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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 (
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* [[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]]
* [[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.
* [[Beautiful All Along]]: Variation: Until season two, nobody had any idea what Tasumi really looked like.
** Lampshaded with Shelton in season one.
* [[Because I Said So]]
* [[Big Man
* [[Black Best Friend]]: Abbey.
* [[Book Dumb]]: Todd Daring.
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* [[Couch Gag]]: The Fleemco public service announcements.
* [[Credit Card Plot]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: C.A.R.
* [[Deep
* [[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
** 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.
* [[Fake Brit]]: Agent K is voiced by Kath Soucie, not [[My Life
* [[Freaky Friday Flip]]: Happens to Dick and K in ""A Buzzwork Orange" (where [[Freaky Friday]] is even [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded.]])
** [[Voices Are Mental]], however, is averted (which is a rare event in cartoons). Instead, the viewers rely on the different accents to tell them apart.
* [[Five-Man Band]] / [[Five
** [[The Hero]] - Riley
** [[The Lancer]] - Todd
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** [[Tagalong Kid]] - Shelton (Jewish, & he would be the Smart Guy if only he appeared more)
*** Actually, the episode "Crushing Riley" specifically states that Shelton isn't really that smart, even. The poor guy just can't win...
* [[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 [
* [[Genre Savvy]]: Garth the janitor is downright obnoxious about this in one episode. He refuses to help Riley because "every time
* [[Girl Posse]]: Sierra leads one of these.
* [[Grappling Hook Pistol]]: Agent K wields one frequently.
* [[Happily Adopted]]: The very premise of the show.
* [[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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* [[Jet Pack]]: Agent K.
* [[Kent Brockman News]]: Ace Palmero.
* [[Kissing in
* [[Last
** {{spoiler|Though, it was revealed in "The Truth Hurts" that Tasumi has a crush on Jacobo.}}
* [[Lethal Chef]]: Agent K.
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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:
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'''Riley:''' This time it was Shelton, next time it might be someone we actually care about! }}
** In another episode, Todd even uses the exact words "my friends - and Shelton -".
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* [[One of the Boys]]: In "Glee By the Sea", Todd falls for a girl who is this.
* [[One We Prepared Earlier]]
* [[Opening Shout
* [[Orphanage of Fear]]
* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]
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* [[Sapient Steed]]
* [[Scary Librarian]]: "Quiet Riot".
* [[Sibling Yin-Yang]]
* [[Slumber Party]]: "Late Night with Todd and Riley."
* [[Something We Forgot]]: A running gag with Prince Cinnamon Boots.
** Inverted in "The Revenge of Prince Cinnamon Boots"...an episode which is [[Exactly What It Says
* [[Spell My Name
* [[Spy Catsuit]]: Agent K.
* [[Stacy's Mom]]: Agent K.
* [[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
* [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife]]: Agent K and Dick Daring.
** Shelton´s mom and dad, too.
* [[Weaponized Car]]: C.A.R.
* [[Where the Hell Is Springfield?|Where the hell is Pleasant Hills?]] - We're not sure, but it's probably not a [
* [[White-Haired Pretty Girl]]: Agent K.
* [[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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