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** Aracula has six arms and two legs, like a arachnid.
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* HiveMind: There are some indications that Baron Dark has a psychic link to those he has transformed, and they're all connected to some "darkness", thought it's not really expounded upon.
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* NoSell: Baron Dark's skeletonizing touch doesn't work on good guys, although it seems a certain confidence in one's moral standing is necessary too.
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* FormerTeenRebel: One of the reasons Joshua was buddying up with Baron Dark because he was a kewl older friend with radical concepts his stick-in-the-mud brother and sister and parents didn't understand, man! After his transformation into Grimskull, he matured considerably.
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* AboveGoodAndEvil: Though apparently a skeleton, the Narrator seems to be more interested in the story he's telling than propping up either side.
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* TheCorruptible: Joshua was naïve enough to trust Baron Dark, allowing him access to the Lightstar Crystal, and can by controlled by Dark from a distance if he doesn't keep his guard up.
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* HeroWithBadPublicity: Grimskull get hit hard with this. He betrayed the royal family, but had a change of heart at the last moment. With his half-dead appearance, people around him don't trust him. It get worse when the truth about his betrayal goes public. Even after he redeemed himself, they're are still a lot of uneasiness around him.
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* HeroWithBadPublicity: Grimskull get hit hard with this. He betrayed the royal family, but had a change of heart at the last moment. With his half-dead appearance, people around him don't trust him. It get gets worse when the truth about his betrayal goes public. Even after he redeemed himself, they're are still a lot of uneasiness around him.him.
* HiveMind: There are some indications that Baron Dark has a psychic link to those he has transformed, and they're all connected to some "darkness", thought it's not really expounded upon.
* HiveMind: There are some indications that Baron Dark has a psychic link to those he has transformed, and they're all connected to some "darkness", thought it's not really expounded upon.
* KarmicTransformation: Guardian believes that the Lightstar Crystal has chosen Prince Joshua to bear the mark of his betrayal with his transformation into the half-dead Grimskull. The punishment can be seen as twofold: both his grotesque appearance ''and'' the PsychicLink it gives him with Baron Dark may be seen as the punishment for his actions, as both torment him in different ways.
* PainfulTransformation: It doesn't sound fun being transformed into a Skeleton Warrior, but DrunkOnTheDarkSide ensues quickly.
* ProperlyParanoid: Ursak/Guardian was always of the opinion that relying upon the Lightstar Crystal as Luminicity has for the last several hundred years was a bad idea, and spent his whole life preparing alternative means to protect the city if it was lost. He was considered crazy for it--until it happened.
* PullingThemselvesTogether: The Skeleton Warriors will reassemble if broken apart in combat, [[GoodThingYouCanHeal which happens often]].
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* PullingThemselvesTogether: The Skeleton Warriors will reassemble if broken apart in combat, [[GoodThingYouCanHeal which happens often]].
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* SeeingThroughAnothersEyes: At one point, it's claimed that Grimskull might be transmitting information to Baron Dark without realizing it--something he can't deny is possible. However it turns out the ''real'' traitor was only sowing doubt.
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* TranshumanTreachery: As soon as they get transformed into Skeleton Warriors, people get DrunkOnTheDarkSide, talking about the "glorious darkness" they are now in contact with, and calling untransformed people "human" right away.
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* ActionPet: Baron Dark adopts a savage skeleton dog he names [[GiverOfLameNames Bad Dog]]. Grimskull, meanwhile, gains a wolf named Stalker as a companion. Talyn also has a pet bird of prey she has before the start of the series.
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* CoolPet: Baron Dark adopts a savage skeleton dog he names [[GiverOfLameNames Bad Dog]]. Grimskull, meanwhile, gains a wolf named Stalker as a companion. Talyn also has a pet bird of prey she has before the start of the series.
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* BigNo: Baron Dark has this reaction upon learning Lightstar survived his meeting with the Araculans.
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** [[spoiler: Dagger, Cyborn, Shriek, Aracula and several other skeletons are last seen being swept away by a wave of lava and Claw isn't seen again after Dark reforms the Lightstar crystal. While it's possible the skeletons hit by the lava were destroyed, Talyn says there are other skeletons still out there.there]].
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* TransformingConforming: Whoever is turned into a skeleton by Baron Dark can't die and is not easily hurt; in a disaster, their bodies are disassembled and assembled back. Then Talyn finds out that removing the stone heart from their spines turn them back into humans again, with all the consequent vulnerabilities.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Baron Dark left a data crystal for Grimskull to take. Naturally, Grimskull and the gang are suspicious, and yet they still decide to play its content... in front of the whole council so everyone can watch. It reveals that Grimskull betrayed the royal family and has caused the fall of the kingdom. Needless to say, the council was angry and turned on Grimskull. You think they would have been wise enough to play it in private before their big meeting.
