History WesternAnimation / Inhumanoids

The show in its day had a lot of FamilyUnfriendlyViolence and remains a great source of scares. More importantly, it was an unusual kids' show for its use of good subplots, strong pacing and suspense. Unfortunately, the toy line failed due to the major gimmick of the monster figures' sheer size (14", almost as big as the kids in the ads!) making them too expensive for many parents to buy, and so the show lasted only thirteen episodes.

* {{Animesque}}: Coincidentally, the animation style of ''Inhumanoids'' has much in common with '80s anime, compared to most other cartoons made in USA at the time, even Sunbow's other shows.

* EarthShatteringKaboom: Episode "The Surma Plan" involves the Soviety military trying to destroy Metlar by flooding his fortress at the Earth's core, which will create an explosion even he couldn't possibly survive. Earth Corps tries to stop this after they run the numbers and realize the explosion would be so powerful it would blow the entire planet to smithereens.

* EnergyWeapon: Lasers are everywhere. Even the police have them -- shooting out of .38 revolvers! Too bad the lasers don't do much except for the laser cannon on the Earth Corps vehicle (that one was strong enough to take a limb off Tendril).

* GreenRocks: Galvacite, a boulder that produces super-charged magnetic fields that can power up Magnokor... or induce a personality inversion for all metallic lifeforms... or cause the Van Allen Belt to destabilise and peel away, causing Earth to be fried by the full force of solar radiation.

** And Sabre Jet begins as pilot Brad Ambruster. Savvy viewers could recognise him as the former Franchise/GIJoe member Ace.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Severing Tendril's tentacles caused their pieces to grow into new Tendril creatures, yet what became of the umpteen Tendril-clones spawned in this manner was rarely addressed. Apparently they get re-absorbed by the main Tendril or they die off-screen like uprooted plants. In the Marvel Comics, Metlar tells Tendril that his clones will no longer be necessary, and then Tendril causes them to decay away.

* RatedMForManly: Verging on TestosteronePoisoning at times.

* CallBack: In episode 11, after Metlar finishes [[ItMakesSenseInContext animating the Art/StatueOfLiberty as his fiancée]], she complains that she wants a television. In episode 12, she spends most of the episode watching it while nagging at Metlar. In episode 13, all three Inhumanoids are depicted watching the same television.

* AncientAstronauts: Metlar erected the Pyramids of Egypt as monuments to Sslither, as well as creating huge statues in China in his honor that became the inspiration for dragons. Eventually, he rebelled and sealed Sslither away in his favorite temple in Burma, a temple that Metlar built for him.

* CallBack: In episode 11, after Metlar finishes [[ItMakesSenseInContext animating the Statue of Liberty as his fiancée]], she complains that she wants a television. In episode 12, she spends most of the episode watching it while nagging at Metlar. In episode 13, all three Inhumanoids are depicted watching the same television.

* AwesomeMcCoolname: Herc Armstrong, leader of Earth Corps, certainly has a cool name appropriate for his position. (Of course, his ''real'' first name is "Herman").

->''"The evil that lies within!"''

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Giant monsters attacking? Just let Earth Corp. and their allies beat the snot out of them!

* ReligionOfEvil: D'Compose garners a cult of teenagers devoted to being turned into abominations during a short-lived alliance with Blackthorne and Nightcrawler.