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* EvilBrit: Many of the characters have [[IAmVeryBritish ''very'']] English accents.
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* CosmicHorrorStory: Let's see... {{Precursors we have an ancient race of}} [[EldritchAbomination alien, monstrous beings]] that predate the existence of the universe as we know it, [[BlueAndOrangeMorality who want to destroy humanity due to their lack of genetic flexibility and adherence to morality]] [[TheSocialDarwinist and still follow the credos of a society that promotes]] MightMakesRight. Meanwhile, the only human character who even knows of their existence and could live to tell of it isn't just not stopping them- he's ''helping'' them try to achieve their goals [[StrawNihilist under the pretense that humanity's hubris and in-fighting would result in their destruction anyway]]. Yep, I'd say that the series fits this trope in spades.
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* CosmicHorrorStory: Let's see... {{Precursors [[{{Precursors}} we have an ancient race of}} of]] [[EldritchAbomination alien, monstrous beings]] that predate the existence of the universe as we know it, [[BlueAndOrangeMorality who want to destroy humanity due to their lack of genetic flexibility and adherence to morality]] [[TheSocialDarwinist and still follow the credos of a society that promotes]] MightMakesRight. Meanwhile, the only human character who even knows of their existence and could live to tell of it isn't just not stopping them- he's ''helping'' them try to achieve their goals [[StrawNihilist under the pretense that humanity's hubris and in-fighting would result in their destruction anyway]]. Yep, I'd say that the series fits this trope in spades.
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* CosmicHorrorStory: Let's see... [[Precursors {{Precursors we have an ancient race of]] of}} [[EldritchAbomination alien, monstrous beings]] that predate the existence of the universe as we know it, [[BlueAndOrangeMorality who want to destroy humanity due to their lack of genetic flexibility and adherence to morality]] [[TheSocialDarwinist and still follow the credos of a society that promotes]] MightMakesRight. Meanwhile, the only human character who even knows of their existence and could live to tell of it isn't just not stopping them- he's ''helping'' them try to achieve their goals [[StrawNihilist under the pretense that humanity's hubris and in-fighting would result in their destruction anyway]]. Yep, I'd say that the series fits this trope in spades.
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* TheSocialDarwinist/MightMakesRight: The Kivouchian's society, both before the Big Bang and in modern times, is pretty much this; morality takes a back-seat in favor of genetic superiority, and to say that they prmote survival of the fittest would be a massive {{Understatement}}.
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*StrawNihilist: A big reason behind Sullivan's efforts to help the Kivouachians regain control of the universe is due to the fact that he sees humanity as a species doomed to it's own hubris and self-extinction.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Yeshua does this to [[spoiler:Bob]] to show Luna he's incapable of love. Whenever Yeshua asks if [[spoiler:Bob]] loves someone, [[spoiler:Bob]] answers with an enthusiastic "Yes!" including people he's never met before or have done harm (both physically or emotionally) to Luna. This reveals to Luna that [[spoiler:Bob]] is incapable of love.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Yeshua does this to [[spoiler:Bob]] to show Luna he's incapable of love. Whenever Yeshua asks if [[spoiler:Bob]] loves someone, [[spoiler:Bob]] answers with an enthusiastic "Yes!" "I love (name)!" including people he's never met before or have done harm (both physically or emotionally) to Luna. This reveals to Luna that [[spoiler:Bob]] is incapable of love.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Some of the designs for the Kivouachians in Fennah's earlier videos are quite different from how they appear in the main Satellite City lore.
** Hyzenthlay's fur was much lighter in color.
** Fleischer was also lighter in color. Also, he more closely resembled Draco from ''DragonHeart''.
** Shuck lacked horns and more closely resembled a mix between a feline and a bat.
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** Fleischer was also lighter in color. Also, he more closely resembled Draco from ''DragonHeart''.
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** While he doesn't nearly have as many as Lucy does, Yeshua certainly has quite a set of human-looking choppers. Said teeth also light up and change colors.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Winifred was originally designed to have wings.
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** Old concept art of Lucy shows that she was originally going to be more cat-like in appearance and even have a red nose.
