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* HowWeGotHere: "Confessions of a Teenage Superhero" introduces the Flex Fighters during a battle with Multi-Farious, then shows how they got their powers by backtracking to the day Jake and Nathan met Ricardo.

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* MalignedMixedMarriage: Averted; Jake's and Nathan's respective parents don't object to their sons dating young women of other races, and any complications between them and their crushes arise from other personal issues, such as doubts that Riya's stressful "mom stuff" can permit her to date Jake.

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* LoveTriangle: The school dance subplot and its aftermath seem to set up one between Jake, Riya, and Ricardo. [[spoiler:It gets dropped after Ricardo learns that he'll have to leave Charter City soon, then Riya and Jake agree to take their own relationship slow.]]
* MalignedMixedMarriage: Averted; Jake's and Nathan's respective parents don't object to their sons dating young women of other races, and any complications between them and their crushes arise from other personal issues, such as doubts that Riya's stressful and time-consuming "mom stuff" can permit her to date Jake.
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* ColorCodedSecretIdentity: Stretch and the boys seem to wear clothes in their civilian guises that match the colours of their super suits. While at school their uniform is already blue (which takes care of Jake), Ricardo wears a red hoodie underneath his, while Nathan wears a green tie with his uniform. Blindstrike's alter ego averts this, wearing [[spoiler:black]] more often than dark grey or turquoise.

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* ColorCodedSecretIdentity: Stretch and the boys seem to wear clothes in their civilian guises that match the colours of their super suits. While at school their uniform is already blue (which takes care of Jake), Ricardo wears a red hoodie underneath his, while Nathan wears a green tie with his uniform. Blindstrike's alter ego averts downplays this, wearing [[spoiler:black]] [[spoiler:wearing black more often than dark grey grey, and only wearing turquoise either as part of her school uniform, or turquoise.underneath more conspicuous outfits.]]
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* MoodWhiplash: "Dr. Dreamscape" gives Omni-Mass a sillier DreamSequence than those of his teammates, in which he and the Freak Sisters save Ricardo's parents from a DeathTrap, via ThePowerOfRock.[[note]]In contrast, the other dreams show Wingspan helping stop a missile attack, Stretch painting with his MissingMom, and Blindstrike drawing a blade from the sea outside her childhood beach house.[[/note]] The end of the episode gives this a CerebusRetcon, by contrasting the dream of Ricardo shredding a guitar to impress his parents, with a real-world scene of him [[DreadfulMusician struggling to strum]] in his parents' absence.

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* MoodWhiplash: "Dr. Dreamscape" gives Omni-Mass a sillier DreamSequence than those of his teammates, in which he and the Freak Sisters save Ricardo's parents from a StrappedToABomb DeathTrap, via ThePowerOfRock.[[note]]In contrast, the other dreams show Wingspan helping stop a missile attack, Stretch painting with his MissingMom, and Blindstrike drawing a blade from the sea outside her childhood beach house.[[/note]] The end of the episode gives this a CerebusRetcon, by contrasting the dream of Ricardo shredding a guitar to impress his parents, with a real-world scene of him [[DreadfulMusician struggling to strum]] in his parents' absence.
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* MalignedMixedMarriage: Averted; Jake's and Nathan's respective parents don't object to their sons dating young women of other races, and any complications between them and their crushes arise from other personal issues, such as doubts that Riya's "mom stuff" can permit her to date Jake.

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* MalignedMixedMarriage: Averted; Jake's and Nathan's respective parents don't object to their sons dating young women of other races, and any complications between them and their crushes arise from other personal issues, such as doubts that Riya's stressful "mom stuff" can permit her to date Jake.
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* MalignedMixedMarriage: Averted; Jake's and Nathan's respective parents don't object to their sons dating young women of other races, and any complications between them and their crushes arise from other personal issues, such as doubts that Riya's "mom stuff" can permit her to date Jake.
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** Rook claims that he parted ways with his mentor, Dr. C, after she developed an evil side. [[spoiler:Actually, she vowed to thwart any efforts he'd make to turn people into stretch monsters, while attempting to cure their diseases.]]

