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The four cartoons were:
* ''[[Mini Monsters]]'', which chronicled the adventures of two normal children at a summer camp also attended by the children of some of fiction's most famous monsters (including the children of [[Dracula]], [[Frankenstein's Monster]] and the [[Wolf Man]]);
* ''[[Karate Kat]]'', about an anthropomorphic cat detective who fought crime using [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|karate skills]];
* ''[[Street Frogs]]'', showing the escapades of a [[Five-Man Band|Five Frog Band]] of aspiring musicians and street dancers;
* ''[[Tiger Sharks]]'', showing a team of human/marine hybrids and their underwater adventures. Of the four, this was the only cartoon to be consistently shown in two-part episodes. This series had an animation style similar to the earlier-produced ''[[Thundercats (Animation)|Thundercats]]'' and ''[[Silverhawks (Animation)|Silverhawks]]'' that distinguished it from the other three shows in the line-up.
 
The series as a whole shared many of the same cast and crew with the ''[[Thundercats (Animation)|Thundercats]]'' and ''[[Silverhawks (Animation)|Silverhawks]]'' series, being the second series to be made in the wake of ''Thundercats's'' popularity, after ''Silverhawks''.
 
Not related to, or to be confused with ''[[The Comic Strip Presents]]''.
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* [[Action Girl]]: Octavia and Angel of the Tiger Sharks.
* [[Adults Are Useless]]: Camp counselor Gary from ''Mini-Monsters'', and also Sherman and Melissa's parents in that show's first episode.
* [[As Long Asas It Sounds Foreign]]: Camp Mini-Mon, which Sherman and Melissa's mother says sounds Indian.
* [[The Bet]]: The ''Mini-Monsters'' episode "Wolfie's Bet" has Wolfie taking up a bet by the other campers that he won't tell a joke for 24 hours; if he wins, he gets Sherman's cassette player, but if he loses, he can never tell another joke at Camp Mini-Mon again. {{spoiler|He loses, but gets to continue telling jokes anyway because his bet violation was done to save Klutz's life.}}
* [[Big Bad]]: Big Papa on ''Karate Kat''. T-Ray and Captain Bizzarly [[Big Bad Duumvirate|split this role between them]] on ''Tiger Sharks''.
* [[Big Good]]: Big Mama for Karate Kat.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Big Max and Snappy Sam on ''Street Frogs''.
* [[By the Power of Greyskull]]: Karate Kat's mantra before changing out of his jacket suit into his karate gi by [[Everything's Better Withwith Spinning|spinning]].
{{quote| ''I'm lean, I'm mean, a karate machine! Keeeeee-YA!''}}
* [[Catch Phrase]]: Karate Kat's [[By the Power of Grayskull]] mantra described above, and also "Kee-ya, ''baby''," at the end of a segment.
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* [[Episode Title Card]]
* [["Everybody Laughs" Ending]]
* [[Everything's Even Worse Withwith Sharks]]: Subverted by the Tiger Sharks' Mako, who transforms into a humanoid mako shark but is the titular good guys' leader.
* [[Evil Twin]]: Karate Kat had an evil twin brother named Karate Krud, who first turned evil after getting a bump to the head. When the two confront each other, they're so identical in appearance that it's near-impossible to tell them apart; Krud uses this to his advantage when Dr. Katmandu tries to whack him on the head with a specially-made mallet that'll force him to undergo a [[Heel Face Turn]]. {{spoiler|Dr. Katmandu hits the correct twin, then explains that he expected Krud to be better than Kat at everything, so he simply aimed for the twin who was winning the fight.}}
* [[Expository Theme Tune]]: Besides the one for the overall show itself, the four cartoons had their own individual theme tunes.
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* [[Get Rich Quick Scheme]]: On ''Street Frogs'', every time a money-making opportunity was announced over the radio, the gang would be quick to jump on it. However, for them, [[Failure Is the Only Option|success was never an option]].