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* AllTakeAndNoGive: What Luna's relationship with [[spoiler:Bob]] really is.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Yeshua does this to [[spoiler:Bob]] to show Luna he's incapable of love. Whenever Yeshua asks if [[spoiler:Bob]] loves someone, [[spoiler:Bob]] answers with an enthusiastic "Yes!" including people he's never met before or have done harm (both physically or emotionally) to Luna. This reveals to Luna that [[spoiler:Bob]] is incapable of love.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Yeshua does this to [[spoiler:Bob]] to show Luna he's incapable of love. Whenever Yeshua asks if [[spoiler:Bob]] loves someone, [[spoiler:Bob]] answers with an enthusiastic "Yes!" including people he's never met before or have done harm (both physically or emotionally) to Luna. This reveals to Luna that [[spoiler:Bob]] is incapable of love.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:Bob]]. Of course he, [[AssholeVictim deserved to die for emotionally manipulating Luna]]. But, [[spoiler: Being thrown into a incinerator until his eyes explode]] is still a very nasty way to go.
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* EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler:Bob]] is this to Hyzenthlay. Both are genetically mutated hybrids between Kivouchian and animal (squirrel for Hyzenthlay and [[spoiler:goldfish for Bob]]). However, Hyzenthlay is considered the pinnacle of the hybridization experiments and is capable of forming meaningful relationships with others. [[spoiler:Bob]] on the other hand, is a failed experiment and is a selfish childish sociopath.
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** [[spoiler:Bob]] may be a reference to the character of the same name in ''[[VideoGames/EarthwormJim]]''.
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* HumansAreWarriors: Maargit has this view; she fears that if humanity as a whole discovered the existance of the Kivouachians, the results would be "cataclysmic".
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* HealingFactor: A possible explanation for Winifred having survived multiple beheadings by Lucy. In fact, this may be a regular Kivouachian trait; Quinn states that Lucy can "rip of her arm and chew on it, then pop it back on like nothing happened".
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* HealingFactor: A possible explanation for Winifred having survived multiple beheadings by Lucy. In fact, this may be a regular Kivouachian trait; Quinn states that Lucy can "rip of off her arm and chew on it, then pop it back on like nothing happened".
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* WainscotSociety: London has become this; the Borsia crime family competes with the Kivouachians in the realm of narcotics dealing, though the humans don't yet know that their rivals are extradimensional aliens.
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* WainscotSociety: London has become this; the Borsia crime family competes is interfering with the Kivouachians in the realm of narcotics dealing, Kivouachians' operations, though the humans don't yet know that their rivals are extradimensional aliens.
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* GoodSamaritan: Maargit, an Earth-born Kivouachian who encounters an injured Quinn and and helps jump-start his healing powers.
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* ImmuneToBullets: [[AvertedTrope Definitely not]] Quinn; a shotgun blast ends up leaving him out of action in the woods, until [[GoodSamaritan Maargit]] comes along. He blames "bad genetics" for not being able to heal himself.
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* WainscotSociety: London has become this; the Borsia crime family competes with the Kivouachians in the realm of narcotics dealing, though the humans don't yet know that their rivals are extradimensional aliens.
* WorldOfSnark: It seems like Hyzenthlay and Quinn are the only ones associated with Ludwig who don't resort to snark at the drop of ahat.hat.
* WorstAid: After taking a shotgun blast, Quinn attempted to remove the pellets himself.
-->'''Maargit''': "Did you remove the metal?"
-->'''Quinn''': "Yep. Uh... did more damage to myself than the bullets did."
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* WorstAid: After taking a shotgun blast, Quinn attempted to remove the pellets himself.
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** Likewise [[spoiler: Lucy's abuse of Winifred. At first it's played as ComedicSociopathy, but it's later shown that there is a ''lot'' of animosity behind it.]]
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* CerebusCallBack: [[spoiler:The first two episodes play Luck's threats to kill Hyzenthlay for laughs - but Helgan later tells her that her senseless murder is basically inevitable - and, by Kivouachian standards, for good reason.]]
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* CerebusCallBack: [[spoiler:The first two episodes play Luck's Lucy's threats to kill Hyzenthlay for laughs - but Helgan later tells her that her senseless murder is basically inevitable - and, by Kivouachian standards, for good reason.]]
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* BrutalHonesty: Helgan flatly lays out to Hysenthlay that [[spoiler: once Ludwig and Wexle create a more advanced hybrid, the Kivouachians will have [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness no further use for the squirrel]], ending any sort of protection from Lucy- and that on her next visit, Helgan expects to see Hyzenthlay's "dead, contorted body" on the porch]]. Even [[EvenEvilHasStandards Sullivan]] seems rather taken aback.
