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* AlmostKiss: Zealot and ComicBook/{{Grifter}} spend most of the thirteen episodes doing the UST dance; when they finally admit their feelings, they lean in...and then an emergency warning starts blaring.
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* AlmostKiss: Zealot and ComicBook/{{Grifter}} [[Characters/WildCATSGrifter Grifter]] spend most of the thirteen episodes doing the UST dance; when they finally admit their feelings, they lean in...and then an emergency warning starts blaring.
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* WeaponTwirling: There almost seemed to be some kind of executive mandate that Grifter always had to do this when he drew his guns.
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* TheBigGuy: Maul, the one with SuperStrength who's physically the biggest already, but also has the power to grow into a giant.
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Wild C.A.T.s is a short-lived Canadian-American cartoon based on the Creator/WildStorm comic of [[ComicBook/WildCatsWildStorm the same name]] and produced by Creator/{{Nelvana}}.
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* VillainsActHeroesReact: The plot was advanced entirely by Helspont's quest to acquire the orb. For all their good qualities, the WildCATs don't do much but respond to the latest step in his plans.
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* CaptainsLog: Every episode starts with Jacob Marlowe making an audio log of the latest mission the episode's about. The first episode starts on number 1, even though the team's mostly formed and begins on them completing their roster by recruiting Warblade. A few later episodes even have an earlier log number than the one before. The randomness stands out more in that the series was unique for its medium and era in having a StoryArc, where the villain has a clear goal he gradually gets closer to over the course of the season.
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* CaptainsLog: Every episode starts with Jacob Marlowe making an audio log of the latest mission the episode's about. The first episode starts on number 1, even though the team's mostly formed and begins on them completing their roster by recruiting Warblade. A few later episodes even have an earlier log number than the one before. The randomness stands out more in that the series was unique for its medium and era an animated series of the time in having a definite StoryArc, where the villain has a clear goal he gradually gets closer to over the course of the season.
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* BadassBookworm: Warblade, who runs a computer programming operation in the first episode and in general fills the role of TheSmartGuy for the team, but who's also a black belt who morphs his arms into weapons.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: In episode 4, Daemonites plan to lure Voodoo into a trap by sending her a letter to where she used to live. Coincidently, Voodoo quits the team and goes to her old place and finds the letter, despite the place being abandoned.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: In episode 4, Daemonites plan to lure Voodoo into a trap by sending her a letter to where she used to live. Coincidently, Coincidentally, Voodoo quits the team and goes to her old place and finds the letter, despite the place being abandoned.
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* VillainExclusivityClause: The cartoon had all villains working for Helspont, even some who were independent or even rivals in the comics. The only exceptions were Majestic ([[AdaptationalVillainy a hero in the comics]]) and the Orb, and even in episodes featuring them, Helspont appeared.
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* VillainExclusivityClause: The cartoon had all villains working for Helspont, even some who were independent or even rivals in the comics. The only exceptions were Majestic ([[AdaptationalVillainy a hero in the comics]]) and the Orb, Orb (a {{MacGuffin}}), and even in episodes featuring them, Helspont appeared.
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* MerchandiseDriven: The cartoon has every villain working for Helspont (even the Troika, who worked for rival villain Gnome in the first comic miniseries) to get the more toyetic setting of "a hero group against a villain group".
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* MerchandiseDriven: The cartoon has every villain working for Helspont (even the Troika, who worked for rival villain Gnome in the first comic miniseries) to get the more toyetic setting of "a hero group against a villain group". Accordingly, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M7cCPuyfm8 there was an action figure line based on the show]].
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* InterspeciesRomance: Between Zealot, a pureblooded Kherubim who's hundreds of years old, and Grifter, the only one with no powers or alien heritage on the team.
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* AdaptationalBadass: In the comic, Voodoo's only abilities are telepathy and separating Daemonites from their hosts, making her an important member, but useless in a fight until Zealot gave her some Coda training. Here, she is given telekinesis as well, making her a much more dangerous foe right from the beginning.
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* AdaptationalBadass: In the comic, Voodoo's only abilities are telepathy and separating Daemonites from their hosts, making her an important member, but useless in a fight until Zealot gave her some Coda training. Here, she is given telekinesis as well, making her well. The show still makes a much more dangerous foe right from point of it taking Voodoo most of the beginning.season to develop any stomach for a fight, though.
