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The Dreamstone

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The Dreamstone	comment	Cult CITV children's Animated Series from the early 1990s. Noted both for the quality of its animation and its Mike Batt soundtrack, including cameos from such unlikely people as Ozzy Osbourne and Billy Connolly.Almost every episode has basically the same plot: Zordrak, the Evil Overlord, sends three of his sympathetic Mooks, the Urpneys, across the dangerous zone between the Land of Dreams and the Land of Nightmares with the assistance of Mad Scientist Urpgor and his inventions, which tend to be pedal-powered. The Urpneys' task is to steal the Dreamstone, the mystical object through which the mysterious Dreammaker sends his dreams every night to the people of the Land of Dreams, and protects them from Zordrak's nightmares. They are thwarted every week by Rufus and Amberley, the Dreammaker's Noop assistants, occasionally with Pildit and the Wuts.Despite this, the series also played with story arcs and guest stars to shake up the basic plot. Four seasons were made (1990-1995) , after which the same team made a Spiritual Successor, the less-well known Bimble's Bucket.Aside from sporadic DVD and online releases of odd episodes, the show remained in obscurity for a while after airing, though the whole series (except for "The Daydream Bubble") is now available officially on Youtube courtesy of Monster Entertainment. A successful Kickstarter campaign has resulted in a simple tabletop miniatures game, and also a tabletop RPG (featuring locations and lore not featured in the show) that puts players in the tattered shoes of the hapless Urpneys as they try to fulfil Zordrak's evil whims - or rather, not fail at doing so badly enough that he kills them. A planned second Kickstarter will feature more miniatures (including a not-so-miniature Zordrak himself) and expansions fo the RPG featuring extraterrestrial locations, the Nightmare Stone and the ability to play as good and unaligned characters.Refer to the character sheet for more details.
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The Dreamstone / int_105f4bd9	type	Villain: Exit, Stage Left
The Dreamstone / int_105f4bd9	comment	Villain: Exit, Stage Left: The Urpneys always try to run off with the Dreamstone. Should it fail, they just try to run off. The heroes usually let them, but not always...
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The Dreamstone / int_113472aa	type	Miles Gloriosus
The Dreamstone / int_113472aa	comment	Miles Gloriosus: Sgt Blob has a very gung ho attitude, though often ends up panicing with his minions in the face of danger. The Noops are also sometimes shown to be less confident the odd moment the Urpneys stop being completely harmless (eg. they are more than willing to dish out punishment to two cowardly recruits, though run off screaming like banshees when they start growing from the side effect of a spell).
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The Dreamstone / int_1228314a	type	Strong as They Need to Be
The Dreamstone / int_1228314a	comment	Strong as They Need to Be: The heroes, in terms of power and competence, could range anywhere from completely outclassing the Urpneys to surviving on fate alone. Which extreme was used however, usually abided by whatever makes the Urpneys' downfall most comically painful.
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The Dreamstone / int_125a7a4e	type	Dream Weaver
The Dreamstone / int_125a7a4e	comment	Dream Weaver: The Dreammaker is a positive example; a flashback reveals that Zordrak was formerly one as well before his Start of Darkness, and even during the show he can arguably be considered a negative example, given he explicitly creates and sends forth nightmares to the world.
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The Dreamstone / int_1501e2dd	type	Hero Antagonist
The Dreamstone / int_1501e2dd	comment	Rufus himself fell victim to this to an extent. In the pilot, he was the central protagonist. In all later episodes, he is either a Hero Antagonist to the Urpneys or a Deuteragonist of equal or lower prominence than Amberley.
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The Dreamstone / int_16364a29	type	Evil Sounds Deep
The Dreamstone / int_16364a29	comment	Evil Sounds Deep: Zordrak. His voice actor once appeared on the British version of Win, Lose or Draw and terrified everyone. One CITV linking segment had the presenter trying to do the voice by speaking into an empty glass.
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The Dreamstone / int_171ef47c	type	Not-So-Harmless Villain
The Dreamstone / int_171ef47c	comment	Not-So-Harmless Villain: For all their blundering, the Urpneys did succeed in capturing the stone, and even bringing it back to Viltheed a frequent amount of times. It was merely preventing the heroes from stealing it back they had problems with. In many cases they aren't much more incompetent than the heroes, just much much more unlucky. While hardly a Harmless Villain, Zordrak's ambitions rarely expanded past giving the Noops bad dreams in early seasons. In "A Day Off" he expands his plans for the Dreamstone; to take it to the Nightmare Planet and corrupt it's powers into his own so he can be "Lord of the Universe". Suddenly, there's much higher stakes whenever he and the Urpneys near stealing the stone. "The Spidermobile" is a prime example for the Urpneys. Not only does Urpgor create a vehicle that is completely invulnerable to the heroes' magic, but Blob and his men handle it with competent precision and make off with the Dreamstone with little effort. The heroes actually rely on a well timed blunder by Zordrak to get it back this time.
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The Dreamstone / int_17330d6c	type	Terrible Trio
The Dreamstone / int_17330d6c	comment	Terrible Trio: The Urpneys (more specifically Sgt Blob, Frizz and Nug).
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The Dreamstone / int_177a6464	type	Genre Shift
The Dreamstone / int_177a6464	comment	Genre Shift: The show started off an adventure series with some genuinely dark scenes, but still a reasonable amount of self aware comic relief provided by the Urpneys. As they became more central characters than Zordrak and the heroes, the episodes became increasingly light hearted and tongue-in-cheek, with most of the later episodes leaning more as a fantasy comedy than anything else.
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The Dreamstone / int_178ca149	type	The Worf Effect
The Dreamstone / int_178ca149	comment	The Worf Effect: Rufus and Amberley were regularly overpowered by the villains in earlier episodes, though managed to better avoid this trope later on. The Wut army surprisingly tended to avoid this trope, though the penultimate episode finally had them fall victim to this against Urpgor's Spidermobile.
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The Dreamstone / int_183b52	type	Kafka Komedy
The Dreamstone / int_183b52	comment	Kafka Komedy: None of their attempts to shirk from duties or plead their innocence ever stop Frizz and Nug from being Press-Ganged into schemes and punished for being evil villains by the heroes.
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The Dreamstone / int_18d420b0	type	Lovable Coward
The Dreamstone / int_18d420b0	comment	Lovable Coward: Frizz, and to a lesser extent Nug (the fact they are villains doesn't alter this much).
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The Dreamstone / int_19e9b150	type	Diegetic Soundtrack Usage
The Dreamstone / int_19e9b150	comment	Diegetic Soundtrack Usage: Amberley can be heard humming "Better Than A Dream" in "Too Hot To Handle", as can Rufus at the start of "Spildit". A polka version is also heard in Zordrak's party in "Zarak".
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The Dreamstone / int_1a8dc238	type	Underestimating Badassery
The Dreamstone / int_1a8dc238	comment	Underestimating Badassery: Zigzagged. Most of the villains mock the heroes despite their competence over them, except for Frizz and Nug, who know damn well they're outmatched and spend almost every episode trying to avoid direct confrontation.
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The Dreamstone / int_1ae12b1d	type	Lesser Star
The Dreamstone / int_1ae12b1d	comment	Lesser Star: Rufus and Zordrak tend to be billed as the main hero and villain respectively and front a lot of artwork and merchandise for the show. However, while this was certainly supported in the pilot episode, in most episodes after, the Urpneys play the show's Villain Protagonists, with the former characters reduced to bit roles.
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The Dreamstone / int_1b89151e	type	Forgotten Phlebotinum
The Dreamstone / int_1b89151e	comment	Forgotten Phlebotinum: The Dream Maker and the Wuts often show enough unrestrained magical powers to dispose of the Urpneys (and even Zordrak) without even trying, but still almost always send Rufus and Amberley to do everything as their first strategy. Even more so, the Dream Maker has close contact with Planet Dreamstone, who disposed of Zordrak much more thoroughly in two instances. Despite this he only calls on it once during one of Zordrak's most ambitious plans, with Planet Dreamstone otherwise remaining a Greater-Scope Paragon. Similarly Zordrak always sends his incompetent Urpneys to steal the stone despite being a gargantuan terror and a powerful sorcerer in his own right. He even has a spell book that he Lampshades he never reads. Some of Urpgor's inventions come dead close to capturing the Dreamstone (and sometimes even temporary do). Some are reused, but not all of them. The Spidermobile in particular could overpower and restrain practically the entire hero cast even when they subverted this trope and used full force on it (granted this case was more justified, it's one appearance was the penultimate episode).
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The Dreamstone / int_1b9079be	type	Snooping Little Kid
The Dreamstone / int_1b9079be	comment	Snooping Little Kid: Rufus and Amberley, usually when trying to steal back the Dreamstone from the Urpneys. Often The Meddling Kids Are Useless in early episodes, though they become much more effective at it later in series.
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The Dreamstone / int_1bdbbbae	type	The Klutz
The Dreamstone / int_1bdbbbae	comment	The Klutz: Seems to be a common trait for Urpneys. Rufus is also a softer example.
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The Dreamstone / int_1c445e86	type	Poor Communication Kills
The Dreamstone / int_1c445e86	comment	Poor Communication Kills: Literally. The ongoing battles against Blob's team seem to commence solely because either Frizz and Nug never try to just explain they are The Drag-Along or because the heroes are too incensed by their unwilling shenanigans to notice. Given how much the former hate their job, it's liable this is the only thing preventing them making a Heelâ€“Face Turn.
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The Dreamstone / int_1c79ae8c	type	Those Two Guys
The Dreamstone / int_1c79ae8c	comment	Those Two Guys: Frizz and Nug or Rufus and Amberley, depending which side is getting the Sympathetic P.O.V..
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The Dreamstone / int_1c9537cd	type	The Main Characters Do Everything
The Dreamstone / int_1c9537cd	comment	The Main Characters Do Everything: Zordrak's Army of Urpneys measures thousands if not Tens of Thousands. He uses them en-masse in only a handful of episodes. For the rest of the entire run he just uses Blob, Frizz and Nug (and at a stretch, Urpgor). Never deviating to use more or try different ones despite their consistent failure. The Dream Maker almost always sends Rufus and Amberley to stop the Urpneys as plan A, only ever sending the more capable Wut army or himself should they get captured or defeated. Zigzagged since that does actually happen a fair few times throughout the series. It should be noted that Frizz and Nug have Lampshaded this on several occasions throughout the show. (The heroes less so, though it is Played for Laughs in "The Stowaways").
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The Dreamstone / int_1ccad9a3	type	Villain Song
The Dreamstone / int_1ccad9a3	comment	Villain Song: "War Song of the Urpneys" is usually only used as background music for scenes involving the villains, but it is actually performed by the Urpneys in the episode "Megattack" as they are preparing their attack on the Land of Dreams. The lyrics are basically a Badass Boast in song form, like any good military march, that not only brag about how powerful the Urpneys are (which is a lie), but also how they enjoy being evil (which is also a lie, that's the opposite of how the Urpneys actually feel.)
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The Dreamstone / int_1cf11f13	type	No Sympathy
The Dreamstone / int_1cf11f13	comment	No Sympathy: Frizz and Nug get this from everyone. The heroes don't care if they are Press-Ganged into taking their stone. Zordrak (conventionally) doesn't care what excuses they have for screwing up, and Blob and Urpgor certainly don't care if they're not up to being guinea pigs at this point in time.
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The Dreamstone / int_1d18887f	type	Pay Evil unto Evil
The Dreamstone / int_1d18887f	comment	Pay Evil unto Evil: See Kick Them While They Are Down above.
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The Dreamstone / int_1e2af48	type	Trapped in Villainy
The Dreamstone / int_1e2af48	comment	Trapped in Villainy: Most of the Urpneys are impersonal dim wits who only follow Zordrak's orders because of his tendency to turn Mooks into stone or feed them to his carnivorous pets should they annoy him. Granted it's not so much they have a conscience as much as they'd just prefer not to be sent out on dangerous missions with ridiculous gadgets in tow to steal from angry Noops and Wuts. It inverts Forced into Evil however, as one episode makes clear they'd rather stay with Zordrak than get thrown out and fend for themselves, even sabotaging one of Zordrak's schemes so he won't relieve them off their duties.
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The Dreamstone / int_1e42a412	type	Cower Power
The Dreamstone / int_1e42a412	comment	Cower Power: Frizz and Nug's default position behind Blob whenever the heroes corner them.
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The Dreamstone / int_1e7487cd	type	Breaking the Fourth Wall
The Dreamstone / int_1e7487cd	comment	Breaking the Fourth Wall: The Urpneys issue Aside Glances and snarky remarks to the screen more than a few times. Zordrak of all people gives us a cheesy wink in "Return Of The Nightmare Stone".
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The Dreamstone / int_1ec3eb0a	type	Take Our Word for It
The Dreamstone / int_1ec3eb0a	comment	Take Our Word for It: The cast speak excessively about the joy caused by the Dreammaker's good dreams and the distress caused by Zordrak's nightmares. We see said dreams onscreen only a handful of such occasions, and a nightmare only once. Otherwise what they present is left to the viewers' imagination.
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The Dreamstone / int_1ee7d1e5	type	A Taste of Defeat
The Dreamstone / int_1ee7d1e5	comment	A Taste of Defeat: "The Dream Beam Invasion" is the only episode to end with the Noops being outsmarted by the Urpneys (see below). They also were successfully granted nightmares a handful of times (even if they usually got some form of revenge by the end of the episode). Though the Urpneys still fail at their mission, the Noops suffer a Downer Ending from their collateral damage in "Mr Blossom's Present" and "Little Urpip". Half the village is also left in ruins in "The Monster", though the heroes take it incredibly nonchalantly.
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The Dreamstone / int_200c009a	type	Mook Lieutenant
The Dreamstone / int_200c009a	comment	Mook Lieutenant: Sgt Blob.
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The Dreamstone / int_20314beb	type	Cousin Oliver
The Dreamstone / int_20314beb	comment	Cousin Oliver: Spildit to some extent. She avoids breaking the dynamic too much by making only the occasional appearance however.
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The Dreamstone / int_20b2adb6	type	For Great Justice
The Dreamstone / int_20b2adb6	comment	For Great Justice: The intro as well as the heroes themselves took a very hammy approach with this. Keep in mind that the context mostly equates to punishing The Drag Alongs, the Urpneys for sabotaging dreams.
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The Dreamstone / int_21269857	type	Villain Ball Magnet
The Dreamstone / int_21269857	comment	Villain Ball Magnet: Frizz and Nug abhor their role as Zordrak's minions, having to be Press-Ganged into every mission (or worse, threatened with death), and usually pleading to escape their horrible position throughout the entire episode. The heroes are perfectly convinced they're pure evil.
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The Dreamstone / int_21f60711	type	Good Is Not Soft
The Dreamstone / int_21f60711	comment	Good Is Not Soft: The Land of Dreams, despite being a Sugar Bowl in every other regard, is actually far more prone to violence than the Urpneys, and can get darkly creative in punishing those that try to steal their stone. And no, Frizz and Nug, being The Drag-Along isn't a clause out of it either.
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The Dreamstone / int_239e52c1	type	DiminishingVillainThreat
The Dreamstone / int_239e52c1	comment	Diminishing Villain Threat: While Zordrak was nearly always dormant in his lair, he started off a calculating villain who was invested in the army's schemes and occasionally took matters into his own hands. Shortly into Season Two, Zordrak becomes exclusively an Orcus on His Throne, having no other role than ranting at Urpgor to think up another plan. The pilot is a stark contrast to the Harmless Villain dynamic of most later episodes, where Rufus is clearly the underdog and put in genuine mortal peril. Zordrak at least regained some cred by Season Three, in which he upgrades his motives from merely giving Noops bad dreams to using the Dreamstone to enhance his evil powers and become "LORD OF THE UNIVERRRSE!!!", making the heroes more genuinely on the hot seat should they ever lose the stone. Odd Season Four episodes also gave him some degree of involvement, even if he was still largely an Orcus on His Throne.
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The Dreamstone / int_25a31943	type	Slave Mooks
The Dreamstone / int_25a31943	comment	Slave Mooks: The Urpneys seem to be this, fear of Zordrak usually being the only thing that drives them into villainous acts.
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The Dreamstone / int_25f33d8	type	Sick Episode
The Dreamstone / int_25f33d8	comment	Sick Episode: "Albert's Ailment" for the title character.
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The Dreamstone / int_260926c3	type	Failure Is the Only Option
The Dreamstone / int_260926c3	comment	Failure Is the Only Option: Zordrak getting the Dreamstone, or at the very least holding onto it long enough to do anything very constructive with it.
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The Dreamstone / int_2673425b	type	Kid Hero
The Dreamstone / int_2673425b	comment	Rufus and Amberley went from slightly blundering Kid Heroes in the first season to luck-prone incompetents in the second. Resultantly, the adult heroes changed from wise mentors if still flawed themselves, to all knowing, all powerful babysitters. This dynamic was gradually reversed back in Seasons Three and Four.
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The Dreamstone / int_26fa627a	type	Elephant in the Living Room
The Dreamstone / int_26fa627a	comment	Elephant in the Living Room: Most of the Urpneys are The Drag-Along to Zordrak's regime (and were explicitly shown to get executed if they didn't meet his demands in early episodes). Frizz and Nug in particular tend to plead their case rather openly as well and spend more of the plot trying to get out of a scheme than help set it off. The heroes and everyone else regardless think they're pure evil and pay no attention.
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The Dreamstone / int_2726d167	type	The World Is Just Awesome
The Dreamstone / int_2726d167	comment	The World Is Just Awesome: In Rufus' dream from the first episode (also used as the outro), but mainly about the Dreamstone Planet rather than the unnamed planet on which the action takes place.
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The Dreamstone / int_27a42ebc	type	Spiritual Successor
The Dreamstone / int_27a42ebc	comment	Spiritual Successor: Bimble's Bucket.
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The Dreamstone / int_281f09d0	type	Defanged Horrors
The Dreamstone / int_281f09d0	comment	Defanged Horrors: The Argorribles are spooky but ineffectual ghoul like creatures who create nightmares (which we only see in one episode and similarly produce variations of this trope). Though their wrath doesn't ever exceed that, they are feared by the heroes, their presence always occupied by a sinister Leitmotif and their unsettling slithering around their sleeping victims. Zordrak, who is intimidating but thoroughly ineffective outside comedic abuse towards his Urpney mooks, arguably also qualifies. Similarly he applies as The Dreaded to the hero ensemble.
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The Dreamstone / int_28a5213a	type	Small Name, Big Ego
The Dreamstone / int_28a5213a	comment	Small Name, Big Ego: No one appreciates the level of Urpgor's genius!
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The Dreamstone / int_2a02e5c9	type	Guile Hero
The Dreamstone / int_2a02e5c9	comment	Guile Hero: Rufus and Amberley gradually get the hang of this as the series goes on, by Season Four, they regularly divert the Urpneys' plans through trickery.
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The Dreamstone / int_2a090d00	type	Lampshade Hanging
The Dreamstone / int_2a090d00	comment	It should be noted that Frizz and Nug have Lampshaded this on several occasions throughout the show. (The heroes less so, though it is Played for Laughs in "The Stowaways").
