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Beetleborgs

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Beetleborgs	comment	Big Bad Beetleborgs was a live-action series produced by Saban Entertainment and aired on Fox Kids. It was called Big Bad Beetleborgs in the first season and changed to Beetleborgs Metallix in the second. A Power Rangers-like Sentai show, it incorporated footage from a Japanese show (in this case, the Metal Heroes shows, Juukou B-Fighter and B-Fighter Kabuto) with new footage created in the United States. The show lasted from September 1996 to March 1998.Unlike Power Rangers, this show made little attempt to be serious, being more light-hearted and comical (meaning that it makes even the early seasons of Power Rangers look like a Sam Peckinpah film). It also had a storyline completely different from its Japanese counterparts. It even aimed to a younger demographic, evidenced by the heroes being 9-10 years old.It was about three typical all-American kids: Drew McCormick, his sister Jo, and their best friend Roland Williams, whose family owns the local comic shop, where they spend most of their time. On a dare from some bullies, they go inside the local "Haunted House." Once inside, they free Flabber, a wacky ghost with Elvis Presley's hair, Jay Leno's chin and Liberace's wardrobe filtered through a Blue Meanie, who had been imprisoned in the mansion's pipe organ. Flabber cannot thank the kids enough, so he offers to grant a wish for them. The three young comic book fans know what they want, and that is to be able to transform into their favorite superheroes, The Big Bad Beetleborgs. Flabber grants their wish, and the children are given the power to turn into the heroes, but now that the heroes exist in the real world, the villains from the comic book likewise come to life to spread chaos (via the Monster of the Week).The three friends, with their new powers and a little help from Flabber, must stop them. This is complicated by the "House Monsters," comic relief monsters (Count Fangula, a vampire; Wolfgang, a werewolf; Mums, a mummy; Frankenbeans, a Frankenstein's Monster, and later Little Ghoul a... er, little ghoul), who often try to eat the kids, but generally have to settle for eating the screen-time and the scenery.The second season had an exchange of villains and subsequently an exchange of costumes, with a new ally in the artist who created the comics and his evil brother working for the new bad guys. Slightly Darker and Edgier, but nothing too shocking. The show remained relatively popular, but like Power Rangers the source footage eventually ran out. Unlike Rangers, there was no follow-up series to adapt (well, technically there was, but it was drastically different from the previous B-Fighter shows and was bizarrely even more kid-friendly than Beetleborgs).As of June 2011, the entire series (along with VR Troopers and Power Rangers) is available for streaming on Netflix.This comes with a character sheet.
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Beetleborgs / int_1282bf4f	type	No Celebrities Were Harmed
Beetleborgs / int_1282bf4f	comment	No Celebrities Were Harmed: This show has a fair share of celebrity impressions. Notable examples are: Flabber, who looks like a combination between Elvis Presley and Jay Leno, with the mannerisms of Jim Carrey. One Monster of the Week disguises himself as the trainer Hurt-Ulese, whose Austrian accent and constantly quoting "I'll be back" is obviously based on Arnold Schwarzenegger. Fun thing to note is that Arnold's first movie role was the titular Hercules in the film Hercules in New York. Hillhurst was also visited by I. M. Fine, the writer of the horror book series Fright Files. He is obviously based on Goosebumps writer R. L. Stine.
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Beetleborgs / int_12e8e69b	type	Jekyll & Hyde
Beetleborgs / int_12e8e69b	comment	In "It's a Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad World", Jo accidentally drinks an evil potion, which causes her to uncontrollably change back and forth between her normal self and a Jekyll & Hyde-esque form. Ghoulem is later exposed to the same potion, which causes him to grow larger in size and change in appearance.
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Beetleborgs / int_1439161f	type	Heroic BSoD
Beetleborgs / int_1439161f	comment	Heroic BSoD: Weird example with Fangula. He has continually tried to eat the protagonists, but they've also been on the same side on a few occasions. Then, Vlad the Impaler shows up to get him in trouble for not working enough evil in the community. Maybe, if not for vampiric regulations, he would have had a Heel–Face Turn long ago? Either way, he has an undeniable BSOD.
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Beetleborgs / int_14a44e40	type	Totem Pole Trench
Beetleborgs / int_14a44e40	comment	Totem Pole Trench: In "Bye, Bye Frankie", Trip and Van utilize this as part of their Halloween costume, complete with a Richard Nixon mask. They tend to fall over quite a bit.
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Beetleborgs / int_14beeefd	type	Darker and Edgier
Beetleborgs / int_14beeefd	comment	Darker and Edgier: Though not by much, Metallix is a bit more serious compared to the first, since the villains are more competent and threatening, while the goofy comic book effects completely disappear from the battle scenes.
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Beetleborgs / int_17330d6c	type	Terrible Trio
Beetleborgs / int_17330d6c	comment	Terrible Trio: Noxic, Typhus, and Jara in season 1. The Crustaceans in season 2. The kids even namedrop the trope in reference to the former.
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Beetleborgs / int_1b65dfad	type	The Cameo
Beetleborgs / int_1b65dfad	comment	The Cameo: During the convetion episode, several characters make appearances, including Spider-Man and The Tick as actors in suits.
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Beetleborgs / int_1c79ae8c	type	Those Two Guys
Beetleborgs / int_1c79ae8c	comment	Those Two Guys: Trip and Van, the rich bullies.
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Beetleborgs / int_1e12b5b7	type	Lawful Stupid
Beetleborgs / int_1e12b5b7	comment	Lawful Stupid: Any law enforcement agency in the series, which is why three children wind up enforcing so much of the peace and order.
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Beetleborgs / int_1f799027	type	Obstructive Bureaucrat
Beetleborgs / int_1f799027	comment	Obstructive Bureaucrat: Vlad the Impaler, who comes to have words with Fangula about his failing to meet his blood-sucking quota.
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Beetleborgs / int_1f7b2d59	type	Law of Chromatic Superiority
Beetleborgs / int_1f7b2d59	comment	Law of Chromatic Superiority: Averted; the blue Beetleborg is the leader and the one who gets a unique power-up mode, not red, who is instead the only girl on the team. And in season 2, there isn't even a red hero to begin with; the leader dresses in gold there.
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Beetleborgs / int_1f8cb7f5	type	Exploding Closet
Beetleborgs / int_1f8cb7f5	comment	Exploding Closet: In Metallix episode 4 ("Ghoul Trouble"), while the kids and monsters are searching the house for clues (which will ultimately lead them to new character Little Ghoul), Flabber opens a closet jam-packed with assorted junk. Flabber, Tempting Fate, comments that "It's amazing! It defies the laws of gravity." Then all the junk promptly falls out on him.
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Beetleborgs / int_20314beb	type	Cousin Oliver
Beetleborgs / int_20314beb	comment	Cousin Oliver: Parodied. Drew and Jo have a cousin named Oliver who they — and the Magnavores — find incredibly annoying.
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Beetleborgs / int_20f689e9	type	Adaptational Villainy
Beetleborgs / int_20f689e9	comment	Adaptational Villainy: Queen Magna from episode 12 was originally an ally of the B-Fighters, Saint Papillia, in the source material.
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Beetleborgs / int_26b6261f	type	Vampire Vords
Beetleborgs / int_26b6261f	comment	Vampire Vords: Fangula speaks with a strange combination of this and Not Even Bothering with the Accent. When Van and Trip briefly become vampires in one episode, they start speaking the same way, possibly implying that a bad accent is a side effect of vampirism. Then again, they're children, and could just be playing the part as they've seen it.
