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Lascars is a French animated series created by Boris Dolivet a.k.a. El Diablo. It depicts with humor the misadventures of the youth subculture influenced by Hip-Hop, the series mostly uses verlan slang and adult humour, the episodes are usually short (1 minute). Two seasons (60 episodes) were made in 1998 and 2007, an unaired pilot was also made for a 20-minute series.
The series also hit the cinema with an animated movie in 2009 which features the voices of Vincent Cassel and Diane Kruger.
Lascars (the series) provides examples of:
- Art Evolution: The character design of the first season looks rather simple; in the second season, the character design becomes more caricatural. Finally, the movie has a better animation. To see the art evolution, look at the different design of Tony Merguez
◊. - Celebrity Star
- In the first season, there is an episode about the famous fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier.
- Also, in season two, the episode "Retour vers le vintage" portrays the French rapper JoeyStarr as an old man in the future.
- The Future: "Retour vers le vintage" in the second season.
- Gross-Out Show: Gross moments appears sometimes in the series.
- Hip-Hop: The whole series is influenced by this culture.
- Musical Episode: "Schlague Attack" in the second season.
Lascars (the movie) provides examples of:
- Artistic Title: The opening sequence which introduce the characters in a different art style.
- Cone of Shame: The judge's dog wears one.
- Crossover Cameo: Look this scene and tell us, where's Waldo◊? You can find SpongeBob and Crayon Shin-chan, too.
- Ink-Suit Actor
- Samy and Narbé are dubbed by the comic duo Omar & Fred; these characters seem to be made for them.
- Also, one of John Boolman's "actresses" is dubbed by Katsumi, a real porn actress.
- Lover's Ledge: Subverted, where the man on the ledge is the actual boyfriend, trying to escape his enraged girlfriend after a misunderstanding (even has him in his underwear).
- Punny Name: Judge Santiépi which means "sans pitié" (no pity) in verlan slang.
- Reckless Gun Usage: Zoran manages to shoot himself in the foot during a tantrum.
- Unlucky Everydude: Tony Merguez doesn't have luck with girls, even when he has a girlfriend.
