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* AdaptationalNonSapience: The Planet Smasher had his own song on the original album and told Ziltoid to get lost at the end of it. Here, he's just an animal, [[spoiler: albeit one that has a ''very'' powerful roar and ''still'' hates musicals]].
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* LighterAndSofter: It's [[Music/ZiltoidTheOmniscient precursor]] is much more abrasive in production and overall atmosphere.
** This one still has its fair share of heavy moments though.
** This one still has its fair share of heavy moments though.
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* LighterAndSofter: It's [[Music/ZiltoidTheOmniscient precursor]] is much more abrasive in production and overall atmosphere.
** This one still hasatmosphere, albeit not without its fair share of heavy moments though.moments. Story-wise, it counts as well. On the original Ziltoid album, Ziltoid destroys the world relatively early, whereas this story ends with the world being saved.
* LimitedLyricsSong: Zig-zagged with half the songs - "Z2", "From Sleep Awake", "Ziltoidian Empire", "Wandering Eye", and "Earth" - as most of them are very dialogue/narration heavy, but the "raw"/no-dialogue version of the album shows that they only have a handful of lyrics without the spoken parts.
** This one still has
* LimitedLyricsSong: Zig-zagged with half the songs - "Z2", "From Sleep Awake", "Ziltoidian Empire", "Wandering Eye", and "Earth" - as most of them are very dialogue/narration heavy, but the "raw"/no-dialogue version of the album shows that they only have a handful of lyrics without the spoken parts.
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* SpokenWordInMusic: A lot of it.
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* SpokenWordInMusic: A lot of it.the songs are dominated by dialogue/narration, with "Ziltoid Goes Home" being the only aversion (though "Deathray", "March of the Poozers", and "Dimension Z" have their spoken parts tagged at their ends). "Through the Wormhole" was omitted from the "raw" version of the album due to it consisting almost solely of dialogue.
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* SequelHook: The album ends with [[spoiler:Ziltoid and Blattaria being sucked through a wormhole and waking up on a distant celestial body, along with a single bag of coffee]]. The narrator then says that this story is ToBeContinued...
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# "Z2"
# "From Sleep Awake"
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# "Deathray"
# "March of the Poozers"
# "Wandering Eye"
# "Earth"
# "Ziltoid Goes Home"
# "Through the Wormhole"
# "Dimension Z"
# "From Sleep Awake"
# "Ziltoidian Empire"
# "War Princess"
# "Deathray"
# "March of the Poozers"
# "Wandering Eye"
# "Earth"
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# "Through the Wormhole"
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# "Z2"
"Z2" (3:59)
# "From SleepAwake"
Awake" (3:00)
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Empire" (6:26)
# "WarPrincess"
Princess" (8:18)
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"Deathray" (4:43)
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Poozers" (5:18)
# "WanderingEye"
Eye" (3:41)
#"Earth"
"Earth" (7:39)
# "Ziltoid GoesHome"
Home" (6:20)
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Wormhole" (3:44)
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Z" (6:13)
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# "Ziltoidian
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# "Ziltoid Goes
# "Through the
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* SpiritualSuccessor: Obviously one to Music/ZiltoidTheOmniscient.
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* AlternateContinuity: The original Ziltoid album had an AllJustADream ending. This album makes no mention of its predecessor, save for a BrickJoke near the end about the Planet Smasher's BerserkButton.
* BigBad: Queen Blattaria is the one who leads the alien invasion.
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* TheBigBad: You'd expect it to be BrickJoke: The Planet Smasher's [[spoiler: hatred of musicals]] was a throwaway line in his song on the original Ziltoid once again, but it's Queen Blattaria album. It comes back here as a plot point in this case.the climax.
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* VoiceOfDramatic: [[LargeHam The Narrator!]]
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* BalefulPolymorph: The humans hit by the Deathray are turned into Poozers.
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* ForcedTransformation: The humans hit by the Deathray are turned into Poozers.
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* EvilMatriarch: Despite whatever she says, the War Princess clearly doesn't care about her poozer children. In-fact the narrator says that she is outright ''revolted'' by them.
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* EvilMatriarch: Despite whatever she says, the War Princess clearly doesn't care about her poozer children. In-fact the narrator says that she is outright ''revolted'' by them. That said, she noticed when one of them happened to be missing (the one being held captive by Ziltoid). Considering that there's apparently ''millions'' of them, Blataria noticing the absence of just one is pretty impressive.
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* MustHaveCaffeine: Just like in ''Ziltoid the Omniscience'', coffee is still treated as AppliedPhlebotinum that Ziltoid is after. Here though, Queen Blataria learns about it from one of her poozers and begins to desire it too.
