History WebVideo / Decker

Decker is a comedy-action web series and TV show which began in 2014 as a [[SpinOff spinoff/tie-in]] to the web series [[WebVideo/OnCinema On Cinema]] with many of the stars and recurring guests of that show having roles in Decker. The series follows CIA agent Jack Decker, played by Tim Heidecker, who fights agaisnt terrorism and fights for the American way, generally because US President Davidson, played by Joe Estevez, usually lacks the courage to do so. Tim's on cinema co-star Gregg Turkington also appears in the series as Special Agent Jonathan Kington who aids Decker by cracking codes. Kington is also an avid movie buff, just like Gregg's persona in On Cinema. It is a spoof of actions films and has [[StylisticSuck deliberately bad acting, writing and special effects]].

Its first three seasons, ''Classified'', ''Port of Call: Hawaii'' and ''Decker vs. Dracula'' were released on the [[Creator/AdultSwim Adult Swim]] website and Website/YouTube while season four, ''Decker: Unclassified'' aired on the Adult Swim TV network as well as season 5, ''Decker: Unsealed'' and season 6, ''Decker: Mindwipe''. The series is frequently mentioned in On Cinema, where Tim and Gregg serve as regulars, and is often a source of tension on that show.

* AntiVillain: [[spoiler: Lanoi Arnold. In general, he's only motivation in working with terrorists to take over Hawaii was to get money to renovate his bar. The ''Decker Unsealed'' retcon of ''Port of Call: Hawaii'' adds they he tried to get a bank loan first but was unable to secure one and thus had to turn to the terrorists in order to save his bar.]]

* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: "Ara-book" consists of clearly improvised nonsense sounds with a few "Amerika"s or "Allah ackbar"s thrown in.
* AtomicFBomb: In the documentary ''Decker vs. Dracula: Behind the Truth'', Tim gives one to Gregg while walking off the set [[spoiler: due to the part where Decker is suppose to agree to a deal with Abdul]]
* AuthorAppeal: Kington and Decker are basically heavily idealized copies of their actors' characters on On Cinema.

* AuthorTract: Decker frequently starts rambling about his views on climate change or weak liberal politicians and in general spouts the political views of Tim's on cinema character.

* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Kington is killed by the First Lady in the end of Decker Unclassified. He is however brought back to life in the first episode of ''Decker Unsealed'' thanks to an untested treatment which also makes him look younger.]]

* BestFriend: Lanoi Arnold is this to Decker. Both have been friends since at least their days training for the green berets and have often spent their vacations with each other. [[spoiler: This does not stop Lanoi from betraying Decker to terrorists in order to secure funds to renovate his bar. Following the retcon in ''Decker Unsealed'', it seems Decker has forgiven him to the point that they remain friends]].
* BlatantLies: ''Inside Decker: Unclassified'' features a clip from Tim Heidecker, played over the top of highlights of bad chroma keying and Film/{{Birdemic}}-esque stock animations of explosions seen in ''Decker: Port of Call: Hawaii''.

* CanonDiscontinuity: Tim considers ''Decker vs. Dracula'' to be outside of the Decker Canon to the annoyance of Gregg. [[spoiler:Dracula is brought back in Unclassified though.]]

** He has a wife but leaves her and their son in order to keep them safe from terrorists
** [[spoiler: Has a brief relationship with singer Pop but is forced to kill her just before she can assassinate the president]]

* ChristmasEpisode: Episode 3 of ''Decker Unsealed'' shows Decker on a mission during Christmas day

* ContinuityNod: The series makes a number of nods to its parent series, On Cinema.
** In the last episode of Decker: Mindwipe, Kington tries to play a tape of "Star Trek 2: Return to San Francisco" a reference to how Gregg Turkington kept claiming on On Cinema that the Star Trek film which took place in San Francisco was the second one (its actually the fourth one)
* CorruptPolitician: It is heavily implied that President Davidson has accepted a number of bribes from special interest groups in exchange for special treatment. [[spoiler: With the assistance of his wife, Davidson had tricked Decker into rigging an election against a opponent who would have easily beaten him.]]
* CutShort: The third season, ''Decker vs. Dracula'', was abruptly cut after three episodes because Tim (at least, his on cinema character) didn't like this season. Episode 4 is just a message saying it is cancelled while the Dekkar's song ''Empty Bottle'' plays for most of the episode. Two additional videos have been made, though. The first by Tim to explain why it's cancelled, generally blaming the artistic choices by Gregg for ruining the show, while the other is by Gregg who explains what the ending could have been like.