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* HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler: Jones, full stop. He's some sort of asymmetrical, mannequin-looking ''thing'' with black cracks in his white plasticene skin and fangs showing through a broken cheek. After [[ZombieGait lurching down a street]] in pursuit of his prey, he lunges in screaming with his head doing the Jacob's Ladder shake.]]
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* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: Winifred apparently once occupied a rather lofty station in Kivouachian society, "Grand Whisperer" to "Grand Voice" Locket. Lucy [[KickTheDog takes great pleasure]] in mocking her current circumstances.
* HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler: Jones, full stop. He's some sort of asymmetrical, mannequin-looking ''thing'' with black cracks in his white plasticene skin and fangs showing through a broken cheek. After [[ZombieGait lurching down a street]] in pursuit of his prey, he lunges in screaming with his head doing the [[Film/JacobsLadder Jacob'sLadder Ladder]] shake.]]
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** [[spoiler:This appears to be a front for insanity, given that he's helping beings of chaos spread that chaos across the planet, thinks humanity is stupid and doomed anyway and becomes unstable whenever he gets bored.]]
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* PrimordialChaos: [[spoiler:The Kivouack was what there was before the Universe. Sullivan and the Kivouachians aren't just trying to bring chaos. They're trying to bring it ''back.'']]
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** Shuck could be the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Shuck Black Shuck]] of eastern English folklore. He isn't a dog, but he does have black fur and red eyes.
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* GenkiGirl: Felicity (the dragon-creature who surprises Quinn in a field) certainly comes across as this.
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* NobodyCallsMeChicken: Surprisingly, [[ShrinkingViolet Quinn]]. Felicity easily goads him into a race despite the urgentness of the message he needs to deliver.
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* BrokenPedestal: Not that it was all that ''high'' of a pedestal, but:
-->'''Hyzenthlay''': "I just thought you were better than this."
-->'''Lucy''': "I suggest you lower your expectations."
* BrutalHonesty: Helgan flatly lays out to Hysenthlay that [[spoiler: once Ludwig and Wexle create a more advanced hybrid, the Kivouachians will have [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness no further use for the squirrel]], ending any sort of protection from Lucy- and that on her next visit, Helgan expects to see Hyzenthlay's "dead, contorted body" on the porch]]. Even [[EvenEvilHasStandards Sullivan]] seems rather taken aback.
-->'''Hyzenthlay''': "I just thought you were better than this."
-->'''Lucy''': "I suggest you lower your expectations."
* BrutalHonesty: Helgan flatly lays out to Hysenthlay that [[spoiler: once Ludwig and Wexle create a more advanced hybrid, the Kivouachians will have [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness no further use for the squirrel]], ending any sort of protection from Lucy- and that on her next visit, Helgan expects to see Hyzenthlay's "dead, contorted body" on the porch]]. Even [[EvenEvilHasStandards Sullivan]] seems rather taken aback.
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* AliensInCardiff: Well, "extradimensional refugees in a manor in rural England".
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* ByTheLightsOfTheirEyes: Wexel's eyes seem to be nothing more than glowing points in black voids.
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* FantasticRacism: Ludwig refers to humans as "simians" and has a low view of their intelligence and traditions, criticizing Wexel for something so harmless as enjoying Christmas.
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* HornsOfVillainy: Possibly [[SubvertedTrope subverted]]. Their overall intent is unclear, but of the three horned Kivouachians who Sullivan deals with (Winifred, Shuck and Wexel), none of them is overtly evil- though Shuck is known to have had a violent past.
* HornsOfVillainy: Possibly [[SubvertedTrope subverted]]. Their overall intent is unclear, but of the three horned Kivouachians who Sullivan deals with (Winifred, Shuck and Wexel), none of them is overtly evil- though Shuck is known to have had a violent past.
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Wexle.
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* TakeThat: Sullivan peruses some artwork by Lucy (actually fan art of Satellite City's characters) and likes what he sees... until he comes upon a [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic ponified]] version of himself. And then a handcuffed rendition of Winifred. And then an [[{{Anime}} anime]] version of Wexel.
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* TakeThat: Sullivan peruses some artwork by Lucy (actually fan art of Satellite City's characters) and likes what he sees... until he comes upon a [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic ponified]] version of himself. And then a handcuffed rendition of Winifred. And then an [[{{Anime}} anime]] version of Wexel.Wexle.