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* NotSoDifferent: Ziltoid and Captain Spectacular, even though Ziltoid tries to deny it.
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* EvilVsEvil: The War Princess vs. Ziltoid.
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* EvilVsEvil: EvilVersusEvil: The War Princess vs. Ziltoid.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: [[spoiler: '''Why am I talking to myself??''']]
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* BerserkButton: The Planet Smasher. [[spoiler: He hates musicals]]!
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* TheEmpire: Queen Blattaria's Poozer empire on Titan.
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* NotSoDifferent: Ziltoid and Captain Spectacular, even though Ziltoid tries to deny it. [[
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* DidYouActuallyBelieve: [[spoiler: Well, he signed it in pencil.]]
** [[spoiler: With his left hand!]]
** [[spoiler: With his left hand!]]
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* NotSoDifferent: Ziltoid and Captain Spectacular, even though Ziltoid tries to deny it. [[
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* WhamLine: [[spoiler: "We have - the same - '''mother'''!"]] - "Woah!!"
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* VillainWithGoodReputation: Ziltoid at the beginning. [[spoiler: It doesn't last long.]]
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* VillainWithGoodReputation: VillainWithGoodPublicity: Ziltoid at the beginning. [[spoiler: It doesn't last long.]]
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* VillainWithGoodReputation: Ziltoid at the beginning. [[spoiler: It doesn't last long.]]
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* BalefulPolymorph: The humans hit by the Deathray are turned into Poozers.
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* AudienceParticipationSong: ''Z
'' and ''Dimension Z'' are unsual examples, given the fact that the audience participates '''on the album'''.
'' and ''Dimension Z'' are unsual examples, given the fact that the audience participates '''on the album'''.
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* AudienceParticipationSong: ''Z
''''Z2'' and ''Dimension Z'' are unsual examples, given the fact that the audience participates '''on the album'''.
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'' and ''Dimension Z''.
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** The humans on ''Z
''''Z2'' and ''Dimension Z''.
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'' and ''Dimension Z'' are unsual examples, given the fact that the audience participates '''on the album'''.
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* AudienceParticipationSong: ''Z
'' and ''Dimension Z'' are unsual examples, given the fact that the audience participates '''on the album'''.''Z
'' and ''Dimension Z'' are unsual examples, given the fact that the audience participates '''on the album'''.
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'' and ''Dimension Z''.
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'' and ''Dimension Z''.
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* EvilPlan: Ziltoid has an [[Laughably Evil extraordinarily devilish one]], pretending to be Captain Spectacular's ally and betraying him in the moment of truth!
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* EvilPlan: Ziltoid has an [[Laughably Evil [[LaughablyEvil extraordinarily devilish one]], pretending to be Captain Spectacular's ally and betraying him in the moment of truth!
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* SelfBackingVocalist: Since it's Devin, this is a given, BUT it's not as frequent as on other albums, since the choir on several songs was sung by [[Audienceparticipation fans from around the world]].
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* SelfBackingVocalist: Since it's Devin, this is a given, BUT it's not as frequent as on other albums, since the choir on several songs was sung by [[Audienceparticipation [[AudienceParticipation fans from around the world]].
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* Anti-Hero: Ziltoid.
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* Anti-Hero: AntiHero: Ziltoid.
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* Anti-Hero: Ziltoid.
* AudienceParticipationSong: ''Z
* TheBigBad: You'd expect it to be Ziltoid once again, but it's Queen Blattaria in this case.
* CallBack: The Poozer speech in ''Deathray'' is one to ''Ziltoidia Attaxx!!'' from Music/ZiltoidTheOmniscient.
* ChronicVillainy: Ziltoid simply can't seem to keep away from being evil.
* CrowdSong: A lot of them, with two different crowds:
** The Poozers on ''Deathray'' and ''March of the Poozers''.
** The humans on ''Z
* EmpathicWeapon: Herman the Planet Smasher! He uses a special kind of BreathWeapon ...
* AudienceParticipationSong: ''Z
* TheBigBad: You'd expect it to be Ziltoid once again, but it's Queen Blattaria in this case.
* CallBack: The Poozer speech in ''Deathray'' is one to ''Ziltoidia Attaxx!!'' from Music/ZiltoidTheOmniscient.
* ChronicVillainy: Ziltoid simply can't seem to keep away from being evil.
* CrowdSong: A lot of them, with two different crowds:
** The Poozers on ''Deathray'' and ''March of the Poozers''.
** The humans on ''Z
* EmpathicWeapon: Herman the Planet Smasher! He uses a special kind of BreathWeapon ...
