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* YourSizeMayVary: The animation from the commercial depicts the Starriors being controlled by the silver people in their heads like HumongousMecha. The Marvel comic series, though, depicts the humanoid Starriors as being of equal stature to the humans they awaken.
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* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: When [[spoiler: mankind is finally revived, the humans are startled that the Starriors have become fully sentient, but they're properly grateful to them for reviving them and say that the two races should now inhabit and rebuild the earth side by side as brothers.]]
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* AnAxeToGrind: Slice, with a blade on either end of it, no less.
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Although eventually released as an entirely separate line with its own original story, the Starriors figures were initially intended for the ''Franchise/{{Zoids}}'' toyline and share numerous design elements with them. Despite having colorful, detailed toys and an engaging storyline told in part via a four-issue [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel]] mini-series by Louise Simonson (wife of [[Comicbook/{{Thor}} Walt)]], the line did not fare well and was cancelled not long after its inception.
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Although eventually released as an entirely separate line with its own original story, the Starriors figures were initially intended for the ''Franchise/{{Zoids}}'' toyline and share numerous design elements with them. Despite having colorful, detailed toys and an engaging storyline told in part via a four-issue [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel]] mini-series by Louise Simonson (wife of [[Comicbook/{{Thor}} [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Walt)]], the line did not fare well and was cancelled not long after its inception.
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Although eventually released as an entirely separate line with its own original story, the Starriors figures were initially intended for the ''Zoids'' ''Franchise/{{Zoids}}'' toyline and share numerous design elements with them. Despite having colorful, detailed toys and an engaging storyline told in part via a four-issue [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel]] mini-series by Louise Simonson (wife of [[Comicbook/{{Thor}} Walt)]], the line did not fare well and was cancelled not long after its inception.
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** TheSmartGuy: Think Tank
** TheChick: Runabout
** TheSixthRanger: Sawtooth
** SixthRangerTraitor: Motormouth
* GentleGiant: Crank
** TheHero: Hot-Shot
** TheLancer: Cut-Up
** TheBigGuy: Crank
** TheSmartGuy: Think Tank
** TheChick: Runabout
** TheSixthRanger: Sawtooth
** SixthRangerTraitor: Motormouth
* GentleGiant: Crank
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** TheLancer: Cut-Up
** TheBigGuy: Crank
** TheSmartGuy: Think Tank
** TheChick: Runabout
** TheSixthRanger: Sawtooth
** SixthRangerTraitor: Motormouth
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* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Averted with the Armored Battle Station. It shelters the setting's [[PerfectPacifistPeople Perfect Pacifist People]] despite being shaped like a fearsome rearing cobra. It too is a sentient robotic entity and has a benevolent personality.
** Played straight with Deadeye and Twinhorn, who are evil robot dinosaurs.
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* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Averted with the Armored Battle Station. It shelters the setting's [[PerfectPacifistPeople Perfect Pacifist People]] despite being shaped like a fearsome rearing cobra. It too is a sentient robotic entity and has a benevolent personality.
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** BigBad: Slaughter Steelgrave
** TheDragon: Dead Eye, who is a robot literally shaped [[InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons like a Dragon.]] Nothing can withstand his explosive projectiles and he is Slaughter's main instrument of terror against the Protectors.
** TheBrute: Gouge: one of the few Destructors depicted as completely evil.
** TheDarkChick: Auntie Tank, Speedtrap
** TheSixthRanger: Motormouth
** SixthRangerTraitor: Sawtooth
** TeamPet: Cricket
** BigBad: Slaughter Steelgrave
** TheDragon: Dead Eye, who is a robot literally shaped [[InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons like a Dragon.]] Nothing can withstand his explosive projectiles and he is Slaughter's main instrument of terror against the Protectors.
** TheBrute: Gouge: one of the few Destructors depicted as completely evil.
** TheDarkChick: Auntie Tank, Speedtrap
** TheSixthRanger: Motormouth
** SixthRangerTraitor: Sawtooth
** TeamPet: Cricket
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* RobotsEnslavingRobots: Under Slaughter Steelgrave's vision of the world, Protectors are subservient to the Destructors, and the action begins with Hotshot and a large group of Protector slaves fleeing from their Destructor masters.
