History WesternAnimation / MonSuno

A joint Japanese-American animation project, developed by ManOfActionStudios, Stephen Berman, and Jeremy Padawer for Creator/FremantleMedia.

* DramaPreservingHandicap: Monsuno can only survive out of their cores for 8 minutes. Considering the destruction they can wreak, it's completely warranted.

* :EvilAllAlong: [[spoilerSix in his second appearance in "Lynchpin". He was the one who came up with the idea to take control of Lock since he shares Chase's DNA. It almost worked too.]]

* [[spoiler:AfterTheEnd]]: The [[spoiler:apparent]] plot of "Mirrors".

* [[spoiler:EarthShatteringKaboom: What Jeredy has been trying to prevent.]]
* [[spoiler:EvilAllAlong: Six in his second appearance in "Lynchpin". He was the one who came up with the idea to take control of Lock since he shares Chase's DNA. It almost worked too.]]

* [[spoiler:EvilVsEvil: In "Endgame", Chase convinces the Desert Wolves to form an alliance and provide a distraction so Team Core-Tech can sneak into Eklipse's base. Jack eventually catches on that he was used, [[WildCard and starts attacking]] ''[[WildCard both]]'' [[WildCard sides]].]]

* [[spoiler:FusionDance: Lock/Evo, Driftblade/Blackbullet, and Backslash/Shadowhornet each fuse when Klipse's core reactor explodes in the season 1 finale.]]

* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: Jon Ace in episode 13. Quickforce in episode 27.]]

* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal[=/=]TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: Master Ey.]]

* [[spoiler:LastOfHisKind: Beyal after his master is killed. His adoptive sister is revealed in the same episode, but Becca didn't have the Monsuno Sight.]]

* [[spoiler:PowerGivesYouWings: The fused Monsuno in season 1's finale, but particularly Lock 2.0.]]

* [[spoiler:SixthRangerTraitor: Subverted with Dax; he apparently betrays the group to S.T.O.R.M. for Monsuno essences... all according to a plan pulled out by Chase and him. Once they got what they wanted, he cuts contact with Charlemagne.]]

* [[spoiler:VirtualTrainingSimulation: What the plot of "Mirrors" turned out to be.]]

* [[spoiler:YouAreNumberSix: Klipse's "son", aptly named 'Six'.]]

A joint Japanese-American animation project, developed by ManOfActionStudios, Stephen Berman, and Jeremy Padawer for FremantleMedia.

** Mr. Droog as well.

Season 2, known as '''''Monsuno: Combat Chaos''''', premiered April 21, 2013 on Nicktoons network.

* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Beyal is a heroic example.

* TheBaroness: Charlemagne, the S.T.O.R.M. leader. A rare example where she is one of the BigBad{{s}}.

[[PhlebotinumKilledTheDinosaurs 65 Million years ago]], a [[GreenRocks meteor]] crashed to Earth [[{{Panspermia}} loaded with alien DNA]]. Sometime in the future, Core-Tech scientist Jeredy Suno uses this DNA and combines that of several Earth animals with it, creating the [[{{Mons}} Monsuno]]. After going missing, his son, Chase Suno, embarks on a journey to find him, along with his friends Jinja and Bren. In the process, they come across Monsunos of their own, along with two separate factions aiming to control the Monsunos for their own purposes: [[KnightTemplar S.T.O.R.M.]], the [[FunWithAcronyms Strategic and Tactical Operations for Recovery of Monsuno]], an ultra-secret GovernmentAgencyOfFiction which wants to control all Monsuno activity on Earth and [[TheSyndicate Eklipse]], a criminal organization lead by [[StevenUlyssesPerhero Dr. Emmanual Klipse]], a megalomaniac ex-scientist ally of Dr. Suno who wants to wipe out humanity and replace it with a New World Order run by Monsunos.

* AboveGoodAndEvil: Dr. Klipse has explictly stated he does not care about right or wrong, only Monsunos (read: power).

* {{Badass}}: Many of the Monsunos can qualify as this.

* BareYourMidriff: Medea.

** Season two adds the Forge resistance and their leader Professor Tallis along with a group of [[EvilutionaryBiologist evil scientists]] called the Five Arms to go with the aforementioned S.T.O.R.M. and Eklipse. In a bit of a reversal, Charlemagne has only made a cameo in the season's first episode so far and the S.T.O.R.M. organization as a whole is downplayed despite the addition of the S.T.O.R.M. Strike Squad, an [[EvilCounterpart Anti-Team Core-Tech]]. On the flip-side, Dr. Klipse gets more face-time with more of his plots being seen, Dom Pyro working closer to Klipse alongside Hargrave, and of course the whole [[spoiler:clone named Six that Klipse made using his own and Chase's DNA]] thing.