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* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: The ape-like Simianites may be pompous and sticklers for politeness, but they are ultimately good-hearted and see reason that an alliance with humanity against the Skeleton Warriors is in their best interests.
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* StrippedToTheBone: The fate of Baron Dark and all his minions, and a rare example of this trope as a compelling - if hardly positive - fate, as those returned to humanity will typically plead with the baron to re-skeletonise them.
* SurvivorGuilt: Ferris, the sole survivor of his unit in episode 3, is so tortured by the experience that his self-hatred gives him enough inner darkness for Baron Dark to skeletonise him, which was previously suggested to only be possible with overtly depraved personalities: what really seems to matter is how the victim perceives themself.
* SurvivorGuilt: Ferris, the sole survivor of his unit in episode 3, is so tortured by the experience that his self-hatred gives him enough inner darkness for Baron Dark to skeletonise him, which was previously suggested to only be possible with overtly depraved personalities: what really seems to matter is how the victim perceives themself.
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* TokenFlier: Talyn is the only one among the heroes with the natural power of flight.
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* AndTheAdventureContinues: Baron Dark is defeated but the Steeles now have to clean up the mess left by the war and Dark's army is still out there.
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* AbsentAnimalCompanion: In "...Long Live the King", Dark claims a skeletonized horse as his personal steed, which is never seen again.
** Talyn's hawk Serafina isn't seen again after "Overload".
** Talyn's hawk Serafina isn't seen again after "Overload".
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* BittersweetEnding: Baron Dark is finally defeated but the Lightstar Crystal is lost, Luminicity is destroyed and Dark's army is still out there. However, Lightstar points out that Dark lost far more than they did and Guardian assures them that their father is proud of them.
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* NoRomanticResolution: The show's two love interests, Ferris and Zara, don't appear again after their single episodes.
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* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: The third-to-last episode introduces Claw, a werewolf-like creature Baron Dark hired to patrol Luminicity for anyone who didn't fall in line with his rule. After skeletonizing himself, Claw became a high-ranking minion of Dark's alongside Dagger, Shriek and Cyborn.
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* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: The third-to-last episode introduces Claw, a werewolf-like creature Baron Dark hired to patrol Luminicity for anyone who didn't fall in line with his rule. After skeletonizing himself, Claw became a high-ranking minion of Dark's alongside Dagger, Shriek Shriek, Cyborn and Cyborn.Aracula.
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* BackForTheFinale: In "Past, Perfect, Future Tense" Grimskull befriends a wolf whom he names Stalker. Stalker isn't seen again until the two-part series finale.
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* LoveTriangle: Lightstar was in love with Zara who left because she was in love with Grimskull.
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* ImpliedLoveInterest: Talyn appears to fall for Ferris.
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* AristocratsAreEvil: Baron Dark was already an evil noble long before he went after the lightstar crystal.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the first episode, Baron Dark has a spidery humanoid named "Aracula" as one of his minions. It turns out in the 10th episode that Aracula is one of a whole race of Araculans, long-standing enemies of the humans of Luminaire, and that Baron Dark actually was responsible for the death of the King by sending him into the hands of the Araculans.
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** In the first episode, Baron Dark has a spidery humanoid named "Aracula" as one of his minions. It turns out in the 10th episode that Aracula is one of a whole race of Araculans, long-standing enemies of the humans of Luminaire, and that Baron Dark actually was responsible for the death of the King by sending him into the hands of theAraculans.Araculans.
** In the sixth episode, Grimskull cuts off his connection to Baron Dark by tossing a mental construct of him into a pool of lava. [[spoiler:This is how Lightstar dispatches of Baron Dark in the finale]].
** In the first episode, Baron Dark has a spidery humanoid named "Aracula" as one of his minions. It turns out in the 10th episode that Aracula is one of a whole race of Araculans, long-standing enemies of the humans of Luminaire, and that Baron Dark actually was responsible for the death of the King by sending him into the hands of the
** In the sixth episode, Grimskull cuts off his connection to Baron Dark by tossing a mental construct of him into a pool of lava. [[spoiler:This is how Lightstar dispatches of Baron Dark in the finale]].
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* ScienceFantasy: The series leans more on the science end than the fantasy, but the Lightstar Crystal and the nature of the Skeleton Warriors are magical.
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* ThemeTuneRollCall: Which also describes each character's powers, and provides the only lyrics that aren't the show's title:
--> ''Lightstar! [[LightEmUp He has the power!]]''
--> ''[[ActionGirl Talyn]]'s a fighter [[{{Flight}} in the sky!]]''
--> ''Grimskull [[ShadowWalker moves within the shadows!]]''
