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* AlliterativeName: '''S'''quadron '''S'''ergeant '''S'''talwart.
* TheBadGuysAreCops: The Armed Forces Squadron is the post-apocalyptic equivalent to the police, and constantly commit acts of PoliceBrutality and seize complete control over the wastes.
* BlackAndGreyMorality: Cio, Katelyn, and even Marty [[AntiHero are hardly model citizens]] and have more than their share of morally ambiguous moments, but all three are saints compared to the Armed Forces Squadron and Mayor Goodwill.
* BlackAndGreyMorality: Cio, Katelyn, and even Marty [[AntiHero are hardly model citizens]] and have more than their share of morally ambiguous moments, but all three are saints compared to the Armed Forces Squadron and Mayor Goodwill.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Cio and Katelyn are [[AntiHero hardly the most pleasant heroes in fiction]] (the former being a rude, cynical DeadpanSnarker and the latter having serious rage issues), but they are also trying to make Los Diablos a better place (or at minimum, suck a little less).
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* MayorPain: [[IronicName Mayor Goodwill]] is a malicious variant. He's a sniveling weasel who doesn't care what lows he has to stoop to as long as he makes it out unscathed. The only reason Los Diablos doesn't suffer more under his hands is because the city is already a toxic wastehole.
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* MayorPain: [[IronicName Mayor Goodwill]] is a malicious variant. He's a sniveling weasel who doesn't care what lows he has to stoop to as long as he makes it out unscathed. The only reason Los Diablos doesn't suffer more under his hands is because the city is was already a toxic wastehole.wastehole before he seized power.
* NonMaliciousMonster: The robots and animals are not sapient and do not intentionally cause havoc; the robots are merely doing what they're programmed to do, while the animals are either hungry or defending themselves.
* PerkyFemaleMinion: Silver is an energetic GenkiGirl in stark contrast to her boss/idol, Squadron Sergeant Stalwart.
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* UnskilledButStrong: In terms of raw power, killdrones are very formidable and can easily catch one off guard. However, as Cio learns, they are very easy to exploit once you've gotten used to dealing with them.
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* SlidingScaleOfRobotIntelligence: The various MechaMooks in the series are at a low 1, completely lacking sapience or even sentience. As a result, they are behaviourally inflexible and their code simply cannot catch on to tricks.
* UnskilledButStrong: In terms of raw power, killdrones are very formidable and can easily catch one off guard. However, as Cio learns, they are very easy to exploit once you've gotten used to dealing withthem.them.
* WorldOfJerkass: '''In spades'''. About 95% of the people residing in the Los Diablos Wastes are either rude {{Jerkass}}es, [[AxCrazy excessively violent]], morally corrupt, outright evil, {{Knight Templar}}s, prejudiced, or some combination of the above. Even [[DeadpanSnarker Cio]] and [[HairTriggerTemper Katelyn]] aren't spared.
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* UnskilledButStrong: In terms of raw power, killdrones are very formidable and can easily catch one off guard. However, as Cio learns, they are very easy to exploit once you've gotten used to dealing with
* WorldOfJerkass: '''In spades'''. About 95% of the people residing in the Los Diablos Wastes are either rude {{Jerkass}}es, [[AxCrazy excessively violent]], morally corrupt, outright evil, {{Knight Templar}}s, prejudiced, or some combination of the above. Even [[DeadpanSnarker Cio]] and [[HairTriggerTemper Katelyn]] aren't spared.
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'''Cio Later''' is a series of short stories and a part of the "[[TheVerse Kalloverse]]", created by Tropers/{{StewieGriffin34}}. Taking place in the year 2218 CE, this series stars a young LovableRogue named Cio Redwell. As an outlaw, Cio tries to survive in post-apocalyptic Los Diablos without getting caught by the [[PoliceBrutality Armed Forces Squadron]].
Along the way, he meets a girl named Katelyn Wood, who suffers from similar circumstances (being a wanted outlaw with a high bounty and [[JustifiedCriminal good reasons to do what she does]]) and befriends her.
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!! This show provides examples of:
* ActionGirl: Katelyn is just as much of a force to be reckoned with as Cio.
* AfterTheEnd: ''Cio Later'' takes place after a series of natural disasters (a result of climate change reaching a head) that caused a societal collapse.
* ArtificialStupidity: Killdrones have a very basic AI that is easy to exploit. Cio has gotten so used to facing them that to him, fighting them just isn't fun anymore; bloodroids in particular are more challenging and that's the way he likes it.
* BlackComedy: A lot of the horrific elements of the world AfterTheEnd are PlayedForLaughs.
* CatStereotype: Marty is a smart and heroic all-white cat.
* CrapsackWorld: Los Diablos was far from perfect in ''DarthWiki/SethInTheCity'', but the city's problems are amplified considerably here:
** The mayor is a corrupt DirtyCoward who will allow any of his underlings to take the heat for his actions.
** The police force (now known as the Armed Forces Squadron) are, in 90% of cases, psychotic brutes who beat people they don't like just as badly as they do genuine criminals.
** The civilians are generally rude {{Ungrateful Bastard}}s.
* DeadpanSnarker:
** Cio is far and away the most sarcastic character in the series.
** Squadron Sergeant Stalwart is also quite on the snarky side, especially when he has to deal with the stupidity of his own men.
* EverythingTryingToKillYou: Outside of the already [[CrapsackWorld less-than-pleasant]] Los Diablos and other various cities, the wilderness is full of dangerous, aggressive animals; coyotes, bears, bobcats, and even ''deer'' have a tendency to attack travellers on sight.
