History Series / TheGetDown

* AmbiguousEnding: Dizzee and Thor's storyline receives this. [[spoiler: Their last scene shows them running from the cops, with Thor getting caught on a fence and Dizzee running into a tunnel with a train coming through it. It's unclear if either of them escape the cops, if Dizzee gets hit by the train, or even how much of the scene is really happening--it's presented in a vague, fragmentary way that includes a shot of their first meeting and plays out like a live-action version of Thor's arrest from earlier in the season, suggesting that it might be a flashback or even a dream.]]

* DisproportionateRetribution: How does Cadillac respond to the Get Down Brothers "invading" Les Inferno and being offered a record deal by Fat Annie? [[spoiler: He ''poisons the supply of angel dust at their next show'', with the aim of killing innocent audience members to ruin the crew's reputation and profitability.]]

** Boo-Boo is [[spoiler: arrested for selling PCP, and Zeke and Shao's friendship collapses as a result]].
** Shao [[spoiler: returns to working for Fat Annie]].
** Zeke [[spoiler: gets into Yale but clearly misses his music. Moreover, with Shao gone, Mylene moving, Boo-Boo in jail, Dizzee essentially a runaway, and Ra-Ra spending increasing amounts of time with Tanya, Zeke seems completely isolated]].
** Mylene's family has fallen apart, with [[spoiler: Ramon dead, Francisco arrested and indicted on arson charges, and her moving to California to pursue her career]].
** Dizzee and Thor's final scene is ambiguous and may even be a flashback, but [[spoiler: it shows them being chased by police and seemingly in serious danger]].
** Cadillac [[spoiler: decides to leave Annie behind and work on his record label full-time, which is ''very'' unlikely to go well for him given how Annie has reacted every other time someone stopped working for her]].

* FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo: [[spoiler: Lydia and Francisco had an affair, resulting in Mylene. But Lydia was married to his brother Ramon, so they raised her while Francisco took on the role of CoolUncle]].

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

** Mylene after [[spoiler: her father kills himself in part due to her branching out her singing career.]]

* IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten: Fat Annie ties Shaolin Fantastic to her organization when she [[spoiler: makes him shoot Wolf.]]

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Ra-Ra, Dizzee, and Boo-Boo are only ever referred to by their nicknames in the show, [[spoiler: until Part 2 when Winston reveals their names as Ronald, Marcus, and Miles, respectively.]]
** Shaolin Fantastic isn't his given name. [[spoiler: His name is revealed to be Curtis at the end of part two.]]

* PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure: Zeke, after he's tearfully rejected by Mylene, doesn't forgive her immediately. When she comes to the hideout to ask Zeke for a favor, he curses her out and storms off. [[spoiler: In Part 2 episode 5, Zeke realizes that it was Shaolin who set up Boo Boo to sell drugs (which caused him to sell tainted angel dust, which almost kills Dizzee) and gives him a heartbreaking TheReasonYouSuck speech, thus ending their partnership.]]

* FiveManBand: The eponymous Get Down Brothers.
** TheLeader: Books.
*** InUniverse, the boys perceive Shaolin Fantastic as the leader due to the nature of Old Skool hip hop, but narratively speaking, Zeke is the main protagonist and the one who actually guides the team.
** TheLancer: Shaolin Fantastic.
** TheSmartGuy: Ra-Ra, nerdy and intellectual.
** TheBigGuy: Boo-Boo, hot-blooded and the most physically aggressive team member.
** TheHeart: Dizzee, the calm peacemaker.

[[caption-width-right:350:Mylene, Zeke, and Shaolin Fantastic]]

''The Get Down'' is a Creator/{{Netflix}} original series created by Stephen Adly Guirgis and Creator/BazLuhrmann that premiered in August of 2016. The series is also executive produced and soundtracked by world-class rap artist Nas, who also provides the voice of the adult Ezekiel "Books" Figuero.

The first six episodes of the first season were released in August 2016, and the remaining five were released on April 7th.

