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[[File:161996_67566978205_5256426_n_6553.jpg|frame|[[Spelling Song|C-O-M-I-C, S-T-R-I-P]]!]]

 

 

The premise: four different cartoons (with different animation styles) were shown in rotation sequence, with two of the four appearing in roughly 12-minute slots per 30-minute episode.

 

The four cartoons were:

* ''[[Karate Kat]]'', about an anthropomorphic cat detective who fought crime using [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|karate skills]];

* ''[[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.

 

* [[Big Good]]: Big Mama for Karate Kat.

* [[Butt Monkey]]: Big Max and Snappy Sam on ''Street Frogs''.

{{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.

* [[Episode Title Card]]

* [[Everybody Laughs Ending]]

* [[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.

* [[The Faceless]]: Sherman and Melissa's parents in ''Mini-Monsters''.

* [[Failure Is the Only Option]]: The Street Frogs' efforts to make a decent buck were generally hampered by their own weird antics.

** [[The Hero]]: Dr. Slick (the one in the orange jumpsuit)

** [[The Lancer]]: Moose the Loose (the one in the black jacket)

* [[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.

* [[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.

* [[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]]

* [[Sixty Five Episode Cartoon]]

* [[The Smurfette Principle]]: Honey Love for the Street Frogs.

** Karate Kat's "transformation" was little more than a costume change (he used the same name in both outfits and gained no new abilities) with a touch of [[Let's Get Dangerous]].

* [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]]: The Tiger Sharks use [[Applied Phlebotinum]] to transform back and forth from humans to [[Fish People]].

* [[Wicked Witch]]: Averted by Winifred of the Mini-Monsters.