* FieryRedhead: Katelyn has reddish hair and is quick to anger.
* HeroicCaninesVillainousFelines: Inverted. [[UnscrupulousHero Katelyn]] has a cat named Marty, whereas the [[PoliceBrutality Armed Forces Squadron]] has several dogs.
* HorrorComedy: The series takes place in a grim, post-apocalyptic future reminiscent of ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'', but there's also a ''lot'' of snark, BlackComedy, and {{slapstick}} to go around.
* LovableRogue: Cio is a wanted outlaw, but his charisma makes it hard to hate him.
* MayorPain: [[IronicName Mayor Goodwill]] is a malicious variant. He's a sniveling weasel who doesn't care what lows he has to stoop to as long as he makes it out unscathed. The only reason Los Diablos doesn't suffer more under his hands is because the city is already a toxic wastehole.
* MechaMooks: While there are a number of human {{Mooks}} that Cio has to deal with, robots tend to be the most common enemies he faces.
* OpportunisticBastard: The current {{dystopia}}n society only emerged ''after'' the societal collapse. With the vast majority of important documents destroyed in the apocalypse, opportunists swooped down and seized control.
* PoliceBrutality: The Armed Forces Squadron is filled with loose cannons who relish in the opportunity to abuse their power.
* SatisfiedStreetRat: Cio had a horrible upbringing, his parents died when he was very young, and he constantly has to break the law in order to survive in the hellish landscape. However, he doesn't seem to mind much. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in that Cio ''does'' hate his life and considers his past to be horrifying, but is in denial about it.]]
* SingleTaskRobot: Killdrones, bloodroids, mechabats, cyberpedes, and the like are programmed for ''one'' purpose: neutralizing wanted criminals from the Armed Forces Squadron's database.
* UnskilledButStrong: In terms of raw power, killdrones are very formidable and can easily catch one off guard. However, as Cio learns, they are very easy to exploit once you've gotten used to dealing with them.
Along the way, he meets a girl named Katelyn Wood, who suffers from similar circumstances (being a wanted outlaw with a high bounty and [[JustifiedCriminal good reasons to do what she does]]) and befriends her.
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!! This show provides examples of:
* ActionGirl: Katelyn is just as much of a force to be reckoned with as Cio.
* AfterTheEnd: ''Cio Later'' takes place after a series of natural disasters (a result of climate change reaching a head) that caused a societal collapse.
* ArtificialStupidity: Killdrones have a very basic AI that is easy to exploit. Cio has gotten so used to facing them that to him, fighting them just isn't fun anymore; bloodroids in particular are more challenging and that's the way he likes it.
* BlackComedy: A lot of the horrific elements of the world AfterTheEnd are PlayedForLaughs.
* CatStereotype: Marty is a smart and heroic all-white cat.
* CrapsackWorld: Los Diablos was far from perfect in ''DarthWiki/SethInTheCity'', but the city's problems are amplified considerably here:
** The mayor is a corrupt DirtyCoward who will allow any of his underlings to take the heat for his actions.
** The police force (now known as the Armed Forces Squadron) are, in 90% of cases, psychotic brutes who beat people they don't like just as badly as they do genuine criminals.
** The civilians are generally rude {{Ungrateful Bastard}}s.
* DeadpanSnarker:
** Cio is far and away the most sarcastic character in the series.
** Squadron Sergeant Stalwart is also quite on the snarky side, especially when he has to deal with the stupidity of his own men.
* EverythingTryingToKillYou: Outside of the already [[CrapsackWorld less-than-pleasant]] Los Diablos and other various cities, the wilderness is full of dangerous, aggressive animals; coyotes, bears, bobcats, and even ''deer'' have a tendency to attack travellers on sight.
* FieryRedhead: Katelyn has reddish hair and is quick to anger.
* HeroicCaninesVillainousFelines: Inverted. [[UnscrupulousHero Katelyn]] has a cat named Marty, whereas the [[PoliceBrutality Armed Forces Squadron]] has several dogs.
* HorrorComedy: The series takes place in a grim, post-apocalyptic future reminiscent of ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'', but there's also a ''lot'' of snark, BlackComedy, and {{slapstick}} to go around.
* LovableRogue: Cio is a wanted outlaw, but his charisma makes it hard to hate him.
* MayorPain: [[IronicName Mayor Goodwill]] is a malicious variant. He's a sniveling weasel who doesn't care what lows he has to stoop to as long as he makes it out unscathed. The only reason Los Diablos doesn't suffer more under his hands is because the city is already a toxic wastehole.
* MechaMooks: While there are a number of human {{Mooks}} that Cio has to deal with, robots tend to be the most common enemies he faces.
* OpportunisticBastard: The current {{dystopia}}n society only emerged ''after'' the societal collapse. With the vast majority of important documents destroyed in the apocalypse, opportunists swooped down and seized control.
* PoliceBrutality: The Armed Forces Squadron is filled with loose cannons who relish in the opportunity to abuse their power.
* SatisfiedStreetRat: Cio had a horrible upbringing, his parents died when he was very young, and he constantly has to break the law in order to survive in the hellish landscape. However, he doesn't seem to mind much. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in that Cio ''does'' hate his life and considers his past to be horrifying, but is in denial about it.]]
* SingleTaskRobot: Killdrones, bloodroids, mechabats, cyberpedes, and the like are programmed for ''one'' purpose: neutralizing wanted criminals from the Armed Forces Squadron's database.
* UnskilledButStrong: In terms of raw power, killdrones are very formidable and can easily catch one off guard. However, as Cio learns, they are very easy to exploit once you've gotten used to dealing with them.