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* WalkingShirtlessScene: A rare female example in Wexel, though while she has visible nipples only occasionally hidden by her vest, there is only a flat chest behind them.
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Satellite City is a [[RogerRabbitEffect live-action/CGI]] series created by and starring Sam Fennah. The first episode can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDoPTQThGI0 here]]; be warned- it may be considered too dark in subject matter for children. (Not to mention that some of the characters cuss a lot.)
In a manor in rural England lives a man named Sullivan. With him lives a small and... interesting menagerie of creatures called Kivouachians (and one who is something different). What those creatures are, why they are living with a man in the middle of nowhere, and what their goals are, are gradually revealed in due time....
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!!What a fuckin' useless bunch of tropes we are:
* AbsurdPhobia: Lucy apparently has a fear of train stations. And trains.
* AdmiringTheAbomination: Lucy expresses a good deal of admiration for [[spoiler: Jones]], fondly recalling memories that others don't seem to find as pleasant. Given the typical Kivouachian mindset regarding violence and killing, she may simply see him as the apex of her ideals.
* AlienArtsAreAppreciated: Fontaine has a fondness for human literature.
* BearerOfBadNews: Quinn's first appearance is simply to tell the Kivouachians that "[[HumanoidAbomination it]] got out".
* BlankWhiteEyes: Winifred; she's blind.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Killing (and beheading) other creatures, eating their mates, violence in general are all seemingly considered acceptable, if not necessary, by the average Kivouachian. When confronted about an attack on Hyzenthlay, Lucy protests that she's merely living up to her nature, and that it's the others who are behaving aberrantly.
* ByTheLightsOfTheirEyes: Wexel's eyes seem to be nothing more than glowing points in black voids.
* CantHoldHisLiquor: Shuck implies this about Fleischer. "A bloody fetus would drink ''you'' under the table."
* CreepyDoll: Ludwig has the appearance of an evil-looking wooden doll. Shuck lampshades this: "If wood could talk."
* CuteMute: Winifred. [[spoiler: WordOfGod is that she is physically capable of speaking, but chooses not to, for whatever reason.]]
* TheDreaded: [[spoiler: Dizzy Jones, AKA Mandus]], and [[HumanoidAbomination with good reason]]; he's apparently [[spoiler: responsible for Winifred's condition]]. Ludwig calls him a monster and implies that he is [[spoiler: the cause of the Kivouachians' situation]], and does NOT react well when Lucy says "you're a bit like him". Ludwig seems to indicate that he can [[spoiler: track people down through forms of communication- even letters- and he stalks and attacks some poor bloke walking through the city at night by tracking him through his phone]].
* ExtraEyes: Fleischer and Quinn both have six eyes, but while Fleischer's can move and blink independently, Quinn's are more conventional (if without pupils).
* EyeScream: Lucy nearly takes out one of Hyzenthlay's eyes with her claws after the squirrel slaps her.
* FantasticRacism: Ludwig refers to humans as "simians" and has a low view of their intelligence and traditions, criticizing Wexel for something so harmless as enjoying Christmas.
* GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke: Hyzenthlay was born a simple red squirrel, and [[spoiler: is a first attempt at mixing Earth-creature DNA with that of the Kivouack. The goal is to create an entire planet full of intellectual rivals to humanity in order to force competition to select for greater intelligence.]]
* GodivaHair: Well, Godiva tail, which Helgan drapes over her chest like a feather boa.
* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Lucy, for a given value of "cartoon". She wears only a hat and cravat; other quadrupedal Kivouachians Sullivan interacts with do without, while bipedal ones wear more conventional clothing.
* HealingFactor: A possible explanation for Winifred having survived multiple beheadings by Lucy.
* HellishPupils: Most of the Kivouachians have odd pupils, either plus-shaped (reminiscent of harlequin designs) or white pinpoints. It hasn't yet been shown in the series what Winifred's eyes looked like before she was blinded.
* HellIsThatNoise: An echoing popping sound presents itself when [[spoiler: Jones is on the hunt]].
** Lucy lets out a creepy hissing noise when violence is on her mind.
* HiddenDepths: Lucy is an exceptionally talented artist. A pity she seems to like to draw scenes where she decapitates and disembowels others.
* HornedHumanoid: Wexel.
