Line #104 WesternAnimation/MoonbeamCity


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Left to right: [[DaChief Pizzaz]] [[FallenPrincess Miller]], [[HypercompetentSidekick Chrysalis]] [[OnlySaneMan Tate]], [[CowboyCop Dazzle]] [[ChivalrousPervert Novak]], ...[[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and]] [[PsychopathicManchild Rad]] [[TheRival Cunningham]].]]
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4	->''"Moonbeam City. Always a fire burning, always a ghetto blasting. Always... my home."'''
5	-->-- '''Dazzle Novak'''
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8	A 2015 animated series on Creator/ComedyCentral detailing the illustrious and ill-advised misadventures of Dazzle Novak (Creator/RobLowe), 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) Dazzle in his cases are his assistant, junior cop/tech genius Chrysalis Tate (Creator/KateMara), his police chief (and part-time lover), Pizzaz Miller (Creator/ElizabethBanks), and his envious fellow officer/rival, the childish and clumsy Rad Cunningham (Creator/WillForte).
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10	With an art style inspired by both tech artist Syd Mead and late pop artist Patrick Nagel, a SynthPop soundtrack, and an ethos drenched in the nouveau-vice trappings of TheEighties, ''Moonbeam City'' oozes style (and other, less savory, fluids) in this high-action police comedy-drama gone wonderfully, terribly wrong.
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12	The show was not renewed for a second season, due to low ratings, and was cancelled. It is now one of Comedy Central's shortest lived animated series.
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14	!! Tropes:
15	* ARealManIsAKiller: A good deal of Moonbeam City's criminal element commit felonies to prove their manhood.
16	* AbhorrentAdmirer: A male example with Mayor Jaxxon aggressively harassing and bullying Pizzaz into [[spoiler:[[SexualExtortion sleeping with him]] ]] to keep the police department active, much to her disgust and shame.
17	* {{Animesque}}: The series was partly inspired by ''Manga/CityHunter''.
18	* ATeamFiring: Dazzle's level of marksmanship alternates between allowing him to shoot off the neck of a champagne bottle in such a way that its contents evenly pour into the surrounding glasses, and making him miss targets that are just a few feet away.
19	* ActionGirl: Chrysalis. And to a much lesser extent, Pizzaz.
20	* AerithAndBob: An unusual variant: the major recurring characters all have fantastical first names and mundane last names.
21	** Subverted by "Rick from Forensics".
22	-->'''Dazzle:''' Rick? What kind of name is "Rick"?
23	* 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 didn't quite have yet]] in the real 2015.
24	* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: The police department in the form of the fire department.
25	* AssholeVictim: Dazzle Novak, Pizzaz Miller, and Rad Cunningham.
26	* AwesomeButImpractical: The ridiculously large revolver Dazzle uses during the Firearms Aptitude Test in Episode 9. That said, it seems to actually be a grenade launcher, which is supposed to be used two-handed.
27	* 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 [[spoiler:[[SexualExtortion sexually extorting]]]] Pizzaz to [[spoiler:sleep with him]].
28	* BadCopIncompetentCop: Dazzle and Rad are both incompetent and psychotic. The fact that they're the number one/two cops of the city speaks of how shitty the Moonbeam City Police Department must be.
29	* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: In a report on murder statistics, Dazzle describes how many people are stabbed, shot, fall into a bucket of knives and guns that stab and shoot them and "shabbed" (stabbed with a knife shot out of a gun).
30	* BuffySpeak: Dazzle's "serious" monologues ultimately devolve into this in very short order.
31	* ButtMonkey: Rad Cunningham, who has suffered years of largely deserved suffering and abuse by the time the series starts.
32	* CarpetOfVirility: Rad. He is even required to use clippers to shave his body hair down to an acceptable level.
33	* CatFight: Between Pizzaz and her older sisters in episode 6, though Pizzaz mainly stays out of it beyond slapping Panache.