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** Rook claims that he parted ways with his mentor, Dr. C, after she developed an evil side. [[spoiler:Actually, when Rook's attempt to strengthen his immune system with Hyper-Flexarium turned him into Stretch Monster, she vowed to thwart any of his efforts he'd make to turn people into stretch monsters, while attempting do the same to cure their diseases.other people.]]

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* TreacherousAdvisor:
** Rook claims that he parted ways with his mentor, Dr. C, after she developed an evil side. [[spoiler:Actually, she vowed to thwart any efforts he'd make to turn people into stretch monsters, while attempting to cure their diseases.]]
** "The Age of Flexarium" turns [[spoiler:Rook]] into another one. [[spoiler:The Flex Fighters discover that he's really Stretch Monster.]]
** Episode #20 turns [[spoiler:Kane]] into yet another one. [[spoiler:Rook and the Flex Fighters discover that he leads the Tech Men.]]



* WretchedHive: Old Town is filled with criminals but the crazy part is that it used to be Worse before Rook Unlimited came into power.

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* WretchedHive: Old Town is filled with criminals criminals, but the crazy part is that it used to be Worse worse before Rook Unlimited came into power.
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* BreakUpMakeUpScenario: Early into season two, [[spoiler:Erika dumps Nathan after he reveals himself as the fugitive Wingspan to her, but after she discovers that he isn't an ''evil'' fugitive, they get back together.]]
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** "Masters of Order" has Brick pack some dice before escaping the Tech Men, prompting Mortar to mockingly ask if he'll attempt a "[[TabletopGames/DungeonsAndDragons saving throw]]" should they get in a fight with the Tech Men. [[spoiler:After the Tech Men disable Brick's and Mortar's weapons, Brick does manage to trip his opponents with a saving throw.]]

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** "Masters of Order" has Brick pack some dice before escaping the Tech Men, prompting Mortar to mockingly ask if he'll attempt a "[[TabletopGames/DungeonsAndDragons "[[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons saving throw]]" should they get in a fight with the Tech Men. [[spoiler:After the Tech Men disable Brick's and Mortar's weapons, Brick does manage to trip trips his opponents with a saving throw.]]
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** "Crisis at the Cleo" has an exhibit of robots from other shows, movies, and toylines, or at least their CaptainErsatz equivalents.z


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** "Masters of Order" has Brick pack some dice before escaping the Tech Men, prompting Mortar to mockingly ask if he'll attempt a "[[TabletopGames/DungeonsAndDragons saving throw]]" should they get in a fight with the Tech Men. [[spoiler:After the Tech Men disable Brick's and Mortar's weapons, Brick does manage to trip his opponents with a saving throw.]]

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* TeamHandStack: Some endings of "The Breakout", including the one on the non-interactive version, have the Flex Fighters do this.

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Some endings of "The Breakout", including the one on the non-interactive version, have the Flex Fighters do this.this.
** "Doomsday Clock" has the Flex Fighters perform another hand stack, before going to overthrow the Tech Men. [[spoiler:This time, Blindstrike, Dr. C, Officer Reynolds, and Rook also join in.]]

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* DoomsdayClock: The aptly-named season two finale, "Doomsday Clock", requires Stretch and his allies to depower the villains' MindControl frequency before it reaches 100% power.



* DoomsdayClock: The aptly-named season two finale, "Doomsday Clock", requires Stretch and his allies to depower the villains' MindControl frequency before it reaches 100% power.
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Misquoted "Rook's Story"


* DramaticIrony: In a flashback of Riya visiting her parents at their laboratory, Rook praises Riya as part of a generation that will help improve society in the future. [[spoiler:Neither of them probably knew back then that she and her friends would attempt to sabotage his public image in order to do so.]]