* HornsOfVillainy: Possibly [[SubvertedTrope subverted]]. Their overall intent is unclear, but of the three horned Kivouachians who Sullivan deals with (Winifred, Shuck and Wexel), none of them is overtly evil- though Shuck is known to have had a violent past.
* HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler: Jones, full stop. He's some sort of asymmetrical, mannequin-looking ''thing'' with black cracks in his white plasticene skin and fangs showing through a broken cheek. After [[ZombieGait lurching down a street]] in pursuit of his prey, he lunges in screaming with his head doing the Jacob's Ladder shake.]]
* TheIngenue: Hyzenthlay; she's soft-spoken, naive and reserved.
* InMediasRes: The first episode begins with Sullivan reading from notes during a meeting with Winifred, Lucy, Shuck and Fleischer; no explanation at all is given as to why they are there. Backstory is sprinkled throughout later episodes.
* InterfaceScrew: Video and audio distortions occasionally pop up when [[spoiler: Jones]] is nearby, rather reminiscent of some portrayals of Slender Man.
* [[ItIsDehumanizing "It" Is De-Squirrel-izing]]: When talking to Fontaine, Ludwig refers to Hyzenthlay as "it" and speaks of her more as a science project than a thinking, feeling creature.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Shuck. Lots of jerk, not much gold, but it's there.
* KillerRabbit: Lucy is barely larger than Hyzenthlay (who is a squirrel) and yet terrifies nearly everyone who knows her. Even the larger and more imposing Kivouachians who interact with her are guarded.
* LargeAndInCharge: Ludwig is easily eight feet tall (he fills a normal doorway) and holds a lot of power in the Kivouachian settlement system; Helgan is even taller, and serves as Ludwig's substitute in the Kivouachian chain of command while he's away.
* TheLeader: Ludwig. He [[TheChainsOfCommanding doesn't enjoy his station]], but carries out his responsibilities without fail.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Sullivan addresses the camera at the end of the first episode. Lucy does so immediately afterwards, wondering who he's talking to. Then someone asks HER who SHE's talking to.
-->'''Lucy''': "I don't know! That's a good fucking point!"
* MismatchedEyes: Lucy Lacemaker. Her right eye is orange; the sclera around it, blood-red.
* MonochromaticEyes: Quinn has [[ExtraEyes six of these]].
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Lucy has a set of teeth that would make any shark cringe- and much like a shark, she apparently sheds them at a rapid pace, enough to kill off Sullivan's vacuum cleaner.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Fontaine, who has six arms. He promises Helgan- who is EASILY three times his size- "a damn good thrashing", and absolutely nobody present treats it as a jest.
* [[NamedAfterTheirPlanet Named After Their Dimension]]: They are Kivouachians, from a place called the Kivouack.
* NoodleIncident: After Wexel mentions "not after last time" to Lucy's decapitation fetish, Sullivan adds something about three garden fences, a brick wall, and a group of teenage witnesses that he had to [[LeaveNoWitnesses "deal with"]].
** Ludwig talks to Shuck about a previous point in his life ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blythburgh Blythburg]], [[Really700YearsOld 1577]]) where Shuck would "snatch people from the cobblestone roads". Shuck does not remember that era fondly and states "my bloodletting days are behind me".
* OneToMillionToOne: Lucy has the apparent ability to transform herself into a swarm of flies and exit a location.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Wexel's horns, grey skin, glowing eyes and tentacles give her a demonic appearance, but she's actually quite pleasant in personality.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: One is a color-changing, self-mutilating blind-mute, one is a black-furred JerkWithAHeartOfGold, and one has six eyes. Quinn sort of looks like a pink-furred cross between a dragon and a dog.
* PapaBear: Fleischer is affectionate towards and protective of Winifred, though he's too scared of Lucy to confront her over her repeated abuse of Winifred (Sullivan complains that Fleischer [[{{Scapegoat}} just comes after him instead]]).
* TheQuisling: [[spoiler: Sullivan]] could be seen as this, considering that he's [[spoiler: harboring a group of extradimensional monsters bent on altering Earth's fauna into fully-intelligent rivals to humanity- with only the excuse that he finds the world "a dull landscape of dimwits and self-extinction"]].
* ReallyGetsAround: Lucy is a slut, by her own admission. She makes no overt sexual advances towards anyone, but it's entirely possible that she sees decapitating and mutilating someone as arousing.
