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Left to right: William Murderface (Murderface, Murderface), Skwisgaar Skwigelf (Taller than a tree), Nathan Explosion, Pickles the Drummer (doodly-doo, ding dong doodly-doodly-do), Toki Wartooth (not a bumblebee).
"We are here to make coffee metal. We will make everything metal. Blacker than the blackest black, times INFINITY."
—Nathan Explosion
Dethklok, Dethklok, Dethklok, Dethklok!
Dethklok is the world's most popular music group: the band is the world's seventh largest economy (right above Belgium), and their fanbase is exceptionally (and often psychotically) loyal. Their immense popularity and importance to the world economy, however, is perhaps a harbinger of doom...An animated series from the mind behind Home Movies, Metalocalypse focuses on the adventures (mundane or otherwise) of the five members of death metal band Dethklok. The five members of the group are "lyrical visionary" Nathan Explosion (yes, "Explosion" is his real last name); the world's two fastest guitarists, Skwisgaar Skwigelf (taller than a tree) and Toki Wartooth (not a bumblebee); bassist William Murderface (Murderface Murderface); and Pickles the drummer (doodily doo, ding dong doodily doodily doo). The individual musicians are all fairly sociopathic (albeit in a variety of oddly naive ways), and they're generally incompetent at anything that isn't related to music, partying, or contract negotiation. Hell, they can't even get grocery shopping right. The five generally leave most of their business and legal affairs in the hands of their manager, Charles Foster Ofdensen.Get Dethklok on stage, and they'll put on one hell of a show — one which may or may not result in the violent deaths of fans and/or other innocent victims. The popularity of Dethklok is underscored by the group's tendency to leave destruction and death in their wake, no matter where they travel — which is why The Tribunal, an Illuminati-esque organization of various world leaders, attempts to curb Dethklok and their widespread influence at every possible step.The mysterious leader of the Tribunal, Mr. Selatcia, often forces The Tribunal to wait for Dethklok's actions to play out in full, and he appears to have a role in their rise to power and glory. His true motives, as well as his ultimate connection to Dethklok and the Metalocalypse, remain unclear...This series provides examples of:
A Day in the Limelight: Several: "Go Forth and Die" (Nathan), the two "Snakes and Barrels" episodes and Rehabklok (Pickles), "Fatherklok" (Skwisgaar), Dethdad (Toki), not to mention the episodes focusing on Doctor Rockzo, The Rock & Roll Clown (he does cocaine), and arguably "Doublebookedklok" (Ofdensen).
A Gods Ams I: Skwisgaar, in relations to the vast number of children he's father.
In Fatherklok it's implied that Skwisgaar might actually be a god himself, his absent and untraceable father being (perhaps) one of the Norse gods.
The Drummer robot from Rehabklok cites this once he realizes he's famous.
Abusive Parents: All of the band save for Nathan Explosion had abusive relationships with their parents. Nathan is the only one that has a good relationship with his parents(He mentioned in Fatherklok that he loves spending time with his dad). The only fault Nathan's parents have is being your stereotypical embarrassing parents.
The Alcoholic: Potentially could describe all of them, but particularly Pickles, whose drinking manages to put even the other members of the band to shame. It seems to be a holy calling for him: When his former band reforms without him and headlines an anti-alcohol event, he takes it as a mortal offense.
When tabloids speculated that he doesn't get as drunk as he acts, he vows to get even MORE drunk just to show them.
Even when he shows up as an hallucination to others, they still see him as a drug enthusiast who would do anything for a hit, such as Nathan when he was offered laughing gas anesthetic by his dentist.
Tiny shoulder Pickles: Take the gas! Who cares if he plays with your dick?!? JUST TAKE THE GAS!!!
All Just a Dream: Nathan in the intro to the episode where he pursues his GED.
All Part of the Show: The accidents, destruction and death really happen and the fans don't care.
Ambiguously Gay: Murderface plays this trope hard, to the point where he flips out if it's even hinted that he is gay, yet his behavior in certain episodes (most notably "Dethfashion") certainly suggests that he is.
And Zoidberg: It is repeatedly stated that Murderface is the least popular and respected member of the band. To the point where many fans don't even recognize him as an actual band member at all. There are even times where the others turn off Murderface's amp for entire concerts without anyone noticing. Runner up for least popular band member is Toki, who is considered the worst player in the band. This is why Murderface and Toki are frequently hanging out together because the others can't really stand them. On the other hand, when Nathan, Skwisgaar and Pickles try to write songs without them, while they manage to write 47 songs in a short time, they end up dismissing them all as crap.
When Murderface discusses a solo television special with Dick Knubbler, Knubbler refers to him as "almost part of Dethklok."
Anticlimax: Considering how action-packed and totally epic Metalocalypse season finales tend to be, many thought the season 3 finale was comparatively tame and abrupt.
Nathan: "I think I know what you are all trying to say... I, um... I think we have to build a space helicopter."
Armor-Piercing Question: When Pickles is sent to rehab, the doctors asksing "Why do you drink?" until Pickles breaks down and blames his brother for his drinking habit.
Skwisgaar: "Dude, where's are we's?! What the (pinch harmonic) we just flies in?! What the hell was wrong with your guitar sounds tonight?"
Art Evolution: The quality of the animation gets much more fluid and improved with each season, with much more movement as opposed to standing rigidly in place at all times.
Artist Disillusionment: The Band hates their fans. And they hate other people in the industry. And they dislike working on new albums. Ofdensen has to keep forcing them to work so they meet release dates and don't just slack off.
Asshole Victim: Some Dethklok fans tend to be real assholes. An example is when the fans congregate inside a Dethklok-themed coffee shop. Two in particular share stories of how dedicated fans they are. One stole his child's entire college fund to pay for a ticket to see Dethklok perform, while the other tried to poison his little sister by forcing her to drink motor oil "until she got sick". The Revengencers blew up the coffee shop shortly afterwards killing the former and irreversibly disfiguring/maiming the later.
Badass Native: Nathan Explosion, at least in the episode "Dethcarraldo".
Battle Butler: Ofdensen again. Will kill someone personally if necessary.
Skwisgaar: Ands listens, yous the best butler wes ever had so, we know whens to quit. Ofdensen: I'm not a butler. Nevermind.
Beam Me Up, Scotty!: Dethklok is not the sixth/seventh largest economy in the world, just above Belgium. In the first season, "[Dethklok is] now the twelfth largest economy in the world, having just surpassed Belgium", in the third season, "[Dethklok is] now the sixth largest economy in the world".
Bedmate Reveal: Played with. In "Tributeklok" Nathan lies in an unfamiliar bed, speaking to someone beside him about the band (uses 'we' and 'us'). The shot lingers on Nathan for awhile before abruptly revealing him to be speaking to a room full of naked, passed out supermodels. Certain members of the fandom cried foul.
Murderface: TOKI! You miserable — (Murderface and Skwisgaar come across Toki stomping the face of an obnoxious concert goer who got on his last nerve.) Toki: WHATS THE F(guitar riff) DO YOU WANT, MOTHERF(guitar riff)ER?! Murderface: (scared shitless) ... What's up, bro? What's happenin'?
In another episode, he displays his disdain for being the "Kid-Friendly" member by speaking in a raspy voice, covering himself with blood, and setting things on fire.
Big Bad: The Masked Metal Assassin. Mr Selatcia would be this, if he wasn't on the band's side.
Big Badass Wolf - "It appears the yard wolves have grown up, we are finally finished with the cold dead winter."