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The Dreamstone / int_2a44899	type	Plot Armor
The Dreamstone / int_2a44899	comment	Plot Armor: The Urpneys are depicted as having a High Turnover Rate from the opening moments of the show, with Blob, Frizz and Nug promoted to the "Elite Squad" after Zordrak executed their predecessor. Much Black Comedy is made throughout the series about the same fate awaiting them, though no dire situation causes anything more than Amusing Injuries for them. Handwaved in later episodes, which imply the main reason they've outlasted any other Urpney is because both Zordrak and the heroes have started to find offing them counter productive.
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The Dreamstone / int_2ae29c0d	type	The Dreaded
The Dreamstone / int_2ae29c0d	comment	Zordrak, who is intimidating but thoroughly ineffective outside comedic abuse towards his Urpney mooks, arguably also qualifies. Similarly he applies as The Dreaded to the hero ensemble.
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The Dreamstone / int_2bbe31c9	type	Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant
The Dreamstone / int_2bbe31c9	comment	Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant: Nug is an in-universe supplier of Fridge Horror, often inadvertantly scaring Frizz stiff with his unsettling predictions of the terrible situations they end up in.
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The Dreamstone / int_2cf48b40	type	Ornamental Weapon
The Dreamstone / int_2cf48b40	comment	Ornamental Weapon: Both Rufus and the Urpneys wear swords on their belts that are never used (Rufus uses his lightly in the first two episodes). When they are redesigned for the second season, they cut the formalities and just get rid of them.
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The Dreamstone / int_2d40db	type	WeNeedADiversion
The Dreamstone / int_2d40db	comment	We Need a Diversion: Zordrak orders Blob's men to do so (pretty much by just doing their usual doomed attempt at taking the stone) as he prepares to invade in "Megattack".
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The Dreamstone / int_2e528f4e	type	What Measure Is a Non-Cute?
The Dreamstone / int_2e528f4e	comment	What Measure Is a Non-Cute?: Deconstructed. While the allegiances are kept the same, the slovenly human-like Urpneys are Punch Clock Villain Protagonists while the cutesy bunny-like Noops are Hero Antagonists. Zordrak on the other hand, is as hideous and as evil as they come.
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The Dreamstone / int_2e8875f0	type	Misplaced Retribution
The Dreamstone / int_2e8875f0	comment	Misplaced Retribution: Kicks off "The Statue Collection." In the midst of bullying Blob again, Urpgor ends up shoving him into a ladder, setting off a chain reaction that destroys all of Zordrak's statues. Blob, Frizz, and Nug take the blame and are tasked with capturing Pildit to replace the destroyed Pildit the First statue. Karma (literally) falls on Urpgor in the end however. Several episodes can apply for this, given Frizz and Nug are very often sent to harass the heroes under protest or because Zordrak will kill them if they don't. In many episodes they do far more whining than actually contributing to schemes. The heroes couldn't really care less, viewing all Urpneys as evil, and usually beat them mercilessly and send them to their fate with Zordrak for trying to spoil their dreams. Later episodes tended to try to downplay this trope so the heroes looked less mean spirited, though the dynamic is still the same.
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The Dreamstone / int_2ef005ab	type	Vocal Evolution
The Dreamstone / int_2ef005ab	comment	Vocal Evolution: Several characters evolve slightly: Urpgor sounds more gravelly and low pitched early on, becoming more helium pitched and hammy throughout the first season. The Dream Maker sounds more gruff and relaxed originally. Amberley also sounds slightly deeper as the show progresses due to her actress ageing. In contrast Rufus got a bit more squeaker pitched.
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The Dreamstone / int_2f50c5bf	type	Theme Music Power-Up
The Dreamstone / int_2f50c5bf	comment	Theme Music Power-Up: Inverted in "Albert's Ailment", where Frizz and Nug are subjected to a brutal Humiliation Conga at the hands of three very angry magic flying leaves...while the full vocal version of the Urpney theme plays in the background. Played more straight in "The Dream Beam Invasion" when they start growing inside a dream and get to chase off Rufus, Amberley and Albert for once, as the instrumental theme plays in the background. "Better Than A Dream" (and variations of) is occasionally used whenever the heroes get to business.
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The Dreamstone / int_30ab0aa1	type	Worldbuilding
The Dreamstone / int_30ab0aa1	comment	Worldbuilding: Done more gradually early on, though by the third and especially the fourth season it is done in more rapid pace, due to the drift in formula and the Noops' increased Sympathetic P.O.V., with more development into the dream making process (and the actual dreams being shown slightly more often), and a far more frequent amount of travelling to other areas of the Sleeping World or even other planets, which commonly led to the revelation of other beings significant in the main cast's livelihood such as Urpgor's relatives or the Wottles preserving the dream-bottle forest.
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The Dreamstone / int_311500f5	type	Breaking Old Trends
The Dreamstone / int_311500f5	comment	Breaking Old Trends: Done to a subtle degree with Season Four and parts of Season Three, which play around with the usual formula more often, having outside worlds and characters involved more often and sometimes giving more Sympathetic P.O.V. to the Noops over the Urpneys. The heroes are also seen dealing with other villains more regularly, even if the Urpneys are often still involved in some way.
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The Dreamstone / int_3184dfaa	type	Revenge Myopia
The Dreamstone / int_3184dfaa	comment	Revenge Myopia: The heroes couldn't really care less if most of the Urpneys are Press-Ganged into taking their stone, let alone if most early failures or revolts led to execution by Zordrak. It's no excuse to be going around ruining good dreams. Obviously the show tried to downplay this aspect at it progressed,
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The Dreamstone / int_32da548d	type	Arch-Enemy
The Dreamstone / int_32da548d	comment	Arch-Enemy: Reconstructed. The plot is mainly pivoted by the war between the Dream Maker and Zordrak, however, par a handful of episodes, their rivalry is mostly indirect. Most of the time the show itself involves the latter's assistants, Sgt. Blob, Frizz and Nug, playing Arch Enemy to the former's, Rufus and Amberley.
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The Dreamstone / int_32da91b8	type	Out of Focus
The Dreamstone / int_32da91b8	comment	Out of Focus: As the show progressed, the episodes revolved more consistently around "Rufus and Amberley vs Blob, Frizz and Nug". As such most of the other hero characters (especially Pildit) appeared less frequently, while Zordrak, the Big Bad himself, had rarely any involvement outside odd Bad Boss banter. Rufus himself fell victim to this to an extent. In the pilot, he was the central protagonist. In all later episodes, he is either a Hero Antagonist to the Urpneys or a Deuteragonist of equal or lower prominence than Amberley.
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The Dreamstone / int_331d9f32	type	Silent Snarker
The Dreamstone / int_331d9f32	comment	Silent Snarker: Albert
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The Dreamstone / int_34dcfc96	type	Kick the Dog
The Dreamstone / int_34dcfc96	comment	Kick the Dog: While usually Pragmatic Villains (or to pitiful to be any worse), their were very rare occasions the Urpneys committed callous acts on their own free will. In "Electric Eggs" for example, they trip Rufus and Amberley into the Sea Of Destruction for laughs, almost drowning them. Blob literally Kicks The Dogfish in "The Statue Collection".
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The Dreamstone / int_35129b4f	type	Never Recycle Your Schemes
The Dreamstone / int_35129b4f	comment	Never Recycle Your Schemes: Partially averted. While the villains' overall plans are usually different each episode, strategies are sometimes reused and many of Urpgor's inventions are used recurringly throughout the series (some of which are even modified). "The Return Of The Nightmare Stone", as expected, revolves around the villains trying to reacquire the Nightmare Stone from a previous episode. In "Megattack" when thinking how to deal with the Urpneys, Rufus suggests using his fake Dreamstone from a previous episode. The other heroes give him a Death Glare as if to insinuate this trope (though the Dream Maker does use the idea again in the series finale).
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The Dreamstone / int_3517000d	type	Mad Scientist
The Dreamstone / int_3517000d	comment	While Urpgor was always the Mad Scientist and Sitcom Arch-Nemesis of Sgt Blob and his men, he was a fairly minor character in the first season, usually just serving as another bullying authority figure. The second season episode "Urpgor's Island" however, reveals that Urpgor does all the scheme processing in Viltheed and has to answer to Zordrak whenever Blob screws up a mission. This episode and many after give more Sympathetic P.O.V. to Urpgor and his neuroses trying to maintain stability in one of his schemes and stop Blob's squad ruining them, making him much more central to plots.
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The Dreamstone / int_354f7d1c	type	TheresNoKillLikeOverkill
The Dreamstone / int_354f7d1c	comment	There's No Kill like Overkill: When Zordrak tires of you, he'll turn you into stone. And then he'll throw you into a pit of carnivorous monsters to have your stone body devoured. According to Zordrak there's more even after that.
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The Dreamstone / int_35543514	type	Just Eat Gilligan
The Dreamstone / int_35543514	comment	Just Eat Gilligan: Much as Zordrak always puts the incompetent Sgt. Blob and his "elite squad" in charge of stealing the Dreamstone or inflicting some other evil plan (which Urpgor ceaselessly lampshades), the near omnipotent Dream Maker always sends in the powerless children, Rufus and Amberley to stop them, himself or the powerful guardian Wuts often very easily saving the day only after the Noops usually fail. On countless occasions a lot of time could be saved if they just took action first. The large part of the conflict in the show is completely reliant on Zordrak's army being forcibly drafted, with none of them attempting to escape and the heroes themselves maintaining a blind eye to their unwillingness, assured all Urpneys are evil. Frizz and Nug do muse over a Heelâ€“Face Turn on several occasions, though lack the backbone to go about it. The one exception when an attempt at liberating the army was made involved a Heelâ€“Face Brainwashing.
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The Dreamstone / int_35f4f6	type	Karmic Butt-Monkey
The Dreamstone / int_35f4f6	comment	Karmic Butt-Monkey: Urpgor is arguably the one genuinely evil Urpney Zordrak has, being treacherous, bullying and sometimes just outright psychotic towards other Mooks below him. He also seems to get the most abuse from his master and tends to suffer just as much as the others in failed schemes.
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The Dreamstone / int_35f57671	type	Minion with an F in Evil
The Dreamstone / int_35f57671	comment	Minion with an F in Evil: The Urpneys are portrayed as meek bumblers, usually only victimizing the Land Of Dreams out of fear of Zordrak's wrath. Blob is the only Urpney highly vehement on stealing the Dreamstone and even he is more a loyal and gung-ho soldier than outright malicious for the large part. Indeed, it's arguable that his gung-ho attitude is mainly motivated by his desire to avoid ending up in the Frazznat pit, as happened to his predecessor in the first episode.
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The Dreamstone / int_389f6c7b	type	Sugary Malice
The Dreamstone / int_389f6c7b	comment	Sugary Malice: At which point they often inflict this.
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The Dreamstone / int_38f3321	type	Compelling Voice
The Dreamstone / int_38f3321	comment	Compelling Voice: "The Voice of Zordrak", in the episode of the same name, is a little Zordrak pendant that hypnotizes whoever looks at it, apparently using nothing more than a recording of Zordrak's voice saying "deep sleep" over and over.
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The Dreamstone / int_392372f9	type	Actor Allusion
The Dreamstone / int_392372f9	comment	Actor Allusion: In one episode, Frizz briefly crossdresses as Amberley in order to deliver exploding candles to the Dreammaker. Melvyn Hayes previously played another crossdresser in It Ain't Half Hot, Mum (although Beaumont did it on a regular basis).
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The Dreamstone / int_3a2c615c	type	Shark Pool
The Dreamstone / int_3a2c615c	comment	Shark Pool: the Pit of No Return.
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The Dreamstone / int_3babae20	type	Degraded Boss
The Dreamstone / int_3babae20	comment	Degraded Boss: The Whirlyped was a formidable match for Rufus and Pildit in the pilot episode, only losing them due to a piloting blunder by the Urpneys. In most later episodes it is disposed of rather easily, even when used in droves (in "The Statue Collection" the Noops handily deactivate it with a conveniently placed power switch on it's base).
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The Dreamstone / int_3c598f56	type	Conflict Ball
The Dreamstone / int_3c598f56	comment	Conflict Ball: A perpetually clutched example. The normally peaceful and saccharine heroes are required to always be too incensed by the Urpneys' evil, diabolical attempts to ruin their dreams to notice or care if all but two of them are The Drag-Along to their murderous Bad Boss. In later episodes, they still rival the Urpneys, but more proportionately.
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The Dreamstone / int_3cb1d38d	type	Bad Boss
The Dreamstone / int_3cb1d38d	comment	Also committed by Zordrak. A more justified reason Urpgor loathes Blob and his troops is that his Bad Boss tends to turn on him whenever they screw up a plan.
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The Dreamstone / int_3d15a154	type	Muggle in Mage Custody
The Dreamstone / int_3d15a154	comment	Muggle in Mage Custody: Rufus and Amberley are apprentices to the Dream Maker, often helping him in his occupation of making dreams and protecting the title stone, as well as assisting his allies the Wuts, an army of equally powerful mages. This relationship is generally closer to a paid occupation and more benevolent than many other examples, though odd jokes slip in later in the show that the two are often errand runners volunteered for grunt work their far more powerful authority figures would be far better suited for.
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The Dreamstone / int_3d455888	type	Then Let Me Be Evil
The Dreamstone / int_3d455888	comment	The Noops in their nastier moods can apply as heroic variants. Their lowest point was deciding to give Frizz and Nug a post-victory beatdown...then running away crying when they started to act like real villains for a change.
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The Dreamstone / int_3eb7c6b7	type	The Easy Way or the Hard Way
The Dreamstone / int_3eb7c6b7	comment	The heroes know the Urpneys are cowardly, so can easily sway or intimidate them into backing off.
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The Dreamstone / int_3f1aadeb	type	Strictly Formula
The Dreamstone / int_3f1aadeb	comment	Strictly Formula: As mentioned above. A handful of exceptions exist, usually when Zordrak finds a more powerful MacGuffin or some alternative method of sending nightmares without the Dreamstone's hinderance. Next to every episode however involved either the heroes or villains trying to steal something from behind the other's back.
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The Dreamstone / int_3f48bffa	type	Apathy Killed the Cat
The Dreamstone / int_3f48bffa	comment	Apathy Killed the Cat: Zigzagged. No one in the universe knows or really cares if most of the Urpneys are Trapped in Villainy, so the species has spent a long frame of time getting slowly wiped out by Zordrak and the heroes, until both eventually got bored from even punishing them as the series went along.
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The Dreamstone / int_3fca462c	type	Deus ex Machina
The Dreamstone / int_3fca462c	comment	Deus ex Machina: The Noops are frequently rely on some twist of fate or a random magic power to practically leave the stone in their hands.
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The Dreamstone / int_401089da	type	Offstage Villainy
The Dreamstone / int_401089da	comment	Offstage Villainy: The Argorribles' nightmares were described as an absolutely horrific experience, but never actually seen in early episodes. Later episodes submitted to showing a couple of ruined dreams onscreen, as well as more emphasis on the elaboration put into making them, with even a couple odd Downer Endings from the Urpneys sabotaging it all, likely so the heroes looked far less petty at face value. Zordrak was heavily implied to have a monstrous track record (the Flashback to his exile from the Dream Makers Council states he earned it from several power plays offscreen, while another episode reveals he successfully killed Pildit's ancestor). Onscreen however he is an Orcus on His Throne who seldom manages any effective villainy besides instigating the odd nightmare. It is also implied him getting his hands on the Dreamstone would have much graver consequences than bad dreams, though it is not delved into until the third season episode "A Day Out".
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The Dreamstone / int_40cc0c7e	type	Bittersweet Ending
The Dreamstone / int_40cc0c7e	comment	Bittersweet Ending: Some later episodes have the Noops triumph, but face collateral damage or some minor humiliation in the process (eg. "The Dream Beam Invasion", "Little Urpip"). In contrast, Frizz and Nug got more outcomes that weren't so bleak (usually due to Urpgor, Blob or Zordrak taking the bigger brunt of things instead).
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The Dreamstone / int_4160410d	type	Damsel in Distress
The Dreamstone / int_4160410d	comment	Damsel in Distress: Though often an Action Girl, Amberley was the most frequent hostage bait for the Urpneys.
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The Dreamstone / int_4192763e	type	Malaproper
The Dreamstone / int_4192763e	comment	Malaproper: In addition to his 'eavily haccented speech, Blob's dialogue is rife with malapropisms.
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The Dreamstone / int_420c50b7	type	A.I. Is a Crapshoot
The Dreamstone / int_420c50b7	comment	A.I. Is a Crapshoot: Almost any gadget Urpgor invents with some form of sentience ultimately turns out to be disobidient. Zigzagged with Mech Beav in "Bottle Harvest", which is disloyal to Urpgor, but takes fondness to Blob.
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The Dreamstone / int_42bc6d2b	type	Hostage for MacGuffin
The Dreamstone / int_42bc6d2b	comment	Hostage for MacGuffin: The Urpneys capture Amberley and Albert on separate occasions to get the Dreamstone. It never works since the heroes know they are harmless and can just as easily beat them into handing them back.
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The Dreamstone / int_4345806d	type	Black Comedy Burst
The Dreamstone / int_4345806d	comment	Black Comedy Burst: The show is largely a very whimsical and idealistic fantasy slapstick ... which also frequently deconstructs What Measure Is a Mook? with morbid implications of torture, execution and other near-death situations befalling the Big Bad's minions. The first season was particularly rampant with this, to the point it was very easy to root against the heroes.
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The Dreamstone / int_43555d33	type	Heroes Prefer Swords
The Dreamstone / int_43555d33	comment	Heroes Prefer Swords: Played with. Both Rufus and the Urpneys wear a sword on their belts, which are rarely, if ever, used in actual conflicts.
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The Dreamstone / int_43a46119	type	Surrounded by Idiots
The Dreamstone / int_43a46119	comment	Surrounded by Idiots: Zordrak. Urpgor at least sees himself as this.
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The Dreamstone / int_43d612b7	type	Disney Acid Sequence
The Dreamstone / int_43d612b7	comment	Disney Acid Sequence: The odd times a dream was shown usually applied as such. Along with the iconic pilot sequence used as the end credits, "The Moon Of Doom" and "Hod" have some particularly trippy dream sequences (all of them are accompanied solely by music to fit the trope even more). Urpgor can be considered a walking Disney Acid Sequence, especially in the Fil Cartoon animated episodes.
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The Dreamstone / int_43e36f2f	type	Acrofatic
The Dreamstone / int_43e36f2f	comment	Acrofatic: Both Rufus and Sgt Blob are somewhat portly individuals, but get in on the action as much as the others in their respective teams.
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The Dreamstone / int_44606d14	type	Becoming the Mask
The Dreamstone / int_44606d14	comment	Becoming the Mask: In "Albert Is Fishnapped", Blob and his men pose as concert performers in a scheme to distract the Noops. Frizz and Nug get a little too caught in the rhythm.
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The Dreamstone / int_46e1fd22	type	Walking Disaster Area
The Dreamstone / int_46e1fd22	comment	Walking Disaster Area: While in earlier episodes, the Urpneys generally only caused harm to themselves, in later parts of the show, their bungling becomes more chaotic and prone to Disaster Dominoes. Urpgor was the most common victim of this, though by the end of the series, they often seem far more effective menacing the heroes when acting by accident.
