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Maybe my Starscream example was legitimate once, or maybe I'm remembering it wrong. Either way, I currently know it's not an example, because Dagger is merely an opportunist who doesn't actively scheme to take Pitts' place, which the description of The Starscream explicitly says isn't an example.


* TheStarscream: Dagger voiced a desire to take Pitts' place as Magistrate while Pitts was struggling in a life-threatening situation, though downplayed in that Dagger generally doesn't actively scheme to take Pitts' place.
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* ArcherArchetype: Napps is one of Magistrate Pitts' guards, and is a capable enough archer to drive away Reagle, The Prince's eagle-friend.
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* UndergroundRailroad: It's heavily implied that The Prince has one of these set up for lumans who escape Pitts' custody. [[spoiler: Pitts' favorite form of execution is to have his prisoners FedToTheBeast, but the "beast" is actually a vegetarian with human-level intelligence, ''and'' he's one of the good guys, to boot. This route of escape keeps the victims alive, and it keeps Pitts from catching on to any of this.]]

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* UndergroundRailroad: It's heavily implied that The Prince has one of these set up for lumans who escape Pitts' custody. [[spoiler: Pitts' favorite form of execution is to have his prisoners FedToTheBeast, but the "beast" is actually a vegetarian with human-level intelligence, ''and'' he's one of the good guys, to boot.boot, so obviously, he doesn't eat the victims, and just after a prisoner gets dumped into the pit, a friend of his lets them go and directs them to another luman. This route of escape keeps the victims alive, and it keeps Pitts from catching on to any of this.]]
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* WholePlotReference: One episode is a reference to the ''Literature/BookOfJob'', with Pokum getting a skin rash and being taken away from his home as a result. It even has [[TheMessiah The Prince]] and [[{{Satan}} Zordock]] arguing at the start of the episode about whether Pokum would still believe in The Prince if everything were taken away from him!

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* WholePlotReference: One episode is a reference to the ''Literature/BookOfJob'', with Pokum getting a skin rash and being taken away from his home as a result. It even has [[TheMessiah [[MessianicArchetype The Prince]] and [[{{Satan}} Zordock]] arguing at the start of the episode about whether Pokum would still believe in The Prince if everything were taken away from him!
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* OffscreenCrash: When Dagger crashes while landing in his vulture-form, he typically does so offscreen. It's easy on the (low) budget of a ReligiousEdutainment program to do this with reused [[RogerRabbitEffect cartoon footage]], and it adds both comic relief and characterization.
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* OffingTheAnnoyance: Downplayed, in that Zordock will use his AgonyBeam magic on minions when they annoy him or when they [[YouHaveFailedMe fail him]], but he won't kill them: he most definitely does ''not'' have reserves at his disposal, and does rely on his minions to get things done.
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* BadHabits: Pokum at one point needs to sneak into Lumia Castle to retrieve a magic book. Fortunately for him, there are monks who work in the castle's library with typical InTheHood clothing, and who've taken a vow of silence, so all he needs to get inside with no one the wiser is a brown hooded robe and a little distraction.

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* AnnoyingArrows: At one point, Dagger gets hit by a stray arrow from Napps. He pulls it out later, but is in pain from it. Possibly justified by virtue of the fact that he's a magical being capable of shapeshifting.

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At one point, Dagger gets hit by a stray arrow from Napps. He pulls it out later, but is in pain from it. Possibly justified by virtue of the fact that he's a magical being capable of shapeshifting.shapeshifting.
** In another episode, a different character was hit with an arrow, lost a great deal of blood from it ([[BloodlessCarnage off-screen, of course]]), and needed days of rest and food before he could so much as stand up and walk around.
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* SorcerousOverlord: As this series' Satan-analog, Zordock qualifies. He has magical abilities including BalefulPolymorph, an AgonyBeam, creating a variety of objects and substances with magical effects, and corrupting the forest into a dangerous Dark Wood, and is the series' BigBad; his stated goal is to make Lumans his slaves.

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* SorcerousOverlord: As this series' Satan-analog, Zordock qualifies. He has magical abilities including BalefulPolymorph, ForcedTransformation, an AgonyBeam, creating a variety of objects and substances with magical effects, and corrupting the forest into a dangerous Dark Wood, and is the series' BigBad; his stated goal is to make Lumans his slaves.

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* BalefulPolymorph: This is one of Zordock's abilities. [[spoiler: Gulp is actually Magistrate Kendrick, Pitts' predecessor, who was loyal to the Emperor and refused to go along with Zordock's plans. Zordock turned him into the beast that everyone now calls "Gulp" to punish him, but he's still got human-level intelligence, is capable of speech, and actively helps the protagonists whenever he can.]]


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* ForcedTransformation: This is one of Zordock's abilities. [[spoiler: Gulp is actually Magistrate Kendrick, Pitts' predecessor, who was loyal to the Emperor and refused to go along with Zordock's plans. Zordock turned him into the beast that everyone now calls "Gulp" to punish him, but he's still got human-level intelligence, is capable of speech, and actively helps the protagonists whenever he can.]]
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* MasterOfDisguise: Dagger has shades of this; he can put on disguises and not get recognized by the heroes for quite some time, and can disguise his voice pretty effectively if necessary, as well. The audience never has difficulty figuring out who he is, though.
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* VillainousDemotivator: Zordock uses a magical AgonyBeam on minions who [[YouHaveFailedMe fail, or even annoy]] him. His underlings are thusly ''terrified'' of disappointing him.

