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* IAmVeryBritish: Klondike Kat's superior officer, Major Minor, is this, being a rare good guy caricature of Creator/TerryThomas, right down to the [[BritishTeeth gap-toothed smile]].
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* LetsGetDangerous: Klondike Kat's traps for Savoir Faire would usually fail, often in hilarious fashion, but the moment Klondike Kat gets so frustrated that he exclaims, "I'll make mincemeat outta that mouse!" you can almost be certain his next trap will work.
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* VillainousFriendship: Simon and Cad generally get along pretty well. In fact, in "Weathering the Storm", when Polly discovers they hijacked her moon rocket, Simon even refers to Cad as his friend while talking to her.
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* MiningForCookies: The home planet of the villain Overcat possesses "milk wells" which are similar to oil wells. One episode is kicked off when the milk wells begin to run dry and he first steals Earth's supply of milking cows and then [[DistressedDamsel Sweet Polly Purebred]] to act as milk maid.

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* MiningForCookies: The home planet of the villain Overcat possesses "milk wells" which are similar to oil wells. One episode is kicked off when the milk wells begin to run dry and he first steals Earth's supply of milking cows and then [[DistressedDamsel [[DamselInDistress Sweet Polly Purebred]] to act as milk maid.
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* EveryEpisodeEnding: The episode always ends with a parody of the familiar "Look, up in the sky" phrase from ComicBook/{{Superman}}, with one civilian even mistaking Underdog for a frog. Also, Underdog crashing into a building.

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* EveryEpisodeEnding: The episode always ends with a parody of the familiar "Look, up "Look! Up in the sky" sky!" phrase from ComicBook/{{Superman}}, ''Series/TheAdventuresOfSuperman'', with one civilian even mistaking Underdog for a frog. Also, Underdog crashing into a building.
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* PuttingOnTheReich: There are shades of this for the Great Planet Granite and their dictator Captain Marblehead. Gravel salutes in appropriate fashion and addresses him as ''my leader'' or ''o peerless leader'' and variants thereof.
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* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: The finest and strongest warriors of the planet Zot are Clarn, Boad, Goad, Garn, Tarn, Churn, Ram, Ban... and Seymour.
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* ArrangedMarriage: Underdog was forced into a marriage with an alien princess in "Zot." [[spoiler:He doesn't follow through, though, and the princess marries someone else. And that's after Underdog defeats a [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever Two-headed dragon]] that was menacing the aliens, also making it an inversion of RescueRomance.]]

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* ArrangedMarriage: Underdog was forced into a marriage with an alien princess in "Zot." [[spoiler:He doesn't follow through, though, and the princess marries someone else. And that's after Underdog defeats a [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever Two-headed two-headed dragon]] that was menacing the aliens, also making it an inversion of RescueRomance.]]
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* TheDoorSlamsYou: Happens to Simon twice during his election campaign in "The Tickle Feather Machine"
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* CatsAreMean: EvilOverlord Overcat was not just ''mean'' he could match Underdog as far as personal might was concerned.

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* CatsAreMean: EvilOverlord Overcat was not just ''mean'' ''mean''; he could match Underdog as far as personal might was concerned.
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* RisingWaterRisingTension: Happens with Underdog and Sweet Polly while they're trapped in the Vacuum Gun.



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* RuleOfThree: The Big Dipper machine malfunctions in 3 different ways before it's fixed enough to work properly.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed

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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmedNoCelebritiesWereHarmed: A few of the villains' voices were patterned after a few classic Hollywood stars- such as George Raft for Riff Raff, or Lionel Barrymore and Humphrey Bogart for Simon Barsinister and Cad Lackey, respectively.
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* WeaponizedCamera: Simon created a special camera in "Simon Says" (his first-ever appearance in the show), that, when it hits the victim, turns said victims into photographs, and he intended to do so to our hero and Sweet Polly and then kill them both by tearing up their photographs. Underdog defeated Simon by employing a mirror to make the ray bounce back towards him. The effects are reversible by switching the lens in the opposite direction.
-->'''Simon:''' Simon says, "Hold it"!
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* TheHerosBirthday: Sweet Polly repeatedly mentions this in "Pain Strikes Underdog".

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* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Before testing the Tickle Feather machine on Cad, Simon tests four other inventions on him to see what condition could prevent people from voting. The fourth invention tested, a large machine with robotic arms, is the only one that's not a gun.

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'''Underdog:''' Not plane, nor bird, or even frog! It's just little old me— (''*[[WatchOutForThatTree CRASH!!]]*'', giggles sheepishly) Underdog.

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'''Underdog:''' Not plane, nor bird, or even frog! It's just little old me— (''*[[WatchOutForThatTree CRASH!!]]*'', giggles sheepishly) Underdog.Underdog.
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* IncredibleShrinkingMan: Simon's Shrinking Water has this effect on all it's targets.
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* YouGotSpunk: If Sweet Polly gets kidnapped OncePerEpisode, at least she always gives her kidnappers a good run for their money ("She's a regular wildcat!").