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The Dreamstone / int_4712bc4f	type	Exact Eavesdropping
The Dreamstone / int_4712bc4f	comment	Exact Eavesdropping: Done a few times concerning the heroes discovering the Urpneys' plans. Perhaps most intricately in "Albert's Ailment" after heading to Viltheed in search of a rare medicinal mushroom, just in time to see Blob and his men arrive, gloating to Urpgor about snagging the Dreamstone while they were gone. In "Zarag Rules", the Noops overhear a very loud argument between Urpgor and Zarag, in which Urpgor mocks the latter's obedience drops scheme for it's easy antidote (with exact detail how it works).
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The Dreamstone / int_471bde4	type	All Webbed Up
The Dreamstone / int_471bde4	comment	All Webbed Up: Blob's men do this to almost the entire Land Of Dreams in "The Spidermobile".
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The Dreamstone / int_47343a59	type	Swiper, No Swiping!
The Dreamstone / int_47343a59	comment	Swiper, No Swiping!: Played with. Being unmotivated villains, Frizz and Nug can be very easily dissuaded from causing trouble. Unfortunately, their leader Sgt. Blob less so.
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The Dreamstone / int_474e3977	type	You Have Failed Me
The Dreamstone / int_474e3977	comment	You Have Failed Me: Used in the first episode, but later subverted when Urpgor asks Zordrak why he hasn't done the same to Blob. Zordrak basically says that all the Urpneys are dumb as bricks anyway, so there's no point in wasting them. With All Due Respect: It is implied Blob's predescessor was disposed of due to contradicting Zordrak one too many times, in comparison to the former, who is usually at least smart enough to follow orders without too many questions.
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The Dreamstone / int_47769748	type	WithAllDueRespect
The Dreamstone / int_47769748	comment	With All Due Respect: It is implied Blob's predescessor was disposed of due to contradicting Zordrak one too many times, in comparison to the former, who is usually at least smart enough to follow orders without too many questions.
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The Dreamstone / int_479f9ad0	type	Characterization Marches On
The Dreamstone / int_479f9ad0	comment	Characterization Marches On: In the pilot, the hero cast were almost as goofy and fallible as the Urpneys, with both sides taking an equal amount of slapstick abuse. Afterwards they were quickly established as far more down to earth and competent foils, with the villains providing nearly all of the comic relief. They were also often a lot more violent and contemptuous towards the Urpneys in earlier points, while by the end of the series they are more passive tricksters. In addition the Noops were often incapable Fools in the early half of the series, always prevailing solely due to dumb luck or their more competent peers' help, and ultimately being hopeless towards a remotely real threat. By Season Four the dynamic was reversed around, with the Noops essentially being the heroes' errand runners that did all the hard work with Blob's army often worsening the situation. The result also made the Noops more comedic again, showing more self awareness and suffering slapstick back more often, making them more similar to Frizz and Nug.
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The Dreamstone / int_47fea76b	type	Butt-Monkey
The Dreamstone / int_47fea76b	comment	Usually any point it's someone else's turn to be the Butt-Monkey, Blob, Frizz and Nug will convert into this. This was especially more common in later episodes, where they more often came out of schemes more nonplussed instead of exceptionally miserable or tormented, with a lot of their oblivious bungling backfiring onto Urpgor, Zordrak or even the Noops as often as themselves.
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The Dreamstone / int_487c525d	type	Brainwashing for the Greater Good
The Dreamstone / int_487c525d	comment	Brainwashing for the Greater Good: The heroes do this to the entire Urpney army and the Argorribles in the Season One finale. Blob and Urpgor snap them out of it in the first Season Two episode. As a lighter example, the heroes also sometimes made the Urpneys temporarily mellow so they could get the stone back from them.
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The Dreamstone / int_488f2709	type	Simple-Minded Wisdom
The Dreamstone / int_488f2709	comment	Simple-Minded Wisdom: Nug often shows himself to be more perceptive than his Urpney comrades. Also Rufus, to a rarer extent, is sometimes shown to be more resourceful than Amberley.
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The Dreamstone / int_48d9e12d	type	Funetik Aksent
The Dreamstone / int_48d9e12d	comment	Funetik Aksent: In the second part of the first episode, Blob and the other two stranded Urpneys get the bright idea to write the word "HELP" on the ground using the nearby rubble. Blob's accent causes them to render it as "ELP".
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The Dreamstone / int_496569e8	type	Race Against the Clock
The Dreamstone / int_496569e8	comment	Race Against the Clock: Most cases the Urpneys succeed in getting the Dreamstone become this for the heroes, having to get it back to the Dream Maker before night strikes and the Argorribles can invade. It becomes even more frantic in later episodes, where Zordrak intends to corrupt the stone into an evil device as soon as he gets hold of it.
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The Dreamstone / int_4a4d6f7c	type	Comedic Sociopathy
The Dreamstone / int_4a4d6f7c	comment	Comedic Sociopathy: The Urpneys are regularly beaten, squashed, fried and otherwise comically decimated by everyone from their Bad Boss, their Mad Scientist rival, to the messianic Dream Maker, his Noop Kid Sidekicks and their pet dog fish, largely for being shanghaied into villainous missions they don't even want to be part of.
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The Dreamstone / int_4b045a8a	type	Villainous Valour
The Dreamstone / int_4b045a8a	comment	Villainous Valour: Though pitiful cowards, the Urpneys still generally put a lot more impressive labour and elaboration into failure than the heroes do succeeding, and have enough camaraderie and restraint (and a hell of an excuse) to make them sympathetic.
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The Dreamstone / int_4b0ef86e	type	Advertised Extra
The Dreamstone / int_4b0ef86e	comment	Advertised Extra: Rufus and Zordrak are usually the most prominent characters in any promotional art or material far more often than the Urpneys.
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The Dreamstone / int_4b4274e3	type	Second Place Is for Winners
The Dreamstone / int_4b4274e3	comment	Second Place Is for Winners: In one episode, there is a contest among the villain army with free sandwiches to win... which turn out to be Second Prize. The first prize is being Press-Ganged into the new mission.
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The Dreamstone / int_4bca5b2e	type	We Have Become Complacent
The Dreamstone / int_4bca5b2e	comment	We Have Become Complacent: The heroes fall victim to this in "The Nightmare Stone" after having defeated Zordrak in the previous episode, unaware he has survived and is planning a new attack. The Argorribles get a successful run of spreading nightmares because of it.
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The Dreamstone / int_4c12a114	type	Armored Villains, Unarmored Heroes
The Dreamstone / int_4c12a114	comment	Armored Villains, Unarmored Heroes: The Urpneys wear metal armor and helmets. Rufus and Amberley do not wear armor, nor do the Wuts who are completely naked.
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The Dreamstone / int_4d1ac25b	type	Villains Want Mercy
The Dreamstone / int_4d1ac25b	comment	Villains Want Mercy: The Urpneys want it from nearly everything, even stuff that isn't out to get them. And they still rarely get it.
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The Dreamstone / int_4e3d253b	type	Downer Ending
The Dreamstone / int_4e3d253b	comment	Though the Urpneys still fail at their mission, the Noops suffer a Downer Ending from their collateral damage in "Mr Blossom's Present" and "Little Urpip". Half the village is also left in ruins in "The Monster", though the heroes take it incredibly nonchalantly.
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The Dreamstone / int_4e7c4536	type	Wham Line
The Dreamstone / int_4e7c4536	comment	Wham Line: From this line onwards in a "A Day Out", the villains' intents become far more Not So Harmless:
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The Dreamstone / int_4f4372e9	type	Early-Installment Weirdness
The Dreamstone / int_4f4372e9	comment	Early-Installment Weirdness: The first season has a noticeably different feel from the others, the animation is much looser, and several characters are slightly different both in terms of design and personality and role (see Art Evolution and Flanderization). Rather easy to compare since the opening titles (which use Season One's animation style and designs) are used unaltered throughout the entire series. The pilot used a noticeably darker, more climatic storyline. There are more references to death (an Urpney soldier is in fact executed in the very first scene), Zordrak is more proactive, and the Urpneys (while still buffoonish and sympathetic) pose much more of a threat to the heroes. Rufus is also the more focused character instead of the Urpneys with he and Amberley being susceptible to the same Toon Physics as they are. In the following episode, the Villainous Underdog formula is established and the plots become increasingly Lighter and Softer. In addition the existence of the Dreamstone and the Wut army are hidden from the Noop civilians in the pilot episode, while in all later episodes they are discussed nonchalantly, while the Wuts regularly interact with the village as if they have done so all along. Interestingly the plot point of a species' existence being kept secret for safety purposes is recycled with the Wottles.
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The Dreamstone / int_4f6cf75	type	Mirroring Factions
The Dreamstone / int_4f6cf75	comment	Mirroring Factions: Both the Noops and Urpneys have just as black and white a viewpoint as the other, prone to self righteous whining and spouting the other as a Gang of Bullies who try to ruin their lives For the Evulz. Sympathetic P.O.V. makes clear neither is quite right. Especially apparent in the last season, where the Noops are often in the same dogsbody role as the Urpneys.
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The Dreamstone / int_4f84cdef	type	Smug Snake
The Dreamstone / int_4f84cdef	comment	Smug Snake: Most of the villains except Frizz and Nug are arrogant but totally ineffectual, even Zordrak, the self proclaimed "LOOOORD OF NIGHTMARES" usually fails to be that effective a nemesis towards the Dream Maker. The Noops in their nastier moods can apply as heroic variants. Their lowest point was deciding to give Frizz and Nug a post-victory beatdown...then running away crying when they started to act like real villains for a change.
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The Dreamstone / int_4fa65449	type	Dream Land
The Dreamstone / int_4fa65449	comment	Dream Land: A handful of occasions the cast travel into the dreams they create. Daydream bubbles are created for such purposes.
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The Dreamstone / int_50ae8e55	type	Little Miss Snarker
The Dreamstone / int_50ae8e55	comment	Little Miss Snarker: Amberley at times.
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The Dreamstone / int_50b05d30	type	Disproportionate Retribution
The Dreamstone / int_50b05d30	comment	Disproportionate Retribution: The nearest to an abrasive aspect of the Land Of Dreams is that they sometimes take a bit too much pleasure in punishing the Urpneys (who are usually harmless, and vigorously unwilling Mooks), and on at least a couple of occasions have nothing against seeing them to their grave for trying to give them nightmares. Ironically subverted in "Urpgor's Great Adventure", the one time an Urpney is happily trying to do away with them, they decide to let him escape once they get back the Dreamstone.
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The Dreamstone / int_511728ae	type	Magic Versus Science
The Dreamstone / int_511728ae	comment	Magic Versus Science: The Noops, Wuts and the Dream Maker himself have magic on their side; while the Urpneys rely frequently on ill-explained Applied Phlebotinum, in the end it's a Mad Scientist making it all, so it counts enough as technology. It's interesting to note, though, that half the time the Dream Maker discusses the making of dreams with anyone else in the know, it sounds very much like Star Trek-style technobabble. It should also be noted that the Dream Maker's side is also shown to use technology where they consider it appropriate, most notably the mining and ore-processing equipment in "Wottles", whereas Zordrak's side sometimes uses Magic, especially Zordrak himself.
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The Dreamstone / int_517f8d71	type	Delusions of Eloquence
The Dreamstone / int_517f8d71	comment	Delusions of Eloquence: Blob's Malaproper tendencies are most obvious when he's trying to sound intellectual and/or authoritative.
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The Dreamstone / int_52b36340	type	What Measure Is a Mook?
The Dreamstone / int_52b36340	comment	What Measure Is a Mook?: Light example. While they never directly kill Urpneys, the protagonists are generally apathetic to them being shanghied into missions by Zordrak and have nothing against using Heelâ€“Face Brainwashing or leaving them in certain death situations to be done with them. The pilot also sees Rufus and Amberley distracting Frazznats by feeding them stone Urpneys. As later seasons became Lighter and Softer, the heroes often used more harmless punishments for Blob and his men.
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The Dreamstone / int_5300b1de	type	Invincible Hero
The Dreamstone / int_5300b1de	comment	Invincible Hero: The overwhelming majority of times, the heroes secured the stone with barely any effort. While there were at least varying reasons for Rufus and Amberley (they sometimes struggled until a Deus ex Machina set in), the Dream Maker and the Wuts were so unmatched in power and intellect that not even Zordrak could so much as scratch them.
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The Dreamstone / int_537dd8fe	type	Affably Evil
The Dreamstone / int_537dd8fe	comment	Affably Evil: Sgt Blob is far more scheming and willingly devoted to Zordrak than most of the other Urpneys, though that's still not saying very much.
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The Dreamstone / int_53bb954d	type	Peek-a-Bogeyman
The Dreamstone / int_53bb954d	comment	Peek-a-Bogeyman: The Argorribles seem to have no other purpose besides giving people nightmares.
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The Dreamstone / int_53c5f30e	type	Happy Ending Override
The Dreamstone / int_53c5f30e	comment	Happy Ending Override: The finales for the first two seasons ended with Zordrak and the Urpneys seemingly defeated once and for all and peace finally granted to the Sleeping World, only for them to naturally return at the beginning the following season's first episode. If you count the Urpneys as Villain Protagonists, it may act as a reversal, with them escaping their Bolivian Army Ending from each finale.
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The Dreamstone / int_53c9fc92	type	Flashback
The Dreamstone / int_53c9fc92	comment	Zordrak was heavily implied to have a monstrous track record (the Flashback to his exile from the Dream Makers Council states he earned it from several power plays offscreen, while another episode reveals he successfully killed Pildit's ancestor). Onscreen however he is an Orcus on His Throne who seldom manages any effective villainy besides instigating the odd nightmare. It is also implied him getting his hands on the Dreamstone would have much graver consequences than bad dreams, though it is not delved into until the third season episode "A Day Out".
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The Dreamstone / int_53d785c6	type	Fall of the House of Cards
The Dreamstone / int_53d785c6	comment	Fall of the House of Cards: Albert ruins a particularly large scale one by Amberley in "The Substitute".
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The Dreamstone / int_54fdbff5	type	The Eeyore
The Dreamstone / int_54fdbff5	comment	The Eeyore: Mr Blossom is about the one resident of the Land Of Dreams with a noticeable hint of cynicism, so much he seems to hold the entire village's worth.
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The Dreamstone / int_55ab6131	type	Sensing You Are Outmatched
The Dreamstone / int_55ab6131	comment	Sensing You Are Outmatched: Frizz and Nug are perpetually aware they don't stand a chance and spend almost every mission begging and moaning to retreat. Rarely does it do them any good however.
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The Dreamstone / int_562abd51	type	Let's Get Dangerous!
The Dreamstone / int_562abd51	comment	"Better Than A Dream" (and variations of) is occasionally used whenever the heroes get to business.
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The Dreamstone / int_565106b3	type	Women Are Wiser
The Dreamstone / int_565106b3	comment	Women Are Wiser: Played with. Amberley plays this role totally straight with Rufus, but otherwise is still one of the least competent heroes. The rest of the female heroes come in different leagues. Similarly villainesses Zarag and Auntie are buffoonish and arrogant, but naturally look pretty competent compared to the Urpneys.
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The Dreamstone / int_57b74bd4	type	Achievements in Ignorance
The Dreamstone / int_57b74bd4	comment	Achievements in Ignorance: The Urpneys were fairly incompetent villains, so much that they sometimes caused more harm for the heroes while failing to do a mission. In "A Day Out" and "The Stowaways" a chain reaction from them botching a scheme gives them the upper hand, with the Noops having a much more difficult time reversing things than with most of the Urpneys' intentional attempts. In the latter they don't even notice the heroes are there. In "The Monster" they throw a single rock into a large scrap pile of Urpgor's discarded inventions, which somehow causes them to activate and merge into a giant robotic monster too powerful for the heroes or even Zordrak. When it is destroyed, they attempt to recreate it by throwing more rocks in the scrap pile, despite Urpgor even lampshading what a bizarre fluke it was. In "Mr Blossom's Present" and "Little Urpip" they actually ruin the Noops' side quest and cause them a Downer Ending, thus actually getting a small time victory over them, again without even meaning to or ever finding out they had.
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The Dreamstone / int_5860c090	type	Sitcom Arch-Nemesis
The Dreamstone / int_5860c090	comment	Sitcom Arch-Nemesis: Blob and his minions frequently butt heads with Urpgor, either for Zordrak's approval or taking turns playing horrible pranks on each other.
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The Dreamstone / int_586624e5	type	Genius Loci
The Dreamstone / int_586624e5	comment	"The Daydream Bubble" of Season One reveals Zordrak's origin, and also that the planet Rufus travelled to in his dream in the pilot is in fact a real life Genius Loci, Planet Dreamstone.
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The Dreamstone / int_5989e3b6	type	Enemy Mine
The Dreamstone / int_5989e3b6	comment	Enemy Mine: Defied in "The Statue Collection". When a sea monster goes after Blob and Albert, Frizz and Nug construct a mechanism to attack it with garbage projectiles. Rufus and Amberley, deciding the method is doing more harm than good, knock the two out, leaving Albert to deal with the monster himself. Played more straight in "The Dark Side", after the Urpneys capture the heroes, they are attacked by another monster. The Dream Maker negotiates with it in return for the Urpneys releasing them.note It's possibly subverted again however since both the episode and a later appearance imply the monster is docile and the Dream Maker tricked them into freeing him. "Return Of The Nightmare Stone" also has a light example, with Urpgor directing the Noops to destroy the title stone in the Bottomless Pit after they are both imprisoned by Zordrak. "Horrible Argorrible" is an indirect case, since while the heroes and the Urpneys don't interact, they both want the Argorrible disposed of.
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The Dreamstone / int_599f943f	type	Karma Houdini Warranty
The Dreamstone / int_599f943f	comment	Karma Houdini Warranty: Zordrak always gets his comeuppance in the season finale (he's the Butt-Monkey in the final three episodes of the last season). Urpgor became more and more The Chew Toy with each season. "The Dream Beam Invasion" was arguably also this to the Noops' Disproportionate Retribution tendencies. Reversed for Blob, Frizz and Nug, who Can't Get Away with Nuthin', until the final two episodes, where they successfully menace the Noops and suffer little to no repercussions.
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The Dreamstone / int_5b415ef2	type	BottomlessPit
The Dreamstone / int_5b415ef2	comment	"Return Of The Nightmare Stone" also has a light example, with Urpgor directing the Noops to destroy the title stone in the Bottomless Pit after they are both imprisoned by Zordrak.
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The Dreamstone / int_5c0fc07b	type	Nightmare Sequence
The Dreamstone / int_5c0fc07b	comment	Nightmare Sequence: Surprisingly occurs only once in the series, to a random Noop in "The Substitute". All other nightmares provided by the Argorribles happen offscreen.
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The Dreamstone / int_5c3471bb	type	Giving the Sword to a Noob
The Dreamstone / int_5c3471bb	comment	Giving The Sword To A Noop: Rufus and Amberley are almost always given the means to stopping the villains plans. Half the time it works. The other half they screw up, winning only through dumb luck or when their more competent allies give it a go instead.
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The Dreamstone / int_5ca80293	type	Pragmatic Villainy
The Dreamstone / int_5ca80293	comment	Pragmatic Villainy: Surprisingly, Zordrak invokes this in "Too Hot To Handle" when Urpgor asks why he doesn't just kill Blob, Frizz and Nug, as he did their predecessor, having come to view the method as ineffective and "a waste of a perfectly servicable Urpney". His complete indifference to Spildit playing in Viltheed territory in "The Return" may also count. The Urpneys themselves are often this. While they are willing to torment the Land Of Dreams if it means preserving their own skin, most of their efforts to steal the stone are non violent and rarely do they go out of their way to cause collateral damage or other unnessessary harm. In the final episode they kidnap a bunch of civilians, though dump them all (mostly) safely after supposedly collecting the stone.