** Helgan matter-of-factly says that she has had multiple mates. [[LiteralManeater And ate them.]]
* SanitySlippage: Sullivan gets bored rather easily without the Internet, and ends up stabbing a can of food with a knife.
* SelfHarm: Winifred bears multiple scars from clawing at herself, and her forelimbs have open wounds (poorly) covered by bandages. Ludwig states that she gave herself new ones after he confiscated the book Fleischer gave her.
* ShoutOut:
** Hyzenthlay is also the name of a character in ''[[Literature/WatershipDown Watership Down]]''.
** Sullivan mentions that [[spoiler: Dizzy Jones]] being a silly alias for a menacing name is the opposite of what [[Literature/HarryPotter Voldemort]] did.
* TheSociopath: Lucy. She considers other to be "toys" and sees no problem with murdering and decapitating another living creature for her own amusement. [[BlueAndOrangeMorality This may actually be normal for Kivouachian society.]]
* StatuesqueStunner: Helgan. She's nearly ''twenty feet tall'', able to push over (small) trees without effort and makes the ground thud as she walks; she's also exceptionally curvaceous and appears to have a rather impressive bosom under her [[GodivaHair tail]].
* TakeThat: Sullivan peruses some artwork by Lucy (actually fan art of Satellite City's characters) and likes what he sees... until he comes upon a [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic ponified]] version of himself. And then a handcuffed rendition of Winifred. And then an [[{{Anime}} anime]] version of Wexel.
-->'''Sullivan''': "Lucy, have you got a fucking {{DeviantArt}}?"
* TooManyMouths: Fontaine's eyes appear to be mouths, or at least have tooth-like markings around them. There are visible pupils within them.
* TranquilizerDart: Lucy hits Winifred in the thigh with one of these; it drops her within seconds.
* {{Tsundere}}: Ludwig is a mild example; he can at one moment berate a subordinate and the next commiserate with them.
* UnfazedEveryman: Sullivan, full stop. He's just a normal Englishman who responds to this scenario of otherworldly creatures with varying mixtures of aggravation and snark.
* VoiceChangeling: [[spoiler: Jones can mimic the voice of someone he is impersonating, though his mental instability shows through.]]
* WalkingShirtlessScene: A rare female example in Wexel, though while she has visible nipples only occasionally hidden by her vest, there is only a flat chest behind them.
* WorldOfSnark: It seems like Hyzenthlay and Quinn are the only ones associated with Ludwig who don't resort to snark at the drop of a hat.
In a manor in rural England lives a man named Sullivan. With him lives a small and... interesting menagerie of creatures called Kivouachians (and one who is something different). What those creatures are, why they are living with a man in the middle of nowhere, and what their goals are, are gradually revealed in due time....
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!!What a fuckin' useless bunch of tropes we are:
* AbsurdPhobia: Lucy apparently has a fear of train stations. And trains.
* AdmiringTheAbomination: Lucy expresses a good deal of admiration for [[spoiler: Jones]], fondly recalling memories that others don't seem to find as pleasant. Given the typical Kivouachian mindset regarding violence and killing, she may simply see him as the apex of her ideals.
* AlienArtsAreAppreciated: Fontaine has a fondness for human literature.
* BearerOfBadNews: Quinn's first appearance is simply to tell the Kivouachians that "[[HumanoidAbomination it]] got out".
* BlankWhiteEyes: Winifred; she's blind.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Killing (and beheading) other creatures, eating their mates, violence in general are all seemingly considered acceptable, if not necessary, by the average Kivouachian. When confronted about an attack on Hyzenthlay, Lucy protests that she's merely living up to her nature, and that it's the others who are behaving aberrantly.
* ByTheLightsOfTheirEyes: Wexel's eyes seem to be nothing more than glowing points in black voids.
* CantHoldHisLiquor: Shuck implies this about Fleischer. "A bloody fetus would drink ''you'' under the table."
* CreepyDoll: Ludwig has the appearance of an evil-looking wooden doll. Shuck lampshades this: "If wood could talk."
* CuteMute: Winifred. [[spoiler: WordOfGod is that she is physically capable of speaking, but chooses not to, for whatever reason.]]
* TheDreaded: [[spoiler: Dizzy Jones, AKA Mandus]], and [[HumanoidAbomination with good reason]]; he's apparently [[spoiler: responsible for Winifred's condition]]. Ludwig calls him a monster and implies that he is [[spoiler: the cause of the Kivouachians' situation]], and does NOT react well when Lucy says "you're a bit like him". Ludwig seems to indicate that he can [[spoiler: track people down through forms of communication- even letters- and he stalks and attacks some poor bloke walking through the city at night by tracking him through his phone]].
