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* TheAce: If the tour guide in Alpha-Pictoris is anything to go by, Ghandizen is a benevolent leader who has made massive contributions to develop Alpha-Pictoris. [[spoiler: And he can easily crush an invader with just a push of a button, as Kaput and Zosky found out.]]
* {{BFG}}: A lot of the alien races tend to carry enormous weapons. Our comedic villains, on the other hand, are armed with relatively small handguns.

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* TheAce: If the tour guide in Alpha-Pictoris is anything to go by, Ghandizen is a benevolent leader who has made massive contributions to develop developing Alpha-Pictoris. [[spoiler: And he can easily crush an invader with just a push of a button, as Kaput and Zosky found out.]]
* {{BFG}}: A lot of the Many alien races tend to carry enormous weapons. Our comedic villains, on the other hand, are armed with relatively small handguns.



* CoolShip: Averted with the duo's ship, which is tiny and seems to barely fit the two of them (though it seems to have some degree of Hammerspace built into it).

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* CoolShip: Averted with the duo's ship, which is tiny and seems to barely fit fits the two of them (though it seems to have some degree of Hammerspace built into it).



* ElectiveUnintelligible: [[spoiler:There is a planet in which its inhabitants speak a babbling language to confuse and frustrate any potential invaders.]]



* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Needless to say, the two of them have had about as much success in conquering worlds as WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain. They have actually succeeded on some occasions, but it never seems to stick and by the end of an episode they're always back to roaming the galaxy.

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* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Needless to say, the two of them have had about as much success in conquering worlds as WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain. They have actually succeeded on some occasions, but it never seems to stick stick, and by the end of an episode episode, they're always back to roaming the galaxy.



* {{Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain}}s: In spite of seemingly effective weaponry and often supremely evil intentions, the duo appear to have never actually ''conquered'' anything.

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* {{Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain}}s: In spite of Despite seemingly effective weaponry and often supremely evil intentions, the duo appear to have never actually ''conquered'' anything.



* LanguageBarrier: Kaput and Zosky once visited a planet in which its inhabitants speak a babbling language completely different from Standard Galactic (the name given to the English language in the Kaput and Zosky universe). [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Frustrated by the language barrier, Kaput and Zosky leave the planet]]. [[spoiler: It turns out that the inhabitants CAN speak Standard Galactic; they use the babbling language to confuse and frustrate any invaders]].

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* LanguageBarrier: Kaput and Zosky once visited a planet in which its whose inhabitants speak a babbling language completely different from Standard Galactic (the name given to the English language in the Kaput and Zosky universe). [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Frustrated by the language barrier, Kaput and Zosky leave the planet]]. [[spoiler: It turns out that the inhabitants CAN speak Standard Galactic; they use the babbling language to confuse and frustrate any invaders]].



* RedOniBlueOni: ColorCodedForYourConvenience, except in this case Zosky is Yellow as opposed to blue.

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* RedOniBlueOni: ColorCodedForYourConvenience, except in this case case, Zosky is Yellow as opposed to blue.
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The AnimatedAdaptation was seen on Creator/{{Teletoon}} in Canada and Creator/{{Nicktoons}} Network in the United States.

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The AnimatedAdaptation was seen on Creator/{{Teletoon}} in Canada and Creator/{{Nicktoons}} Network in the United States.States, as well as France 3 in France. Produced by France's Futurikon and the Montreal-based studio [=ToonCan=] Productions, it ran for 26 episodes between 2003 and 2006.
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* DressingAsTheEnemy: To infiltrate a heavily guarded palace so they can steal lamp said to house a genie, Kaput and Zosky decide to steal the clothes of bodyguards to infiltrate the palace.

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* DressingAsTheEnemy: To infiltrate a heavily guarded palace so they can steal a lamp said to house a genie, Kaput and Zosky decide to steal the clothes of bodyguards to infiltrate the palace.

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* DressingAsTheEnemy: To infiltrate a heavily guarded palace so they can steal lamp said to house a genie, Kaput and Zosky decide to steal the clothes of bodyguards to infiltrate the palace.
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* {{Villain Protagonist}}s: Our stars of the show are an extraterrestrial pair of wannabe planet conquers that usually fail miserably (and hilariously).

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* {{Villain Protagonist}}s: Our stars of the show are an extraterrestrial pair of wannabe planet conquers conquerors that usually fail miserably (and hilariously). hilariously).
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* {{Villain Protagonist}}s

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* {{Villain Protagonist}}sProtagonist}}s: Our stars of the show are an extraterrestrial pair of wannabe planet conquers that usually fail miserably (and hilariously).
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* {{BFG}}: A lot of the alien races tend to carry enormous weapons. Our heroes, on the other hand, are armed with relatively small handguns.