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The Dreamstone / int_5ce2c9c6	type	Suddenly Shouting
The Dreamstone / int_5ce2c9c6	comment	Suddenly Shouting: Zordrak can barely last a sentence without doing so.
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The Dreamstone / int_5d753b19	type	The Smurfette Principle
The Dreamstone / int_5d753b19	comment	The Smurfette Principle: Still, you hardly ever see their women.
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The Dreamstone / int_5f3d3c83	type	Psycho Supporter
The Dreamstone / int_5f3d3c83	comment	Psycho Supporter: Urpgor, whenever he's not trying to usurp the throne of Viltheed.
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The Dreamstone / int_60194b82	type	Spanner in the Works
The Dreamstone / int_60194b82	comment	Spanner in the Works: Frequently Zordrak's plans are rather plausible and would likely actually work if not for the Urpney's bumbling. Even when they manage to prove competent they usually fall victim to some Diabolus ex Machina a large number of times.
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The Dreamstone / int_605eab47	type	The Villain Must Be Punished
The Dreamstone / int_605eab47	comment	The Villain Must Be Punished: A key reason the Urpneys constantly tried to back out of Zordrak and Urpgor's schemes is because they knew the heroes had a Good Is Not Soft disposition towards stealing the stone, often beating them up, pranking them or sending Albert onto them no matter if they are defeated, retreating or surrendering. Perhaps because the Urpneys often proved more eager about quitting than doing any actual villainy, later episodes tended to subvert this treatment, along with at least one instance it backfired on the heroes and let the Urpneys get some payback on them.
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The Dreamstone / int_615fdb1f	type	Dream Sequence
The Dreamstone / int_615fdb1f	comment	Dream Sequence: While used surprisingly sparingly considering the show's premise, these naturally occur a few times. Most notably Rufus' in the pilot episode that is also used as the show's credit sequence.
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The Dreamstone / int_617f0563	type	Heelâ€“Face Turn
The Dreamstone / int_617f0563	comment	The large part of the conflict in the show is completely reliant on Zordrak's army being forcibly drafted, with none of them attempting to escape and the heroes themselves maintaining a blind eye to their unwillingness, assured all Urpneys are evil. Frizz and Nug do muse over a Heelâ€“Face Turn on several occasions, though lack the backbone to go about it. The one exception when an attempt at liberating the army was made involved a Heelâ€“Face Brainwashing.
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The Dreamstone / int_627264e0	type	Death Glare
The Dreamstone / int_627264e0	comment	In "Megattack" when thinking how to deal with the Urpneys, Rufus suggests using his fake Dreamstone from a previous episode. The other heroes give him a Death Glare as if to insinuate this trope (though the Dream Maker does use the idea again in the series finale).
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The Dreamstone / int_6375f746	type	Drill Sergeant Nasty
The Dreamstone / int_6375f746	comment	Drill Sergeant Nasty: Sgt Blob plays with this, for the large part he has all the key traits of one and frequently drives the other Urpneys mad as a result, but it is presented in a harmless slapstick manner and he does frequently convey a genuine camaraderie towards his cadets.
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The Dreamstone / int_63b02752	type	Hair-Trigger Temper
The Dreamstone / int_63b02752	comment	Hair-Trigger Temper: Zordrak can switch between reserved and stoic to earth shattering rage at the blink of an eye. Granted neither are particularly welcoming to his minions.
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The Dreamstone / int_6635b91e	type	Restrained Revenge
The Dreamstone / int_6635b91e	comment	Restrained Revenge: Frizz and Nug were such unmotivated villains that they were actually less prone to petty or disproportionate attacks on the heroes than vice versa. In "The Dream Beam Invasion" for example, after the Urpneys are shrunk into dreams to ruin them, the Noops follow suit to give them a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown. When they spend so long at it that Frizz and Nug grow to normal (and giant to the Noops) their retaliation is to....pull nasty faces at them until they run away.
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The Dreamstone / int_664bc28f	type	British Brevity
The Dreamstone / int_664bc28f	comment	British Brevity: Downplayed. It ran on the usual UK standard of 13 episodes per season though ran through five years still managed to produce a healthy 52 episodes.
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The Dreamstone / int_680bb6b1	type	Hot-Blooded
The Dreamstone / int_680bb6b1	comment	Hot-Blooded: Sgt Blob and Wildit, a trait that doesn't seem inherent at all for either of their respective species. Amberley has shades of this Depending on the Writer.
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The Dreamstone / int_6860368a	type	Mook Horror Show
The Dreamstone / int_6860368a	comment	Mook Horror Show: Given the Urpneys immense Sympathetic P.O.V. (and how cowardly they were on top of it), slapstick variations were fairly common. They even tried to make the cutesy heroes look as menacing as possible in many cases. Zigzagged with "The Dream Beam Invasion", which plays it straight and then reverses it after the heroes take it too far.
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The Dreamstone / int_68a171b6	type	Sadist Show
The Dreamstone / int_68a171b6	comment	Sadist Show: Beneath it's cutesy tone, the overwhelming majority of the show revolved around Comedic Sociopathy directed at the Urpneys, deserved or not.
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The Dreamstone / int_6967bd03	type	Comically Lopsided Rivalry
The Dreamstone / int_6967bd03	comment	Comically Lopsided Rivalry: Basing itself heavily on Golden Age era cartoon rivalries, the Urpneys were constantly at the brunt of heavy slapstick against the more powerful and heavily safeguarded heroes. Odd episodes ended on a less downbeat note for the Urpneys, or the Noops suffering some minor unpleasantness, but even then the Urpneys were the clear losers of the feud.
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The Dreamstone / int_69fe36a8	type	Faux Adventure Story
The Dreamstone / int_69fe36a8	comment	Faux Adventure Story: The feature length pilot was a fairly dark cartoon adventure revolved around the quest of the main hero, Rufus. Following this, the rest of the series steered the Sympathetic P.O.V. onto the Big Bad's minions, the Urpneys and their totally ineffectual attempts on the heroes, making it more a slapstick Villain Protagonist story with Rufus a fairly underplayed Hero Antagonist. Odd episodes tried to return to the original format, though it remained more mundane and villain-centric than the pilot.
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The Dreamstone / int_6a2486cd	type	Graying Morality
The Dreamstone / int_6a2486cd	comment	Graying Morality: The pilot mostly revolves around Rufus' heroic efforts against Zordrak, and while the Urpneys are sympathetic, they were threatening enough to hand wave. Episodes after place more Sympathetic P.O.V. on the Urpneys being Trapped in Villainy, with their acts against the heroes becoming increasingly ineffectual and unwilling compared to the abuse they suffer. Whether this was intentional or not, the last two seasons seem to try to re-balance the stakes after it Flanderized the heroes' Revenge Myopia against them.
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The Dreamstone / int_6a47a1e2	type	Knight of Cerebus
The Dreamstone / int_6a47a1e2	comment	Knight of Cerebus: Zordrak, though not without his own comical moments, is a far more sinister and intimidating villain than his minions by miles, usually the odd occasion he has active involvement in a plan is indication things are going to get a bit more serious.
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The Dreamstone / int_6a79a4a4	type	MacGuffin Delivery Service
The Dreamstone / int_6a79a4a4	comment	MacGuffin Delivery Service: A rare heroic (and more spontaneous) case. In both cases the heroes had their own plan to collect the MacGuffin, but when the Urpneys get it first, they manage to snatch it off them: "The Moon Of Doom". After the Urpneys gather the elaborate scheme and technology to get the episode's MacGuffin, the heroes quickly neutralize them and use their ship to dispose of it. "The Nightmare Stone". After Urpgor steals the MacGuffin and accidentally frees the Noops, they use his gadget to make off with it while he is knocked out (not that this was really a problem for Urpgor, since he wanted rid of it to begin with).
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The Dreamstone / int_6b35bdff	type	Serious Business
The Dreamstone / int_6b35bdff	comment	Serious Business: Over dreams, as pretty much expected from a world aptly named the Sleeping World. To clarify, early episodes outright implied mass genocide in the past war over dreams and nightmares. It does become a second priority to Zordrak using the stone for much worse later on however.
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The Dreamstone / int_6c75e0e4	type	Beware the Silly Ones
The Dreamstone / int_6c75e0e4	comment	Beware the Silly Ones: Though usually blundering idiots, the Urpneys on many occasions prove able to act out devices and mission plans in a plausible manner and frequently managed to steal the Dreamstone. Sometimes it's evident if the Noops weren't bailed out by a Deus ex Machina so often, they'd actually stand a chance of winning.
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The Dreamstone / int_6de438eb	type	The Everyman
The Dreamstone / int_6de438eb	comment	The Everyman: Rufus and Amberley, for the line of work they had, were portrayed as rather normal acting kids who usually handle their jobs in a rather uneventful and conflictless manner until the Urpneys break the normality of things. Depending on the Writer however they had some individual quirks.
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The Dreamstone / int_6e27397	type	Missed Him by That Much
The Dreamstone / int_6e27397	comment	Missed Him by That Much: The Urpneys and the Noops commonly do this with each other when snooping around each other's territory.
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The Dreamstone / int_6e60e40a	type	Vile Villain, Laughable Lackey
The Dreamstone / int_6e60e40a	comment	Vile Villain, Laughable Lackey: The Urpneys are comical. Their boss, Zordrak, is played deadly seriously.
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The Dreamstone / int_6e70b12b	type	Nominal Importance
The Dreamstone / int_6e70b12b	comment	Nominal Importance: For most of the early series, only the four main Urpneys were named. In later episodes however, some of the background Urpneys start having larger roles and are referred to by name.
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The Dreamstone / int_6eb04f1	type	"Everybody Laughs" Ending
The Dreamstone / int_6eb04f1	comment	"Everybody Laughs" Ending: Done frequently, from the heroes' point of view anyway. Episodes more frequently end on a Cool and Unusual Punishment for the Urpneys (and a snarky one liner from Frizz).
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The Dreamstone / int_6ef6417b	type	Disney Death
The Dreamstone / int_6ef6417b	comment	Even more so, the Dream Maker has close contact with Planet Dreamstone, who disposed of Zordrak much more thoroughly in two instances. Despite this he only calls on it once during one of Zordrak's most ambitious plans, with Planet Dreamstone otherwise remaining a Greater-Scope Paragon.
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The Dreamstone / int_70489c17	type	Superman Stays Out of Gotham
The Dreamstone / int_70489c17	comment	Superman Stays Out of Gotham: The trope is Zigzagged regularly. The Wuts and the Dream Maker can often very easily neutralise anything the Urpneys and even Zordrak can throw at them, though while they do often take that role, they naturally have to do such close to the end of the twenty two minute long episode, often sending in the far more fallible Rufus and Amberley as their first approach. The Planet Dreamstone, the greater scope Big Good, commits to this trope much more, only confronting Zordrak in two of his more imposing moments.
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The Dreamstone / int_737a65f4	type	The Watson
The Dreamstone / int_737a65f4	comment	The Watson: The Noops often act as this, mixed occasionally with Constantly Curious.
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The Dreamstone / int_7431b974	type	Vile Villain, Saccharine Show
The Dreamstone / int_7431b974	comment	Vile Villain, Saccharine Show: Zordrak is a pretty creepy villain, even when not compared to a highly cutesy Noops.
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The Dreamstone / int_767ef8a0	type	Flying Seafood Special
The Dreamstone / int_767ef8a0	comment	Flying Seafood Special: Albert, who is a goldfish with a dog-like head, floats around in the air instead of swimming in water. Bubbles somehow tend to appear around him regardless, however.
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The Dreamstone / int_76b4b7dd	type	The Comically Serious
The Dreamstone / int_76b4b7dd	comment	The Comically Serious: Zordrak looks the part for a rather creepy and sinister villain, however his neurotics towards his minions and sheer hamminess prevents him from being a deathly serious character.
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The Dreamstone / int_777c0033	type	Technical Pacifist
The Dreamstone / int_777c0033	comment	Technical Pacifist: The Land Of Dreams is usually peaceful to the point of being sickly sweet, however the Urpneys often learn the hard way the punishment the heroes can deal for trying to take their stone. This is still true in later episodes, though they are far more laid back and rather apt at Badass Pacifist tactics.
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The Dreamstone / int_78540917	type	Like Brother and Sister
The Dreamstone / int_78540917	comment	Like Brother and Sister: Rufus and Amberley, albeit with the odd Ship Tease. Allegedly, the wasted song "Into The Sunset" was a romantic song revolved around the two.
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The Dreamstone / int_786e5cac	type	Circling Birdies
The Dreamstone / int_786e5cac	comment	Circling Birdies: Used several times: Played with in the pilot episode when Sgt Blob tells Frizz and Nug to sneak towards the Dream Maker's tower and whistle him when the coast is clear. Frizz and Nug dart forward and run into a wall, causing whistling birds to circle their heads. Blob overhears and, assuming it's the signal, charges into them. Done again in "Hod" by Rufus and Amberley in one of their rare Amusing Injuries throughout the series.
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The Dreamstone / int_78c895c8	type	Amusing Injuries
The Dreamstone / int_78c895c8	comment	The Urpneys themselves are often this. While they are willing to torment the Land Of Dreams if it means preserving their own skin, most of their efforts to steal the stone are non violent and rarely do they go out of their way to cause collateral damage or other unnessessary harm. In the final episode they kidnap a bunch of civilians, though dump them all (mostly) safely after supposedly collecting the stone.
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The Dreamstone / int_7a26356	type	Dork Knight
The Dreamstone / int_7a26356	comment	Dork Knight: Rufus at times. He imagines himself as a literal Dork Knight a couple of times as well.
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The Dreamstone / int_7a4013f3	type	Deuteragonist
The Dreamstone / int_7a4013f3	comment	Deuteragonist: Rufus and Amberley flip flop between being this or Hero Antagonists to the Urpneys from episode to episode.
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The Dreamstone / int_7a748834	type	Right Way/Wrong Way Pair
The Dreamstone / int_7a748834	comment	Right Way/Wrong Way Pair: Rufus and Amberley in some episodes, usually with Rufus being irresponsible and careless, while Amberley was more sensible and cautious. Amberley could sometimes be sucked into Rufus' bad decisions however.
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The Dreamstone / int_7ab81664	type	Kick Them While They Are Down
The Dreamstone / int_7ab81664	comment	Kick Them While They Are Down: Alongside the Urpneys' example above, the show was also a rare case where the heroes, if in an angry or mischievous enough mood, would often continue pranking or beating down the Urpneys long after already ruining their plan to take the stone, often while Frizz and Nug begged for mercy. Their one loss in "The Dream Beam Invasion" was in fact owed to doing this in enough excess to a shrunken Frizz and Nug that the spell worn off. Curiously in most episodes after they tend to keep into Cornered Rattlesnake territory (even actively avoiding this trope in a couple of episodes), almost as if they learned from this backfire.
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The Dreamstone / int_7b21ef92	type	Later-Installment Weirdness
The Dreamstone / int_7b21ef92	comment	Later-Installment Weirdness: The show drifts from the formula more as seasons pass. In something of a Reconstruction, the closing points of the series also play closer to the Early-Installment Weirdness of the pilot episode, downplaying the slapstick Villain Protagonist formula in favour of developing mythos and new worlds and giving the heroes more focus. Some characters, particularly Rufus and Amberley, also gained back shades of their initial personalities and the more madcap humour began to seep onto the non-Urpney characters more.
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The Dreamstone / int_7c4f6612	type	Comic-Book Adaptation
The Dreamstone / int_7c4f6612	comment	Comic-Book Adaptation: London Edition published a very short lived one during the start of the show's run. It consisted mostly of adaptations of episodes from the first season.
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The Dreamstone / int_7ccd2f10	type	Press-Ganged
The Dreamstone / int_7ccd2f10	comment	Press-Ganged: Frizz and Nug, endlessly.
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The Dreamstone / int_7ccd3698	type	Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever
The Dreamstone / int_7ccd3698	comment	Played more straight in "The Dream Beam Invasion" when they start growing inside a dream and get to chase off Rufus, Amberley and Albert for once, as the instrumental theme plays in the background.
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The Dreamstone / int_7df7b7a6	type	Dreams vs. Nightmares
The Dreamstone / int_7df7b7a6	comment	Dreams vs. Nightmares: The heroic residents of the Land of Dreams create good dreams, while the Evil Overlord Zordrak wants to spread nightmares. Notably, the heroes treat dreams as Serious Business.
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The Dreamstone / int_7e733dcd	type	Mobile Shrubbery
The Dreamstone / int_7e733dcd	comment	Mobile Shrubbery: Used by the Urpneys multiple times.
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The Dreamstone / int_7ea2a915	type	Animation Bump
The Dreamstone / int_7ea2a915	comment	Animation Bump: As with many cartoons, the pilot has noticeably more fluid animation than most of the rest of the first season. Animator duties for later seasons were traded from Fil-Cartoons to Moving Images International, who used a refined animation style and altered the character designs slightly (see below).
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The Dreamstone / int_7f080f98	type	Vague Age
The Dreamstone / int_7f080f98	comment	Vague Age: Rufus and Amberley are apparently old enough to hold down jobs, but often talk like small children.
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The Dreamstone / int_7fbb2a3	type	Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
The Dreamstone / int_7fbb2a3	comment	Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: A few times the Dreamstone was stolen or endangered was due to the mishandling or blundering of one of the heroes (usually Rufus).
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The Dreamstone / int_8183248	type	Never Mess with Granny
The Dreamstone / int_8183248	comment	Never Mess with Granny: Wildit.
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The Dreamstone / int_823c6e3e	type	Large Ham
The Dreamstone / int_823c6e3e	comment	Large Ham: Zordrak to an extreme, with Sgt Blob and Urpgor not far behind. Wildit has a habit of it as well.
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The Dreamstone / int_82fc5bdf	type	Bratty Half-Pint
The Dreamstone / int_82fc5bdf	comment	Bratty Half-Pint: Spildit and, to a lesser extent, Amberley both have light moments of this. Urpip is essentially a pint sized version of her Uncle Urpgor.
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The Dreamstone / int_83adb272	type	Crystal Dragon Jesus
The Dreamstone / int_83adb272	comment	Crystal Dragon Jesus: Series 1 is full of Christian symbolism, and Zordrak's expulsion from the Council of Dream Makers mirrors the fall of Lucifer in Paradise Lost, or Melkor's challenge to Illuvatar in The Silmarillion. As "Lord Highest", the Dream Maker represents God, and Zordrak represents "Satan Himself" (or "Nasta Shelfim" as he was known in the pilot episode). Planet Dreamstone resembles a cathedral, the marble interior of the Dream Maker's castle resembles a church, and the volcanic badlands of Viltheed resemble hell. The Land Of Dreams is conveyed as near utopian with the Dream Maker's followers treated in a near perpetually positive and harmonic light, while Viltheed's Urpneys are damned souls, abhorred and unforgiven for their Faustian partnership with Zordrak. Pildit is Jesus. He is killed by a landslide caused by Zordrak, is buried under the rocks by Rufus, and resurrects in time to save the heroes. He also has the power to singlehandedly defeat hordes of Urpneys, bring light to the darkness, and drive away the Argorribles like Jesus expelling evil spirits.
