History Music / DangerDaysTheTrueLivesOfTheFabulousKilljoys

** which, as stated below, could be an example of FridgeBrilliance.

In addition, Dark Horse Comics[[DarkHorseComics]] will be publishing The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys comic in June 2013. The comic serves as a sequel to the album and the official ending to the Killjoys storyline, focusing on the Girl and the continued fight against BLI/ind 12 years after the Killjoys' deaths.

* BuccaneerBroadcaster: Doctor Death Defying.

* WildMassGuessing: The ContinuitySnarl moments between the album and the music video have caused a lot of speculation amongst fans. The official sequel comic may either make this better or worse.

In addition, Dark Horse Comics[[DarkHorseComics]] will be publishing The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys comic in June 2013. The comic serves as a sequel to the album and the official ending to the Killjoys storyline, focusing on the Girl and the continued fight against BLI/ind years after the Killjoys' deaths.

[[folder: The Album]]

* ArcWords: ''Run,'' ''Live Forever,'' and variations thereof.
** There's also ''Summertime'' mentioned throughout the album.
*** And something about ''The lights going out'' or variations mentioned in almost every track.
**** And ''The aftermath is secondary'', as it's said by Dr. Death Defying in the intro, and it also appears to be the slogan for BL/ind.

* BigDamnHeroes: The Killjoys, especially in the "Sing" video.
** According to the Twitter feeds, Agent Cherri Cola attempted to do this for News A Gogo. [[spoiler:He failed. Gogo escaped on her own, and Cherri was turned into a Draculoid.]]
* BigRockEnding: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OVGjXYW0BY Two]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMUdfJoks30 of them]].
* BuccaneerBroadcaster: Doctor Death Defying.
* CerebusSyndrome: Sort of a self-contained example. The songs start out fun and even uplifting, but at about the halfway point after [[spoiler: Jet Star and Kobra Kid die]], things start sounding [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge angrier]], sadder rather sinister, and the storyline ends with a positively ''grating'' LastNoteNightmare DownerEnding.
** And then comes Vampire Money, an out-of-story song that's [[MoodWhiplash kind of perplexing]] coming after everything that just happened...but ends the album on the same note it started on. Borderline positive! Except if you listen to the words of Vampire Money, they finish exactly opposite of Na Na Na, that is, caving in an submitting the the life they fought in the beginning....
** '''Borderline''' positive.
* CharacterBlog: The mysterious Twitter accounts for [[http://twitter.com/drdeathdefying Dr. Death Defying]], [[http://twitter.com/agentcherricola Agent Cherri Cola]], [[http://twitter.com/newsagogo News A Go Go]], [[http://twitter.com/tommychowmein Tommy Chow Mein]], [[http://twitter.com/djhotchimp DJ Hot Chimp]]. [[http://twitter.com/bobfillmore Bob Fillmore]] and [[http://twitter.com/garylevko Gary Levko]] [[WildMassGuessing We think.]].
* ConceptAlbum: Following in the heels of TheBlackParade
** [[WordOfGod BUT GERARD SED]] [[FanDumb ITS NAWT!]]
** [[LyingCreator Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.]] Either that or that bit of WordOfGod applies to the scrapped album (eventually given a release in the form of Conventional Weapons) that the Killjoys replaced, not Danger Days.
* CoolCar: The Trans Am, known as the [[FanNickname Danger Car]]?
* CoolMask: The Killjoys all have personalized masks to kick ass in.

* DarkReprise: Na Na Na Na Na ''(Na Na Na Na Na)'' is repeated in [[HeroicSacrifice Save Yourself, I'll Hold Them Back.]]
* DeathByCameo: Jimmy Urine of MSI as a Draculoid in the video for "SING".
* {{Defictionalization}}: Replicas of the cool jackets of all 4 Killjoys are now available for purchase, but sadly they're very expensive.
** Also available are the ray guns.
* DeusExNukina: [[WildMassGuessing possibly part of the plot or universe]] of the next album.
* DogFoodDiet: In the video for "Na Na Na", the band is seen eating [[http://l4906227.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/power-pup.jpg "Power Pup"]] from cans.
* [[spoiler: DoomedMoralVictor: The prelude to the album states that the Killjoy's are greater than God's revolver and twice as shiny. The intro to Na Na Na states that ''the future is bulletproof, the aftermath is secondary.'' The song later states outright that there are many people who want to change this CrapsackWorld, [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption but are afraid to die.]]The Killjoys are the only ones who have the balls to change the world at the face of certain death.]]
** Also note that [[spoiler: in all the music videos thus far, the Killjoys are handed their asses in the end.]]
* DrivesLikeCrazy: We ''have'' to assume this is the only way to drive out in the Zones.
** Or, possibly, that they were entertaining the little girl. [[GoodIsDumb Kids ''love'' dangerous stuff.]]
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler: The whole Sing video, though especially Fun Ghoul. He's like the [[LordOfTheRings Boromir]] of the group!]]
* DyeingForYourArt: Most of the band members have done this for the album.

