Scary Larry is a cartoon about a Monster Mash band called the Insomniac Babies. The band has Larry as the guitarist, Victoria as the lead singer, Cleo on bass, Frank the drummer, and Carl on keyboard. It is loosly based on the Little Gloomy comic book.
Originally airing in France on Canal+ in 2012, the 26-episode series was brought to America through the KidsClick programming block in 2017.
Scary Larry provides examples of:
- Adaptation Name Change / Adaptation Species Change: The title human character of Little Gloomy became a vampire named Victoria during the transition to Scary Larry.
- Adorable Abomination: Carl is Cthulhu, but tiny and cute and harmless.
- Arbitrary Skepticism: Everyone immediately says that the artichoke hands curse isn't real, despite living in a world where the supernatural is common.
- Baby Morph Episode
- Bizarre Alien Biology: Carl has the ability to make his nervous system glow and make the rest of his body transparent.
- Blatant Lies: When Dracula talks to a reporter about turning a cave into a cultural center, he says he'll humanely relocate the bats. He says this in front of city employees with flamethrowers.
- Bleak Abyss Retirement Home: Some of the residents are so miserable they seize control of a nearby power plant in order to raise awareness of their cause.
- Blood Oath: Victoria signs a contract in blood.
- Bound and Gagged: happens to Victoria a couple times.
- Bunnies for Cuteness
- Camping Episode
- Censor Box: One appears when Frank forgets to get dressed.
- Con Man: A guru moves in and teaches them a philosophy called "inversism" so he take all their money and possessions.
- Cute Monster Girl: Both Victoria and Cleo are very pretty monsters.
- Cyclops: Cleo
- Deadpan Snarker: Victoria and Cleo are this to the guys.
- Dirty Cop: When the Insomniac babies run a bar and get harassed by the mob for protection money, they call the police. But the police threaten to punish them for ridiculous infractions unless they give them 50% of their profits.
- Distracted by the Sexy: When Victoria tries to hypnotize Frank, he's distracted by her breasts.
- Drunk on Milk: Alcoholic beverages, such as champagne and pep drinks, are openly shown throughout the series' and in the bars that appear in the show. However, most of the time the drinks are displayed in either milk cartons or baby bottles. Series concept creator Landry Walker has no idea of why that idea was implanted as he had little to do with the series' production. The drinks will cause the same reaction as normal alcohol drinks if overly consumed as well.
- Dumb and Drummer: Frank the drummer is the biggest and by far the dumbest member of the group.
- Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: The arm belonging to the evil Doctor Poulpos has a "Mom" tattoo.
- Frankenstein's Monster: Frank
- "Freaky Friday" Flip: When Frank kills Carl's rabbit, Simon brings him back to life using some of Frank's life energy. But he also switches their bodies and refuses to switch them back until Victoria agrees to date him.
- Friendly Neighborhood Vampire: Victoria
- Good Luck Charm: Frank buys a good luck charm, but it works by stealing good luck from his friends.
- Has a Type: All of Frank's girlfriends are energetic airheads.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Victoria may be mean and cold, but deep down, she cares about her friends.
- Light Feminine and Dark Feminine: Cleo is the light feminine to Victoria's dark feminine.
- Magic Music: Carnage can control people's minds through song.
- Mistaken for Gay: "Just a Silly Love Song" has the rest of the band think Cleo and Carl are secretly dating note Then they see Cleo hugging another mummy, making them think she's two-timing on Carl. note Victoria tries to subtly tell Cleo she shouldn't be playing with someone's feelings, which Cleo mistakenly interprets as a love confession from Victoria.
- Rockabilly: One of their neighbors is an aging zombie who was a rockabilly star.
- Rockers Smash Guitars: When Larry and Carnage have a rock contest, one round involves smashing guitars. Carnage, who is rich, smashes several, but Larry, who isn't, refuses to destroy his.
- Shapeshifting: When Larry gets angry, he vents his anger by transforming into a more beastly wolfman.
- Smart People Wear Glasses: Inverted with Cleo. When the evil arm of Doctor Poulpos turns her into an airhead, she starts wearing an eyeglass.
- White Sheep: Pelvis is a mob boss's son who wants to become a police officer.
- Wounded Gazelle Gambit: Carnage pretends to have a mental breakdown as a publicity stunt.
