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[[File:boyzz.jpg|frame|As deadly on the mic as they are in a fight, so don't be hatin'.]]

 

 

 

This show focused on the exploits of Ziv Zulander ([[Zoolander|no, the name was not coined by Ben Stiller]]) and his sister Blitzy. Ziv works for the RM Corporation, run by Sir Lewis Leon Paradim. It was responsible for all the technological robotic advancements of that time, partly thanks to Ziv's inventive streak. Life was good for the two siblings, however LLP, as he was referred, decided that being the owner of the wealthiest conglomerate in existence just was not enough, and that ruling the planet was much more in line with what he wanted. He decides to utilize the robotic creations sold by the company to secretly lay the foundation for a coup d'tat of the world, and wants everyone in the company on the team. Ziv is obviously shocked at this, and wants no part in it. This in turn, makes him the prime enemy of the entire Corp, and he goes on the lam with his sister, converts his family's old fallout shelter into a secret base, and retools his own group of robots, known as the BOYZZ, to assist in the battle to save the world from RM Corp's sinister schemes.

 

Notable for being one of the few western shows about mecha not coming from Japan. The show was really intended to be [[Merchandise-Driven]] due to its 3-D gimmick. Whenever the show would enter a mecha battle, someone would shout out "Laser Time!" Signaling the viewer to put on 3-D glasses that you could only get by buying one of the toys. However the toyline failed and became one of the reasons [[Too Good to Last|the series didn't last longer]].

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* [[Action Duo]]: Ziv and Blitzy, although usually not until things are completely FUBAR.

* [[Alliterative Name]]: Ziv Zulander.

* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: "The call came from Venezuela. It also came from Cathmandu, Montevideo, Paris and a shoe store in Ohio."

* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: Ninjzz is the one BOYZZ made specifically for fighting, but LLP mops the floor with him in a vicious [[Curb Stomp Battle]].

* [[Badass Adorable]]: Swang. She took down a small army of greenbots, securitybots, and TANKS, BY HERSELF. And all she did was hop around taking spy pictures. Either that or those bots just suck really bad to be taken down by one robotic hopping bug that didn't even lay a finger on them.

** Same with Birden, who caused a small bot army to accidentally destroy each other AND a world leader's private plane simply by flying around haphazardly.

* [[Badass Bookworm]]: Considering that his main purpose is to provide medical care, Watzon is surprisingly ready to risk his neck to help the rest of the team out. Applies to the rest of the non-combat Boyzz as well, to varying degrees of willingness.

* [[Badass Crew]]: The Boyzz Brigade.

* [[Dating Catwoman]]: There's a ''lot'' of [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]] going on between Ziv and Lady Frenzy. It isn't lost on the bots: in one episode, they kidnap her while she's sleeping because they think she'd make the perfect birthday present {{spoiler|(he's mortified when he finds out, and she never wakes up to discover what happened)}}.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Everyone's got a bit of snark in them.

** Conversely, while the Boyzz are painted in such a way as to imply that they were built out of spare parts, there's not much explanation or reason (other than this trope) for the RM 'bots to have the varying, often jarring color schemes they do.

* [[Enter Eponymous]]: The second episode, "Enter the Ninjzz". Flipped for the first episode, "Adios... ZZ".

* [[Humongous Mecha]]: Jungle Fiver.

* [[Hypno Trinket]]

** Also played with, as there aren't many laser weapons amongst the Boyzz Brigade, who generally rely on either melee combat (Ninjazz, Street Boyzz) or indirect fire (the Sports Boyzz, themselves ''very'' accurate with their own sports-themed weapons - which mostly act like explosives rather than projectiles).

* [[Hero with Bad Publicity]]: Ziv has been branded a terrorist by the RM Corp.

* [[Team Pet]]: Swang and Birden.

* [[Three Dimensional Episode]]: Each episode had a short action sequence (almost always a laser shoot-out with the RM Corp bots) with motion designed for [[wikipedia:Pulfrich effect|Pulfrich Effect]]-style glasses (ie, one darkened lens), announced by ZZ shouting "it's laser time!" Thankfully they never lasted long and nothing really pivotal happened during them.

* [[Villain with Good Publicity]]: Sir Paradim and RM Corp as a whole. As far as most of the world's concerned, they're the heroes whose robotic inventions revolutionized the world, and Ziv's a luddite terrorist.

* [[Villainesses Want Heroes]]: Lady Frenzy, for ZZ.

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