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* LooksLikeOrlok: Baron VainVain 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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* RightHandHottie: Lacey is one hot goth, who serves as Baron Vain's favorite henchman. Taken to [[CoitusEnsues it's logical extreme]] in the paody.
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* RightHandHottie: Lacey is one hot goth, who serves as can be attested by all the fan art of her. She's Baron Vain's favorite henchman. Taken "favorite henchman", which was taken to [[CoitusEnsues it's logical extreme]] in the paody.
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*ButtMonkey: If anything bad can happen, Rat is usually the victim. He has to play second fiddle to Lacey, who jerks him around and Vain just [[ExtremeDoormat walks all over him.]] [[TheUnfavorite Peroid.]]
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*HyperCompetentSidekick: Without Lacey, the Baron would be mostly harmless. Which is the reason he relies on her to get things done.
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*RightHandHottie: Lacey is one hot goth, who serves as Baron Vain's favorite henchman. Taken to [[CoitusEnsues it's logical extreme]] in the paody.
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*TheUnfavorite: If the ButtMonkey entry wasn't clear enough, see the next entry.
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* ComedicSociopathy: Much of the show's humor comes from all the ways Rat suffers, given the way Lacey [[ButtMonkey treats him]] and how ''Vain'' [[ExtremeDoormat treats him.]]
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* ComedicSociopathy: Much of the show's humor comes from all the ways way Rat suffers, given the way Lacey [[ButtMonkey treats him]] and how ''Vain'' [[ExtremeDoormat treats him.]]
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* {{Cliffhanger}}: The pilot ends by having Baron Vain find [[spoiler: Xero's ring, right as Katz is trying to call her]], likely as a bid to entice the networks to pick it up.
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* {{Cliffhanger}}: The pilot ends by having with Baron Vain find 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.
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* ComedicSociopath: It'll make you wonder why Rat works for Vain, given the way Vain treats him (see WhatMeasureIsAMook).
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* ComedicSociopath: It'll make you wonder why ComedicSociopathy: Much of the show's humor comes from all the ways Rat works for Vain, suffers, given the way Vain Lacey [[ButtMonkey treats him (see WhatMeasureIsAMook).him]] and how ''Vain'' [[ExtremeDoormat treats him.]]
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* {{Cliffhanger}}: Ends on one, probably The pilot ends by having Baron Vain find [[spoiler: Xero's ring, right as Katz is trying to call her]], likely as a bid to entice the networks to pick it up.up.
**LeftHanging: Except we'll never know whether Vain figures out Lacey's true identity, since the show was dropped.
*ComedicSociopath: It'll make you wonder why Rat works for Vain, given the way Vain treats him (see WhatMeasureIsAMook).
**LeftHanging: Except we'll never know whether Vain figures out Lacey's true identity, since the show was dropped.
*ComedicSociopath: It'll make you wonder why Rat works for Vain, given the way Vain treats him (see WhatMeasureIsAMook).
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* RosehairedGirl: Xero's own hair is pink with gold orange and brown highlights.
*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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* YouHaveFailedMe: Vain nearly feeds Rat to his monster for interrupting him, on top of failing to bring him the All-Seeing Eye.
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* YouHaveFailedMe: Vain nearly feeds Rat to his monster pet (a giant mutated fish) for interrupting him, on top of failing to bring him the All-Seeing Eye.
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* AwesomeButImpractical: You'd hink 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 her boss calls her; making it far from ideal for undercover operations.
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* AwesomeButImpractical: You'd hink 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 her boss [[DaChief Katz]] calls her; making it far from ideal for undercover operations.
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* AwesomeButImpractical: You'd hink 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 her boss calls her; making it far from ideal for undercover operations.
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** 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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* FriendsWithBenefits: In the porn parody, the final scene reveals that Xero and Mole have an arrangement going, when she tries talking him into [[BlatantLies a quickie.]] Mole doesn't fall for it, being well aware of [[AllWomenAreLustful her insatiable libido]], presumably, from prior experience. But she gets what she wants anyway, during the epilogue.
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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Xero fills both roles by herself. She's usually girly and dresses femininely, but becomes [[OneOfTheBoys the exact opposite] as "Lacey".
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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Xero fills both roles by herself. She's usually girly and dresses femininely, but becomes [[OneOfTheBoys the exact opposite] opposite]] as "Lacey".
