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Deer Squad (无敌鹿战队/Wúdí Lù Zhànduì) is a Chinese animated series that premiered on iQIYI, originally started as a series of shorts called "Deer Run", that ran from 2016 to 2018.
The series is about four heroic deer, Kai, Lola, Rammy, and Bobbi, who protect the animals who inhabit Central Forest, and the humans who inhabit Platinum City from crazy inventions and haywire mishaps.
First premiered on iQIYI's video platform in 2020, later premiered in the US in 2021 on Nick Jr. and other Nickelodeon international channels.
A second season was released on January 14, 2022 on iQIYI.
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- Adults Are Useless: Downplayed, the flat-human characters would just run and panic when something bad happens, without the Deer Squad, there wouldn't even be a Deer Squad.
- Animesque: The character designs for the squad are somewhat anime-styled, such as having chibi-liked eyes, and powers similar to those of Avatar: The Last Airbender.
- Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal: The Deer Squad wears helmets when they power up.
- Animal Gender-Bender: The female deer characters have antlers.
- Animation Bump: Season 2 is this because the animation is more smoother and better, you would even notice that the color-scheme is brighter.
- Absurdly Cool City: Platinum City, a very shiny and technological city looks downright amazing and very gorgeous to look at, especially the skyscrapers and polished buildings.
- Animal Lover: Bobbi, the green deer, loves to feed animals with his desserts and cakes.
- Accidental Hero: In "Fan Club", Kai saves the baby turtles that were rolling on a log, which causes them to admire him by showing off to his other friends.
- Art Evolution
- Differences in Deer Run:
- The animation in Deer Run was different compared to Deer Squad's animation, as it was more vibrant and polished.
- Lola's fur was purple and her antlers were lavender before her fur is pink.
- Differences in Deer Squad:
- The animation in Season 1 was much different compared to animation in Season 2.
- Cool Plane: The Deer Squad Rescue Carrier, introduced in "Kai Express" which is made by Kai, can fly even if it looks like a van.
- Early-Installment Weirdness:
- Differences in Deer Run:
- Another thing is, that Kai and Rammy were in a Friendly Rivalry before than just friends.
- Differences in Deer Squad:
- Baby Animals couldn't talk in the first season, they would only make babbles or children sounding like their making animal sounds, but this was soon dropped in the second season.
- Kai would sometimes drive very wildly on Crystal Lake, which splashes Fifi and Sasha, this was later less common.
- Evolving Credits: The theme song is updated in season 2, such as previews with Jade shown.
- Floating in a Bubble: It happened twice, first in "Bubble Debacle" when the animals got trapped inside, and next in "Ducknado", but only in the end.
- Home Base: Deer Squad HQ, the home of the titular team who save the people who live in the city, and the animals in the forest.
- My God, What Have I Done?: Twice, Kai knew what he has done in "Kai Express" when his engine was important after he mistakes that he doesn't need it anymore. Next, In "I Scream", Kai mistakenly made his ice robot huge, as it turned into a mega robot and makes the whole forest cold, but he knew what happened.
- No Full Name Given: All characters are little to not have a last name, it's very impossible to know what their full names are, with exceptions for Tine Turtle, and Fifi and Sasha La Plume.
- Setting Update: Season 1 episodes would rather take place in the same locations, this was toned down a little as more outlandish locations appear more.
- Stock Footage: Seen in "I Scream", when a scene from "Ducknado" is seen when Rammy and Bobbi were watching TV.
- Space Plane: The Deer Squad Rescue Carrier has been given a space update in Season 2.
- Talking Animal: Ian, Ricardo, Tina, Fifi and Sasha can talk, except for Burrp and most of the baby animals. However, starting in the second season, the babies can now talk, possibly due to growing up.
- Token Human: Sir Steel and Professor Scratch are sometimes often with the Deer Squad with their missions and rescues.
- Transforming Vehicle: Rammy's vehicle, the Colt Bolt, can transform into a horse.
- They Call Me MISTER Tibbs!: A few characters, Sir Steel and Professor Scratch are unknown who their first names are.
- Team Chef: Bobbi, who always cooks desserts, mostly persimmon, is the chef on the squad.
- Theme Tune Roll Call:Kai!
Lola!
Rammy!
Bobbi!
Deer Squad! - Transformation Sequence: It has one, whenever an emergency happens, they power up their helmets in a cutscene.
- Where the Hell Is Springfield?: It's unknown where exactly Platinum City is. All we know is that it's located in a forest area surrounding the Squad's woodland home.
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