History WesternAnimation / KorgothOfBarbaria

* BodySurf: [[spoiler: Specules manages to escape Korgoth by magically transferring his head onto Orala's body after having accidentally exploded ''her'' head when she interrupted his fight with Korgoth.]]

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Specules has one in mind for Korgoth: being eaten alive by a monster made entirely of (used) chewing gum. However, Korgoth is too badass for it to work.

* DirtyOldMan: Specules seems to take inordinate pleasure in watching his gum monster forcibly French-kiss Korgoth.

* FunbagAirbag: One of the guys attacking Korgoth gets flung across the room, lands right in the barmaid's cleavage, and doesn't move for the rest of the fight. Unless one counts what sure looks like vigorous motorboating in the process of screaming sympathetically for the GiantMook Skrotus. To top it all off, aside from clear initial surprise upon his 'landing', she just sort of stands there leaning against the counter in mild bemusement, even as he screams/motorboats.

* MadeOfPlasticine: Anyone and anything that tries to fight Korgoth.

* NoNameGiven: Both the hook hand guy (Hargon) and the girl tied to a tree (Orala) are never named in the show. Also, only two of Gogmagog's men are called by name: [[ButtMonkey Stink]], and [[GiantMook Skrotus]].

* TalkToTheFist: A classic and hysterically funny (in a very dark way) case happens when Korgoth decides he's heard enough of the GiantMook trying to threaten him. He doesn't let Skrotus finish before he starts giving poor Skrotus a horrifying death.

%%* AnyoneCanDie

%%* BlackAndGrayMorality: Gray? There was gray?

%%* BlobMonster: Specules' gum monster.

%%* {{Gorn}}: People frequently die in messy, cruel, and bloody ways.
%%* GroinAttack: A lot.

%%* {{Metaphorgotten}}: "I've dated girls uglier than you for breakfast!"

%%* OhMyGods: "Hairy balls of the gods!"

%%* ReactiveContinuousScream: During the bar fight.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Every woman in the show is shown to be barefoot.

* ReallyGetsAround: Based on her sex with Korgoth as a reward for the rescue and [[spoiler:intentions of having intercourse in the kitchen despite witnessing a death battle between Korgoth and Specules]], Orala seems to have an active sex drive.

%%* FetchQuest: The job that Gogmagog has for Korgoth.

* FunbagAirbag: One of the guys attacking Korgoth gets flung across the room, lands right in the barmaid's cleavage, and doesn't move for the rest of the fight. Unless one counts what sure looks like vigorous motorboating in the process of screaming sympathetically for the aforementioned GiantMook. To top it all off, aside from clear initial surprise upon his 'landing', she just sort of stands there leaning against the counter in mild bemusement, even as he screams/motorboats.

* KarmaHoudini: Gogmagog wisely makes sure to escape just as he is finally giving Korgoth the cure from his PoisonAndCureGambit, meaning he never suffers any comeuppance. Of course, he DID keep his word abotu giving him the cure.

%%* MeaningfulName: Many names are puns or references.

* PoisonAndCureGambit: Korgoth flat out refuses to go up against [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes a wizard]] before Gogmagog pulls this on him.

* ReallyGetsAround: Based on her sex with Korgoth as a reward for the rescue and [[spoiler: intentions of having intercourse in the kitchen despite witnessing a death battle between Korgoth and Specules]], Orala seems to have an active sex drive.

* TalkToTheFist: A classic and hysterically funny (in a very dark way) case happens when Korgoth decides he's heard enough of the GiantMook trying to threaten him.

** Orala. [[spoiler: She interrupts Korgoth and Specules in the middle of their death battle wondering if Korgoth ever had sex in someone else's kitchen. This results in her getting her head blasted off.]]

* YouAllMeetInAnInn: Gogmagog's mooks go to a specific inn due to having heard that Korgoth will be drinking there... and then most of them [[SubvertedTrope promptly die in said inn]].
* YourHeadAsplode: [[spoiler: Happens to Orala when she walks in on Specules using his MindControl EyeBeams on Korgoth, who was resisting with HeroicWillpower.]]

* AnAxeToGrind: He swings it with the speed a man his size would get swinging a wiffle ball bat.

* KarmaHoudini: Gogmagog wisely makes sure to escape just as he is finally giving Korgoth the cure from his PoisonAndCureGambit, meaning he never suffers any comeuppance.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Korgoth doesn't like magic or magicians, and wanted nothing to do with Gogmagog's quest as soon as he heard that it involved stealing from a wizard.

%%* StuffedIntoTheFridge: [[spoiler:Orala.]]

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Korgoth doesn't like magic or magicians.

* NoNameGiven: Both the hook hand guy (Hargon) and the girl tied to a tree (Orala) are never named in the show. Also, only two of Gogmagog's men are called by name: [[ButtMonkey Stink]], and [[GiantMook Scrotus]].