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Beetleborgs / int_297170d3	type	Halloween Episode
Beetleborgs / int_297170d3	comment	Halloween Episode: Two of them, actually: "Bye Bye, Frankie" (Season 1) and "Halloween Haunted House of Horrors" (Season 2).
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Beetleborgs / int_2ceee1dc	type	Head-Turning Beauty
Beetleborgs / int_2ceee1dc	comment	Head-Turning Beauty: Monsterella was created specifically to evoke this reaction in the monsters. The Bride of Frankenbeans gets a similar reaction. So does a date Wolfie gets through a computer dating service. The trope is used verbatim, although pronounced more like "Rerrooo Rurse".
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Beetleborgs / int_2d364c81	type	Tomboy and Girly Girl
Beetleborgs / int_2d364c81	comment	Tomboy and Girly Girl: Nano (tomboy) and Roland's mother, Abbie (girlie girl, respectively.
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Beetleborgs / int_2f253c94	type	Glass Cannon
Beetleborgs / int_2f253c94	comment	Glass Cannon: Jo
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Beetleborgs / int_302730a	type	Fusion Dance
Beetleborgs / int_302730a	comment	Fusion Dance: The Final Boss monsters of both seasons were created by fusing a bunch of different monsters into one, forming Borgslayer in season 1 and Repgillian in season 2. For extra power, the Crustaceans add a bucket full of toxic waste to the mix when making Repgillian.
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Beetleborgs / int_30afb908	type	Is the Answer to This Question "Yes"?
Beetleborgs / int_30afb908	comment	Is The Answer To This Question "Yes"?: Early in episode 2 ("Metallix Rising") of the Metallix season, Bunny Bodel has hurt her leg after she tried to stop and interview a herd of prisoners as they were escaping Charterville Prison, who ignored her request and ran over her on their way out. Bodel is initially unwilling to leave and get medical treatment, resulting in this exchange:
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Beetleborgs / int_33d5b7f2	type	Adapted Out
Beetleborgs / int_33d5b7f2	comment	Adapted Out: In the finale of B-Fighter, previous heroes Janperson and Gun Gibson and the Blue Swat team returned to aid the B-Fighters against Sorceress Jagul, who had revived their respective Big Bads Bill Goldy and Mademoiselle Q, along with other monsters. The first phase of this battle was adapted into the episode Convention Dimension, which featured Janperson, Gun Gibson, Bill Goldy and Mademoiselle Q as Karato, Silver Ray, Goldex and Wingar (respectively), but the Blue SWAT team were cut completely, likely due to their abundance of uncostumed Japanese actors in-scene. "Borgslayer!" and "Vexor's Last Laugh" adapted the second phase of the battle (with Jagul in her upgraded form) into the battle with Borgslayer, which was consequently cut down to completely omit the involvement of the other heroes (Hyper Shou, Janperson and Super Blue Beet were the ones to mortally wound her and revert her to her original form) and villains (Bill Goldy appeared and dragged her to Hell with him after she lost her advanced form).
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Beetleborgs / int_3517000d	type	Mad Scientist
Beetleborgs / int_3517000d	comment	Mad Scientist: Dr. Frankenbeans is one, and proud of it. (Although, he may well be the Only Sane Man among the characters with supernatural backgrounds.)
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Beetleborgs / int_36754cc7	type	"Freaky Friday" Flip
Beetleborgs / int_36754cc7	comment	"Freaky Friday" Flip: Season 1, episode 44, "The Good, The Bad, and the Scary." The Borgs switch bodies (and powers) with the Magnavores.
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Beetleborgs / int_3bc22d58	type	Art Initiates Life
Beetleborgs / int_3bc22d58	comment	Art Initiates Life: Monsters are created from comic books in the first season and Les' new drawings in the second. And, of course, most if not all upgrades to the Beetleborgs' gear are drawn by Art Fortunes, the creator of the comic.
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Beetleborgs / int_3d699462	type	Curb-Stomp Battle
Beetleborgs / int_3d699462	comment	Curb-Stomp Battle: Several, but most striking was when Nukus easily thrashed the Beetleborgs and destroyed their powers like it was nothing. Even after they get an upgrade, their first fight with him didn't go well. Repgillian dishes one out to Roboborg and Boron individually. The episode "Norman Nussbaum: Vampire Hunter" had one for the Beetleborgs and the Mansion monsters respectively. The Magnavores give a pretty brutal beatdown to the Beetleborgs outside that almost culminates in an execution before the Borgs catch their second wind (which is honestly kinda disturbing given that they are children) while Norman uses his monster-hunting smarts to drive off the mansion denizens one by one in his hunt for Fang.
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Beetleborgs / int_3ed23024	type	Surprisingly Realistic Outcome
Beetleborgs / int_3ed23024	comment	Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: At the convention, the kids try to get in as the Beetleborgs since Art Fortunes is a special guest. While it works, the staff gets suspicious at the presence of a second set of 'actors' running around. Trying to remove a curse from the archaeologists that unearthed Mums results in Drew losing his powers but not losing his suit. Without his Super Strength and the armor being powered, Drew can't move. A suit of Powered Armor tends to be very heavy when it's not functioning, especially for a young kid. Vexor gets fed up with the Terrible Trio being incompetent idiots and several times tries to create or recruit a far more competent replacement for them. Josh's White Blaster Beetleborg powers are explicitly made to defeat Shadowborg... but as Shadowborg points out, he's also the least experienced of the lot, having literally only been one for a few minutes. As a result while he fairs better than the Power Trio did and actually injures Shadowborg, he can't take him one on one and only manages to barely snatch the gems containing the other three's stolen powers by the skin of his teeth. Les Fortunes' creations are all much stronger than the Magnavores...but he's also just one guy, he can only draw them so fast and this causes problems. They try to avert this by getting his comics published, but the Beetleborgs manage to foil that scheme.
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Beetleborgs / int_43a46119	type	Surrounded by Idiots
Beetleborgs / int_43a46119	comment	Surrounded by Idiots: Vexor in regards to the Magnavores.
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Beetleborgs / int_43eb61dc	type	Villain Teleportation
Beetleborgs / int_43eb61dc	comment	Villain Teleportation: Every villain is capable of teleporting, normally with a unique effect.
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Beetleborgs / int_4536fd29	type	Energy Weapon
Beetleborgs / int_4536fd29	comment	Energy Weapon: The Sonic Lasers in season 1 and the Data Lasers in season 2; both can fire a variety of different beams and effects (via a keypad on the side for the Sonic Lasers, and different Input Cards for the Data Lasers).
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Beetleborgs / int_47d56aac	type	Fish People
Beetleborgs / int_47d56aac	comment	Fish People: A Monster of the Week in the episode "Something Fishy" is one of these. Initially believed to be the local legend "Charterville Charlie", a creature described as half-man, half-tuna, it turns out to be Swamp Scumoid, the latest monster from the Beetleborgs comics. (Unlike most monsters in the series, Swamp Scumoid didn't come from the source footage of Juukou B-Fighter; its suit was later used for the gigantic title character of the movie Kraa The Sea Monster.) Vilor, one of the villains in Metallix, appears to be a humanoid fish-like creature.
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Beetleborgs / int_4a852458	type	Big Good
Beetleborgs / int_4a852458	comment	Big Good: Flabber is this in the overall series, as he is the one who supplies the Borgs with their powers and arsenal, while also supplying them with his occasional bouts of wisdom. Roboborg is this trope in the latter part of second season, since he is the most powerful being on the side of good, to the point that even the Big Bad Nukus is afraid of him.
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Beetleborgs / int_4aa3c552	type	Animorphism
Beetleborgs / int_4aa3c552	comment	Animorphism: In Metallix the kids gain the ability to turn into actual beetles via a spell from Flabber's Phasm Handbook.