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* CaptainsLog: Every episode starts with Jacob Marlowe making an audio log of the latest mission the episode's about. The first episode starts on number 1, even though the team's mostly formed and begins on them completing their roster by recruiting Warblade. A few later episodes even have an earlier log number than the one before. The randomness stands out more in that the series was unique for its medium and era in having a StoryArc, where the villain has a clear goal he gradually gets closer to over the course of the season.
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A short-lived cartoon based on the Creator/WildStorm comic of [[ComicBook/WildCatsWildStorm the same name]].
It lasted from October 1, 1994 to January 21, 1995.
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Thousands of years before human history even began, two warring factions of alien races were stranded on Earth: the heroic Kherubim and the evil Daemonites. Battling each other in secret, the Daemonites ultimately seek total domination of the planet, while the Kherubim (as well as some of their half-human descendants) have organized themselves into a squadron of fearless superpowered warriors known as [=WildC.A.T.s=] (with the "C.A.T." standing for Covert Action Team). But as the dawn of the twenty-first century approaches, the ancient conflict between the Daemonites and the Kherubim nears its climax, and soon the fate of both Earth and humanity will be determined in the ultimate battle between good and evil!
The show lasted from October 1, 1994 to January 21,
Every episode is available on Nelvana's [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBZNlAa1UKF6wJmXzPxWe2SrMmOorEriL Retro Rerun]]!
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* VillainExclusivityClause: The cartoon had all villains working for Helspont, even some who were independent or even rivals in the comics. The only exceptions were Majestic (a ([[AdaptationalVillainy a hero in the comics) comics]]) and the Orb, and even in episodes featuring them, Helspont appeared.
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* AdaptationalSpeciesChange: In the comics Spartan is an android, here he's a {{Cyborg}} instead.
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* AdaptationalSpeciesChange: AdaptationalSpeciesChange:
** In the comics Spartan is an android, here he's a {{Cyborg}}instead.instead.
** In the comics Void was a human woman who was merged with an Orb of Power, here she’s a Kherubim supercomputer with a {{Gynoid}} body.
** In the comics Jacob Marlowe was revealed to be the Kherubim Lord Emp, here he’s a normal human being.
** In the comics Pike was a human/Kherubim hybrid who worked for the Daemonites, whereas here he is a Daemonite.
** In the comics Spartan is an android, here he's a {{Cyborg}}
** In the comics Void was a human woman who was merged with an Orb of Power, here she’s a Kherubim supercomputer with a {{Gynoid}} body.
** In the comics Jacob Marlowe was revealed to be the Kherubim Lord Emp, here he’s a normal human being.
** In the comics Pike was a human/Kherubim hybrid who worked for the Daemonites, whereas here he is a Daemonite.
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* ComicBookAdaptation: Had a comic tie-in called ''[[=WildC.A.T.s=]] Adventures'' which retold the first 10 episodes of the show.
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* ComicBookAdaptation: Had a comic tie-in called ''[[=WildC.''[=WildC.A.T.s=]] s=] Adventures'' which retold the first 10 episodes of the show.
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* AdaptationalSkill: Warblade is shown to be a computer expert here, in addition to the martial arts skills he had in the comics.
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* DecompositeCharacter: In the comics, Voodoo was introduced as the newly recruited rookie of the team, here that role is given to Warblade, with Voodoo already a member of the team before the start of the series.
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* AgeLift: Voodoo was an adult in the comics, but a teenager here.
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* AdaptationalSpeciesChange: In the comics Spartan is an android, here he's a {{Cyborg}} instead.
* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: In the comics Maul would become dumber the larger he grows, but here this aspect of is dropped with him getting more enraged as he grows.
* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: In the comics Maul would become dumber the larger he grows, but here this aspect of is dropped with him getting more enraged as he grows.
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It lasted from October 1, 1994 to January 21, 1995.
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!!This series provides examples of:
* AdaptationalBadass: In the comic, Voodoo's only abilities are telepathy and separating Daemonites from their hosts, making her an important member, but useless in a fight until Zealot gave her some Coda training. Here, she is given telekinesis as well, making her a much more dangerous foe right from the beginning.
%% * AdaptationalVillainy: Majestic in the animated series.
