History Series / BloodDrive

--> Grace: "Meadville, Steel City, LA...how many towns has Heart enterprise fucked over?"
--> Slink: [[spoiler: "How many are ''on the map?''"]]

* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The leader of the group holed up in Steel City is only known as The Supervisor.

* NiceHat: Julian sports a very cool top hat. He even has a special box for it.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: The Supervisor in episode 3 tries to pull this. [[spoiler: She gets killed by the Glimmers.]]

* AssShove: [[spoiler: Aki shoves her gloved hand and arm up Christopher's behind to retrieve a stool sample.]]

* ElectricTorture: [[spoiler: Inflicted on Christopher by Aki as part of his Heart Industries "orientation".]]

* ExplosiveLeash: What keeps the racers from ducking out or trying anything funny.

* FanDisservice: [[spoiler: Much of what Dominatrix!Aki does is this, especially the sequence in episode 4 where she went topless and masturbated Christopher for a sperm sample.]]

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Slink spends episode 3 listening to [[spoiler:Heart Industries higher-ups]] complain about the Blood Drive. Said complaints sound suspiciously like (and considering Blood Drive has an actual working complaint hotline, may actually be) viewer grievances.

* SeeminglyWholesomeFiftiesGirl: Diane in episode 5. She looks the part, but she has [[BrotherSisterIncest sex with her brother]], and neither of them has any moral qualms with spreading a sex-zombie plague in order to kill Slink.

* GreaterScopeVillain: The unseen "old man" who apparently runs Heart Industries.

* LawEnforcementInc: Arthur and Christopher both work for Contracrime, a private police force run by Heart Enterprises.

* MegaCorp: Heart Industries, who appear to own ''literally'' everything, including the above-mentioned Contracrime and the mental facility that Grace's sister is in. [[spoiler:They are also Julian's employers, plus they created the gasoline additive that in turn created the Glimmers, Smax candy, and, for some reason, the Dionysus Strain.]]

* NiceHat: Julian sports a very cool top hat.

** Episode 5's title, "The F*cking Dead", and the zombie virus are one to Franchise/NightOfTheLivingDead

* AssShove: [[spoiler: Aki literally shoves her gloved hand up Christopher's behind to retrieve a stool sample.]]

* BrotherSisterIncest: Jack and Diane, the carriers of the sex-zombie disease in episode 5. Apparently, blood siblings having sex with each other makes them [[TheImmune immune]]. [[spoiler:They eventually get killed mid-coitus.]]
* CensorBox: Several instances of nudity get the black box treatment. [[spoiler: Prominent in episode 3 with Julian's ass and Christopher's junk.]]

* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: The nurse at the asylum, who'd previously helped Arthur, agrees to turn him in to Rib Bone in exchange for Smax.]]

** Highlighting this: in episode 4, [[spoiler:Rib Bone and Grace ''both'' try to get the asylum patients to kill each other, with Arthur being successful.]]
* MegaCorp: Heart Industries, who appear to own ''literally'' everything, including the above-mentioned Contracrime and the mental facility that Grace's sister is in. [[spoiler:They are also Julian's employers, they created the gasoline additive that in turn created the Glimmers, and they created Smax candy.]]

* ImAHumanitarian: The proprietors of the Pixie Swallow hotel. [[spoiler:Fat Elvis becomes one of their biggest catches.]]

* PurelyAestheticEra: The show is set in 1999 -- specifically, how a dystopian '70s grindhouse movie would've portrayed it, combined with elements of how we know the future turned out. In practical terms, it's the culture of TheSeventies and a combination of '70s and 2010s technology, including a Toyota Prius. The big disaster responsible for the crapsack state of the world, a massive earthquake caused by hydraulic fracturing opening a massive chasm in the heartland, is also a reference to modern environmental concerns that were barely thought of before 2010. Going in the other direction, Jack and Diane in episode 5 also have a very strong [[TheFifties '50s]] aesthetic in their behavior and manner of dress.

* TheSecretOfLongPorkPies: The aforementioned Pixie Swallow hotel use serve human meat in their diner disguised as hamburgers, steaks, etc. Particular body parts are used for particular meats:

* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: Grace and Arthur finally make it out to the asylum to free Grace's sister Karma, only to discover [[spoiler: that she'd already been transferred elsewhere]].

* StalkerWithoutACrush: Julian

* WhamShot: A pilfered picture from Kane Hill hospital featuring [[spoiler:Julian as one of the doctors]]. Dated ''1957''.

* AutoErotica: In the first episode, ''while the car is still moving!'' [[spoiler:Since Grace and Arthur are in last place, the adrenaline generated by doing this saves them from the pulse charges.]]

* FantasticDrug: [[spoiler: The Glimmers treat gasoline as this, thanks to the additive that warped them into what they are.]]

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Slink spends episode 3 listening to [[spoiler:Heart Industries higher-ups]] complain about the Blood Drive. Said complaints sound suspiciously like viewer grievances.