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* {{BFG}}: A lot of the alien races tend to carry enormous weapons. Our heroes, comedic villains, on the other hand, are armed with relatively small handguns.
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* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Planet Jobi-Joba is a planet Obstructive Bureaucrats. The planet's denizens tell all visitors to fill out a series of many pointless forms... especially if their purpose is to take over Jobi-Joba. In fact, [[DoWrongRight any invader who refuses to fill out those forms gets easily defeated]].

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* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Planet Jobi-Joba is a planet world of Obstructive Bureaucrats. The planet's denizens tell all visitors to fill out a series of many pointless forms... especially if their purpose is to take over Jobi-Joba. In fact, [[DoWrongRight any invader who refuses to fill out those forms gets easily defeated]].
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* LanguageBarrier: Kaput and Zosky once visited a planet in which its inhabitants speak a babbling language completely different from Standard Galactic (the name given to the English language in the Kaput and Zosky universe). [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Frustrated by the language barrier, Kaput and Zosky leave the planet]]. [[spoiler: It turns out that the inhabitants CAN speak Standard Galactic; they use the babbling language to confuse and frustrate any invaders]].
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* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Planet Jobi-Joba is a planet Obstructive Bureaucrats. The planet's denizens tell all visitors to fill out a series of many pointless forms... especially if their purpose is to take over Jobi-Joba. In fact, [[DoWrongRight any invader who refuses to fill out those forms gets easily defeated]].
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A comic book series by Creator/LewisTrondheim that was turned into an animated series, which told the story of two aliens who traveled the galaxy and try to conquer any planet they came across.

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A comic book series by Creator/LewisTrondheim that was turned into an animated series, which told the story of two aliens who traveled travelled the galaxy and try to conquer any planet they came across.



{{BFG}}: A lot of the alien races tend to carry enormous weapons. Our heroes, on the other hand, are armed with relatively small handguns.

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* {{BFG}}: A lot of the alien races tend to carry enormous weapons. Our heroes, on the other hand, are armed with relatively small handguns.

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* {{BFG}}: A lot of the alien races tend to carry enormous weapons. Our heroes, on the other hand, are armed with relatively small handguns.

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* TheAce: If the tour guide in Alpha-Pictoris is anything to go by, Ghandizen is a benevolent leader who has made massive contributions to develop Alpha-Pictoris. [[spoiler: And he can easily crush an invader with just a push of a button, as Kaput and Zosky found out.]]
{{BFG}}: A lot of the alien races tend to carry enormous weapons. Our heroes, on the other hand, are armed with relatively small handguns.



* DoesNotLikeSpam: Neither of them can stand carrots, which proved to be a problem when they went to a planet where not only were carrots everyone's TrademarkFavoriteFood, but their most valuable possessions were all carrots.

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* DoesNotLikeSpam: Neither of them can stand carrots, which proved to be a problem when they went to a planet where not only were carrots were everyone's TrademarkFavoriteFood, but their TrademarkFavoriteFood... and most valuable possessions were all carrots. prized possessions



* FasterThanLightTravel: apparently ''[[EldritchLocation not a good idea]]'' in this universe (that, or Kaput and Zosky's signature bad luck made it seem so).

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* FasterThanLightTravel: apparently Apparently ''[[EldritchLocation not a good idea]]'' in this universe (that, or Kaput and Zosky's signature bad luck made it seem so).



* FlatWorld: One planet the duo visits coin-shaped.
* HarmlessVillain: as the protagonists! This show could pretty much have been called ''Harmless Villains: The Show''.

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* FlatWorld: One planet the duo visits coin-shaped.
is coin-shaped. And its [[GravityScrew gravity is relative to the side of the planet]].
* HarmlessVillain: as As the protagonists! This show could pretty much have been called ''Harmless Villains: The Show''.



* HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace: not really, but the places Kaput and Zosky end up after coming OUT of hyperspace... they ARE scary.

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* HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace: not Not really, but the places Kaput and Zosky end up after coming OUT of hyperspace... they ARE scary.



** While their weaponry is effective, it doesn't help that most people they run into, if armed at all, have [[{{BFG}} bigger guns then theirs]]. Not to mention [[CoolShip bigger ships]]. And usually [[OverlyLongGag bigger brains.]]

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** While their weaponry is effective, it doesn't help that most people they run into, if armed at all, have [[{{BFG}} guns bigger guns then than theirs]]. Not to mention [[CoolShip bigger ships]]. And usually [[OverlyLongGag bigger brains.]]


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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: [[spoiler: After witnessing Ghandizen crush one of his many would-be assassins, a panicky Zosky says that he and Kaput have lost their luggage in the astroport and are looking for the lost and found, and Kaput asks for some orange juice. Without any hesitation, Ghandizen asks his assistant to help the duo out (and give Kaput some orange juice)]].
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* FatAndSkinny: Kaput (fat) and Zosky (skinny).

