History WesternAnimation / ZakStorm

* AwesomeMcCoolname: The titular Zak Storm. [[LampshadeHanging Even Calabrass compliments on it being a "powerful name."]] Definitely a moniker befitting of any Pirate.

* EvilKnockOff: Skullivar commissions the construction of "The Eel" after his first personal encounter with Zack, which is pretty much a dark version of the Chaos. [[spoiler: Skullivar later makes one to the Eyes, the Eye of Neverwhere.]]

* UnroboticReveal: At first, Caramba looks like a round yellow robot with an expressive face. However, he is actually a tiny green alien in a robotic suit.

* FiveManBand:
** TheHero: Zak.
** TheLancer: Cece.
** TheSmartGuy: Caramba.
** TheBigGuy: Crogar.
** TheHeart: Clovis.

''Zak Storm'' (French: ''Zak Storm: Super Pirate'') is a French/Korean/Indonesian/American computer-animated children's television series produced by Creator/{{Zagtoon}}, Method Animation, SAMG Animation, MNC Animation, and Man of Action. It debuted on Canal J in France on December 2, 2016. In the United States, the series debuted in 2017 on Creator/{{KidsClick}} beginning September 30, Creator/DiscoveryFamily from October 14, and Creator/{{Netflix}} from November 1.

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* EvilKnockOff: Skullivar commissions the construction of "The Eel" after his first personal encounter with Zack, which is pretty much a dark version of the Chaos.

** The Eye of Aeria grants him ShockAndAwe powers, and seems to give him some {{Flight}} capabilities.
** The Eye of Vapir gives him BlowYouAway[=-esque=] SuperSmoke abilities, including being able to conjure smoke, and grants him an [[{{Intangibility}} intangible form]] with smoke-like properties. He can also make ghosts corporeal by spraying them with the conjured smoke.

* TheJuggernaut: Morlok The unstoppable armor.

** CoolSword: the default form, as noted above. [[PlayingWithFire Blazz]] and [[AnIcePerson Sino]] come with elemental variants, while [[SuperSmoke Vapir]] can manifest as a double-bladed weapon.

** MagicStaff: [[SuperSmoke Vapir]] defaults to a staff, and [[SoulPower Zite]]'s star-shaped axe also works as one.

* PowerLimiter: The powers bestowed by Calabrass aren't indefinite. Especially early on after being reawakened, Calabrass tires out easily, causing his magical enchantments to fade even if Zak's still holding fast to him. This prompts a retreat for the heroes in the first episode.

** EpicFlail: [[SoulPower Zite]] can alternatively manifest as a large shuriken on a chain.I
** CarryABigStick: [[DishingOutDirt Dezer]] has a club that can turn opponents to piles of stone as a variant.

* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Calabrass often complains that the crew's do-gooding and adventures precludes them from doing traditional shenanigans like looting or treasure hunting. Other buccaneers like Alan Gamble, Flint, and Golden Bones, who do engage in buccaneer skulduggery, are depicted in a much less favourable light by the show.

* PowerLimiter: The powers bestowed by Calabrass aren't indefinite. Particularly after having been awakened, Calabrass tires out easily, causing his magical enchantments to fade even if Zak's still holding fast to him. This prompts a retreat for the heroes in the first episode.
* PowerfulAndHelpless: Clovis can fly, teleport, turn intangible, and summon a powerful ball-and-chain to fight enemies. He'd be one of the most useful members of the group who could solve most of their problems in a snap if he wasn't stuck to the Chaos and its general vicinity.

* RequiredSecondaryPowers: Zak's transformations grant these. For example, the Eye of Beru's powers allow Zak to breathe underwater, the eye of Blazz allows Zak to withstand lava-level heat unscathed, etc.

* SkySurfing: The Chaos has a deploy-able rocket board called the Plank in the prow, which Zak quickly gets the hang of.

* SummonToHand: Parodied In Episode 1 where Zak tries this when he is disarmed by Captain Golden Bones. Zak even comments that it [[SawItInAMovieOnce works in the movies]].
* ThirdPersonPerson: Crogar always refers to Crogar as Crogar.
* ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman: Not the Eye of Beru, shockingly enough, as the ability to breathe underwater is quite handy in the setting. Rather, the Eye of Zite is Zak's least used stone because it's only real asset is being able to harm foes ''from'' Zite. Case in point, an attack by it that dissolves celestial monsters and banishes spectres back to Zite is just a harmless light show when employed against anything else.

* YouCantGoHomeAgain: For some reason, the Triangle is locked, and no one can leave. Calabrass is so sought after because he's the Great Key, the only one who (through Zak, his chosen captain) can unlock the Triangle and allow people to leave.