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* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: That is, saving Earth from Queen Blataria.
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* EvilPlan: Ziltoid has an [[Laughably Evil extraordinarily devilish one]], pretending to be Captain Spectacular's ally and betraying him in the moment of truth!
* EvilVsEvil: The War Princess vs. Ziltoid.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: That is, saving Earth from QueenBlataria.Blattaria.
* GutturalGrowler: Devin uses some growls on the album, especially on ''Ziltoid Goes Home''.
* EvilVsEvil: The War Princess vs. Ziltoid.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: That is, saving Earth from Queen
* GutturalGrowler: Devin uses some growls on the album, especially on ''Ziltoid Goes Home''.
* IWantSong: ''War Princess''. Queen Blattaria really wants that [[McGuffin coffee]].
* LaughablyEvil: Ziltoid and Queen Blattaria are two different shades of this.
* LighterAndSofter: It's [[Music/ZiltoidTheOmniscient precursor]] is much more abrasive in production and overall atmosphere.
** This one still has its fair share of heavy moments though.
* LaughablyEvil: Ziltoid and Queen Blattaria are two different shades of this.
* LighterAndSofter: It's [[Music/ZiltoidTheOmniscient precursor]] is much more abrasive in production and overall atmosphere.
** This one still has its fair share of heavy moments though.
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* WorldOfHam: Unlike the last album, this one has a much more campy, tongue in cheek feeling to it, making it seem more like a cheesy 50s sci-fi movie. Aside from Ziltoid himself we now have Captain Spectacular (unsurprising considering he's voiced by Wrestling/ChrisJericho), Blataria the war princess and even the narrator.
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* SelfBackingVocalist: Since it's Devin, this is a given, BUT it's not as frequent as on other albums, since the choir on several songs was sung by [[Audienceparticipation fans from around the world]].
* SequelEscalation: It's much bigger in scale than Music/ZiltoidTheOmniscient, adding one villain and a whole alien race to [[AlienInvasion invade]] Earth with [[InterstellarWeapon Insterstellar Weapons]].
* SpiritualSuccessor: Obviously one to Music/ZiltoidTheOmniscient.
* ThatRemindsMeOfASong: [[spoiler: ''[[DreadfulMusician Mmmmeeeeemoryyy..!]]'' ]]
* VillainSong: ''War Princess'' is this for Queen Blattaria.
* WorldOfHam: Unlike the last album, this one has a much more campy, tongue in cheek feeling to it, making it seem more like a cheesy 50s sci-fi movie. Aside from Ziltoid himself we now have Captain Spectacular (unsurprising considering he's voiced by Wrestling/ChrisJericho), Blataria the war princess and even thenarrator.narrator.
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* SequelEscalation: It's much bigger in scale than Music/ZiltoidTheOmniscient, adding one villain and a whole alien race to [[AlienInvasion invade]] Earth with [[InterstellarWeapon Insterstellar Weapons]].
* SpiritualSuccessor: Obviously one to Music/ZiltoidTheOmniscient.
* ThatRemindsMeOfASong: [[spoiler: ''[[DreadfulMusician Mmmmeeeeemoryyy..!]]'' ]]
* VillainSong: ''War Princess'' is this for Queen Blattaria.
* WorldOfHam: Unlike the last album, this one has a much more campy, tongue in cheek feeling to it, making it seem more like a cheesy 50s sci-fi movie. Aside from Ziltoid himself we now have Captain Spectacular (unsurprising considering he's voiced by Wrestling/ChrisJericho), Blataria the war princess and even the
*YouFool
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Devin Townsend: [[IAmTheBand vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, drum programming, production, mixing, engineering.]]
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* Devin Townsend: [[IAmTheBand vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, drum programming, production, mixing, engineering.]]
Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Programming
* Dave Young: Guitars, Keyboards
* Brian "Beevis" Waddell: Bass
* Ryan van Poederooyen: Drums
* Mike Young: Keyboards
* Anneke van Giersbergen: Vocals (backing)
* Dave Young: Guitars, Keyboards
* Brian "Beevis" Waddell: Bass
* Ryan van Poederooyen: Drums
* Mike Young: Keyboards
* Anneke van Giersbergen: Vocals (backing)
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* MillionMookMarch: ''The March of the Poozers!''
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* HeelFaceTurn: Ziltoid makes one when he learns that [[spoiler:Captain Spectacular is his half brother.]]
* MillionMookMarch: ''The March of thePoozers!''Poozers!''
