History WesternAnimation / NeoYokio

** Kaz has a conversation with an old man while he pours a cologne by the name of [[BabylonFive Babylon (No.) 5]] on a grave.

** Kaz has a conversation with an old man while he pours a cologne by the name of[[BabylonFive Babylon (No.) 5]] on a grave.

** Kaz has a conversation with an old man at a grave about him pouring a cologne on a grave by the name of [[BabylonFive Babylon (No.) 5]]

* {{Animesque}}: Animated by Creator/StudioDeen to boot. The style imitates anime of the early 2000s, complete with frequently [[OffModel off-model]] characters, flat coloring, and many hallmarks of the genre that have fallen out of favor like {{sweat drop}}s, {{nosebleed}}s, and chibification. It also seems to reference low budget anime dubbing, with poor lip synching and voice acting of varying quality.

* BandageBabe: Helena. Complimented by her simple hospital gown.

* TookALevelInCynic: Although we do not see her before her

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Sailor Pellegrino has this. Although he is wearing a powdered wig, the Remembrancer's blue eyebrows suggests he has this.

'''''Neo Yokio''''' is a Japanese-American animated series that premiered on Creator/{{Netflix}} on September 22, 2017, created by [[Music/VampireWeekend Ezra Koenig]]. The series follows the daily life of Kaz Kaan (Jaden Smith), a "magistocrat" who lives in the titular city of Neo Yokio. More than a century ago, Kaz's ancestors were summoned to Neo Yokio to quell a sudden uprising of demonic energy that threatened to bring the city to its knees. Their descendants continued to protect the city, many of them joining the ranks of high society in the process.

** Charles looks like an albino [[BigGood Optimus Prime]] from the [[TransformersGeneration1 Gen.1 Transformers]].

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'''''Neo Yokio''''' is a Japanese-American animated series that premiered on Creator/{{Netflix}} on September 22, 2017, created by [[Music/VampireWeekend Ezra Koenig]]. The series follows the daily life of Kaz Kaan (Jaden Smith), a "magistocrat" who lives in the titular city of Neo Yokio. More than a century ago, Kaz's ancestors were summoned to Neo Yokio to quell a sudden uprising of demonic energy that threatened to bring the city to it's knees. Their descendants continued to protect the city, many of them joining the ranks of high society in the process.

** The Soviet Union is still a nation, suggesting that either A.) the Soviet Union did not dissolve in 1991 like in our timeline or B.) technology was more advance than our own timeline.

** Additionally, Neo Yokio itself appears to be a sort if independent city-state, with its own participant in the international races and no reference to influence from the U.S. government.

* CrazyJealousGuy: Because they keep running into each other by happenstance, Cathy thinks her ex-boyfriend Kaz is a stalker. She describes him as a "Jealous Psychopath." Given that their last encounter involved him forcefully kissing Legend/[[spoiler:Lexy]] as an obvious ploy to make ''her'' jealous, its hard not to see where she got the idea.

* CirclingMonologue: Invoked when [[spoiler: the Helenists have Kaz captured and prepped for a demonic sacrifice - Helena arrives on the scene and begins to monologue about how Kaz represents everything that's wrong with Neo Yokio, circling him as he's tied to a crude wooden alter.]] Subverted immediately afterwards when [[spoiler: she knocks down one of the Helenists with a [[EdibleBludgeon giant candy bar]], revealing that she was only using the monologue as a distraction to get in position to attack.]]

* ContrivedClumsiness: Helena [[AirQuotes "accidentally"]] [[spoiler:spills her drink to interupt the Rememberancer from reading her diary in public.]]

** Rememberancer: Despite his powdered wig, his eyes and eyebrows are both blue.

* CreepyBlueEyes: The Rememberencer
* CrystalSkull: The diamond encrusted skull Kaz was hired to protect in episode 2.
* CynicismCatalyst: Helena's [[spoiler:demonic possession.]] Forcing her to rethink her view of Neo Yokio, this eventually lead her to [[spoiler:blow up the Bachelor Leader Board in an act of terrorism]].

* EdibleBludgeon: Toblerone is used as one in [[spoiler:episode 3, 'O, the helenists..." to save Kaz from the Helenists.]]

* EvilEyebrows: The Rememberancer.
* FantasticSlurs: Arcangelo repeatedly calls Kaz a "Ratcatcher" in reference to his Magistocratic heritage. The tourism video at the start of the first episode helpfully informs us that the magicians and occultists who came to Neo Yokio to deal the the demon problem in the 1800's were "colloquially called ratcatchers." (The voice over that announces this factoid accompanies footage of a magician blasting several large rats with a bolt of purple energy, though whether his actions are purely for pest control purposes or to stamp out diseases like the plague is left vague).
* FlamingSkulls: [[spoiler:Sailor Pellegrino after she possess the diamond encrusted skull]]. Instead of flames, it's red demon energy.

* GoodIsNotNice: The Rememberancer. The one-man investigator and Neo Yokio secret police. He maybe trying stop a terrorist, but he is aggressive, willing to ignores concepts like warrants and diplomatic immunity if no one calls him out on it, and is down right a creepy bastard. He is also voiced by Steve Buscemi. He fits this trope like a powdered wig.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: Lexy and Gottleib. Almost never seen without the other, they even own a bar together.

