History Toys / SuperThings

* CainAndAbel: Emperorder and Moonarchaos are the original hero and villain of the world, and are also brothers. Emperorder is the younger of the two, with Moonarchaos the older villain.

** Oculus Max provides for an interesting variation. Planned to be a figure from the start, it took him until Series 6 to get a figure. He was revealed as a character in the show starting in Series 3, only being referred to as "Max", where he was hidden in shadows, only getting a true reveal when his series released.

Taking place in Kaboom City, teams are made up of heroes and villains. You can tell the heroes because they have white eyes, and you can tell the villains for their yellow eyes. Each hero has a rival villain, an opposite of their item type. For example, a heroic orange has a villainous citrus juicer as an enemy. The series would expand itself to further this concept, creating mechas for the characters, vehicle playsets, and eventually, the ''Kazoom Kids'', action figures ordinary human kids transformed by the power of Kazoom. Each series also has a Rare silver-colored character (the captain of the team), two Super Rare golden-colored characters (Super Leaders), and a singular Ultra Rare character, who is a major driver of the plot of their respective series.

* AdaptationalBadass: The versions of Clowny and Mayor Duplus in the cartoon are simple civilian characters, with no abilities to their name. Once they were ported into the toyline, they were turned into superheroes, gaining superpowers, getting to be part of a hero team, and each getting their own nemesis.
* AdaptationDyeJob: Clowny in the webseries is black and white in color, fitting of his mime design. When he was ported to the toyline, due to a limited amount of color options for the common figures, he was instead given a purple and yellow color scheme.

** Characters such as Mr. King, Professor K., Ron Ron, Clowny, and Mayor Duplus, were first created for the webseries. They would later be added to the toyline. Mr. King (with Ron Ron) and Professor K. were made Ultra Rare characters, Mayor Duplus was made a Super Rare figure, and Clowny was made a common figure with two color variants.

* MixAndMatchCritters: The [=SuperThings=] paired with the Wild Kids, have animal theming as part of them, rather than the humanoid form of others, such as a lion mixed with a drumstick or a dragon mixed with a blowtorch. This is an element from the webseries, as Ron Ron, Mr. King’s pet dog, is a dog combined with a bone.

* OrderVersusChaos: This is the running theme between Emperorder and Moonarchaos, the original hero and villain of Kazoom City. Being the sun and moon of the land, they domain their respective times of day. Emperorder is the sun, ally to the heroic Kazoom Kids, while Moonarchaos is the moon and ally to the villainous Kazoom Kids. Moonarchaos' powers allow him to throw things into dissaray, while Emperorder's allow him to undo his older brother's messes.

The whole series is supplemented by [[WebAnimation/SuperThingsa webseries]], which fleshes out the plot of the line. Kaboom City gives way to superheroes by the power of Kazoom, a battery-like element that transforms inanimate objects into superheroes, run by Clank Corp. Throughout the series, the true motives of Clank Corp. are soon brought into question, as villains start to arrive, mysterious figures turn into allies, and new creations come through with the power of Kazoom.

The whole series is supplemented by a [[AnimatedAdaptation webseries]], which fleshes out the plot of the line. Kaboom City gives way to superheroes by the power of Kazoom, a battery-like element that transforms inanimate objects into superheroes, run by Clank Corp. Throughout the series, the true motives of Clank Corp. are soon brought into question, as villains start to arrive, mysterious figures turn into allies, and new creations come through with the power of Kazoom.

* AnimatedAdaptation: Through a series of webshorts. Originally a voiced motion comic with an arc, the series would change into standalone full animated episodes with the debut of the Kazoom Kids.

* BrokenPedestal: The superhero Grafon to Mr. King. As a child, Mr. King idolized Grafon, the original superhero of Kaboom Town. However, overhearing Grafon blithely allowing Mikron to have his way with the oil wells, as the new Kazoom energy was found, thus leaving oil obsolete, thus breaking Mr. King's trust in superheroes. Getting caught in the resulting explosion from the battle and injuring himself to the point of needing an artificial arm completely severs his trust in superheroes, starting him on his quest to create supervillains and rule the city.

* ChildhoodFriends:
** Mr. King and Professor K. have been friends since school days, as revealed in a flashback episode. Professor K. was also the one to give Ron Ron to Mr. King as a get well soon gift.
** Clowny and Enigma. The two of them were best friends in their childhood, often playing basketball together. They would somewhat grow apart when they grew up, but reconnected later in life for the creation of Kid Kazoom.
* ChildishOlderSibling: Moonarchaos is a screechy voiced chaos-loving villain, willing to turn the town upside down for his own fun. This is in contrast to his younger brother Emperorder, who is far more mature, represents order, and is on the side of the heroes.
* CreateYourOwnVillain: Grafon, the original superhero, is technically responsible for Mr. King's rise in power. By not taking Mikron's threat of destroying the oil wells seriously, due to the new founding of Kazoom energy, he severs Mr. King's trust in his idol. Getting the child caught in the ensuing explosion and causing him to lose his arm drives him to become a villain and take over the city.

* DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent: Oculus Max. He's a villain that has an alternate form that makes him look like a hero. As such, he has duped the heroes into thinking he's with them, while he's actually on the villains' side...and even that isn't solid. He has plans of double-crossing the villains as well for his own motives.
* EvenEvilHasStandards:
** The episode "Fixing the Planet!" has Glazer and Power Punch acting with the heroes, aghast at Gamerglitch's latest scheme. Thanks to recklessly causing the city to glitch out switched around the recycling bins, mixing up the trash. The two of them point out that they live on this planet too, so they should all be doing their part in keeping it clean.
** The episode "The Rescue Force against V-Rex!" has Moonarchaos, embodiment of villainous chaos, wholly weirded out and stunned into confusion by Professor K.'s reasoning for destroying the bakery: [[EvilIsPetty just wanting the cake they quit selling]]. The confusion takes the wind out of him, causing him to teleport the villains away from the action.

* FreudianExcuse: Mr. King was once an optimistic child that was hoping to become a superhero like his idols. However, when he learned that his family’s energy source, being living oil drums, was set to become obsolete, he lost faith in heroics. Getting injured in the process of learning this fact does little to help him, giving him his mechanical arm, red eyes, and plans to wipe out the superheroes.
* FunetikAksent: Professor K. as a child pronounced his S's as Z's, as seen in the comic text. His accent would become more naturalized when he grew older, dropping this trait.

* GoKartingWithBowser: The Kazoom Kids, along with their respective [=SuperThing=] partners, are far more casual with their nemeses, good or evil. This equals the kids spending time at the fair together, performing concerts together, and even going to the heroes' base to watch movies. The heroes will still try and stop the villains during their serious threats to the city, but they're easily able to find common ground.

* HeroWithBadPublicity: Enigma, originally. Being privy to the true nature of Clank Corp. due to originally being Professor K.'s assistant, he had to be sneaky to make his plan work out, which lead to him looking like the villain in the eyes of Kaboom City, thanks to stealing the creation chamber for the good of the city. He would eventually be hailed a true hero, which sticks for the remainder of the series. Even his best friend and former roommate, Clowny, wasn't even privy to his secret heroics at first.
* HowDoIShotWeb: Kid Kazoom, due to being gifted with a new body and some of the strongest abilities of all the [=SuperThings=], takes a long while to adapt to his powers and master them. This would prove the same for Kazoom Power, his Kazoom Kid double.

* PunchClockVillain: The villain-based Kazoom Kids, along with their [=SuperThing=] followers, are far more likely to take breaks from evil for brief moments to hang out with the heroic Kazoom Kids and their teams for things like Halloween parties and movie nights.
* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: Inverted. Enigma was original Professor K.'s young assistant. Once he learned the truth of Clank Corp.'s motives, he quickly abandoned the cause. He eventually would fall into the stead of Colorflash, honing his magic skills further.

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Mr. King, Professor K., and the Clank Corp. company, were originally seen as shining beacons in society, because they were the company behind Kaboom City's superheroes. Of course, the public at the time didn't realize at the time they had plans to introduce super''villains'' to the city. They would eventually be unmasked as true villains and remain this way through the series.

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* CanonImmigrant: Characters such as Mr. King, Professor K., Ron Ron, Clowny, and Mayor Duplus, were first created for the webseries. They would later be added to the toyline. Mr. King (with Ron Ron) and Professor K. were made Ultra Rare characters, Mayor Duplus was made a Super Rare figure, and Clowny was made a common figure with two color variants.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: The episode "Fixing the Planet!" has Glazer and Power Punch acting with the heroes, aghast at Gamerglitch's latest scheme. Thanks to recklessly causing the city to glitch out switched around the recycling bins, mixing up the trash. The two of them point out that they live on this planet too, so they should all be doing their part in keeping it clean.

* ChildhoodFriends: Mr. King and Professor K. have been friends since school days, as revealed in a flashback episode. Professor K. was also the one to give Ron Ron to Mr. King as a get well soon gift.

* AnimalThemedSuperbeing The Wild Kids, rather than being based on objects like other Kazoom Kids, are instead based on animals. They're granted various abilities that reflect the animals they became, along with outfits that blend the animal elements into them.

''[=SuperThings=]'' (Taglined as "Rivals of Kaboom" and originally known as '' [=SuperZings=]'') is a 2018 series of blind bagged figures developed by Spanish company Magicbox. The gimmick of the line takes standard inanimate objects and turns them super.