34	* CovertPervert: The usually prudish Chrysalis doesn't bat an eye at seeing Dazzle naked and agrees that his nudity engorged director's cut of ''Spokes'' is superior to the censored televised version.
35	* CowboyCop: Dazzle and Rad. Though it's less about doing whatever it takes to see justice done and more along the lines of doing whatever they want no matter how illegal it is.
36	* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: The core cast is highly eccentric, but quite deadly in the right circumstances.
37	* 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]
38	* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: Many of Pizzaz's outlandishly colorful threats are kin to this with the caveat that she's deadly serious about all of them.
39	* DaChief: Pizzaz, in a rare female version of this.
40	* DeathGlare: Pizzaz frequently uses this on Dazzle to keep control of him, complete with Venetian blinds shadows across her face. In Episode 4, she gives him a glare which causes him to back down and attend the CPR class (mostly), even though he initially refuses on the grounds that it's his birthday.
41	* DefectorFromDecadence: Pizzaz is actually one of five heiresses to the laser mogul that built Moonbeam City. When her abusive sisters' greed squandered their supply of lasers, and the city fell into chaos as a result, she disowned them and became a police officer in an attempt to restore peace and order.[[note]]She still loves her father dearly.[[/note]]
42	* DevelopmentHell: In-universe example as Dazzle channels Creator/FrancisFordCoppola and his TroubledProduction of ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' during his creation of ''Spokes''.
43	* DirtyCop: By the time episode 7 rolls around, there are at least 700 corrupt cops operating in Moonbeam City including [[spoiler:Interrobot.]]
44	* DirtyCoward: Rad Cunningham. This ends up being his downfall in "Lights! Camera! Reenactment!", and he cowers and vomits in fear while the cops are exploring the Moonbeam Maniac's lair in "The Strike Visualizer Strikes Again". The latter leads to this little moment after the killer threatens to destroy the city:
45	-->'''Pizzaz:''' What's the plan?\
46	'''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.\
47	'''Chrysalis and Pizzaz:''' ''(in unison)'' SHUT UP, RAD! ...JINX!
48	* DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff: Or it'll be time for Pizzaz to WAKE THE SNAKE!
49	* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Averted. Pizzaz's four older sisters: Charisma, Sophistica, and Accoutrement Miller, emasculating their husbands and [[spoiler:literally castrating them]] is meant to be seen as wrong, and it's clear Panache was heading this way with Dazzle when she begins ordering him around. Only when Pizzaz angrily intervenes does Dazzle shake off the "Miller Husband" effect and remember who and what he is.
50	* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Dazzle, Pizzaz, Rad, and many other characters in the series, as the show's character designs are based upon the art of 80s pop artist, Patrick Nagel.
51	* EpicFail: Rad's tryout for the role of Dazzle in Dazzle's ''Crimezappers'' episode. And also what really happened when he [[spoiler:tried to stop the mugging.]]
52	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Ruthlessly exploited by Pizzaz during the seventh episode.
53	* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Chrysalis manages to attract the amorous attentions of the fetching Quasar Daniels. Although it's mostly because she has a cop fetish, gender be damned.
54	* {{Expy}}: Dazzle can basically be described as ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'' only somehow more incompetent, more immature and worse at his job. That said, [[PetTheDog he doesn't willfully abuse and needle his coworkers anywhere near as frequently as]] [[TheGadfly Archer]], so there's that. He also looks and dresses like [[Manga/CityHunter Ryo Saeba]].
55	* ExtremeOmnisexual: Dolphins and Prisons (as in, the structures themselves) are fair game for Dazzle.
56	* FamilyThemeNaming:
57	** Pizazz and her sisters Panache, Charisma, Sophistica, and Accoutrement. Besides all not really being people names, they can be said to all be good things to have. The show's five Miller sisters can also be said to be references to the three heiresses of Robert W. Miller, co-founder of fashion monolith Duty-Free Shopper Ltd. and iconic '90s socialites.
