Line #10 Animation/YoYoMan


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:The original four Yoyo Supermen, as shown in the opening. From left to right: Yamy, [=YoYo=] Man, Kube, and Fefe.]]
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4	This Taiwanese anime-inspired animated series, originally released circa 2004, begins with a father and inventor named Dr. Lu who makes toys for children. One day, he brings some toys to a toy demonstration exhibition and drops a dollop of a magic potion on them, bringing them to life. However, Baron Rose managed to place some corrupting chips in three of the toys, Mobe, Nika, and Hake, turning them evil and making them into his minions.
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6	The remaining four form a team known as the Yoyo Supermen, consisting of enthusiastic [=YoYo=] Man, the {{bookworm}} genius Kube, [=YoYo=] Man's spoiled sister Yamy, and the elephant-like trickster Fefe. Later, a fifth rabbit-like winged character named Qiube joined the Yoyo Supermen. Together, they fight against Baron Rose and his evil minions while staying in Dr. Lu's house alongside his son Ludou and his sister Felei.
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8	This series aired on the channel EBC Yoyo for four seasons, each with 13 episodes in them. [=YoYo=] Man, the character, is the second-generation mascot of EBC Yoyo.
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10	EBC Yoyo have uploaded the series to Website/YouTube for free viewing. Since the series' generic title makes it hard to search for it on Google, [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLo_HY74ov2N2-7MtalmbyuszRXJyfIc3h here is Yoyo TV's playlist of the episodes]].
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12	Has absolutely no relation to the musician Music/YoYoMa.
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15	!!''[=YoYo=] Man'' contains the following tropes:
16	* {{Animesque}}: The series' art style has a clear anime influence, to the point where one would be forgiven for assuming it actually was from Japan.
17	* BlushStickers: Yamy has permanent blushes.
18	* BreathWeapon: Kube is able to breathe fire, befitting his dragon-like appearance.
19	* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: A variant; [=YoYo=] Man has some sort of natural growth on his head that looks like the letter "Y".
20	* CartoonCreature: Kube, Fefe, and Qiube are meant to look like a dragon, an elephant, and a rabbit respectively, and Nika's bat wings may be an indicator of what she's based off of, but it's more ambiguous what [=YoYo=] Man, Yamy, Mobe, and Hake are supposed to be. Hake looks like he could be some kind of rhinoceros or dinosaur, but Mobe's species is even less pinpointable, and [=YoYo=] Man and Yamy don't seem to resemble anything in particular.
21	* ChromaticArrangement: The original four Yoyo Supermen; [=YoYo Man=] (yellow), Yamy (pink/red), Kube (green), and Fefe (blue).
22	* EarlyBirdCameo: There's a brief shot in the opening that shows Qiube. This opening is used from the first episode, well before she's actually introduced.
23	* ForeignLanguageTitle: The series does not have an official Chinese title. This applies to the character it's named after as well. As an interesting side effect, this makes it hard to search for the series since the name "Yoyo Man" is used for a number of other things as well.
24	* FreezeFrameEnding: The series finale, Season 4 episode 13, ends with a freeze-frame that turns sepia, of the five Yoyo Supermen jumping into the air.
25	* IntroductoryOpeningCredits: The very beginning of the original theme song has graphics that show the four main characters and their English names.
26	* KillerYoyo: [=YoYo=] Man, true to his name, will sometimes wield a yoyo in battle.
27	* LiteralSurveillanceBug: Baron Rose and his cronies frequently use a tiny surveillance drone with a slender body and dragonfly-like wings to spy on others.
28	* LivingToys: The Yoyo Supermen and their enemies working for Baron Rose were toys brought to life by the inventor Dr. Lu via a potion.
29	* {{Mascot}}: [=YoYo=] Man is the mascot of Yoyo TV.
30	* MercurysWings: Fefe has small wings on either side of his helmet.
31	* PinkGirlBlueBoy: Ludou and his sister Kelei, who have blue and pink hair respectively.
32	* PullingThemselvesTogether: In episode 3, a robot made of special magic blocks is blown apart by the Yoyo Supermen, only to start reassembling itself brick-by-brick. Fefe alleviates the problem by creating a bubble buffer to prevent the robot from rebuilding itself.
33	* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: The Yoyo Supermen, with their large heads and similarly bulbous eyes, are meant to look adorable.
34	* RunningGag: In earlier episodes, the evil Toy Supermen have a catchphrase, "The natural enemy of justice! The nemesis of kindness! We are high-quality model students from the dark world. Magic Lightning Team!", that they use to introduce themselves, but it's always bungled as "the nemesis of good mothers" by Hake, who is corrected by Mobe.
35	* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Until Qiube's introduction, Yamy was the only female in the Yoyo Supermen.
36	* SomethingPerson: [=YoYo=] Man. While he does indeed use a yoyo as a weapon, he also has that name since his series aired on a channel called EBC Yoyo.
37	* SuperheroOrigin: The first episode shows the events at the toy demonstration ceremony that ultimately led to the birth of the Yoyo Supermen and Baron Rose's minions.
38	* SuperheroesWearCapes: The Yoyo Supermen, excepting Fefe and Qiube, wear capes.
39	* TitleThemeTune: The original theme song mentions the name "[=YoYo=] Man" several times.
40	* TwoGirlsToATeam: Yamy and Qiube, once the latter was introduced, are the only two girls in the Yoyo Supermen.
41	* WhiteBunny: Qiube is clearly meant to look like a white rabbit.
42	* WhiteHairBlackHeart: White-haired Baron Rose has no problem inserting chips into toys to make them evil.

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