** The Dracs might just be regular {{Mooks}} while the Exterminators (like Korse) are the real EliteMooks.
** WordOfGod seemed to suggest that the Dracs were higher than S/C/A/R/E/C/R/O/W, who were higher than the police. Korse seems more like TheDragon.
* EyepatchAfterTimeSkip: [[spoiler:Jet Star]] has one in "SING". Probably an injury from the fight at the end of "Na Na Na".
** which, as stated below, could be an example of FridgeBrilliance.

* FateWorseThanDeath: Agent Cherri Cola, who went into Battery City on a one-Killjoy killing spree, was captured alive, and was turned into a Draculoid.
** Until evidence appears to state otherwise, anyway.
* FingerlessGloves
* FutureSlang: "Slaughtermatic", "clap", "Costa Rico", "Crash Queens" and "dusted" to name but a few.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Fun Ghoul [[spoiler:it's a play off the Italian way of saying "Fuck you/fuck off"]]
* GratuitousJapanese: In Party Poison.
** Also the music video for [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvfNmXbVHi4 Planetary (GO!)]]. Heck, even the BL/ind website has it.
* HandicappedBadass: Dr Death Defying.
* HeroicSacrifice: Taken literally, this trope is the main focus of "Save Yourself, I'll Hold Them Back".
* HeroicBSOD: Party Poison has one in the music video for SING when he realises that [[spoiler:the Draculoid he just killed is Agent Cherri Cola, an ally of the Killjoys.]] This causes him to hesitate and leads to [[spoiler:Korse taking advantage of the moment by killing him.]]
** This is shown better in the Director's Cut version.
* HeyItsThatVoice: Dr Death Defying's voice? Steve, Righ? from MSI and the Left Rights.
** Doubles as a HeyItsThatGuy for music videos.
* HeyItsThatGuy: For the music videos, at least. Steve, Righ? and GrantMorrison are the most obvious ones, but Jimmy Urine from MSI also has a place in music videos as a Draculoid. [[spoiler: His death ends up triggering Party Poison's aforementioned BSOD]]
* HighConcept: How Gerard gets out of claims that the band has created another concept album after early interviews quoted them as avoiding that. What many fail to realize, of course, is that descriptions of the album in early interviews refer to the scrapped first attempt.

* ItAlwaysRainsAtFunerals: At the end of the 'SING' video, it's pouring down rain.

* {{LARP}}: Overlaps with AudienceParticipation, since the band encourages fans to come up with their own Killjoy names and costumes. A "secret" part of the Transmissions page on the official site also encourages fans to send in their own; some of these videos are then broadcast from Dr. Death Defying's WKIL channel.
* LastNoteNightmare: "Goodnite, Dr. Death" has a really bad one. It doesn't help that "The Star-Spangled Banner" starts playing after Dr. Death Defying's final broadcast [[spoiler:(after all of the Killjoys have been murdered, the government has taken over, and all hope seems lost)]]. It REALLY doesn't help when the last note of the track explodes into a loud burst of distortion, louder than almost anything else on the album. Not a nice thing to listen to when half-way asleep.
* LittleMissBadass: The Little Girl, traveling with the Killjoys.
* LongTitle: The CD's title is fairly lengthy, and the song "Na Na Na" might also count, given that its full title is "Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)".
* LyricalDissonance: Many technological, club-style dance songs are thrown in with lyrics fitting the Killjoys' story of rebellion. Most notable example is "Planetary (GO!)"
** "Party Poison" is arguably the most fun, high energy, dance-y song on the album. The chorus begins, "This ain't a party, get off the dance floor."
* MegaCorp: Better Living Industries.
* MetallicarSyndrome: Seriously, a painted-up Trans Am is maybe not the most inconspicuous car.

