History WesternAnimation / TheSecretShow

* NoodleIncident: At the beginning of the episode "Flick the Switch", we join at the conclusion of another mission involving U.Z.Z. having thwarted the "Wobble Men of Dimension 10", who had been stealing all sorts of stuff, including [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking all of Earth's clouds, left-handed people,]] [[SelfDeprecation and]] UsefulNotes/TheBBC.

Originally a British creation airing on Creator/TheBBC, this is among Creator/{{Nicktoons}}' independently-funded acquisitions it made in the later part of the [[TurnOfTheMillennium 2000 decade]], along with ''WesternAnimation/KappaMikey'', ''WesternAnimation/SkyLand'', ''WesternAnimation/ShurikenSchool'', ''WesternAnimation/EdgarAndEllen'', ''WesternAnimation/RickySprocketShowbizBoy'', ''WesternAnimation/ThreeDelivery'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Wayside}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/MakingFiends''.

** Ultimately subverted when in 2017, [[WordOfGod Tony Collingwood]] revealed in the commentary for "Flick the Switch" that "Ding Ba-Doo!" means "Freeze the World!"

* UntranslatedCatchPhrase: The Imposters are constantly heard saying the phrase "Ding Badoo!" though it's never revealed what these words mean.

* IAteWhat: Anita eats an alien. Everyone else in the world (except vegetarians) ends up doing the same thing twice by the episode's end.

** It's actually subverted with Doctor Doctor; according to the old website, her real name is [[spoiler:Susan]].

* {{Jerkass}}: You would think that Professor Professor would bother to test his experiments, rather than just wait for Victor to need them.

* FutureBadass: Victor in "Victor of the Future," although the "terrible future" aspect of the trope doesn't seem to be present.

* LampshadeHanging: Victor Volt figures out Doctor Doctor's plot to hypnotize the world with a song. He is ridiculed by his fellow agents, who tell him [[ThisIsReality that only happens in cartoons]]. Learning that Doctor Doctor ''had'' gotten the idea from an old cartoon prompts Victor to exclaim IKnewIt

* EarlyInstalmentWeirdness: In the first episode, when a security breach happens, UZZ issues a code red. Later episodes would establish UZZ uses the more comedic Code Custard.

* PurpleEyes: Anita Knight has these eyes. It's also a case of SupernaturalIsPurple since in "The Abyss," it's revealed that [[spoiler: she's a mermaid]].

* EvilIsPetty: Dr. Doctor once had nanobots eat Changed Daily's moustache, which she then Lampshades as being "pointless, but amusing".

* WeaksauceWeakness: The Impostors thrive in the cold, but are allergic to penguins, [[CaptainObvious which (as we all know) also thrive in the cold]]. Also, their helmets vibrate to a high C note, making them [[YourHeadAsplode shatter]] and forcing the creepy crawly aliens that actually control the suits to retreat to their base 90 miles below the surface of the Earth.

Originally a British creation airing on Creator/TheBBC, this is among Creator/{{Nicktoons}}' independently-funded acquisitions it made in the later part of the [[TurnOfTheMillennium 2000 decade]], along with ''WesternAnimation/KappaMikey'', ''WesternAnimation/SkyLand'', ''WesternAnimation/ShurikenSchool'', ''WesternAnimation/EdgarAndEllen'', ''WesternAnimation/RickySprocket'', ''WesternAnimation/ThreeDelivery'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Wayside}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/MakingFiends''.

-->'''Agent in Blue''': Yeah. Let's watch... The Secret Show.
** Subverted, BEAUTIFULLY, in an episode where Granny is sick, so her rarely-seen husband, Sweet Little Grandpa, runs the bunny show. When the agents show up to evict him, he...takes it poorly. Like, "headbutts an U.Z.Z. agent and holes up in a nearby house, shouting statements about freedom" poorly. It was maybe the funniest moment on the show.

* LampshadeHanging: Victor Volt figures out Doctor Doctor's plot to hypnotize the world with a song. He is ridiculed by his fellow agents, who tell him [[ThisIsReality that only happens in cartoons]].

* LampshadeHanging: Victor Volt figures out Doctor Doctor's plot to hypnotize the world with a song. He is ridiculed by his fellow agents, who tell him that only happens in cartoons.

** One of Changed Daily's names is Music/EnglebertHumperdinck.

* BaitAndSwitch: In ''The Secret Thing'', U.Z.Z. Headquarters is put under {{Lockdown}} when Professor Professor finds out that someone is going to steal the Secret Thing. To get in, Victor has to show Ray, one of the agents, his pass. The joke is set up so that, because of his own incompetence, Victor doesn't have his pass and he has to trick Ray into letting him by, eventually convincing him that their (made up) children are best friends. [[spoiler:Then the real Victor shows up with his pass, the first Victor being an [[{{Shapeshifter}} Imposter]], and [[WhatTheHellHero calls Ray out on being so easily tricked]]]].

* StupidStatementDanceMix: A pair of aliens spying on U.Z.Z. base made one of these using some of [[http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=9I0Xc8mgUv4 Changed Daily's names]].