History WesternAnimation / TheModifyers

* 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.]]

* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Rat gets put through so much shit and is so snivelling and slow-witted that you can't help but feel sorry for him.

* SteamPunk: It's set in [[CityOfAdventure an unnamed Victorian-esque city]] featuring scads of clockwork gadgetry and steampowered transports --including zepplins and other MagnificentFlyingMachines.

* UrbanFantasy: The series is about a teen spy and her shapeshifting 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.

* FailedASpotCheck: If Xero just did a simple check, she would've known that Rat had latched onto the underside of her airship.

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

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

* LeftHanging: We'll never know whether Vain learn's Lacey's true identity since the show was dropped by both networks (Nicklodeon and Cartoon Network).

* OneEpisodeWonder: Creator/CartoonNetwork picked it up after Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} rejected it, then dropped it after airing only the first part of the pilot.

* ChekhovsGun: Xero's ring keeps dropping off. In the end this leads to her exposure.

** LeftHanging: Except we'll never know whether Vain figures out Lacey's true identity, since the show was dropped.

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* MsFanservice: Lacey achieved her status, as a result of [[RuleThirtyFour Rule 34.]]

* OneEpisodeWonder: Creator/CartoonNetwork picked it up after Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} rejected it. Then dropped it after airing only the first part of the pilot.

* RightHandHottie: Lacey is one hot goth, as can be attested by all the fan art of her. She's Baron Vain's "favorite henchman", which was taken to [[CoitusEnsues itsits logical extreme]] in the paody.
* RosehairedGirl: Xero's own hair is pink with orange and brown highlights.
* RuleThirtyFour: Despite being only a [[OneEpisodeWonder one-shot]] 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.

* RightHandHottie: Lacey is one hot goth, as can be attested by all the fan art of her. She's Baron Vain's "favorite henchman", which was taken to [[CoitusEnsues it's logical extreme]] in the paody.

Starting in 2018, Chris Reccardi and Lynne Naylor bring their failed cartoon to Turner Entertainment and show it to Cartoon Network, despite having Warner Bros. Entertainment to purchase the trademark from Viacom, replacing the old copyright notice (which says "The Modifyers" and all related logos, titles and characters are trademarks of Viacom International Inc.) with a different one (which says "The Modifyers" and all related elements are trademarks of and (C) Hanna-Barbera, A [=TimeWarner=] Company.)

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: If Xero had simply let Mole transport the All-Seeing Eye, instead of fooling around with it, [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot the pilot's entire plot could've been avoided.]]

Starting in 2018, Chris Reccardi and Lynne Naylor bring their failed cartoon to Turner Entertainment and show it to Cartoon Network, despite having Warner Bros. Entertainment to purchase the trademark from Viacom, replacing the old copyright notice (which says "The Modifyers" and all related logos, titles and characters are trademarks of Viacom International Inc.) with a different one (which says "The Modifyers" and all related elements are trademarks of and (C)Hanna-Barbera, A [=TimeWarner=] Company.)

Starting in 2018, Chris Reccardi and Lynne Naylor bring their failed cartoon to Turner Entertainment and show it to Cartoon Network, despite having Warner Bros. Entertainment to purchase the trademark from Viacom, replacing the old copyright notice (which says "The Modifyers" and all related logos, titles and characters are trademarks of Viacom International Inc.) with a different one (which says "The Modifyers" and all related elements are trademarks of and (C)2018 Cartoon Network (s18), A TimeWarner Company.)

* BigBadWannabe: Baron 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"]]).

* 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 [[DaChief Katz]] calls her; making it far from ideal for undercover operations.

* IneffectualSympathyVillain: Rat gets put through so much shit that you can't help but feel sorry for him.

* YouHaveFailedMe: Vain nearly feeds Rat to his pet (a giant mutated fish) for interrupting him, on top of failing to bring him the All-Seeing Eye.

* 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.

* DerangedAnimation: Since its a pilot.

* MsFanservice: Lacey achieved her status, as a result of Rule34.

* RuleThirtyFour: Despite being only a [[OneEpisodeWonder 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.

* 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: Xero fills both roles by herself. She's usually girly and dresses femininely, but becomes [[OneOfTheBoys the exact opposite]] as "Lacey".

* TheUnfavorite:

* TheUnfavorite: If the ButtMonkey entry wasn't clear enough, see the next entry.

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

* DoubleAgent: The premise of the pilot was going to hinge on Xero trying to maintain her cover identity as Lacey Shadows, while pretending to serve as Baron Vain's [[TheDragon right-hand.]]