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The Dreamstone / int_841f4145	type	Immune to Slapstick
The Dreamstone / int_841f4145	comment	Season Four in particular has a wackier feel than previous seasons. While earlier episodes tended to restrict most of the comedy to the Urpneys, the closing points have a larger focus on goofy one shot characters and situations, with even the formerly Immune to Slapstick Rufus and Amberley contributing to the humour more often.
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The Dreamstone / int_8485d41a	type	Interspecies Romance
The Dreamstone / int_8485d41a	comment	Interspecies Romance: Hinted at between the Dream Maker and Wildit. Zarag is also in love with the Dream Maker, but it is unknown whether he returned her affections.
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The Dreamstone / int_85debad9	type	Plucky Girl
The Dreamstone / int_85debad9	comment	Plucky Girl: While Amberley is usually one of the more level headed heroes, she is often the most gung ho when Urpneys cause trouble, sometimes even trying to take them single handed.
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The Dreamstone / int_868e6134	type	Songs in the Key of Panic
The Dreamstone / int_868e6134	comment	Songs in the Key of Panic: "The Invisible Blob" opens with a few shots of Blob, Friz, and Nugg running to Zordrak's throne room as fast as they can. The scene is accompanied by a sped-up version of "War Song of the Urpneys."
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The Dreamstone / int_8712e4c9	type	Story-Breaker Power
The Dreamstone / int_8712e4c9	comment	Story-Breaker Power: Likely the key reason the Dream Maker sent Rufus and Amberley into missions every episode. Whenever he and the Wuts took over, the battle was over very quick.
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The Dreamstone / int_87c62ade	type	Deadly Dodging
The Dreamstone / int_87c62ade	comment	Deadly Dodging: Pildit and Wildit use this on Zordrak in "Argorrible Attack".
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The Dreamstone / int_890d4ef2	type	Humiliation Conga
The Dreamstone / int_890d4ef2	comment	Humiliation Conga: Blob's men fall victim to a slapstick heavy one pretty much Once per Episode, either courtesy of the heroes, their own stupidity or fate alone. Urpgor is also prone to these, with even Zordrak getting the odd one as well. (In general, if you take part in a villainous plan, you're a tall order Butt-Monkey).
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The Dreamstone / int_890d778	type	Wizards Live Longer
The Dreamstone / int_890d778	comment	Wizards Live Longer: Most of the magic welding characters are implied to have lived for hundreds of years. The Dream Maker in particular is said to have been "old when the moon and stars were young".
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The Dreamstone / int_89434320	type	Protagonist-Centered Morality
The Dreamstone / int_89434320	comment	Protagonist-Centered Morality: Given how much focus there was on the Urpneys' ineffectual qualities and lack of willingness over them actually doing anything truly horrible, you sometimes had to take the heroes' word for it on how evil and wicked they were.
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The Dreamstone / int_898ff050	type	Villain Protagonist
The Dreamstone / int_898ff050	comment	Villain Protagonist: While the heroes get the occasional Sympathetic P.O.V., the Urpneys often get the most screentime in each story, even providing the opening and closing lines of most episodes. Hell, they are even mentioned before the heroes on this Trope page.
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The Dreamstone / int_8a4ec732	type	Forced into Evil
The Dreamstone / int_8a4ec732	comment	It inverts Forced into Evil however, as one episode makes clear they'd rather stay with Zordrak than get thrown out and fend for themselves, even sabotaging one of Zordrak's schemes so he won't relieve them off their duties.
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The Dreamstone / int_8a6d2168	type	Beat Them at Their Own Game
The Dreamstone / int_8a6d2168	comment	Beat Them at Their Own Game: More or less any point the Urpneys manage to steal the stone, leading the heroes to have to steal it back from Viltheed. Also the premise of the Nightmare Stone, which reverses the roles around with the heroes having to steal a magical stone from the villains. Naturally they have far more success in doing so than the Urpneys.
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The Dreamstone / int_8a9eb844	type	Perspective Flip
The Dreamstone / int_8a9eb844	comment	Perspective Flip: The pilot episode gave the Urpneys a lot of Sympathetic P.O.V., but the lead and the underdog was clearly Rufus. Most episodes after follow the Urpneys dominantly, with Mook Horror Shows and Villainous Underdog moments common and the heroes usually presented as untouchable Hero Antagonists. The final season found a more even balance, due to focusing as often on the Noops' agendas and portraying the Urpneys as more obstructively incompetent.
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The Dreamstone / int_8ae880f7	type	Deconstruction
The Dreamstone / int_8ae880f7	comment	Deconstruction: Can be considered something of one to the Sisyphean formula of most slapstick cartoons such as Looney Tunes where the villain's stubborn zeal leads to endless defeats by the hero. In The Dreamstone, the Urpneys are cowards used to being outmatched, and spend each episode trying to avoid getting forced by their Bad Boss into another scrape with the heroes (who doll as much punishment as in the standard formula).
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The Dreamstone / int_8b3fe1cb	type	Flaw Exploitation
The Dreamstone / int_8b3fe1cb	comment	Flaw Exploitation: The heroes know the Urpneys are cowardly, so can easily sway or intimidate them into backing off. One of Blob's more competent acts was exploiting this and sending Frizz and Nug onto Amberley and Albert in "Frozen Assets", knowing they'd get cocky against them as he made a sneak attack from behind. Blob also manipulates Spildit's naive friendliness towards them on occasion, leading to her inadvertently helping in their schemes.
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The Dreamstone / int_8b9226d6	type	Forgot Flanders Could Do That
The Dreamstone / int_8b9226d6	comment	Forgot Flanders Could Do That: After the pilot, the dynamic becomes far more laid back and buffoonish, with Zordrak and the Urpneys becoming completely ineffectual and Rufus and Amberley coming off more as Invincible Incompetents in their efforts to defeat them. Odd episodes such as "Megattack" and "A Day Out" however revert to the more tense format of the first episode, with the villains being more devious and threatening and the Noops requiring genuine persistence and cunning to stop them.
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The Dreamstone / int_8c23b321	type	Harmless Villain
The Dreamstone / int_8c23b321	comment	Done quite intentionally for War Song Of The Urpneys, with added Lyrical Dissonance for the sung variation.
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The Dreamstone / int_8cb1a369	type	Took a Level in Jerkass
The Dreamstone / int_8cb1a369	comment	Took a Level in Jerkass: The heroes of the standard "Disproportionate Retribution-loving Unscrupulous Hero" variety following the pilot after the Urpneys devolved into Harmless Villains. By "The Dream Beam Invasion" they verge as outright unheroic Miles Gloriosus. The show gradually made them more sympathetic again afterwards.
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The Dreamstone / int_8cb259f4	type	Overshadowed by Awesome
The Dreamstone / int_8cb259f4	comment	Overshadowed by Awesome: Rufus and Amberley had some Badass Normal qualities, but all in all paled compared to the magic powered Dream Maker and the Wuts, usually acting as a failed first defense in most episodes. The final episodes tried to avert this a little, usually by placing the other heroes Out of Focus.
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The Dreamstone / int_8d720fd1	type	We Are "Team Cannon Fodder"
The Dreamstone / int_8d720fd1	comment	We Are "Team Cannon Fodder": Rufus and Amberley of were strangely enforced versions of this, given they were inexperienced Muggles in a group of heroes that otherwise won the Superpower Lottery. Still the two were always sent to stop the villains plans first and usually fail or get kidnapped, likely to kill some episode time before the elder heroes solved the problem rather quickly. During the later points of the series this started getting Played for Laughs, and Rufus and Amberley could at least often stop some schemes on their own.
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The Dreamstone / int_8e20979	type	Wham Episode
The Dreamstone / int_8e20979	comment	Wham Episode: "A Day Out" upgrades Zordrak's ambitions for the Dreamstone and has the Noops labour to get it back for once. While episodes after revert back to the Urpney comedy, the Noops' boosted Sympathetic P.O.V. and slightly more challenging situations are often maintained.
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The Dreamstone / int_8fc70212	type	Voice Clip Song
The Dreamstone / int_8fc70212	comment	Voice Clip Song: "The Dreamdance" is a bizarre disco track using voices clips from several episodes of the first two seasons that is found exclusively in the show's OST album.
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The Dreamstone / int_8fcb5843	type	The Hunter Becomes the Hunted
The Dreamstone / int_8fcb5843	comment	The Hunter Becomes the Hunted: Pretty much the premise of the Nightmare Stone episodes, where the heroes must snoop around Viltheed to steal the villain's MacGuffin instead. Most episodes that did not involve the Dreamstone introduced another mystical entity that could overpower it, and the heroes having to find and dispose of it, usually with much greater ease than the villains try to with the Dreamstone.
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The Dreamstone / int_90328f91	type	Unscrupulous Hero
The Dreamstone / int_90328f91	comment	In the pilot, the hero cast were almost as goofy and fallible as the Urpneys, with both sides taking an equal amount of slapstick abuse. Afterwards they were quickly established as far more down to earth and competent foils, with the villains providing nearly all of the comic relief. They were also often a lot more violent and contemptuous towards the Urpneys in earlier points, while by the end of the series they are more passive tricksters.
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The Dreamstone / int_904bf4e	type	Wasn't That Fun?
The Dreamstone / int_904bf4e	comment	Wasn't That Fun?: Pildit in "Into Viltheed" after being attacked by the Urpney's Whirleyped, and Spildit in "The Return" after being caught in one of Zordrak's electric bolts.
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The Dreamstone / int_905438eb	type	Recycled IN SPACE!
The Dreamstone / int_905438eb	comment	Recycled In Space: Imagine Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog (with a touch of It Ain't Half Hot, Mum) in a Care Bears style fantasy world and you get the basic formula.
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The Dreamstone / int_91c651a1	type	Guilt-Free Extermination War
The Dreamstone / int_91c651a1	comment	Guilt-Free Extermination War: Zordrak put very high stakes onto both sides of a war on dream sending. As far as either were concerned, it was the usual affair.
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The Dreamstone / int_928ca2cc	type	You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
The Dreamstone / int_928ca2cc	comment	You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Ironically used on Urpgor in "The Nightmare Stone" after the titular MacGuffin renders his machines obsolete. A rare non lethal example by Zordrak however in that he merely tells him to hit the road. He is rehired after the Nightmare Stone is stolen by the Noops (largely due to a botched revenge plan by Urpgor).
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The Dreamstone / int_95ac8056	type	Wild Take
The Dreamstone / int_95ac8056	comment	Wild Take: The Urpneys did these frequently (Urpgor often did multiple elaborate ones in a single casual sentence). The heroes were animated far more tamely, though weren't void of them completely (eg. their Mass "Oh, Crap!" in "The Dream Beam Invasion" or Amberley in "Wildit's Whistle").
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The Dreamstone / int_95dec9d2	type	Plant Aliens
The Dreamstone / int_95dec9d2	comment	Plant Aliens: The Wuts, while not technically alien: in one episode, Pildit is unrecognizable as an aged-looking yellowish Wut until he gets a drink by stepping into a pool of water. Well, they certainly don't live on Earth.
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The Dreamstone / int_96e3a281	type	Characterisation Click Moment
The Dreamstone / int_96e3a281	comment	Characterisation Click Moment: Much of the early show was just a Villain Protagonist formula for Blob, Frizz and Nug. As things went on however, other characters gained more Sympathetic P.O.V.: While Urpgor was always the Mad Scientist and Sitcom Arch-Nemesis of Sgt Blob and his men, he was a fairly minor character in the first season, usually just serving as another bullying authority figure. The second season episode "Urpgor's Island" however, reveals that Urpgor does all the scheme processing in Viltheed and has to answer to Zordrak whenever Blob screws up a mission. This episode and many after give more Sympathetic P.O.V. to Urpgor and his neuroses trying to maintain stability in one of his schemes and stop Blob's squad ruining them, making him much more central to plots. The heroes, Rufus and Amberley, struggled to find an agency against the Urpneys' sympathetic dynamic for most of the early series, often just playing Immune to Slapstick Hero Antagonists and interchanging between Unscrupulous Heroes or The Fools depending on the nature of the villains' schemes. The third season slowly evolves them into more crafty, passive dogbodies however and gives them a more palpable grasp of humour, with "A Day Out" establishing a solid enough provocation to let them stop the Urpneys and still look clear cut heroic. A similar more put-upon role as Urpgor is also established in "The Stowaways", where it's Played for Laughs that they have evolved into pretty much doing everything, though since the show had reached its final season by this point, it counts more as Later-Installment Weirdness. Frizz and Nug's Cowardly Sidekick role was mostly defined from the start, though "The Invisible Blob" (an episode where they were invisible for the long run and thus had to converse a great deal) was where they really grasped them as the snarky Genre Savvy Drag Alongs to Sgt. Blob.
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The Dreamstone / int_98412467	type	Getting Smilies Painted on Your Soul
The Dreamstone / int_98412467	comment	Getting Smilies Painted on Your Soul: Seems to be a temporary effect whenever the Urpneys are given a good dream. The heroes also use magic rings of sorts to win the war against them in "Megattack" this way (and, unlike the dreams, keep them like this until "The Nightmare Stone"). The Robobird was created by Urpgor so it's singing would cause this effect on the heroes, leading them to willingly hand the Dreamstone to it. It's music ironically only works on Urpneys (though Rufus dimly leads it to the stone anyway).
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The Dreamstone / int_98d866ab	type	Ageless Birthday Episode
The Dreamstone / int_98d866ab	comment	Ageless Birthday Episode: The Dreammaker, Spildit and Mr. Blossom all celebrate their birthdays during the show's run, but their ages are never stated.
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The Dreamstone / int_991af300	type	Poke the Poodle
The Dreamstone / int_991af300	comment	Poke the Poodle: Though he looks and acts the part for a truly menacing and terrifying villain, almost all of Zordrak and his minions' schemes are for the purpose of giving the Noops scary dreams. The later episodes add a somewhat more ambitious "Lord of the Universe" plot onto the agenda however.
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The Dreamstone / int_9a480050	type	Do Not Taunt Cthulhu
The Dreamstone / int_9a480050	comment	Do Not Taunt Cthulhu: In "Albert Is Fishnapped", Zordrak attempts to fry Frizz with a lightning bolt for whining too much. A magical eclipse has weakened his powers so that he misses by inches. Frizz walks up to him and gloats that he's powerless. Just close enough for Zordrak to reach...
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The Dreamstone / int_9b54d536	type	Evil Counterpart
The Dreamstone / int_9b54d536	comment	Evil Counterpart: the Nightmare Stone, which can overpower the Dreamstone's ability to ward off nightmares. In a role reversal of show's usual formula, Rufus and Amberley try to steal it a few times over. Likely also counts as Evil Knockoff, though when and why it was created isn't specified.
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The Dreamstone / int_9bcd82c0	type	Took a Level in Badass
The Dreamstone / int_9bcd82c0	comment	Took a Level in Badass: Zigzagged. Rufus and Amberley started off Badass Normals in the pilot episode, but degenerated into incapable Fools by the time of Season Two. They recovered into fairly competent tricksters by Season Four.
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The Dreamstone / int_9ce36fc9	type	Heroes Act, Villains Hinder
The Dreamstone / int_9ce36fc9	comment	Heroes Act, Villains Hinder: Zordrak's entire motive most of the time is to ruin dreams the heroes are so devoted to creating for their world. Comically reconstructed in later episodes, often his Urpney minions' bungled schemes to do so would indirectly hinder any errand Rufus and Amberley were charged with.
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The Dreamstone / int_9d17b859	type	Made of Iron
The Dreamstone / int_9d17b859	comment	Made of Iron: From what is shown, only being fed to the Frazznats or turned to stone can truly kill an Urpney.
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The Dreamstone / int_9d90e013	type	Heelâ€“Face Brainwashing
The Dreamstone / int_9d90e013	comment	Heelâ€“Face Brainwashing: Done accidentally with Blob's squad and even Zordrak on separate occasions. Done more directly by the heroes in the first season finale when the heroes use magic to make invading Urpneys docile. They are shown assisting the Noops with their victory celebrations until Blob and Urpgor evacuate them back to Viltheed the following episode.
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The Dreamstone / int_9dd2cbc2	type	CloudCuckooLander
The Dreamstone / int_9dd2cbc2	comment	Urpgor can be considered a walking Disney Acid Sequence, especially in the Fil Cartoon animated episodes.
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The Dreamstone / int_9dfb8296	type	This Is Gonna Suck
The Dreamstone / int_9dfb8296	comment	This Is Gonna Suck: Frizz delivers a variation of this nearly every time he is forced into one of Zordrak's schemes.
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The Dreamstone / int_9e9af83b	type	Middle-Management Mook
The Dreamstone / int_9e9af83b	comment	Middle-Management Mook: Urpgor, who seems to have a higher position than most of the other Urpneys and is constantly shown bullying or ranting at fellow mooks for screwing things up, being "the only Urpney with any intelligence" and all. For the large part however he is just as incompetent and the most frequent punching bag for Zordrak's temper.
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The Dreamstone / int_9ecb2ba8	type	Reimagining the Artifact
The Dreamstone / int_9ecb2ba8	comment	Reimagining the Artifact: The heroes' Serious Business approach looked proportionate in the pilot where they were dealing with Zordrak directly and the level of menace was treated seriously. After the show turned into a Harmless Villain formula with the Urpneys however, their war-like methods looked more melodramatic and even mean-spirited. The last third of the series added a far more dangerous reason for Zordrak wanting the stone to justify their aggressive vigilance with it, and also revised the Noops into more comedic Mirroring Factions for the Urpneys to even back the sympathy value a little. At least one instance they reverted back to their original malice was treated as petty in-universe and ended with Frizz and Nug pranking them back as karma.
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The Dreamstone / int_9fb11776	type	Non-Lethal Warfare
The Dreamstone / int_9fb11776	comment	Non-Lethal Warfare: Any actual warfare between the two sides was used with fairly harmless projectiles such as mud pies, silk nets or magic trinkets that make it's victim docile. The only known deaths are those Zordrak executes afterwards (all but one consist entirely of his own army for failing him).
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The Dreamstone / int_9fb5d589	type	Not Now, Kiddo
The Dreamstone / int_9fb5d589	comment	Not Now, Kiddo: The Dreammaker's usual response to Albert's insistent tugging at his robe.
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The Dreamstone / int_a15af1f3	type	Sugar Bowl
The Dreamstone / int_a15af1f3	comment	Sugar Bowl: The Land Of Dreams is pretty much this in spades. Few of the heroes are ever particularly antagonistic or jerkish and everything is generally portrayed as cheery and perfectly harmonious until the villains attack. Sugary Malice: At which point they often inflict this.
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The Dreamstone / int_a1b27125	type	Nervous Wreck
The Dreamstone / int_a1b27125	comment	Nervous Wreck: While all the Urpneys are somewhat cowardly, Frizz takes it to neurotic extremes.
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The Dreamstone / int_a1b76006	type	Nerves of Steel
The Dreamstone / int_a1b76006	comment	Nerves of Steel: Pildit comes off a light example at times, usually being rather passive and mellow, even in the face of danger. His grandmother seems to be the only one capable of exasperating him.
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The Dreamstone / int_a31c7ef4	type	Cute Machines
The Dreamstone / int_a31c7ef4	comment	Cute Machines: The Mechanical Beaver (or Mech-Beav), and to a lesser degree, the Robo Bird.