Big Damn Heroes: Charles Foster Ofdensen, of all people, shows up at exactly the right time to prevent Dethklok from signing a new contract with a corrupt record executive at the end of the third season premiere "RenovationKlok".
Big "NO!": The series is peppered with Big "NO!"'s from Nathan, so much so that it could nearly be considered a catch phrase.
Nick Ibsen: You are all going to be reunited with your families. (A panel opens up, revealing the families of each of the five band members.) Nathan Explosion: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! You're going to pay for this! Ibsen: Pay for what? Journalistic integrity?''
When Nathan tries to record the entirety of Shakespeare's works for books on tape in a single session and a very drunk Pickles tells him he forgot to press Record, his Big "NO!" turns into a Little No because he's all out of voice.
Big "Shut Up!": Murderface utters one during the band's interrogation about his sensitivity to dick-shaped food.
Bilingual Bonus: The Jomfru brothers. Jomfru is the word for "virgin" in some Scandinavian languages such as Icelandic and Danish, although it usually refers to female virgins.
Ofdensen (correct spelling) is Danish for "Son of the House" or, literally, "Homeboy".
In "Dethstars" Pickles is wearing a karate headband with his name written on it in katakana ("Pikkuruzu")
Bill... Bill... Junk... Bill...: "Subpoena, subpoena, subpoena, Netflix. Huh, yeah, awesome. Naked lady fan mail - possibly awesome, possibly horrible. Subpoena..."
Bishōnen: Skwisgaar, who is the definition of this, being slender, pale, pretty, and has long flowing blonde hair, and is an unstoppable sex god. Toki has most of these traits too, though he doesn't seem to exploit it as much as Skwisgaar does.
Bloody Hilarious: Most of the concerts feature explicit carnage.
Blue Eyes: Most of the characters on the show. Toki, Dr. Rockzo, The Rock & Roll Clown (he does cocaine) and General Crozier's are an icy pale blue, and Skwisgaar's are a darker, watery blue.
Break the Cutie: Toki in the second season, though its all played for (very dark) laughs
Broke Episode: Without Ofdensen around to protect them, Dethklok find themselves cut off from their income by the record company until they renegotiate their contract
Brown Note: Dethklok's music tends to drive the listeners into a bloodthirsty frenzy.
They seem to get even MORE violent whenever Dethklok doesn't release an album over long periods of time.
Nathan:[addressing the whole band] Try not to (guitar riff) this up... Murderface!
By the Power of Grayskull!: "By The Power Of All That Is Evil, I command you to awaken and MAKE ME A SANDWICH!"
Murderface, in regards to Skwisgaar's mom.. or so he would have liked before seeing her being gang-banged as she does every night.
Calling the Old Man Out: Inverted in Dethfam; the band members' various parents call them out on the way they've been treated throughout the episode:
Stella Murderface: Oh, you spineless pieces of living garbage! You think you know what it's like to be brutal? Can you imagine cleaning the feculent crud off this moron's diapers every morning? Let me tell you billionaire lowlifes something, there's nothing — NOTHING! — in this world more brutal and grotesque than raising children!
Came Back Wrong: SEWN! Back together WRONG! Back together. SEWN!
Cartwright Curse: Anyone or anything that Toki loves will die before the end of the episode. Fans, music teachers, pet animals, even his father when he finally forgave him for a lifetime of abusive parenting. Only Doctor Rockzo, The Rock & Roll Clown (he does cocaine), seems to have avoided this, though Joker Immunity may be preventing his death by Toki friendship.
The Cameo: Major players in heavy metal have voiced a variety of minor characters, from Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield of Metallica, to Marty Friedman of Megadeth, to King Diamond of Merciful Fate, to George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher of Cannibal Corpse, not to mention the actual bandmembers of Dethklok.
In a character standpoint, Goat from Megas XLR appeared as the fan that lost an eye in the first episode.
For a promo for Brütal Legend, Eddie from that game was seen saving Dethklok from...something. (A "Bouncer"-style enemy as seen in the game.)
Mike Patton voiced Rikki Kixx in "Snakes and Barrels II"
Season Three gets maybe the weirdest cameo ever: Kirk Hammett as Toki's penis.
Slash was listed in the credits of a few episodes. However, he doesn't speak much in public, so it would be hard to spot him..
Caught with Your Pants Down: "Dethhealth" has a variation on this with Murderface. While he is getting the infamous "turn you head and cough" test administered by a doctor he imagines that a hot woman, not the doctor, has their hands on his penis. Hilarity Ensues.
Celebrity Power: The overarching theme of Metalocalypse is deconstruction of this trope and how fans who worship celebrities hurt themselves and society.
Chekhov's Gun: Hilariously subverted and then played straight in Dethtroll, with the Dethphones.
Chekhov's Skill: Nathan punching Damien in the first few minutes of RenovationKlok. He later does it again to stop Damien from attacking the recently-returned Ofdensen.
Christmas Special: In-universe example. During Dethmas, Murderface and Knubbler held a Christmas special that ended up being funded by the Christian Church. Nathan was not pleased.
Cliff Hanger: Season 2. Mordhaus burned to the ground and no one knew if Ofdensen was going to make it or not.
Continuity Nod: The midget Klokateer who won Murderface's diamond encrusted codpiece is seen a few more times in the background of later episodes - wearing his prized codpiece.
Corrupt Corporate Executive: Subverted in the episode "Dethsources" as band hires a second manager because they start to think that Ofdensen is ripping them off financially. Turns out that the newly hired second manager is corrupt and plotting to gain power of attorney over the band so he can steal their fortune for himself. Needless to say, he never gets that far as Ofdensen kills him in a fencing duel.
Played straight in "RenovationKlok". Damien, the son of the executive that gave Dethklok a contract, had been holding a grudge on them, particularly Nathan, for punching him. When he took power from his ailing father, he cut off Dethklok's finances, and then the power to their concert, to force them to sign a new contract that would benefit him more than them. When Ofdensen intervened, Damien tried to attack him, only to get punched by Nathan again.
Cosmic Horror: The Tribunal believe Dethklok to be connected to an end-of-the-world prophecy (an "apocalypse of metal"). Dethklok's music itself seems to cause insanity and chaos to ensue; the very process their scientists developed for Dethklok to record music via the medium of water causes entire landscapes to turn to blight.
It turns out that Mr. Selatcia is a Cosmic Horror himself.
Crapsack World: This appears to be the work of the Tribunal, as most of their efforts are conducive to keeping the world's masses dull and controllable.
Dethklok's presence tends to exacerbate this, and their fans probably would not be so dangerous if it weren't for their current malleable state. On more than one occasion, the opposite has been true, however, and the Tribunal's fears regard Dethklok's antics possibly stimulating the masses minds in a positive manner.
With the exception of General Crozier (whose primary worry is that Dethklok stirs the world to ridiculous levels of ultraviolence) and Selatcia (who wants Dethklok to cause the Metalocalypse), the Tribunal is primarily worried that because Dethklok does what they want, how they want to do it, regardless of any consequences or obstacles, they will actually improve the life of the common folk by setting an inspirational example. The release of "Blood Ocean" stirred fear of the return of creative control to artists, and Nathan's pursuit of his GED stirred fear that people would realize that the working class is just as smart as the upper class.
Nathan's lack of leadership resulted in the entire state of Florida becoming a lawless no-man's land. He introduced a state currency that became immediately worthless due to inflation and nothing to back it up, he chose to NOT warn the citizens of an a hurricane that was going to hit the state (rather, he chose to just name it), and things became so bad that every police officer left. Nathan was still voted as the best governor the state ever had.