** Orala. [[spoiler: She interrupts Korgoth and Specules in the middle of their death battle wondering if Korgoth ever had sex in someone else's kitchen.]]

Korgoth (who doesn't trust Gogmagog and makes it a general rule to not mess with wizards) is about to refuse and leave when Gogmagog reveals Korgoth's portion of the food they just shared contained a deadly parasite and [[PoisonAndCureGambit only Gogmagog can supply the antidote]]. Now Korgoth has no choice but to make the long, dangerous journey to the tower of Specules, during which he will have to face many strange and lethal dangers... and then there's the tower itself.

[[caption-width-right:350:This is Korgoth...when he found out that Creator/AdultSwim [[ExecutiveMeddling had cancelled his show]].]]

[[caption-width-right:350:This is Korgoth... when he found out that Creator/AdultSwim [[ExecutiveMeddling had cancelled his show]].]]

A classic example of WhatCouldHaveBeen, ''Korgoth of Barbaria'' is a pilot that falls somewhere between being a parody and deconstruction of the BarbarianHero, (especially Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian) with a lot of BlackComedy thrown in. The result didn't just cross over the line, [[CrossesTheLineTwice it continually played hopscotch going back and forth over it]].

The story takes place long AfterTheEnd, in a world where magic, demons, mutants and prehistoric animals are mixed with [[ScavengerWorld the remnants of technology and precious little civilization]]. Korgoth appears to be stereotypical dim, brutal and violent DumbMuscle from the [[GrimUpNorth frozen north]], (although there are hints that he's smarter than he looks, well, at least sometimes) whose [[CombatPragmatist direct and ruthless fighting style]] and extensive world experience makes him a perfect survivor in this CrapsackWorld.

%%* TooGoodToLast: Too good to even get started, in this case.

* AntiHero: Korgoth is a violent BarbarianHero[=/=]mercenary for hire who shows few, if any, real signs of morality. He is kept from being a VillainProtagonist mostly because he's willing to leave others alone if they do the same to him, and because he's living in a CrapsackWorld full of violent monsters and vicious madmen.

If you've never seen it, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPXHI2h-K-M here's a short scene to get you started]]. Just keep in mind that it's not exactly the sort of thing you'd want to be caught watching at most workplaces.

%%* MookLieutenant: The hook handed guy.

-> ''"The great cities have risen and fallen. Civilization's grip on Mankind has grown weak and arthritic. Dark forces seek to renew forgotten covenants, and primordial beasts reclaim the wilderness. Out of the frozen north, a man emerges! A man of a barbaric age, whose merciless savagery may be the only key to his survival! They call him... KORGOTH!!!"''

The story takes place long AfterTheEnd, in a world where magic, demons and mutants are mixed with [[ScavengerWorld the remnants of technology and precious little civilization]]. Korgoth appears to be stereotypical dim, brutal and violent DumbMuscle from the [[GrimUpNorth frozen north]], (although there are hints that he's smarter than he looks, well, at least sometimes) whose [[CombatPragmatist direct and ruthless fighting style]] and extensive world experience makes him a perfect survivor in this CrapsackWorld.

The show was ultimately never fully aired due to the quality of its animation and the associated cost, one staffer predicting the show would ultimately cost around a third of the [adult swim]'s budget. Despite excitement both in [adult swim] and in its viewer base, the money was seen as better spent elsewhere, and the show was never aired outside of its pilot. It would take another decade before creator Aaron Springer would eventually get a series of his own picked up, the more child-friendly Disney cartoon ''WesternAnimation/BillyDilleysSuperDuperSubterraneanSummer'', which features a Korgoth {{Expy}} called Zartran.

-> ''"The great cities have risen and fallen. Civilization's grip on Mankind has grown weak and arthritic. Dark forces seek to renew forgotten covenants, and primordial beasts reclaim the wilderness. Out of the frozen north, a man emerges! A man of a barbaric age, whose merciless savagery may be the only key to his survival! They call him... KOR-GOTH!!!"''

* OhMyGods: "Hairy balls of the gods!"

* ReactiveContinuousScream: During the bar fight.

** Korgoth's Lizard Mount eats a strange, apple like fruit and promptly explodes. Korgoth and the {{Mooks}} traveling with him promptly drop the exploding fruit, but one shrugs and eats it anyway. [[MadeOfExplodium Guess What Happens.]]

-->'''Mook:''' HEY, you big dumb bird! Look at me! I-*is bitten in half* AAHHHHHHH!

* {{Metaphorgotten}}: "I've dated girls uglier than you for breakfast!"

* MeaningfulName: Many names are puns or references.

* MookLieutenant: The hook handed guy.

* {{Gorn}}: People frequently die in messy, cruel, and bloody ways.