58	** Dazzle's father is named Razzle. Razzle's father was named Frazzle.
59	* {{Fanservice}}: All of the Moonbeam City firefighters are shirtless and wear only their bunker pants, including the Chrysalis-esque female member whose bunker pants' suspenders cover her nipples for modesty.
60	** Dazzle and Pizzaz in Episode 7, "Cop Con". [[spoiler: In their first love scene together, Pizzaz's skirt is used as a ModestyBedsheet for both her and Dazzle, whereas in their second, her right arm and the shredded window curtain barely cover the absolute minimum on her body. Dazzle is wearing boxer briefs for some inexplicable reason.]]
61	* FantasticDrug: The designer drug Glitzotrene the police department invents to create a drug epidemic.
62	* FatBastard: Accoutrement Panorama Miller, one of Pizzaz's four older (and evil) sisters.
63	* FieryRedhead: While she's usually soft-spoken, Chrysalis becomes one of these when the action heats up.
64	* FromNobodyToNightmare: The pursesnatcher that Dazzle fails to kill in the first episode manages to become the ruling crime lord of the city within a single day. [[spoiler:Luckily he's killed by Dazzle's poorly-built stage by the end of the episode]].
65	* {{Guyliner}}: Rad puts on a lot of it.
66	* HardLight: In this universe, lasers are a naturally occurring valuable resource that's drilled for like oil. It's depicted as alternatively splattering harmlessly on people in neon colors or vaporizing some poor laborer that had just tapped a new well. They come in multiple colors and the mundane, recreational uses we have for them in real life are considered decadent and wasteful.
67	* HeelRealization: It takes being chained to a radiator and being left to die for Dazzle to fess up to how poorly he's treated Chrysalis as his partner.
68	* HenpeckedHusband: The men who marry the older Miller sisters are totally emasculated and somewhat fearful of their wives, and as a marriage requirement [[spoiler: they have to be castrated.]]
69	* HiddenDepths: Apart from indulging in vice, Dazzle enjoys tinkering in his workshop to create various odd gadgets and knickknacks. He also possesses passionate (if warped) artistic aspirations.
70	* HypercompetentSidekick: Chrysalis is generally forced to play this to Dazzle.
71	* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: How [[spoiler:Diablo Malo]] meets his end.
72	* InkSuitActor: All the characters resemble highly stylized versions of their voice actors.
73	* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Dazzle considers using live jellyfish an acceptable means of interrogating someone. Then there's the massive, intimidating, and violent Interrobot that was built exclusively for this purpose.
74	* KavorkaMan: Being disguised as a janitor doesn't impair Dazzle's ability to charm exotic women.
75	* LaserGuidedKarma: Rad is frequently a victim of this. In Episode 4 he captures a dolphin to help [[MonsterOfTheWeek Howlligan]] run a dolphin racing business, then threatens the dolphins, saying disobedience means being fed to sharks. At the end of the episode, Rad is trapped in a poorly run Russian aquarium, stuck in his orca suit, and electrocuted by car batteries dropped in the water.
76	* LatexPerfection: Some of Dazzle's disguises. Others fall into the PaperThinDisguise territory.
77	* LiesDamnedLiesAndStatistics: One episode has Dazzle giving a long presentation about the occurrence and type of murder that occurs in Moonbeam City. He concludes with the fact that the numbers are incomplete because 90 statisticians get shot every second.
78	* LiterallyShatteredLives: [[spoiler:Pizzaz's father]] is cryogenically frozen, and during a fight [[spoiler:between the Miller sisters]] his body is knocked to the ground and shattered.
79	* LoonyFan:
80	** Rad to Vex Mullery of ''Crimezappers''. Upon actually meeting him, Rad asks if he ever got the fan letters he wrote... or the death threats he sent when Vex didn't write back.
81	** Dazzle to Von Groff. Even after hearing Von Groff admit not only did he do the killing but also ''greatly'' enjoyed it, Dazzle tries to think that the former was possibly innocent.
