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A [[WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys movie based on the series]] by Creator/DreamWorksAnimation, with Blabey as an executive producer, was released in April 2022.

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A [[WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys [[WesternAnimation/{{TheBadGuys|2022}}]] movie based on the series]] by Creator/DreamWorksAnimation, with Blabey as an executive producer, was released in April 2022.
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** Before the reveal of thier real names in book 10, they use thier [[NoNameGiven animal based pseudonyms]] which is similar to the color-based naming pseudonyms in [[Film/ReservoirDogs Reservoir Dogs]]

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** Before the reveal of thier real names in book 10, they use thier [[NoNameGiven animal based species pseudonyms]] which is similar to the color-based naming pseudonyms in [[Film/ReservoirDogs Reservoir Dogs]]
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** The clothing of the Good Guys Club is obviously a reference to [[Film/ReservoirDogs a certain Tarantino flick]]
** That's not the only reference to Tarantino's first film. Before the reveal of thier real names in book 10, they use thier [[ NoNameGiven animal based pseudonyms]] which is similar to the color-based naming pseudonyms in [[Film/ReservoirDogs Reservoir Dogs]]

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** The clothing of the Good Guys Club is obviously a reference to Quientin Tarantino fims like [[Film/ReservoirDogs a certain Tarantino flick]]
Reservoir Dogs]] and [[Film/PulpFiction Pulp Fiction]]
** That's not the only reference to Tarantino's first film. Before the reveal of thier real names in book 10, they use thier [[ NoNameGiven [[NoNameGiven animal based pseudonyms]] which is similar to the color-based naming pseudonyms in [[Film/ReservoirDogs Reservoir Dogs]]
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** Before thier reveal of thier real names in book 10, thier naming convention (Mr.Wolf, Mr.Snake, Mr.Piranha, Mr.Shark, and Mr.Trantula) is a another reference to [[Film/ReservoirDogs Reservoir Dogs]]

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** That's not the only reference to Tarantino's first film. Before thier the reveal of thier real names in book 10, they use thier [[ NoNameGiven animal based pseudonyms]] which is similar to the color-based naming convention (Mr.Wolf, Mr.Snake, Mr.Piranha, Mr.Shark, and Mr.Trantula) is a another reference to pseudonyms in [[Film/ReservoirDogs Reservoir Dogs]]
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** The clothing of the Good Guys Club is obviously a reference to both [[Film/ReservoirDogs]] and [[Film/TheBluesBrother]]
** Before thier reveal of thier real names in book 10, thier naming convention (Mr.Wolf, Mr.Snake, Mr.Piranha, Mr.Shark, and Mr.Trantula) is a another reference to [[Film/ReservoirDogs]]

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** The clothing of the Good Guys Club is obviously a reference to both [[Film/ReservoirDogs]] and [[Film/TheBluesBrother]]
[[Film/ReservoirDogs a certain Tarantino flick]]
** Before thier reveal of thier real names in book 10, thier naming convention (Mr.Wolf, Mr.Snake, Mr.Piranha, Mr.Shark, and Mr.Trantula) is a another reference to [[Film/ReservoirDogs]][[Film/ReservoirDogs Reservoir Dogs]]
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** The clothing of the Good Guys Club is obviously a reference to both [[Film/ReservoirDogs]] and [[Film/TheBluesBrother]]
** Before thier reveal of thier real names in book 10, thier naming convention (Mr.Wolf, Mr.Snake, Mr.Piranha, Mr.Shark, and Mr.Trantula) is a another reference to [[Film/ReservoirDogs]]
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A [[WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys movie based on the series]] by Creator/DreamWorksAnimation, with Blabey as an executive producer, released in April 2022.

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A [[WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys movie based on the series]] by Creator/DreamWorksAnimation, with Blabey as an executive producer, was released in April 2022.
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* CerebusSyndrome: While the tone of the story does remain fairly silly, the SerialEscelation means the threats the gang faces slowly become less cartoonishly evil and more menacing in nature, which is something the characters even take note of.

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* CerebusSyndrome: While the tone of the story does remain fairly silly, the SerialEscelation SerialEscalation means the threats the gang faces slowly become less cartoonishly evil and more menacing in nature, which is something the characters even take note of.