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* DramaticIrony: In a flashback of Riya visiting her parents at their laboratory, Rook praises Riya as part of a generation that will help improve society in acts rather hospitable towards the future. [[spoiler:Neither of them probably knew back then that she and her friends would attempt girl who'll eventually [[spoiler:vow to sabotage release Charter City from his public image in order to do so.control.]]
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* ColorCodedSecretIdentity: Stretch and the boys seem to wear clothes in their civilian guises that match the colours of their super suits. While at school their uniform is already blue (which takes care of Jake), Ricardo wears a red hoodie underneath his, while Nathan wears a green tie with his uniform.

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* ColorCodedSecretIdentity: Stretch and the boys seem to wear clothes in their civilian guises that match the colours of their super suits. While at school their uniform is already blue (which takes care of Jake), Ricardo wears a red hoodie underneath his, while Nathan wears a green tie with his uniform. Blindstrike's alter ego averts this, wearing [[spoiler:black]] more often than dark grey or turquoise.
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* InSpiteOfANail: Regardless of the viewer's choices, "The Breakout" always ends with [[spoiler:Smokestack, Quick Charge, Circuit-Stream, and the Freak Sisters back in jail, and Dr. C forming an alliance with the Flex Fighters. The choices ''do'' influence who exactly captures Smokestack, Quick Charge, and Circuit-Stream (Blindstrike always seems to catch the Freak Sisters), Dr. C's motive for taking the Flex Fighters under her wing, and Multi-Farious' chances of going back to jail.]]

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* InSpiteOfANail: Regardless of the viewer's choices, In order for "The Breakout" always ends with to flow smoothly into season two, all the endings have [[spoiler:Smokestack, Quick Charge, Circuit-Stream, and the Freak Sisters back in jail, and Dr. C forming an alliance with the Flex Fighters. The viewer's choices ''do'' influence who exactly captures Smokestack, Quick Charge, and Circuit-Stream (Blindstrike always seems to catch the Freak Sisters), Dr. C's motive for taking the Flex Fighters under her wing, and Multi-Farious' chances of going back to jail.]]



** The Flex Fighters get caught.[[note]]The Flex Fighters get captured by Rook, who attempts to unmask them on TV. However, Blindstrike saves the boys before they become exposed. With all the escapees captured by either Blindstrike or the Delta Team, Dr. C offers to help the Flex Fighters improve their stealth and combat skills.[[/note]]

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** The Flex Fighters get caught.[[note]]The Flex Fighters get captured by Rook, who attempts to unmask them on TV. However, Blindstrike saves the boys before they become exposed. With all the remaining escapees captured by either Blindstrike or the Delta Team, Dr. C offers to help the Flex Fighters improve their stealth and combat skills.[[/note]]
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* PersonalityPowers: The Flex Fighters develop powers that double as {{escapism}} from their respective sources of drama in their ordinary lives.
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* TraintopBattle: Stretch and Blindstrike [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK4MwPVQ5dI engage in one]] after Dr. C discovers Stretch stalking her.
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* HighSchoolDance: "The Gangs of Old Town" and "Fast Times" have B-plots of Nathan and Jake respectively attempting to ask Erika and Riya out to the dance, which occurs in "Singularity Event".

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* ShoutOut: In "The Dreamscape" , there's a character named Admiral Vogel, a nod to Hasbro EP and the episode's writer, Michael Vogel.

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** Episode 20 has Mark Armstrong finish up a phone call with "Vic" as Jake and Riya enter his office.


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* SpoilerTitle: Episode #20: [[spoiler:"The Fall of Jonathan Rook"]].
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* CerebusSyndrome: The show switches between fun, lighthearted adventures and more dramatic, intense stories.

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* CerebusSyndrome: CerebusRollercoaster: The show switches between fun, lighthearted adventures and more dramatic, intense stories.

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* DoomsdayClock: The aptly-named season two finale, "Doomsday Clock", requires Stretch and his allies to depower the villains' MindControl frequency before it reaches 100% power.



