History WesternAnimation / SpicyCity

* LesbianCop: Lolita Nisa at the end of "Sex Drive", her lover, Viper, a cop as well, is more BiTheWay.

* BrainUploading: Otaka from "Sex Drive" is a computer genius who has been creating lifelike AI prostitutes, excect he's really kidnapping living prostitutes and uploading their brains into a computer.

* WorkingTitle: While the show was being developed, it was called ''Spicy Detective'

The first was a forgotten show that is ''Spicy City'', from the mastermind of Creator/RalphBakshi, a ''TalesFromTheCrypt''-style anthology series, only the genre is noir-erotica-sci-fi rather than horror, hosted by a woman named Raven who spends her time at a futuristic lounge, telling stories of the characters that reside in the titular city.

* ExecutiveMeddling: The reason why the show never saw a second season became a mystery to fans of the show. It was eventually explained that HBO wanted to replace Bakshi's writers, including Bakshi's son Preston, with a more professional team of writers.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Creator/CharlieAdler and Creator/CandiMilo are among the few professional voice actors in this show. They are not hard to miss.
* InteractiveNarrator: Raven mostly sets up the plot, but in "Tears of a Clone" she refers the main character's services to the Old Man, warns Mano about chasing after a mob boss's girl in "Mano's Hands", and is the main character of "Raven's Revenge".
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: If you're looking for the show to watch, good luck finding an official copy that isn't bootlegged. HBO has not bothered to release the show on VHS, DVD, or even Blu-ray. Ralph Bakshi himself doesn’t know when it's finally getting released to home media format.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: HBO did this on the finale of the show. See WhatCouldHaveBeen for details.

* SpiritualSuccessor: It is speculated that ''Spicy City'' is this for FrankMiller’s ''ComicBook/SinCity'' series. There are a few similarities between the two.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: When Bakshi saw that ''Spicy City'' had mixed reception, he started to plan out episodes for a second season. However, HBO [[ExecutiveMeddling wanted to fire Bakshi's writers and replace them with HBO employees]]. Needless to say, Bakshi refused and HBO ended up canceling the show altogether, so one can wonder what would have happened if a second season had been approved. We might have received more serious adult animation over comical animation for adults.
* WorkingTitle: While the show was being developed, it was called ''Spicy Detective''.

* LaserGuidedKarma: "An Eye For An Eye."

* LesbianCop: Lolita Nisa at the end of "Sex Drive", her lover, Viper, being a prostitute, until becoming a cop as well, is more BiTheWay.

* PsychoLesbian: Margo, though it's more "Psycho Bisexual," as she also had sex with the judge (an old, near-blind man) in an attempt to blackmail him.

* PsychoLesbian: Margo

Everyone thinks ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' was the first adult cartoon to be created for television; they are also wrong.

Everyone thinks [[AnimationAgeGhetto animation is for kids]]; well, they are wrong. Everyone thinks ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' was the first adult cartoon to be created for television; they are also wrong. The first was a forgotten show that is ''Spicy City'', from the mastermind of Creator/RalphBakshi. After having a major case of creative differences/ExecutiveMeddling with certain projects, HBO contracted Bakshi to develop a cartoon series for them after hearing that Creator/TreyParkerAndMattStone were developing ''South Park''. ''Spicy City'' managed to beat ''South Park'' to the run, but when it got aired on TV, it wasn't so popular as ''South Park''. Needless to say, ''Spicy City'' has developed a cult following. As of 2013, the show hasn't been released on any home video medium.

* ShoutOut: "Mano's Hands", at least in name, to ''Film/ManoTheHandsOfFate''.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: In the episode "Sex Drive", Stern's character design is based off Ralph Bakshi himself. Matthew Flint voices the character.

* InteractiveNarrator: Raven mostly sets up the plot, but in "Tears of a Clone" she refers the main character to the Old Man, warns Mano about chasing after a mob boss's girl in "Mano's Hands", and is the main character of "Raven's Revenge".

* BrainUploading: Otaka from "Sex Drive" is a computer genius who has been creating lifelike AI prostitutes, expect he's really kidnapping living prostitutes and uploading their brains into a computer.

* DownerEnding: Tears of a Clone ends with the Detective returning a clone of the Old Man's daughter instead of the real one. He passes off the near-braindead clone as her by claiming she's been brain-damaged by the experiments. The old man takes her back, and the Detective goes to Raven's bar, unnerved because he could't save the real daughter and lost his informant to the ordeal. The episode closes with the real daughter still trapped in the lab, crying and begging her father to rescue him.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: When Bakshi saw that ''Spicy City'' had mixed reception, he started to plan out episodes for a second season. However, HBO [[ExecutiveMeddling wanted to fire Bakshi's writers and replace them with HBO employees]]. Needless to say, Bakshi refused and HBO ended up canceling the show altogether, so one can wonder what would have happened if a second season had been approved. We might have received more serious adult animation over comical animation for adults.

* ExecutiveMeddling: The reason why the show never saw a second season became a mystery to fans of the show.

Everyone thinks [[AnimationAgeGhetto animation is for kids]]; well, they are wrong. Everyone thinks ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' was the first adult cartoon to be created for television; they are also wrong. The first was a forgotten show that is ''Spicy City'', from the mastermind of Creator/RalphBakshi. After having a major case of creative differences/ExecutiveMeddling with certain projects, HBO contracted Bakshi to develop a cartoon series for them after hearing that Creator/TreyParkerAndMattStone were developing ''South Park''. ''Spicy City'' managed to beat ''South Park'' to the run, but when it got aired on TV, it wasn't so popular as ''South Park''. Needless to say, ''Spicy City'' has developed a cult following. As of 2012, the show hasn't been released on any home video medium.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Creator/CharlieAdler and Creator/CandiMilo are among the few {{celebrity voice actor}}s in this show. They are not hard to miss.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: HBO did this on the finale of the show. See WhatCouldHaveBeen for details.

* SpiritualSuccessor: It is speculated that ''Spicy City'' is this for FrankMiller’s ''SinCity'' series. There are a few similarities between the two.

Everyone thinks [[AnimationAgeGhetto animation is for kids]]; well, they are wrong. Everyone thinks ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' was the first adult cartoon to be created for television; they are also wrong. The first was a forgotten show that is ''Spicy City'', from the mastermind of Creator/RalphBakshi. After having a major case of creative differences/ExecutiveMeddling with certain projects, HBO contracted Bakshi to develop a cartoon series for them after hearing that Creator/TreyParkerAndMattStone were developing ''South Park''. ''Spicy City'' managed to beat ''South Park'' to the run, but when it got aired on TV, it wasn’t so popular as ''South Park''. Needless to say, ''Spicy City'' has developed a cult following. As of 2012, the show hasn’t been released on any home video medium.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: If you're looking for the show to watch, good luck finding an official copy that isn’t bootlegged. HBO has not bothered to release the show on VHS, DVD, or even Blu-ray. Ralph Bakshi himself doesn’t know when it's finally getting released to home media format.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: In the episode "Sex Drive", Stern’s character design is based off Ralph Bakshi himself. Matthew Flint voices the character.