NoirescentNoirescent was a cult-classic American animated television show that ran from 1977 to 1984, created by animator Samuel Munroe.
This TV series provides examples of:Ring Ring Crunch: Happened
a lot during the first
Tidus arc. Inspektor Krum was not pleased.
Egomaniac Hunter: Jacques is a perfect example of this. His friends are implied to be
even worse.
Wham Episode: 'Fractures', the last episode of the second season certainly qualifies,
utterly different from the normally lighthearted tone of the series. It got a
Love It Or Hate It response from the fans, and
marked the direction the series would be
taking from there on.Beard of Evil: As of the third season on,
Lord Karloff's facial hair was a prime example of this.
Bald of Evil: See above
Live Action Adaption: It was notoriously...
polarizing due to
certain reasons.
Lawful Evil: Lord Karloff
Playful Hacker: Milo's pastime, before
Dark and Troubled past: Leonardo would never talk about it, and it was a
running joke in till it was revealed in the end of the second season that:
When he was young his mother and
sister were both
brutally raped and murdered (because his father had badly hurt a
big mafia organization), while he could only watch. His father was also murdered, and he was being hunted by the men who did it because he was a witness.
: Leonardo after the second season.
- Also Inspektor Krum in season 4 after
The Dragon: Lord Karloff has one in
Terror Jack, who also has his own
group of underlings,
Karl and
Fran.
Crowning Music of Awesome,
Tear Jerker: Milo's Death. When Milena finds him barely breathing.
The whole scene... Just amazing. Especially With Guns n' Roses' Version of Knockin' on Heaven's Door playing all the time. When the goons leave, and Milena runs to dying Milo. The scene actually made me cry, and that doesn't happen often.
: Do NOT talk about Milo's size.
Or talk about him at all to any main characters, after his death.
: Inspektor Krum
Inspector Lestrade: Inspektor Krum
Mood Swinger: Leonardo experinces these very offen due to his emotional trama from his dark past.
Disabled Means Helpless: Averted. Dispite the fact that Leonardo is metally and emotionally "unstable", he can still kick your ass with ease.
It Makes Sense In Context: The episode
"Whore Mountain" from season 5.
Quadruple amputee police officers riding in
Humungous Mecha chasing Inspektor Krum and Leonardo through a maze of
sawblades. And it only gets more
abstract towards the end of the episode.
Dying Declaration of Love:
Milo to Milena. Poor Milo...
: A fairly nasty one resulted from the
events of Fractures.
Appropriate, if you think about it.Crazy Awesome Mr. Gilner, a character who only appeared in one filler episode in the first season who destroyed a tank using only a potato and some wire-cutters
Le Parkour: Leonardo knows this. And he uses it,
a lot. Its almost like he has to use it for almost every action scene.
I Surrender Suckers: Terror Jack used this to avoid capture at the end of "Paranoia"
To Catch Heroes Hire Villains:
Leonardo was
accused of murdering his parents and sister, and the mafia orginization that did it is the one hired to
kill find him.
: The plot in a nutshell.
Really Seventeen Years Old: Leonardo is really 17 years old. Hes just constantly disguised as a 21 year old, so he can get by border controls, with Krum saying hes his Uncle.
Trickster Mentor: Krum to Leonardo. Krum is teaching him how stay hidden, and blend, because he, ironically, used to be criminal. He switched over the police side after he was set free.
City Noir: The setting for most of the series.
That all changed during season 5.
Space Opera: The WTF-inducing second half of season 5.
What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made On Drugs: The latter half of season 5 took an extremely odd turn when... uh... aliens got involved.
It makes just as much sense in context. While the "alien arc" outraged fans and radically altered the tone of the series at the time, it had a surprisingly good influence on the series in the long run in the form of the light sci-fi elements that occasionally showed up in later seasons after the tone returned to normal.
Scotireland: In the 10th episode of season one (
one of the few in which we see Inspektor Krum doing his job), Inspektor Krum and Leonardo take a trip to the
northern half of the UK, and are bombarded by scentences like
"Top o' the mornin' to ye!" and "Faith and begorrah!" from a troop of kilt-wearing, whisky-swilling redheads who claim to be Scottish.
New Powers As The Plot Demands: The fifth season gave Jack
darkness-based powers, but
they dissappeared after the season ended.
Fight Off The Kryptonite: Combined with
Cross-Melting Aura when Jack blotted out a
gigantic laser weapon.
The Lancer: Milo is a partial example.
Gasmask Mooks: Played straight with
Terror Jack's bodyguards. Subverted with the Undercity Rescue Service, who Leonardo encounters in Season Four's 'Paranoia'.
