [[Secret Keeper
Since these shows are usually aimed at young boys, expect [[The Smurfette Principle]] to be in full swing. The heroes are usually [[Last of His Kind|The Last Of Their Kind]], with no females. Consequently, [[Interspecies Romance]] will usually be explored, [[Shipping|particularly by fans]], especially if the [[Secret Keeper]] is a career woman.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==▼
▲== Anime and Manga ==
* The Japanese ''[[Microman]]'' anime.
* This was actually the format for ''[[Sonic X]]'', with Sonic and his Furry pals as the "monsters" (albeit cute ones) and the Thorndyke family as their human allies. This was ostensibly to give the audience a human identification
== [[Comic Books]] ==▼
* ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' -- which started out as a black-and-white independent comic in the middle 1980s -- is the [[Trope Codifier]], of
▲== Comic Books ==
** As well as the many other [[Furry Comic|anthropomorphic]] [[Animal Superheroes|animal superhero]] comics which were "[http://www.misterkitty.org/extras/stupidcovers/stupidcomics121.html inspired]" by them. ▼
*** Ironically, the Ninja Turtles were originally intended as a parody of [[Frank Miller]]'s gritty style (''[[Ronin]]'' and ''[[Daredevil]]'' being his two notable works to that point and the two books most closely parodied). They spawned a bunch of "adjective, adjective, adjective, noun" anthropomorphic imitations/parodies. But those were mostly dreamed up by fans and wannabe pros looking to cash in (TMNT #1 was
** Making ''[[Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters]]'' a parody of a parody.▼
* Going way, way back, the original [[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]] basically started off this way, minus the pet human.
* [[Conversational Troping]] in an early-90s issue of ''[[Green Lantern]]'' set at a toy expo: "Buddy, every ten minutes I've got someone trying to sell me 'the new Turtles'. I've a warehouse full of stupid dinosaurs named after dead presidents!"
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==▼
▲== Live-Action TV ==
* Often parodied on ''Late Night With [[Conan O'Brien]]'', where Conan's mock fall previews often feature programs such as ''Embryonic Rockabilly Polka-Dotted Fighter Pilots'' or ''Country Cuckoo-Clock Codpiece Zulu Warriors''.
* Non-cartoon example: ''[[Beauty and the Beast (TV series)|Beauty and The Beast]]''.
* The live-action show ''[[Dark Angel]]'' was similar in premise, with the exception that most of the [[Catgirl|Chimera]] could at least pass for human (with the notable exception of Joshua in season 2). Nevertheless, Logan acted as a [[Secret Keeper]] for Max and the rest.
== [[Video Games]] ==▼
▲== Video Games ==
* The [[Battletoads]] from the videogame of the same name.
* Parodied in the old adventure game ''The Big Red Adventure''. One TV showed the "Teenage Mutant Ninja [[The Beatles|Beetles]]", who were four cockroaches [http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/big-red-adventure/screenshots/gameShotId,258412/ with the faces of the Fab Four]!
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Master of the subverted trope that it is,
==
* [[Transformers Generation 1|The original]] ''[[Transformers]]''
▲* Master of the subverted trope that it is, the ''[[Perry Bible Fellowship]]'' gives us [http://www.pbfcomics.com/198/ this].
▲* ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' is the [[Trope Codifier]], of course -- with April O' Neil and Casey Jones as the human allies.
▲** As well as the many other [[Furry Comic|anthropomorphic]] [[Animal Superheroes|animal superhero]] comics which were "[http://www.misterkitty.org/extras/stupidcovers/stupidcomics121.html inspired]" by them.
▲*** Ironically, the Ninja Turtles were originally intended as a parody of [[Frank Miller]]'s gritty style (''[[Ronin]]'' and ''[[Daredevil]]'' being his two notable works to that point and the two books most closely parodied). They spawned a bunch of "adjective, adjective, adjective, noun" anthropomorphic imitations/parodies. But those were mostly dreamed up by fans and wannabe pros looking to cash in (TMNT #1 was VERY rare and up to $2-300 in demand). This didn't stop until it crashed the comic market. The famous "black and white implosion" which was a dry run for the [[Dork Age]] market collapse.
▲** Making ''[[Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters]]'' a parody of a parody.
▲* [[Transformers Generation 1|The original]] ''[[Transformers]]'' -- with the Witwicky family as the human allies.
** Although the Autobots never really hid from ''anyone'' in the original series. They were acknowledged by the world's leaders as early as the end of the three-part pilot.
*** In the TV show, that is. In the comic, the world remained fearful of all Transformers, regardless of faction. The Autobots had a few reliable human allies like Buster Witwicky and G.B. Blackrock, but they were few and far between.
** ''[[Transformers Animated]]'' is more in line with this trope, featuring Sari as the kid, a smaller [[Five-Man Band|Five 'Bot Band]], and an abandoned Detroit car factory as their HQ. The Autobots still don't hide from anyone, though.
** Played straight with''[[Transformers Prime]]''.
* ''[[Gargoyles]]''
* ''[[Street Sharks]]''
** Not to mention their spinoff series, ''[[Extreme Dinosaurs]]!''
* ''[[Mummies Alive]]'' Centuries old Mummies able to summon [[Power Armor|Power Armour]], one of them a [[Sweet Polly Oliver|Sweet Polly ... Cleopatra]]?... Ride around in [[Magitek|weird ancient Egyptian vehicles]] and got an Egyptian version of a boomerang whilst protecting a child reincarnation of an ancient Egyptian Pharaoh from an [[Evil Chancellor|advisor of said Pharaoh.]]
* ''[[Biker Mice From Mars]]''
* ''[[Toxic Crusaders]]'', the kid-friendly animated [[Spin-Off]] of the ''[[Toxic Avenger]]'' movies.
* ''[[Dinosaucers]]'', in which good and evil teams of [[Everything's Better with Dinosaurs|evolved dinosaurs]] engage in more-or-less comic battles on modern day Earth. The good guys have a bunch of human teenagers as their [[Secret Keeper
* ''[[The Mighty Ducks (animation)|The Mighty Ducks]]'' cartoon, which may as well been called "Hockey-Playing Twentysomething Extraterrestrial Mallards". About a group of anthropomorphic ducks from a world surronded by puck-shaped asteroids where hockey is [[Serious Business]] (...you mean they're Canadian? *[http://www.instantrimshot.com/ rimshot]*) fighting space dragons and posing as a regular hockey team in modern-day California. No, really.
** To be fair, they 'pose' as a hockey team by actually playing hockey in a league. But they still fight space dragons and villains-of-the-week.
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