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#''The Bad Guys in The Others?!'' (2022)


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* CerebusSyndrome: While the tone of the story does remain fairly silly, the SerialEscelation means the threats the gang faces slowly become less cartoonishly evil and more menacing in nature, which is something the characters even take note of.
-->'''Wolf''': If our life was a series, you'd say it was getting ''weird'' and ''dark''. Like, a lot weirder and darker than those highly accessible early books...
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A spinoff book series, ''Cat on the Run'', is currently in development.
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* InterspeciesRomance: Mr. Wolf has a crush on Agent Fox.

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* InterspeciesRomance: Mr. Wolf has a crush on Agent Fox. As far as most romances go when set in a WorldOfFunnyAnimals, the two are remarkably close on the zoological tree. While still being a different Genus and Species (Canis/lupis vs Vuples/vulpes) they both belong to the same zoological family: Canidae.
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* PaperThinDisguise: Mr. Shark's disguises are obvious to the audience, as he's a shark disguising as other animals or personas. Despite this, everyone else compliments his disguises. This would eventually be subverted in "The Bad Guys in Alien Vs Bad Guys", because Mr. Shark doesn't know what [[spoiler:the females of Dr. Marmalade's alien species]] looks like, his disguise is readily foiled.

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* PaperThinDisguise: Mr. Shark's disguises are obvious to the audience, as he's a shark disguising as other animals or personas. Despite this, everyone else compliments his disguises. This would eventually be subverted in "The Bad Guys in Alien Vs Bad Guys", because Mr. Shark doesn't know what [[spoiler:the females of Dr. Marmalade's alien species]] looks like, his disguise is readily foiled. In-universe, this is why Mr. Wolf never does his "old lady" disguise - because everyone sees right through it.
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Book 15 released in Australia today.


#''The Bad Guys in They're Bee-Hind You! (2021)''

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#''The Bad Guys in They're Bee-Hind You! (2021)''
You!'' (2021)
#''The Bad Guys in Open Wide and Say Arrrgh!'' (2022)
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A [[WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys movie based on the series]] by Creator/DreamWorksAnimation is in development with Blabey as one of its executive producers, originally slated for release in September 2021, but [[https://deadline.com/2021/03/universal-sets-release-dates-for-dreamworks-animation-puss-in-boots-sequel-the-bad-guys-1234716632/ now planned for April 2022]].

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A [[WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys movie based on the series]] by Creator/DreamWorksAnimation is in development Creator/DreamWorksAnimation, with Blabey as one of its an executive producers, originally slated for release producer, released in September 2021, but [[https://deadline.com/2021/03/universal-sets-release-dates-for-dreamworks-animation-puss-in-boots-sequel-the-bad-guys-1234716632/ now planned for April 2022]].
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* HowDoIShotWeb: "Superbad" features the gang having recently acquired super powers attempt to immediately put them to use, but with varying degrees of success. Piranha has trouble using his super speed without hurting himself, Shark has no idea how to control his shape shifting powers, Snake has the most handle on his psychic powers but is too distracted by the other two to focus, and Wolf is to embarrassed his super strength destroyed all his clothes to do anything.
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: In the later books, call backs tend to be referred to by book number.
-->'''Agent Kitty Kat'''"Book 6"?\\
'''Mr. Wolf''': You know, it's like if our life were some kind of series, then that probably would have happened around book 6.\\
'''Mr. Wolf''': Maybe around page 122...
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* AchievementsInIgnorance: The gang's first series of schemes are just randomly thought out plans to "help" people who may not even want to be helped and are simply assumed to be suffering more than they really are. "Mission Unpluckable" has them continue this trend into freeing a bunch of chickens from a maximum security chicken coop without ever really suspecting it's actually an animal testing lab owned by a supervillain.


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* DisneyDeath: "Do-You-Think-He-Saurus" opens with [[spoiler:Agent Fox killed by aliens waiting for the guys to get back. Fortunately, since the guys are in the past with a time machine, they just so happen to return to the present before Agent Fox dies and accidentally crash into the alien that would have killed her, saving her life.]]
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A [[WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys movie for the series]] by Creator/DreamWorksAnimation is in development, originally slated for release in September 2021, but [[https://deadline.com/2021/03/universal-sets-release-dates-for-dreamworks-animation-puss-in-boots-sequel-the-bad-guys-1234716632/ now planned for April 2022]].

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A [[WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys movie for based on the series]] by Creator/DreamWorksAnimation is in development, development with Blabey as one of its executive producers, originally slated for release in September 2021, but [[https://deadline.com/2021/03/universal-sets-release-dates-for-dreamworks-animation-puss-in-boots-sequel-the-bad-guys-1234716632/ now planned for April 2022]].
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* AsYouKnow: Mr. Wolf goes through the plan for the audience's convenience in "The Furball Strikes Back", much to the annoyance of Mr. Snake, as they already know the plan.

