Thumb Wrestling Federation

The Thumb Wrestling Federation is a Show Within The Commercials that frames Cartoon Network's Saturday morning programming block, with a match at the halfway point of the block. It is a parody of Professional Wrestling featuring two rival teams, the Sinistras and the Mighty Dexteras, with play-by-play by Dick Thompson and color commentary by retired thumb wrestler Colonel Cossack. Other behind-the-scenes shorts run between the other shows, though Dick and the Colonel are the only characters to appear in the mid-show Ad Bumpers. Produced by Animation Collective.

Tropes used in Thumb Wrestling Federation include:

• Action Girl: 8 female wrestlers so far through three seasons.
• Alliterative Name: Colonel Cossack, Hometown Huck, Pei Pei the Purple Panda, Senator Skull, Vini Vidi Victory -- ah, screw it, just go to the official website for a complete list.
• The Bad Guy Wins: After the first two seasons' tournaments were won by Dexteras, a Sinistra, Bucks Gazillion, won in season 3.
• Butt Monkey: Let's see: there's Ouch, Billy Batboy, the Ref, Dick Thompson, and to a lesser extent, Hometown Huck.
• Canada, Eh?: Face-Off Phil
• Cloudcuckoolander: Colonel Cossack; Dwayne Bramage
• Channel Hop: Nicktoons to Cartoon Network
• Everything's Better with Princesses: Pei Pei the Purple Panda
• Evil Foreigner: what Colonel Cossack probably was during his thumb wrestling career
• Eviler Than Thou: Bucks Gazillion forcibly takes over the Sinistras in season 3. Okay, more like buys the Sinistras.
• Face Heel Turn: With a name like "Evil Ira"\x9D (he initially wanted to be called "Good Ira", but it was already taken by some Identical Stranger), it was inevitable.
• Five-Bad Band: The Evil Sinistras.
  • In season 1-2:
    • Big Bad - Senator Skull
    • The Dragon - N Fuego
    • Dark Chick - Itsy Bitsy
    • The Brute - The Big Time
    • Evil Genius and Fifth Ranger - Evil Ira
  • In season 3:
    • Big Bad - Senator Skull
    • The Dragon - N Fuego
    • Evil Genius - Evil Ira
    • The Brute - The Big Time
    • Dark Chick - Itsy Bitsy
    • Sixth Ranger Traitor - Bucks Gazillion
  • In Season 4:
    • Big Bad - Bucks Gazillion
    • The Dragon - Steve and Mugsy Thumbscrew
    • Evil Genius - The Visitor
    • The Brute - Queen Nefercreepy
    • Dark Chick - N Fuego
• Five-Man Band: The Mighty Dexteras
  • In season 1:
    • The Hero and The Big Guy - Vini Vidi Victory
    • The Lancer - Hometown Huck
    • The Chick - Wasabi
    • The Smart Guy, then Fourth Ranger Traitor - Evil Ira
  • In season 2 onwards:
    • Big Good - Vini Vidi Victory
    • The Hero - Hometown Huck
    • The Lancer - Face-Off Phil
    • The Big Guy - Mr. Extremo
    • The Smart Guy - Danny Kaboom
    • The Chick - Wasabi
• Hot-Blooded: Face-Off Phil has multiple Berserk Buttons, one of which is being called a hot-head. And he's one of the good guys. Also Colonel Cossack.
• The Hyena: Laughing Loony
• Jerkass: Most of the Sinistras, except for Billy Batboy.
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Vini Vidi Victory
• My God, What Have I Done?: Pinky, when he accidentally caused Wasabi to lose to The Big Time.
• Only Sane Man: Dick Thompson
• Screwed by the Network: Originally shown in the US on Nicktoons Network and Kids' WB. Now, on neither. (Granted, the latter no longer exists...)
• Screw The Rules, I Have Money!: Bucks Gazillion. Oh, so much. Now that he's the leader of the Sinistras, it's been all but impossible for a Dextera to win in season 4.
• Serious Business: Senator Skull's main goal is (or was, anyway) to lead the Sinistras into winning the TWF championship and Take Over the World.
• Skyward Scream: Senator Skull after finding out that Bucks Gazillion has bought out the Sinistras.
• Stealth Pun: Sinister and Dexter are heraldic terms meaning, respectively, left and right.
• Surrounded by Idiots: Senator Skull, the (former) leader of the Sinistras.
• Warrior Poet: Wasabi, though she's more along the lines of Kirabi.
• Wearing a Flag on Your Head: James Montgomery Flag's mask is based on the American flag, and Face-Off Phil's is based on the Canadian flag.
• Wham! Line: Bucks Gazillion: Well, actually it's MINE!