"Nice work, guys" is another favorite of his. Which is what makes his angry outburst in "Doublebookedklok" all the more unsettling when he says it with such bile.
Deal with the Devil: Subverted in that the band proves so remarkably adept at contract negotiation that instead of trading their souls they offer a $5 Hot Topic gift card for blues fame and a 7% backend of the Blues Devil's soul. He decides to sleep on it.
Death by Looking Up: Always seems to happen to some unlucky person when the freak accidents erupt.
A Running Gag, actually. Not only does it keep happening, it keeps happening to the same person, with different clothes and skin tone. At one point it was physically impossible. He got impaled by a blunt picket sign which would have bounced off a normal person.
Double subverted in Dethfashion where you think that when a fashion model's blade-adorned armcuff flies off, it will impale the usual victim's face. But then the blade smashes a tank of electric eels, which then fall onto the guy and electrocute him.
Deceased Fall-Guy Gambit: The Dethklok members do this after realizing that they've been embezzling from themselves.
Defictionalization: Brendon Small has done several live tours as Dethklok, not to mention released The Dethalbum, which has the honor of being the highest-charting Death Metal album in Billboard's history. A followup album, The Dethalbum II, was released in September 2009.
Diabolus ex Machina: Toki would have given Dr. Rockzo, The Rock & Roll Clown (he does cocaine), a well-deserved beatdown had Murderface's grandmother not run into a cross, making it crash on them both.
The one in Season 3 is even MORE of an acid sequence, with everyone singing at some point- Pickles becomes a giant head in the sky and his dreadlocks become tentacles as he sings about How he's not actually going to die, Nathan as he sings about how his dentist doesn't want to commit "Hamburger Time" (which is quickly subverted right before the Titmouse logo) and Murderface sings happily about how he "jacked off on his doctor's face". Skwisgaar, being the only member of Dethklok who didn't get a major event that episode, joins Murderface, singing "he jacks offs on a doctor's face!" with the same amount of glee.
Disproportionate Retribution: This happened to the rap/rock band "Get Thee Hence" for simply being allowed to open for Dethklok in concert. The fans immediately rushed the stage and killed them all. Even Nathan, who said that he hated Get Thee Hence, was shocked to see this happen.
On the other hand, the band members of Get Thee Hence had been nothing if not obnoxious assholes up to that point (albeit mostly to resident butt monkeys Toki and Murderface). So although it was disproportionate on the fans' part, since they could not have known, it had shades of Karmic Death from the viewers' point of view.
Distaff Counterpart: Ladyklok, one of the various Dethklok tribute bands the guys see in S2 Ep03, "Tributeklok".
Doing It for the Art: Skwisgaar willingly jumps out of the Dethklok airship because while he holds his guitar on the ground a weird buzzing noise can be heard and he doesn't want the noise on the studio recording. When Toki accidentally erases the only copy of Skwisgaar's track, guess what he has to do again...
Skwisgaar: It may be the most dangerous thing I'll ever do in my lifes.
Caroline:: Keep the fifteenth open so you can deposit your sperm into my vagina with your penis.
Dork Age: (In-Universe example) As of season 3, Dethklok seems to have entered theirs, facing more accusations of being sell-outs, losing their edge, etc.
Seeing their ad for Pentuplemint gum, even Nathan is forced to admit that it is absolutely irredeemable as anything but selling out.
Drowning My Sorrows: Toki, still dealing with his father's death (which the band accidentally caused) is drunk throughout the whole Season 2 finale.
Pickles, Murderface and Nathan do this in the episode "Mordland," the night before Fan Day. Totally justified.
Nathan: (groaning) Why do I drink so much before Fan Day? Murderface: I believe you drink because it's Fan Day.
Although Pickles is widely (rightfully) regarded as the most hard drinking member of the band, Toki seems to have the biggest problems with alcohol. In Dethwedding, Skwisgaar references past experiences where he needed to babysit a sloppy drunk Toki. And during the Pentuplemint Gum party scene in Tributeklok, he's visibly hammered again. Even Skwisgaar notices, though its never mentioned.
This can also apply to Pickles at an early age, who became an alcoholic at age 6 due to mental (and probably physical) abuse from his brother and parents.
Drunk Driver: Nathan almost kills Murderface in "Religionklok".
Skwisgaar and Toki in "Dethrace".
Dude, She's Like, In a Coma!: Nathan Explosion dated a famous actress named Rebecca, who fell into a coma after falling down several flights of stairs. Nathan stayed with her throughout it all, claiming she was "the perfect girlfriend."
She then breaks up with him and gets a new boyfriend while still in a coma.
Eats Babies: One of the anti-Dethklok prisoners in "Dethecution"
Ephebophile: Rockzo, The Rock & Roll Clown (he does cocaine) who got busted with a fourteen year old girl.
Estrogen Brigade Bait: Charles Foster Ofdensen, surprisingly enough. Especially in Papa Wolf mode. Fangirls everywhere let out a collective squee when he showed up at the end of "RenovationKlok" dressed all in black with an awesome jacket, no glasses, hair all mussed and out of place...*happy sigh*
Toki has his fair share of female fans as well, being the most fit member of the band, as well as the woobie.
Evil Laugh: Facebones. In one of the DVD extras, Facebones offers a tour of Mordhaus; when he comes to the secret hallway where the Jomfru brothers were shot, he can't stop laughing...
Exactly What It Says on the Tin: In PR Klok, a game show host announces that a man will be killed with money. That's exactly what happens.
Executive Meddling: Season three was shockingly tame compared to the first season; this was due to the fact that Adult Swim ordered the carnage toned down, since Superjail (which had a similarly bloody tone) had debuted and they wanted to avoid people comparing it to Metalocalypse as far as ripping off it's tone.
Expy: William Murderface is essentially a cartoon version of Geezer Butler, and Dr. Rockzo, the Rock 'n' Roll Clown (he does cocaine) is basically David Lee Roth.
All of the members of the band are intended to be expys of real life musicians. Murderface, as stated, is Geezer Butler, Nathan is an expy for George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher, Pickles is very clearly an expy for Devin Townsend, Skwisgaar is an expy for renowned guitar virtuoso, Yngwie Malmsteen, and Toki is intended to be an expy for Mikael Akerfeldt of Opeth.
Nathan also bears somewhat of a resemblance to Glenn Danzig.
Eye Scream: Performance Klok has a video of an eye operation in the background of the band meeting.
The Faceless: The Klokateers. All wear hoods and we never see their faces.
Ofdensen's assistant(s) also qualify, given that they are required to continuously wear their hoods over their faces along with their suit and ties. (Basically, they're just Klokateers in suits).
If you believe that he actually DID die and came back to life:
Ofdensen: I need you to kill me.
Fan Disservice: Toki's hideous internet date, especially with the news that the Season 3 DVD set will not have the black censorship bars.
Fan Nickname: In addition to the below mentioned "Skwisgirl," after Charles returns at the end of the third season premiere with his newly acquired Hero Scar, several fans dubbed this even more badass version of him "Scarles"
Murderface's attempt to connect as a father figure to Skwisgaar in Fatherklok has earned this version of him the nickname "Dadderface"
Rehabklok, due to about half the episode being sung by or to Pickles, earned the nickname "Pickles: The Musical".
Fanservice: Toki pole-dancing at a strip club for extra cash in Renovation Klok.
Ladyklok. That is all.
Season 3 DVD. Completely uncensored; you be the judge.
Pickles the Drummer: The Smart Guy (or at least the least dumb guy)
As far as common sense and basic social skills are concerned Pickles (while sober) is The Smart Guy, though Toki can occasionally fill this position when he's not being a naive Man Child, and Skwisgaar has been known to point out the faults in many of the guys' plans and give much better suggestions and ideas, but is usually ignored.
Freudian Excuse: The reason Pickles drinks so much is revealed to be because his brother burned down their garage and blamed it on him. His parents believed every word.
Funny Foreigner: Toki and Skwisgaar are humorously out of touch with...pretty much everything, really.
They also ams speakings like this constantslys.
Garfunkel: It's a running joke that neither Toki nor Murderface have any real input into the creative process. Their parts are written by Skwisgaar, and usually also performed on the records by Skwisgaar, when they aren't just being mixed to inaudible levels during production.
However, in Murderface's absence, the rest of the band is just too upbeat and cheerful to make properly angry-sounding death metal. They need his negativity to fuel the creative process.
It's not really explained why Toki is excluded from the creative process. Toki seems to be perfectly able to take over Skwisgaar's lead guitar parts both when Skwisgaar leaves for Sweden, and in the Dethklok covers band. It's quite plausible that he's just not the creative sort, or that Skwisgaar's legendary arrogance and Toki's lack of assertiveness combine to kill any idea Toki might have.
General Ripper: Crozier was originally a mostly-sane example of this trope, later losing the 'sane' part thanks to Mr. Selatcia.
Genius Ditz: Basically the entire group. In the first episode, they couldn't figure out how to make their own food at all. Each character has shown at least one moment of genuine superior intelligence though.
Skwisgaar: "I believe they calls this a food libraries?"
Satan demands their souls in exchange of Blues music mastery. They bargain it down to a 5 dollar Hot Topic coupon, while demanding a percentage of Satan's soul as part of the bargain. Satan wisely decides to walk away and think it over.
Gentle Giant: While not a totally straight example, Nathan's much more amiable and warm-hearted than his reputation and appearance would have you believe.
"This is MY band, and you're MY (guitar riff) up dysfunctional family."
Gonk: Murderface. One of the five wealthiest men on earth and no woman will touch him.
"The perfect specimen of devolution: —cro-magnon brow, distended jaw, clammy hands, buckled stomach, back pimplage, hitchhiker thumbs, hammer-assed, fallen arches, chicken-plucked legs, sandpapery, eczema-styled skin, dry, unkempt triangle hair."
Also, Toki's hideous internet date.
Good Angel, Bad Angel: In Dethhealth, Nathan experiences this while visiting his dentist.
Murderface: Gas means your wiener's being played with by a suicidal weirdo! Gas means you're gay.
Pickles: Dude, who cares if he plays with your dick? You'll totally be out.
In "Rehabklok", Pickles is confronted with this after the drum machine kidnaps the rest of the band in order to kill them, locking Pickles in a room with an entire table's worth of alcohol after he had just completed his last rehabilitation step. The devil tells him to get drunk; the angel tells him to save the band. Pickles decides to just do both.
Green Eyes: Nathan has striking green eyes. Pickles has darker ones (as well as red hair, being 'very Irish-American'), and Murderface's are a lime-ish yellow-green, and Charles' generally fade from a hazel colour to a light green.
Groupie Brigade: Dethklok is so famous and powerful that they have their own huge army of employees, despite the fact that the training process has at least a 60% mortality rate.
Female groupies around the world broke out into open warfare upon learning that Nathan was single.
Heavy Mithril: One of Skwisgaar's side projects is a Harry Potter tribute band called "Ten Points to Gryffindor"
The Thunderhorse music video.
Muderface's NASCAR-type-theatrical-hybrid-event was apparently trying for this effect, with the wizard narrator and the dragon-based decor and medieval-themed racers. Pity that it didn't actually make any sense.
Heel Face Turn: Dick Knubbler; the power of Dethklok's metal brings him into their fold in an instant.
Before that, Dr. Rockzo, The Rock & Roll Clown (he does cocaine) in "Snakes & Barrels II"
"Hey, You!" Haymaker - Nathan delivers one to Murderface when the band gets into a fight onstage in Performanceklok.
High Turnover Rate: the chefs, up to Jean-Pierre. Not because they couldn't handle the job, because they literally get killed doing it. Also, the Klokateer army.
Also, Dory Mc Lean Rockzo's (all grown up) jailbait lover, who shows up at the Zazz Blammymatazz reunion concert at the end of "Dethzazz". She got old. And fat.
Ho Yay: Apart from random homoerotic naivete (such as Toki's "codpiece", in actuality a vibrating strap-on dildo) or spending lots of time sitting naked in a very small hot tub together, whenever the band members are seen dating women, at least one of them will look suspiciously like another member of the band. Four of Nathan's dates in "Klokblocked" look like female versions of the other four bandmates, and one of Toki's dates was nicknamed "Skwisgirl" because of her resemblance to Skwisgaar.
Pickles wearing a locket with Charles' picture in it.
Not to mention the deleted scene from "Dethsources" on the Season 2 DVD, wherein a drunken Charles hangs all over Nathan and plays with his hair.
The Manager is quite a bit more defensive of Nathan than he is the other guys. In "Fertilityklok," Charles is seen with the rest of Dethklok during the roast. He tolerates, and even cracks a smile at the jabs at the other band members. But when the comic jumps on Nathan by calling him "Tonto," which is not a nickname Nathan is fond of, Charles whispers something to a nearby Klokateer. Within seconds, the comic is dead from a poison dart.
Murderface has a very noticeable knee-jerk reaction to anything that could potentially make him look gay. Such as how he refuses to eat hot dogs, or sausage; and how when Dethklok goes into fashion, he holds a press conference to announce that he is not gay.
Of course, he's later seen licking a hot dog suggestively, and acting like it's no big deal.
Not to mention the recent episode where he masturbates on his doctor's face, and started hallucinating muscular, near-naked men, while thinking "I'm gay! I'm gay!" It was eventually revealed that the doctor, not Murderface, was gay, and jacked him off on purpose.
And in FatherKlok, when, in his haste to be a father figure to Skwisgaar, he gives him a sponge bath.
Then there was the whole "body heat" scene near the beginning of Doublebookedklok. Doesn't help that A) he suggests it after Pickles complains about huddling together for warmth being gay, and B) He still has his arm around Pickles' chest after Ofdensen comes to rescue them.
Toki seems to have started copying Skwisgaar's accent. The two of them also started holding hands during their therapy session with Twinkletits.
Nathan: (to Murderface) You make us look like a bunch of dumb, rich, sheltered assholes. (cue zoom-out to show them being pampered by Klokateers)
They get Dr. Rockzo, the Rock 'n' Roll Clown (he does cocaine) to give up cocaine, when they regularly use drugs themselves. Though, at least they know their superhuman limits, and are not obnoxious about it.
They are uncomfortable with the concept of death, and demand that it be referred to as "hamburger time". This is despite the fact that they are a death metal band.
The existence of the Church of Atheists... who are often prone to physical assaults by agnostics.
In one episode the band members criticize Pickles for his heavy drinking... while drinking large amounts of beer themselves.
Idiosyncratic Episode Naming: Nearly all of the episode names include either "Deth" or "Klok". The exceptions being the Snakes and Barrels episodes, "Black Fire Upon Us", "Go Forth and Die", and "The Metalocalypse Has Begun", which is a Title Drop.
The 2nd season finale actually has two names, one not following the naming convention (Black Fire Upon Us), and one that does (Dethrelease). "The Revengencers" also has a second name that followes the Idiosyncratic Episode Naming, Sickklok.
I Got Better: Knubbler lost both of his eyes due to resurfacing far too fast while trying to outrun a giant mutant seahorse. He appears in a Blip Vert at the very end of the episode as Dethklok's new music producer with new robotic eyes.
Twinkletits gets his arms ripped off by feral wolves. He appears two seasons later with new robotic arms and also as an advisor for Dethklok.
Immune to Drugs: During Pickles' reunion tour with his old band Snakes and Barrels, a radical new drug is introduced to the band, who then asks Pickles to do the drug with them before their first show. Snakes-n-Barrels is completely destroyed by the drug; Pickles remains unharmed, however, since his growing up "smoking government weed every day" made him immune to just about any hard drug in existence and any drug to be invented. The only exception, for the sake of that episode, is the Yopo plant that the Amazonian natives use. Pickles loves the idea of trying it out.
In one episode, Murderface is nervous about a press release, so Pickles gives him a drug cocktail that he himself takes to relax...and gives him the same dose he uses on himself. Murderface spends the rest of the episode completely unaware of where he is and literally incapable of seeing straight.
Less mundane example: Nathan Explosion's description as "lyrical visionary" doesn't hold a lot of water if you look at the lyrics too closely. This could, arguably, also be linked with Toki and Murderface) as their parts are canonically re-recorded by Skwisgaar and their skills are repeatedly stated to be lacking), as well as the entire band, which is unable to tune instruments without breaking them.
Although how good Toki and Murderface are varies a lot throughout the series. In a recent episode, they recorded an entire album by themselves.
In Medias Res: Aside from Toki confirmed as the Replacement Goldfish, no explanation is given about how these five men came together to form Dethklok, or how they picked up Charles Ofdensen to be their manager.
Instrument of Murder: The Season 2 finale saw Skwisgaar Skwigelf kill several invading Revengencers with his guitar. Pickles was a couple feet away, choking another Revengencer with a drum stick.
Its Pronounced Tro Pay: The therapist John Twinkletits. It's not pronounced the way it's spelled (Twinkle-Tits); the accent is on the "kle" part of his name. (Twin-Kletits)
Jerk Ass: While most of the band members fulfill this trope (usually unintentionally), Murderface is an unrepentant asshole to everyone he meets.
Let's be honest here. Every single member but Toki is a Jerk with a Heart of Gold to various degrees. Especially Murderface, who at one point even all-out apologizes for being a jerk, claiming he just can't resist it, and then proceeds with asking everybody present to just kill themselves so he would not have to be one. Toki, however, is the complete opposite of this trope. He is a nice guy most of the time, but harbours a deeper, darker side inside.
When Dethklok confronts their therapist Dr. Twinkletits, Murderface admits that he prides himself on being a Jerk Ass but that he is in awe of the doctor's ability to constantly antagonize everyone. He adds that he really respects that personality trait.
Karma Houdini: Dr. Rockzo, the Rock 'n' Roll Clown (he does cocaine) in the Christmas Episode. He breaks parole, steals Toki's christmas gifts for coke money, ruins Murderface's Christmas Special, and gets a handjob from Skwisgaar's mom... and escapes a well deserved Crazy!Pissed Toki beatdown due to a freak accident. GRRR.
Not to mention Pickle's brother Seth, who makes every other character in this show look like a saint, continuously gets what he wants, ALL THE TIME. Even when they try to shove him right in karma's path he twists it to his advantage.
Every member of the band is a sociopath in some way or another, and they are responsible for countless deaths. They almost never have to deal with long term consequences for their actions.
This is a literal Shout Out to Swedish death metal band Suffocation being charged in England in the early 1990s with their music being obscene and vulgar. The entire case hinged on the fact of whether or not the songs could 'damage' the youth. Their defense attorney's argument is VERBATIM what Nathan regurgitates in the response. "It doesn't matter, no one can understand what they're saying anyway."
Lethal Klutz: Dethklok manage to kill fans at every show, the faulty and badly-conceived products they endorse cause countless deaths, and that's not even getting into the times when either they or their fans have people murdered intentionally.
Likes Older Women: Skwisgaar is an extreme example—he prefers "G-MILFS".
That's in addition to MILFS, Soon-To-Be-MILFS, and FBLs.
Long Title: Dethalbum II contains a song titled "I Tamper With the Evidence at the Murder Site of Odin." So long, in fact, that it basically takes up a few lines of text on list of songs; the other songs, however, have titles that are only about two or three words in length.
Another example would be the third longest title, "Crush My Battle Opponent's Balls". The length of the title belies the fact that the track is only about a minute long, contains no lyrics, and is almost completely unknown by name to fans because it was released on neither CD and was only seen in a Blip Vert on a little TV screen when featured on the show. (On that little thing on the bottom-left of a TV screen at the beginning and end of a music video to tell everyone who helped out and whatnot).
The second longest title, "My Inner Child Tied and Beaten in My Trunk" from Performanceklok has 2 less words ( and 5 less syllables) than "I Tamper with the Evidence at the Murder Site of Odin".
Mad Artist: Pretty much anyone who shows any form of creativity (including Dethklok themselves), and often applied humorously.
Masochist's Meal: In one episode, Toki sprays mace on a turkey after the band decides they're not going to eat any more of it. Then later Toki and Skwisgar get hungry anyway and decide to eat the rest of it. It tastes "stingy."
His first and middle name come from "Charles Foster Kane" of the movie Citizen Kane. To those who haven't seen the movie, Ofdensen is an entrepreneur whose practices follows much along the line of his namesake.
Men Don't Cry: Pickles tells Toki that none of the band will talk about missing Ofdensen because "Admitting sadness... makes you gay."
Skwisgaar: It's so f♪~kings expensive that it makes me horny.
Monumental Damage: Dethklok fans torch The Louve after Murderface says all 30,000 pieces of art stink.
The Sphinx is decapitated during a Detklok concert in Egypt. It's being repaired at the end of the episode, but is crushed when the coffin (inside a coffin inside a coffin) with Toki's dead cat inside falls on it.
Never Speak Ill of the Dead: Murderface brings this up in a roundabout way when Twinkletits supposedly falls to his death.
Murderface: Now that he's dead, it's easier to say...emotional things about him.
N.G.O. Superpower: Dethklok has the power to enforce the copyrights on their music, engage in horrendous acts of violence without any authorities so much as batting an eye, and possesses a fleet of jumbo-jet sized helicopters not to mention the rockets in the season 2 finale.
Dr. Rockzo, the Rock 'n' Roll Clown (he does cocaine) at the very end of Season 2 episode 17.
Nightmare Fetishist: Murderface is interested in "morbid crap." The other band members might qualify as well, given their fondness for brutal things.
Dr. Rockzo, the Rock 'n' Roll Clown (he does cocaine) appears to be partially inspired by David Lee Roth, in terms of his music and outfit. Fittingly, his former band Zazz Blazzymatazz appears to be based on Van Halen, complete with matching logo.
Nick Ibsen is clearly a parody of Larry King.
Toki is apparently based on Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt.
Pickles' former band Snakes 'N Barrels is based on Guns n' Roses.
A number of the band's exploits seem taken from the real world's biggest heavy metal band, Metallica, including going to band therapy and cracking down on MP3s.
Murderface is based (quite obviously, if you compare the two) on Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler, at least appearance-wise.
Nathan himself is visually based on Cannibal Corpse vocalist George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher.
Jean-Pierre: got shot out of a helicopter and hacked to pieces like a tomato in a blender by said helicopter's blades. Is still alive, after being sewn back together.
Dr. Twinkletits: fell out of a window many stories up and then attacked by yard wolves. Survived with prosthetic limbs and voice.
The Dethklok Minute host: struck by a meteor. Survived only with disfigurement and still cheerfully hosting Dethklok Minute.
Ofdensen: shot through the chest with an arrow, then savagely beaten by the Metal Masked Assassin, getting his glasses shattered and cut up in the process. Revealed that he faked his death, for reasons currently unknown.
Dr. Rockzo, the Rock 'n' Roll Clown (he does cocaine): his nose fell off after doing a little too much cocaine. Both he and Ofdensen have recovered completely from their Amusing Injuries.
Not So Stoic : Ofdensen has never let his calm demeanor slip in front of the band. Then they double book a gig in Syria and Israel. He manages to stay mostly calm, albeit with a very angry tone in his voice and a noticeable eye twitch. This is the closest he's ever come to kicking some Dethklok ass.
This is also how they know they fucked up, too. He never raises his voice, but the change in tone prompts the question, "Why are you yelling at us?"
Pickles shows various degrees of being this in the band, sometimes.
From Season Two onwards, however, Pickles has become increasingly neurotic, and Nathan has proven much more reasonable, socially adjusted, and intelligent. Lately, Skwisgaar seems to be sharing this status, as well.
Opening Shout-Out: Senator Stampingston's descriptions of Dethklok's members in the first episode are taken verbatim from the opening lyrics. He concludes by saying that that's all they know. Of course, this was literally all the viewers knew about them at that point, too.
Or so I Heard: Nathan claims this in regards to how he knows so much about previous failed Zazz Blammymatazz reunions.
Pass the Popcorn: Nathan and Murderface watching Pickles beat the living crap out of his brother at his own wedding.
What about the band watching Twinkletits being eaten by wolves? To top it all off, Nathan was filming it.
Pickles: Gosh, maybe this is weird to say, but...am I the only one who's being made to feel hungry by watching this?
Nathan: Let's eat.
Periphery Demographic: In-universe, children everywhere are becoming avid fans of Deth Klok's music because of Toki.
The Pete Best: Season 3 began with a flashback to when Dethklok signed their first contract. Conspicuously, Toki was not there; someone else (that as far as the fandom can tell, has the initials M.H.) was.
Fanon has named him Magnus Hammerstorm, though this is probably not really his name.
Amusingly (to me at least) He's a dead ringer for B.Y.O.B-era Serj Tankian.
Planet Eris: This is the only way to possibly explain why a death metal band is wealthy enough to be considered one of the top 10 world economies, and why they no one seems to be bothered by the sheer number of casualties during Dethklok's concerts, public appearances, etc.
Pluralses: Skwisgaar Skwigelf and Toki Wartooth do this alls the times to reminds yous that they're from Europes.
This troper always finds it amusing that one of the only things they don't Pluralize is Pickles' name which is supposed to have an 'S' at the end
Portmanteau Couple Name: In-universe example: during the time Nathan dated Rebecca, the media referred to them as 'Natebecca' or 'Rebasplosion'.
Non-shipping example: Toki and Murderface's label was known as 'Murdertooth Records'.
The Tribunal's whole problem with Dethklok is that they're apparently going to cause an "apocalypse of metal" (or, more succinctly, a "metalocalypse") with their music.
President Evil: Nathan Explosion's term as governor of Florida ends with the depopulation of the entire state as the result of his gross disregard for human life. Though to be fair, he eventually tried to resolve things with a song from the band... only for them to summon a hurricane.
And he's still regarded as the best governor Florida ever had.
Well, how many other governors have summoned hurricanes?
Prison Rape: Implied in "Dethzazz": Rockzo's found shaking and huddling in his sleeping cellmate's arms.
Product Placement: Gibson guitars and Krank amplifiers, in addition to the band's in-show endorsement of Duncan Hills Coffee and other fictional products.
In a DVD extra showing one of Skwisgaar's guitar tutorials, he takes the first few minutes to fully explain all of his gear (from the guitar to the pedals and everything in between), and names every brand associated with his equipment.
Quarter Hour Short: For the first two seasons. Season 3 expanded it to a half hour.
Facebones: And most important, remember - death is an everyday part of the workplace! So, when you see a dead body, don't freak out! Toki: (is taking out the trash and comes across a rotting corpse) Wowee! Facebones: Just... ring your Deth-bell! Toki: (rings his Deth-bell)
Reverse Shazam: It's easy to forget that the show is called Metalocalypse and not Dethklok.
Rich in Dollars, Poor in Sense: Hoo boy. This was evident from the very first episode where they struggled to understand the concept of "grocery shopping," but it really hit the fan in the season 3 premiere, where, without Ofdensen to manage them, they blow all their money on things like a giant Dorito-themed amusement park (not open to the public) and "the super tits candy snake project," which was "never completed or defined."
The first episode of season three is just loaded with poor spending decisions. Skwissgar's ruby metronome and champagne humidore, Pickles' endangered species room, scream-activated lighting, the list goes on and on.
Rule Of Cool: The band make all their decisions based on how "brutal" they perceive a course of action to be. Seriously, all of their decisions. For example, there is an extended scene in which they will fully accept that they have conditions in which their employees are dying and rotting on-site at great numbers as long as the situation is "metal". They even refuse to care about this suffering specifically because doing so is also metal.
Not to mention when Skwisgaar played an electric guitar solo while skydiving just to avoid audio feedback. Twice.
Scream Activated Lighting.
Rule of Funny: Dethklok's general level of competency is dependant entirely on what makes for the funniest situation.
Self-Deprecation: The band, counter to what you may think, is very, very aware of its many flaws. In other words, Dethklok really hates Dethklok.
Nathan:WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING RIIIGHT!
Serious Business: Metal in general, and Dethklok in particular, especially to The Tribunal.
"I'M EATING CHIPS!!!!!"
Sex, Drugs, & Rock and Roll: Dr. Rockzo, the Rock 'n' Roll Clown (he does cocaine), the rest of Snakes and Barrels, and frequently Dethklok members.
Pickles has built up such a high tolerance for drugs that he was completely immune to the psychoactive drug ("Totally Awesome Sweet Alabama Liquid Snake") that wrecked havoc at the Snakes and Barrels reunion.
Sexual Karma: Averted. Despite the fact that the members of Dethklok are pretty much sociopaths, they have legions of women who want to sleep with them (well, except for Murderface, that is)
Shout Out: Discussing how their previous chef "blow his brain in" and how it made "a good album cover" is a reference to metal band Mayhem; lead singer Per Yngve Ohlin committed suicide with a shotgun blast to his head, and the band used a photo of his body in situ as the cover for the bootleg album "Dawn of the Black Hearts".
Fintroll, the name of the food libraries grocery store, is also the name of a Scandanavian folk metal band, but with one "n" missing from the store title.
Humorously, in Season 1, Episode 4 they do fight a Troll. In Finland. Think about it.
"Here comes that guy!" "Quick, throw the phones at that guy!"
Nathan calls out "Rotten Body Landslide", "Every Bone Broken" chicken and "Hammer Smashed Face" over the store intercom. All are Cannibal Corpse song titles.
Their previous chef's life support system shows a strong resemblance to the cover of Voivod's "Killing Technology" album.
In other episodes:
One of the Revengencers wears a scrap of a dead man's face as a mask (essentially a Dead Skin Mask, after the Slayer song).
Movie mogul Grishnak is named after Count Grishnak, stage name of Burzum's Varg Vikernes.
Speaking of which, "Burzum's" is a family-style restaurant they've been to on at least one occasion ("Dethfam," I think?)
Yes, as well as "Dethdoubles".
Talking about "Dethfam", in the same episode Murderface goes to buy his grandfather a electric wheelchair at Gorgoroth's Medical Supplies, an obvious shout-out to the Black Metal band of the same name.
The driving instructor Mr. Gojira is named after a band of the same name.
Fast food restaurant Dimmu Burger is named after band Dimmu Borgir.
The cover of one of the band's albums - seen in "Dethfashion", and later in "Dethtribute" - strongly resembles a typical Manowar album cover.
In "Dethrecord", Murderface sings "Same Old Song And Dance" by Aerosmith.
In "Birthdayface", Toki says the car has "Big fat tires and everything", a lyric from Deep Purple's Highway Star.
In "Dethgov", the beginning scene has a man yelling that he is the "lunatic of God's creation". Lunatic of God's Creation is a song by Deicide from their self-titled album.
Toki's underwater performance in "Dethwater" was awfully remeniscent of Ringo Starr's "Octopus' Garden".
Timmy Razzle from Razzle Sticks in "Snakes 'N' Barrels II" was a possible reference to Nicholas "Razzle" Dingley, the drummer of Hanoi Rocks from 1982 until he died in a car crash in 1984.
The "Iced Earth Community Skating" rink in "Tributeklok".
St. Necrophagist's, the hospital in 3.3.
In "FatherKlok", the Swedish bar where Skwisgaar goes with his new stepdad is called Malmsteen's.
In "DethHealth", during a Disney Acid Sequence, the anthromorphic cat can be seen doing both the moonwalk and the thriller dance among others, in a possible homage to the recently deceased Michael Jackson.
In "Cleanzo", the machine Dr. Rockzo, the Rock 'n' Roll Clown (he does cocaine) is being tortured with is exactly the same as the one Han Solo was tortured with in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.
In "RehabKlok", the drum machine is an obvious homage to the HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey.
The "Falcon Back" project is a rather obvious reference to metal band Falkenbach.
Shower of Angst: Murderface takes one after he accidentally ejaculated on a male doctor during a hernia check, thinking that this makes him gay. Later, when he finds out the doctor jacked him off on purpose and that he's not gay, he takes a Shower of Relieved Joy.
Shown Their Work: The animation of their playing is often carefully synced to the music, with the chord positions and fingering of the guitar parts shown in some detail.
Senator Stampingston: Gentlemen, it's clear that we're in a universally precarious situation. Dethklok has summoned a troll.
General Crozier: That's impossible, there's no such thing as trolls.
Senator Stampingston: Then how do you explain the dead unicorns? (The screen behind him shows butchered unicorns).
The Slow Path: Time Travel Face Bags. You can move through time at the speed of regular time with the use of plastic bags.
Sound Effect Bleep: Any instance of cursing (on the broadcast version of the show, anyway) is covered up with a guitar riff.
Season 1-2 DVDs keep the Sound Effect Bleep on the episodes, deleted scenes and season 3 didn't bother.
Soundtrack Dissonance: A rather gentle and understated orchestral piece plays during the Season 2 finale while Mr. Seletcia Mind Rapes General Crozier.
The Southpaw: Possibly Murderface, in the flashback in RenovationKlok, he signs his contract with his left hand. The Pete Best that was there also signs with his left hand.
Start of Darkness: Start of Alcoholism, anyway. RehabKlok reveals that Pickles became the drunk he is now as a way to cope with being blamed for the burning down of his family's garage. (Seth did it.)
Stepford Smiler: Toki seems to have developed this trait when talking about his father now that he's dead (he mentions that he's come to peace with his father's death while a clip of Toki watching his father drown and freeze to death at the same time under a lake of ice while a horrible Scare Chord plays).
Stop Copying Me: Swisgaar and Toki get into this, made funnier by their imperfect English:
Stops copies me! Stops copies me!
Straight Edge: The "SOBERTOWN USA No Drugs Allowed Sober Rock and Roll Show" has shades of this.
Straight Edge Evil: Rikki Kixx's entire motivation for promoting the movement is that he no longer able to indulge in alcohol and drugs himself, and if he can't have it, no one should be able to.
Sweet Dreams Fuel: Every single song sung by Toki. Complete with Sugar coated acid sequence music videos, frequently involving candy, lucky charms, kitties, and bunnies.
Sword Fight: Two so far: one was a (presumably) staged one for a music video between Skwisgaar and Toki, and the other was a very real fencing match between Ofdensen and Melmord with the position of band manager at stake. Ofdensen won.
Take That: The Dethsiduals episode contains a very obvious Take That against Papa Roach and other Rap Metal Alternative bands.
The fashion designer from Dethfashion is a hilarious exaggeration/parody of Karl Lagerfeld, head of Chanel and real-life supervillain.
An entire episode is devoted to shitting on Florida's Good Ol' Boy population.
Go on, look at Dr. Rockzo, The Rock & Roll Clown (he does cocaine). Doesn't he look like a thinly-veiled insult at a certain 1980s cartoon series about music and its similar character designs?
Talking to Himself: Brendon Small, Tommy Blacha, Mark Hamill, Up to Eleven. Go ahead, check out Wikipedia. See how many characters these people voice, not including background characters. Regular voices are more than double the regular voice actors. The entire band and CFO are voiced by two people.
So was the Tribunal, at least for the first season.
Team Dad: Charles Ofdenson, though when he's not around Nathan is the substitute. Murderface believes himself to be this, even though he is the least qualified.
It can be argued that Nathan has been established as the Team Dad since Season One (beginning with his interactions with Toki in "Skwisklok" and "Dethclown" and confirmed in "Fatherklok"). Charles, with his nagging and usually clumsy attempts at comfort, is more the Team Mom.
Murderface: (looking over his birthday presents) You mean, I get to destroy United States history literally?
Nathan in the Detharmonic video, because taxes are just that brutal.
That Makes Me Feel Angry: In DethMas, Toki blows up on the rest of the band, saying he's gonna buy them gifts for Secret Santa despite being told it wasn't metal or stuff like that. Nathan's reaction sums it up:
Nathan: I don't believe I've ever been spoken to like that before.
Pickles the drummer, doodily doo, ding dong doodily doodily doo,
Nathan Explosion.
Those Two Guys: Toki and Murderface have started being shown hanging out together separately from the rest of the band. This isn't really because they're friends, but mostly just because they're the dumbest members of the band and the others find them less than tolerable.
Toki and Skwisgaar can count as this too, despite hating each other they are almost always seen with each other. (Mostly in seasons 1 and 2, from Season 3 onward they appear to be spending less time with each other).
Title Drop: "The Metalocalypse Has Begun", itself dropping the series and episode titles, are also Cardinal Ravenwood's final words.
True Companions: Though they'd deny it, Dethklok fits the trope.
Pretty much confirmed by Nathan in FatherKlok
In Rehabklok, a line in one song confirms that Pickles considers Dethklok his family, and he worries that they'll replace him while he's in rehab. Which they do. But that turned out to be a bad idea.
Turn Your Head and Cough: Murderface once became... "stimulated" when he reached this point of a medical exam, which was...unfortunate for the doctor.
Trademark Favorite Food: None last more than an episode, but there have been Pickles and cinnamon buns, Toki and candy, Nathan and potato chips (also barbecue sauce). Also, Charles loves his pie. The band have also mentioned popsicles once or twice.
And apparently French Toast
Tsundere: Murderface specifically in "Performanceklok".
Toki can't seem to decide if he hates Skwisgaar or has a mancrush on him.
Under the Sea: Dethwater. Complete with Toki's memorable song "Underwater Friends."
Unpleasable Fanbase: (In-Universe example) The little boy telling Dethklok, as the Dethklok tribute band called "Thunderhorse", to be sellouts even after they decided to go back to their roots as a tribute band in Tributeklok is probably an example of this.
Also a Brick Joke and Hypocritical Humor; that was the same kid from the beginning of the episode who told Dethklok, before being a tribute band, that they were sellouts (the former for doing a health benefit, the latter for doing an ad for European gum).
The Un Reveal: We never did find out who Skwisgaar's father was in FatherKlok (though it's hinted that he's divine).
Also, as mentioned above, Nathan. Though his unintelligibility is pretty standard fare for a death metal band.
Unusual Euphemism: Dethklok isn't too comfortable when talking about dying Hamburger Time, despite the fact that they have witnessed &/or caused Over Nine Thousand Hamburger Times. They're just uncomfortable about their Hamburger Time.
Vitriolic Best Buds: The whole band, specifically Toki and Skwisgaar. Skwisgaar constantly belittles Toki for his guitar playing, among other things, and on numerous occasions Toki and Skwisgaar openly state they "hate" each other. It really hits home in the season 1 finale when Toki states "I've always hated you, Skwisgaar", and Skwisgaar responds with, "I know, Toki. I know", in an affectionate tone... Their odd relationship often ventures into Ho Yay territory.
Vocal Evolution: While everyone's voice slightly changed over the seasons, Toki's is the most extreme, starting out low pitched, laid back and with a thicker Norwegian accent, it is now very high pitched and sometimes manic and the accent is not as thick.
The most notable has to be Murderface, as it took several episodes before Tommy Blacha could create an acceptable sound without stuffing his mouth with paper towels.
We Wait: Selatcia tells the Tribunal to do this every time they want to do something to curb Dethklok's growing power. When Cardinal Ravenwood and General Crozier try to assassinate Dethklok, Selatcia kills Ravenwood and eventually brainwashes Crozier for their refusal to follow orders.
Wham Episode: "Black Fire Upon Us," "RenovationKlok" and "The Metalocalypse Has Begun."
And most recently Doublebookedklok aka "The Dead Man" Something happened to Ofdensen when he witnessed Selectia brainwashing Crozer. Selectia is now wary of the Dethklok manager and will most likely try to kill him. And Ofdensen knows of project Falconback and has Edgar Jomfru making plans for it.
"Let the blackness that is the fashion industry take its intended path."
"Follow the Clown. FOLLOW THE CLOWN."
The Dethklok Home for Wayward Kitties. "Release...the kitties!"
Dethwater - Metal...FOR FISH.
This is Nathan's reaction to Christmas in DethMas. He's initially turned off by the idea of Toki wanting to put up a tree, etc., until he takes a moment to really look it over. He sees it as the corpse of a tree, further humiliated and desecrated by being strung up in Mordhaus and decorated in tinsel and lights, etc. He feels the whole thing is pretty brutal.
Pickles: "Ok, hold on now, so you're telling me that you put these little guys in boiling water and they shriek and they turn red, and they die. That is the most metal thing I ever heard in my whole life."
What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?: Several episodes open with Dethklok making a petty, trivial decision, with ominous music and Hostile Weather happening at the same time. These petty choices usually put The Tribunal on alert and have massive economic and cultural repercussions and set the topic for the episode:
"Guys, I've been thinking. *Dramatic Thunder* It's time I started dating again."
*Earthquake* Coooommmmmedyyyyyyyy
Where The Hell Is Springfield?: Where is Mordhaus? Early on, it seems like their methods of travel to various countries may hold the answer. And then you see Dethklok travel to Finland and parts of the USA in their bus, and Norway by Dethcopter (twice). The only places that we're sure it isn't are Los Angeles (Snakes 'N' Barrels II), the Southern US (Bluesklok), Wisconsin (Dethwedding), Florida (Dethgov), South America (Dethcarraldo), Connecticut, Canada, Scandinavia, France, Germany, or Jordan (Dethdad for Canada and Conneticut, Dethdad, Dethtroll, and Fatherklok for Scandinavia, Birthdayface for France and Germany, and Performanceklok for Jordan).
Somewhere in Scandinavia until the third season, where it really could be anywhere (and likely does move around regularly).
Now that it's floating in the sky (as of Renovationklok)? It could be moving all the time!
(I believe that was just until renovations were done. Still a theory) !
Worst Aid: When the band catch colds, they try to cure themselves with leeches and bloodletting, in a sauna, with predictable results.
Writing Around Trademarks: When the show was first pitched, it was titled Deathclock Metalocalypse, later shortened to Deathclock; when it was discovered that there was already a band with that name in existence, the band became Dethklok and the show's name eventually became Metalocalypse.
Logical Fallacies: Dethklok finds new and interesting ways to fail it every episode.
This troper generally regards the following exchange as a stellar benchmark for their frequent logic failures:
Pickles: Guys, we partied too hard, and now our bodies are in terrible shape, so we've got to trick the doctors and make hem think that we're in really good shape! And there's only one way to do that... bleach. Here, drink this, Murderface.
Skwisgaar: Uh, maybe this ams a stupids questions, but why don'ts we just pours the bleach into our cups of urines?
Pickles, with an incredulous, disgusted look on his face: NO! DRINK THE BLEACH!!!
Nathan: Bleach is healthy. It's mostly water, and we're mostly water. Therefore, we are bleach.
From the same episode:
Nathan: They're f♪~king with your mouth, and your teeth are right next to your brain... if they start f♪~king with your teeth, and it starts going into your brain and... if your tooth rots, then your brain rots, then you die.
Sadly, that's actually halfway accurate and probably the closest they've been to being right about a situation: a botched dental surgery could lead to infection, including Meningitis, which can cause brain damage and/or death. Of course, there was little to no chance of that in the procedure Nathan was undergoing; well, in Real Life anyway, maybe not so much the land of Dethklok.
You Kill It, You Bought It: This is the only way to ever truly take Ofdensen's job away from him. Good luck with that.
You No Takes Candles: Skwisgaar and Toki, whose speech routinely involves sounding out words, making up new ones, misinterpretation, and most commonly the addition or subtraction of s's. However, seeing as the last is more a trait of Swedish than of Norwegian accents, it could be inferred that Toki has taken to copying Swisgaar in this aspect, as well. Toki is generally slightly stronger in English, though his naivete undermines this.
Played hilariously in Dethcarraldo when Toki and Skwisgaar have a conversation where the former repeatedly says similar things to the latter, which soon devolves into an episode-spanning argument consisting mostly of repeated synchronous shouting of "Stops copies me!"
You Bastard: The band really hates their fans, as noted in the special "Fan Day" song; Nathan regularly ends messages to fans (and others) with "Go die". If they are ever asked to care about their fans (including those who have been killed/mutilated attempting to buy from them), their reactions range from indifference to rage.
"Fansong" is 2 minutes and 53 seconds of them insulting the fans. They call their fans "brainless mutants" and "hunched and blinded eunuchs" (among other things), and Nathan says that "they're all banks that [he'd] like to rob".
When musing on what their lives would be like if they stopped being famous, the process is referred to as becoming "a regular old jack-off".
Subverted slightly with Toki, in that there are times where he'll connect with a fan enthusiastically. However, he generally resumes his hatred for everyone shortly thereafter.
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