* JudicialWig: The Rememberancer.

** Mila Malevich's racing jump suit. It was also worn by [[spoiler:both Helena and Kaz to use as a disguise, and a fat fisherman Mila paid to wear to help her escape from Kaz.]]

* MaleGaze: We get a strange close up shot of a female tennis player's butt/crotch in the first and sixth episode.

* NoDressCode: [[PlayingWithATrope Zig Zagged Doubled Subverted into Justified]]. In episode 3, The Helenists rebelled against the Easton dress code because Helena newfound distaste for dresscodes. Kaz is hired by the headmaster to convince the girls to start wearing their school uniforms. After [[spoiler:the Helenists disappeared when their demonic ritual failed]], the Headmaster officially the disband the uniforms because the dress code was the catalysis for the [[spoiler: damages to the school and the disappearance of the Helenists.]]

* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: The Magistocracy, the families of magic and psychic users, have "Magisticratic Immunity" from the law enforcement of Neo Yokio and will only answer to the Lord Mayor. Aunt Agatha uses this to save Kaz from the Rememberancer's interrogation.

* SecretDiary: The Rememberancer shows [[spoiler:Helena's]] diary to Kaz and begins read an entry that [[spoiler:states Helena's emotional connection and romantic intrest in Kaz. But before The Rememberancer could finish reading the entry to Kaz, Helena, disguised as Mila, [[AirQuotes "accidentally"]] knocks her glass over.]]

* SunkenCity: Parts of Neo Yokio are submerged, mainly 14th Street. The top of two sky scrapers poke out of the harbor of Battery Park.

* TentacleRope:During [[spoiler:Helena's dream]], a pile of fan letters morph into a mast of tentacles. They strangle and crushes [[spoiler:the Toblerone Kaz gave to Helena.]] Despite it being made out of paper, the tentacle [[{{Squick}} makes wet, slimy noises]] when it moves.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Sailor Pellegrino has this. Although he is wearing a powdered wig, the Rememberancer's blue eyebrows suggests he has this.

*** Cackalacka is another way of saying Carolina, so she could be saying she from North Carolina.

*** Cackalacka is another way of saying Carolina,so she could be saying she from North Carolina.

** There's evidently a place in the Southern US called Cackalacka. Considering the implied politics of Neo Yokio, it's possible that it's an independent entity or that it's a U.S. state. (It might also be a region akin to UsefulNotes/{{Appalachia}}, if Sailor Pellegrino's twangy accent is anything to go by.)

** Mila, the Soviet Race Car Driver, has fetish for everything Neo Yokio. From the Plasma Television to the Californian king sized bed, she will has a kink for it.

** There's evidently a place in the Southern US called Cackalacka. Considering the implied politics of Neo Yokio, it's possible that it's an independent entity or that it's a U.S. state.

* TookaLevelInCynic: Although we do not see her before her

* Played with the Magistocracy. Both men and women have pink hair.

** Mila Malevich's racing jump suit. It was also worn by [[both Helena and Kaz to use as a disguise, and a fat fisherman Mila paid to wear to help her escape from Kaz.]]

Alongside his robotic butler Charles (Creator/JudeLaw), best friends [[ThoseTwoGuys Lexy and Gottlieb]], arch rival Arcangelo, and disaffected former hookup Helena St. Tesoro, Kaz will have to juggle both his high society image and an increase in demonic activity that could threaten Neo yokio once again.

'''''Neo Yokio''''' is a Japanese-American animated series that premiered on Creator/{{Netflix}} on September 22, 2017, created by [[Music/VampireWeekend Ezra Koenig]]. The series follows Kaz Kaan (Jaden Smith), a "magistocrat" who lives with his Aunt Agatha (Creator/SusanSarandon) and robotic butler Charles (Creator/JudeLaw) in the titular city of Neo Yokio. While he is the city's top-ranked bachelor and exorcist, he is more interested in his obsessions with fashion and field hockey than he is with his main job of demon slaying.

** Aunt Agatha's first name is never revealed, but she's always referred to by her assonant title.

* SuckenCity: Parts of Neo Yokio are submerged, mainly 14th Street. The top of two sky scrapers poke out of the harbor of Battery Park.

* {{Animesque}}: Animated by Creator/StudioDeen to boot. The style imitates anime of the early 2000s, complete with frequently off-model characters, flat coloring, and many hallmarks of the genre that have fallen out of favor like sweatdrops, nosebleeds, and chibification. It also seems to reference low budget anime dubbing, with poor lip synching and voice acting of varying quality.

** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qBKACyY-pU theme from the Thames Television logo]] is featured in the tourism video shown in episode 1.

** According to an interview with the producers, it ''was'' originally intended to be an outright parody of anime with every episode spoofing a single series in particular. However, during production, they wound up unironically loving the cast of characters they made, hence why the parody elements feel rather indecisive.

* {{Animesque}}: Animated by Creator/StudioDeen to boot.

** Some of Kaz's more bizarre pseudo-philosophical dialogue is meant to homage Jaden Smith's following on Twitter for his similarly-structured
tweets.