* AlmostKiss: Zealot and ComicBook/{{Grifter}} spend most of the thirteen episodes doing the UST dance; when they finally admit their feelings, they lean in...and then an emergency warning starts blaring.
-->'''Grifter:''' Couldn't have waited thirty seconds?
* ArtifactOfDoom: The series MacGuffin that the heroes and villains are in a desperate race to find, the Orb, is an artifact left behind by the {{Precursors}} on Earth that can give anyone power on a cosmic scale. [[spoiler:It's also evil to the core, possibly more evil than the BigBad himself]]. Guess the {{Precursors}} hid the thing on Earth for good reason.
* BadassNormal: Grifter is the only member of the team who is full-blooded human, while the rest have superpowers due to being descendants or full-blooded members of an ancient alien super-race. His only powers are trickiness, good aim, and general badassery.
* BraggingThemeTune: The show had one:
--> [=WildC.A.T.s=] , [=WildC.A.T.s=]\\
We've got invincible power\\
[=WildC.A.T.s=] , [=WildC.A.T.s=]\\
Yaah!\\
One and only [=WildC.A.T.s=]\\
We're heroes, Not zeroes\\
We got what, They fear so\\
Here's the facts\\
We got power to the max\\
You know we're tough as nails\\
When all else fails\\
call [=WildC.A.T.s=]\\
Nerves of steel\\
[=WildC.A.T.s=]\\
Here's the deal\\
[=WildC.A.T.s=]\\
Better watch out
* ContrivedCoincidence: In episode 4, Daemonites plan to lure Voodoo into a trap by sending her a letter to where she used to live. Coincidently, Voodoo quits the team and goes to her old place and finds the letter, despite the place being abandoned.
* CrimefightingWithCash: When the team itself was temporarily unavailable and with no evidence strong enough to bring the government in to stop the Daemonites, their corporate sponsor, Jacob Marlowe crippled the villain's plan by figuring out what highway the enemies were going to have to travel down, buying it, and turning it into a toll road (somehow managing to do this in one night). When the Daemonite transport [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking runs the tollbooth without paying]], this provides him with the evidence he needs to bring the government down on them. In the series finale, he discovers that the Daemonites had acquired a nuclear missile and were transporting it cross country to kill the heroes. He starts by having shrapnel and debris scattered across the road and then had his company buy all the truck tires in the area. The truck blows its tires and then has to wait for replacements. Then he proceeds to buy the inventory of all the gas stations in the area, leaving the truck desperate for fuel. When the Daemonites ''finally'' overcome these obstacles and launch the missile, Marlowe '''then''' buys out a competitor's entire company (using some highly illegal market manipulations) for the sole purpose of being able to order the pilot of said competitor's private jet to intercept the missile.
* HumanAlienDiscovery: The show starts with Reno Pryce (aka Warblade), having the discovery he wasn't HumanAllAlong as he thought. Or at least that he has [[HumanAliens Kherubin]] roots, being recruited by the Wild CATS in the first episode.
* LighterAndSofter: The original comics are very violent, dark and cynical. By contrast, the show is more standard superhero fare.
* MerchandiseDriven: The cartoon has every villain working for Helspont (even the Troika, who worked for rival villain Gnome in the first comic miniseries) to get the more toyetic setting of "a hero group against a villain group".
* PlayAlongPrisoner: In one episode, a friend of Grifter's has just finished a jail sentence. The warden is proud of the fact that he was able to hold a notorious robber for his entire sentence. Grifter simply said "You weren't holding him. He was just serving his time." Said robber proves this right when he breaks out of the prison in a matter of minutes, with the breakout starting the moment his sentence officially ended - just to prove that he could have broken out at any time if he'd wanted to.
* SideBet: Maul and Warblade bet on how many days it's going to take Grifter and Zealot to give in to their simmering {{UST}}. When they confess their feelings before the end of the episode, Warblade smugly collects his money.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Taboo is the only Daemonite female under Helspont's command.
* ThemeTuneRap: The theme starts off as an upbeat rock song, then transitions into a rap and then back into rock again.
* VillainExclusivityClause: The cartoon had all villains working for Helspont, even some who were independent or even rivals in the comics. The only exceptions were Majestic (a hero in the comics) and the Orb, and even in episodes featuring them, Helspont appeared.
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