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Beetleborgs / int_5057d559	type	Kid-Appeal Character
Beetleborgs / int_5057d559	comment	Kid Appeal Characters: The three typical average kids themselves.
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Beetleborgs / int_5369c081	type	Invisible Parents
Beetleborgs / int_5369c081	comment	Invisible Parents: While Roland's parents and Nano show up regularly, we never get to see Drew and Jo's parents. On a lesser note, we never see the parents of Heather, Van and Trip, or Josh.
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Beetleborgs / int_53b6ab6a	type	Jumped at the Call
Beetleborgs / int_53b6ab6a	comment	Jumped at the Call: The heroes actually wished to become superheroes, which is part of what kicked off the ongoing plot.
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Beetleborgs / int_5401e7ac	type	Daywalking Vampire
Beetleborgs / int_5401e7ac	comment	Daywalking Vampire: Count Fangula tends to wear sunglasses when he goes outside, and mentions that sunlight has a bad effect on his "complexion", but is otherwise all right. He appears to avoid long-term exposure to sunlight, but a few hours' worth do him no harm.
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Beetleborgs / int_5405b144	type	Scratch Damage
Beetleborgs / int_5405b144	comment	Scratch Damage: An unusual example if you think too hard about it. When Nukus appeared, the Beetleborgs stood no chance against him. Between their defeat and acquiring their Metallix powers, they learned a spell that let them turned into beetles, which they once used around Nukus. They had to distract him, so they bit his foot... making him yelp out in pain.
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Beetleborgs / int_57c35824	type	Reaching Through the Fourth Wall
Beetleborgs / int_57c35824	comment	Reaching Through the Fourth Wall: The main trio of child characters wish for their comic hero characters to become real-life. Unfortunately, this also realizes the villain characters as well.
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Beetleborgs / int_59275ef7	type	Chromatic Arrangement
Beetleborgs / int_59275ef7	comment	Chromatic Arrangement: In the first season.
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Beetleborgs / int_595a20c9	type	Chest Blaster
Beetleborgs / int_595a20c9	comment	Chest Blaster: Lightning Borg
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Beetleborgs / int_5f91efd9	type	Creative Closing Credits
Beetleborgs / int_5f91efd9	comment	Creative Closing Credits: The credits to every episode are accompanied by sped-up footage of the monsters doing something silly — typically running around or fighting in some sort of comedic fashion.
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Beetleborgs / int_6156eafa	type	So Last Season
Beetleborgs / int_6156eafa	comment	So Last Season: The first fight of the Metallix season showcases this trope for the old Beetleborg suits, as Nukus easily wipes the floor with the kids, while nothing in the Borgs' arsenal is able to put as much as a scratch on him. To make matters worse, Nukus completely and utterly destroys their suits. For this reason, the Beetleborgs upgraded to the much more powerful Beetleborgs Metallix suits.
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Beetleborgs / int_617f0563	type	Heelâ€“Face Turn
Beetleborgs / int_617f0563	comment	Heel–Face Turn: Boron in the final episode, after the heroes steal the Astral Axe and gain control of him.
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Beetleborgs / int_62cae28a	type	Losing Your Head
Beetleborgs / int_62cae28a	comment	Losing Your Head: There is one episode in Metallix where Roland, Drew, and Jo attempt to remove their heads. In the end of "Headless Over Heels", the Hillhurst Monsters sneeze their heads off their bodies thanks to sneezing powder.
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Beetleborgs / int_62cbb836	type	Mid-Season Upgrade
Beetleborgs / int_62cbb836	comment	Mid-Season Upgrade: The Metallix armor in the second season. Technically not mid-season, but done for similar reasons.
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Beetleborgs / int_6509bb9f	type	Non-Indicative Name
Beetleborgs / int_6509bb9f	comment	The trope's name itself is averted with the first season's title, Big Bad Beetleborgs ("Bad" as in "cool", not "evil"). None of the Beetleborgs would ever qualify as the primary villain, though Shadowborg is so far the only evil Beetleborg.
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Beetleborgs / int_66479d0	type	Our Ghosts Are Different
Beetleborgs / int_66479d0	comment	Our Ghosts Are Different: There's a distinction made between Phasms and ghosts. Phasms are apparently extradimensional entities with Reality Warper powers, while ghosts are indeed the spirits of the dead who rise if their graves are disturbed and haunt places. Though both seem pretty dang powerful.
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Beetleborgs / int_6a47a1e2	type	Knight of Cerebus
Beetleborgs / int_6a47a1e2	comment	Knight of Cerebus: When Nukus shows up the threat level increases tenfold. Vexor was a rather forgettable villain in general, Nukus swiftly manipulates the situation so that he had no challenger. Even still anyone who does fight him ends up on the bad end of a Curb-Stomp Battle.
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Beetleborgs / int_6b960f3b	type	Advertising-Only Continuity
Beetleborgs / int_6b960f3b	comment	Advertising-Only Continuity: A commercial which claimed that the bad guys and the borgs were aliens from another planet, when they were actually kids who wished to become the comic book heroes, the Beetleborgs. Another Big Bad Beetleborgs commercial had generic mutants represent their enemies.
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Beetleborgs / int_6bda9a30	type	Meaningful Name
Beetleborgs / int_6bda9a30	comment	Meaningful Name: Creator of the Beetleborgs comic book, Art Fortunes, and his less successful, jailbird brother Les Fortunes. Some of the villains have these. Examples are Horibelle and Vilor, whose names are obviously puns on the words horrible and vile, even in-universe after Nukus sees their drawings and describes them as such.
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Beetleborgs / int_6edc54d5	type	Here We Go Again!
Beetleborgs / int_6edc54d5	comment	Here We Go Again!: Said word for word as the very last intelligible (minus some laughter from the other characters) line of the series — Frankenbeans has had a headache all episode, which the monsters have been trying to help him with. It's ultimately revealed to be because Little Ghoul's doll somehow ended up inside his skull; once removed, his headache is cured. After dropping a wrench on his foot though, he says "Now toe hurts!", prompting Flabber to say "Here we go again!".
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Beetleborgs / int_6ef9d3fe	type	Christmas Episode
Beetleborgs / int_6ef9d3fe	comment	Christmas Episode: "Christmas Bells and Phasm's Spells."
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Beetleborgs / int_722b3319	type	Camp Gay
Beetleborgs / int_722b3319	comment	Camp Gay: Never overtly stated, but Flabber IS patterned partly on Liberace.
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Beetleborgs / int_72856b70	type	Godzilla Threshold
Beetleborgs / int_72856b70	comment	Godzilla Threshold: Stealing Vexor's Energy Axis and using it to upgrade Drew into the Mega Blue Beetleborg is this, as it turns the risk of turning him evil, but Shadowborg has proven so impossible to beat that they have no other choice.
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Beetleborgs / int_72c07237	type	Swiss-Cheese Security
Beetleborgs / int_72c07237	comment	Swiss-Cheese Security: Justified. The mansion is an old house that's been abandoned for years. It’d be a miracle if the villains didn't get inside.
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Beetleborgs / int_754df088	type	Put on a Bus
Beetleborgs / int_754df088	comment	Put on a Bus: Josh loses his powers, and says he'll be around if the team ever needs him again... And he was never seen again. Trip and Van leave during the Borgslayer fiasco to live on their dad's country estate, and aren't seen again. In this case, it's justified in-unverse: they'd had enough of the constant monster threats and were pulling a Screw This, I'm Outta Here.