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* PottyEmergency: Kaput had one during an episode where they went to a planet that seemed to be a barren wasteland. It's only after he starts relieving himself that he and Zosky realize that they've landed on Isn't That Precious, a planet full of invisible aliens. At the end of the episode, as they're flying away in their ship, Kaput says [[HereWeGoAgain he needs to go pee again.]]



* RecycledScript: One episode has the duo conquer a planet, only discover all its inhabitants fleeing because the planet is about to explode at sundown, and Kaput and Zosky try to follow suit, only for the planet to blow up beneath them (they were fine). A later episode is just this one with new dialogue, changing the plot to the planet, now a popular tourist destination, being deemed unpopular and all the natives fleeing to avoid being unpopular themselves.

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* DoesNotLikeSpam: Neither of them can stand carrots, which proved to be a problem when they went to a planet where not only were carrots everyone's TrademarkFavoriteFood, but their most valuable possessions were all carrots.



* PaperPeople: They had an ''entire planet'' of these in one episode.

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* PaperPeople: They had an ''entire planet'' of these in one episode. It turns out they were that way because [[spoiler:every evening, night literally falls.]]


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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: The inhabitants of the planet Syracusa love carrots so much that it's illegal to eat anything else there.
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The animated series was seen on {{Teletoon}} in Canada and Creator/{{Nicktoons}} Network in the United States.

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A comic book series by LewisTrondheim that was turned into an animated series, which told the story of two aliens who traveled the galaxy and try to conquer any planet they came across.

The animated series was seen on Teletoon in Canada and Nicktoons Network in the United States.

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A comic book series by LewisTrondheim Creator/LewisTrondheim that was turned into an animated series, which told the story of two aliens who traveled the galaxy and try to conquer any planet they came across.

The animated series was seen on Teletoon {{Teletoon}} in Canada and Nicktoons Creator/{{Nicktoons}} Network in the United States.



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* {{BFG}}: A lot of the alien races tend to carry enormous weapons. Our heroes, on the other hand, are armed with relatively small handguns.



** Though Zosky isn't above ejoying the prospect of shooting people up himself.

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** Though Zosky [[NotSoAboveItAll isn't above ejoying enjoying the prospect of shooting people up himself.himself]].
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Kaput's gun and hair are coloured red, which fits since he's a BloodKnight. Zosky's gun and antennae are yellow, the colour of caution (since he's the strategist of the duo).
* CoolShip: Averted with the duo's ship, which is tiny and seems to barely fit the two of them (though it seems to have some degree of Hammerspace built into it).



* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Needless to say, the two of them have had about as much success in conquering worlds as WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain. They have actually succeeded on some occasions, but it never seems to stick and by the end of an episode they're always back to roaming the galaxy.



* FlatWorld: One planet the duo visits coin-shaped.



** While their weaponry is effective, it doesn't help that most people they run into, if armed at all, have bigger guns then theirs. Not to mention bigger ships. And usually [[OverlyLongGag bigger brains.]]

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** While their weaponry is effective, it doesn't help that most people they run into, if armed at all, have [[{{BFG}} bigger guns then theirs. theirs]]. Not to mention [[CoolShip bigger ships.ships]]. And usually [[OverlyLongGag bigger brains.]]



* OneWingedAngel: inhabitants of the planet Pax turn into gigantic monstrosities when angered.

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* OneWingedAngel: inhabitants Inhabitants of the planet Pax turn into gigantic monstrosities when angered.
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** Though Zosky isn't above ejoying the prospect of shooting people up himself.


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* EvilBrit: Zosky in the TV show, going by his accent.


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* MythologyGag: An episode of the TV series had the duo meet a comic book artist (with a French accent) who wrote stories about them. The original comic was published in French.

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A comic book series by LewisTrondheim that was turned into an animated series, which told the story of two aliens who traveled the galaxy and try to conquer any planet they came across.

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A comic book series by LewisTrondheim that was turned into an animated series, which told the story of two aliens who traveled the galaxy and try to conquer any planet they came across.

The animated series was seen on Teletoon in Canada and Nicktoons Network in the United States.

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* RecycledScript: One episode has the duo conquer a planet, only discover all its inhabitants fleeing because the planet is about to explode at sundown, and Kaput and Zosky try to follow suit, only for the planet to blow up beneath them ([[IGotBetter they were fine]]). A later episode is just this one with new dialogue, changing the plot to the planet, now a popular tourist destination, being deemed unpopular and all the natives fleeing to avoid being unpopular themselves.