* ExtraEyes: Fleischer and Quinn both have six eyes, but while Fleischer's can move and blink independently, Quinn's are more conventional (if without pupils).
* EyeScream: Lucy nearly takes out one of Hyzenthlay's eyes with her claws after the squirrel slaps her.
* FantasticRacism: Ludwig refers to humans as "simians" and has a low view of their intelligence and traditions, criticizing Wexel for something so harmless as enjoying Christmas.
* GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke: Hyzenthlay was born a simple red squirrel, and [[spoiler: is a first attempt at mixing Earth-creature DNA with that of the Kivouack. The goal is to create an entire planet full of intellectual rivals to humanity in order to force competition to select for greater intelligence.]]
* GodivaHair: Well, Godiva tail, which Helgan drapes over her chest like a feather boa.
* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Lucy, for a given value of "cartoon". She wears only a hat and cravat; other quadrupedal Kivouachians Sullivan interacts with do without, while bipedal ones wear more conventional clothing.
* HealingFactor: A possible explanation for Winifred having survived multiple beheadings by Lucy.
* HellishPupils: Most of the Kivouachians have odd pupils, either plus-shaped (reminiscent of harlequin designs) or white pinpoints. It hasn't yet been shown in the series what Winifred's eyes looked like before she was blinded.
* HellIsThatNoise: An echoing popping sound presents itself when [[spoiler: Jones is on the hunt]].
** Lucy lets out a creepy hissing noise when violence is on her mind.
* HiddenDepths: Lucy is an exceptionally talented artist. A pity she seems to like to draw scenes where she decapitates and disembowels others.
* HornedHumanoid: Wexel.
* HornsOfVillainy: Possibly [[SubvertedTrope subverted]]. Their overall intent is unclear, but of the three horned Kivouachians who Sullivan deals with (Winifred, Shuck and Wexel), none of them is overtly evil- though Shuck is known to have had a violent past.
* HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler: Jones, full stop. He's some sort of asymmetrical, mannequin-looking ''thing'' with black cracks in his white plasticene skin and fangs showing through a broken cheek. After [[ZombieGait lurching down a street]] in pursuit of his prey, he lunges in screaming with his head doing the Jacob's Ladder shake.]]
* TheIngenue: Hyzenthlay; she's soft-spoken, naive and reserved.
* InMediasRes: The first episode begins with Sullivan reading from notes during a meeting with Winifred, Lucy, Shuck and Fleischer; no explanation at all is given as to why they are there. Backstory is sprinkled throughout later episodes.
* InterfaceScrew: Video and audio distortions occasionally pop up when [[spoiler: Jones]] is nearby, rather reminiscent of some portrayals of Slender Man.
* [[ItIsDehumanizing "It" Is De-Squirrel-izing]]: When talking to Fontaine, Ludwig refers to Hyzenthlay as "it" and speaks of her more as a science project than a thinking, feeling creature.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Shuck. Lots of jerk, not much gold, but it's there.
* KillerRabbit: Lucy is barely larger than Hyzenthlay (who is a squirrel) and yet terrifies nearly everyone who knows her. Even the larger and more imposing Kivouachians who interact with her are guarded.
* LargeAndInCharge: Ludwig is easily eight feet tall (he fills a normal doorway) and holds a lot of power in the Kivouachian settlement system; Helgan is even taller, and serves as Ludwig's substitute in the Kivouachian chain of command while he's away.
* TheLeader: Ludwig. He [[TheChainsOfCommanding doesn't enjoy his station]], but carries out his responsibilities without fail.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Sullivan addresses the camera at the end of the first episode. Lucy does so immediately afterwards, wondering who he's talking to. Then someone asks HER who SHE's talking to.
-->'''Lucy''': "I don't know! That's a good fucking point!"
* MismatchedEyes: Lucy Lacemaker. Her right eye is orange; the sclera around it, blood-red.
* MonochromaticEyes: Quinn has [[ExtraEyes six of these]].
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Lucy has a set of teeth that would make any shark cringe- and much like a shark, she apparently sheds them at a rapid pace, enough to kill off Sullivan's vacuum cleaner.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Fontaine, who has six arms. He promises Helgan- who is EASILY three times his size- "a damn good thrashing", and absolutely nobody present treats it as a jest.