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Beetleborgs / int_7a87fa80	type	Animal-Themed Superbeing
Beetleborgs / int_7a87fa80	comment	Animal-Themed Superbeing: The heroes are insect-themed.
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Beetleborgs / int_7b23aecb	type	Bayonet Ya
Beetleborgs / int_7b23aecb	comment	Bayonet Ya: Sonic Laser Sabers, which each split into a Sonic Laser and a Pulsaber.
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Beetleborgs / int_7c18042f	type	"What Do They Fear?" Episode
Beetleborgs / int_7c18042f	comment	"What Do They Fear?" Episode: In "The Brain In the Attic", the monster Dicehead's brain (a glass sphere), if held by anyone besides him for too long, will bring their worst fears to life. Consequently, Jo has to face her Aunt May and her "slobbery kisses," while Count Fangula is confronted by his "nightmare" of an ex-wife. Drew's own worst fear turns out to be giant broccoli, which scares everyone. In a partial subversion, they don't have to actually face their fears to beat Dicehead, just make sure they don't hold the brain for long enough to trigger the manifestation.
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Beetleborgs / int_7c4f6612	type	Comic-Book Adaptation
Beetleborgs / int_7c4f6612	comment	Comic-Book Adaptation: Power Rangers Turbo vs. Beetleborgs Metallix, published in the short-lived Saban Powerhouse magazine.
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Beetleborgs / int_7c9933de	type	Laughably Evil
Beetleborgs / int_7c9933de	comment	Laughably Evil: Pretty much any evil thing the Hillhurst monsters do falls here.
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Beetleborgs / int_7d12f7b1	type	Who You Gonna Call?
Beetleborgs / int_7d12f7b1	comment	Who You Gonna Call?: In one episode, Those Two Guys learn about Flabber, and enlist the help of a Ghostbuster-type mad scientist. Too bad his ghost disintegrator only works on ghosts, and not on Magnavores...
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Beetleborgs / int_7f63d59	type	SunnydaleSyndrome
Beetleborgs / int_7f63d59	comment	Sunnydale Syndrome: The Magnavores run down the street in broad daylight, committing havoc and assaulting people, but nobody notices until they're being explicitly threatened. This isn't even counting the constant Monster of the Week battles, or the fact that the comic book superheroes everyone in town seems to love so much are constantly showing up to save the day.
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Beetleborgs / int_7f95e396	type
Beetleborgs / int_7f95e396	comment	"Reading Is Cool" Aesop: The cast did a few PSA segments dedicated to reading. One of them featured the Hillhurst monsters in Imagine Spots as the heroes of the books they were reading. Another had the kids discuss how reading is an important part of being an actor (but what they like to read most is fan mail). And another had the kids do a rap song about how much fun reading is.
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Beetleborgs / int_7fbb2a3	type	Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
Beetleborgs / int_7fbb2a3	comment	Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: In "Christmas Bells and Phasm's Spells", the Beetleborgs manage to tie up Jara, Noxic and Typhus and are ready to send them back to the comics. Because it's Christmas, Jo decides to be nice, and convinces Drew and Roland to offer them some presents, which the Magnavores stole in the first place. The Magnavores accept the presents, then teleport away. To be fair, had the Beetleborgs sent the trio back to the comics, it's possible that Vexor could've brought them back.
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Beetleborgs / int_80a2c2de	type	Monster Mash
Beetleborgs / int_80a2c2de	comment	Monster Mash: The House Monsters — comedic versions of Dracula, the Wolf Man, Frankenstein's Monster, and The Mummy.
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Beetleborgs / int_81241767	type	Smelly Skunk
Beetleborgs / int_81241767	comment	Smelly Skunk: In "Svengali, By Golly", Vexor tasks the Magnavore trio with kidnapping Flabber. They somehow grab one of these by mistake without realizing it, resulting in all of them getting sprayed, Vexor included. Vexor is obviously not happy and flat out fires them.
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Beetleborgs / int_817e24b7	type	Fur Against Fang
Beetleborgs / int_817e24b7	comment	Fur Against Fang: Inverted; Wolfsbane and Fangula have been close friends for a long time.
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Beetleborgs / int_83445b04	type	Pun
Beetleborgs / int_83445b04	comment	Puns: Too many to list, especially when Flabber is on the screen.
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Beetleborgs / int_844b6779	type	Super Mode
Beetleborgs / int_844b6779	comment	Super Mode: Mega Blue, and later the Mega Spectra Beetleborgs.
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Beetleborgs / int_84906746	type	Frankenslation
Beetleborgs / int_84906746	comment	Frankenslation: It was stitched together from two different Metal Heroes shows plus original footage.
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Beetleborgs / int_86daf505	type	Parental Bonus
Beetleborgs / int_86daf505	comment	Parental Bonus: In Metallix episode 4 ("Ghoul Trouble"), when Drew, Jo and Roland are searching the house's upstairs for clues as to the identity and whereabouts of the house's mysterious intruder (Little Ghoul, in her debut appearance). While in Fangula's room, Jo lifts up his coffin to reveal a "Fangboy" magazine, the title and cover marking it as an obvious pun on "Playboy".
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Beetleborgs / int_8871bbd8	type	Eye Beams
Beetleborgs / int_8871bbd8	comment	Eye Beams: Nukus has them, and uses them to destroy any copies of his drawing to make it harder for him to be sent back to the two-dimensional world. Roboborg has them too and uses them as one of his main weapons of attack.
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Beetleborgs / int_8ae880f7	type	Deconstruction
Beetleborgs / int_8ae880f7	comment	Deconstruction: The kids summon Roboborg to fight the Crustaceans in town...and something that big trying to move around a small town accidentally causes a lot of damage without intending to. The kids decide to keep summoning Roboborg in town as an 'in case of emergencies' thing from then on. Zordon had a point about saving the giant robot only for when needed.
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Beetleborgs / int_8b85cd02	type	Hit Flash
Beetleborgs / int_8b85cd02	comment	Hit Flash: Of the Batman variety; justified in that the heroes are based on comic book characters. They were very prominent early in the first season, but gradually appeared less and less until completely disappearing in the second season.
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Beetleborgs / int_8df06ee8	type	Invisible Main Character
Beetleborgs / int_8df06ee8	comment	Invisible Main Character: In "Say the Magic Word", Roland casts a magic spell that renders Jo invisible. Much of the episode is spent trying to track down the spell book so that Roland can cast the counter-spell and restore Jo.
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Beetleborgs / int_8e7467e	type	The Psycho Rangers
Beetleborgs / int_8e7467e	comment	The Psycho Rangers: The Mantrons. However, they are not this trope towards the main Beetleborgs, but rather towards their backup team; the Astral Borgs.
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Beetleborgs / int_933576c8	type	Mighty Glacier
Beetleborgs / int_933576c8	comment	Mighty Glacier: Josh
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Beetleborgs / int_95be648c	type	Creepy Basement
Beetleborgs / int_95be648c	comment	Creepy Basement: Metallix episode 4 ("Ghoul Trouble") reveals that Hillhurst's basement has this reputation — Flabber is afraid to even say the word "basement", and the House Monsters are terrified of it too. The kids don't get why though (even after Flabber says it's the scariest place in the house), and newcomer Little Ghoul has no problem making her home down there.
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Beetleborgs / int_9657fe0f	type	Transformation Sequence
Beetleborgs / int_9657fe0f	comment	Transformation Sequence: Shows drawings of their armor becoming three dimensional.
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Beetleborgs / int_970c790a	type	Big Bad
Beetleborgs / int_970c790a	comment	Big Bad: Vexor in the first season, Nukus in the second. The trope's name itself is averted with the first season's title, Big Bad Beetleborgs ("Bad" as in "cool", not "evil"). None of the Beetleborgs would ever qualify as the primary villain, though Shadowborg is so far the only evil Beetleborg.