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* EnchantedForest: The area under Zordock's influence is called the Dark Wood, and is pretty sinister-looking, and is [[InformedAttribute said to be]] full of dangerous beasts and next to impossible to escape alone.



* TheLostWoods: The area under Zordock's influence is called The Dark Wood, and is pretty sinister-looking, and is [[InformedAttribute said to be]] full of dangerous beasts and next to impossible to escape alone. Interestingly, the protagonists also live in a forest, but it's a friendlier-looking forest.

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* DeviousDaggers: Considering that he's actually ''named'' [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast "Dagger"]], it's not surprising that (a) a dagger is indeed his weapon of choice, and (b) he works as an infiltrator, messenger, and spy for Zordock. He doesn't often fight or kill, but he does pull a knife when he needs to.



* KnifeNut: Considering that he's actually ''named'' [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast "Dagger"]], it's not surprising he's eventually revealed to be this. Downplayed, though, as Dagger is a messenger, infiltrator, and spy, and doesn't often fight or kill. But he does pull a knife when he needs to.
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* WholePlotReference: One episode is a reference to the ''Literature/BookOfJob'', with Pokum getting a skin rash and being taken away from his home as a result. It even has [[TheMessiah The Prince]] and [[{{Satan}} Zordock]] arguing at the start of the episode about whether Pokum would still believe in The Prince if everything were taken away from him!
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* SorcerousOverlord: As this series' Satan-analog, Zordock qualifies. He has magical abilities including BalefulPolymorph, an AgonyBeam, and corrupting the forest into a dangerous Dark Wood, and is the series' BigBad; his stated goal is to make Lumans his slaves.

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* SorcerousOverlord: As this series' Satan-analog, Zordock qualifies. He has magical abilities including BalefulPolymorph, an AgonyBeam, creating a variety of objects and substances with magical effects, and corrupting the forest into a dangerous Dark Wood, and is the series' BigBad; his stated goal is to make Lumans his slaves.

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* InTheHood: Zordock is never seen without his horned hood. Probably because he's the only character played by a human actor instead of a puppet or a [[RogerRabbitEffect cartoon]].

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Zordock is never seen without his horned hood. Probably because he's the only character played by a human actor instead of a puppet or a [[RogerRabbitEffect cartoon]].cartoon]].
** There's also an order of monks called [[UnfortunateName Mosquitobites]] who take vows of silence, work in Lumia castle's library, and wear brown robes with the hoods up. Naturally, at one point, one of our heroes disguises himself as one to sneak into the castle.
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* ArborealAbode: Pokum and Keena live together with their also-young housemates Garbo and Lolly in Pops' tree home. It's heavily implied that ''all'' homes in Lumia are trees, and even Lumia Castle looks like a giant hollowed-out tree.
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* KnifeNut: Considering that he's actually ''named'' [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast "Dagger"]], it's not surprising he's eventually revealed to be this. Downplayed, though, as Dagger is a messenger, infiltrator, and spy, and doesn't often fight or kill. But does pulled a knife when he needs to.

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* KnifeNut: Considering that he's actually ''named'' [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast "Dagger"]], it's not surprising he's eventually revealed to be this. Downplayed, though, as Dagger is a messenger, infiltrator, and spy, and doesn't often fight or kill. But he does pulled pull a knife when he needs to.
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* KnifeNut: Considering that he's actually ''named'' [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast "Dagger"]], it's heavily implied he's this. Downplayed, though, as Dagger is a messenger, infiltrator, and spy, and doesn't often fight or kill. But he has pulled a knife on at least one occasion when it was his assignment.

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* KnifeNut: Considering that he's actually ''named'' [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast "Dagger"]], it's heavily implied not surprising he's eventually revealed to be this. Downplayed, though, as Dagger is a messenger, infiltrator, and spy, and doesn't often fight or kill. But he has does pulled a knife on at least one occasion when it was his assignment.he needs to.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: Zordock is almost always an angry CardCarryingVillain, but once in a while he'll adopt this attitude temporarily to flatter a minion or attempt to trick a hero. It never takes long for him to revert to his usual self, though.
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* GuileHero: Minstrel Vibes is ''very'' good at making up lies on the fly and getting [[TheQuisling Magistrate]] [[TheDragon Pitts]] and his guards to believe what he wants them to believe. Justified in that he knows Pitts and the guards well, having worked for or with them in the castle for some time, so he knows how to use [[NeverMyFault their]] [[DumbMuscle flaws]] [[SleepyHead and]] [[SurroundedByIdiots expectations]] to his advantage, and has gotten the heroes out of a jam more than once with his ability to trick them.


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* NeverMyFault: Magistrate Pitts has this attitude. One minute he's praising his guards and insisting nothing can get past them (which [[FellAsleepStandingUp isn't]] [[DumbMuscle true]] at all, by the way), and the next he's blaming them for a security breach when he realizes Zordock is about to pull a YouHaveFailedMe on him!
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* FireAndBrimstoneHell: Zordock's lair is a cave with a lot of ([[RogerRabbitEffect cartoon]]) fire in the background, clearly intended to evoke this.


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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: At the start of one episode, the Prince walks right into Zordock's [[FireAndBrimstoneHell cave headquarters]] like he owns the place and tells Zordock to his face that he's no match for even ''one'' believing luman! Zordock is clearly terrified of him, but defiant nevertheless.

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