History WesternAnimation / MoonbeamCity

* CanadaEh: Rad. Not only do the Cunninghams ([[spoiler:who kidnapped him as a toddler]]) hail from Canada, but his [[spoiler:wealthy biological parents]] do as well.

* BoobsOfSteel: Though usually hidden under her modest blouse, Pizzaz is 'blessed' in the chest area, as seen in Episode 7: "Cop Con". Chrysalis is far thinner and much less...gifted.

'''Rad:''' Plan?! The plan is to trample anything that moves in our frenzy to get out of the city! I'll push over children. Pizzaz, you take the elderly and infirmned.\\
'''Chrysalis and Pizzaz (in unison)''': SHUT UP, RAD! ...JINX!

-->'''Dazzle''': We're not in Kansas anymore. *beat* This ain't your daddy's Kansas. Anymore. *beat* Kansas, we have a problem.

-->'''Dazzle''': "Wow. [[LampshadeHanging He had zero days left till retirement.]]"

* WillTheyOrWontThey: Fans speculated this about Dazzle and Pizzaz, who seemed to have pretty clear [[UnresolvedSexualTension unresolved]], [[BelligerentSexualTension belligerant sexual tension]] during the first six episodes, and who showed stronger-than-expected loyalty to each other at the end of "Lasers and Liars". Then the next episode, "Cop Con" aired, and we find out that [[spoiler: [[GetaRoom they]] [[CoitusEnsues do]].]] And that [[spoiler: they [[NextThingTheyKnew have]] [[InstantSeduction before]]. [[MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces Multiple times]]. Every year, in fact.]] Even more surprising, it is actually [[spoiler:an annual, [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther weekend-long]] "[[SecretRelationship tradition]]" which [[TheGruntingOrgasm Dazzle]] and [[TheImmodestOrgasm Pizzaz]] passionately share]].

** Pizazz and her sisters Panache, Charisma, Sophistica, and Accoutrement. The show's five Miller sisters can also be said to be references to the three heiresses of Robert W. Miller, co-founder of fashion monolith Duty-Free Shopper Ltd. and iconic '90s socialites.

* {{Animesque}}: Partly inspired by ''Manga/CityHunter'' to be specific, as confirmed by WordOfGod.

* SeriousBusiness: Von Graff's "strike visualizations" are treated as serious art.

* ArmorPiercingSlap: The Miller sisters are all vicious slappers, to the point that one of the sisters took steroids to "[[StoutStrength enhance her slapping arm]]", and the other replaced her arm with an "[[ArtificialLimbs aerodynamic mechanical blade]]".

* AwesomeMcCoolname: All over the place, but purposefully averted with El Diablo Malo.

* YourMakeupIsRunning: When Pizzaz or Rad cry, their mascara/eyeliner runs down their face. In [[CryCute Pizzaz's case]], it's a single line straight down each cheek. For Rad, it's more of a "melting candle" effect, with multiple streaks flowing away.

* KnifeNut: Averted. Dazzle possesses several combat knives, but believes they're all worthless.

-->''': What kind of name is "Rick"?'''

* ATeamFiring: Dazzle's level of marksmanship alternates between allowing him to shoot off the neck of a champagne bottle in such a way that its contents evenly pour into the surrounding glasses and making him miss targets that are just a few feet away.

A 2015 animated series on Creator/ComedyCentral detailing the illustrious and ill-advised misadventures of Dazzle Novak (Rob Lowe), an egotistical and easily-distracted detective of the eponymous city's Police Department. He is, however, Moonbeam City's top cop; which partially explains why his beloved metropolis is plagued with rampant crime and corruption. Working alongside (or more often against) Dazzle in his cases are his assistant, junior cop/tech genius Chrysalis Tate (Creator/KateMara), his police chief (and part-time lover), Pizzaz Miller (Creator/ElizabethBanks), and his envious fellow officer/rival, the childish and clumsy Rad Cunningham (Creator/WillForte).