* WorldOfHam: Unlike the last album, this one has a much more campy, tongue in cheek feeling to it, making it seem more like a cheesy 50s sci-fi movie. Aside from Ziltoid himself we now have Captain Spectacular (unsurprising considering he's voiced by Wrestling/ChrisJericho), Blataria the war princess and even the narrator.
* MillionMookMarch: ''The March of the
* WorldOfHam: Unlike the last album, this one has a much more campy, tongue in cheek feeling to it, making it seem more like a cheesy 50s sci-fi movie. Aside from Ziltoid himself we now have Captain Spectacular (unsurprising considering he's voiced by Wrestling/ChrisJericho), Blataria the war princess and even the narrator.
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''Dark Matters'' is the second disc of ''Z
'', the 2014 two-disc studio album by Music/DevinTownsend, and is sequel to the 2007 album ''Music/ZiltoidTheOmniscient''.
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''Dark Matters'' is the second disc of ''Z
'',''Z2'', the 2014 two-disc studio album by Music/DevinTownsend, and is sequel to the 2007 album ''Music/ZiltoidTheOmniscient''.
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* EvilMatriarch: Despite whatever she says, she clearly doesn't care about her poozer children. In-fact the narrator says that she is outright ''revolted'' by them.
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* EnemyMine: Ziltoid is forced to team up with Captain Spectacular and the forces of Earth when Blataria invades.
* EvilMatriarch: Despite whatever she says,she the War Princess clearly doesn't care about her poozer children. In-fact the narrator says that she is outright ''revolted'' by them.
* EvilMatriarch: Despite whatever she says,
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[[caption-width-right:350:''Well... poop.'']]
-->''"Good evening. Come in, come in. Sit close.\\
We have a guest for you.\\
An Alien.\\
A creature from the fourth dimension."''
''Dark Matters'' is the second disc of ''Z
The album is a concept album about an extraterrestrial being named Ziltoid, who has infiltrated Earth society, pretending to be a beloved rock star in a costume, until he is outed as an alien. Meanwhile, a poozer from the planet Titan in Ziltoid's custody escapes and returns home, attracting the attention of Queen Blataria the War Princess. Now the forces of Titan are gearing to invade Earth and Ziltoid must join with the humans in protecting it and its supply of coffee.
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!!Tracklist:
# "Z
# "From Sleep Awake"
# "Ziltoidian Empire"
# "War Princess"
# "Deathray"
# "March of the Poozers"
# "Wandering Eye"
# "Earth"
# "Ziltoid Goes Home"
# "Through the Wormhole"
# "Dimension Z"
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!!Personnel:
Devin Townsend: [[IAmTheBand vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, drum programming, production, mixing, engineering.]]
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!! Ziltoid commands you to read his tropes!
* AlienInvasion: By Blataria and her Poozers in ''Deathray'' and ''March of the Poozers''.
* EvilMatriarch: Despite whatever she says, she clearly doesn't care about her poozer children. In-fact the narrator says that she is outright ''revolted'' by them.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: That is, saving Earth from Queen Blataria.
* MillionMookMarch: ''The March of the Poozers!''
[[caption-width-right:350:''Well... poop.'']]
-->''"Good evening. Come in, come in. Sit close.\\
We have a guest for you.\\
An Alien.\\
A creature from the fourth dimension."''
''Dark Matters'' is the second disc of ''Z
The album is a concept album about an extraterrestrial being named Ziltoid, who has infiltrated Earth society, pretending to be a beloved rock star in a costume, until he is outed as an alien. Meanwhile, a poozer from the planet Titan in Ziltoid's custody escapes and returns home, attracting the attention of Queen Blataria the War Princess. Now the forces of Titan are gearing to invade Earth and Ziltoid must join with the humans in protecting it and its supply of coffee.
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!!Tracklist:
# "Z
# "From Sleep Awake"
# "Ziltoidian Empire"
# "War Princess"
# "Deathray"
# "March of the Poozers"
# "Wandering Eye"
# "Earth"
# "Ziltoid Goes Home"
# "Through the Wormhole"
# "Dimension Z"
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!!Personnel:
Devin Townsend: [[IAmTheBand vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, drum programming, production, mixing, engineering.]]
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!! Ziltoid commands you to read his tropes!
* AlienInvasion: By Blataria and her Poozers in ''Deathray'' and ''March of the Poozers''.
* EvilMatriarch: Despite whatever she says, she clearly doesn't care about her poozer children. In-fact the narrator says that she is outright ''revolted'' by them.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: That is, saving Earth from Queen Blataria.
* MillionMookMarch: ''The March of the Poozers!''
