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* SequelEpisode: "Love on the Run" and "Monkey Hearts" have the episodes' plots connected with each other.
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* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: In "Ukelele Wally" when Wally and Gus list Pinky-Winky's many faults, the only one she's offended by is that they called her sweaty.

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* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: In "Ukelele "Ukulele Wally" when Wally and Gus list Pinky-Winky's many faults, the only one she's offended by is that they called her sweaty.

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* MichaelJacksonsThrillerParody: One in "Zombie Bananas".



* ShoutOut: In "Zombie Bananas" there's a sequence parodying Music/MichaelJackson's Music/{{Thriller}}.
** In "Trick or Trixie" when Wally demands that Inky paint something for him he gets a face full of ink that makes him look like [[Music/{{KISS}} Gene Simmons]]. He even has Gene's signature hanging tongue.

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* ShoutOut: In "Zombie Bananas" there's a sequence parodying Music/MichaelJackson's Music/{{Thriller}}.
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In "Trick or Trixie" when Wally demands that Inky paint something for him he gets a face full of ink that makes him look like [[Music/{{KISS}} Gene Simmons]]. He even has Gene's signature Simmons]], complete with hanging tongue.

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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Bananas (suprise, suprise) for the Rocket Monkeys
* JustForFun/XMeetsY: ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBeavers'', ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'', or post-movie ''WesternAnimation/{{SpongeBob SquarePants}}'' meets ''WesternAnimation/AtomicBetty''.

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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Bananas (suprise, suprise) for the Rocket Monkeys
* JustForFun/XMeetsY: ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBeavers'', ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'', or post-movie ''WesternAnimation/{{SpongeBob SquarePants}}'' meets ''WesternAnimation/AtomicBetty''.
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* Accidental Misnaming: The Rocket Monkeys often call Lord Peel "Banana Man"

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* Accidental Misnaming: AccidentalMisnaming: The Rocket Monkeys often call Lord Peel "Banana Man"
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* Accidental Misnaming: The Rocket Monkeys often call Lord Peel "Banana Man"
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* MadeOfPlasticine: Lord Peel
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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Bananas (suprise, suprise) for the Rocket Monkeys

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* JustForFun/XMeetsY: ''WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpy'' (or post-movie [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants SpongeBob]] ) meets ''WesternAnimation/AtomicBetty''.

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* JustForFun/XMeetsY: ''WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpy'' (or ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBeavers'', ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'', or post-movie [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants SpongeBob]] ) ''WesternAnimation/{{SpongeBob SquarePants}}'' meets ''WesternAnimation/AtomicBetty''.
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* JustForFun/XMeetsY: ''WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpy'' (or post-movie [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants ''SpongeBob'']] ) meets ''WesternAnimation/AtomicBetty''.

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* JustForFun/XMeetsY: ''WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpy'' (or post-movie [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants ''SpongeBob'']] SpongeBob]] ) meets ''WesternAnimation/AtomicBetty''.
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* JustForFun/XMeetsY: ''WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpy'' (or post-movie [[''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' SpongeBob]] [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants ''SpongeBob'']] ) meets ''WesternAnimation/AtomicBetty''.
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* JustForFun/XMeetsY: ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBeavers'' ''WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpy'' (or post-movie [[''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' SpongeBob]] ) meets ''WesternAnimation/AtomicBetty''.

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* HeyItsThatVoice: Gus and YAY-OK are [[AlmostNakedAnimals Piggy and Duck]]
** Lord Peel is [[TheKidsInTheHall Mark McKinney]]
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* HeyItsThatVoice: Gus and YAY-OK are [[AlmostNakedAnimals Piggy and Duck]]
** Lord Peel is [[TheKidsInTheHall Mark McKinney]]
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* EyeScream: In "Scare-Larious" Wally causes Gus to shoot toothpaste into his eyes, then he exclaims "It burns! But minty fresh."

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* EyeScream: In "Scare-Larious" Wally causes Gus to shoot toothpaste into his eyes, eyes. He then he exclaims "It burns! But burns!" before calmly adding "But minty fresh."

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* XMeetsY: ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBeavers'' meets ''WesternAnimation/AtomicBetty''.

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* ShoutOut: In "Zombie Bananas" there's a sequence parodying Music/MichaelJackson's "Thriller."

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* TorsoWithAView: When the monkeys accidentally shoot Chimpsky in the chest during a simulation, it leaves a hole exposing his heart.