No Holds Barred Beatdown: Jacques is stupid enough to try to take
Karl's guns from him in Season Three's 'Flickering Candle'.
You can't help but to feel a bit sorry for him. The scene
foreshadows Karl's descent into full-on
Complete Monster territory later on.
Large Ham:
Lord Karloff's monologues usually fall to this category, especially in the early seasons.
A Day In The Limelight: A touching one for Milena in 'Smiley Faces', right
Spikes Of Villainy: During the
much-hated Space Opera arc of season 5, Terror Jack's customary dress
menaced with them.
Canon Discontinuity: A lot of
Season 5, though the lighter scifi elements were kept in.
Guns Akimbo: Leonardo's
weapon of choice is dual SMG's.
Final Battle:
Leonardo vs Terror Jack. Almost everyone else is eithier dead or dying, the police aren't coming, and these two fight to the death.
It was awsome.
:
The final Arc in the series: Named aptly "Last one Standing". Even Krum fricken died! From a
Headshot!: A strange situation. When the show finished in 1984, it had gained such a high approval rating. So, in around 2010, the show was re-aired. It had some changes, but most of it was the same. It still had a high approval too.
Writer Revolt: Due to trouble being caused by a
vocal minority of the fanbase. The writers apparently got sick of it and the show took a
bizarre turn in the latter part of season 5, suddenly becoming a
space opera. And then they dressed one of the main (male) villains in a
dress.
Yeah.
Vocal Minority There is a portion of the fanbase who complained everytime the show attempted to deviate away from the original genre and premise, and whenever it did something they considered too silly.
Welcome Titles: An unusually elaborate one. New viewers often comment on its similarity to
another show's opening titles.
Cobweb Jungle: Many parts of Lord Karloff's dungeon, which seems to suggest that he never uses it. We later find out that he
does use it, but he has a swarm of
mutant spiders down there that quickly
replace broken webs.
Cool Airship: Karloff's "Bloodprice" is what final season's plot revolves around (Appropriate name, knowing the final season). Its best discribed as a huge, bulky, air-born castle/Aircraft Carrier hybrid. And the dark, depressing feeling coming from it does not help.
Time Master:
Tidus, Lord of Rakat, posessed control of time, such that he could
reset time to any point in the last 30 days, leaving those who experienced the reset with a vague sense of déjà vu, which accumulates as time is looped. This resulted in the first five episodes of season 6 having the
same opening scene.
Inspector Javert: Detective Zoe, who pursues the heroes throughout the third and fourth seasons. Even
a tank brigade can't
stop her!Sinister Surveillance:
Lord Karloff is revealed to possess
a city-wide surveillance network and thorough infiltration of the city administration early in Season 2. After a few episodes, though,
it is promptly forgotten about.Not So Harmless: While all the primary antagonists
become more powerful as the series progresses, of exceptional note are Karl and Fran, who went from
a pair of bumbling, ineffective henchmen to a scarily competant duo
working directly under their boss Terror Jack
Minionshipping: Shades of this with
Jack's underlings, Karl and Fran.
Elaborate Underground Base: Karloff has one of these underneath his castle.
Will They Or Won't They: Milena and Milo, at least until
Celibate Hero: Leonardo. Ever since
almost his entire family died, and not to forget most of his friends and his Girl-Friend
he believes that he will only get anyone who becomes too close to him will have
bad things happen to them. Also, most advances by other woman are faulted because he's trying to hide his kind of
criminal status.
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Long Runner: For an animated series at least. It lasted 7 years, 10 seasons and 215 episodes.
ObliviousToLove:
Maria is in deep deinal to love from, who else, our largely Celibate protaginist, Leonardo
Decapitation Presentation:
Driven to Madness: Leonardo is basically fighting to to prevent this from happing to him.
It happens for a second with Terror Jack in the season 6 final where he drives him to go insane. Cur kneeling down while crying and painful flash-backs intill Maria's prcolmation of love brings him back. Shame he doesn't renember it afterwards.
: The fight against
Governor Engin, a minor antagonist in Season 8, occurs in one of these.
Space Is Noisy: One of the many things
Season 5 got wrong.
Aristocrats Are Evil: Played straight with Lord Karloff, who is hinted to be of noble blood. What we see of
his relatives isn't exactly nice either. Subverted with
Lord Hawke, who uses his authority to free our heroes from police custody at the end of Season 6's 'Boomtown'.
Hipster: Leonardo in early seasons.
It seems hilariously dated now.Stop Or I Will Shoot: Inspektor Krum's badge apparently gives him a license to
kill indiscriminately.Artistic License: The physics in this show act like an
action movie video game.
Rage Quit: A threat sometimes made by the
Vocal Minority in response to unwanted developments
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