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* BrickJoke:BrickJoke: Used when Lacey runs into Rat after he's successfully swiped the All-Seeing Eye:
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-->'''Rat:''' "And I'll proves it to you with... the All Seeing-- uhh..."
-->'''Vain: ([[DeadpanSnarker deadpan]])''' "Piece of junk?"
-->'''Rat:''' "And I'll proves it to you with... the All Seeing-- uhh..."
-->'''Vain: ([[DeadpanSnarker deadpan]])''' "Piece of junk?"
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-->'''Rat: (proudly)''' "And I'll proves it to you with... the All Seeing--
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* FailedASpotCheck: If Xero just did a simple check, she would have known that Rat was following her.
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* FailedASpotCheck: If Xero just did a simple check, she would have would've known that Rat was following her.had latched onto the underside of her airship.
*FriendsWithBenefits: In the porn parody, the final scene reveals that Xero and Mole have an arrangement going, when she tries talking him into [[BlatantLies a quickie.]] Mole doesn't fall for it, being well aware of [[AllWomenAreLustful her insatiable libido]], presumably, from prior experience. But she gets what she wants anyway, during the epilogue.
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* MasterOfDisguise: The show's intro featured several of what were going to be Xero's other disguises, which could be activated using her ring.
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* MasterOfDisguise: The show's intro featured shows several of what were going to be Xero's other disguises, disguises (or would've been, had the show not been dropped), which could be activated using her ring.
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-->'''Lacey:''' Whatcha got there, Rat? Another piece of junk?
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-->'''Lacey:''' Whatcha "Whatcha got there, Rat? Another piece of junk?junk?"
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-->'''Rat:''' And "And I'll proves it to you with... the All Seeing-- uhh...
uhh..."
-->'''Vain: ([[DeadpanSnarker deadpan]])'''Piece "Piece of junk?junk?"
-->'''Vain: ([[DeadpanSnarker deadpan]])'''
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* RosehairedGirl: Xero's own hair is pink with gold and brown highlights.
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-->'''Rat:''' And I'll proves it to you with... The All Seeing-- Uhh...
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-->'''Vain:''' Piece of junk?
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-->'''Rat:''' And I'll proves it to you with...
-->'''Vain:'''
-->'''Vain: ([[DeadpanSnarker deadpan]])''' Piece of junk?
*CompanionCube: Mole is Xero's sidekick and tries to keep her focused on the mission.
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* DoAnythingRobot: Mole is Xero's shapeshifting [[CompanionCube robot companion.]]
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* DoAnythingRobot: Mole is designed to change shape to suit Xero's shapeshifting [[CompanionCube robot companion.]]needs.
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* RuleThirtyFour: Despite being [[OneEpisodeWonder a one-shot pilot]] [[NeedsMoreLove hardly anyone knew existed]], Zone[[note]]an online animator[[/note]] made a pornographic parody of it that became more popular and more widely known than the actual cartoon itself.
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* RuleThirtyFour: Despite being only a [[OneEpisodeWonder a one-shot pilot]] one-shot]] [[NeedsMoreLove hardly anyone knew existed]], Zone[[note]]an online animator[[/note]] made a 7min. pornographic parody of it that became more popular and more widely known than the actual cartoon itself.
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*HairColors: Lacey's hair is green with streaks of purple and blue.
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* BigBad: Baron Vain.
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* BigBad: BigBadWannabe: Baron Vain.Vain, was the show's equivalent of [[WesternAnimation/KimPossible Dr. Draken]] (i.e. a comically inept villain with big aspirations - with Lacey as [[HyperCompetentSidekick his "Shego"]]).
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* RuleThirtyFour: Despite being [[OneEpisodeWonder a one-shot pilot]] [[NeedsMoreLove hardly anyone knew existed]], a prominent RuleThirtyFour animator Zone[[note]]an online animator[[/note]] made a pornographic parody of it that became more popular and more widely known than the actual cartoon itself.
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*BoyishShortHair: Xero's hair shortens and becomes multi-colored as "Lacey".
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* RuleThirtyFour: Despite being [[OneEpisodeWonder a one-shot, barely known cartoon]], a prominent RuleThirtyFour animator's parody of the pilot proved more popular and known than the actual cartoon itself.
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* RuleThirtyFour: Despite being [[OneEpisodeWonder a one-shot, barely known cartoon]], one-shot pilot]] [[NeedsMoreLove hardly anyone knew existed]], a prominent RuleThirtyFour animator's animator made a parody of the pilot proved it that became more popular and more widely known than the actual cartoon itself.
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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Ironically them both are the same person, Lacey being the tomboy to Xero's girly girl.
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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Ironically them Xero fills both are the same person, Lacey being the tomboy to Xero's roles by herself. She's usually girly girl.and dresses femininely, but becomes [[OneOfTheBoys the exact opposite] as "Lacey".
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Lacey Shadows.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Vain attempts to feed Rat to his monster for interrupting him and this reason.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Vain attempts to feed Rat to his monster for interrupting him and this reason.
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* DoAnythingRobot: Mole.
* DoubleAgent: The entire premise rests on this.
* FakeBrit[[invoked]]: Xero as Lacey Shadows.
* DoubleAgent: The entire premise rests on this.
* FakeBrit[[invoked]]: Xero as Lacey Shadows.
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* DoAnythingRobot: Mole.
Mole is Xero's shapeshifting [[CompanionCube robot companion.]]
* DoubleAgent: Theentire premise rests of the pilot was going to hinge on this.
Xero trying to maintain her cover identity as Lacey Shadows, while pretending to serve as Baron Vain's [[TheDragon right-hand.]]
* FakeBrit[[invoked]]: Whenever Xeroas switches to her Lacey Shadows.Shadows persona, she adopts a British accent.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: If Xero hadn't held up transporting the orb with her curiosity, a lot of problems could've been avoided.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: If Xero hadn't held up transporting had simply let Mole transport the orb All-Seeing Eye, instead of fooling around with her curiosity, a lot of problems it, [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot the pilot's entire plot could've been avoided.]]
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* OneEpisodeWonder
* PerkyGoth: Xero as Lacey Shadows.
* PsychopathicManchild: The Baron.
* RapunzelHair: Agent Xero.
* PerkyGoth: Xero as Lacey Shadows.
* PsychopathicManchild: The Baron.
* RapunzelHair: Agent Xero.
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* OneEpisodeWonder
OneEpisodeWonder: Creator/CartoonNetwork picked it up after Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} rejected it. Then dropped it after airing only the first part of the pilot.
* PerkyGoth:Xero as Xero's personality doesn't change when she switches to her Lacey Shadows.
Shadows persona, so she's just as upbeat and playful as usual.
* PsychopathicManchild:The Baron.
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.
* RapunzelHair:Agent Xero.As seen in the page image, Xero's hair is long enough to almost reach her feet.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Agent Xero as herself (left) and Lacey Shadoes (right).]]
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Tropes":
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* BigBad: BaronVainVain.
* BarefootCartoonAnimal: Rat.
* BigBad: Baron
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* 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 Hench person.
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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Ironically them both being the same person. Lacey Shadows being the Tomboy to Xero's girly girl.
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* YouHaveFailedMe: Vain attempts to feed Rat to his monster for interrupting him and this reason.reason.
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The Modifyers is a rejected pilot for Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} produced by Chris Reccardi and Lynne Naylor.
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* FailedASpotCheck: If Xero just did a simple check she would have known that Rat was following her.
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* FailedASpotCheck: If Xero just did a simple check check, she would have known that Rat was following her.
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* FingerlessGloves: Worn by Lacey Shadow.
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* FingerlessGloves: Worn by Lacey Shadow.Shadows.
* 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 Hench person.
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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Ironically them both being the same person. Lacey Shadow being the Tomboy to Xero's girly girl.
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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Ironically them both being the same person. Lacey Shadow Shadows being the Tomboy to Xero's girly girl.
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* ColbertBump: Thanks, Zone-Sama.
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* HeyItsThatVoice: A well-versed ear could pick up on the voice of Baron Vain being done by Paul Rugg, {{Freakazoid}}.
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STOP SPAMMING, MACRON NOTES!
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* RoseHairedGirl: Agent Xero.
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[[quoteright:250:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/250px-the_modifyers_9785.png]]
The Modifyers is a rejected pilot for Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} produced by Chris Reccardi and Lynne Naylor.