* EnemyMine: In ''Decker vs. Dracula'', Decker teams up with the MiddleEasternTerrorists against the Lord of Vampires, Tim in-universe thinks that Decker would never do this and cancels ''Decker vs. Dracula'' because of it

* FakeShemp: In Season 1, Gregg stars as Kington without his permission or knowledge, using some footage that Tim recorded under false pretenses as an "interview" combined with some edited clips from On Cinema.[[note]]Of course, this only takes place InUniverse as part of a joke on On Cinema.[[/note]] However, starting with Season 2, Gregg appears in person.
* FalseFriend: [[spoiler: Lanoi Arnold. He was Decker's oldest friend and welcomed Decker warmly when he came to Hawaii for vacation. However, Arnold had already betrayed him to the Taliban in exchange for money to renovate his bar.]]

** Happens again in the finale of Decker Mindwipe which incorporates elements from ScienceFiction into the series.
* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler: Presidential candidate Sanchez. Decker is told by Davidson that Sanchez, who was set to beat Davidson in an election by a landslide, is secretly planning on merging the USA and Mexico to form the United Mexican States, thus convincing Decker to rig the election. Davidson later confesses Sanchez was innocent and had used Decker to help him win reelection]]

* ILied: In the first episode of Decker: Mindwipe [[spoiler: President Davidson confesses he lied to Decker about a oppositional presidential candidate, claiming the rival was going to turn the USA instead the United Mexican States, in order to convince Decker to rig the election in Davidson's favor.]]

* LoveAtFirstSight: Decker and a female C.I.A agent fall in love when they first meet during a mission [[spoiler: The relationship is very brief though as Decker since C.I.A agents aren't allowed to be in relationships with each other and Decker ensists she maintain an non-combat role with the C.I.A]]

* MentorArchetype: [[spoiler: An elderly Kington serves this role for Decker Jr, overseeing his training to become a skilled spy like his father.]]
* MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler: Not long after Kington completes Decker Jr's training, he is killed by the first lady. He is brought back to life not long after this though.]]

* OurLawyersAdvisedThisTrope: In-Universe in the context of On Cinema. There is one at the end of episode 3 of Decker Mindwipe [[spoiler: In On Cinema, Dr. San helped caused the deaths of several due to his vapor devices and Tim was on the hook for the manslaughter charges after San committed suicide. The episode portrayed San and his alternative medicine treatments in a postivie manner and thus a disclaimer was added claiming Tim did not endorse San's treatments and the episode cannot be used as evidence in court. The disclaimer itself covers a previous message where Tim did endorse San.]]

* ProductPlacement: In-universe and likely parodied. Since Decker: Unsealed, there have been episodes with parts to promote a brand of chicken wings called "Lanoi Arnold's Hawaiian Styled Buffalo Flavored Chicken Wings" noting its quality taste and availability.

* {{ReferenceOverdosed}}: Keeping with Gregg Turkington's On Cinema persona, his character Kington gives frequent shout outs to movies and ''Decker vs. Dracula'' is one huge homage to Franchise/UniversalHorror. This can annoy Decker based on which movies he name drops.

* {{Retcon}}: The second episode of ''Decker Unsealed'' retcons some of the plot details in ''Port of Call: Hawaii''. [[spoiler: Decker's wife and son are present during his Hawaiian vacation even though neither were present or mentioned before. Kington has a reduced role and generally just takes Decker's family to their hotel room rather than aiding Decker in stopping the terrorists like before. The only code he breaks is the password to the hotel room since Decker had the hotel key. Lanoi Arnold is shot by Decker for his betrayal but is kept alive after revealing the terrorists were planning a hit on his son]].

* SadisticChoice: [[spoiler: When President Davidson looked like he was going to lose reelection, he gave Decker a choice. Rig the election to allow him to win, thus violating the constitution which Decker holds dearly, or let the other candidate win despite leaked information noting they want to merge the USA and Mexico into the United Mexican States,which is immoral according to Decker. Decker ultimately goes with rigging the election. Turns out Davidson lied about his opponent and just used Decker in order to remain president.]]

* ShamelessSelfPromoter: A significant portion of Episode 5 of ''Decker Unclassified'' is used to promote Tim's On Cinema band Dekkar. The episode even contains part of their ''Trigger Everything'' music video. He also shows the url to dekkar's website during an episode of ''Decker Unsealed'' after mentioning the band's new release.

