Rules in making a american action-super show

[Monkey12]

1. You must have five of these types of character.
a. Leader heores- He's either the strongest and/or smartest character. He's basically a serious boy scout.
b. Female heorine- Either the sensible and mother-naturing one or the angry tomboy dyke. What ever type she is, always falls in love with the leader.
c. token black or ethic character- rarely talks and/or seen only to say bling-bling or booya. Always comes from Halem, Chicago or the Bronz.
d. Gothic/Ansty-Badass heores- This character always in a bad mood and angry at everything for no apparent reason. Acts like he/she doesn't care about the others, but deep down they do. Butts heads with the leader a lot. Wears black or dark colors.
e.Comedic relief- He's the weakest character on the team, but for some reason the team never thinks of kicking them off.

2. No matter how sharp and/or dangerous a character's weapon or powers are, no one ever gets serious hurt or bleeds.

3. The main villian always wants the leader or the angry gothic character to join him.

4. No matter how powerful a villian is, they always take him to a easily escapible jail.

Look at me, I just told everyone the plot to Teen Titans.
What other rules do you think should be here?

[Tobias]

5. No matter how deadly or dangerous the situation may be, there's always time for a quick joke/one liner from the comic relief.

[Anthonynotes]

1. You must have five of these types of character.
a. Leader heores- He's either the strongest and/or smartest character. He's basically a serious boy scout.
b. Female heorine- Either the sensible and mother-naturing one or the angry tomboy dyke. What ever type she is, always falls in love with the leader.
c. token black or ethic character- rarely talks and/or seen only to say bling-bling or booya. Always comes from Halem, Chicago or the Bronz.
d. Gothic/Ansty-Badass heores- This character always in a bad mood and angry at everything. Acts like he/she doesn't, but deep down they do. Butts heads with the leader a lot. Wears black or dark colors.
e.Comedic relief- He's the weakest character on the team, but for some reason the team never thinks of kicking them off.

2. No matter how sharp and/or dangerous a character's weapon or powers are, no one ever gets serious hurt or bleeds.

3. The main villian always wants the leader or the aangry gothic character to join him.

4. No matter how powerful a villian is, they always take him to a easily escapible jail.

Look at me, I just told everyone the plot to Teen Titans.
What other rules do you think should be here?

Actually, I think it's the rules for "Justice League", but the crack about "angry tomboy dyke" re: women characters aside, let's see...

- (If it's an 80's-era show) no matter how much mayhem just happened, the lead characters engage at the end in some heartwarming "moral" to the viewers about the need to "get alone and resolve conflicts peacefully" (or staying away from downed electric lines, using sunscreen, etc.).

- (If it's a 60's-era Hanna-Barbera action show) The number of non-lead characters killed off during the story will easily outpace anything seen in modern action shows.

- (If on Cartoon Network) There'll be some sort of veiled "adult" references thrown in about the character's love lives/personal lives/etc. to make it seem more "realistic", even if the show's about guys in Spandex beating the living daylights out of another bunch of guys in Spandex.

- All prisons will have easy access to ultra-high-tech labs that'd put MIT to shame.

- The city one fights crime in shall take place in as "certain" a U.S. state as the Simpsons' Springfield---and never be in a real city like New York, Boston, Chicago, L.A., St. Louis, etc.

- Throw a token to the original readers of the comic book the show came from every once in awhile (ME: Ooooh, "Coloniel Hal Jordan", heh, heh...)

- Watch said fans argue which comic elements will or should get adapted for a TV show.


-B.

[Sharklady]

^ Oh, well said, Brainatra!

I would add another rule: there's always at least one attractive female character whose costume shows a lot more skin than the guys' outfits do. (And I dare the folks who design these costumes to try dressing like that for one day...)

[Smitty61050]

I could be wrong, but I could have sworn Voltron originally aired in Japan.