History Series / CountingCars

--> '''Kevin:''' He gets distracted easily. [[AmbiguousDisorder I'm not sure what he's got goin' on]].

* DiabolusExMachina: In one episode, they spend the entire episode trying to customize a car for a man's wife, and ''the exact second'' they finish the car Scott comes out and tells Danny the couple just split up and the man no longer wants anything to do with the project.

* HopelessWithTech: Danny is a brilliant mechanic, but ''absolutely lost'' when it comes to things like cellphones.
** Lampshaded in ''Series/PawnStars'' when Danny is brought in to evaluate a diagnostic machine for a car. He admits to being completely lost with more modern tech and cars, but falls in love with the diagnostic machine (which is simple enough to use, even for Danny).
* HiddenDepths: Danny, the crazy car guy, is also an ordained minister.

* VitriolicBestBuds: Kevin and Danny do some good-hearted bickering.
** Horny Mike and Roli fall into this as well.
* VisualPun: Horny Mike is a walking one, and every vehicle he owns contributes to it.

* CreepyCoolCrosses: The sigil of the Count's Kustoms is a giant, Gothic-looking cross.

%%* FingerlessGloves: A staple of Danny's wardrobe.

* {{Adorkable}}: One day, when Danny and Roli are looking for cars, they come across a retired Las Vegas fire engine, now in private ownership. They jump at the chance for a ride on it, with Danny sitting in the cab, grinning like a little boy as it rolls along with lights and siren, while Roli is on the rear footboard in full firefighter gear.

* BadassesWearBandanas: The Count is ''never'' seen without his bandanna.

* TheBet: Sometimes, the first example being Danny and Kevin having a bet on whether Danny can make profit on TheAllegedCar Ranchero he bought. [[spoiler: Danny wins, by giving up on the car and turning the rear half of the body into a billiard table.]]

* CreepyCoolCrosses: The sigil of the Count's Kustoms is a giant, gothic-looking cross.
* CreepyGood: They're nice fellows, but their tendency to randomly approach people (sometimes relentlessly) without warning and try to pull them over to buy their cars does terrify a bunch of people.

* DiabolusExMachina: In one episode, they spend the entire episode trying to custom a car for a man's wife, and ''the exact second'' they finish the car Scott comes out and tells Danny the couple just split up and the man no longer wants anything to do with the project.

** In terms of the family of shows stemming from ''Series/PawnStars'', Danny does more haggling than [[Series/AmericanRestoration Rick Dale]], but not as much as [[Series/PawnStars Rick Harrison]]. The main difference between any of the other History Channel reality shows where this is involved is that Danny has a problem with knowing when to stop. If the owner is willing to sell, he'll generally buy, no matter how much it costs... he just loves cars ''too much'' to pass one up that catches his eye.

* ManlyTears: Sometimes customers get choked up at seeing their restored cars. Danny also does this from time to time when he remembers his father.

** Roli and Horny Mike go to a Napa Store in order to buy a part they have very scant info to go on.

* PutOnABus: At the beginning of the third season, the Count's narration explained that Scott had left the shop and moved to Tennessee.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The crew is composed by a truly bizarre collection of fellows.

-->This is wrong on every level.

* TheWonka: Danny's obsession with cars, flagging down standards, and inability to stay on budget either frighten or enrage his employees, but he does an amazing job and his customers are always happy, so he stays in business.
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** The [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Count's Kustoms crew continues to carry on the classic]] ''Series/PawnStars'' tradition of eating so much Subway that they probably crap sun yellow and forest green.

* AllThereInTheManual: Roli can't figure out how to reverse a [[CoolCar Lamborghini Countach]] with a ludicrously tiny back window. Danny reveals that when you buy the car, the dealer and/or factory has to teach you a special method for doing so - leaning out the open door.

* FriendOnTheForce: None of them are private detectives, but the basic logic still applies: Kevin's brother, Steve, is an attorney and judge in L.A., and he helps them with any legal issues which might occur.
* StraightMan: Roli is one of these. Despite being a FunnyForeigner, just the fact that he's the closest thing to the StraightMan in a group of nonstop goofballs is enough to single him out.

* SpinOff: Not technically, but it's very clear that this show is a result of Danny's association with the stars of ''Series/PawnStars'' (and his frequent appearances on that show)

* TheAllegedCar: Horny Mike's bus is "the alleged bus". One episode is entirely focused on Danny effectively giving him an ultimatum to fix it up or taking it out of shop, such is the state of the vehicle. [[spoiler: Danny later goes back on his ultimatum out [[NiceGuy of charity]] and upgrades Mike's van for free to let him keep it there.]]

* AllThereInTheManual: Roli can't figure out how to reverse a [[CoolCar Lamborghini Countach]] with a ludicrously tiny back window. Danny reveals that when you buy the car, the dealer and/or factory has to teach you a special method for doing so; leaning out the open door.

** In fact one of the problems the shop has is that Danny often refuses to let a project go out the door ''until'' he considers it sufficiently cool. He's such a perfectionist with his love of vehicles that between making something look better and keeping a good profit margin, the profit margin is such a distant second it doesn't even see coolness finish the race.

* CreepyGood: They're nice fellows, but their tendency to randomly approach people (sometimes relentlessly) without warning and trying to pull them over to buy their cars does terrify a bunch of people.

** In terms of the family of shows stemming from ''Series/PawnStars'', he does more haggling than [[Series/AmericanRestoration Rick Dale]], but not as much as [[Series/PawnStars Rick Harrison]]. The main difference between any of the other History Channel reality shows where this is involved is that Danny has a problem with knowing when to stop. If the owner is willing to sell, he'll generally buy, no matter how much it costs... he just loves cars ''too much'' to pass one up that catches his eye.
** He gets caught off guard when someone gets him to pull over and offers to buy his 1973 Plymouth Satellite Sebring Plus. Because they were obvious car people, he sells it for $34,000.

* StraightMan: Roli is one of these. Despite being a FunnyForeigner just the fact that he's the closest thing to the StraightMan in a group of nonstop goofballs is enough to single him out.
* FunPersonified: Danny "The Count" is a very jolly and electric fellow.

%%* NiceGuy: Danny.

* {{Troll}}: Danny is a very nice guy, but he sometimes messes with his employees for his own amusement. It's all very light-hearted but it's still there.
* TwoDecadesBehind: A real life example. The Count's slang, cultural references and manner of dressing seem stuck somewhere between the 70's and 80's, [[LampshadeHanging and he gleefully admits it]].