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The Dreamstone / int_a36e433	type	The Meddling Kids Are Useless
The Dreamstone / int_a36e433	comment	The Meddling Kids Are Useless: Rufus and Amberley Depending on the Writer. Especially apparent in Season Two.
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The Dreamstone / int_a38373c	type	The Pratfall
The Dreamstone / int_a38373c	comment	The Pratfall: Used in spades. Even the Noops, who were usually immune to Amusing Injuries, did a fair amount of these.
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The Dreamstone / int_a4c37cbe	type	Mood Whiplash
The Dreamstone / int_a4c37cbe	comment	Mood Whiplash: Many episodes were rather erratic in tone, mostly due to the contrast of the incredibly cutesy and laid back goings on in the Land of Dreams against Viltheed with it's Black Comedy Urpney humour or Zordrak's brooding. The show also often switched tones between strictly a Harmless Villain formula or a tense action series (or both at the exact same time...somehow). Mike Batt's atmospheric music score didn't help this.
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The Dreamstone / int_a5cfe2ac	type	And There Was Much Rejoicing
The Dreamstone / int_a5cfe2ac	comment	And There Was Much Rejoicing: Any time it seems Zordrak has finally bitten the dust. Even some of the Urpneys (especially Urpgor) don't seem that bummed about it.
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The Dreamstone / int_a6c69bd	type	MacGuffin
The Dreamstone / int_a6c69bd	comment	"The Nightmare Stone". After Urpgor steals the MacGuffin and accidentally frees the Noops, they use his gadget to make off with it while he is knocked out (not that this was really a problem for Urpgor, since he wanted rid of it to begin with).
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The Dreamstone / int_a6d0b83	type	Despite the Plan
The Dreamstone / int_a6d0b83	comment	Despite the Plan: Rufus and Amberley's attempts to stop the Urpneys often failed or led to their capture, they always ended up with the Dreamstone back however, usually due to the Urpneys screwing things up without them anyway.
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The Dreamstone / int_a70223	type	Karma Houdini
The Dreamstone / int_a70223	comment	Karma Houdini: Zordrak usually sat dormant in his lair each episode, usually having his far more sympathetic patsies, the Urpneys end up taking the full brunt of karma, and then some. Urpgor also usually stayed cosy in Viltheed gleefully mocking Blob and his goons in early episodes. Karma Houdini Warranty: Zordrak always gets his comeuppance in the season finale (he's the Butt-Monkey in the final three episodes of the last season). Urpgor became more and more The Chew Toy with each season. "The Dream Beam Invasion" was arguably also this to the Noops' Disproportionate Retribution tendencies. Reversed for Blob, Frizz and Nug, who Can't Get Away with Nuthin', until the final two episodes, where they successfully menace the Noops and suffer little to no repercussions.
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The Dreamstone / int_a7382a73	type	Imagine Spot
The Dreamstone / int_a7382a73	comment	Imagine Spot: Rufus has a few of these, usually conveying himself as some fictional protagonist.
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The Dreamstone / int_a7c91a10	type	Meaningless Villain Victory
The Dreamstone / int_a7c91a10	comment	Meaningless Villain Victory: Very rare occasions the villains actually succeed in sending nightmares to the Land of Dreams. As much as Zordrak savors these victories, the Urpneys couldn't care less that they had and usually suffer ten times the abuse the Noops ever do from a bad dream in the process (and usually a revenge beating to go with it afterwards), but they do it.
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The Dreamstone / int_a939d96a	type	Adults Are Useless
The Dreamstone / int_a939d96a	comment	Adults Are Useless: Inverted. Rufus and Amberley spent a large portion of the show getting bailed out or otherwise outshone by their older peers.
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The Dreamstone / int_a9f392fd	type	Pilot Movie
The Dreamstone / int_a9f392fd	comment	Pilot Movie: The first two episodes are edited from a feature length opening special.
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The Dreamstone / int_aa2bd65c	type	Mordor
The Dreamstone / int_aa2bd65c	comment	Mordor: Viltheed and the Land of Nightmares; one episode features, as a side effect of an eclipse, sunlight shining on the mountain and causing the land to bloom with greenery, to which its inhabitants react with horror - well, we're told they do but we only really see it having any (hilarious) effect on Zordrak.
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The Dreamstone / int_aac2244a	type	EvilVsEvil
The Dreamstone / int_aac2244a	comment	Evil vs. Evil: Zarag and Urpgor's Auntie at different points tried to challenge the Urpneys for the Dreamstone. Zarag performs a Villain Team-Up at one point...and then betrays them after they seemingly get the stone, starting this trope again.
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The Dreamstone / int_aac863b8	type	Action-Hogging Opening
The Dreamstone / int_aac863b8	comment	Action-Hogging Opening: The opening titles give the implication of a far more dramatic action series with Zordrak. Most episodes themselves, while still having some good animation, are a laid back Harmless Villain formula with the Urpneys.
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The Dreamstone / int_abad35b4	type	Soundtrack Dissonance
The Dreamstone / int_abad35b4	comment	Soundtrack Dissonance: Mike Batt's dramatic orchestral score is amazing, but sometimes sounds unfitting accompanying the goofy antics of the show. Batt added a few extra riffs in later episodes, most of which were quirkier in tone. Done quite intentionally for War Song Of The Urpneys, with added Lyrical Dissonance for the sung variation.
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The Dreamstone / int_ac6ea68c	type	Near-Villain Victory
The Dreamstone / int_ac6ea68c	comment	Near-Villain Victory: Though usually doomed before they even start, Zordrak and the Urpneys actually did have the occasional upper hand in their war, only for it to fall apart from cruel fate. In "Albert's Ailment" they are literally a second from destroying the Dreamstone before Albert snatches it, while in "The Spidermobile" Zordrak almost succeeds in taking it to the Nightmare Planet before Urpgor arrives at exactly the wrong moment.
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The Dreamstone / int_ac781948	type	Cartoon Creature
The Dreamstone / int_ac781948	comment	Cartoon Creature: All of the races in the series look like strange "not-quite mashups" of different species. The Noops, for example, look like teddy bears with little goat horns and bunny ears, and the Urpneys look like squatty humans with lizard tails. With thagomizers. Even more prevalant in "The Dreamthief" pilot where the Noops have additional beaver like aspects along with a long shovel-like tail.
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The Dreamstone / int_acf33d00	type	Nice Job Fixing It, Villain
The Dreamstone / int_acf33d00	comment	Also in "The Spidermobile" Blob and his gang effortlessly overpower the entire Wut army and capture the Dreamstone (along with Rufus, Amberley and Pildit) using the aforementioned machine. For once they do not screw things up, it is Zordrak and Urpgor instead that lose the stone and suffer a Humiliation Conga in their place, something Frizz and Nug find to be Actually Pretty Funny.
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The Dreamstone / int_ad03437f	type	Reverse Cerebus Syndrome
The Dreamstone / int_ad03437f	comment	Reverse Cerebus Syndrome: The pilot, while cartoony, was a somewhat dark adventure with genuine mortal peril (on both sides). The rest of the series is a slapstick Comically Lop Sided Rivalry, with elements made even Denser and Wackier as it progresses.
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The Dreamstone / int_ad6f5405	type	Rationalizing the Overkill
The Dreamstone / int_ad6f5405	comment	Rationalizing the Overkill: After the Noops have thwarted the Urpneys' plan, they will continue a more elaborate slapstick revenge, insisting they are jerks who need to be "taught a lesson". At least once however, the writers caught wise to the overkill and had it backfire on them.
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The Dreamstone / int_adb98918	type	All-Powerful Bystander
The Dreamstone / int_adb98918	comment	All-Powerful Bystander: The heroes and villains are led by the Dream Maker and Zordrak respectively, who are both near unmatchable in magical abilities and strength. They rarely take part in battle however, always sending their Muggle minions to do the job. The Wuts similarly rarely travel to Viltheed unless the Noops fail, though will battle enemies invading the Land of Dreams.
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The Dreamstone / int_add14bc2	type	Orcus on His Throne
The Dreamstone / int_add14bc2	comment	Orcus on His Throne: Zordrak is a gargantuan Eldritch Abomination who could probably trample the Land Of Dreams under his foot, let alone with any of his dark spells (such as the power to place his spirit into another being). For some reason however his duties rarely exceed sitting on his throne and chewing out his far less fearsome mooks, the Urpneys, who he instead charges with the duty of stealing the title MacGuffin the large majority of the time. Toyed with one instance he actually equips his throne with a jet engine so he can invade the Land of Dreams. Still sitting down the whole time.
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The Dreamstone / int_ae1c0901	type	The Blind Leading the Blind
The Dreamstone / int_ae1c0901	comment	The Blind Leading the Blind: Pretty much sums up Sgt Blob's leadership over his squad.
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The Dreamstone / int_ae3d6438	type	Deadpan Snarker
The Dreamstone / int_ae3d6438	comment	Deadpan Snarker: Many of varying qualities. Little Miss Snarker: Amberley at times. Servile Snarker: Frizz and Nug. Silent Snarker: Albert
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The Dreamstone / int_ae50d11c	type	Shrink Ray
The Dreamstone / int_ae50d11c	comment	Shrink Ray: Urpgor invents one in "The Shrinking Stone" so the Urpneys can sneak by the heroes and steal the stone (it doubles as a growth ray so the Urpneys could grow themselves back). It backfires when Albert accidentally swallows it, causing it to malfunction and for Albert to belch shrink/growth beams at the Urpneys and Rufus. It eventually ends on Rufus normal sized and the Urpneys still tiny and forced to retreat, requiring Urpgor to make a second ray to grow them back (with interest). A variation occurs in "The Dream Beam Invasion" where Urpgor invents a shrink funnel which the Urpneys drop out of small sized so as to enter dreams and sabotage them. However the effects of this one are only temporary, which backfires on Rufus, Amberley and Albert this time when they shrink themselves to chase after them, only for Frizz and Nug to grow back to normal, and thus gigantic to them.
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The Dreamstone / int_aec63727	type	Pragmatic Hero
The Dreamstone / int_aec63727	comment	Pragmatic Hero: Few of the heroes seem to really give a flying fish if the Urpneys are Trapped in Villainy, and will take any measure to stop them. This bordered Blood Knight or outright Unscrupulous Hero territory in early episodes, though later seasons made their retaliations more defensive, only attacking the Urpneys as far as to protect the stone. They sometimes relapsed however, see Depending on the Writer.
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The Dreamstone / int_b15b6a35	type	Cosmic Plaything
The Dreamstone / int_b15b6a35	comment	While a lot of times Rufus and Amberley manage to retrieve the Dreamstone in skillful bouts of heroism, other times they seem to be assisted by accidental blundering (on theirs or the Urpney's part) or sheer dumb luck. Granted it's arguable whether this is a result of them being lucky, or the Urpney being...not so.
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The Dreamstone / int_b4de919d	type	Make an Example of Them
The Dreamstone / int_b4de919d	comment	Make an Example of Them: Zordrak has a collection of petrified Urpney statues to remind them of the price of defiance.
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The Dreamstone / int_b4f47048	type	Toon Physics
The Dreamstone / int_b4f47048	comment	Toon Physics: Oddly character specific to only the Urpneys (especially Urpgor), with the heroes and most other characters sparsely victim to slapstick or Wild Takes. Albert also did it a little however.
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The Dreamstone / int_b50af101	type	Determined Defeatist
The Dreamstone / int_b50af101	comment	Determined Defeatist: For less-than-willing villains, the Urpneys sure are persistent little buggers at times.
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The Dreamstone / int_b58b4e3c	type	Too Dumb to Live
The Dreamstone / int_b58b4e3c	comment	The Urpneys were usually in a static level of ineffectiveness, though it could stem from them being brainless laughing stocks or Cosmic Playthings who, if not for contrived bad luck, could actually act out plans rather efficiently.
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The Dreamstone / int_b58b7975	type	Kindhearted Simpleton
The Dreamstone / int_b58b7975	comment	Kindhearted Simpleton: Rufus leans into this on occasion.
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The Dreamstone / int_b6c2e6ad	type	Villain Episode
The Dreamstone / int_b6c2e6ad	comment	Villain Episode: Most episodes focused dominantly around the Urpneys setting up some scheme to take the stone, odd episodes would focus the point of view more on the Noops and some side plot they underwent.
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The Dreamstone / int_b731fa6e	type	I Cannot Self-Terminate
The Dreamstone / int_b731fa6e	comment	I Cannot Self-Terminate: Averted in "The Monster", where Amberley's polite request that the giant robot stop scaring everyone is interpreted as a command to shut itself down.
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The Dreamstone / int_b7d41084	type	You Rebel Scum!
The Dreamstone / int_b7d41084	comment	You Savage Noops
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The Dreamstone / int_ba389b4	type	Swiss-Army Tears
The Dreamstone / int_ba389b4	comment	Swiss-Army Tears: Rufus's brings Amberley back to life after she is turned to stone in the pilot.
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The Dreamstone / int_ba5bbda5	type	Mirror Character
The Dreamstone / int_ba5bbda5	comment	Mirror Character: Season Four makes occasional cracks at Rufus and Amberley being as much errand runners for the heroes as Frizz and Nug are for the villains, with them becoming similarly jaded and snarky about what they go through at times.
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The Dreamstone / int_bab7fceb	type	Incredible Shrinking Man
The Dreamstone / int_bab7fceb	comment	Incredible Shrinking Man: The Urpneys shrink themselves to get past the Noops in both "The Shrinking Stone" and "The Dream Beam Invasion". In both cases, the Noops catch on and use the same tactic to stop them (though this backfires in the latter when the Urpneys then start growing back, causing an Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever from their perspective).
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The Dreamstone / int_bb0c0a4d	type	Fiery Redhead
The Dreamstone / int_bb0c0a4d	comment	Fiery Redhead: Amberley, though usually rather level headed and cheerful, has intense moments of this at times, especially in Season One. Similarly Blob has an even shorter temper.
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The Dreamstone / int_bbcdd673	type	One-Gender Race
The Dreamstone / int_bbcdd673	comment	One-Gender Race: The Urpneys appeared to qualify, until one episode introduced Urpgor's aunt and later his niece. The Smurfette Principle: Still, you hardly ever see their women.
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The Dreamstone / int_bcf135d7	type	Curb-Stomp Cushion
The Dreamstone / int_bcf135d7	comment	Curb-Stomp Cushion: In the later episodes, the heroes suffered a little more from return slapstick and more heated pursuits (even if the villains were usually still easily outsmarted), likely to ensure they still looked like the victims against the Urpneys.
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The Dreamstone / int_be991863	type	The Neidermeyer
The Dreamstone / int_be991863	comment	The Neidermeyer: Sgt Blob has blatant shades of this, being a clueless Drill Sergeant Nasty. Even Blob however has at least a morsel of restraint and Pet the Dog moments compared to Urpgor, who sees all other Urpneys as little more than expendable guinea pigs for his bungling schemes. After an especially bad attempt at leading Zordrak's army into an invasion on the Land of Dreams (with Zordrak himself as collateral damage), the Lord of Nightmares makes seethingly clear that the only reason he doesn't fire him on the spot is because he has no better resources.
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The Dreamstone / int_c01027a6	type	Better than a Bare Bulb
The Dreamstone / int_c01027a6	comment	Better than a Bare Bulb: Frizz and Nug quite gladly and relentlessly lampshade all the flaws in the directions and schemes of their superiors. The heroes tend to avoid this, though Rufus and Amberley have some understated moments in the last season or so.
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The Dreamstone / int_c054e009	type	Karmic Protection
The Dreamstone / int_c054e009	comment	Karmic Protection: Subverted. Low-tier (and utterly unwilling) underlings Frizz and Nug generally get the lion's share of violent retributions over genuinely belligerent villains such as Zordrak and Urpgor in early episodes. Later plots tried to instate this trope better, making the Urpneys more Not So Harmless, the heroes more mischievous or lucky than violent, or pitting them against meaner opponents that could better provoke them. At least one later occasion the heroes reverted back to overkill punishments also backfired on them.
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The Dreamstone / int_c0d598fe	type	Evil Gloating
The Dreamstone / int_c0d598fe	comment	Evil Gloating: Zordrak loves monologuing, which has expectedly backfired on him. After he possessed Amberley and framed her for taking the Dreamstone, he couldn't resist revealing himself to mock the heroes. Similarly he was too busy gloating in "Megattack" to notice Planet Dreamstone coming behind him. Reversed in one case. In "Frozen Assets" the heroes keep losing the upper hand whenever they stop to mock the Urpneys. Downplayed with in "Megattack" when Frizz and Nug's more matter-of-fact gloating to Amberley about Zordrak's plan ends up his undoing.
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The Dreamstone / int_c2299d6e	type	Cutting the Knot
The Dreamstone / int_c2299d6e	comment	Cutting the Knot: Both "Albert Is Fishnapped" and "Megattack" involve a Hostage for MacGuffin plot. The heroes debate worriedly over whether to sacrifice the Dreamstone for the sake of their kidnapped friend. Then they remember the Urpneys are Harmless Villains and can just be beaten into handing them back.
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The Dreamstone / int_c3182167	type	Golem
The Dreamstone / int_c3182167	comment	Golem: One season three episode revolves around Frizz, Nug and Blob accidentally releasing the titular Neemod, a massive stone golem that Zordrak created and then sealed up because even he couldn't control it, which wreaked havoc on both sides of the Mists of Limbo before being stopped.
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The Dreamstone / int_c44b1c65	type	Inevitably Broken Rule
The Dreamstone / int_c44b1c65	comment	Inevitably Broken Rule: In the first episode, Rufus is shown the title stone during his first day of employment under the Dream Maker, with explicit warning not to reveal it to anyone. As the Dream Maker sleeps later that day, Rufus quickly shows Amberley the stone in order to impress her, at which point Zordrak's minions immediately invade the place and take it from him. After collecting it back from the villains, Rufus promises to the Dream Maker that he will not make the same mistake again, at least until the next episode where the Dream Maker sets a rule.
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The Dreamstone / int_c450b632	type	So Unfunny, It's Funny
The Dreamstone / int_c450b632	comment	So Unfunny, It's Funny: The heroes had occasional shades of this. Pildit's cringe inducing anecdotes in "The Dark Side" for example, along with Rufus and Amberley's failed attempts to be clownish to cheer up Spildit in "The Jolly Bird".
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The Dreamstone / int_c4d293c4	type	Let's See YOU Do Better!
The Dreamstone / int_c4d293c4	comment	Let's See YOU Do Better!: Both Sgt Blob and Urpgor, after getting sick of the other's stupidity, try tactizing plans to steal the Dreamstone on their own on separate occasions. They both fail miserably.
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The Dreamstone / int_c5385ad9	type	Horrible Judge of Character
The Dreamstone / int_c5385ad9	comment	Horrible Judge of Character: The heroes seem to be perfectly convinced that all Urpneys, especially Frizz and Nug, are diabolical and loyal enforcers of evil.
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The Dreamstone / int_c55269ac	type	Dumbass No More
The Dreamstone / int_c55269ac	comment	Dumbass No More: Rufus and Amberley regularly saved the day, but originally more the result of the Urpneys' uselessness and their super powered allies. When these two points weren't evident, they usually came across as even more incompetent than their foes. By the third and fourth seasons however, they became more tactical and independent, able to outsmart even some Not So Harmless plans on their own. Rufus also causes the Dreamstone's capture far less often.
