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Curse of the Stolen Tiger. Where Lies the Engulfer. The Thousand Eyes of Ahuizotl. Into The Mouth of Darkness.
The Return of Tsul 'Kalu. Life in the Underground.
And Your Enemies Closer. Drew Saturday wife Zak Saturday son Drew and Doyle's parents Doyle Blackwell brother-in-law Komodo adopted son Fiskerton adopted son Zon adopted daughter Doc Saturday's parents if they're alive, they aren't mentioned in the series. Click here to view the gallery. Sign In Don't have an account? Contents [ show ]. Find showtimes, watch trailers, browse photos, track your Watchlist and rate your favorite movies and TV shows on your phone or tablet!
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Displayed throughout the episode "Twelve Hundred Degrees Fahrenheit". Taken to a ridiculous extent when both Argost and Drew swim through the volcano wearing fireproof lizard-skin and a heatproof suit, respectively, but still! Particularly egregious in Argost's case, as the lava should have seeped in through the openings in the skin eyes, mouth. Maybe there is a glass or plastic layering over his eyes or even an organic transparent layer of skin over the Cherufe's eyes , but that still doesn't explain the mouth bit.
The eponymous pin in "The Atlas Pin", which was created by the Atlanteans to lock key tectonic plates. Tampering with it causes devastating worldwide earthquakes. Removing it will destroy the planet. With Ben and Rook from Ben Omniverse in the episode "T. In "The Return of Tsul 'Kalu", Doyle has to protect a black market cryptid dealer who eats panda dumplings. Drew can speak 37 different languages. Cut Argost A Check: Argost was already fairly wealthy due to the fame from his show and the money brought in by the marketing of toys connected to Weird World.
Zak and Wadi early on. Also Doyle and Abby. Deal with the Devil: Zak's deal with Argost. Everyone usually has a turn, but he does it the most and to hilarious effect. Depraved Kids' Show Host: Argost, though he's pretty much the same on-camera Zak and Fisk cause one at the start of "Cryptid vs. Does This Remind You of Anything? A basic summary of "The Undrground Bride": A teenage boy finds out that his sister is smitten with a young man of questionable morality , gets overprotective of her about it, tries to dig up some dirt on the boy, finds out that said boy is only using her as a means to a shocking and horrific end and is not believed when he tries to tell her Get your mind out of the gutter!
A Dog Named "Dog": A Komodo dragon called Komodo. After Zak and his cryptid friends foil a trap Argost set for his mom and Drew, he sicks his swarm of firecracker beetles. Just as they're able to close in on Zak and Zon, Komodo leaps in front of them and eats the whole swarm in one gulp. Zak's not sure if he should be impressed or disgusted. Happens at the end of "Once More the Nightmare Factory": I'm not turning around and looking at it. Even Evil Has Standards: Even the Rats Won't Touch It: Everything's Better with Spinning: The holograms studied by the Saturdays spin in one plane.
Everything Trying to Kill You: Piecemeal technically a criminally insane chef Evil Twin: The team accidentally gets duplicated by a magic mirror, sorta. The duplicates were actually alternate reality versions of them.
Exact Words Extreme Omnivore: In addition to his other bits of Amplified Animal Aptitude , Komodo can and frequently does eat anything. Mostly Played for Laughs , but comes in very handy in "Van Rook's Apprentice" when he leaps out of hiding to swallow an entire swarm of Argost's flesh-eating insects, saving Zak. Piecemeal only wants to eat cryptids. And in "The Return of Tsul 'Kalu", Doyle has to protect a black market cryptid dealer who eats panda dumplings. She later kicked Van Rook out, and took over his operations. Falling Chandelier of Doom: One of these falls on Van Rook while he's trying to keep cryptids from escaping Weird World in the comics.
The cryptid fighting ring in "Cryptid. Overlaps with Beastly Bloodsports. The people of Kumari Kandam. Drew's sword is a solar powered fire sword. Flashbacks to some of Doc and Drew's earlier adventures. Flying Electric Jellyfish plague the family in one episode. In pursuit of a mere thrown ball, Komodo clears a hallway of dangerous airborne jellyfish cryptids when the family had been having a hard time just holding them at bay.
Argost tells Zak that he has "a weakness for the classic monster cliches. Friend to All Living Things: Zak is an 11 year old boy, so he is a straight portrayal of the innocent bit, but the animals that all snuggle and cozy up to him are cryptids that would give ordinary virgin girls pause.
Darkly subverted when it turns out that this is because Zak is the reincarnation of their civilization-destroying god Kur. Future Me Scares Me: Zak faithfully watches V. Argost's TV show, and thus knows a lot of the moves and weapons Argost uses in combat, to the surprise of his parents. Since Zak actually has a model of it, he knows the general layout of the place.
Just look at the shows it's compared to above. It turns out there was a very good reason why it had been abandoned. Glowing Eyes of Doom: Zak's eyes glow when he uses his powers. This is also true for Munya, Argost's henchman. Constantly discussed in terms of Kur, though it's more of an Informed Attribute since we never actually hear anything concrete about him besides his power to control Cryptids. Good Scars, Evil Scars: Doc has a scar over one eye. Argost's henchman has scars on his face.
Go Out with a Smile: You were the only thing I liked almost as much as money. Gotta Get Your Head Together: Zak and Argost reacting to the deadly music from the flute of Gilgamesh. The Claw Hair Colors: So is Argost, though that might be age.