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* HiddenElfVillage: The Armored Battlestation, the quest for which drives much of the plot. The humans of the setting are depicted as [[PerfectPacifistPeople wise, peaceful scientists]] who withdrew here to whether catastrophic changes to the planet's environment.
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* HiddenElfVillage: The Armored Battlestation, the quest for which drives much of the plot. The humans of the setting are depicted as [[PerfectPacifistPeople wise, peaceful scientists]] who withdrew here to whether weather catastrophic changes to the planet's environment.
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Although eventually released as an entirely separate line with its own original story, the Starriors figures were initially intended for the ''Zoids'' toyline and share numerous design elements with them. Despite having colorful, detailed toys and an engaging storyline told in part via a four-issue [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel]] mini-series by Louise Simonson (wife of [[Comicbook/{{Thor}} Walt), Walt)]], the line did not fare well and was cancelled not long after its inception.
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* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Averted with the Armored Battle Station. It shelters the setting's [[PerfectPacifistPeople]] [[PerfectPacifistPeople Perfect Pacifist People]] despite being shaped like a fearsome rearing cobra. It too is a sentient robotic entity and has a benevolent personality.
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* XtremeKoolLetterz: Every class of Starrior uses the letter "O" in its name where the letter "E" should be. (e.g., Trashors, Wastors, Rammors, etc.)
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* XtremeKoolLetterz: Every class of Starrior uses the letter "O" in its name where the letter "E" should be. (e.g., Trashors, Wastors, Rammors, etc.))
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* ThisIsADrill: Crank and Gouge, being similar models, both have one as their primary weapon, albeit with Gouge's sporting SpikesOfVillainy.
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* XtremeKoolLetterz: Every class of Starrior uses the letter "O" in its name where the letter "E" should be. (e.g., Trashors, Wastors, Rammors, etc.)
* XtremeKoolLetterz: Every class of Starrior uses the letter "O" in its name where the letter "E" should be. (e.g., Trashors, Wastors, Rammors, etc.)
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* FiveManBand
** TheHero: Hot-Shot
** TheLancer: Cut-Up
** TheBigGuy: Crank
** TheSmartGuy: Think Tank
** TheChick: Runabout
** TheSixthRanger: Sawtooth
** SixthRangerTraitor: Motormouth
** TheHero: Hot-Shot
** TheLancer: Cut-Up
** TheBigGuy: Crank
** TheSmartGuy: Think Tank
** TheChick: Runabout
** TheSixthRanger: Sawtooth
** SixthRangerTraitor: Motormouth
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** BigBad: Slaughter Steelgrave
** TheDragon: Dead Eye, who is a robot literally shaped [[InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons like a Dragon.]] Nothing can withstand his explosive projectiles and he is Slaughter's main instrument of terror against the Protectors.
** TheBrute: Gouge: one of the few Destructors depicted as completely evil.
** TheDarkChick: Auntie Tank, Speedtrap
** TheSixthRanger: Motormouth
** TheSixthRangerTraitor: Sawtooth
** TeamPet: Cricket
** BigBad: Slaughter Steelgrave
** TheDragon: Dead Eye, who is a robot literally shaped [[InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons like a Dragon.]] Nothing can withstand his explosive projectiles and he is Slaughter's main instrument of terror against the Protectors.
** TheBrute: Gouge: one of the few Destructors depicted as completely evil.
** TheDarkChick: Auntie Tank, Speedtrap
** TheSixthRanger: Motormouth
** TheSixthRangerTraitor: Sawtooth
** TeamPet: Cricket
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''Starriors'' was a toyline created by Tomy in the mid-1980's. In the distant future the human race retreats into voluntary hibernation in order to weather a series of solar storms that threaten to ravage the surface of the Earth. Prior to entering stasis, Mankind constructs the Starriors: sentient robots designed to repair the Earth in preparation for Man's return. The two primary factions of Starriors were the militant Destructors, programmed to eliminate dangerous lifeforms expected to evolve in the wake of the solar flares, and the pacifistic Protectors who would actually do the work of rebuilding the world. A third class, the Guardians, would oversee the hibernating humans.