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* TorsoWithAView: When the monkeys accidentally shoot Chimpsky in the chest during a simulation, it leaves a hole exposing his heart.heart.
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A Canadian animated television series created by Breakthrough Entertainment and Atomic Cartoons Inc., ''Rocket Monkeys'' centers around brothers Wally and Gus, who are members of GASI (Galactic Animal Space Institute), an organization focused on interplanetary explanation, assisted by their RobotBuddy YAY-OK. Despite the brothers' intelligence and skill, [[TooDumbToLive or lack thereof]], they are usually the ones who end up saddled with whatever life-threatening missions their boss Dr. Chimpsky needs completed.

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A Canadian animated television series created by Breakthrough Entertainment and Atomic Cartoons Inc., ''Rocket Monkeys'' centers around brothers Wally and Gus, who are members of GASI [[FunWithAcronyms GASI]] (Galactic Animal Space Institute), an organization focused on interplanetary explanation, assisted by their RobotBuddy YAY-OK. Despite the brothers' intelligence and skill, [[TooDumbToLive or lack thereof]], they are usually the ones who end up saddled with whatever life-threatening missions their boss Dr. Chimpsky needs completed.



* CatchPhrase: "Poopy doopy" for Monkevil.



* ExtremeOmnivore: Wally's pet Trixie in "Trick or Trixie".

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* ExtremeOmnivore: Wally's pet Trixie in "Trick or Trixie".Trixie."



* FunWithAcronyms: GASI (Galactic Animal Space Institute)
** B.A.L.L. (Ballistic and Lethally Loaded)

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* FunWithAcronyms: GASI (Galactic Animal Space Institute)
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** B.A.L.L. (Ballistic and Lethally Loaded)Loaded).



* HeelFaceTurn: Monkevil makes one in her second appearance, only to become a heel again at the end of the episode when Inky frames her for theft and the trio don't trust her.

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* HeelFaceTurn: Monkevil makes one in her second appearance, [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor only to become a heel again at the end of the episode episode]] [[ReformedButRejected when Inky frames her for theft and the trio don't doesn't trust her.her]].
* HelloNurse: The innocence-feigning [[PunnyName Monkevil]] is most certainly this, with a large amount of her screentime even accompanied by a {{Sexophone}}. Naturally, [[FemmeFatale she uses this to her advantage]] in "Love on the Run," roping Wally and Gus into acting as accomplices for her bank heists.



* MisterSeahorse: In "Monkeys vs. Gorillas" when the Space Gorillas call the Rocket Monkeys chicken Gus states that they're not...then suddenly lays an egg that hatches into a misshapen chick.

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* MisterSeahorse: In "Monkeys vs. Gorillas" when the Space Gorillas call the Rocket Monkeys chicken Gus states that they're not... then suddenly lays an egg that hatches into a misshapen chick.



* OmnicidalManiac: YAY-OK's father in "My Dad-Bot, the Doom-Bot".

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* OmnicidalManiac: YAY-OK's father in "My Dad-Bot, the Doom-Bot".Doom-Bot."



* RoseHairedGirl: Monkevil sports pink GirlishPigtails.



* ShoutOut: In "Zombie Bananas" there's a sequence parodying Music/MichaelJackson's ''Thriller''.
** In "Trick or Trixie" when Wally demands that Inky paint something for him he gets a faceful of ink that makes him look like [[Music/{{KISS}} Gene Simmons]]. He even has Gene's signature hanging tongue.

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* ShoutOut: In "Zombie Bananas" there's a sequence parodying Music/MichaelJackson's ''Thriller''.
"Thriller."
** In "Trick or Trixie" when Wally demands that Inky paint something for him he gets a faceful face full of ink that makes him look like [[Music/{{KISS}} Gene Simmons]]. He even has Gene's signature hanging tongue.



* ThemeTuneCameo: The monkeys' mother and Lord Peel are heard listening to the show's main theme while rollerblading in "Not Lord Peel".

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* ThemeTuneCameo: The monkeys' mother and Lord Peel are heard listening to the show's main theme while rollerblading in "Not Lord Peel".Peel."
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** In "Monkeys vs. Gorillas" Wally's arcade game-styled dream has an 8-bit rendition of the main theme playing.

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** In "Monkeys vs. Gorillas" Wally's arcade game-styled dream has an 8-bit rendition of the main theme playing.playing.
* TorsoWithAView: When the monkeys accidentally shoot Chimpsky in the chest during a simulation, it leaves a hole exposing his heart.
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* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: Usually played straight, though in "Monkey Hearts" when Monkevil is making her escape into space she's wearing a space suit and helmet.