Turns out that he's actually a fricking Yeti! Doc and Zak both have a variation on Skunk Stripe. Doyle is a Fiery Redhead. A Handful for an Eye: Drew and Doc, and for once the parents aren't dead or oblivious! Francis, to the point that he has a forcefield that delivers an electric shock to anyone that invades his personal space. Doyle the apprentice on realizing he has a Long-Lost Relative on the good guys' team.
Argost was already fairly wealthy due to the fame from his show and the money brought in by the marketing of toys connected to Weird World. The subject matter of cryptozoology is rarely explored in children's cartoons, which is what intrigued me immediately. Amazon Restaurants Food delivery from local restaurants. The Saturdays and their exotic cryptid pets are a loving bunch, trying to work through everyday family matters and squabbles in between their adventures. Traveling all over the planet, the Saturdays explore ancient temples and bottomless caves, as well as battle with villains which includes the evil V. Zak was born, his parents theorize, to counter the Kur Stone, so he can save the world if need arises. Go Out with a Smile:
Van Rook does this as well in the second season, as he can't earn a living if there is no one around to earn a living from. Drew is this, with literally snow white skin and hair. And much more, see: This is the entire point of the Kur Stone. Zak has this as a power. Hoist by His Own Petard: Happens in "Black Monday" when Drew attempts to shoot her Mirror Universe counterpart in the face with the Claw, only to have her doppelganger parry it with her prehensile tongue. How did you she could do that? I just wanted to hit in her in the face. Argost suffers one of these in the first season finale; First he gets overpowered by Zak, beat up so bad his mask breaks, then dog piled by the cryptids living in the Antartic Cryptid, then his own Dragon Munya webs him up and carries him off, if only to protect him from his own Villainous Breakdown.
In "The Vengeance of Hibagon", Drew attempts to snap Doc out of his distracted state by feeding him a sandwich made from Fiskerton's hair. The eye shaped "about to lose consciousness" variation. Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy: Epsilon's agents could stand to spend a lot more time on the range, given the number of shots they fire without hitting anyone in "Paris is Melting". Maybe they've come to rely on their sonic screams a little too much.
In "Twelve Hundred Degrees Fahrenheit", Drew cuts a shield-shaped slab of wood from a tree and uses it as a makeshift snowboard. Doyle uses his jetpack for the same purpose. Watch her in action, and you'll understand starts around 4: In "Curse of the Stolen Tiger", the entire family plus Wadi use their belts to slide down a hoist rope from the warlord's mountain fortress.
Both played straight and subverted in one of the most horrible ways imaginable. While Zak seems to live through every disaster that can possibly befall him, Argost uses the Flute of Gilgamesh on Zak Monday, and it's over for the little guy. Sure, he may have been evil, but still Zak proper almost shared the same fate, and did actually die, but got better thanks to quick medical care.
In the first episode, Van Rook chastises Doyle for using several concussion grenades on Doc, claiming that "two is plenty. But then said brother is no prize either. And who really gets along with the in-laws? Beeman, who seems to operate in perpetual Sarcasm Mode , and has no problem with the idea of killing an eleven year old boy in cold blood. Doyle and Van Rook's preferred mode of travel in combat. Jumping on a Grenade: In "Where Lies the Engulfer", Zak jumps on one of Doyle's grenade presumably a stun grenade and uses the resulting blast to propel him through a skylight.
Killed Off for Real: Wadi wields one she calls "The Thieves Yoyo" in later episodes. A few of the villains are like this, but Argost is the largest and hammiest of them all. Last of His Kind: Lava is Boiling Kool-Aid: The The Secret Saturdays once visited a small nation that got its power from two imprisoned cryptids. What's more, they're baby cryptids, and momma isn't happy about it.
Drew discovers her long lost brother is working with the bad guys. The opening episode's Kur Stone. Also an occasion of when this overlaps with Action Mom. So harming any of her "boys" will result in an epic beatdown. All the way from the start of the first season to the end of the second and last: In the pilot, Van Rook admonishes Doyle for using more than two grenades, as he's a cheapskate. When Van Rook dies, Doyle puts three flowers on the grave then takes one back, echoing that line. Zak names the Monday family such because everyone hates Mondays. There are cryptids whose properties cause this.
What the Smoke Mirror of Tezcatlipoca opens a portal to. Also Argost's henchman Munya who has characteristics of spider and gorilla along with human attributes. Drew has this in spades. Doyle and doesn't he know it? Drew Monday has prehensile tongue she uses as a whip. The hunt for the Kur Stones which later develops into the true main story, keeping Zak out of Argost's hands when it turns out that he's Kur. In "Twelve Hundred Degrees Fahrenheit", Argost wears the shed skin of a fireproof lizard man as a suit to allow him to swim through the lava inside a volcano.
Mostly adhered to, but Drew's Back Story makes it clear they don't shy away from it when it enriches the story to say so. This rule is still adhered to, but with Ulraj's dad, you can tell he's obviously been killed. And, after a few seconds, you remember that the Flute of Gilgamesh kills the Kur it drains. Argost used it on Zak Monday. You do the math. Completely subverted with Leonidas Van Rook, who actually died on screen, showing us his hand falling lifelessly to the floor to drive the point home.