82	* MadArtist: Von Groff, who killed a lot of people for his bowling cartoon.
83	* {{Malaproper}}: Dazzle and Rad are extremely guilty of this.
84	* MarkOfTheSupernatural: Mayor Eo Jaxxon's eyes change to a sinister gold.
85	* NeonCity: Moonbeam City was founded on a laser mining boom and exists in a timeline where the 80s never ended. Practically everything is some shade of neon.
86	* NeverMyFault: Panache and the older Miller girls blame Pizzaz for not getting their dad's money, even though they thought it was smart to treat her (their dad's favorite) like garbage before smacking and fighting each other like animals ''right in front of him''.
87	-->'''Commodore Miller''': ''I said no one gets anything!''
88	-->'''Charisma''': No one gets anything?!
89	-->'''Panache''': This is all Pizzaz's fault!
90	-->'''Pizzaz''': [[LampshadeHanging MY fault?!]]
91	* NotInKansasAnymore:
92	-->'''Dazzle''': We're not in Kansas anymore. ''(beat)'' This ain't your daddy's Kansas. Anymore. ''(beat)'' Kansas, we have a problem.
93	-->'''Chrysalis''': Can you stop?
94	-->'''Dazzle''': Of course I can..."sas".
95	-->'''Chrysalis''': Dammit!
96	* NotHelpingYourCase: The time the Miller sisters were given to make a case over why one of them deserves the family fortune was spent with them ganging up on Pizzaz and then beating the crap out of each other. Not surprisingly, their father decides none of them gets the money and they then blame Pizzaz for it.
97	* NotSoAboveItAll:
98	** By the end of the series premiere, Chrysalis gets swept up in prioritizing the success of Dazzle's career as a stage manager over putting a stop to Diablo Malo's drug empire.
99	** In the second episode, having expressed concerns about the wisdom of hosting mandatory child-raves complete with ecstasy at the beginning, Chrysalis shows up in the rave at the end clearly stoned out of her mind on some kind of party drug.
100	* NotSoHarmless: Chrysalis is probably the nicest out of the four main protagonists. That said, her position as Dazzle's partner was largely attained via threatening to blackmail him with a sexual harassment claim and she has no problem with putting a bullet in your head if you're a criminal.
101	* OneHourWorkWeek: Dazzle appears to have a surprising amount of free time in which to pursue whatever non-law-enforcement-related enterprise he's become interested in in any given episode. The Cop-Con episode reveals that he can afford to do so because he keeps what he confiscates from criminals and suspects.
102	* OnlySaneMan: The SanityBall shifts from Pizzaz to Chrysalis on a regular basis, usually depending on whichever has had it with Dazzle and/or Rad's nonsense.
103	* ParentalFavoritism: Commodore Miller clearly favors Pizzaz over her four sisters, but he has a very good reason for doing so. Pizzaz is his only child who didn't love him just for his money while Panache and the others ruined the company and the city he founded by wasting the resources. The Commodore even says Pizzaz's the only one who ever made him proud.
104	* PsychopathicManchild: In contrast to Dazzle, who is merely immature, Rad is outright childish and all the more dangerous for it.
105	* RealMenWearPink: And pastels in general.
106	* ReallyGetsAround: Dazzle so much that when he first meets Chrysalis he's absolutely sure they've already had sex and feels that he needs to be reminded what her name is.
107	* RecycledInSpace: It's ''{{WesternAnimation/Archer}}'' with a neon [[TheEighties '80s]] flair.
108	* RedOniBlueOni: Dazzle is the Blue to Rad's Red.
109	* RedRightHand: Bonus points for it being the actual right hand. [[spoiler: Accoutrement and Charisma Miller have mutilated their "slapping" arms to give themselves an edge over their sisters. Accoutrement's been putting steroids into her arm, making it huge and muscular compared to the rest of her body, and Charisma replaced her arm with an aerodynamic mechanical blade.]]