* MoodWhiplash: When you first hear the album, you go through it all fine. Then, you start to listen to the songs, apart of 'em all, and you feel like you are hearing a mixtape of a lot of genres and favorite songs you just picked, all mixed up in between songs. Helped by the Dr. D's reports, it could very well be a casette being left recording a whole afternoon of radio. And it's awesome.
** The whiplash really starts to bite when, after the first handful of songs, all of which are fist-pumping, party-inducing anthems, "The Only Hope For Me Is You" throws in a little hint about bombs and war. No big deal, just a little hint. And ''then'' the normally-cheerful Dr. Death Defying breaks in to tell us that [[spoiler: Jet Star and the Kobra Kid "got themselves ghosted"]], and encourages us to "die with your masks on if you have to" before adding "Here...is the traffic". The rest of the songs sometimes fit the "anthem" style and sometimes dip into melancholy, but they tell the story of [[spoiler: everyone else dying, too.]]
* OneOfUs: "Shiny" as "good" started in Series/{{Firefly}}.
** Also, "the future is bulletproof." Well, of course it is. [[ComicBook/VForVendetta The future is an]] ''[[ComicBook/VForVendetta idea]]''.
* RedHeadedHero: Party Poison
* RefrainFromAssuming: Played with, possibly, since the song name Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na), and "na na na" ''is sung''.
* {{Retraux}}: Bulletproof Heart has a distinct mid/late-70s vibe.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: "Party Poison", [[EpilepticTrees or so it has been theorized.]]

* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: Better Living Industries took control in 2012, the events of the album and the videos take place in 2019.
* WildMassGuessing

In addition, Dark Horse Comics[[DarkHorseComics]] will be publishing The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys comic in June 2013. Released concept art has confirmed the same cast.

* AlternateContinuity: Many are quick to note a ContinuitySnarl or two between the album and the events in the videos, the most obvious being [[spoiler: Jet Star and Kobra Kid being reported as dead]] in "Jet Star and Kobra Kid" on the album and [[spoiler: the Killjoys possibly dying]] in the video for "SING". It all depends on how you interpret all the information gathered together, whether or not everything happens in one timeline.
** Or, possibly, whether the villains are using stun bolts.
*** There's a nice piece of fanfic that tries to explain how the Killjoys keep surviving. http://sometimesophie.livejournal.com/80561.html

** And then comes Vampire Money, an out-of-story song that's [[MoodWhiplash kind of perplexing]] coming after everything that just happened.
** but ends the album on the same note it started on. Borderline positive!
*** Except if you listen to the words of Vampire Money, they finish exactly opposite of Na Na Na, that is, caving in an submitting the the life they fought in the beginning....

* CharacterBlog: The mysterious Twitter accounts for [[http://twitter.com/drdeathdefying Dr. Death Defying]], [[http://twitter.com/agentcherricola Agent Cherri Cola]], [[http://twitter.com/newsagogo News A Go Go]], and [[http://twitter.com/tommychowmein Tommy Chow Mein]]. [[WildMassGuessing We think.]]
** Don't forget [[http://twitter.com/djhotchimp DJ Hot Chimp]]. [[http://twitter.com/bobfillmore Bob Fillmore]] and [[http://twitter.com/garylevko Gary Levko]]!
* ConceptAlbum: Seems to be following in the heels of TheBlackParade

** [[LyingCreator Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.]]
* CoolCar: The Trans Am.
** You mean the [[FanNickname Danger Car]]?

* CrapsackWorld
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: The Little Girl wielding a bazooka in the video for "Na Na Na".

* HoYay: Many fans interpret the relationship between Dr. Death Defying and Show Pony this way. Also, in the song "Save Yourself, I'll Hold Them Back", the lyrics, "I'm the only friend that makes you cry/ you're a heart attack in black hair dye/ so just save yourself and I'll hold them back tonight," are sung. Considering [[spoiler: Jet Star and the Kobra Kid are already dead at this point]], and considering that the lyrics are being sung by Gerard Way, whose alter-ego is Party Poison, and considering Frank Iero's character Fun Ghoul has dyed-black hair, this is interpreted as ho-yay between Party Poison and Fun Ghoul by [[YaoiFangirl some fans.]]