** As is often tradition in these scenarios, the first time he does this, reluctantly at that, he is taken aback by how freaky it all is, immediately noticing his clawed, armored left hand and his new EyepatchOfPower. Calabrass convinces him to get past the weirdness and fight, and Zak kinda settles into the otherworldly supernatural-ness of his transformation as soon as he settles into sword fighting, transforming a second time (and from then on) with more confidence and enthusiasm, though he asks for the Eye of Blazz, but got the Eye of Dezer instead.

* AwesomeMcCoolname: The titular Zak Storm. [[LampshadeHanging: Even Calabrass compliments on it being a "powerful name."]] Definitely a moniker befitting of any Pirate.

** EpicFlail: [[SoulPower Zite]] can alternatively manifest as a large shuriken on a chain.
** LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: a sub-form of multiple eyes, formed out of their respective elements.

* AbortedArc: Downplayed. In "Origins Part 2", it is mentioned that the only way anybody can leave the Bermuda Triangle is to use Calabrass - "The Great Key" - and unlock the Seven Locks spread across the Seven Seas, each guarded by an ancient guardian. While the big end-goal is to escape the triangle, the rest of Season One involves the Seven C's either defending Marituga or dealing with Skullivar's forces. They do start making more progress on that front as time goes on though.

* AlliterativeName: The Seven Cs all have names starting with the letter "C". Their team name even sells it!

* AwesomeButImpractical: The Eye of Chronos. An artefact that gives its user the ability to travel back in time to alter the present paradox-free. By one hour. And only once. Then the stone disappears to a different part of the Bermuda Triangle.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: The titular Zak Storm. Even Calabrass compliments on it being a "powerful name." Definitely a moniker befitting of any Pirate.

* CosmicKeystone: The lighthouse on Marituga apparently acts as this. Should anything happen to it, the Bermuda Triangle will collapse, probably killing everyone in it, Zak included. Apparently, the best case scenario is that the various realms of the Triangle will be cut off from each other, the island is destroyed, and everyone being stuck in the Triangle forever.

** Vapir: A land of ghosts, illusions, and supernatural creatures that prey on the living.

* TheDreaded: Golden Bones. In spite of all his losses, the heroes know better than to engage a pirate who's virtually invincible or his minions that never tire for a protracted period of time and always make good their escape the first chance they get. Case in point, when he manages to definitively corner the Chaos in "Burn Out," he not only [[spoiler:sinks it, but kills most of its crew.]]

** The Eye of Vapir gives him SuperSmoke abilities, including being able to conjure smoke, but his [[{{Intangibility}} intangible form]] is not smoke but rather his body with smoke-like properties. He can also make ghosts corporeal by spraying them with the conjured smoke.

* LetterMotif: All of Zak's crew have names that start with C: Cece, Clovis, Crogar, and Caramba, along with the sword Calabrass and the ship Chaos. In episode 2, Zak counted himself as "Captain" so that they would have [[PunnyName seven C's]].

** CoolSword: the default form, as noted above. [[PlayingWithFire Blazz]] and [[AnIcePerson Sino]] come with elemental variants.
** AnAxeToGrind: [[ShockAndAwe Aeria]] comes with an electrified battle axe.

** RayGun: [[MakingASplash Beru]] turns Calabrass into a circular blaster, with four barrels arranged around his face.
** LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: a sub-form of Sino and Dezer, formed out of their respective elements.

* PsychicPowers: Cece apparently has these, judging by how she sensed an Atlantean treasure being stolen by Golden Bones. Now why didn't [[Disney/AtlantisTheLostEmpire Kida]] have these?

* LivingShip: The Chaos is sentient, apparently due to MagiTech, and prone to getting moody.

** The Eye of Vapir gives him SuperSmoke abilities, including being able to create smoke, but his [[{{Intangibility}} intangible form]] is not smoke but rather his body with smoke-like properties.
** The Eye of Zite gives him a mix of SoulPower and LightEmUp abilities.

** The Eye of Vapir gives him SuperSmoke abilities, but his [[{{Intangibility}} intangible]]

** The Eye of Vapir is supposed to give him SuperSmoke abilities, but mainly manifests as more of BlowYouAway.

** The Eye of Vapir gives him BlowYouAway abilities.

** The Eye of Aeria grants him ShockAndAwe powers.

* NoOntologicalInertia: In the episode "The Stowaway", when [[ the clone of the Chaos is defeated(turned back into 'metamorphic' particles), its fake antibody robots are destroyed into those same particles, which quickly disappear. ]]

* NoOntologicalInertia: In the episode "The Stowaway", when [[the clone of the Chaos is defeated(turned back into 'metamorphic' particles), its fake antibody robots are destroyed into those same particles, which quickly disappear.]]

* NoOntologicalInertia: