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The pilot revolves around Agent Xero, a special agent for a spy organization known as the Modifyers. Using her MasterOfDisguise abilities and a shapeshifting robotic sidekick Mole, she has been infiltrating the gang of the villainous Baron Veign in the guise of PerkyGoth thief Lacey Shadows. After a clash over a stolen artifact, the All-Seeing Eye, with Veign's long suffering henchman Rat, she returns to base, but overlooks that she has been followed. She has to beat Rat to Veign's base first to try and protect her cover and manage to slip the Eye past both the villains. The pilot ends ominously as Xero loses her communication ring while making her way out of the base. It's found by Veign and Rat just as Katz is attempting to contact her, potentially blowing her cover.

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The pilot revolves around Agent Xero, a special agent for a spy organization known as the Modifyers.Modifyers operating in the retrofuturistic city of Aglopolis. Using her MasterOfDisguise abilities and a shapeshifting robotic sidekick Mole, she has been infiltrating the gang of the villainous Baron Veign in the guise of PerkyGoth thief Lacey Shadows. After a clash over a stolen artifact, the All-Seeing Eye, with Veign's long suffering henchman Rat, she returns to base, but overlooks that she has been followed. She has to beat Rat to Veign's base first to try and protect her cover and manage to slip the Eye past both the villains. The pilot ends ominously as Xero loses her communication ring while making her way out of the base. It's found by Veign and Rat just as Katz is attempting to contact her, potentially blowing her cover.

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Show bible spells the Baron's name as "Veign" rather then Vain.


The pilot revolves around Agent Xero, a special agent for a spy organization known as the Modifyers. Using her MasterOfDisguise abilities and a shapeshifting robotic sidekick Mole, she has been infiltrating the gang of the villainous Baron Vain in the guise of PerkyGoth thief Lacey Shadows. After a clash over a stolen artifact, the All-Seeing Eye, with Vain's long suffering henchman Rat, she returns to base, but overlooks that she has been followed. She has to beat Rat to Vain's base first to try and protect her cover and manage to slip the Eye past both the villains. The pilot ends ominously as Xero loses her communication ring while making her way out of the base. It's found by Vain and Rat just as Katz is attempting to contact her, potentially blowing her cover.

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The pilot revolves around Agent Xero, a special agent for a spy organization known as the Modifyers. Using her MasterOfDisguise abilities and a shapeshifting robotic sidekick Mole, she has been infiltrating the gang of the villainous Baron Vain Veign in the guise of PerkyGoth thief Lacey Shadows. After a clash over a stolen artifact, the All-Seeing Eye, with Vain's Veign's long suffering henchman Rat, she returns to base, but overlooks that she has been followed. She has to beat Rat to Vain's Veign's base first to try and protect her cover and manage to slip the Eye past both the villains. The pilot ends ominously as Xero loses her communication ring while making her way out of the base. It's found by Vain Veign and Rat just as Katz is attempting to contact her, potentially blowing her cover.



* BigBadWannabe: Baron Vain, was the show's equivalent of [[WesternAnimation/KimPossible Dr. Drakken]] (i.e. a comically inept villain with big aspirations - with Lacey as [[HyperCompetentSidekick his "Shego"]]).

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* BigBadWannabe: Baron Vain, Veign, was the show's equivalent of [[WesternAnimation/KimPossible Dr. Drakken]] (i.e. a comically inept villain with big aspirations - with Lacey as [[HyperCompetentSidekick his "Shego"]]).



** Which gets echoed by Vain, when Rat tries to present him with the Eye, not knowing that Lacey had switched it with a piece of marble:

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** Which gets echoed by Vain, Veign , when Rat tries to present him with the Eye, not knowing that Lacey had switched it with a piece of marble:



'''Vain:''' ''[[DeadpanSnarker (finishes sentence for him)]]'' ...piece of junk?

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'''Vain:''' '''Veign :''' ''[[DeadpanSnarker (finishes sentence for him)]]'' ...piece of junk?



* {{Cliffhanger}}: The pilot ends with Baron Vain finding [[spoiler:Xero's ring, right as Katz is trying to call her]], likely as a bid to entice the networks to pick it up.
* ComedicSociopathy: Much of the show's humor comes from the way Rat suffers, given the way Lacey [[ButtMonkey treats him]] and how ''Vain'' [[ExtremeDoormat treats him]].

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* {{Cliffhanger}}: The pilot ends with Baron Vain Veign finding [[spoiler:Xero's ring, right as Katz is trying to call her]], likely as a bid to entice the networks to pick it up.
* ComedicSociopathy: Much of the show's humor comes from the way Rat suffers, given the way Lacey [[ButtMonkey treats him]] and how ''Vain'' ''Veign'' [[ExtremeDoormat treats him]].



* DoubleAgent: The crux of the series was going to hinge on Xero trying to maintain her cover identity as Baron Vain's [[PerkyFemaleMinion right-hand]], Lacey Shadows.
* DressingAsTheEnemy: Agent Xero pretends to be a henchman of Baron Vain named Lacey Shadows.

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* DoubleAgent: The crux of the series was going to hinge on Xero trying to maintain her cover identity as Baron Vain's Veign's [[PerkyFemaleMinion right-hand]], Lacey Shadows.
* DressingAsTheEnemy: Agent Xero pretends to be a henchman of Baron Vain Veign named Lacey Shadows.



* LeftHanging: We'll never know whether Vain learns Lacey's true identity since the show was dropped by both networks it aired on (Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} and Creator/CartoonNetwork).

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* LeftHanging: We'll never know whether Vain Veign learns Lacey's true identity since the show was dropped by both networks it aired on (Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} and Creator/CartoonNetwork).



* LooksLikeOrlok: Vain could be considered a caricature of Orlok (i.e. bald, blueskinned, etc.), complete with having a rat for a henchman --named "Rat". However, he was hardly menacing, nor did he prey on young virgins, or drink blood.

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* LooksLikeOrlok: Vain Veign could be considered a caricature of Orlok (i.e. bald, blueskinned, etc.), complete with having a rat for a henchman --named "Rat". However, he was hardly menacing, nor did he prey on young virgins, or drink blood.



* MissingMom: Implied, as Xero asks the All-Seeing Eye "Where are my-" before being interrupted by swelling pipes (ItMakesSenseInContext).
* MoleInCharge: Lacey Shadows is suggested to be very high up in Baron Vain's organization (she mentioned she was Rat's Captain) and Vain even openly admits that she is his favorite henchperson.

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* MissingMom: Implied, as Xero asks the All-Seeing Eye "Where are my-" before being interrupted by swelling pipes (ItMakesSenseInContext).
* MoleInCharge: Lacey Shadows is suggested to be very high up in Baron Vain's Veign's organization (she mentioned she was Rat's Captain) and Vain Veign even openly admits that she is his favorite henchperson.henchperson. The show bible explains that she was largely raised as Veign's apprentice before being offered a way out of the criminal life.



* ParentalAbandonment: Implied, as Xero asks the All-Seeing Eye "Where are my-" before being interrupted by swelling pipes (ItMakesSenseInContext).
** The show bible confirms this, with Xero having grown up in the streets as TheArtfulDodger before being recruited.



* PsychopathicManchild: Baron Vain becomes irritated whenever Rat interrupts him, since only ''he's'' [[DoubleStandard allowed to do that.]] But he becomes giddy with excitement when it comes to Lacey, who's clearly his favorite between his henchmen.

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* PsychopathicManchild: Baron Vain Veign becomes irritated whenever Rat interrupts him, since only ''he's'' [[DoubleStandard allowed to do that.]] But he becomes giddy with excitement when it comes to Lacey, who's clearly his favorite between his henchmen.



* ToBeContinued: Ends on this note when Vain and Rat finding Xero's ring just as the HQ tries to call her. Alas since the series was never picked up, along with one of the co-creators dying years after it's release, it's unlikely the story will ever continue.

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* ToBeContinued: Ends on this note when Vain Veign and Rat finding Xero's ring just as the HQ tries to call her. Alas since the series was never picked up, along with one of the co-creators dying years after it's release, it's unlikely the story will ever continue.



* UrbanFantasy: The series is about a teen spy and her shape-shifting robot sidekick, going undercover to foil an Orlok look-alike's operations and his talking rat henchman. All set in Victorian-esque city that has a prevalent {{steampunk}} aesthetic.
* WhatMeasureIsAMook: Either Vain has another henchman somewhere (besides Lacey, that is), or he figures he can find a new one, 'cuz he doesn't care what happens to Rat and [[ComedicSociopath freely abuses him]] [[PlayedForLaughs for shits 'n giggles]] -- and was even going to feed him to his pet fish!

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* UrbanFantasy: The series is about a teen spy and her shape-shifting robot sidekick, going undercover to foil an Orlok look-alike's operations and his talking rat henchman. All set in a Victorian-esque city that has a prevalent {{steampunk}} aesthetic.
* WhatMeasureIsAMook: Either Vain Veign has another henchman somewhere (besides Lacey, that is), or he figures he can find a new one, 'cuz he doesn't care what happens to Rat and [[ComedicSociopath freely abuses him]] [[PlayedForLaughs for shits 'n giggles]] -- and was even going to feed him to his pet fish!



* YouHaveFailedMe: Vain nearly feeds Rat to his pet (a giant mutated fish) for interrupting him.

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* YouHaveFailedMe: Vain Veign nearly feeds Rat to his pet (a giant mutated fish) for interrupting him.
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[[https://archive.org/details/modifyers-show-bible A pitch bible for the show]] emerged in December of 2023.

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* ADogNamedDog: Rat is a, well, rat.
* AwesomeButImpractical: You'd think that having a ring that creates holographic disguises would be useful - which it ''would be''... '''IF''' it didn't keep falling off, due to being two sizes too big for her finger. Plus, it buzzes loudly whenever [[DaChief Katz]] calls her; making it far from ideal for undercover operations.

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* ADogNamedDog: Rat is a, well, rat.
* AwesomeButImpractical: You'd think that having a ring that creates holographic disguises would be useful - -- which it ''would be''... '''IF''' it didn't keep falling off, due to being two sizes too big for her finger. Plus, it buzzes loudly whenever [[DaChief Katz]] calls her; making it far from ideal for undercover operations.



--->'''Lacey:''' "Whatcha got there, Rat? Another piece of junk?"

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--->'''Lacey:''' "Whatcha Whatcha got there, Rat? Another piece of junk?"junk?"m



--->'''Rat: (proudly)''' "And I'll proves it to you with... the All Seeing-- '''(sees that it's not)''' "uhh..."
--->'''Vain: ([[DeadpanSnarker finishes sentence for him]])''' "...piece of junk?"

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--->'''Rat: (proudly)''' "And --->'''Rat:''' ''(proudly)'' And I'll proves it to you with... the All Seeing-- '''(sees ''(sees that it's not)''' "uhh..."
--->'''Vain: ([[DeadpanSnarker finishes
not)'' uhh...\\
'''Vain:''' ''[[DeadpanSnarker (finishes
sentence for him]])''' "...him)]]'' ...piece of junk?"junk?



* {{Cliffhanger}}: The pilot ends with Baron Vain finding [[spoiler: Xero's ring, right as Katz is trying to call her]], likely as a bid to entice the networks to pick it up.
* ComedicSociopathy: Much of the show's humor comes from the way Rat suffers, given the way Lacey [[ButtMonkey treats him]] and how ''Vain'' [[ExtremeDoormat treats him.]]

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* {{Cliffhanger}}: The pilot ends with Baron Vain finding [[spoiler: Xero's [[spoiler:Xero's ring, right as Katz is trying to call her]], likely as a bid to entice the networks to pick it up.
* ComedicSociopathy: Much of the show's humor comes from the way Rat suffers, given the way Lacey [[ButtMonkey treats him]] and how ''Vain'' [[ExtremeDoormat treats him.]]him]].



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** Possibly unintentional, but the part about Rat throwing a big toothed creature to eat Xero's pursuing vehicle highly resembles a scene from the Soviet cartoon ''Blue Puppy'' (most famous for its UpToEleven case of HaveAGayOldTime).

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** Possibly unintentional, but the part about Rat throwing a big toothed creature to eat Xero's pursuing vehicle highly resembles a scene from the Soviet cartoon ''Blue Puppy'' (most famous for its UpToEleven up to eleven case of HaveAGayOldTime).
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Xero's boss, [[DaChief Katz.]] Yes, give your secret agent a spy ring that can fall off at any time, 'cuz it's too big for her finger. While you're at it, make it noisy. [[spoiler: All of which put Xero's [[CliffHanger cover identity at risk of being blown]], at the end]].
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* BarefootCartoonAnimal: Rat.

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* %%* BarefootCartoonAnimal: Rat.
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* ADogNamedDog: Rat

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* ADogNamedDog: RatRat is a, well, rat.
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* ADogNamedDog: Rat
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* LongHairIsFeminine: As seen in the page image, Xero's hair is long enough to almost reach her feet.
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* RapunzelHair: As seen in the page image, Xero's hair is long enough to almost reach her feet.
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Trivia pertaining to when British characters are played by actors who are not British. There's a different trope for when people pretend to be a different nationality in-universe.


* FakeBrit[[invoked]]: Whenever Xero switches to her Lacey Shadows persona, she adopts a British accent.

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* FakeBrit[[invoked]]: {{Fauxreigner}}: Whenever Xero switches to her Lacey Shadows persona, she adopts a British accent.

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Having pink hair like those characters does not mean she was intentionally based on them.


%%* {{Expy}}: Agent Xero is a expy of Momoko Hanasaki and Ami Onuki.



* LeftHanging: We'll never know whether Vain learns Lacey's true identity since the show was dropped by both networks (Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} and Creator/CartoonNetwork).

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* LeftHanging: We'll never know whether Vain learns Lacey's true identity since the show was dropped by both networks it aired on (Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} and Creator/CartoonNetwork).
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Hair Colors is an index, not a trope.


* HairColors: Lacey's hair is green with streaks of purple and blue.
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Cleanup of wicks to Fingerless Gloves as part of project.


%%* FingerlessGloves: Worn by Lacey Shadows.
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!!"[=Modifyed=] Tropes":

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!!"[=Modifyed=] !!"[=Modified=] Tropes":
Tabs MOD

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* MissingMom: Implied, as Xero asks the All-Seeing Eye "Where are my-" before being interrupted by swelling pipes (ItMakesSenseInContext).

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* MissingMom: Implied, as Xero asks DiegeticSoundtrackUsage: Xero's ring makes a ring (pun unintended) sound that matches the All-Seeing Eye "Where are my-" before being interrupted by swelling pipes (ItMakesSenseInContext).theme tune.



* {{Expy}}:
** Agent Xero is a expy of Momoko Hanasaki and Ami Onuki.

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* {{Expy}}:
**
%%* {{Expy}}: Agent Xero is a expy of Momoko Hanasaki and Ami Onuki.



* FingerlessGloves: Worn by Lacey Shadows.

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* %%* FingerlessGloves: Worn by Lacey Shadows.



* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Agent Xero and Lacey Shadows.

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* %%* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Agent Xero and Lacey Shadows.



* MissingMom: Implied, as Xero asks the All-Seeing Eye "Where are my-" before being interrupted by swelling pipes (ItMakesSenseInContext).



* [[MrViceGuy Ms. Vice Girl]] : While Xero is rather impulsive and is more interested in the All Seeing Eye for her own purposes, she's nonetheless a very nice person who does take her job seriously.

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* [[MrViceGuy Ms. Vice Girl]] : MrViceGuy: While Xero is rather impulsive and is more interested in the All Seeing Eye for her own purposes, she's nonetheless a very nice person who does take her job seriously.



* ThemeTuneCameo: Xero's ring makes a ring (pun unintended) sound that matches the theme tune.
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* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Agent Xero and Lacey Shadows.
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* [[MrViceGuy Ms. Vice Girl]] : While Xero is rather impulsive and is more interested in the All Seeing Eye for her own purposes, she's nonetheless a very nice person who does take her job seriously.
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* ToBeContinued: Ends on this note when Vain and Rat finding Xero's ring just as the HQ tries to call her. Alas since the series was never picked up, along with one of the co-creators dying years after it's release, it's unlikely the story will ever continue.
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** Agent Xero is a expy Momoko Hanasaki and Ami Onuki.

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** Agent Xero is a expy of Momoko Hanasaki and Ami Onuki.
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* {{Expy}}:
** Agent Xero is a expy Momoko Hanasaki and Ami Onuki.
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* MissingMom: Implied, as Xero asks the All-Seeing Eye "Where are my-" before being interrupted by swelling pipes (ItMakesSenseInContext).
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* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Agent Xero and Mole.
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* PunnyName: ''The Modifyers'' is a play on modify, meaning to change, as well as the [[ScooterRidingMod mod subculture]] that was popular in London in the late 1950s to mid-1960s.


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* ScooterRidingMod: Agent Xero's regular outfit consists of a white mod minidress and knee-high go-go boots.

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* BrickJoke: Used when Lacey runs into Rat after he's successfully swiped the All-Seeing Eye:
-->'''Lacey:''' "Whatcha got there, Rat? Another piece of junk?"

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* BrickJoke: BrickJoke:
**
Used when Lacey runs into Rat after he's successfully swiped the All-Seeing Eye:
-->'''Lacey:''' --->'''Lacey:''' "Whatcha got there, Rat? Another piece of junk?"



-->'''Rat: (proudly)''' "And I'll proves it to you with... the All Seeing-- '''(sees that it's not)''' "uhh..."
-->'''Vain: ([[DeadpanSnarker finishes sentence for him]])''' "...piece of junk?"

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-->'''Rat: --->'''Rat: (proudly)''' "And I'll proves it to you with... the All Seeing-- '''(sees that it's not)''' "uhh..."
-->'''Vain: --->'''Vain: ([[DeadpanSnarker finishes sentence for him]])''' "...piece of junk?"



* ShoutOut: To Creator/EdgarAllanPoe. [[Literature/TheRaven There is a grave with a raven sitting on it that says "Never More".]]

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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
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To Creator/EdgarAllanPoe. [[Literature/TheRaven There is a grave with a raven sitting on it that says "Never More".]]



* TheUnfavorite: See the WhatMeasureIsAMook entry.



* XtremeKoolLetterz

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* XtremeKoolLetterzXtremeKoolLetterz: The show's title as well as Agent Xero.

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* DerangedAnimation: Since it's a pilot.



* DoubleAgent: The crux of the series was going to hinge on Xero trying to maintain her cover identity as Baron Vain's [[RightHandHottie right-hand]], Lacey Shadows.

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* DoubleAgent: The crux of the series was going to hinge on Xero trying to maintain her cover identity as Baron Vain's [[RightHandHottie [[PerkyFemaleMinion right-hand]], Lacey Shadows.
* DressingAsTheEnemy: Agent Xero pretends to be a henchman of Baron Vain named Lacey
Shadows.
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The pilot revolves around Agent Xero, a special agent for a spy organization known as the Modifyers. Using her MasterOfDisguise abilities and a shapeshifting robotic sidekick Mole, she has been infiltrating the gang of the villainous Baron Vain in the guise of PerkyGoth thief Lacey Shadows. After a clash over a stolen artifact, the All-Seeing Eye, with Vain's long suffering henchman Rat, she returns to base, but overlooks that she has been followed. She has to beat Rat to Vain's base first to try and protect her cover and manage to slip the Eye past both the villains. The pilot ends ominously as Xero loses her communication ring while making her way out of the base, which falls into the hands of Vain and Rat, her cover now exposed to the villains.

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The pilot revolves around Agent Xero, a special agent for a spy organization known as the Modifyers. Using her MasterOfDisguise abilities and a shapeshifting robotic sidekick Mole, she has been infiltrating the gang of the villainous Baron Vain in the guise of PerkyGoth thief Lacey Shadows. After a clash over a stolen artifact, the All-Seeing Eye, with Vain's long suffering henchman Rat, she returns to base, but overlooks that she has been followed. She has to beat Rat to Vain's base first to try and protect her cover and manage to slip the Eye past both the villains. The pilot ends ominously as Xero loses her communication ring while making her way out of the base, which falls into the hands of base. It's found by Vain and Rat, Rat just as Katz is attempting to contact her, potentially blowing her cover now exposed to the villains.
cover.
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* SteamPunk: It's set in [[CityOfAdventure an unnamed Victorian-esque city]] featuring scads of clockwork gadgetry and steam-powered transports --including zeppelins and other [[MagnificentFlyingMachines flying machines]].

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* SteamPunk: It's set in [[CityOfAdventure an unnamed Victorian-esque city]] featuring scads of clockwork gadgetry and steam-powered transports --including zeppelins and other [[MagnificentFlyingMachines [[ThoseMagnificentFlyingMachines flying machines]].

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