True Companions/Western Animation: Difference between revisions

Line 6:

----

* ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' gives us... well, the Teen Titans. Various characters within the show have referred to the Titans as a family. Their devotion to the team and each other has been proved countless times throughout the series.

{{quote| '''Raven''': ''(to {{spoiler|her father}})'' [The Titans] are my family. This is my home.}}

{{quote|'''Raven''': ''(to {{spoiler|her father}})'' [The Titans] are my family. This is my home.}}

* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'':

** [[The Hero|Aang]] calls his group "family". Since he and all of the other Air Nomads were raised apart from their blood relatives by monks, this is likely more or less his ''definition'' of family.

Line 21:

* ''[[Futurama]]'':

** The Planet Express crew. Fry says so in [[Cloudcuckoolander|his own odd way.]]

{{quote| '''Fry''', after explaining the premise of the all the main characters:...do you wanna be like us, or do you wanna be like Adelai...with no severe mental or social problems whatsoever."}}

{{quote|'''Fry''', after explaining the premise of the all the main characters:...do you wanna be like us, or do you wanna be like Adelai...with no severe mental or social problems whatsoever."}}

** Also subverted once by Farnsworth:

{{quote| '''Farnsworth:''' I've always thought of this company as a cheap source of labor... like a family.}}

{{quote|'''Farnsworth:''' I've always thought of this company as a cheap source of labor... like a family.}}

** Fry, Leela and Bender form a smaller group of true companions within the greater group of Planet Express.

* The various clans in ''[[Gargoyles]]''. The rather vague details about maternity/paternity may make them ''actual'' family, though it's pretty obvious that, say, Lexington shares almost no genes with Goliath.

Line 42:

* In ''[[South Park]]'', [[Straight Man|Stan]] and [[The Conscience|Kyle]] can be trusted to consistently treat one another like family, going to considerable lengths for one another in a variety of episodes (for example "Cherokee Hair Tampons", "Super Best Friends", "Imaginationland", "Guitar Queer-o", "Follow That Egg", "The List", "You Have 0 Friends"--you get the idea); [[The Conscience|Kyle]] even goes so far as to call [[Straight Man|Stan]] his brother in "Ike's Wee-Wee." However, they treat Butters and [[The Chew Toy|Kenny]] more ambivalently, and make no secret of their contempt for [[Jerkass|Cartman]], making the dynamic between the ''[[South Park]]'' boys more indicative of two [[Blood Brothers]] surrounded by many morons.

* In ''[[Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers]]'', the Series 5 Rangers definitely fall into this, but ''really'' solidify it in "Mindnet". While the plot is pretty mediocre, the episode is a fan favorite because it is the first blatant demonstration of the team becoming true companions. Shane has been framed for theft by his [[Cain and Abel|fellow Supertrooper Killbane]], and a [[Jerkass]] senator demands his head on a plate. [[Team Dad|Zachary]] tells the senator off, and a surprised Shane thanks him for the support.

{{quote| '''Zachary:''' The day we don't trust one another is the day the Galaxy Rangers are finished.}}

{{quote|'''Zachary:''' The day we don't trust one another is the day the Galaxy Rangers are finished.}}

** After tracking down the stolen device, they're captured and Shane is forced to fight Killbane. During the bigger dust-up, Killbane sneers at his "little brother".

{{quote| '''Killbane''': You're not human, you're not a Supertrooper. Just what ''are'' you, Gooseman?~~<br />~~

{{quote|'''Killbane''': You're not human, you're not a Supertrooper. Just what ''are'' you, Gooseman?

'''Shane:''' I'm a Galaxy Ranger. Make sure you never forget that. }}

** Mindnet also marks the first time the Rangers "pool their badges" in a [[Mental Fusion]] tactic that is used occasionally throughout the rest of the series. Zachary is very quick to fall into the [[Team Dad]] role, especially when it comes to the parent-less Niko and Shane. Fanon states that his true-companion relationship with the Rangers is what has kept him relatively sane after the loss of his wife and his rebuilding into a [[Hollywood Cyborg]].