Line #33 WesternAnimation/ActionPack


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2	[[caption-width-right:280:Hoodies up and TAKE ACTION!]]
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4	The Action Pack is a Creator/{{Netflix}} children’s animation that premiered on January 4, 2022.
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6	The series is about four [[KidHero super powered kids]] who go around helping others and being trained by there teacher Mr. Ernesto and his robotic dog Plunky. Each episode is about the kids learning what it means to be a hero and learning a lesson in the end.
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9	!!This show contains the following tropes:
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11	%%* AnIcePerson: Cold Snap’s power.
12	%%* AnimalLover: Wren.
13	%%* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Wren.
14	%%* {{Animorphism}}: Wren’s power.
15	* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Why would a professional paleontologist allow kids to work on a real digsite? Also, why is she moving artifacts from the museum's archaeology department?
16	* ArtShift: Mr. Ernesto's mission briefings are animated in an 8-Bit style reminiscent of classic video games. The "A Netflix Original Series" title card [[LogoJoke uses the same style]].
17	* BarrierWarrior: One of Clay’s powers allows him to create spherical forcefields he calls “invinci-balls”.
18	%%* ChristmasEpisode: “The Action Pack Saves Christmas”
19	* ComboPlatterPowers: Clay can shapeshift… and create spherical forcefields he calls “invinci-balls”. Oh and he has XRayVision too.
20	* {{Continuity}}: Surprisingly for a preschool show, there are tightly-knit story arcs and CharacterDevelopment that actually sticks, such as Cold Snap's reform.
21	%%* CoolCar: The Mega Van.
22	%%* CoolPlane: The Mega Plane.
23	%%* CoolTeacher: Mr. Ernesto, who is encouraging and prefers morals and good values to trophies.
24	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The "Fizzles", a disease that can be spread when you get close to an infected person, which quickly takes over the town. Based on the time the show was produced, [[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic only one thing comes to mind.]]
25	* ExploitingTheFourthWall: In the Christmas special, Mr. Ernesto leans over the barrier of a SplitScreenPhoneCall.
26	* ExpressiveAccessory: The ears on Wren's hoodie droop when she is sad.
27	* FastAsLightning: Watts can use his electric powers for SuperSpeed.
28	* FiveTokenBand: Watts is Jewish[[note]]He is revealed to celebrate Hanukkah in the Christmas special[[/note]], Treena is African-American, Wren is Hispanic, Clay is Indian, and Mr. Ernesto is Black/Hispanic.
29	* GeniusBonus: Some of the [[PunnyName punny names]] aren't obvious at first. For example, Rom, the boy with technology powers, gets his name from "read-only memory".
30	%%* GreenThumb: Treena’s power.
31	%%* KidHero: The kids and a lot of the children of the town are this.
32	%%* MishmashMuseum: Although specifically described as a "Natural History Museum", the town museum also has an exhibit on ancient superheroes.
33	* {{Objectshifting}}: Clay has the ability to turn into inanimate objects. Supposedly this is an extension of his RubberMan powers, but that doesn’t explain how he can transform into things like electrical devices that ''work''.
34	%%* PungeonMaster: Most of the characters make puns based on their superpowers/themes.
35	%%* PunnyName: '''''Almost everyone''''' has a name fitting with their powers, personality and/or occupation.
36	%%* RealityWarper: Anyone who obtains the [[Main/AddedAlliterativeAppeal Wonderful Wand of Wizardry]].
37	%%* RubberMan: One of Clay’s powers.
38	%%* SameLanguageDub: There is an American and British version of the show.
39	%%* SchizoTech: The staff of an ancient superhero at the museum has a holographic FAQ system.
40	%%* ShockAndAwe: Watts’s power.
41	%%* ShoutOut: The first episode is called "[[Film/NightattheMuseum Fright at the Museum]]".
42	%%* {{Technopath}}: Rom’s power.
43	%%* TimeStandsStill: Eon’s power lets her pause time.
44	%%* TwinThemeNaming: [[RhymeThemeNaming Abby, Gabby, and Maddy]].

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