* [[NamedAfterTheirPlanet Named After Their Dimension]]: They are Kivouachians, from a place called the Kivouack.
* NoodleIncident: After Wexel mentions "not after last time" to Lucy's decapitation fetish, Sullivan adds something about three garden fences, a brick wall, and a group of teenage witnesses that he had to [[LeaveNoWitnesses "deal with"]].
** Ludwig talks to Shuck about a previous point in his life ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blythburgh Blythburg]], [[Really700YearsOld 1577]]) where Shuck would "snatch people from the cobblestone roads". Shuck does not remember that era fondly and states "my bloodletting days are behind me".
* OneToMillionToOne: Lucy has the apparent ability to transform herself into a swarm of flies and exit a location.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Wexel's horns, grey skin, glowing eyes and tentacles give her a demonic appearance, but she's actually quite pleasant in personality.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: One is a color-changing, self-mutilating blind-mute, one is a black-furred JerkWithAHeartOfGold, and one has six eyes. Quinn sort of looks like a pink-furred cross between a dragon and a dog.
* PapaBear: Fleischer is affectionate towards and protective of Winifred, though he's too scared of Lucy to confront her over her repeated abuse of Winifred (Sullivan complains that Fleischer [[{{Scapegoat}} just comes after him instead]]).
* TheQuisling: [[spoiler: Sullivan]] could be seen as this, considering that he's [[spoiler: harboring a group of extradimensional monsters bent on altering Earth's fauna into fully-intelligent rivals to humanity- with only the excuse that he finds the world "a dull landscape of dimwits and self-extinction"]].
* ReallyGetsAround: Lucy is a slut, by her own admission. She makes no overt sexual advances towards anyone, but it's entirely possible that she sees decapitating and mutilating someone as arousing.
** Helgan matter-of-factly says that she has had multiple mates. [[LiteralManeater And ate them.]]
* SanitySlippage: Sullivan gets bored rather easily without the Internet, and ends up stabbing a can of food with a knife.
* SelfHarm: Winifred bears multiple scars from clawing at herself, and her forelimbs have open wounds (poorly) covered by bandages. Ludwig states that she gave herself new ones after he confiscated the book Fleischer gave her.
* ShoutOut:
** Hyzenthlay is also the name of a character in ''[[Literature/WatershipDown Watership Down]]''.
** Sullivan mentions that [[spoiler: Dizzy Jones]] being a silly alias for a menacing name is the opposite of what [[Literature/HarryPotter Voldemort]] did.
* TheSociopath: Lucy. She considers other to be "toys" and sees no problem with murdering and decapitating another living creature for her own amusement. [[BlueAndOrangeMorality This may actually be normal for Kivouachian society.]]
* StatuesqueStunner: Helgan. She's nearly ''twenty feet tall'', able to push over (small) trees without effort and makes the ground thud as she walks; she's also exceptionally curvaceous and appears to have a rather impressive bosom under her [[GodivaHair tail]].
* TakeThat: Sullivan peruses some artwork by Lucy (actually fan art of Satellite City's characters) and likes what he sees... until he comes upon a [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic ponified]] version of himself. And then a handcuffed rendition of Winifred. And then an [[{{Anime}} anime]] version of Wexel.
-->'''Sullivan''': "Lucy, have you got a fucking {{DeviantArt}}?"
* TooManyMouths: Fontaine's eyes appear to be mouths, or at least have tooth-like markings around them. There are visible pupils within them.
* TranquilizerDart: Lucy hits Winifred in the thigh with one of these; it drops her within seconds.
* {{Tsundere}}: Ludwig is a mild example; he can at one moment berate a subordinate and the next commiserate with them.
* UnfazedEveryman: Sullivan, full stop. He's just a normal Englishman who responds to this scenario of otherworldly creatures with varying mixtures of aggravation and snark.
* VoiceChangeling: [[spoiler: Jones can mimic the voice of someone he is impersonating, though his mental instability shows through.]]
* WalkingShirtlessScene: A rare female example in Wexel, though while she has visible nipples only occasionally hidden by her vest, there is only a flat chest behind them.
* WorldOfSnark: It seems like Hyzenthlay and Quinn are the only ones associated with Ludwig who don't resort to snark at the drop of a hat.