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.
!!Tropes used include
* BigBad: Baron Vain
* BrickJoke:
-->'''Lacey:''' Whatcha got there, Rat? Another piece of junk?
-->''(later)''
-->'''Rat:''' And I'll proves it to you with... The All Seeing-- Uhh...
-->'''Vain:''' Piece of junk?
* ChekhovsGun: Xero's ring keeps dropping off. In the end this leads to her exposure.
* {{Cliffhanger}}: Ends on one, probably as a bid to entice the networks to pick it up.
* DerangedAnimation: Since its a pilot.
* DoAnythingRobot: Mole.
* DoubleAgent: The entire premise rests on this.
* FakeBrit: Xero as Lacey Shadows.
* FailedASpotCheck: If Xero just did a simple check she would have known that Rat was following her.
* FingerlessGloves: Worn by Lacey Shadow.
* {{Leitmotif}}
* LooksLikeOrlok: Baron Vain
* MasterOfDisguise: Agent Xero
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: If Xero hadn't held up transporting the orb with her curiosity, a lot of problems could've been avoided.
* MoleInCharge: Lacey Shadow 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 Hench person.
* OffscreenTeleportation: Done by Xero near the end of the short.
* OneEpisodeWonder
* PerkyGoth: Xero as Lacey Shadows.
* PsychopathicManchild: The Baron.
* RapunzelHair: Agent Xero.
* RoseHairedGirl: Agent Xero.
* RuleThirtyFour: Even a One Shot barely known cartoon isn't immune to this.
* ShoutOut: To Creator/EdgarAllanPoe. [[Literature/TheRaven There is a grave with a raven sitting on it that says "Never More".]]
* SteamPunk: A major part of the pilot's aesthetic, especially when it comes to all the {{Cool Airship}}s and other MagnificentFlyingMachines. Goes hand in hand with [[ScooterRidingMod the general Mod subculture]] atmosphere.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Ironically them both being the same person. Lacey Shadow being the Tomboy to Xero's girly girl.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Lacey Shadows.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Vain attempts to feed Rat to his monster for interrupting him and this reason.
The Modifyers is a rejected pilot for Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} produced by Chris Reccardi and Lynne Naylor.
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.
!!Tropes used include
* BigBad: Baron Vain
* BrickJoke:
-->'''Lacey:''' Whatcha got there, Rat? Another piece of junk?
-->''(later)''
-->'''Rat:''' And I'll proves it to you with... The All Seeing-- Uhh...
-->'''Vain:''' Piece of junk?
* ChekhovsGun: Xero's ring keeps dropping off. In the end this leads to her exposure.
* {{Cliffhanger}}: Ends on one, probably as a bid to entice the networks to pick it up.
* DerangedAnimation: Since its a pilot.
* DoAnythingRobot: Mole.
* DoubleAgent: The entire premise rests on this.
* FakeBrit: Xero as Lacey Shadows.
* FailedASpotCheck: If Xero just did a simple check she would have known that Rat was following her.
* FingerlessGloves: Worn by Lacey Shadow.
* {{Leitmotif}}
* LooksLikeOrlok: Baron Vain
* MasterOfDisguise: Agent Xero
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: If Xero hadn't held up transporting the orb with her curiosity, a lot of problems could've been avoided.
* MoleInCharge: Lacey Shadow 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 Hench person.
* OffscreenTeleportation: Done by Xero near the end of the short.
* OneEpisodeWonder
* PerkyGoth: Xero as Lacey Shadows.
* PsychopathicManchild: The Baron.
* RapunzelHair: Agent Xero.
* RoseHairedGirl: Agent Xero.
* RuleThirtyFour: Even a One Shot barely known cartoon isn't immune to this.
* ShoutOut: To Creator/EdgarAllanPoe. [[Literature/TheRaven There is a grave with a raven sitting on it that says "Never More".]]
* SteamPunk: A major part of the pilot's aesthetic, especially when it comes to all the {{Cool Airship}}s and other MagnificentFlyingMachines. Goes hand in hand with [[ScooterRidingMod the general Mod subculture]] atmosphere.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Ironically them both being the same person. Lacey Shadow being the Tomboy to Xero's girly girl.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Lacey Shadows.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Vain attempts to feed Rat to his monster for interrupting him and this reason.