110	* {{Retirony}}: {{Exaggerated}} when Flash Delaney is murdered by the Moonbeam Maniac literally seconds after retiring.
111	-->'''Dazzle''': Wow. [[LampshadeHanging He had zero days left till retirement.]]
112	* RichBitch: Panache, Charisma, Sophistica, and Accoutrement Miller. After blowing through Commodore Miller's money and laser resources, they went on to establish fraudulent charitable organizations to try and get into their dad's good graces and get his money. Sophistica Miller runs a "Luncheons for Causes" organization dedicated to raising money for "cause-related luncheons," and Charisma promotes "Gala Awareness," which is awareness for charitable galas.
113	* RunningGag: Whenever Pizzaz threatens to fire Dazzle or do something horrible to him, the lighting on her face shifts to mimic the sun through window blinds even when (especially when) that's physically impossible. It's evidently genetic as her sisters can do the same thing, with their own distinct light patterns.
114	* SeriousBusiness:
115	** Von Graff's "strike visualizations" are treated as serious art.
116	** The Miller sisters are all vicious slappers, to the point that one of the sisters took steroids to "[[StoutStrength enhance her slapping arm]]", and the other replaced her arm with an "[[ArtificialLimbs aerodynamic mechanical blade]]".
117	* ShoutOut
118	** The entire subplot of Dazzle taking over production of his ''Crimezappers'' episode is a blatant reference to ''Film/ApocalypseNow''.
119	** The two Slut Burger food truck employees from Episode 6 ("Lasers and Liars") have more than a passing resemblance to [[WesternAnimation/{{Jem}} Jem and Pizzazz]].
120	* SigilSpam: Rad's clothes and possessions are blitzed with the letter R or his name in its entirety.
121	* SkewedPriorities: Rarely does Dazzle stay on task. His rival, Rad, also has a tendency to drop whatever he's doing to one-up him.
122	* SleazyPolitician: The mayor of Moonbeam City.
123	* SlapSlapKiss: [[StarCrossedLovers Once a year]], at Moonbeam PD's weekend-long "Cop Con" event, [[TheHero Dazzle]] and [[UptownGirl Pizzaz]] enjoy [[spoiler:multiple rounds of passionate, unrestrained lovemaking in order to satisfy their mutual attraction, affection, and deep-seated desire for each other.]] The rest of the year they return to their [[BelligerentSexualTension mutually antagonistic bickering]], though in Eps 7, 9, and 10, Pizzaz shows clear signs of [[spoiler:being in love with Dazzle]].
124	* SleepingWithTheBoss: See "Slap-Slap-Kiss". Also, in Episode 5, 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.
125	* SlutShaming: One chunk of the abuse Pizzaz's sisters throw at her is calling her a whore and a slut, and telling her to "cross her legs".
126	* SnarkToSnarkCombat: Many a BondOneLiner is flung during Dazzle and Rad's feud.
127	* SociopathicHero: Dazzle shows more sympathy to both his fictional identities, and idiotic social gatherings, than he does those of the public he is supposedly sworn to protect.
128	* SoProudOfYou: Commodore Miller to Pizzaz after [[spoiler: his frozen body is shattered to pieces by accident.]]
129	* SoundEffectBleep: A synth sound is used to bleep out profanity. Originally used for several 'unsavory' expletives, by the seventh episode only the word [[PrecisionFStrike 'fuck']] is bleeped.
130	* StartOfDarkness: Moonbeam City used to be a splendid habitat built upon Commodore Vector Azimuth Miller's bountiful laser-mining operation; within a single generation, it went from a desolate marshland to an enormous, glittering metropolis. Unfortunately, the Commodore's four older daughters squandered the family fortune on mindless self-indulgence and inane causes. When the lasers ran out, so did most of the jobs, and with such a flimsy social infrastructure preventing more from manifesting, the majority of the population fell into poverty and crime; a spike in civil unrest that the relatively new and understaffed Moonbeam City Police Department was ill-equipped to handle.