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Beetleborgs / int_972142db	type	Headless Horseman
Beetleborgs / int_972142db	comment	Headless Horseman: In "Headless Over Heels", the Headless Horseman had an encounter with Wolfgang in the old country and allergies to him is what made him lose his head. When he arrives in Charterville looking for his head, he thought Wolfgang had it and tried to claim it back (or take the head of the other Hillhurst monsters). It turns out that Little Ghoul had his head which she used for bowling and ended up giving it back. Bolts were attached to the head to keep it from falling off again.
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Beetleborgs / int_991ae060	type	Henshin Hero
Beetleborgs / int_991ae060	comment	Henshin Hero: The kids transform into armored heroes through their beetle bonders.
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Beetleborgs / int_9b54d536	type	Evil Counterpart
Beetleborgs / int_9b54d536	comment	Evil Counterpart: The Magnavores, the villains of the first season, spring into existence from the same comic book that the Beetleborg powers originated from, to serve as a counter-balance to the kids having the powers of the book's heroes, whereas the Shadowborg is a direct counterpart to the Beetleborgs. Inverted with Josh/the White Beetleborg — his powers were solely dependent on the existence of the Shadowborg, and faded shortly after the latter's destruction. Les Fortunes is this to his brother — whereas Art draws heroes who always win and defeat the bad guys, Les focuses on drawing monsters. Boron serves as one to Roboborg — they're both Giant Mecha, but Boron was explicitly created to serve the villains and match Roboborg when the Crustaceans lost their chance at controlling him.
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Beetleborgs / int_9d12bbc1	type	Foreshadowing
Beetleborgs / int_9d12bbc1	comment	Foreshadowing: Josh arrives in town, and promptly woos Drew's crush, and is generally well liked by everyone except Drew; at the same time an evil counterpart to the Beetleborgs appears and beats them at every opportunity.
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Beetleborgs / int_9f4a47f2	type	Competitive Balance
Beetleborgs / int_9f4a47f2	comment	Competitive Balance Jack of All Stats: Drew Lightning Bruiser: Roland Glass Cannon: Jo Mighty Glacier: Josh
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Beetleborgs / int_9f63d4f1	type	Our Vampires Are Different
Beetleborgs / int_9f63d4f1	comment	Our Vampires Are Different: Apparently, in this universe vampires don't need blood to survive, since Count Fangula can survive many months without consuming a drop of blood and only treats it as a delicacy. However, vampires seem to be required to suck blood as some sort of job. Failing to reach a certain quota will result in punishment. Also, vampires seem to be immune to the effects of daylight, as Fangula and Vlad are seen walking outside of Hillhurst with only sunglasses.
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Beetleborgs / int_9f6fb586	type	Leitmotif
Beetleborgs / int_9f6fb586	comment	Leitmotif: Each of the superpowers has an audio track to match.
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Beetleborgs / int_9fb2452d	type	Evil Is Not a Toy
Beetleborgs / int_9fb2452d	comment	Evil Is Not a Toy: Vexor raided the home of the creator of the Beetleborgs and himself, Art Fortune, looking for a new minion powerful enough to defeat them. He finds a drawing of an unknown character named Nukus, whom Art warns against bringing to life. Nukus was actually created by Art's brother Les, and is a much more sinister evil than Vexor, who Art created to be more harmless. Nukus proves to be the downfall of Vexor, and the Big Bad of the next season.
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Beetleborgs / int_a0955420	type	She's a Man in Japan
Beetleborgs / int_a0955420	comment	She's a Man in Japan: A rare inversion. Jagul from Juukou B-Fighter is female. Her counterpart, Hypnomaniac, is male. Ditto for Borgslayer, presented as male; in Japan, he was Jagul's powered-up "Destruction God" form.
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Beetleborgs / int_a195310a	type	Red Is Heroic
Beetleborgs / int_a195310a	comment	Red Is Heroic: Jo in season 1 wears a red armor. Downplayed in that, while she is definitely a hero, she is not the teamleader.
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Beetleborgs / int_a284511d	type	Balance Between Good and Evil
Beetleborgs / int_a284511d	comment	Balance Between Good and Evil: Things from the comic book world seem to run on this. When Flabber gave the kids their powers, it brought the Magnavores into the real world, too; when they're defeated, the heroes have to give up their powers, because one cannot exist without the other. However, this also works against the Magnavores, as when they bring out villains from other comics, Flabber is able to counter it by bringing the corresponding heroes out as well. This also happens with the White Blaster Beetleborg and Shadowborg, as the former was created for the express purpose of defeating the latter and lost his powers when Shadowborg was beaten, and the Astralborgs, who were the Mantrons' balancing force. Flabber nearly name drops the trope when informing them the defeat of the Magnavores means they have to give up their powers, describing it as a 'yin and yang' thing. Subverted with Nukus, who was simply a piece of concept artwork with no comic basis, and all the Crustaceans were random creations of Les Fortunes, as a result they have no heroes to directly counter them. Art creates the Metallix powers similarly (being just artwork without any given backstory), meaning this trope doesn't apply for season 2.
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Beetleborgs / int_a8c6a317	type	Super-Strength
Beetleborgs / int_a8c6a317	comment	Trying to remove a curse from the archaeologists that unearthed Mums results in Drew losing his powers but not losing his suit. Without his Super Strength and the armor being powered, Drew can't move. A suit of Powered Armor tends to be very heavy when it's not functioning, especially for a young kid.
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Beetleborgs / int_a9de87d2	type	Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
Beetleborgs / int_a9de87d2	comment	Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Don't push Wolfie too far. He was the only monster to try to help the Beetleborgs when they were getting thrashed by Nukus. It didn't help much, but he was actually able to touch the guy, which the heroes couldn't.
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Beetleborgs / int_ac9f78d9	type	Jack of All Stats
Beetleborgs / int_ac9f78d9	comment	Jack of All Stats: Drew
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Beetleborgs / int_ad1db87c	type	Oh, Crap!
Beetleborgs / int_ad1db87c	comment	Oh, Crap!: This is Flabber's response (technically an "Uh-oh...") when he realizes the Magnavores have just escaped the Beetleborgs comic the kids brought with them.
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Beetleborgs / int_ad4a45be	type	Final Boss
Beetleborgs / int_ad4a45be	comment	Repgillian dishes one out to Roboborg and Boron individually.
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Beetleborgs / int_adfd3165	type	For the Evulz
Beetleborgs / int_adfd3165	comment	For the Evulz: The primary motivation of the villains is to simply be evil. After all, they're kid grade comic book villains. This leads to such petty activities as stealing pirate books from the library so that the heroes will get bad grades in their classes, or stealing a train because seeing a model one makes them think it would be a good idea. They have a secondary motivation in trying to seal shut the portal to the comic book universe, but their 2-D counterparts aren't mentioned to have any such complex goals. While Nukus is more serious, he has the same motive of being evil, in his case likely due to being a piece of concept art rather than a fleshed out character with deep motivations.
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Beetleborgs / int_ae853f28	type	Parody
Beetleborgs / int_ae853f28	comment	Parody: "The Ghost is Toast" is a very loose parody of Ghostbusters. Trip and Van hire a ghost exterminator named Dr. Buster Zapper to get rid of the supposed ghosts that are haunting Hillhurst. Dr. Zapper drives a car that is eerily similar to the Ecto-1, and is shown to have some sort of high tech contraption that can eliminate ghosts. Except the contraption doesn't actually work, and Dr. Zapper is ultimately terrified upon seeing that the monsters are real, revealing him to be a fraud.