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* AsYouKnow: Mr. Wolf goes through the plan for the audience's convenience in "The Furball Strikes Back", much to the annoyance of Mr. Snake, as they already know the plan. He keeps trying to do this a few more times, suggesting all he's been doing for quite a while is explain the plan over and over again.

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* ScatterbrainedSenior: Granny Gumbo, despite being a powerful witch doctor, is a bit loopy thanks to age.



* ScatterbrainedSenior: Granny Gumbo, despite being a powerful witch doctor, is a bit loopy thanks to age.
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* CliffHanger: Many of the books end in a cliffhanger that preps for the next book in the series.

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* CliffHanger: Many of the books end in a cliffhanger that preps for the next book in the series. Resolving one cliffhanger only to end up in a bigger one is one of the key driving factors to the SequelEscalation of the series.
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* DisembodiedEyebrows: Everyone is drawn with floating eyebrows.
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''The Bad Guys'' is a series of children's graphic novels by Australian author Aaron Blabey.

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''The Bad Guys'' is a series of children's graphic novels by Australian author and artist Aaron Blabey.
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''The Bad Guys'' is a series of children’s comic-chapter books by Australian author Aaron Blabey.

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''The Bad Guys'' is a series of children’s comic-chapter books children's graphic novels by Australian author Aaron Blabey.



* TailfinWalking: Mr. Shark walks on his tail when not in the water. Mr. Piranha, on the other hand, simply drags himself around.
* TerrestrialSeaLife: Mr. Piranha and Mr. Shark are able to walk on land with no breathing apparatus. Despite this, Mr. Piranha still can’t handle swimming in salt water.

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* TailfinWalking: Mr. Shark walks on his tail fins when not in the water. Mr. Piranha, on the other hand, simply drags himself around.
around using his pectoral fins.
* TerrestrialSeaLife: Mr. Piranha and Mr. Shark are able to walk on land with no breathing apparatus. Despite this, Mr. Piranha still can’t handle swimming in salt water.water, justified in that he's a freshwater fish.
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* BlatantLies: In "Intergalactic Gas", Agent Fox asserts that the only way to stop Dr. Marmalade is to steal a rocket, but Mr. Wolf will only agree to it if they promise to return the rocket in one piece when they're done with it. Agent Fox hesitantly agrees to this, likely knowing full well a multistage rocket physically can't be returned in one piece after being used.
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* AwesomeMcCoolName: [[spoiler:The Good Guys Club and the International League of Heroes eventually merge to become Shadow Squad G, which is a name so cool that anyone who hears it remarks how they can picture the cool stylized logo floating in the air as its said.]]
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* DwindlingParty: In "Alien Vs Bad Guys", while stranded on the moon and trying to find a way off the space station, [[spoiler:Dr. Marmalade]] gradually captures each member of the crew, until only Mr. Snake remains.


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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: In "Alien Vs Bad Guys", Mr. Snake is eager to take the escape pod and return to Earth, but is forced to stay with the crew to save Legs. Gradually, the others are captured until Mr. Snake is alone, right next to the primed escape pod. [[spoiler:He launches it to distract Dr. Marmalade, then finds an alien robot and uses it to fight him and save his friends.]]
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* SerialEscalation: The guys start out trying to save a cat stuck in a tree things quickly snowball from there as they get caught up in bigger and bigger situations.

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* SerialEscalation: The guys start out trying to save a cat stuck in a tree tree, and things quickly snowball from there as they get caught up in bigger and bigger situations.situations, to the point of [[spoiler:getting stuck fighting aliens, getting trapped in prehistoric times, and having to deal with multiverse terrors]].
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* SerialEscalation: The guys start out trying to save a cat stuck in a tree things quickly snowball from there as they get caught up in bigger and bigger situations.
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A movie for the series by Creator/DreamWorksAnimation is in development, originally slated for release in September 2021, but [[https://deadline.com/2021/03/universal-sets-release-dates-for-dreamworks-animation-puss-in-boots-sequel-the-bad-guys-1234716632/ now planned for April 2022]].

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A [[WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys movie for the series series]] by Creator/DreamWorksAnimation is in development, originally slated for release in September 2021, but [[https://deadline.com/2021/03/universal-sets-release-dates-for-dreamworks-animation-puss-in-boots-sequel-the-bad-guys-1234716632/ now planned for April 2022]].

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