History WesternAnimation / MajorLazer

* ChekovsGun: Major Lazer helps a group of Penny’s classmates get to a concert after their car breaks down on the side of the road at the start of “K-POP!!.” The same car gets hot-wired in the episode’s climax to run down Evil Lazer before he kills Major.

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* OurTimeMachineIsDifferent: Lady Rothschild’s is a pocket watch; Major Lazer’s is an [[{{Main/Expy iPod-looking MP3 player}}]].

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Penny’s hair is a light bluish-white, while Goosh has bright pink curls.

Major Lazer is an American animated television series based on [[Music/MajorLazer the electronic music project of the same name]], created by DJ and record producer Diplo. Quoth the AV Club, “Though it riffs on [[TheDarkAgeOfAnimation one of the crudest periods in TV animation]], Major Lazer remixes the chunky outlines, washed-out colors, and fantastical content of ’80s Saturday-morning fare into something that’s psychedelic on purpose.” Basically, each episode is an animated, ten-minute music video, and it is glorious.

* ElaborateUndergroundBase Pres. Whitewall has one under mansion. He primarily uses it to get away from partying vampires.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes Whitewall’s character bio notes that “somewhere deep down [he] probably loves his daughter, Penny.” Probably.
* [[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter Evil Dictator's Beautiful Daughter]] President Whitewall isn't much to look at, but his daughter, Penny, is pretty cute.
* FreezeFrameBonus The newspaper Pres. Whitewall is reading at the start of “Vampire Weekend” explains the two-day eclipse phenomenon seconds before it happens on the show.
* HerBoyfriendsJacket Ryland gives Penny his jacket at the end of "Vampire Weekend" [[spoiler: as he lays dying]].
* {{Main/Hologram}} Major Lazer’s club is called Dance Hallogram, so naturally his stage dancers are digital.
* KarmicDeath [[spoiler: Spooky Dookie, who killed teen girls by ripping out their hearts, gets his own heart ripped out by Penny.]]
* MarijuanaIsLSD Or it is when it's been laced with acid.
* MeaningfulName According to his bio, General Rubbish "fails at every evil thing he does, making him not just a bad guy, but a bad employee." His cybernetic parts are also made from trashcans.
* MushroomSamba Happens to Penny as a result of smoking the aforementioned acid-laced pot in "Bad Seed."

* OurPresidentsAreDifferent President Whitewall has shades of President Scheming and President Jerkass.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent The ancient race of Vampire Vampires are a theatrical, cape-wearing, European-accented bunch, while the young, sexy Vampire race acts like scene/rave kids. The two sects have been fighting since the beginning of Vampire Time.
* PlayfulHacker Blkmrkt.
* PeekABangs Goosh’s always cover his right eye.
* PurpleEyes Spooky Dookie [[spoiler: who presumably had them even before he became a nightmare demon.]]
* {{Sandworm}} The Suckoids are a variation.
* ShapedLikeItself According to Old Rasta's character bio, "He's old, he's a rasta."
* ShockAndAwe The head vampire uses it to fight Major Lazer at the climax of “Vampire Weekend.”
* ShipTease Penny/Blkmrkt. [[spoiler:He seems to have a crush on her, and they go to prom together at the end of "The Legend of Spooky Dookie."]]
* ShoutOut "I’m Gonna Git You Suckoid" is basically {{Franchise/Dune}} meets {{Film/Footloose}} (complete with Pres. Whitewall putting a ban on dancing).

* SleevesAreForWimps Major Lazer. Somewhat justified since one of his arms is a frickin' laser cannon.

* TeensAreShort Penny is noticeably shorter than Pres. Whitewall and Major Lazer, and Blkmrkt is even shorter than Penny.

* TheTragicRose Spooky Dookie carries one around. [[spoiler:The one he carried around back when he was still alive was more SomethingAboutARose.]]
* TransformationSequence Penny gets an odd, magical girl-esque transformation in “Double Cup.” She gains a LeotardOfPower and a mohawk.
* VocalDissonance With 23-year-old John Boyega playing 11/12-year-old Blkmrkt with basically his natural speaking voice, this was bound to happen.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair Penny’s hair is a light bluish-white, while Goosh has bright pink curls.

