History WesternAnimation / SolarOpposites

* AnAesop:
** Yumyulack delivers it to Jesse in the second episode; sometimes there ''is'' no FreudianExcuse for why a person decides to be mean and violent. People can choose to be assholes for no reason just as they can choose to be good. [[spoiler:To drive the point home, he sets a murderous suit on autopilot and wipes out the Neo-Nazis threatening to kill them for crashing their bar.]]
** Episode 6 gives a few on gender politics:
*** Feminism is about what women can choose to be and the stereotype about feminists being controlling and misandristic is just a small statistic that was exaggerated by the media for profit and attention. At the same time, men should take responsibility and treat women as equals.
*** Anyone can be sexist without realizing; Korvo and Terry didn't know or understand what a man cave is and were just following a trend, while, Jesse was just looking for something patriarchal to fight against because she was trying to finish an assignment that had expectations that were too high for her to complete.
*** Being a feminist doesn't require you to make constant political statements for women's rights or for you to be the next feminist icon for the new generation. You just need to be responsible, to respect and support the cause and to influence others so they can follow in your footsteps. Don't put so much pressure on yourself and do what is right for you.
** Korvo at the end of "The Rad Awesome Terrific Ray" flat out says that a TV show, or any kind of media for that matter, doesn't need to teach lessons in order to be good.

* FlashbackWithOtherDarrin: After Korvo gets a new voice he handwaves his new voice also existing in flashbacks by saying the ray that did was laced with chronotons.

* IncestSubtext: Even though they are often at odds, therefore been some small moments that suggest that Jesse and Yumyulack (who are as close to siblings as their species can get) may be interested in each other.

* AngerIsHealthyAesop: "The Super Gooblers" has Jesse cough up a large white Goobler after Korvo mocks her during a board game. While every other "Super Goobler" has a clear function, hers is too quiet to be identified, though it slowly grows throughout the episode. Eventually it gets colossal and eats every other Goobler and living creature in its path. It turns out to be an "anger repression Goobler," and the only way to kill it is for Jesse to express her anger towards Korvo for constantly belittling her.

* IncestSubtext: Even though they are often at odds, there've been some small moments that suggest that Jesse and Yumyulack (who are as close to siblings as their species can get) may be interested in each other.

** To start, most of the human characters are shown to be very rude and unkind to the shlorpian family and each other.

** The shlorpians, on the other hand, vary greatly in jerkishness, with Yumulack being the most egregious offender. Korvo is also somewhat arrogant and antisocial, with a pessimistic view of the earth. While Terry and Jesse are shown to be the nicest of the shlorpian family, they too have moments where they hold the JerkassBall. Plus, when the shlorpian family is not engaging in mischievous antics that ravage people, they are shown to be jerks to each other.

* WorldOfJerkass: The setting of the show is already overpopulated with jerks in every corner. To start, most of the human characters are shown to be very rude and unkind to the shlorpian family and each other. The city the family lives in apparently allows public torture and humiliation and even the kids do mean stuff like throw urine at an alien for no reason. The wall too is littered with jerks and sadists who kill each other and are in the wall because they angered Yumulack in various ways. The shlorpians on the other hand vary greatly in jerkishness with Yumulack being the most egregious offender. Korvo is also somewhat arrogant and antisocial with a pessimistic view of earth. While Terry and Jesse are shown to be the nicest of the shlorpian family, they too have moments where they hold the JerkassBall. Plus when the shlorpian family is not on mischievous antics that ravage people, they are shown to be jerks to each other.
** The episode "The Rays That Turn People Into Various Things" reveal that without the Solar Opposites the town would be free to be as jerkish as possible. Worst part is that they ''know'' they're jerks and just don't care.

One day, the utopian planet Shlorp was destroyed by an asteroid. Before this, 100 adult Shlorpians and their "replicants" were given living supercomputers called Pupae and escaped into space searching for uninhabited worlds to take refuge. One group (consisting of Korvo, Terry, Jesse, and Yumyulack) lands, of course, on Earth in a suburban area somewhere in America. After settling in, they disagree on whether this is awful or awesome while trying to fit in as your regular garden-variety nuclear family.