* RaceAgainstTheClock: The aptly-named season two finale, "Doomsday Clock", requires Stretch and his allies to depower the villains' MindControl frequency before it reaches 100% power.

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* RaceAgainstTheClock: The aptly-named season two finale, "Doomsday Clock", requires ProphecyTwist: One of the Tech Men warns Stretch, "[[TheOnlyOne Only you]] can save Charter City from what's coming." This initially seems to imply that Stretch and will have to take down Number One, but [[spoiler:after all of the Flex Fighters fail twice to do so, he gives Erika a pep talk (via Blindstrike's system of entering her dreams), so that ''she'' could disable his allies to depower the villains' MindControl frequency before it reaches 100% power.mind control frequency.]]
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** The Flex Fighters do more harm than good.[[note]]The boys attempt to trick Smokestack into becoming solid, so that Stretch could drop the disco's scaffolding on him. When this fails to defeat Smokestack, Blindstrike comes in to contain him. She then brings the Flex Fighters to Dr. C, for training in more stealthy fighting techniques.[[/note]]
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* MoodWhiplash: "Dr. Dreamscape" gives Omni-Mass a sillier DreamSequence than those of his teammates, in which he and the Freak Sisters save Ricardo's parents from a DeathTrap, via ThePowerOfRock.[[note]]In contrast, the other dreams show Wingspan helping stop a missile attack, Stretch painting with his MissingMom, and Blindstrike drawing a blade from the sea outside her childhood beach house.[[/note]]

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* MoodWhiplash: "Dr. Dreamscape" gives Omni-Mass a sillier DreamSequence than those of his teammates, in which he and the Freak Sisters save Ricardo's parents from a DeathTrap, via ThePowerOfRock.[[note]]In contrast, the other dreams show Wingspan helping stop a missile attack, Stretch painting with his MissingMom, and Blindstrike drawing a blade from the sea outside her childhood beach house.[[/note]][[/note]] The end of the episode gives this a CerebusRetcon, by contrasting the dream of Ricardo shredding a guitar to impress his parents, with a real-world scene of him [[DreadfulMusician struggling to strum]] in his parents' absence.
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* MundaneSolution: After Jake's dad gets a promotion, infiltrating Rook Unlimited becomes a little easier for Jake and his friends, who could get permission from him to go wherever the Flex Fighters need to investigate.

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* MundaneSolution: After Jake's dad gets a promotion, infiltrating Rook Unlimited becomes a little easier for Jake and his friends, who could get permission from shown entering the building under the pretense of visiting him to go wherever the Flex Fighters need to investigate.at work.
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Possible to get this ending even after catching Multi-Farious


** The Flex Fighters don't catch anyone.[[note]]The Flex Fighters get captured by Rook, who attempts to unmask them on TV. However, Blindstrike saves the boys before they become exposed. With all the escapees captured by either Blindstrike or the Delta Team, Dr. C offers to help the Flex Fighters improve their stealth and combat skills.[[/note]]

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** The Flex Fighters don't catch anyone.get caught.[[note]]The Flex Fighters get captured by Rook, who attempts to unmask them on TV. However, Blindstrike saves the boys before they become exposed. With all the escapees captured by either Blindstrike or the Delta Team, Dr. C offers to help the Flex Fighters improve their stealth and combat skills.[[/note]]
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* TeamHandStack: The Flex Fighters do this at the end of "The Breakout", after gaining a new mentor and ally.

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* TeamHandStack: The Flex Fighters do this at the end Some endings of "The Breakout", after gaining a new mentor and ally. including the one on the non-interactive version, have the Flex Fighters do this.
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* TeamHandStack: The Flex Fighters do this at the end of "The Breakout", after gaining a new mentor and ally.
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* AdventuresInComaland: Stretch visits a comatose classmate's dream in the second season finale.
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* MundaneSolution: After Jake's dad gets a promotion, infiltrating Rook Unlimited becomes a little easier for Jake and his friends, who could get permission from him to go wherever the Flex Fighters need to investigate.

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