As time passed, the Destructors' leader, Slaughter Steelgrave, decides it would be better if [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters Mankind did not return.]] To this end, he annihilates the Guardian class, enslaves the Protectors, and does his best to wipe out all records of Mankind's existence. Evidence of the Starrior's true creators eventually falls into Protector hands, however, and they flee into the wilderness in search of the hidden fortress where Mankind lies hidden, Slaughter Steelgrave and his forces in hot pursuit...
Although eventually released as an entirely separate line with its own original story, the Starriors figures were initially intended for the ''Zoids'' toyline and share numerous design elements with them. Despite having colorful, detailed toys and an engaging storyline told in part via a four-issue [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel]] mini-series, the line did not fare well and was cancelled not long after its inception.
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* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Subverted to an impressive degree for an 80's toyline with few of the Destructors being shown as having no redeeming qualities. Even [[BigBad Slaughter Steelgrave]] can be seen as a WellIntentionedExtremist since he genuinely fears that all the Starriors will be deactivated upon their creators' return.
* AnAxeToGrind: Slice, with a blade on either end of it, no less.
* ArmCannon: Each humanoid robot from the first wave of figures has a small secondary weapon where its left hand should be.
* AwesomeButImpractical: Most of the Wastors figures have a large implement such as a circular saw, drill, or chisel projecting from the center of their torso, right where it would be the most awkward to use for its intended function.
* TheBrute: Gouge: one of the few Destructors depicted as completely evil.
* ButtMonkey: Backfire, a Destructor who is far more dangerous to his friends than his foes.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: As befits classes of robots designed for different functions, the Starriors factions adhere quite rigorously to sets of identifying colors: blue/white/silver/beige for Protectors, black/red/purple/gold for Destructors.
* TheDragon: Dead Eye, who is a robot literally shaped [[InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons like a Dragon.]] Nothing can withstand his explosive projectiles and he is Slaughter's main instrument of terror against the Protectors.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: In the Marvel series Dead Eye goes on a [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge Roaring Rampage Of Revenge]], destroying everything in his path when Cricket is killed. It has almost nothing to do with the fact that he is dependent upon Cricket, who acts as his eyes, and more to do with the fact that he actually cares for the smaller robot.
* GentleGiant: Crank
* GoodIsNotNice: Hot Shot, the Protector leader, can be pretty intense sometimes. His [[TheLancer lieutenant]], Cut-Up, would go completely [[AxCrazy Ax Crazy]] against their foes if only his programming would allow it.
* HandicappedBadAss: Zig-zagged with Dead Eye who is completely blind yet packs more firepower by himself than the entire Protector army. However, without his artillery coordinator, Cricket, he is essentially helpless.
* HiddenElfVillage: The Armored Battlestation, the quest for which drives much of the plot. The humans of the setting are depicted as [[PerfectPacifistPeople wise, peaceful scientists]] who withdrew here to whether catastrophic changes to the planet's environment.
* HumanitysWake
* LittleGuyBigBuddy: Dead Eye and Cricket.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: [[KnightTemplar Slaughter]] [[BigBad Steelgrave]]. Why he is the only Starrior with both a first and last name is never explained.
* NoBiologicalSex: Starriors are programmed with genders. Interestingly enough, while a female Wastor (humanoid-shaped Starrior,) does appear in the Marvel series, every female character in the toyline is non-anthropomorphic, ranging from cars to robot dinosaurs.
* PaletteSwap: Numerous across the two factions, with the Destructor often acting as a [[ThePsychoRangers Psycho Ranger]] version of the matching Protector.
* PunnyName: The Protectors' designated [[TheSmartGuy Smart Guy]] is a bulbous armored car named Think Tank. His opposite number among the Destructors is a female-gendered vehicle named Auntie Tank.
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Happens to [[TheStarscream Motormouth]] in the comics. He teams up with Slaughter and for his trouble is left abandoned on the battlefield by friend and foe alike.
* SkeleBot9000: Slice, one of the few Destructors with no matching model on the Protector side, and it's [[ObviouslyEvil difficult to imagine there being one.]]
* ThisIsADrill: Crank and Gouge, being similar models, both have one as their primary weapon, albeit with Gouge's sporting SpikesOfVillainy.