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Beetleborgs / int_aec3d8b2	type	Expository Theme Tune
Beetleborgs / int_aec3d8b2	comment	Expository Theme Tune: Each rendition explains The Beetleborgs' situation in its respective season.
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Beetleborgs / int_afd181c7	type	Xtreme Kool Letterz
Beetleborgs / int_afd181c7	comment	Xtreme Kool Letterz: Metallix.
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Beetleborgs / int_affd30b0	type	Stupid Evil
Beetleborgs / int_affd30b0	comment	Stupid Evil: The house monsters will take any opportunity to try to eat the kids, even when the kids have JUST saved them from some dire fate. Of course, the kids all have civilian powers, which mean they can more than take care of themselves.
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Beetleborgs / int_b06bbf4b	type	Be Careful What You Wish For
Beetleborgs / int_b06bbf4b	comment	Be Careful What You Wish For: Right there in the premise; three typical average kids wanted to turn into their favorite comic book superheroes — which had the totally unintentional side effect of releasing the comic's bad guys, too.
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Beetleborgs / int_b2838e5c	type	Make Way for the New Villains
Beetleborgs / int_b2838e5c	comment	Make Way for the New Villains: At the end of Season 1, Nukus is brought to life by Vexor, only to come up with a plan that that culminates in all of the Magnavors being sent back to the comics. With the Magnavores gone, Nukus goes on to form his own team, the Crustaceans.
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Beetleborgs / int_b38b6147	type	Science Fantasy
Beetleborgs / int_b38b6147	comment	Science Fantasy: A magical ghost grants three kids high tech armor and weapons to fight monsters.
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Beetleborgs / int_b707726f	type	Hypocritical Humor
Beetleborgs / int_b707726f	comment	Hypocritical Humor: Count Fangula hates fleas because they drink blood from unsuspecting victims. Apparently, only some parasites can pull that off.
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Beetleborgs / int_b8cbdffb	type	Celestial Bureaucracy
Beetleborgs / int_b8cbdffb	comment	Celestial Bureaucracy: The Beetleborgs version of vampirism is somewhere between this and a pyramid scheme.
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Beetleborgs / int_b8e3f20a	type	Demoted to Extra
Beetleborgs / int_b8e3f20a	comment	Demoted to Extra: The Scabs, the Magnavores' Mooks, are barely used compared to other Saban Toku series. Jagul was one of the main antagonists in Juukou B-Fighter. Her counterpart, Hypnomaniac, is reduced to a Monster of the Week. Mother Melzard was the Big Bad of B-Fighter Kabuto, but is reduced to three minor appearances in Beetleborgs Metallix — once as the in-comic mother of a Monster of the Week (who is then summoned from the comic by Nukus) and twice as a Monster of the Week (once in her original form and once in her final form).
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Beetleborgs / int_b97a2fa7	type	Forced Transformation
Beetleborgs / int_b97a2fa7	comment	Forced Transformation: When Flabber grants the kids' wish to become Beetleborgs, he accidentally turns them into rats. Fortunately, he corrects his mistake immediately. In "Cat-tastrophy", Drew gradually turns into a cat-like creature after getting exposed to the volatile monster Fire Cat. In "It's a Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad World", Jo accidentally drinks an evil potion, which causes her to uncontrollably change back and forth between her normal self and a Jekyll & Hyde-esque form. Ghoulem is later exposed to the same potion, which causes him to grow larger in size and change in appearance. In "Jo's Strange Change", a miscast spell from Wolfie alters Jo's physical appearance, causing her to look like a completely different person. As Flabber is unable to counter the spell, Jo's altered appearance ends up being permanent. Flabber eventually manages to cast a spell that causes most people see Jo as she used to look, but it has no effect on anyone who happened to see the spell being cast — including the viewers. The meta reason for this was due to the casting change of Jo's actress.
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Beetleborgs / int_bd8b2b0b	type	To Serve Man
Beetleborgs / int_bd8b2b0b	comment	To Serve Man: The monsters often try to eat the kids but this is, played for laughs. If it wasn't for "Blood Light", Fangula would probably starve to death.
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Beetleborgs / int_bdc94cd9	type	Compressed Adaptation
Beetleborgs / int_bdc94cd9	comment	Compressed Adaptation: Averted for season 1, which matches Juukou B-Fighter's count of 53 episodes precisely. Played straight, however, for season 2, which was given 35 episodes to B-Fighter Kabuto's 50.
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Beetleborgs / int_c313d43a	type	True Companions
Beetleborgs / int_c313d43a	comment	True Companions: The Monsters are constantly trying to eat the kids, and the kids will prank them in self defense, but when something threatens one group or the other, they will do their best to protect each other. They have a strange friendship.
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Beetleborgs / int_c505d6ec	type	Missing Reflection
Beetleborgs / int_c505d6ec	comment	Missing Reflection: Used for a sight gag. Flabber hands Fangula a mirror, saying it will show what you see when you look up "obnoxious" in a dictionary. Fangula, of course, doesn't have a reflection, so the intended insult falls flat.
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Beetleborgs / int_c6b8d37a	type	Cliffhanger
Beetleborgs / int_c6b8d37a	comment	Cliffhanger: This trope is weaponized in universe with Cyber Serpent. He's from a two part issue and only part one has been released at the time he's summoned, so not only is he way stronger than the Beetleborgs can deal with at the time, they have no knowledge of his weakness to beat him with. They have to resort to a method their comics' selves don't have to defeat him: tricking him into stepping on the comic and opening a portal directly underneath him.
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Beetleborgs / int_cc3c365f	type	Goofy Print Underwear
Beetleborgs / int_cc3c365f	comment	Goofy Print Underwear: A recurring theme, occurring more than once in the first episode. Count Fangula's underwear has little bats.
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Beetleborgs / int_cd218d63	type	Swiss-Army Gun
Beetleborgs / int_cd218d63	comment	Swiss-Army Gun: Each Beetleborg in season 1 carried the Sonic Laser, a gun with a 10-key keypad that can fire different lasers and effects. In season 2, they carry the Data Lasers, which fires different ammo and effects depending on the Input Card inserted inside.
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Beetleborgs / int_ce6555f0	type	Lighter and Softer
Beetleborgs / int_ce6555f0	comment	Lighter and Softer: Compared to Saban's other live-action works, such as Power Rangers and VR Troopers, this series simply embraces its silliness and keeps a very lighthearted tone. Very much so compared to its source material Juukou B-Fighter. Despite its occasional silliness, B-Fighter is a superhero show that plays itself straight and generally has high stakes. The villains are shown to injure and even kill. Beetleborgs is pretty much a comedy series with some superheroing thrown in. The worst thing the villains do in the first season is the occaisional vandalism and petty theft.
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Beetleborgs / int_d2b59903	type	Cool Old Lady
Beetleborgs / int_d2b59903	comment	Cool Old Lady: Roland's grandmother, Nano.
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Beetleborgs / int_d397657d	type	Hoist by His Own Petard
Beetleborgs / int_d397657d	comment	Hoist by His Own Petard: Had Vexor never brought him to life in the first place, Nukus never could have devised a plan that culminated in Vexor and the other Magnavores getting sent back into the two-dimensional world.
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Beetleborgs / int_d4400a8	type	VanHelsingHateCrime
Beetleborgs / int_d4400a8	comment	Van Helsing Hate Crime: A preteen Vampire Hunter who sets his sights on Count Fangula.