* ColourCodedArmies: So far, the Monsunos have a main color scheme to show who they were manufactured by: blue by Jeredy Suno/Core-Tech, yellow by S.T.O.R.M., red by Eklipse, and orange by Forge. Wild Monsunos are colored green. All the protagonists wear blue (aside from [[spoiler: Jon Ace, both in-monster and out]]), all the villains wear predominantly red outfits and S.T.O.R.M. wears black and yellow (Though justified for S.T.O.R.M. as it's uniform). Even their Monsuno are color-coded.

* CurbStompBattle: Team Core-Tech's first battle against the S.T.O.R.M. Strike Squad. Amusingly, after losing and splitting up, Team Core-Tech takes out their opposition rather easily without even using their Monsunos, sans Chase who does fight Alpha again with Lock and ''wins''. [[PlayingWithATrope The curb-stompers became the curb-stompees in the span of a single episode.]]

* DramaPreservingHandicap: Monsunos can only survive out of their cores for 8 minutes. Considering the destruction they can wreak, it's completely warranted.

* EvilCounterPart: The Forge Punk Monks and the S.T.O.R.M. Strike Squad, both to Team Core-Tech. The latter even has five members, each mirroring one of the Team Core-Tech kids.
** [[spoiler: Dr. Klipse created clones of himself that use Chase's DNA for the sole purpose of making a Monsuno controller that can take down Chase. Although Six, the successful one, isn't inherently malicious, he's still the most "EvilCounterPart"-like of the aforementioned. He even launches his Monsuno like Chase.]]

* {{Eyecatch}}: The Japanese dub has these, usually having the Monsunos focused on in a given episode.

* GenreSavvy: Jinja. When receiving a call on their computer, she makes sure it goes to message (otherwise it could be traced). And also wanted to make sure the call was legit before doing anything else. Of course, she was right to be this cautious as it turned out to be a trap.

* GlowingEyesOfDoom: All Monsunos permanently have these.
* GlorySeeker: Medea, as noted in her character profile on the Monsuno website and through her actions early on.
* GogglesDoNothing: Jeredy has a pair. Interestingly, his son has a dogtag [[spoiler:passed down from his mother]]. Possible ShoutOut to ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}''?

* MissingMom: Episode 17 reveals that Chase's mother is dead. [[spoiler: However, episode 20 suggests otherwise.]]

* [[spoiler:PowerGivesYouWings: The fused Monsunos in season 1's finale, but particularly Lock 2.0.]]

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Jon Ace borders on this, as he sympathizes with the Monsunos, helps Chase and his friends at risk to himself, and likes to think of himself as being on the "right side". Despite this, Jon hasn't left his faction, and was forced to follow orders to fight Chase. [[spoiler: He leaves S.T.O.R.M. in episode 11 and joins the heroes in the next episode, but is killed in episode 13...only to later find out that he was mutated into a human/Monsuno hybrid monster.]]

* {{Revenge}}: Though the details aren't clear, [[spoiler: Mr. Droog seems to want this on the Monsunos for his race's destruction]].

* SadisticChoice: [[spoiler:The kids (Beyal in particular) are faced with one during Jeredy's AfterTheEnd simulation in "Mirrors" -- save the world (and sacrifice their Monsunos) or be killed by letting the world explode.]]

** NotSoStoic: His BigDamnHeroes moment in episode 23 manages to be awesome and hilarious at the same time.
* TakeAThirdOption: During the season finale, [[spoiler:Jeredy gives Chase the final choice of whether to activate the failsafe devices or not. If so, it will destroy all the world's Monsuno essence, but the Monsunos themselves will be gone for good. If not, the Monsuno essence deep within the earth will eventually cause the entire planet to [[EarthShatteringKaboom explode]]. He chucks the trigger into the sea and says that they'll find another way to save the planet without destroying the Monsunos they've befriended.]]

* TragicKeepsake: Sort of -- [[spoiler:Chase's dogtag belonged to his mother (who is still alive, but was assumed dead), though he never knew this until episode 22]].

* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: When setting up his failsafe device plan, Jeredy didn't take into account the possibility that the Monsunos on their side might not take kindly to [[spoiler:being destroyed]].

** Season two adds the Forge resistance and their leader Professor Tallis along with a group of [[EvilutionaryBiologist evil scientists]] called the Five Arms to go with the aforementioned S.T.O.R.M. and Eklipse. In a bit of a reversal, Charlemagne has only made a cameo in the season's first episode so far and the S.T.O.R.M. organization as a whole is downplayed despite the addition of the S.T.O.R.M. Strike Squad, an [[EvilCounterpart Anti-Team Core-Tech]]. On the flip-side, Dr. Klipse gets more face-time with more of his plots being seed, Dom Pyro working closer to Klipse alongside Hargrave, and of course the whole [[spoiler:clone named Six that Klipse made using his own and Chase's DNA]] thing.

** Season two adds the Forge resistance and their leader Professor Tallis along with a group of [[EvilutionaryBiologist evil scientists]] called the Five Arms to go with the aforementioned S.T.O.R.M. and Eklipse. In a bit of a reversal, Charlemagne has only made a cameo in the season's first episode so far and the S.T.O.R.M. organization as a whole is downplayed despite the addition of the S.T.O.R.M. Strike Squad, an [[EvilCounterpart Anti-Team Core-Tech]]. On the flip-side, Dr. Klipse gets more face-time

* BigBadEnsemble: Both Charlemagne and Dr. Klipse, though Charlemagne gets a bit more face time as Klipse's hand is seen more through his mercenaries, at least at first.

* {{Adorkable}}: Bren.

** [[spoiler: Dr. Klipse created clones of himself that use Chase's DNA for the sole purpose of making a Monsuno controller that can take down Chase. Although Six, the successful one, isn't inherently malicious, he's still the most "EvilCounterPart" like of the aforementioned. He even launches his Monsuno like Chase.]]

* WellDoneSonGuy: [[spoiler: Six towards his "father" Dr. Klipse. In truth, it was pretty inevetable

* DressingAsTheEnemy: Chase, Bren, Jinja, and Dax briefly don S.T.O.R.M grunt suits during "Six", successfully luring Forge into a trap.

* TheNicknamer: Dax has one for the other Core-Tech team members: Little Suno for Chase, Monkfish for Beyal, and Princess for Jinja.

* [[spoiler:YouAreNumberSix: Klipse's "son".]]

* DubNameChange: In the Japanese version. Jinja is changed to Vicky, Beyal to Noah, and Dax to Ash. May also fall under KeepItForeign.

* MysteriousPast: Dax. Jinja tries to get him to reveal it in episode 17 to no avail.

* NoNameGiven[=/=]EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Dawn Master.

* ParentalAbandonment: The Core-Tech kids as a whole to different extents. The majority of season one is spent trying to find Chase's dad Dr. Suno and along the way we learn [[spoiler:that his mom may still be alive]]. Bren and Jinja's parents may or may not have gotten a passing mention throughout the season, but other than that, nothing. [[FridgeLogic Which makes you wonder how they could up and leave them to look for Dr. Suno with Chase or if they even have any]]. Beyal is out right stated to be an orphan and he and Master Ey are the last of the true monks of the Library of Tebab, the rest of whom were killed by the treacherous Bookman. Dax's past is shrouded in mystery, which is the way he likes to keep it as Jinja finds out after a bit too much prying, though its implied that he too is an orphan.

* {{Revenge}}: Though the details aren't clear [[spoiler: Mr. Droog seems to want this on the Mosunos for his race's destruction]].

* WorthOpponent: By the end of ''Antithesis'', Chase considers the S.T.O.R.M. Strike Squad this, particularly their leader Alpha. The way Alpha lets Team Core-Tech go after his defeat seems to imply the feeling is mutual between him and Chase.

* BeachEpisode: Episode 16, however, it's fairly mild compared to other examples, and the beach aspect only lasts for 5 mins before moving on.

* TakeAThirdOption: During the season finale, [[spoiler:Jeredy gives Chase the final choice of whether to activate the failsafe devices or not. If so, it will destroy all the world's Monsuno essence, but the Monsunos themselves will be gone for good. If not, the Monsuno essence deep within the earth will eventually cause the entire planet to [[EarthShatteringKaboom explode]]. He chucks the trigger into the sea and says that they'll find another way to save the planet without destroying the Monsunos they've befriended.]]

* BeachEpisode: Episode 16.