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* IllTimedSneeze: In "The Vacuum Gun- part 2", Polly is eavesdropping on Simon when she sneezes, giving away her presence.



* SneezeOfDoom: In "The Vacuum Gun- part 2", Polly is eavesdropping on Simon when she sneezes, giving away her presence.

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* SneezeOfDoom: In "The Vacuum Gun- part 2", Polly is eavesdropping on Simon when she sneezes, giving away her presence.
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* BattyLipBurbling: One of the things Underdog does under Simon's control in "The Phoney Booths".
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'''Underdog:''' Not plane, nor bird, or even frog! It's just little old me— (''[[WatchOutForThatTree CRASH!!]])'', giggles sheepishly) Underdog.

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'''Underdog:''' Not plane, nor bird, or even frog! It's just little old me— (''[[WatchOutForThatTree CRASH!!]])'', (''*[[WatchOutForThatTree CRASH!!]]*'', giggles sheepishly) Underdog.
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'''Man 1:''' A frog?\\
'''Underdog:''' Not plane, nor bird, nor even frog! It's just little old me— ''([[WatchOutForThatTree CRASH!!]])'' (giggles sheepishly) Underdog.

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'''Man 1:''' A frog?\\
''frog?''\\
'''Underdog:''' Not plane, nor bird, nor or even frog! It's just little old me— ''([[WatchOutForThatTree CRASH!!]])'' (giggles (''[[WatchOutForThatTree CRASH!!]])'', giggles sheepishly) Underdog.
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'''Man 1:''' A frog?

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'''Man 1:''' A frog?frog?\\

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* EveryEpisodeEnding:
-->'''Man 1:''' Look, up in the sky! It's a bird!
-->'''Man 2:''' It's a plane!
-->'''Woman:''' [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} It's a frog!]]
-->'''Man 1:''' A frog?
-->'''Underdog:''' Not bird, nor plane, nor even frog,/ It's just little old me— ''([[WatchOutForThatTree crash]])'' Underdog.

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* EveryEpisodeEnding:
-->'''Man 1:''' Look,
EveryEpisodeEnding: The episode always ends with a parody of the familiar "Look, up in the sky! It's a bird!
-->'''Man 2:''' It's a plane!
-->'''Woman:''' [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} It's a frog!]]
-->'''Man 1:''' A frog?
-->'''Underdog:''' Not bird, nor plane, nor
sky" phrase from ComicBook/{{Superman}}, with one civilian even frog,/ It's just little old me— ''([[WatchOutForThatTree crash]])'' Underdog.mistaking Underdog for a frog. Also, Underdog crashing into a building.



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-->'''Man 1:''' Look, in the sky! It's a plane!\\
'''Man 2:''' It's a bird!\\
'''Woman:''' [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} It's a frog!]]\\
'''Man 1:''' A frog?
'''Underdog:''' Not plane, nor bird, nor even frog! It's just little old me— ''([[WatchOutForThatTree CRASH!!]])'' (giggles sheepishly) Underdog.
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* ShakeSomeoneObjectsFall: One of the opening sequences shows Riff Raff literally shaking a man down for money.
** Cad does the same thing while he and Simon are robbing a bank at the beginning of "The Forget-Me-Net".
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* BigGuyLittleGuy: Cad towers over Simon.
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* CounterfeitCash: The opening of every episode shows a customer tossing a nickel to Shoeshine Boy, and Shoeshine Boy [[TastyGold biting the nickel]]. This was an old trick dating back to TheGreatDepression, to tell if a nickel was real or just a wooden disc painted to look vaguely nickel-like. (He was adhering to the old adage "Don't take any wooden nickels!" and proving that GoodIsNotDumb.)

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* CounterfeitCash: The opening of every episode shows a customer tossing a nickel to Shoeshine Boy, and Shoeshine Boy [[TastyGold biting the nickel]]. This was an old trick dating back to TheGreatDepression, to tell if a nickel was real or just a wooden disc painted to look vaguely nickel-like. (He was adhering to the old adage "Don't take any wooden nickels!" and proving that GoodIsNotDumb.)GoodIsNotDumb).
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* CartoonishSupervillainy: Simon Bar Sinister

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* CartoonishSupervillainy: Simon Bar SinisterSinister.
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* HeroInsurance: Few superheroes cause more collateral damage than Underdog. He'll even do things like break off the top of a skyscraper to use as a weapon against [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever some giant monster]] Underdog frequently lampshades this destructiveness, especially in early episodes.

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* HeroInsurance: Few superheroes cause more collateral damage than Underdog. He'll even do things like break off the top of a skyscraper to use as a weapon against [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever some giant monster]] monster]]. Underdog frequently lampshades this destructiveness, especially in early episodes.



* HowWeGotHere: Most of "Underdog vs. Overcast" is a flashback explaining what led to the eponymous characters' fight.

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* HowWeGotHere: Most of "Underdog vs. Overcast" Overcat" is a flashback explaining what led to the eponymous characters' fight.

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