* MegaCorp: Heart Industries, who appear to own ''literally'' everything, including the above-mentioned Contracrime and the mental facility that Grace's sister is in. [[spoiler:They are also Julian's employers, and they created the gasoline additive that in turn created the Glimmers.]]

* WrongGenreSavvy: Arthur functions and thinks like the protagonist in a PG-13 action flick. It frequently gets him in trouble, as the Blood Drive is anything but.

* AutoErotica: In the first episode, ''while the car is still moving!'' [[spoiler:Since Grace and Arthur are in last place, this saves them from the pulse charges.]]
* BedlamHouse: Kane Hill Asylum. While it seemed normal in the past, an inmate uprising turned it into one of these.

* BrotherSisterIncest: The cure for the Dionysus Virus in "Night Of The Fucking Dead".

* CurbstompBattle: Arthur's fight with Rib Bone in Kane Hill does ''not'' go his way. With the much larger, much tougher lunatic kicking his ass up and down the halls.

* EatenAlive: [[spoiler: Rib Bone]] is devoured by the candy crazed inmates of Kane Hill, when Arthur douses him in Smax brand powdered chocolate.

* ExactWords: In episode 1, Arthur makes the Gentleman promise not to kill the cheerleaders he just saved. The Gentleman swears to keep his word "to the letter". Immediately after Arthur leaves, the Gentleman says he can't take their lives, their fingers and tongues however...

* TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether: Racers Cliff and Domi. Happily married, and both lovers of wanton slaughter.

* TheSecretOfLongPorkPies: The aforementioned Pixie Swallow hotel use serve human meat in their diner disguised as hamburgers, steaks, etc. Particularly body parts are used for particular meats:

** Highlighting this: in episode 4, [[spoiler:Rib Bone tries to get the asylum patients to kill Arthur, who in turn ''does'' get the patients to kill him instead.]]

* DistractedByTheSexy: [[spoiler: Clown Dick's demise is partially caused by this, as he'd stopped to brag to the Mayhem Girls.]]

* Combat Pragmatist: [[spoiler: Arthur throwing Smax powder on Rib Bone causing the patients to eat him.]]

* Combat Pragmatist: [[ spoiler: Arthur throwing Smax powder on Rib Bone causing the patients to eat him.]]

* WeakenedByTheLight: [[spoiler: Light makes the Glimmers explode.]]

* WalkingShirtlessScene: Christopher seems to spend a lot of time in various stages of undress.

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In the middle of all this is Arthur Bailey, goody-goody employee of [[LawEnforcementInc Contracrime]]. Doing his best to make things better for the impoverished citizens.

Along with his partner Christopher, Arthur stumbles onto a hedonistic party of madness. Run by the diabolical Julian Slink. He's putting on a race. A cross country slaughter-fest of blood, babes and debauchery. And Arthur finds himself shanghaied into participating. As does his partner, the mysterious Grace D'Argento. Who has her own reasons for racing.

Now with explosives in their necks, the two join forces to combat fat ElvisImpersonator's, nutjobs dressed like clowns, cannibals and all the other insanity of their America.

* BerserkButton: Rib Bone does ''not'' like it when people leave their pets locked in their cars. As one unlucky cannibal finds out.
* DeathbringerTheAdorable: Previously mentioned pet is summarily adopted by Rib Bone and dubbed Caligula.
* ElvisImpersonator: The racer known simply as Fat Elvis.

* HumanResources: The cars run on human blood. Provided by mulching the unlucky fuel source in the meat grinder of an engine.
* IAmAHumanitarian: The proprietors of the Pixie Swallow hotel. [[spoiler:Fat Elvis becomes one of their biggest catches.]]

* LastSecondShowoff: [[spoiler:Clown Dick]] stops to brag mere feet from the finish line. He is passed by Arthur and Grace, and quickly gets [[YourHeadAsplode his head turned to pudding.]]
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Slink spends episode 3 listening to [[spoiler:Heart Enterprise higher-ups]] complain about the Blood Drive. In complaints that sound suspiciously like viewer grievances.
* MegaCorp: The Heart Foundation. Who appear to own ''literally'' everything. [[spoiler:They are also Julian's employers.]]

* ViewersAreMorons: The opening of the first episode has the creator say that due to bad reactions from test audiences, the network thinks that the audience is too stupid to understand the show without an opening explanation of the narrative.

[[caption-width-right:324:On your marks. Get set. Kill.]]

* RepulsiveRingmaster: The vibe and look Julian gives off.

Along with his partner Christopher, Arthur stumbles onto a hedonistic party of madness. Run by the diabolical Julian Slick. He's putting on a race. A cross country slaughter-fest of blood, babes and debauchery. And Arthur finds himself shanghaied into participating. As does his partner, the mysterious Grace D'Argento. Who has her own reasons for racing.