* RealityEnsues: Zeke, after he's tearfully rejected by Mylene, doesn't forgive her immediately. When she comes to the hideout to ask Zeke for a favor, he curses her out and storms off. [[spoiler: In Part 2 episode 5, Zeke realizes that it was Shaolin who set up Boo Boo to sell drugs (which caused him to sell tainted angel dust, which almost kills Dizzee) and gives him a heartbreaking TheReasonYouSuck speech, thus ending their partnership.]]

Set in the WretchedHive of [[BigAppleSauce New York City]] in the blistering hot summer of 1977, ''The Get Down'' is a musical opus that follows the lives of an ensemble of young people living in the Bronx, witnessing the [[DeaderThanDisco death of disco]] and the birth of HipHop. The story is told in the format of the flashbacks of a mid-90's rapper narrating the story of his youth and the rise of his art.

* {{Disco}}: Disco is [[DeaderThanDisco far from dead]] in 1977. It's still alive and well and the HipHop scene is just an underground rebel movement. However, it's on its way out.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In-universe example. To show the graffiti writers he hasn't sold out, Zeke incorporates different tags and pieces into his speech at Ed Koch's rally without letting the politicians or other adults realize what he's talking about. Even more impressive that he's doing it on the fly.
** A few of the lines from Mylene's Pentecostal disco hit are ''awfully'' suggestive...
-->''"I can feel you inside of me..."''' '''"We've got to love each other deeply..."''

* AffectionateNickname: Grandmaster Flash calls Shaolin Fantastic Grasshopper.

* BiTheWay: Thor. [[spoiler: And Dizzee.]]

** Dizzee's [[BiTheWay sexuality.]]

** TheLeader: Books
*** One could argue that Shaolin Fantastic is the leader due to the nature of Old Skool hip hop, forcing Books into the role of lancer.
** TheLancer: Shaolin Fantastic
** TheSmartGuy: Ra-Ra
** TheBigGuy: Dizzee
** TheHeart: Boo-Boo

--->'''Fat Annie:''' ...Starting with that half black, half rice-and-peas, Ezekiel Figuero boyfriend of yours.

** Shaolin Fantastic isn't his given name, you know that, right? [[spoiler: His name is revealed to be Curtis at the end of part two.]]

** Much of the 1[[superscript:st]] season focuses on the mayoral election campaign of Ed Koch.

* ShoutOut: When Shao is talking to Zeke about the internship, he repeatedly calls him [[{{Series/Roots}} Toby]] while mimicking the (white) people Zeke'll be working for.

* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: Averted. On two separate occasions, men are coerced into sex by women in more powerful positions, and in both cases the men are shown to feel disturbed and degraded by the circumstances. ([[spoiler:Leslie Lesgold rapes Jackie as revenge for raping her when she was his intern. Shaolin Fantastic is coerced into sex by Fat Annie for money, and is implied to have been sexually abused by her for many years. Cadillac is similarly implied to have been raped by her as well, and once he faces the trauma directly decides he doesn't want to see her ever again]])

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Ramón kills himself in Part 2 after finding out the truth about his brother and Lydia's affair.]]

** Dizzee's Establishing Character Moment is when he's with other graffiti artists on the train and talks about Shao 007‘s latest piece.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: At the end of the first episode, Adult Zeke appears to be crying when his backup singers are singing the song he recorded with Mylene for her demo.
** And given that it's a Creator/BazLuhrmann [[Film/MoulinRouge production]] ...

* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: Averted. On two separate occasions, men are coerced into sex by women in more powerful positions, and in both cases the men are shown to feel disturbed and degraded by the circumstances. ([[spoiler:Leslie Lesgold rapes Jackie as revenge for his abuse of power over her when she was his intern. Shaolin Fantastic is coerced into sex by Fat Annie for money.]])

The first six episodes of the first season were released in August 2016, with the remaining six (or seven) to be released some time in 2017.

Netflix announced that the show will return on April 7th.

** Shaolin Fantastic isn't his given name, you know that, right?