As time passed, the Destructors' leader, Slaughter Steelgrave, decides it would be better if [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters Mankind did not return.]] To this end, he annihilates the Guardian class, enslaves the Protectors, and does his best to wipe out all records of Mankind's existence. Evidence of the Starrior's true creators eventually falls into Protector hands, however, and they flee into the wilderness in search of the hidden fortress where Mankind lies hidden, Slaughter Steelgrave and his forces in hot pursuit...
Although eventually released as an entirely separate line with its own original story, the Starriors figures were initially intended for the ''Zoids'' toyline and share numerous design elements with them. Despite having colorful, detailed toys and an engaging storyline told in part via a four-issue [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel]] mini-series, the line did not fare well and was cancelled not long after its inception.
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* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Subverted to an impressive degree for an 80's toyline with few of the Destructors being shown as having no redeeming qualities. Even [[BigBad Slaughter Steelgrave]] can be seen as a WellIntentionedExtremist since he genuinely fears that all the Starriors will be deactivated upon their creators' return.
* AnAxeToGrind: Slice, with a blade on either end of it, no less.
* ArmCannon: Each humanoid robot from the first wave of figures has a small secondary weapon where its left hand should be.
* AwesomeButImpractical: Most of the Wastors figures have a large implement such as a circular saw, drill, or chisel projecting from the center of their torso, right where it would be the most awkward to use for its intended function.
* TheBrute: Gouge: one of the few Destructors depicted as completely evil.
* ButtMonkey: Backfire, a Destructor who is far more dangerous to his friends than his foes.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: As befits classes of robots designed for different functions, the Starriors factions adhere quite rigorously to sets of identifying colors: blue/white/silver/beige for Protectors, black/red/purple/gold for Destructors.
* TheDragon: Dead Eye, who is a robot literally shaped [[InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons like a Dragon.]] Nothing can withstand his explosive projectiles and he is Slaughter's main instrument of terror against the Protectors.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: In the Marvel series Dead Eye goes on a [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge Roaring Rampage Of Revenge]], destroying everything in his path when Cricket is killed. It has almost nothing to do with the fact that he is dependent upon Cricket, who acts as his eyes, and more to do with the fact that he actually cares for the smaller robot.
* GentleGiant: Crank
* GoodIsNotNice: Hot Shot, the Protector leader, can be pretty intense sometimes. His [[TheLancer lieutenant]], Cut-Up, would go completely [[AxCrazy Ax Crazy]] against their foes if only his programming would allow it.
* HandicappedBadAss: Zig-zagged with Dead Eye who is completely blind yet packs more firepower by himself than the entire Protector army. However, without his artillery coordinator, Cricket, he is essentially helpless.
* HiddenElfVillage: The Armored Battlestation, the quest for which drives much of the plot. The humans of the setting are depicted as [[PerfectPacifistPeople wise, peaceful scientists]] who withdrew here to whether catastrophic changes to the planet's environment.
* HumanitysWake
* LittleGuyBigBuddy: Dead Eye and Cricket.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: [[KnightTemplar Slaughter]] [[BigBad Steelgrave]]. Why he is the only Starrior with both a first and last name is never explained.
* NoBiologicalSex: Starriors are programmed with genders. Interestingly enough, while a female Wastor (humanoid-shaped Starrior,) does appear in the Marvel series, every female character in the toyline is non-anthropomorphic, ranging from cars to robot dinosaurs.
* PaletteSwap: Numerous across the two factions, with the Destructor often acting as a [[ThePsychoRangers Psycho Ranger]] version of the matching Protector.
* PunnyName: The Protectors' designated [[TheSmartGuy Smart Guy]] is a bulbous armored car named Think Tank. His opposite number among the Destructors is a female-gendered vehicle named Auntie Tank.
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Happens to [[TheStarscream Motormouth]] in the comics. He teams up with Slaughter and for his trouble is left abandoned on the battlefield by friend and foe alike.
* SkeleBot9000: Slice, one of the few Destructors with no matching model on the Protector side, and it's [[ObviouslyEvil difficult to imagine there being one.]]
* ThisIsADrill: Crank and Gouge, being similar models, both have one as their primary weapon, albeit with Gouge's sporting SpikesOfVillainy.