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Beetleborgs / int_d6f052b4	type	Treasure Hunt Episode
Beetleborgs / int_d6f052b4	comment	Treasure Hunt Episode: "The Treasure of Hillhurst Mansion" involves a treasure hidden within Hillhurst, and multiple characters fighting over the map to it. The map leads to two chests, of which only one may be opened. The chest they pick contains slime, which only the monsters are interested in. Whether the other chest contained genuine treasure or not is never revealed.
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Beetleborgs / int_d9cf40fa	type	Screw This, I'm Outta Here
Beetleborgs / int_d9cf40fa	comment	Trip and Van leave during the Borgslayer fiasco to live on their dad's country estate, and aren't seen again. In this case, it's justified in-unverse: they'd had enough of the constant monster threats and were pulling a Screw This, I'm Outta Here.
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Beetleborgs / int_d9e48d0	type	Company Cross References
Beetleborgs / int_d9e48d0	comment	Company Cross References: The head of King Sphinx can be seen as a prop at Zoom Comics in many episodes. In "The Ghost is Toast", Creepy Crawlers, another Saban series to feature bug-themed heroes, is briefly seen on a TV.
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Beetleborgs / int_dabc7a46	type	Sixth Ranger
Beetleborgs / int_dabc7a46	comment	Fourth Beetleborg(s): Josh Baldwin in season 1, Astral Borgs in season 2.
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Beetleborgs / int_db6230b7	type	Lightning Bruiser
Beetleborgs / int_db6230b7	comment	Lightning Bruiser: Roland
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Beetleborgs / int_dbde0b49	type	Transformation Trinket
Beetleborgs / int_dbde0b49	comment	Transformation Trinket: The Beetle Bonders first, then the Data Bonders after the Metallix upgrade. For the latter, they'd need to insert different Input Cards. Both of the devices would also be used to summon their vehicles — voice command in Season 1, and both via voice and Input Cards in Season 2.
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Beetleborgs / int_dda34434	type	Japanese Beetle Brothers
Beetleborgs / int_dda34434	comment	Japanese Beetle Brothers, rounded out by a ladybug.
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Beetleborgs / int_de70f5a4	type	Continuity Cameo
Beetleborgs / int_de70f5a4	comment	Continuity Cameo: Janperson (renamed "Karato") makes a cameo in "Convention Dimension" alongside his rival Gun Gibson (as "Silver Ray") and his nemesis Bill Goldy (as "Goldex"). Since Tokusou Robo Janperson was never adapted into an Americanized series, his cameo is treated as another fictional superhero who lives in his own universe, much like the Beetleborgs themselves.
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Beetleborgs / int_df33a778	type	For Halloween, I Am Going as Myself
Beetleborgs / int_df33a778	comment	At the convention, the kids try to get in as the Beetleborgs since Art Fortunes is a special guest. While it works, the staff gets suspicious at the presence of a second set of 'actors' running around.
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Beetleborgs / int_e01bf9f9	type	Flashback with the Other Darrin
Beetleborgs / int_e01bf9f9	comment	Flashback with the Other Darrin: Once the character of Jo was recast, the first part of the opening sequence that shows the kids inside Hillhurst and initially becoming Beetleborgs was reshot with Brittany Konarzewski standing in for Shannon Chandler.
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Beetleborgs / int_e236af66	type	Who Would Want to Watch Us?
Beetleborgs / int_e236af66	comment	Who Would Want to Watch Us?: In "Lights, Camera, Too Much Action", the movie director briefly ponders, making a movie about "kids who become superheroes and save the world." He then decides it's ridiculous.
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Beetleborgs / int_e303d198	type	Whole-Plot Reference
Beetleborgs / int_e303d198	comment	Whole-Plot Reference: The episode "Buggin' Out" had Flabber conjure himself a transporter booth... And then a fly (actually the monster Kombat Knat) got in.
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Beetleborgs / int_e36da329	type	Care-Bear Stare
Beetleborgs / int_e36da329	comment	Care-Bear Stare: In "Christmas Bells and Phasm's Spells", Flabber spreads some Holiday Cheer to make the Hillhurst Monsters exceptionally friendly. It only works during the Christmas season, however.
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Beetleborgs / int_e38b0f45	type	Snake Oil Salesman
Beetleborgs / int_e38b0f45	comment	Snake Oil Salesman: "Dr. Buster Zapper" in the first season claims to be a ghost hunter; in truth, he's a con artist.
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Beetleborgs / int_e5066b68	type	11th-Hour Superpower
Beetleborgs / int_e5066b68	comment	The episode "Norman Nussbaum: Vampire Hunter" had one for the Beetleborgs and the Mansion monsters respectively. The Magnavores give a pretty brutal beatdown to the Beetleborgs outside that almost culminates in an execution before the Borgs catch their second wind (which is honestly kinda disturbing given that they are children) while Norman uses his monster-hunting smarts to drive off the mansion denizens one by one in his hunt for Fang.
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Beetleborgs / int_e6291d05	type	Percussive Maintenance
Beetleborgs / int_e6291d05	comment	Percussive Maintenance: A rare use of this on a living (sort of) being — the Metallix episode "Enter the Dragonborg" has Flabber get zapped by the Mantrons, which results in his usual energetic personality turning dull and listless, and his powers going on the fritz (and as a consequence, the main Beetleborgs can't borg). Little Ghoul later turns to this trope to solve the problem, restoring him to normal when she smacks his bottom with his Phasm Handbook.
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Beetleborgs / int_e6f18344	type	Humongous Mecha
Beetleborgs / int_e6f18344	comment	Humongous Mecha: Gargantis is a non-humanoid example in the first season, as he is a giant Hercules beetle. Roboborg and his Evil Counterpart Boron are this in the second season, playing it more straight as they are humanoids.
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Beetleborgs / int_e75d4959	type	Wake Up, Go to School & Save the World
Beetleborgs / int_e75d4959	comment	Wake Up, Go to School, Save the World: The kids still have to handle their civilian lives in between monster attacks.
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Beetleborgs / int_e9604359	type	Monster of the Week
Beetleborgs / int_e9604359	comment	One Monster of the Week disguises himself as the trainer Hurt-Ulese, whose Austrian accent and constantly quoting "I'll be back" is obviously based on Arnold Schwarzenegger. Fun thing to note is that Arnold's first movie role was the titular Hercules in the film Hercules in New York.
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Beetleborgs / int_ea2e9f2d	type	No Ending
Beetleborgs / int_ea2e9f2d	comment	No Ending: Like VR Troopers before it, once the B-Fighter footage ran out, the show was over. Metallix ends with the heroes in charge of BOTH Humongous Mecha and holding effectively all the power-ups and MacGuffins they were fighting over. Les Fortunes also quits working with Nukus. But, most notably, Nukus and his gang are never actually defeated.
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Beetleborgs / int_eb7c34cf	type	Crossover
Beetleborgs / int_eb7c34cf	comment	Crossover: With Power Rangers Turbo in Saban Powerhouse magazine.
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Beetleborgs / int_eba6a077	type	Cain and Abel
Beetleborgs / int_eba6a077	comment	Cain and Abel: The Fortunes brothers, Art and Les.
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Beetleborgs / int_eff83d77	type	Mundane Utility
Beetleborgs / int_eff83d77	comment	Mundane Utility: The kids often use their civilian powers to get tasks done faster and for mundane things, as well as to fight. Flabber often uses his Reality Warper powers for various things.
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Beetleborgs / int_f0089082	type	Early-Bird Cameo
Beetleborgs / int_f0089082	comment	Early-Bird Cameo: Wolfie doesn't arrive in Charterville until the sixth episode. Despite this, he is incorporated into the opening credits in a way that make it seem like he's at Hillhurst when the kids are initially exploring the place. He also appears during the closing credits of episodes 3 and 4.