131	* StrictlyProfessionalRelationship: [[spoiler:Chrysalis]], to [[spoiler:Rad]] in Episode 10 when he suggests hopefully that the two of them end the day's adventure by [[spoiler:making out, 'with tongue']].
132	** Though given how kindly she treated him in the previous episode, her distrust [[spoiler:(and [[SpeakNowOrForeverHoldYourPeace shutdown]]) of his [[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.
133	* SurveillanceAsThePlotDemands: ''Crimezappers'' is capable of pulling up footage recorded in the sewers. This gets lampshaded by Rad and given a HandWave as "Sewer Cam" by the host, Vex Mullery.
134	* UnholyMatrimony: Figures into Episode 10, "The Wedding of Rad (Lie)", with Pizzaz acting as its "priest", and Chrysalis as its heroic party-crasher.
135	* TechnicolorEyes: Pizzaz, although this could be due to the wild neon TheEighties color scheme the show has.
136	* ThemeNaming: Relevant characters in the series aren't actually named with names real people would have. Aside from the main 4, other significant charaters's first names include "Panache", "Vector", "Nocturne", "Quasar", "Quench", and "Talc". Characters seem to be named by RuleOfCool rather than anything more connected to reality.
137	* UnknownRival: The Moonbeam City Fire Department; what's worse is, they actually ''rescue'' people [[BunnyEarsLawyer while being just as outlandish as the police]].
138	* TheUnpronounceable:
139	** Aiaiaia, the beautiful chime-playing mall singer that Dazzle manages in "Mall Hath No Fury". She doesn't even know how to pronounce it, in her homeland the Shah would cut of a woman's elbows if she spoke her own name.
140	** The singer Rad finds is this even more so.
141	--> '''Rad:''' She's got bigger chimes and an even more unpronounceable name. What is it again, baby?
142	--> '''Singer:''' (Screeches like an eagle) [When written later in the episode it's spelled "[=UAKPASIA9;A=]"]
143	* VerbalTic: Dazzle has a tendency to go "Okay! Okay! Okay!" when having sex, rather than the more traditional "Oh yeah."
144	* ViceCity: Moonbeam City. Mostly due to the fact that its greatest law enforcer is a self-absorbed jerk-ass, which implies that his fellow officers are even worse at their jobs than he is.
145	* VillainousBreakdown: Though not the villain of the series as much as he is [[TheRival the Rival]], 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, and fell in the shit-filled sewer]]. Then he [[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. He's later [[spoiler:dubbed "Poo-Cop".]]
146	* WillTheyOrWontThey: Fans speculated this about Dazzle and Pizzaz, who seemed to have pretty clear [[UnresolvedSexualTension unresolved]], [[BelligerentSexualTension belligerant sexual tension]] during the first six episodes, and who showed stronger-than-expected loyalty to each other at the end of "Lasers and Liars". Then the next episode, "Cop Con" aired, and we find out that [[spoiler: [[GetARoom they do]].]] And that [[spoiler: they [[NextThingTheyKnew have]] [[InstantSeduction before]]. [[MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces Multiple times]]. Every year, in fact.]] Even more surprising, it is actually [[spoiler:an annual, [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther weekend-long]] "[[SecretRelationship tradition]]" which [[TheGruntingOrgasm Dazzle]] and [[TheImmodestOrgasm Pizzaz]] passionately share]].
147	** But not without [[spoiler:[[ConvenientMiscarriage unfortunate consequences]].]]
148	* 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 originally a BoomTown thanks to the discovery of underground laser reserves. However, once the wells ran dry, there was no social safety net to prevent the rise in crime.
149	* WouldHurtAChild: Chrysalis can't find it in herself to shoot or manhandle a juvenile delinquent. So she has Dazzle do it.
150	* 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.

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