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* RecycledScript: One episode has the duo conquer a planet, only discover all its inhabitants fleeing because the planet is about to explode at sundown, and Kaput and Zosky try to follow suit, only for the planet to blow up beneath them ([[IGotBetter they (they were fine]]).fine). A later episode is just this one with new dialogue, changing the plot to the planet, now a popular tourist destination, being deemed unpopular and all the natives fleeing to avoid being unpopular themselves.

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* HoYay: Taking LikeAnOldMarriedCouple to the next level.



* OneWingedAngel: inhabitants of the planet Pax turn into gigantic monstruosities when angered.

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* OneWingedAngel: inhabitants of the planet Pax turn into gigantic monstruosities monstrosities when angered.



* {{Planetville}} [[PlanetOfHats Of Hats]]: '''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Every.]] [[UpToEleven Single.]] [[SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale Planet.]]'''

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* {{Planetville}} [[PlanetOfHats Of Hats]]: '''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Every.]] [[UpToEleven Single.]] [[SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale Every. Single. Planet.]]'''
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* RecycledScript: One episode has the duo conquer a planet, only discover all its inhabitants fleeing because the planet is about to explode at sundown, and Kaput and Zosky try to follow suit, only for the planet to blow up beneath them ([[IGotBetter they were fine]]). A later episode is just this one with new dialogue, changing the plot to the planet, now a popular tourist destination, being deemed unpopular and all the natives fleeing to avoid being unpopular themselves.
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* {{Planetville}} [[PlanetOfHats Of Hats]]: '''[[ThisIsSparta Every.]] [[UpToEleven Single.]] [[SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale Planet.]]'''

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* {{Planetville}} [[PlanetOfHats Of Hats]]: '''[[ThisIsSparta '''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Every.]] [[UpToEleven Single.]] [[SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale Planet.]]'''
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* BloodKnight: as opposed to Zosky, who tends to be more about pragmatic domination and enslavement, Kaput usually just wants to crisperize people.
* EldritchLocation: apparently, aside from the one galaxy the duo knows, the universe consists of black voids, white voids, and places that are ''[[AccidentalNightmareFuel fairly terrifying]]''.

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* BloodKnight: as As opposed to Zosky, who tends to be more about pragmatic domination and enslavement, Kaput usually just wants to crisperize people.
* EldritchLocation: apparently, Apparently, aside from the one galaxy the duo knows, the universe consists of black voids, white voids, and places that are ''[[AccidentalNightmareFuel fairly terrifying]]''.''fairly terrifying''.
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!!This series provides examples of:

* BloodKnight: as opposed to Zosky, who tends to be more about pragmatic domination and enslavement, Kaput usually just wants to crisperize people.
* EldritchLocation: apparently, aside from the one galaxy the duo knows, the universe consists of black voids, white voids, and places that are ''[[AccidentalNightmareFuel fairly terrifying]]''.
* EscapeFromTheCrazyPlace: Kaput and Zosky nearly inevitably discover that the planet they have chosen to invade happens to be either [[CloudCuckooLand batshit crazy]] or [[ObfuscatingStupidity deceptively competent enough]] to warrant a retreat.
* FasterThanLightTravel: apparently ''[[EldritchLocation not a good idea]]'' in this universe (that, or Kaput and Zosky's signature bad luck made it seem so).
* HarmlessVillain: as the protagonists! This show could pretty much have been called ''Harmless Villains: The Show''.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Without this trope, there would ''be'' no series.
* HoYay: Taking LikeAnOldMarriedCouple to the next level.
* HyperspaceArsenal: The duo's ship can carry them, their guns, their personal belongings, ample food supplies, and various guides and manuals despite barely being able to accommodate them alone.
* HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace: not really, but the places Kaput and Zosky end up after coming OUT of hyperspace... they ARE scary.
** {{Lampshaded}} on occasion.
* {{Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain}}s: In spite of seemingly effective weaponry and often supremely evil intentions, the duo appear to have never actually ''conquered'' anything.
** While their weaponry is effective, it doesn't help that most people they run into, if armed at all, have bigger guns then theirs. Not to mention bigger ships. And usually [[OverlyLongGag bigger brains.]]
** While very rare, they did conquer some planets. Though they were always forced to leave them due to diverse factors, occasionally even complete boredom.
* OneWingedAngel: inhabitants of the planet Pax turn into gigantic monstruosities when angered.
* PaperPeople: They had an ''entire planet'' of these in one episode.
* {{Planetville}} [[PlanetOfHats Of Hats]]: '''[[ThisIsSparta Every.]] [[UpToEleven Single.]] [[SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale Planet.]]'''
* RayGun: The duo's Crisperizers.
* RedOniBlueOni: ColorCodedForYourConvenience, except in this case Zosky is Yellow as opposed to blue.
* SingleGenderRace: A planet of magicians that made all known women (and rabbits) on said planet disappear in their magic acts.
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