* AdvertisedExtra [[spoiler:The head vampire in the opening credits dies in what’s technically the third episode of the series.]]
* AllThereInTheManual The official website contains [[http://cartoon.majorlazer.com/characters loads of information on the characters]] (even those who have yet to appear in the series).
* AndShowItToYou Spooky Dookie’s M.O.
* ArmCannon The Major himself. Also his nemesis General Rubbish, who has a buzz saw for a right hand.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking “But I’m here to tell you Spooky Dookie isn’t real, Rayray died of natural causes, and this will be the sickest prom ever.” - Professor Doctor
* AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence [[spoiler: Dr. Nerd during "Treble in Paradise." He's ''inside'' the music now.]]

* BackToBackBadasses Major Lazer and Goosh do this while battling Suckoids at the climax of "I’m Gonna Git You Suckoid."
* BlandNameProduct Splurt Soda (a Squirt Expy) seems to be popular in Jamaica.
* ButNowIMustGo [[TheDrifter Goosh]] at the end of his introductory episode
* CatholicSchoolGirlsRule The school’s denomination is debatable, but Penny and her classmates definitely have the uniforms.
* DreadlockRasta Old Rasta and Major Lazer
* DrugsAreGood Generally.
* {{Main/Dystopia}} According to press releases the main setting is a dystopian Jamaica. The state of the most of the world has yet to be seen, but Ibiza at least is inhospitable.
* EarlyBirdCameo Part of Major Lazer's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7OCgi7rANc Powerful]] played in the background of Penny and Ryland's "Vampire Weekend" hookup nearly 8 months before the full track was officially released.

Major Lazer is an American animated television series based on [[Music/MajorLazer the electronic music project of the same name]], created by DJ and record producer Diplo. Quoth the AV Club, “Though it riffs on [[TheDarkAgeOfAnimation one of the crudest periods in TV animation]], Major Lazer remixes the chunky outlines, washed-out colors, and fantastical content of ’80s Saturday-morning fare into something that’s psychedelic on purpose.” Basically, each episode is an animated, nine-minute music video, and it is glorious.

* MeaningfulName According to his bio, General Rubbish "fails at every evil thing he does, making him not just a bad guy, but a bad employee."
* MushroomSamba Happens to Penny as a result of the above in "Bad Seed."

* PlayfulHacker: Blkmrkt.

* TransformationSequence Penny gets an odd, [[http://a.pomf.se/rouguv.mp4 magical girl-esque transformation]] in “Double Cup.” She gains a LeotardOfPower and a mohawk.

Major Lazer is an American animated television series based on [[Music/MajorLazer the electronic music project of the same name]], created by DJ and record producer Diplo. Quoth the AV Club, “Though it riffs on one of the crudest periods in TV animation, Major Lazer remixes the chunky outlines, washed-out colors, and fantastical content of ’80s Saturday-morning fare into something that’s psychedelic on purpose.” Basically, each episode is an animated, nine-minute music video, and it is glorious.

* BackToBackBadasses Major Lazer and Goosh do this while battling Suckoids at the climax of 1.07.

* ShoutOut Ep.1.07 is basically {{Franchise/Dune}} meets {{Film/Footloose}} (complete with Pres. Whitewall putting a ban on dancing).

* EarlyBirdCameo Major Lazer's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7OCgi7rANc Powerful]] played in the background of Penny and Ryland's "Vampire Weekend" hookup nearly 8 months before the full track was officially released.

* ShipTease Penny/Blkmrkt. [[spoiler:They go to prom together at the end of "The Legend of Spooky Dookie."]]

* TransformationSequence Penny gets an odd, magical girl-esque transformation in “Double Cup.” She gains a LeotardOfPower and a mohawk.

* AsianAndNerdy According to the character sheets, Blkmrkt is half Chinese, half Jamaican.

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* BlandNameProduct Spurt Soda seems to be popular in Jamaica.

* HerBoyfriendsJacket Rylan gives Penny his jacket at the end of "Vampire Weekend" [[spoiler: as he lays dying]].

* OurVampiresAreDifferent The ancient race of Vampire Vampires are a theatrical, cape-wearing, European-accented bunch, while the Vampire race acts like scene/rave kids. The two sects have been fighting since the beginning of Vampire Time.

* [[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter Evil Dictator's Beautiful Daughter]] President Whitewall isn't much to look at, but his daughter, Penny, is pretty cute.

* PlayfulHacker: Blkmrkt, presumably, though we have yet to see him in action outside the opening credits

* MushroomSamba Happens to Penny as a result of the above.