Line #10 YMMV/Inhumanoids


1	* CompleteMonster:
2	** [[BigBad Metlar]] is the tyrannical leader of the Inhumanoids. The former slave of [[GreaterScopeVillain Sslither]], Metlar [[TheStarscream overthrows and imprisons his former master]] before waging a genocidal war against the Mutores to TakeOverTheWorld. Awakened from his seal eons later, Metlar launches an all-out attack on Earth with his fellow Inhumanoids, razing a Soviet weapons department to a smoldering heap and stealing several cluster missiles while having his servants attack and destroy all they can. Metlar's ultimate goal is to use the missiles to obliterate the crust of the Earth and drown the entire world in fire, killing everything—[[BadBoss his own loyal servants not excluded]]--so he can rule over the ashes that remain. Throughout the rest of the series, Metlar brutalizes and threatens to torture his own minions for every slight and attempts to destroy everything he can get his fiery talons on.
3	** [[MakeThemRot D'Compose]], Metlar's terrifying [[TheDragon second-in-command]], is a hulking, [[NonHumanUndead undead]] monstrosity who pulled an entire city underground to turn it into his personal domain, killing everyone who lived there and reducing the city's knights into his undead slaves, cursed to wander the ruins of the town forevermore. Able to painfully transform anyone he touches into his undead slaves, D'Compose demonstrates his powers on the noble scientist Sandra Shore and tries to use her to kill her own friends, eagerly decomposing anyone he can whilst aiding Metlar in his conquest. D'Compose's vilest actions come when he has Blackthorne Shore amass countless disaffected teenagers into a cult in his name, [[WouldHurtAChild reducing them all to his decomposed slaves]] and having them attack the nearby city, proclaiming his intention to shroud the world in darkness and turn all that lives into the undead.
4	* EvilIsCool: The Inhumanoids themselves, who're the most fondly remembered part of the show and toyline, eclipsing their heroic adversaries.
5	* GeniusBonus: The three Inhumanoids represent all three of the scientific "kingdoms", and these three kingdoms arguably help define the Inhumanoids' respective roles.
6	-->'''Mineral:''' Metlar. Since the planet itself is made of various mineral substances, it makes sense that he's the leader.
7	-->'''Animal:''' D'Compose. Quite a few animal species are at least somewhat intelligent, so it makes sense that he's intelligent as well, making him Metlar's Dragon.
8	-->'''Vegetable:''' Tendril. No plant species are known to have any intelligence as we understand it. In fact, the term "vegetable" is often used to describe a person whose higher brain functions have stopped. It wouldn't make sense for Tendril ''not'' to be a Brute.
9	* SeasonalRot: From episode nine (or, arguably, eight) onwards, the show starting getting more comedic, with the final three episodes being jarringly DenserAndWackier due to the downright bizarre two-part storyline in which the Inhumanoids are are exposed to a LovePotion, which led to Metlar becoming the HenpeckedHusband of the animate Statue of Liberty in a surreal reference to ''Series/TheHoneymooners'' (complete with Metlar muttering, "One of these days!"). This was because of the toys not selling and Hasbro consequently not giving a damn about what the writers did (as long as there weren't any FCC complaints), which meant the writers basically went nuts.
10	* StrangledByTheRedString: In "Primal Passions" Digger saves actress Stella Blaze from Tendril. In the next episode, they get married.
11	* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: The typical censorship of violence and NeverSayDie ("if they release him, we're ''ended''") applied to this show like all cartoons in the 80s seemingly skipped over the show's ''infamously'' horrific imagery and premise, toeing as close to a CosmicHorrorStory as was possible for an 80s kid's show. D'Compose, in particular, is the biggest source of the child-unfriendly moments; while Metlar and Tendril had their silly moments, D'Compose and his BodyHorror transformations were the trauma of many a kid back when the show was initially airing. It gets tamer after the miniseries, but even then we have the death of the villain who would later be revived as Nightcrawler, whose flesh is explicitly ''eaten off his bones'' by a corrosive swamp with his worm-eaten skull fished out later.
12	* TheWoobie: Tendril in "Primal Passions". He may have been evil, but Earth Corp pulled a pretty mean move on him.

Context YMMV / Inhumanoids