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Beetleborgs / int_f0508c08	type	Decomposite Character
Beetleborgs / int_f0508c08	comment	Decomposite Character: In the original Juukou B-Fighter, Sorceress Jagul has two forms. In Beetleborgs, they're adapted into two separate characters, with her head being used for the monster Hypnomaniac (along with parts from two other monster costumes, all combined with a generic monster body) while her "Destruction God" form becomes Borgslayer. In B-Fighter Kabuto, the Gidorbas are giant worm-like tanks that can transform into and back from the Fly Gidorbas. In the U.S. version, they're treated as the separate Worm Tanks and Crustacean Jet Fighters.
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Beetleborgs / int_f08f8f89	type	Comedic Underwear Exposure
Beetleborgs / int_f08f8f89	comment	Comedic Underwear Exposure: In episode 2 ("Beetle Rock, part 2"), the very first time Drew uses his Stinger Blade, it's to slash Fangula's trousers and expose his boxer shorts, to the amusement of the three new Beetleborgs and Flabber.
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Beetleborgs / int_f110c25	type	Self-Destructive Charge
Beetleborgs / int_f110c25	comment	Self-Destructive Charge: At the conclusion of the Shadowborg arc, Vexor comes down to deal with the Beetleborgs himself. At first he blasts them away, but they steel their resolve and charge at him, straight through his lighting blasts. They manage to impale him with their weapons, causing him to explode. The borgs are fine. Unfortunately, so is Vexor.
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Beetleborgs / int_f25b1ae6	type	Unskilled, but Strong
Beetleborgs / int_f25b1ae6	comment	Josh's White Blaster Beetleborg powers are explicitly made to defeat Shadowborg... but as Shadowborg points out, he's also the least experienced of the lot, having literally only been one for a few minutes. As a result while he fairs better than the Power Trio did and actually injures Shadowborg, he can't take him one on one and only manages to barely snatch the gems containing the other three's stolen powers by the skin of his teeth.
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Beetleborgs / int_f4fd424c	type	All Your Base Are Belong to Us
Beetleborgs / int_f4fd424c	comment	All Your Base Are Belong to Us: Subverted. Both groups of villains easily and frequently enter Hillhurst as if they own the place already, but it never seems to occur to them that they can destroy the place without any effort due to this. Shadowborg, however, does threaten to if the Beetleborgs don't face him.
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Beetleborgs / int_f511ea9b	type	Product Placement
Beetleborgs / int_f511ea9b	comment	Product Placement: The entire "Convention Dimension" episode takes place at San Diego Comic Con, with the only other costumed characters seen coming from either other shows on Fox Kids (The Tick, X-Men: The Animated Series) or shows dubbed by Saban (Samurai Pizza Cats).
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Beetleborgs / int_f51c5f3c	type	Never Say "Die"
Beetleborgs / int_f51c5f3c	comment	Never Say "Die": This show is even more lighthearted than its parent show Power Rangers in this regard, as monsters aren't destroyed, but "send back to the comics". Technically that is what happens and it is why Vexor wants to seal the portal but it is still kid-friendly.
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Beetleborgs / int_f6254414	type	Cute Bruiser
Beetleborgs / int_f6254414	comment	Cute Bruiser: Jo. The youngest member of the trio, and the only girl, is the one with super-strength.
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Beetleborgs / int_f9efdf10	type	More than Three Dimensions
Beetleborgs / int_f9efdf10	comment	More than Three Dimensions: Flabber is mentioned as being from the 7th dimension. The plant he gives Roland in one episode is from the 4th dimension.
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Beetleborgs / int_f9f2c33	type	Running Gag
Beetleborgs / int_f9f2c33	comment	Running Gag: The kids get chased by the Hillhurst Monsters by running around in a circle.
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Beetleborgs / int_fc151e9d	type	Department of Redundancy Department
Beetleborgs / int_fc151e9d	comment	Department of Redundancy Department: The theme song refers to the heroes as 'three typical average kids'.
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Beetleborgs / int_fcadd0e3	type	Impact Silhouette
Beetleborgs / int_fcadd0e3	comment	Impact Silhouette: In episode 2 ("Beetle Rock, part 2"), after the core trio use their new powers to fend off Fangula, Mums and Frankenbeans and then promise the trio that "If they'll leave us alone, we'll leave them alone", prompting the monsters to say it's a deal. The three then call for a retreat, turn around and run away, leaving their silhouettes in the wall they crashed through in the process.
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Beetleborgs / int_fe0330fb	type	Brick Joke
Beetleborgs / int_fe0330fb	comment	Brick Joke: In her debut, Jara mentions that she can't eat because her mouth doesn't move. Later on in the series a pizza guy mentions she 'tried to eat with her mouth closed.'
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Beetleborgs / int_ff4d5bd5	type	Monster Roommate
Beetleborgs / int_ff4d5bd5	comment	Monster Roommate: The heroes get their powers from a benign entity apparently confined to a house also populated by more hostile monsters.
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Beetleborgs / int_ffa0483f	type	Cut Short
Beetleborgs / int_ffa0483f	comment	Cut Short: The Beetleborgs never got to defeat the Crustaceans due to the show running out of B-Fighter Kabuto footage. Ironic, considering all three were killed off in the source footage (Dezzle/Vilor before the final battle with Jadow Mothera and Raija/Nukus and Miolra/Horribelle afterward).
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Beetleborgs	hasFeature	A Lizard Named "Liz" / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	Art Initiates Life / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	Ascended Fanboy / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	Bedsheet Ghost / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	Beige Prose / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	Benevolent Genie / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	Blade Below the Shoulder / int_6c31c39f
BobPapenbrook	seeAlso	Beetleborgs
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	Boxing Kangaroo / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	By the Power of Grayskull! / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	Chess with Death / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	Creepy Centipedes / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	Cute Monster Girl / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	Daywalking Vampire / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	Discard and Draw / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	Dr. Fakenstein / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	Embarrassing Tattoo / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	Evil Knockoff / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	Fish People / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	Franken-X / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	Fur Against Fang / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	Good Feels Good / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	Haunted Headquarters / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	Hit Flash / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	Hurricane of Puns / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	I Wish It Were Real / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	Idea Bulb / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	Importation Expansion / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	Is the Answer to This Question "Yes"? / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	Japanese Beetle Brothers / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	Kid Hero / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	Lantern Jaw of Justice / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	Laser Blade / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	Literal Genie / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	Make a Wish / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	Maker of Monsters / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	Monster Mash / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	More Teeth than the Osmond Family / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	Mummy / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	New Season, New Name / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	Otaku Surrogate / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	Our Ghosts Are Different / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	Ponzi / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	Pungeon Master / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	Refugee from TV Land / int_6c31c39f
ReubenLangdon	seeAlso	Beetleborgs
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	Rewriting Reality / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	Sealed Army in a Can / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	Shouldn't We Be in School Right Now? / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	So Last Season / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	Summon Bigger Fish / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	Team Title / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	Terrible Trio / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	The Adjectival Superhero / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	The Nth Doctor / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	The Psycho Rangers / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	They Wasted a Perfectly Good Sandwich / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	Token Competent Minion / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	Tomboyish Baseball Cap / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	True Love's Kiss / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	Unusual Ears / int_6c31c39f
VRTroopers	seeAlso	Beetleborgs
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	Vampire Vords / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	Van Helsing Hate Crimes / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	Who You Gonna Call? / int_6c31c39f
Beetleborgs	hasFeature	Law of Chromatic Superiority / int_6c31c39f
beetleborgs	sameAs	Beetleborgs

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