** I'm pretty sure [[spoiler: they all die. After all, don't the lyrics of "Save Yourself, I'll Hold Them Back" say "I'll tell you all how the story ends, well the good guys die and the bad guys win"? Plus, a lot of the songs from that entire album make mention of things like that.]]
*** DESTROYA implies that [[spoiler: at least one of them survived]]. I personally interpret that song as a RousingSpeech before what is either the Killjoys' [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice or [[EarnYourHappyEnding victory.]]]]
*** The final track featuring Dr. Death-Defying suggests [[spoiler: some sort of [[NuclearOption nuclear fallout]] occuring. Assuming it didn't just [[DeusExMachina come out]] [[DeusExNukina of nowhere]] in the otherwise connected plot, this probably had something to do with the efforts of the remaining [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Killjoys.]]]] If we continue this, we'll have to give the album its own WildMassGuessing page.
*** Keep in mind that according to Dr. Death Defying's Twitter, there are "four generally accepted levels of dead" in the wastes.

* StopHavingFunGuys: the sentiment of a lot of fans (especially on LJ) in response to the "shenanigans" the band is doing before the release of the 4th album, directed towards both the band and the fans who want to actually participate in the shenanigans.

* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: What all would have been different had Bob not left the band before the album's release?
** According to the band, they were going for a down to earth, raw and nasty garage rock and punk sound for the new album. Several songs are vestige of this.
*** One example could be "Vampire Money," the final track on the album.
** ''The Mad Gear & Missile Kid'' EP is this. Three raw garage songs, sounding like coming directly from your basement.

** Also, the song "Save Yourself, I'll Hold Them Back" on the album if taken literally. As rumoured above, it is most likely [[spoiler:Party Poison]] making the sacrifice this time as both [[spoiler:Jet-Star and Kobra Kid]] are dead at this point

* OneOfUs: "Shiny" as "good" started in {{Firefly}}.
** Also, "the future is bulletproof." Well, of course it is. [[VForVendetta The future is an]] ''[[VForVendetta idea]]''.

''Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys'' is the fourth studio album by MyChemicalRomance. The concept of the album is based around the lives of the 'Fabulous Killjoys' with each band member posing as a different member. The Killjoys are a group of outlaws who are fighting against the evil corporation [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic Better Living Industries (BL/ind.)]] led by [[GrantMorrison Korse]], in the year 2019. Their guide is pirate radio DJ Dr. Death Defying. A website for Better Living Idustries was launched in mid-November, betterlivingindustries.jp, featuring a mission statement, a report from the Zones and a merchandise store.

In terms of music, Danger Days is very much a [[LighterAndSofter lighter and]] - wait, no, that doesn't quite fit. It's definitely less angsty than previous MCR albums, even with the requisite [[RockOperaPlot rock opera]] [[DownerEnding ending]], and while many tracks keep the anthemic feel of their previous works, they're infused with a straightforward [[DrivesLikeCrazy high-octane]], [[MoreDakka raygun-laden]] [[CrazyAwesome psychotronic enthusiasm]] and tying togethor influences from modern Indie Rock, pop punk, and their old [[Music/{{Emo}} Emotive Hardcore]] sound to create something distinctly new.

In addition, [[DarkHorseComics]] will be publishing The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys comic in June 2013. Released comcept art has confirmed the same cast.

* YouShallNotPass: Pulled off by [[spoiler:Fun Ghoul]] in the Music Video for SING. Doubles as both {{Heroic Sacrifice}} and {{Dying Moment of Awesome}}

* LastNoteNightmare: "Goodnite, Dr. Death" has a really bad one. It doesn't help that "The Star-Spangled Banner" starts playing after Dr. Death Defying's final broadcast [[spoiler:(after all of the Killjoys have been murdered, the government has taken over, and all hope seems lost)]. It REALLY doesn't help when the last note of the track explodes into a loud burst of distortion, louder than almost anything else on the album. Not a nice thing to listen to when half-way asleep.

* LastNoteNightmare: "Goodnite, Dr. Death" has a really bad one. It doesn't help that "The Star-Spangled Banner" starts playing after Dr. Death Defying's final broadcast (after all of the Killjoys have been murdered, the government has taken over, and all hope seems lost). It REALLY doesn't help when the last note of the track explodes into a loud burst of distortion, louder than almost anything else on the album. Not a nice thing to listen to when half-way asleep.

* LastNoteNightmare: "Goodnite, Dr. Death" has a really bad one.