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The Dreamstone / int_c59cfa2e	type	Felony Misdemeanor
The Dreamstone / int_c59cfa2e	comment	Felony Misdemeanor: Tampering with dreams is a tremendous sin in this universe.
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The Dreamstone / int_c7ae6f12	type	Outscare the Enemy
The Dreamstone / int_c7ae6f12	comment	Outscare the Enemy: The Urpneys are notorious cowards, so both their boss, Zordrak, and their enemies, the Noops, often compete for scarier, more violent threats unless the Urpneys comply to their orders. Obviously, it's more bluffing on the heroes' part than Zordrak, (though not always).
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The Dreamstone / int_c83f40d8	type	Bystander Syndrome
The Dreamstone / int_c83f40d8	comment	Bystander Syndrome: Zigzagged. Usually everything is left to Rufus and Amberley. The Dream Maker and the Wuts sometimes step in, though given how easily they neutralise the villains, enough of the episode has to have played out first.
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The Dreamstone / int_caa28b82	type	Cloudcuckoolander
The Dreamstone / int_caa28b82	comment	Cloudcuckoolander: Urpgor to extremes, with Blob and Nug occasionally getting in on it as well. Wildit and Rufus are toned down variants Depending on the Writer.
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The Dreamstone / int_cd99383e	type	Polite Villains, Rude Heroes
The Dreamstone / int_cd99383e	comment	Polite Villains, Rude Heroes: The Urpneys are thoroughly docile, meek and impersonal, with the heroes often a lot more violent and contemptuous towards them than vice versa (though good natured in general, the Urpneys are just that low a level in evil). Subverted in odd cases (Urpgor is a smug obnoxious sociopath, while Spildit is a Friendly Enemy Blob's troops sometimes exploit).
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The Dreamstone / int_ce6555f0	type	Lighter and Softer
The Dreamstone / int_ce6555f0	comment	While Amberley for the large part bumbled her way through missions as much as Rufus, her abuse was generally Lighter and Softer compared to the heavy cartoon violence the Urpneys suffered every episode.
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The Dreamstone / int_ce767e6f	type	Co-Dragons
The Dreamstone / int_ce767e6f	comment	Co-Dragons: Sgt Blob and Urpgor, a consistant power one has over the other is never made and they both frequently rival each other for Zordrak's approval. Double as Co Dragons In Chief, since their work combined sets up every plan far more often than Zordrak, as much as they still fear him.
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The Dreamstone / int_d001c42c	type	Anti-Villain
The Dreamstone / int_d001c42c	comment	Anti-Villain: The Urpneys aren't really all that evil or spiteful towards the Noops, and openly hate their job, only following orders to avoid the wrath of their demonic Bad Boss.
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The Dreamstone / int_d076824c	type	Every Episode Ending
The Dreamstone / int_d076824c	comment	Every Episode Ending: With a handful of exceptions, Frizz provides the final one liner of every episode.
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The Dreamstone / int_d08049db	type	Taken for Granite
The Dreamstone / int_d08049db	comment	Taken for Granite: One of Zordrak's favorite forms of Cool and Unusual Punishment. He even has a statue collection of all the victims he has turned into stone. In one episode Zordrak's spirit has to go to a distant world to replenish his power, and when it leaves his body, he turns to stone (and will crumble if his spirit doesn't get back in time, much to Urpgor's delight). Interestingly, Zordrak's spirit looks the same as the Nightmares he sends out in other episodes.
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The Dreamstone / int_d13c403a	type	Competence Zone
The Dreamstone / int_d13c403a	comment	Competence Zone: Rufus and Amberley started off as the "too young" variety, usually being saved by the older heroes (granted this was often as much because they were the only ones without magic powers). By the end of the series, the Noops are often more competent.
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The Dreamstone / int_d2cd18c0	type	Forbidden Fruit
The Dreamstone / int_d2cd18c0	comment	Forbidden Fruit: Rufus for the large part is well behaved and loyal to the Dream Maker, however almost any time he is given a strict order against a certain action, he can't resist disobeying it. Almost always leads to the Dreamstone getting stolen somehow.
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The Dreamstone / int_d323d090	type	Incendiary Exponent
The Dreamstone / int_d323d090	comment	Incendiary Exponent: The Viper Van from episode 5 sets fire to the landscape when it first sets off from Viltheed.
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The Dreamstone / int_d3a4af1e	type	Sympathy for the Devil
The Dreamstone / int_d3a4af1e	comment	Sympathy for the Devil: The Urpneys generally receive No Sympathy from the hero cast, except Spildit. In "The Return" for example, she helps them get back to Viltheed after they get stranded in the Wut forest and even relates to the abuse they receive from Urpgor after he steals her leaf.
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The Dreamstone / int_d3f67567	type	Personal Hate Before Common Goals
The Dreamstone / int_d3f67567	comment	Personal Hate Before Common Goals: Has a rare heroic case, with the Noops usually spurning any moments of truce from the Urpneys. Especially apparent in "The Statue Collection" where, after the Urpneys tried to turn Pildit to stone, the Noops and Albert are perfectly willing to watch an invading monster attack them. Even when it turns its attention to them as well, and the Urpneys attempt an Enemy Mine, the heroes sabotage it, preferring to stop it themselves (granted this might be just as much due to the haphazardous approach of said Enemy Mine).
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The Dreamstone / int_d4055b8b	type	Square-Cube Law
The Dreamstone / int_d4055b8b	comment	Square-Cube Law: heavily hinted with Zordrak, who prefer not to move more than he find absolutely neccesary, and if forced, moves slowly and carefully. Even lampshaded in "Megattack", when Zordrak, after testing his flying throne, exclaimed "such freedom!"
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The Dreamstone / int_d4df1797	type	Cowardly Sidekick
The Dreamstone / int_d4df1797	comment	Frizz and Nug, originally interchangeable dimwitted Cowardly Sidekicks in the pilot, got Flanderized to one different facet as part of their Divergent Character Evolution. Frizz became more cowardly and neurotic, while Nug became more dopey and vacuous. Hidden Depths prevented the trope oversimplifying their personalities however.
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The Dreamstone / int_d4f281a3	type	Villainous Underdog
The Dreamstone / int_d4f281a3	comment	Villainous Underdog: The Land of Dreams consists of the almost omni powerful Dream Maker and an army of magic crafting Wuts. Viltheed consists of the powerful but inactive Zordrak and his incompetent and powerless (and thoroughly unlucky) Urpney army, who were usually reliant on some eccentric gadget of Urpgor's to invade the Land of Dreams, which was usually disposed of easily. As such many episodes' tension was reliant on the heroes making the questionable tactic of sending Muggles, Rufus and Amberley to handle everything, and even they usually had fate on their side and trounced the Urpneys to the point of Unnecessary Roughness.
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The Dreamstone / int_d53ad027	type	Cheerful Child
The Dreamstone / int_d53ad027	comment	Cheerful Child: Rufus and Amberley, it would seem anyway.
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The Dreamstone / int_d5dfb30a	type	Professional Butt-Kisser
The Dreamstone / int_d5dfb30a	comment	Professional Butt-Kisser: Sgt. Blob, unlike most other Urpneys, seems willingly loyal and enthusiastic about serving Zordrak, and spouts his Lordship's good name constantly. Urpgor is usually this even more so, every now and then however, he gets that bit more ambitious.
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The Dreamstone / int_d7b34c31	type	Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
The Dreamstone / int_d7b34c31	comment	Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": The Dream Maker.
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The Dreamstone / int_d7fc9fd0	type	Vitriolic Best Buds
The Dreamstone / int_d7fc9fd0	comment	Vitriolic Best Buds: Frizz and Nug. Rufus and Amberley to a lesser extent as well.
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The Dreamstone / int_d833090a	type	Right Hand Versus Left Hand
The Dreamstone / int_d833090a	comment	Right Hand Versus Left Hand: Often done with the Urpneys, either because of their incompetence or Blob and Urpgor's rivalry. Most evidently in "Urpgor's Great Adventure" where Blob's troops attack Urpgor, mistaking his commotion for the enemy. By the time they find out the truth, Albert has snagged the Dreamstone back from them.
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The Dreamstone / int_d855a477	type	NotSoHarmless
The Dreamstone / int_d855a477	comment	"A Day Out" of Season Three has Zordrak plot a more Not So Harmless motive for taking the Dreamstone, making future instances the villains take it a more frantic Race Against the Clock.
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The Dreamstone / int_d935ee2f	type	Innocent Blue Eyes
The Dreamstone / int_d935ee2f	comment	Innocent Blue Eyes: Amberley, one of the few characters to have visible irises, has blue eyes and a (usually) sweet natured personality. She temporarily lost these as the cast underwent slight redesigns in the second season.
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The Dreamstone / int_d986d0ed	type	Evil Only Has to Win Once
The Dreamstone / int_d986d0ed	comment	Evil Only Has to Win Once: Initially subverted. Odd early occasions had Zordrak temporarily get his hands on the stone and successfully send nightmares to the Sleeping World which, while a horrific experience, had no long term consequences and served merely as a rare petty victory for the bad guys. Later episodes had Zordrak concoct new, more devastating apparitions for the stone; to corrupt its powers and use it to make him unassailable "Lord of the Universe", making each time his minions stole it a Race Against the Clock.
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The Dreamstone / int_d9cf40fa	type	Screw This, I'm Outta Here
The Dreamstone / int_d9cf40fa	comment	Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Frizz invokes this frequently, with varying degrees of failure. Often played more straight with the rest of the Urpneys. The key reason Frizz and Nug are usually the only members of Blob's squad is due to being the only Urpneys too slow to bail out.
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The Dreamstone / int_d9f97805	type	Wins by Doing Absolutely Nothing
The Dreamstone / int_d9f97805	comment	Wins by Doing Absolutely Nothing: Many episodes culminated in the Urpneys failing due to some blunder or contrived bad luck, with barely any effort required on the heroes' part. In episodes such as "Mr Blossom's Present" they don't even notice the Urpneys had attacked.
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The Dreamstone / int_d9ffec82	type	Curb-Stomp Battle
The Dreamstone / int_d9ffec82	comment	Curbstomp Battle: Pretty much any time the Urpneys go up against the Noops or Wuts. The heavily built up invasion on the Land Of Dreams in "Megattack" lasts less than a minute before the entire army is tranquilized with magic. In their defense though, the odd time the Urpneys win a fight, they win just as handily (eg. the Spidermobile vs the entire Wut army). Curb-Stomp Cushion: In the later episodes, the heroes suffered a little more from return slapstick and more heated pursuits (even if the villains were usually still easily outsmarted), likely to ensure they still looked like the victims against the Urpneys.
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The Dreamstone / int_da0eeab5	type	Breakout Character
The Dreamstone / int_da0eeab5	comment	Breakout Character: In the first season, Urpgor's role was somewhat minor and more as a Satellite Character for the Urpneys. Later on he gains a more active role and is often as much a Villain Protagonist as Blob, Frizz and Nug (naturally this also begins his ascension as The Chew Toy).
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The Dreamstone / int_db0a3f28	type	Villain Exclusivity Clause
The Dreamstone / int_db0a3f28	comment	Villain Exclusivity Clause: The Urpneys are always sent by Zordrak to steal the Dreamstone every episode. Later episodes establish more of a Rogues Gallery, though the Urpneys are still always involved in some way.
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The Dreamstone / int_dc8ba6d5	type	The Scapegoat
The Dreamstone / int_dc8ba6d5	comment	The Scapegoat: Frizz and Nug are this perpetually, and are openly aware of it. Be it Zordrak or Blob wanting to shanghai a couple of troops, Urpgor requiring some guinea pigs or even the heroes wanting an Asshole Victim to torment, they are first choice out of an endless army of Urpneys. The later episodes gave them the occasional moment of revenge.
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The Dreamstone / int_dca97045	type	Just Following Orders
The Dreamstone / int_dca97045	comment	Just Following Orders: The Urpneys for the large part. Urpgor and Sgt Blob may occasionally go out of their way to impress Zordrak, but Frizz and Nug are strictly this (as often as they try not to).
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The Dreamstone / int_ddb233c1	type	Mid-Season Twist
The Dreamstone / int_ddb233c1	comment	Mid-Season Twist: A couple examples, though they both apply during the tenth episode: "The Daydream Bubble" of Season One reveals Zordrak's origin, and also that the planet Rufus travelled to in his dream in the pilot is in fact a real life Genius Loci, Planet Dreamstone. "A Day Out" of Season Three has Zordrak plot a more Not So Harmless motive for taking the Dreamstone, making future instances the villains take it a more frantic Race Against the Clock.
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The Dreamstone / int_dfa71e43	type	Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain
The Dreamstone / int_dfa71e43	comment	Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain: The Urpneys take this trope to a new level. Sometimes even Zordrak gets on it too.
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The Dreamstone / int_e0040f41	type	Start of Darkness
The Dreamstone / int_e0040f41	comment	Start of Darkness: Zordrak. Seen in a Dream Sequence Flash Back
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The Dreamstone / int_e0c8a43	type	Sliding Scale of Villain Effectiveness
The Dreamstone / int_e0c8a43	comment	Sliding Scale of Villain Effectiveness: Zordrak and the Urpneys go from "Creditable" in the pilot to usually "None" due to Villain Decay afterwards. They upgrade slightly into "Low" or "Inadvertent" by the end of the series, due to Zordrak heavily upgrading his Poke the Poodle ambitions, Urpgor's machines becoming more resilient, and at fail, the Urpney trio becoming more Lethally Stupid. Sympathetic P.O.V. from the Noops shows they're still not really a threat, though they do manage to make everyone's lives somewhat difficult.
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The Dreamstone / int_e21faf11	type	Friend to All Living Things
The Dreamstone / int_e21faf11	comment	Played more straight in "The Dark Side", after the Urpneys capture the heroes, they are attacked by another monster. The Dream Maker negotiates with it in return for the Urpneys releasing them.note It's possibly subverted again however since both the episode and a later appearance imply the monster is docile and the Dream Maker tricked them into freeing him.
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The Dreamstone / int_e2c4b927	type	Dub Name Change
The Dreamstone / int_e2c4b927	comment	Dub Name Change: The French dub renamed pretty much everything and everyone (Zordrak being the main exception) but where it gets interesting is, the good and bad guys had different French names for the Dreamstone: Heroes called it cristal magique (magic crystal) whereas Urpneys called it cristal malÃ©fique (evil crystal).
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The Dreamstone / int_e38c48c5	type	Road Runner vs. Coyote
The Dreamstone / int_e38c48c5	comment	Road Runner vs. Coyote: Sort of. Zordrak and the Urpneys are more often solely after the Dreamstone than chasing the heroes directly, but the setup is very similar in tone. The episode "The Dark Side" in particular follows the trope very closely and even seems to recycle a few of it's traditional gags with backfiring booby traps.
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The Dreamstone / int_e3d2f2	type	The Fool
The Dreamstone / int_e3d2f2	comment	The Fool: While a lot of times Rufus and Amberley manage to retrieve the Dreamstone in skillful bouts of heroism, other times they seem to be assisted by accidental blundering (on theirs or the Urpney's part) or sheer dumb luck. Granted it's arguable whether this is a result of them being lucky, or the Urpney being...not so. Usually any point it's someone else's turn to be the Butt-Monkey, Blob, Frizz and Nug will convert into this. This was especially more common in later episodes, where they more often came out of schemes more nonplussed instead of exceptionally miserable or tormented, with a lot of their oblivious bungling backfiring onto Urpgor, Zordrak or even the Noops as often as themselves.
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The Dreamstone / int_e43c66bd	type	Art Evolution
The Dreamstone / int_e43c66bd	comment	The first season has a noticeably different feel from the others, the animation is much looser, and several characters are slightly different both in terms of design and personality and role (see Art Evolution and Flanderization). Rather easy to compare since the opening titles (which use Season One's animation style and designs) are used unaltered throughout the entire series.
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The Dreamstone / int_e4ba33fc	type	Disaster Dominoes
The Dreamstone / int_e4ba33fc	comment	Disaster Dominoes: Frequently the undoing of the villains.
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The Dreamstone / int_e4f05faa	type	Jaw Drop
The Dreamstone / int_e4f05faa	comment	Jaw Drop: Done epically by all the Urpneys after a temporarily reformed Zordrak politely asks Urpgor to return the Dreamstone with "an apology and flowers" in "Spildit".
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The Dreamstone / int_e4f5affb	type	The Chew Toy
The Dreamstone / int_e4f5affb	comment	The Chew Toy: Would almost certainly be coined "The Urpney" in the Land Of Dreams. Mr Blossom is the nearest to a heroic example.
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The Dreamstone / int_e5421161	type	Expy
The Dreamstone / int_e5421161	comment	Expy: Bimble's Bucket, another project made by Jupp and Martin Gates Productions (only shortly after The Dreamstone ended it's run) has heavy similarities, in characters and their dynamics and roles, and even their designs, to the point the trope almost qualifies for the entire show. Similarly, Gates' adaptation of The Snow Queen (1995) makes the odd alteration and new characters adhering to the show's formula (in particular, the Snow Queen's three abused troll minions heavily resemble the Urpneys).
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The Dreamstone / int_e567510d	type	Determinator
The Dreamstone / int_e567510d	comment	Determinator: The Noops at times, especially in the pilot. Zordrak also really wants the Dreamstone. Determined Defeatist: For less-than-willing villains, the Urpneys sure are persistent little buggers at times.
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The Dreamstone / int_e5d37e0f	type	Divergent Character Evolution
The Dreamstone / int_e5d37e0f	comment	Divergent Character Evolution: Frizz and Nug started off as two interchangable Cowardly Sidekicks for Sgt Blob. Further on in the first season, Frizz became increasingly cynical and neurotic, while Nug became more dopey and upbeat.
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The Dreamstone / int_e5e6640b	type	Flanderization
The Dreamstone / int_e5e6640b	comment	Flanderization: The heroes became more obnoxiously sanctimonious and cutesy after the pilot. Also as the Comically Lop Sided Rivalry formula took over, they became (akin to most examples) more over the top fortunate and smug in dealing with the villains, with what was originally a more justifiable case of Revenge Myopia towards the Urpneys became more sadistic and petty. The later parts of the series partially reversed this. In a reversal case, the heroes also lost nearly all their goofy, comical qualities after the first few episodes, becoming immune to the show's Toon Physics and playing the cartoon formula bizarrely seriously. For Rufus and Amberley at least, this was reversed back in the final season. Rufus and Amberley went from slightly blundering Kid Heroes in the first season to luck-prone incompetents in the second. Resultantly, the adult heroes changed from wise mentors if still flawed themselves, to all knowing, all powerful babysitters. This dynamic was gradually reversed back in Seasons Three and Four. From Season Two onwards, Zordrak went from a calculating Knight of Cerebus to a full time Orcus on His Throne who contributed little but mandatory Bad Boss abuse and temper tantrums once every episode. Frizz and Nug, originally interchangeable dimwitted Cowardly Sidekicks in the pilot, got Flanderized to one different facet as part of their Divergent Character Evolution. Frizz became more cowardly and neurotic, while Nug became more dopey and vacuous. Hidden Depths prevented the trope oversimplifying their personalities however.
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The Dreamstone / int_e6291d05	type	Percussive Maintenance
The Dreamstone / int_e6291d05	comment	Percussive Maintenance: In "The Spidermobile" Sgt Blob manages to get the Urpneys' current mech working again after it broke down underwater.
