History WesternAnimation / MoonbeamCity

* AssholeVictim: Rad Cunningham.

An animated series on Creator/ComedyCentral detailing the illustrious and ill-advised misadventures of Dazzle Novak (Rob Lowe), an egotistical and easily-distracted detective of the eponymous city's Police Department. He is, however, Moonbeam City's top cop; which partially explains why his beloved metropolis is plagued with rampant crime and corruption. Working alongside (or more often against) him in his cases are: junior cop and assistant, Chrysalis Tate (Creator/KateMara), police chief (and part-time lover), Pizzaz Miller (Creator/ElizabethBanks), and childish, envious fellow officer and rival, Rad Cunningham (Creator/WillForte).

* CurseCutShort: Once Pizzaz promises to be nicer to everyone, she gets to see Dazzle's car disaster in the office, and after that she lets out "You MOTHER-" [Moonbeam City logo appears, producer company logos are shown, credits]

The show was not renewed for a second season, due to low ratings, and was canceled. It is now one of Comedy Central's shortest lived animated series.

* RecycledInSpace: It's ''{{WesternAnimation/Archer}}'' with a neon [[TheEighties 80s]] flair.

* WretchedHive: Moonbeam City's crime rate is astronomically high: according to a presentation given by Dazzle, over 20,000 people in the city are shot, stabbed, or "shabbed" ''every 11 seconds''. The sixth episode explains that the city was built during a resource boom thanks to its underground laser reserves. However, once the wells ran dry, there was no safety net to prevent the rise in crime.

** Though given how kindly she treated him in the previous episode, her distrust (and shutdown) of his [[spoiler:[[MarriageofConvenience sham wedding]]]], and their interaction both at the pool and after she reveals his [[spoiler:true heritage]], this could be a case of [[ShipTease ship tease]], or possibly even a future [[spoiler:[[PairTheSpares romantic]] [[BetaCouple relationship]],]] if the show is given future seasons.

* UnholyMatrimony: Figures into Episode 10, "The Wedding of Rad (Lie)", with Pizzaz acting as its "priest".

-->'''Dazzle''': Of course I can...sas.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Rad is a victim of this, a prime example is in episode 4 where he captured a dolphin to help a guy run a dolphin jockey business and threaten the dolphin that they will be feed to shark, he ends up in a poorly run russian aquarium stuck in his orca suit got shock by car batteries drop in water.

* IdiotSavant: Dazzle can more or less succeed at whatever he sets his mind to. Police work is rarely one of those whatevers.

* EpicFail: Rad's tryout for the role of Dazzle in Dazzle's ''Crimezappers'' episode. [[spoiler: And also what really happened when he tried to stop the mugging.]]

* SleepingWithTheBoss: See "Slap-Slap-Kiss". Also, in Episode 6, Pizzaz is [[SexualExtortion forced to sleep with]] Mayor Eo Jaxxon to keep the Police department from being absorbed by their much more functional Fire Department.

'''Rad:''' Plan?! The plan is to trample anything that moves in our frenzy to get out of the city! I'll push over children. Pizzaz, you take the elderly and infirmned.

* DeathGlare: Pizzaz is a fan of this, in episode 4, she just gave a glare that made Dazzle back down and take his CPR class.

* BadBoss: Pizzaz keeps her underlings in line by threatening them with bodily harm, deportation, and the prospect of being buried alive. She also approves and participates in the physical abuse heaped on the department's interns. The Mayor is worse, fostering newsworthy crisis instead of preventing them, and keeping the police department only because he's blackmailing Pizzaz to sleep with him.

An animated series on Creator/ComedyCentral detailing the illustrious and ill-advised misadventures of Dazzle Novak (Rob Lowe), an egotistical and easily-distracted detective of the eponymous city's Police Department. He is, however, Moonbeam City's top cop; which partially explains why his beloved metropolis is plagued with rampant crime and corruption. Working alongside (or more often against) him in his cases are junior tech underling turned beat cop, Chrysalis Tate (Creator/KateMara), police chief, Pizzaz Miller (Creator/ElizabethBanks), and his psychotic rival on the force, Rad Cunningham (Creator/WillForte).

With an art style partially inspired by both tech artist Syd Mead and late pop artist Patrick Nagel, a SynthPop soundtrack, and drenched in the nouveau-vice trappings of TheEighties, ''Moonbeam City'' oozes style (and other, less savory, fluids) in this high-action cop drama gone wonderfully terribly wrong.

* AlternateHistory: Several real world social media ads for ''Moonbeam City'' set it in 2015 (the year it began airing), but in an alternate timeline where the culture and fashion of [[TheEighties the 80s]] never gave way to [[TheNineties the 90s]], instead simply evolving and giving rise to technology that we [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture don't quite have yet]] in the real 2015.

* RealSongThemeTune: The theme song is an instrumental version of "Another One" by Night Club.

* YourMakeupIsRunning: When Pizzaz or Rad cry, their mascara/eyeliner runs down their face. In Pizzaz's case, it's a single line straight down each cheek. For Rad, it's more of a "melting candle" effect, with multiple streaks flowing away.

'''Rad:''' Plan?! The plan is to trample anything that moves in our frenzy to get out of the city! I'll push over children. Pizzaz, you take the elderly and infirm.

* BoobsOfSteel: Though usually hidden under her modest blouse, but Pizzaz is rather 'blessed' in the chest area, as seen in Episode 7, "Cop Con". Chrysalis is far thinner and much less...gifted.

** The two Slut Burger workers from episode 6 have more than a passing resemblance to [[WesternAnimation/{{Jem}} Jem and Pizzazz]].

* CanadaEh: Rad. Not only do the Cunninghams [[spoiler:who kidnapped him as a toddler]] hail from Canada, but his [[spoiler:wealthy biological parents]] do as well.

* VillainousBreakdown: Rad has a completely embarrassing and pathetic one when it's revealed his ''Crimezappers'' heroism was [[spoiler:a total lie]]. He admits, while sobbing hysterically, that he [[spoiler:chickened out trying to stop the robbery, ran away, fell in the shit-filled sewer]], then [[spoiler:[[BringMyBrownPants crapped his pants]],]] and accidentally [[spoiler:ate some of the shit. And that he ''liked it''.]] The admission ends with Rad weeping "WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME?!" with his eyeliner streaking down his face. [[spoiler:He's later dubbed "Poo-Cop".]]