--> ''Guardian shouts the battle cry!''
--> '''''FOR THE LEGION OF LIGHT!'''''
--> ''Lightstar! [[LightEmUp He has the power!]]''
--> ''[[ActionGirl Talyn]]'s a fighter [[{{Flight}} in the sky!]]''
--> ''Grimskull [[ShadowWalker moves within the shadows!]]''
--> ''Guardian shouts the battle cry!''
--> '''''FOR THE LEGION OF LIGHT!'''''
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* ThemeTuneRollCall: Which also describes each character's powers, and provides the only lyrics that aren't the show's title:
--> ''Lightstar! [[LightEmUp He has the power!]]''
--> ''[[ActionGirl Talyn]]'s a fighter [[{{Flight}} in the sky!]]''
--> ''Grimskull [[ShadowWalker moves within the shadows!]]''
--> ''Guardian shouts the battle cry!''
--> '''''FOR THE LEGION OF LIGHT!'''''
--> ''Lightstar! [[LightEmUp He has the power!]]''
--> ''[[ActionGirl Talyn]]'s a fighter [[{{Flight}} in the sky!]]''
--> ''Grimskull [[ShadowWalker moves within the shadows!]]''
--> ''Guardian shouts the battle cry!''
--> '''''FOR THE LEGION OF LIGHT!'''''
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* DumbassHasAPoint: Lightstar and Talyn, who are imprisoned with Shriek and Dagger, [[EnemyMine suggest that they work together to escape.]] Dagger immediately agree and Shriek calls him out because he just want to save himself. Dagger ask her what her point is. [[{{Beat}} Shriek think about it for a second]] and agree to help.
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* DumbassHasAPoint: Lightstar and Talyn, who are imprisoned with Shriek and Dagger, [[EnemyMine suggest that they work together to escape.]] Dagger immediately agree agrees and Shriek calls him out because he just want to save himself. Dagger ask her what her point is. [[{{Beat}} Shriek think about it for a second]] and agree agrees to help.
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* MadeOfPlasticine: To an extent, at least; the Skeleton Warriors are fairly easy to shatter into bits with a strong impact. Not that it does much good since they have "the power of invincibility" and [[PullingYourselfTogether can reassemble themselves with a thought]].
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* MadeOfPlasticine: To an extent, at least; the Skeleton Warriors are fairly easy to shatter into bits with a strong impact. Not that it does much good since they have "the power of invincibility" and [[PullingYourselfTogether [[PullingThemselvesTogether can reassemble themselves with a thought]].
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* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: There are subtle hints that the skeletonization process has euphoric effects on the transformed; Baron Dark goes from being horrified at his transformation to openly embracing it in the time it takes him to return to his core followers. Those he transforms immediately revel in their new status, ranting about how good they feel.
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* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: There are subtle hints that the skeletonization process has euphoric effects on the transformed; Baron Dark goes from being horrified at his transformation to openly embracing it in the time it takes him to return to his core followers. Those he transforms immediately revel in their new status, ranting about how good they feel. When one is accidentally changed back into a human (revealing their weakness) he runs back to Baron Dark and begs to be reskeletonized.
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** This also creates a major strategic problem with having Baron Dark operating in the field, especially after Guardian invents a weapon which can break a heartstone at a distance. As Dr. Cyborn directly informs his leader, the Baron can readily skeletonize anyone who makes it back to their side -- but if Baron Dark is turned into a human, who's going to reconvert him?
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** This As noted above, this also creates a major strategic problem with having Baron Dark operating in the field, especially after Guardian invents a weapon which can break a heartstone at a distance. As Dr. Cyborn directly informs his leader, the Baron can readily skeletonize anyone who makes it back to their side -- but if Baron Dark is turned into a human, who's going to reconvert him?
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** This also creates a major strategic problem with having Baron Dark operating in the field, especially after Guardian invents a weapon which can break a heartstone at a distance. As Dr. Cyborn directly informs his leader, the Baron can readily skeletonize anyone who makes it back to their side -- but if Baron Dark is turned back into a human, who's going to reconvert him?
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** This also creates a major strategic problem with having Baron Dark operating in the field, especially after Guardian invents a weapon which can break a heartstone at a distance. As Dr. Cyborn directly informs his leader, the Baron can readily skeletonize anyone who makes it back to their side -- but if Baron Dark is turned back into a human, who's going to reconvert him?
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** This also creates a major strategic problem with having Baron Dark operating in the field, especially after Guardian invents a weapon which can break a heartstone at a distance. As Dr. Cyborn directly informs his leader, the Baron can readily skeletonize anyone who makes it back to their side -- but if Baron Dark is turned back into a human, who's going to reconvert him?