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The Dreamstone / int_e62dfb96	type	No Endor Holocaust
The Dreamstone / int_e62dfb96	comment	No Endor Holocaust: Excused example. Some episodes do have the heroes suffer collateral damage from the villains' attacks, though the elder heroes can usually fix all of it with their magic. Strangely subverted in "The Monster" however.
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The Dreamstone / int_e63270bc	type	Mr. Imagination
The Dreamstone / int_e63270bc	comment	Mr. Imagination: Rufus is a notorious daydreamer.
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The Dreamstone / int_e6f18344	type	Humongous Mecha
The Dreamstone / int_e6f18344	comment	Humongous Mecha: "The Monster" is all about the hijinks that ensue when Blob, Frizz and Nug inadvertently resurrect a pile of scrap into a giant robot.
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The Dreamstone / int_e7cb46d3	type	Satellite Character
The Dreamstone / int_e7cb46d3	comment	Satellite Character: Zordrak and Urpgor rarely squared off against the heroes themselves, their role usually limited to interacting with Blob and his men. Urpgor branched out a little in later episodes however.
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The Dreamstone / int_e7db27c7	type	Sympathetic P.O.V.
The Dreamstone / int_e7db27c7	comment	Sympathetic P.O.V.: After the pilot episode, most episodes of The Dreamstone focused on Zordrak's mooks, the Urpneys and conveyed them as Villainous Underdogs to the Land of Dreams. The later episodes however give Rufus and Amberley more equal POV, and convey the Urpneys as more obstructively incompetent, causing more collateral damage for the Noops and Deconstructing their Invincible Hero streak by always complicating their job, making for a rare case the story POV switches from the heroes, to the villains, and then back to the heroes through the revised format.
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The Dreamstone / int_e825295c	type	End-of-Episode Silliness
The Dreamstone / int_e825295c	comment	End-of-Episode Silliness: Nearly every episode closes with some comedy from the Urpneys over their loss, along with a dry one liner provided by Frizz.
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The Dreamstone / int_e8465b72	type	Purely Aesthetic Era
The Dreamstone / int_e8465b72	comment	Purely Aesthetic Era: The Land Of Dreams resembles something of a Medieval Stasis, with minimal technology (magic aside) and clothing and architechture to match for the most part. However the residents usually don't flicker an eyelid to Urpgor's Clock Punk devices or even the odd rock concert for that matter. Possibly justified since the show takes place in a different world.
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The Dreamstone / int_ea2e9f2d	type	No Ending
The Dreamstone / int_ea2e9f2d	comment	No Ending: The series doesnâ€™t get a grand finale, so we never get to see Zordrak truly defeated or an ending where he decides to just give up. Both of the first two seasons ended with a seeming defeat, though continuation led to a follow on where the status quo returned. Amusingly the very final episode closes with him yet awaiting another scheme, growling that he "can't wait forever".
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The Dreamstone / int_eb002293	type	Shrinking Violet
The Dreamstone / int_eb002293	comment	Shrinking Violet: Hod in the episode of the same name, a diminutive space traveller who Apologizes a Lot. He attempts a Beware the Nice Ones against the Urpneys, but it doesn't work out.
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The Dreamstone / int_eb0a92ca	type	Ineffectual Death Threats
The Dreamstone / int_eb0a92ca	comment	Ineffectual Death Threats: Zordrak lost interest in executing minions halfway into the first season. There's no reason any of them have to know that however. The Noops also sometimes make bluffs to get the Urpneys to retreat or hand back the stone.
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The Dreamstone / int_eb28ab57	type	Bound and Gagged
The Dreamstone / int_eb28ab57	comment	Bound and Gagged: Happens to Amberley a couple of times. Also part of a gag in "Too Hot To Handle" when the Urpneys try to ambush and restrain a Noop inside their Mobile Shrubbery, they take turns bounding each other by mistake before finally getting the right guy.
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The Dreamstone / int_eeb4a5eb	type	Anti-Climax
The Dreamstone / int_eeb4a5eb	comment	Anti-Climax: It's easier to list the episodes that didn't end on a incredibly handy victory for the heroes. Those that weren't from a Curbstomp Battle usually involved some random twist of fate bringing down the villains' plans entirely. While this was somewhat expected against Harmless Villains the Urpneys, not even Zordrak was allowed to put up much of a showy fight most of the time. The pilot and "A Day Out" are among the very few cases the heroes subvert this and Earn Their Happy Ending.
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The Dreamstone / int_eec346de	type	Monument of Humiliation and Defeat
The Dreamstone / int_eec346de	comment	Monument of Humiliation and Defeat: Zordrak actually makes them out of his enemies. One episode revolved around him trying to do such to Pildit. He settles for monster that unluckily lands in his lap in the resulting scuffle.
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The Dreamstone / int_eedee4d	type	The Starscream
The Dreamstone / int_eedee4d	comment	In one episode Zordrak's spirit has to go to a distant world to replenish his power, and when it leaves his body, he turns to stone (and will crumble if his spirit doesn't get back in time, much to Urpgor's delight). Interestingly, Zordrak's spirit looks the same as the Nightmares he sends out in other episodes.
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The Dreamstone / int_ef20dac5	type	Servile Snarker
The Dreamstone / int_ef20dac5	comment	Servile Snarker: Frizz and Nug.
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The Dreamstone / int_ef255df8	type	High Turnover Rate
The Dreamstone / int_ef255df8	comment	High Turnover Rate: Straight from the pilot episode, the Urpneys are quickly revealed to have been dealt with in rapid pace by both the heroes and their own boss, with Sgt Blob, Frizz and Nug rightfully terrified when they take over as the Elite Squad. It is implied the only reason they didn't suffer the same fate is because both Zordrak and the Noops had conveniently decided to use more pragmatic approaches shortly in.
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The Dreamstone / int_f0089082	type	Early-Bird Cameo
The Dreamstone / int_f0089082	comment	Early-Bird Cameo: The Planet Dreamstone is cryptically shown in the pilot's dream sequence (and thus every episode's credit sequence), before being properly introduced in "The Daydream Bubble". The bird that antagonises the Urpneys in "The Shrinking Stone" looks almost identical to the title character of "The Jolly Bird", aired four seasons later.
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The Dreamstone / int_f05444a4	type	Once per Episode
The Dreamstone / int_f05444a4	comment	Once per Episode: All but a handful of episodes end with an irritated comment from Frizz.
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The Dreamstone / int_f15c2859	type	NO INDOOR VOICE
The Dreamstone / int_f15c2859	comment	No Indoor Voice: Zordrak, especially in later episodes. Urpgor isn't particularly known for being soft spoken either.
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The Dreamstone / int_f19e8a55	type	Bad "Bad Acting"
The Dreamstone / int_f19e8a55	comment	Bad "Bad Acting": Rufus suffers a case of this in dupe against the Urpneys in "Planet Prunus". It still manages to fool the Urpneys.
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The Dreamstone / int_f1d3f0c9	type	Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness
The Dreamstone / int_f1d3f0c9	comment	Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: The Dream Maker has a rather advanced dictionary at times, and unlike Blob, seems to get it right (...we think...).
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The Dreamstone / int_f1d6144a	type	War Is Hell
The Dreamstone / int_f1d6144a	comment	War Is Hell: Played for Laughs with the Urpneys, who are nearly always the grunts and suffer nearly all the collateral damage in every battle between Viltheed and the Land of Dreams, thus incredibly bitter and uneager minions who are have to be forcibly dragged or threatened into everything. The heroes by comparison have a far more gung-ho approach to their battles, but even then usually only because they win most of them so easily, and there are some Armchair Military gags on even their side by the end of the series.
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The Dreamstone / int_f329f2a2	type	Got Volunteered
The Dreamstone / int_f329f2a2	comment	Got Volunteered: Can any Urpney who does not want to take part in a deadly dangerous mission please take a step forward... Not you Frizz! Or you Nug!
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The Dreamstone / int_f3d38c6d	type	Team Rocket Wins
The Dreamstone / int_f3d38c6d	comment	Team Rocket Wins: In the episode "Argorrible Attack", the Urpneys actually succeed in giving the majority of the Land of Dreams nightmares (a small time victory, but exactly what Zordrak wanted). The heroes try to give Viltheed good dreams in revenge, and it actually proves somewhat ineffective. Though granted after that they decide to just beat the crap out of all of them instead. They do this again in "The Dream Beam Invasion", shrinking into the Noop's dreams and sabotaging them for one night. They are foiled the following attempt, and Rufus and Amberley capture them, however Frizz and Nug start growing back inside the dream and scare them off, allowing them to retreat (albeit just above a lake...). Zordrak also succeeds in sending Argorribles into the Land of Dreams in the pilot, "The Nightmare Stone" and "The Dark Side". It is implied that Argorribles actually get past the Dreamstone's barrier on a frequent basis, but in very few numbers. Also in "The Spidermobile" Blob and his gang effortlessly overpower the entire Wut army and capture the Dreamstone (along with Rufus, Amberley and Pildit) using the aforementioned machine. For once they do not screw things up, it is Zordrak and Urpgor instead that lose the stone and suffer a Humiliation Conga in their place, something Frizz and Nug find to be Actually Pretty Funny. In "The Statue Collection," the trio do fail to capture Pildit... but, with the unwitting help of Albert, actually deliver Zordrak a prize for his statue collection he likes better.
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The Dreamstone / int_f4faa8f8	type	Pity the Kidnapper
The Dreamstone / int_f4faa8f8	comment	Pity the Kidnapper: Almost whenever the Urpneys manage to kidnap Amberley.
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The Dreamstone / int_f51c5f3c	type	Never Say "Die"
The Dreamstone / int_f51c5f3c	comment	Never Say "Die": Averted. Somewhat unusually for a children's series, Zordrak often explicitly threatens his minions and captives with death.
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The Dreamstone / int_f5333f3b	type	Extraordinary World, Ordinary Problems
The Dreamstone / int_f5333f3b	comment	Extraordinary World, Ordinary Problems: A lot of the humour concerning the Urpneys invokes this trope since in spite of working for an Evil Overlord of a fantasy world, Frizz and Nug tend to treat their work as a standard dead end job, being Press-Ganged into most of the manual labour or scapegoated by Middle Management Mooks, Urpgor and Sgt Blob (mostly to avoid the pressure of their own boss, Zordrak), and being treated as heartless scum for an occupation they don't even want to have. Some of the hero grunts, such as the completely apathetic Mr Blossom and even the Noops, Rufus and Amberley, start to show glimpses of this later on, since it is implied their frustrations with the Urpneys lie more in their constant bumbling schemes causing more collateral damage which they are made to fix and making their own occupations more difficult.
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The Dreamstone / int_f594c8a9	type	Fed to the Beast
The Dreamstone / int_f594c8a9	comment	Fed to the Beast: Zordrak has a pit filled with yellow, red-eyed monsters called Frazznats that the Urpneys call "The Pit of No Return". In the opening scene of the series, he throws an Urpney named Captain Crigg in there for questioning his plan to steal the Dreamstone and promotes Sergeant Blob in his place, and he does throw Blob and Urpgor in there on at least one occasion, but they somehow came back just fine.
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The Dreamstone / int_f64a9cf7	type	Earn Your Happy Ending
The Dreamstone / int_f64a9cf7	comment	The pilot and "A Day Out" are among the very few cases the heroes subvert this and Earn Their Happy Ending.
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The Dreamstone / int_f651b980	type	Forbidden Zone
The Dreamstone / int_f651b980	comment	Forbidden Zone: A couple of episodes have the cast enter "the Dark Side", an area of the Sleeping World that is unexplored and rampant with deadly creatures. Curiously concept art for the show also lists a similar area of identical name to this trope (likely what the Dark Side evolved into for the finalized show).
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The Dreamstone / int_f6b698ac	type	Complexity Addiction
The Dreamstone / int_f6b698ac	comment	Complexity Addiction: Much to the awareness of Frizz and Nug, Zordrak and Urpgor's schemes to deprive the heroes of the Dreamstone are often quite complicated and grandiose. In "Urpgor's Island", Urpgor throws a snit fit at Blob and his men for seemingly losing the stone in the ocean instead of using his elaborate fake island to hide it, despite them lampshading that it's got rid of either way.
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The Dreamstone / int_f88f2449	type	Downer Beginning
The Dreamstone / int_f88f2449	comment	Downer Beginning: "The Dark Side" starts by revealing the Argorribles have succeeded in spreading nightmares to the Land of Dreams due to the weakened Dreamstone. More comically, Frizz and Nug are also Pulled from Your Day Off on the villain's side.
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The Dreamstone / int_f9375414	type	FacePalm
The Dreamstone / int_f9375414	comment	Face Palm: Any frustration Zordrak can't convey in terrifying rage, he demonstrates with this.
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The Dreamstone / int_f97b5d33	type	Shoo Out the Clowns
The Dreamstone / int_f97b5d33	comment	Shoo Out the Clowns: Urpgor and Blob's team often disappear in the odd few instances Zordrak takes part in a (usually more threatening) scheme, somewhat in contrast to their Villain Protagonist role throughout the rest of the series.
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The Dreamstone / int_f9c3ecc6	type	Series Fauxnale
The Dreamstone / int_f9c3ecc6	comment	Series Fauxnale: Both "Megattack" and "Return of The Nightmare Stone" of the first two seasons were prepared to close out the show (albeit with conveniently enough left unconcluded to chain off a new story), only for it to be renewed for two more seasons.
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The Dreamstone / int_fb3576b2	type	The Dog Bites Back
The Dreamstone / int_fb3576b2	comment	The Dog Bites Back: Urpgor usually cowers before Zordrak's abuse as much as the other Urpneys, however, whenever his master begins to view him as expendable, he has no problem making an enemy of himself. Not to mention his own occasional ambitious streak. Frizz and Nug also occasionally got their own back on Blob or Urpgor.
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The Dreamstone / int_fbba5e98	type	Gadgeteer Genius
The Dreamstone / int_fbba5e98	comment	Gadgeteer Genius: Urpgor. Though no less blundering than the rest of the Urpneys most of the time, the large majority of his devices do seem to work exactly as they should, their downfall owed more to their mishandling by either him or Blob's team.
The Dreamstone / int_fbba5e98	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Dreamstone / int_fc4f5f19	type	Go-Karting with Bowser
The Dreamstone / int_fc4f5f19	comment	Go-Karting with Bowser: Spildit befriends the Urpneys a couple of times, which is usually mistaken for a kidnapping on the latter's part by the heroes.
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The Dreamstone / int_fcafe8d7	type	Zany Cartoon
The Dreamstone / int_fcafe8d7	comment	Zany Cartoon: The Urpney side of things at least is very offbeat and slapstick. Especially so by the fourth season where even the other characters start to get in on it.
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The Dreamstone / int_fd1f1a63	type	Ridiculously Cute Critter
The Dreamstone / int_fd1f1a63	comment	Ridiculously Cute Critter: The Noops and Wuts to a rather saccharine degree. And then there's the "vicious" Wottles.
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The Dreamstone / int_fd33878a	type	British Humour
The Dreamstone / int_fd33878a	comment	British Humour: The Urpneys, being downtrodden and extremely sarcastic workers for the show's evil or incompetent villains (and constantly getting flak for it), supply this in ample amount.
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The Dreamstone / int_fd497586	type	You Mean "Xmas"
The Dreamstone / int_fd497586	comment	You Mean "Xmas": Heavily implied with the "Mid Winter Celebrations" in "Frozen Assets".
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The Dreamstone / int_fdc4fab4	type	Depending on the Writer
The Dreamstone / int_fdc4fab4	comment	Depending on the Writer: Rufus and Amberley got hit with this bad. Are they rambunctious Kid Heroes who get in near equally on the story (and it's slapstick) as the Urpneys, or are they heavily whitewashed Hero Antagonists? Can they also either curbstomp the Urpneys with ease or are they actually even more incompetent than them and win everything by sheer luck? And are they pragmatic and incredibly lenient about it or mean tempered little sadists? Even their own personalities ranged from being complete contrasts to practically The Dividual. The Urpneys were usually in a static level of ineffectiveness, though it could stem from them being brainless laughing stocks or Cosmic Playthings who, if not for contrived bad luck, could actually act out plans rather efficiently.
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The Dreamstone / int_fe64d5a1	type	Evil Is Petty
The Dreamstone / int_fe64d5a1	comment	Evil Is Petty: Zordrak devotes most of his attention to spreading nightmares onto Noops just to spite the Dream Maker that exiled him. Subverted for the Urpneys however, most of the time they have to be forced to do evil. Some battles are only kept going when "Good Is Petty".
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The Dreamstone / int_ff892c21	type	Guilt by Association Gag
The Dreamstone / int_ff892c21	comment	Guilt by Association Gag: Frizz and Nug are always dragged into missions against their will, and even then, most cases involve Blob providing almost all of the scheming, threatening and harassment of the heroes as the two moan or whimper in the background. All three are punished equally regardless. Also committed by Zordrak. A more justified reason Urpgor loathes Blob and his troops is that his Bad Boss tends to turn on him whenever they screw up a plan.
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The Dreamstone / int_ff9e9dde	type	Once a Season
The Dreamstone / int_ff9e9dde	comment	Once a Season: At least one episode per season the Urpneys succeeded in stealing the stone and handing it to Zordrak (they did it twice in the second season however). Zarag also made an appearance every second episode of each season after her first appearance in Season Two.
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The Dreamstone	hasFeature	A Villain Named "Z__rg" / int_94bfa327
The Dreamstone	hasFeature	Acting Out a Daydream / int_94bfa327
The Dreamstone	hasFeature	Action-Hogging Opening / int_94bfa327
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The Dreamstone	hasFeature	Adventure Duo / int_94bfa327
The Dreamstone	hasFeature	All Webbed Up / int_94bfa327
The Dreamstone	hasFeature	And There Was Much Rejoicing / int_94bfa327
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The Dreamstone	hasFeature	Armored Villains, Unarmored Heroes / int_94bfa327
The Dreamstone	hasFeature	Badass Decay / int_94bfa327
The Dreamstone	hasFeature	Beat Them at Their Own Game / int_94bfa327
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The Dreamstone	hasFeature	Brainwashing for the Greater Good / int_94bfa327
The Dreamstone	hasFeature	Bratty Half-Pint / int_94bfa327
The Dreamstone	hasFeature	Breakout Villain / int_94bfa327
The Dreamstone	hasFeature	Bumbling Sidekick / int_94bfa327
The Dreamstone	hasFeature	Bunnies for Cuteness / int_94bfa327
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The Dreamstone	hasFeature	Cannot Keep a Secret / int_94bfa327
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The Dreamstone	hasFeature	Contempt Crossfire / int_94bfa327
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The Dreamstone	hasFeature	Crystal Dragon Jesus / int_94bfa327
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The Dreamstone	hasFeature	Dumb, but Diligent / int_94bfa327
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The Dreamstone	hasFeature	Informed Power / int_94bfa327
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The Dreamstone	hasFeature	Jerkass to One / int_94bfa327
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The Dreamstone	hasFeature	What Measure Is a Non-Cute? / int_94bfa327
The Dreamstone	hasFeature	When All You Have Is a Hammerâ€¦ / int_94bfa327
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The Dreamstone	hasFeature	Wrong Line of Work / int_94bfa327
TheDreamStone	sameAs	The Dreamstone
The Dreamstone	hasFeature	Faux Action Girl / int_94bfa327

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