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* FacelessEye: The inspector in "Inspection Day" has a giant eye for a head.
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* HollywoodToneDeaf: Pinky-Winky.
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* NoExceptYes: Pinky-Winky states that she's not a monster, before saying that she's technically more of a beast.
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* MisterSeahorse: In "Monkeys vs. Gorillas" when the Space Gorillas call the Rocket Monkeys chicken Gus states that they're not...then suddenly lays an egg that hatches into a misshapen chick.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The ending of "Home on the Strange"; the monkeys are sent to deliver cow-like creatures as food to a living asteroid, but they destroy it to save one creature that Wally had grown attached to. Said asteroid was the only thing keeping their population in check, so without it they quickly overpopulate and exhaust their food supply.
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* ThemeTuneCameo: The monkeys' mother and Lord Peel are heard listening to the show's main theme while rollerblading in "Not Lord Peel".

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* ThemeTuneCameo: The monkeys' mother and Lord Peel are heard listening to the show's main theme while rollerblading in "Not Lord Peel".Peel".
** In "Monkeys vs. Gorillas" Wally's arcade game-styled dream has an 8-bit rendition of the main theme playing.
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* DisguisedInDrag: Nefarious's plan in "Princess Nefarious" is to disguise as a princess so someone will save him.


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* SealedEvilInACan: Nefarious is kept at bay be being stuck on an asteroid.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: The Space Gorillas.


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* CardCarryingVillain: Nefarious.

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A Canadian animated television series created by Breakthrough Entertainment and Atomic Cartoons Inc., ''Rocket Monkeys'' centers around brothers Wally and Gus, who are members of GASI (Galactic Animal Space Institute), an organization focused on interplanetary explanation, assisted by their RobotBuddy YAY-OK. Despite the brothers' intelligence and skill, [[TooDumbToLive or lack thereof]], they are usually the ones who end up saddled with whatever life-threatening missions their boss Dr. Chimpsky needs completed.

The show first aired on {{Teletoon}} in Canada on January 10, 2013, then aired on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} in the United States in February and in the United Kingdom and Ireland in April.
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!!''Rocket Monkeys'' provides examples of:
* ArchnemesisDad: YAY-OK's father seems to care for his son, but cares about destroying anything that moves more.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: In "Zombie Bananas", when Wally and Gus are attacked by Lord Peel's zombies they yell "Zombie baboons! Zombie gibbons! Zombie chrysanthemum!"
* BigBad: Lord Peel.
* EyeScream: In "Scare-Larious" Wally causes Gus to shoot toothpaste into his eyes, then he exclaims "It burns! But minty fresh."
** In "Bro to Bro" Wally shoots himself in the eyes with his goop gun. Twice.
* ExpositoryThemeTune
* ExtremeOmnivore: Wally's pet Trixie in "Trick or Trixie".
* FreudianTrio:
** Wally: Id
** Gus: Ego
** YAY-OK: Superego
* FunWithAcronyms: GASI (Galactic Animal Space Institute)
** B.A.L.L. (Ballistic and Lethally Loaded)
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: In "Trick or Trixie" when Trixie spits Gus out after trying to eat him his torso is severed from his legs, the former hovering an inch away from the latter.
* HappyFunBall: B.A.L.L.
* HeelFaceTurn: Monkevil makes one in her second appearance, only to become a heel again at the end of the episode when Inky frames her for theft and the trio don't trust her.
* IdiotHero: Wally and Gus. Gus is slightly smarter than his brother, keyword ''slightly''.
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Lord Peel.
* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: In "Ukelele Wally" when Wally and Gus list Pinky-Winky's many faults, the only one she's offended by is that they called her sweaty.
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Gus' only response to being split in half is that he needs a bandage.
* OhCrap: In "Zombie Bananas" this is Gus's reaction to seeing that Wally ate a crapload of the poisoned bananas that have been turning people into zombies.
* OmnicidalManiac: YAY-OK's father in "My Dad-Bot, the Doom-Bot".
* OnlySaneMan: YAY-OK.
* PetMonstrosity: Trixie.
* ShoutOut: In "Zombie Bananas" there's a sequence parodying Music/MichaelJackson's ''Thriller''.
** In "Trick or Trixie" when Wally demands that Inky paint something for him he gets a faceful of ink that makes him look like [[Music/{{KISS}} Gene Simmons]]. He even has Gene's signature hanging tongue.
* TeamPet: Gus' pet space squid Inky.
* ThemeTuneCameo: The monkeys' mother and Lord Peel are heard listening to the show's main theme while rollerblading in "Not Lord Peel".

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