Spicy Boy (Japanese: スパイシーボーイ), is a Japanese Adobe Flash comedy web series created by Kate Arrow, that debut in 2009 and before that, a pilot series from 2006 that served as a prototype, OH! My friend. It is about a young boy living in Stone Hill named Makio, who is a genius inventor and a robot boy named Tom.
Tropes include:
- But Not Too Foreign: Boss is half-Japanese, confirmed in the show's website
. - Caught on Tape: In "King of Pop", Tom uses a voice recorder to prove Makio that he agreed buy him a game when he gets his next allowance while he's sleeping.
- Child Prodigy: Makio, a elementary school kid who is a genius inventor.
- Christmas Episode: The episode "Makio in Strange world" does not take place during Christmas except when Makio visits a strange world where Christmas is every day.
- Dreary Half-Lidded Eyes: Sub seems to always has his eyes half closed. He rarely has them fully open.
- Fartillery: Tom, who uses his superhuman farts to attack enemies.
- Four-Man Band: Makio is the Only Sane Man, Boss is the Comedic Sociopath, Tom is The Smart Guy and Sub is the Butt-Monkey.
- Gasshole: Tom, which is why he is called "Spicy Boy".
- Groin Attack: In "King of Pop", Sub does this to himself while attempting to do Michael Jackson's crotch grab.
- The Noseless:
- All of the children don't have noses expect for Yamamoto in her redesign.
- Unlike the adults having noses, Makio's father does not have one.
- Robot Buddy: Tom is built by Makio to be his friend.
- Robot Kid: Tom, a robot boy created by Makio.
- Toilet Humor: This series has plenty of fart jokes coming from Tom, mostly.
- Vocal Dissonance:
- Tom has a gruff and raspy voice rather than a robot kid.
- Makio, Boss, and Sub are elementary school-aged boys who sound like teenagers/young adults.
- Vomit Indiscretion Shot: In "Kick the cat", When Tom is about to punch a possessed Makio, Makio stops him and then he puffed his cheeks and vomits up a blob which possesses him.
