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'''''The Replacements''''' (2006-2009) was a [[Disney Channel]] animated TV series. The [[Expository Theme Tune|opening sequence explains that siblings Todd and Riley lived in an orphanage, with no explanation of what happened to their parents]]. Stumbling across a [[Acme Products|Fleemco comic book, they mail-ordered a Fleemco phone]] (which allows them to replace any person or animal they desire) and in the process they got new parents: a female British secret agent named K (along with her sarcastic talking car) and a none-too-bright professional daredevil named Dick Daring.
 
Whenever Todd and Riley want to replace someone, they push a special button on their Fleemco phones, connecting them with Conrad Fleem. Fleemco immediately replaces the person with someone more to the liking of Todd and Riley. The series follows their chaotic misadventures as they use Fleemco to attempt to better their lives in nearly every problematic situation they encounter. (Although as the series progressed they managed to get into trouble with Fleemco replacements barely figuring into the episode.)
 
No relation to a [[The Replacements (film)|football movie]] starring [[Keanu Reeves]]. Or the [[The Replacements (band)|Minnesotan punk band]].
 
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== ''[[The Replacements]]'' provides examples of ==
* [[Aborted Arc]]: {{spoiler|Sierra spends the rest of season 1 and most of 2 trying to break Riley and Johnny up. Yet after Johnny broke up with Riley, Sierra seems to have lost interest in him.}}
* [[Acme Products]]: It seems everything in the world is made or run by Fleemco.
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* [[Alpha Bitch]]: Sierra McCool.
* [[Animated Series]]
* [[Art Evolution]]: Season 2. Notice the noses on the Todd and Riley look different and that the body proportions looks (especially on the female characters) more slimming.
** Also note that the characters went from having [[Four-Fingered Hands]] in the early seasons to having ''normal'' five fingered ones in later seasons.
* [[Automated Automobiles]]: C.A.R.
* [[Awesome McCoolname]]: Dick Daring, Ace Palmero, Travis Bodie, and in what might be the straightest possible example of this trope, Sierra McCool.
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* [[Couch Gag]]: The Fleemco public service announcements.
* [[Credit Card Plot]]
* [[Cross-Dressing Voices]]: Todd is voiced by [[Nancy Cartwright]].
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: C.A.R.
* [[Deep-Fried Whatever]]: Including roadkill and a football in ''"Carnie Dearest''".
* [[Disobey This Message]]: Subverted, as Riley learns everyone else is allowed to be whoever they want even if that means they act like everyone else.
* [[Duct Tape for Everything]]
* [[Embarrassing Middle Name]]: Agent K's middle name is Mildred.
* [[Engrish]]: Tasumi speaks like that, since she's a Japanese Japanese.
* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: Celebrity Starr.
* [[Expository Theme Tune]]
* [[Extreme Omnivore]]: Dick eats 50 pineconespine cones in an episode. He was only dared to eat one, but found them so tasty he couldn't help himself.
** There's also Dick easily defeating The Human Garbage Can in a contest of who could stomach the most rancid food while on a spinning carnival ride in "Carnie Dearest"
* [[The Faceless]]: Conrad Fleem.
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* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Many examples. One of the more obvious examples was in the episode where Fleemco turned out to be developing an anatomically-correct robotic duplicate of underage Riley. Part of her assembly was shown, with scientists gawking at the double's naked leg in a scene which strongly implies that the rest of the robot was also naked.
** Then there's the episode where Abby's sister basically treated Todd like a [[wikipedia:Male prostitution|gigolo]], showering him with gifts in return for dating her
* [[Genre Savvy]]: Garth the janitor is downright obnoxious about this in one episode. He refuses to help Riley because "every time iI slightly inconvenience you or your funny-looking brother, some guys in jumpsuits show up and send me somewhere nice for a few weeks." When said jumpsuits turn up, he's waiting impatiently for them with his suitcase already packed.
* [[Girl Posse]]: Sierra leads one of these.
* [[Grappling Hook Pistol]]: Agent K wields one frequently.
* [[Happily Adopted]]: The very premise of the show.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: [[All-Star Cast|And how!]] Riley is [[Danny Phantom|Sam]] and [[The Fairly OddParents|Vic]][[Grey DeLisle|ky]], Dick Daring is [[The Fairly OddParents|Cosmo]] and [[Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide|Gor]][[Daran Norris|dy]], Agent K is [[Kath Soucie]], Tasumi is [[Codename: Kids Next Door|Numbuh]] [[Lauren Tom|3]], Shelton is [[Jeff Bennett]], Jacobo is [[Candi Milo]], Johnny is [[Dee Bradley Baker]], Sierra is [[Tara Strong]], and Todd is [[The Simpsons (animation)|Ba]][[Nancy Cartwright|rt]]. C.A.R. is [[NCIS|Ducky.]] Also, [[Harry Potter|Ginny Weasley]] takes part-time classes at a spy school when not studying magic.
* [[Hippie Teacher]]: Riley replaces the cheerleading coach with one in "Cheer Pressure".
* [[Hot Shounen Mom]]: Agent K. Every one of Todd's friends has a crush on her.
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* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: Todd, in a mild form.
** It's most evident with Sierra.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Celebrity Starr.
* [[My Friends and Zoidberg]]: Shelton, ''twice'' in one episode:
{{quote|'''Agent K:''' Todd, it's your friends. And Shelton.
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* [[Sapient Steed]]
* [[Scary Librarian]]: "Quiet Riot".
* [[Shout-Out]]: Dick tries to put Prince Cinnamon Boots out for the night, but Prince Cinnamon Boots [[The Flintstones|locks him out instead]].
** And in the episode A Tale of Two Rileys the robot Riley looks a lot like the one from [[Terminator|Terminator 2]]
** [[Twilight (novel)|"...I spotted a sparkly guy and clumsily fell in love?"]]
** Riley and Todd doing the [[Everybody Do the Endless Loop|Charlie Brown Christmas dance]] in the intro.
* [[Sibling Yin-Yang]]
* [[Slumber Party]]: "Late Night with Todd and Riley."
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* [[Strapped to An Operating Table]]: Corletta the lovely magician's assistant who taken K's place in "Abra K Dabra".
* [[Token Trio]]: Riley, Abbey and Tasumi
* [[The Ugly GuysGuy's Hot Daughter]]: Inverted with Shelton´s mother and her two offspring.
* [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife]]: Agent K and Dick Daring.
** Shelton´s mom and dad, too.
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* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]: Agent K suffers from crippling stage fright.
* [[Will They or Won't They?]]: Riley and Johnny, as of season 2. Riley still has feelings for her and tries to get him back, but her [[Yandere]]-ish nature ruins it. At the end of one episode, Johnny may want her back, but Riley wasn't interested.
* [[Yandere]]: Riley to Johnny Hitswell, seriously, she has puppets, a balloon Johnny... just watch season 2, 18: "Heartbreak in the City".
* [[Xanatos Gambit]]: Todd justifies helping his sister with the following statement: "Either we save the day or I get to see her blow up when everything goes horribly wrong! Its win-win."
* [[Yeah! Shot]]: At the end of "The Majestic Horse".
 
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