* TheSmartGuy: Special Agent Jonathan Kington lives up to his title as master of codes. Like Gregg's On Cinema persona, Kington also appears to have expert knowledge of films as well.

* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler: Decker himself dies at the beginning of''Decker: Unclassified'' due to old age. Dracula also dies in the first episode of ''Decker: Unsealed'' due to gunshot wounds sustained by Decker Jr]]
* {{Tagline}}: ''Decker: Classified'' has "The law has limits, he does not". This is the same tagline as Film/JackReacher, which Tim cited in On Cinema as his [[AuthorAppeal favorite film]].
* ThisIsAWorkOfFiction: ''Decker: Unclassified'' begins with a black screen stating that "The following events are fititious but well within the realm of possiblity
* ThreateningShark: Decker is attacked by a shark in the first episode of Decker Mindwipe when making his way in and out of the election commission headquarters.
* ToBeLawfulOrGood: Upon being informed that presidential candidate Sanchez, who is running against Davidson and seems to have a significant lead in the polls, is planning on annexing the United States with Mexico as the United Mexican States, Decker is forced to face a tough choice: Either rigged the election in Davidson's favor (a clear violation of the American Constitution which Decker holds dearly) or allow Sanchez to be democratically elected at the cost of America itself. [[spoiler: Decker ultimately chooses to rig the election. It turns out though Sanchez was never actually a bad person and had no intent of creating the United Mexican States. Davidson just provided Kington with false intel to show Decker to rig the election as it was clear Davidson had no chance of beating Sanchez fair and square]]

** Mentioned in the first episode of Decker: Mindwipe. [[spoiler: Intel given to Decker by Kington suggested that a 2026 presidential candidate named Sanchez, who was much more popular than Davidson, was planning to use the position to get the USA and Mexico to merge as the United Mexican States. Turns out it was just a ruse Davidson used to win reelection and the intel Kington found was actually false documents created by Davidson's wife Janice]].
* TwistEnding: [[spoiler: The ending of Decker Mindwipe reveals that Kington is a double agent working for hostile Aliens]]

** The entire ''Port of Call: Hawaii'' season since Decker and Kington are trying to have a nice vacation in Hawaii, only for the island to be attacked by terrorists
** In the 5th episode of Decker Mindwipe, Decker takes time off from work to go on a road trip across America. Kington is on vacation as well, going on a film related cruise ship in Alaska. [[spoiler: The vacation is somewhat short lived once Abdul tries to capture the ship and crash it into an oil rig]]

* AntiVillain: [[spoiler: Lanoi Arnold. In general, he's only motivation in working with terrorists to take over Hawaii was to get money to renovate his bar. The Unsealed retcon of Port of Call: Hawaii adds they he tried to get a bank loan first but was unable to secure one and thus had to turn to the terrorists in order to save his bar.]]

* AsHimself: Screenwriter Carl Gottileb (best known for co-writing Film/{{Jaws}}) makes an appearence as himself as a speaker at an event on a film themed cruise ship which Kington is also speaking at.

* AtomicFBomb: In Decker vs Dracula: Behind the Truth documentary, Tim gives one to Gregg while walking off the set [[spoiler: due to the part where Decker is suppose to agree to a deal with Abdul]]

* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Kington is killed by the First Lady in the end of Decker Unclassified. He is however brought back to life in the first episode of Decker Unsealed thanks to an untested treatment which also makes him look younger.]]

* BestFriend: Lanoi Arnold is this to Decker. Both have been friends since at least their days training for the green berets and have often spent their vacations with each other. [[spoiler: This does not stop Lanoi from betraying Decker to terrorists in order to secure funds to renovate his bar. Following the retcon in Decker Unsealed, it seems Decker has forgiven him to the point that they remain friends]].

* {{ReferenceOverdosed}}: Keeping with Gregg Turkington's On Cinema persona, his character Kington gives frequent shout outs to movies and Decker vs Dracula is one huge homage to Franchise/UniversalHorror. This can annoy Decker based on which movies he name drops.

* {{Retcon}}: The second episode of Decker Unsealed retcons some of the plot details in Port of Call: Hawaii [[spoiler: Decker's wife and son are present during his Hawaiian vacation even though neither were present or mentioned before. Kington has a reduced role and generally just takes Decker's family to their hotel room rather than aiding Decker in stopping the terrorists like before. The only code he breaks is the password to the hotel room since Decker had the hotel key. Lanoi Arnold is shot by Decker for his betrayal but is kept alive after revealing the terrorists were planning a hit on his son]].

** In ''Decker vs Dracula: Behind the Truth'', Tim walks off the set due to artistic choices made by Gregg.

* SexySurfacingShot / WorkoutFanservice: The opening scene of the very first episode of ''Decker: Port Of Call: Hawaii'' features Jack Decker jogging along the beach, being splashed by waves, reclining on his towel to smoke a cigarette, [[BreadMilkEggsSquick and sitting in shorts so wet they slide down and expose his crack]]. Rather than being a sexy eye-candy moment like the story treats it, the end result is ''deeply'' unflattering.
* ShamelessSelfPromoter: A significant portion of Episode 5 of ''Decker Unclassified'' is used to promote Tim's On Cinema band Dekkar. The episode even contains part of their ''Trigger Everything'' music video. He also shows the url to dekkar's website during an episode of Decker Unsealed after mentioning the band's new release.

** The entire Port of Call: Hawaii season since Decker and Kington are trying to have a nice vacation in Hawaii, only for the island to be attacked by terrorists

* EnemyMine: In ''Decker vs. Dracula'', Decker teams up with the MiddleEasternTerrorists against the Lord of Vampires, Tim in-universe thinks that Decker would never do this and cancels ''Decker vs. Dracula''

* MoralDilemma: Upon being informed that presidential candidate Sanchez, who is running against Davidson and seems to have a significant lead in the polls, is planning on annexing the United States with Mexico as the United Mexican States, Decker is forced to face a tough choice: Either rigged the election in Davidson's favor (a clear violation of the American Constitution which Decker holds dearly) or allow Sanchez to be democratically elected at the cost of America itself. [[spoiler: Decker ultimately chooses to rig the election. It turns out though Sanchez was never actually a bad person and had no intent of creating the United Mexican States. Davidson just provided Kington with false intel to show Decker to rig the election as it was clear Davidson had no chance of beating Sanchez fair and square]]

* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Decker really seems to love the sound of the word "access".

** He has wife but leaves her and their son in order to keep them safe from terrorists

* AsHimself: Screenwriter Carl Gottileb (best known for co-writing Film/{{Jaws}}) makes appears as himself as a speaker at an event on a film themed cruise ship which Kington is also speaking at.

* MiddleEasternTerrorists: The group behind the terrorist attacks in the series is often referred to as the Taliban ("Talibund"), Al-Qaeda, or ISIS, interchangeably.

* ShowWithinAShow: It is the show in the On Cinema web series.

** ''Decker vs. Dracula'' incorporates horror, particularly Franchise/UniversalMonster type horror, into the otherwise political thriller based series since Gregg had creative control during that season. This is cut after the season is abruptly cancelled and returns as a political action thriller in ''Decker Unclassified'' [[spoiler:until the last episode of the season where it's revealed that Dracula was working with the first lady.]]

* {{ReferenceOverdosed}}: Keeping with Gregg Turkington's On Cinema persona, his character Kington gives frequent shout outs to movies and Decker vs Dracula is one huge homage to Universal Horror. This can annoy Decker based on which movies he name drops.

** ''Decker vs. Dracula'' incorporates horror, particularly Universal Monster horror, into the otherwise political thriller based series since Gregg had creative control during that season. This is cut after the season is abruptly cancelled and returns as a political action thriller in ''Decker Unclassified'' [[spoiler:until the last episode of the season where it's revealed that Dracula was working with the first lady.]]

* {{ReferenceOverdosed}}: Keeping with Gregg Turkington's OnCinema persona, his character Kington gives frequent shout outs to movies and Decker vs Dracula is one huge homage to Universial Horror. This can annoy Decker based on which movies he name drops.

* AsHimself: Screenwriter Carl Gottileb (best known for co-writing Film/{{Jaws}}) makes appears as himself as a speaker at an event on a film themed cruise ship which Kington is also speaking at.

* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler: Presidential candidate Sanchez. Decker is told by Davidson that Sanchez, who was set to beat Davidson by a landslide, is secretly planning on merging the USA and Mexico to form the United Mexican States, thus convincing Decker to rig the election. Davidson later confesses Sanchez was innocent and had used Decker to help him win reelection]]