* RealSongThemeTune: The opening theme is an instrumental version of the 2013 song "Another One" by the retro pop duo, "Night Club". "Night Club" member Mark Brooks directed six of show's the ten episodes.

* AssholeVictim: Rad Cunningham. Dazzle Novak. Chief Pizzaz.

* FrickinLaserBeams: In this universe, it's a naturally occurring valuable resource that's drilled for like oil. It's depicted as alternatively splattering harmlessly on people in neon colors or vaporizing some poor laborer that had just tapped a new well. They come in multiple colors and the mundane, recreational uses we have for them in real life are considered decadent and wasteful.

* PurpleEyes: Pizzaz, although this could be due to the wild neon TheEighties color scheme the show has.

* WillTheyOrWontThey: Fans speculated this about Dazzle and Pizzaz, who seemed to have pretty clear [[UnresolvedSexualTension unresolved]], [[BelligerentSexualTension belligerant sexual tension]] during the first six episodes, and who showed stronger-than-expected loyalty to each other at the end of "Lasers and Liars". Then the next episode, "Cop Con" aired, and we find out that [[spoiler: [[GetaRoom they]] [[CoitusEnsues do]].]] And that [[spoiler: they [[OneThingLedToAnother have]] [[InstantSeduction before]]. [[MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces Multiple times]]. Every year, in fact.]] Even more surprising, it is actually [[spoiler:an annual, [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther weekend-long]] "[[SecretRelationship tradition]]" which [[TheGruntingOrgasm Dazzle]] and [[TheImmodestOrgasm Pizzaz]] passionately share]].

* CutYourHeartOutWithASpoon: Many of Pizzaz's outlandishly colorful threats are kin to this with the caveat that she's deadly serious about all of them.

* AlternateHistory: Several real world social media ads for ''Moonbeam City'' set it in 2015 (the year it began airing), but in an alternate timeline where the culture and fashion of [[TheEighties the '80s]] never gave way to [[TheNineties the '90s]], instead simply evolving and giving rise to technology that we [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture don't quite have yet]] in the real 2015.

An animated series on Creator/ComedyCentral detailing the illustrious and ill-advised misadventures of Dazzle Novak (Rob Lowe), an egotistical and easily-distracted detective of the eponymous city's Police Department. He is, however, Moonbeam City's top cop; which partially explains why his beloved metropolis is plagued with rampant crime and corruption. Working alongside (or more often against) Dazzle in his cases are his assistant, junior cop/tech genius Chrysalis Tate (Creator/KateMara), his police chief (and part-time lover), Pizzaz Miller (Creator/ElizabethBanks), and his envious fellow officer/rival, the childish and clumsy Rad Cunningham (Creator/WillForte).

With an art form inspired by both tech artist Syd Mead and late pop artist Patrick Nagel, a SynthPop soundtrack, and an ethos drenched in the nouveau-vice trappings of TheEighties, ''Moonbeam City'' oozes style (and other, less savory, fluids) in this high-action police comedy-drama gone wonderfully, terribly wrong.

* CutYourHeartOutWithASpoon: Many of Pizzaz's outlandishly colourful threats are kin to this with the caveat that she's deadly serious about all of them.

* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Averted. Pizzaz's four older sisters: Charisma, Sophistica, and Accoutrement Miller, emasculating their husbands and [[spoiler: literally castrating them]] is meant to be seen as wrong, and it's clear Panache was heading this way with Dazzle when she begins ordering him around. Only when Pizzaz angrily intervenes does Dazzle shake off the "Miller Husband" effects and remember who and what he is.

* VerbalTic: Dazzle has a tendancy to go "Okay! Okay! Okay!" when having sex, rather than the more traditional "Oh yeah."

* XMeetsY: ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'' meets ''Series/MiamiVice'', with the art styles of Patrick Nagel and Syd Mead, the wardrobes of Chess King, a dash of Lisa Frank color palette, and enough glowing neon to light a black hole.