* [[Grumpy Old Man|Grumpy Old Turtle]]: In ''Street Frogs'', diner owner Snappy Sam (an anthropomorphic snapping turtle) loathes the titular group immensely because of all the hi-jinks they get up to that turn him into a [[Butt Monkey]], plus they owe him a bill for eating at his diner.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: A number of voices in ''The Comic Strip'' are recognizable as voices from ''[[Thundercats (Animation)|Thundercats]]'' and ''[[Silverhawks (Animation)|Silverhawks]]'' since all three shows share cast and crew members. Among the biggest examples are Karate Kat being voiced by Larry Kenney, who voiced [[Thundercats (Animation)|Lion-O]] and [[Silverhawks (Animation)|Bluegrass]], and Camp Mini-Mon's camp director being voiced by Peter Newman, who voiced [[Thundercats (Animation)|Tygra]] and [[Silverhawks (Animation)|Quicksilver]].
* [[Idiot Hero]]: Karate Kat.
* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: On ''Mini-Monsters'', Wolfie's jokes are filled with these, to the point that Klutz the monster lizard is the only one who finds them funny.
* [[Jerkass]]: Sherman and Melissa of ''Mini-Monsters'', at least in the first episode. It results in them both being sent to Camp Mini-Mon [[Adults Are Useless|just to get them out of their parents' hair]].
* [[Keep Circulating the Tapes]]: Because to date, there has been no official DVD release of the series. There is currently [http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/comicstripondvd/?e an online petition] to have a DVD release created.
* [[Kill It Withwith Fire]]: On ''Tiger Sharks'', Dragonstein's primary mode of attack is to breathe fire.
* [[Land Down Under]]: Lorca's speech patterns on ''Tiger Sharks''.
* [[Lethal Chef]]: Winifred the witch on ''Mini-Monsters'', as her concoctions caused severe bellyaches to her fellow campers in one episode. Also the Street Frogs in an episode of their show are catering to a wedding, but the sandwiches and drinks they prepare cause the consumers to ''change color'' and collapse.
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* [[Oireland]]: Dolph's speech patterns on ''Tiger Sharks''.
* [[Our Werewolves Are Different]]: Wolfie, the resident werewolf in ''Mini-Monsters'', tells jokes with [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Incredibly Lame Puns]] to the other campers.
* [[Petting Zoo People]]: In ''Karate Kat'', the general cast consists mostly of anthropomorphic cats. In ''Street Frogs'', there's a wide cross-section of anthropomorphic animals besides the Street Frogs themselves (reccuring examples include Snappy Sam, who is a snapping turtle, and the local radio disc jockey Typhoon Toad, who is [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|a toad]]).
* [[Recycled in Space]]: ''Tiger Sharks'' was essentially ''Thundercats'' underwater.
* [[The Resenter]]: In ''Karate Kat'', resident scientist and inventor Dr. Katmandu feels this way toward the main character because he sees Karate as just a stupid muscle-head.
* [[Saturday Morning Cartoon]]
* [[Shout-Out]]: One ''Karate Kat'' episode, "The Twin Brother Kaper," has [[Evil Counterpart|Karate]] [[Evil Twin|Krud]] telling Big Papa's gang that the real Karate Kat (who he's impersonating) stands for "[[Thunder CatsThundercats|justice, truth, honor and loyalty]]"; this prompts one of Big Papa's goons to describe the hero as "a thunder-cat." Big Papa promptly tells the goon to [[Take That|shut up]]. (Also see [[Hey, It's That Voice!]] above.)
* [[Sixty Five Episode Cartoon]]
* [[The Smurfette Principle]]: Honey Love for the Street Frogs.
* [[Spelling Song]]: The intro theme song for the overall show. Also, the intro sequence for ''Mini-Monsters'' has this in the form of a cheer-leading sequence.
* [[Spontaneous Choreography]]: ''Street Frogs'', frequently.
* [[Stranger in Aa Strange School]]: Sherman and Emily are the only two "normal" kids among the Camp Mini-Mon campers, while camp counselor Gary is the only "normal" adult (Dr. Jekyll doesn't count for obvious reasons).
* [[Summer Campy]]: Camp Mini-Mon.
* [[Team Dad]]: Walro on ''Tiger Sharks''.
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