* HeyItsThatGuy: For the music videos, at least. Steve, Righ? and GrantMorrison are the most obvious ones, but Jimmy Urine from MSI also has a place in music videos as a Draculoid.

** Also, the song "Save Yourself, I'll Hold Them Back" on the album if taken literally. As rumoured above, it is most likely [[spoiler:Party Poison]] making the sacrifice this time as both [[spoiler:Jet-Star and Kobra Kid]]are dead at this point

* YouShallNotPass: The song "Save Yourself, I'll Hold Them Back" and the video for "Sing".

In terms of music, Danger Days is very much a [[LighterAndSofter lighter and]] - wait, no, that doesn't quite fit. It's definitely less angsty than previous MCR albums, even with the requisite [[RockOperaPlot rock opera]] [[DownerEnding ending]], and while many tracks keep the anthemic feel of their previous works, they're infused with a straightforward [[DrivesLikeCrazy high-octane]], [[MoreDakka raygun-laden]] [[CrazyAwesome psychotronic enthusiasm]] and tying togethor influences from modern Indie Rock, pop punk, and their old [[Emotive Hardcore Music/{{Emo}}]] sound to create something distinctly new.

In terms of music, Danger Days is very much a [[LighterAndSofter lighter and]] - wait, no, that doesn't quite fit. It's definitely less angsty than previous MCR albums, even with the requisite [[RockOperaPlot rock opera]] [[DownerEnding ending]], and while many tracks keep the anthemic feel of their previous works, they're infused with a straightforward [[DrivesLikeCrazy high-octane]], [[MoreDakka raygun-laden]] [[CrazyAwesome psychotronic enthusiasm]] taking influence from modern Indie Rock.

In terms of music, Danger Days is very much a [[LighterAndSofter lighter and]] - wait, no, that doesn't quite fit. It's definitely less wangsty than previous MCR albums, even with the requisite [[RockOperaPlot rock opera]] [[DownerEnding ending]], and while many tracks keep the anthemic feel of their previous works, they're infused with a straightforward [[DrivesLikeCrazy high-octane]], [[MoreDakka raygun-laden]] [[CrazyAwesome psychotronic enthusiasm]] that has even managed to win over a somewhat-vocal portion of the band's previous hatedom.

* AlternateContinuity: [[YourMileageMayVary Maybe.]] Many are quick to note a ContinuitySnarl or two between the album and the events in the videos, the most obvious being [[spoiler: Jet Star and Kobra Kid being reported as dead]] in "Jet Star and Kobra Kid" on the album and [[spoiler: the Killjoys possibly dying]] in the video for "SING". It all depends on how you interpret all the information gathered together, whether or not everything happens in one timeline.

** YourMileageMayVary. The Dracs might just be regular {{Mooks}} while the Exterminators (like Korse) are the real EliteMooks.

* CerebusSyndrome: Sort of a self-contained example. The songs start out fun and even uplifting, but at about the halfway point after [[spoiler: Jet Star and Kobra Kid die]], things start sounding [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge angrier]], [[TearJerker sadder]] and [[NightmareFuel rather sinister]], and the storyline ends with a positively ''grating'' LastNoteNightmare DownerEnding.

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: The Scarecrow. From the song, it sounds like it is an in-universe Boogey Man. Although the video for SING just tells us it's a surveillence unit for the Draculoids.
** [[GrantMorrison Korse's]] smile in "SING" before [[spoiler: Shooting Party Poison.]]

* LastNoteNightmare: "Goodnite, Dr. Death" has a really [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel bad]] one.
* LittleMissBadass: The Little Girl, traveling with the Killjoys. Possibly [[WildMassGuessing more than we think]], since she's traveling with a bunch of self-proclaimed anti-heroes who really don't seem like the child-raising type...and out of all the Killjoys, she's the only one to have a hinted backstory (in Na Na Na, she 'mails' a letter to her mom)...

*** Which is amusing given that [[HilariousInHindsight the band's first-ever single]] was called [[NotSoDifferent "Vampires Will Never Hurt You."]]
*** And considering the (strongly denied) [[Emo image]] the bad have/had, and some of their [[MyImmortal fans]].

* FridgeBrilliance: Probably unintentional (though knowing MCR, maybe not), but look at the videos for "Na Na Na" and "SING." "Na Na Na," which comes first, seems fun and light-hearted. "SING" is a continuation of the storyline of "Na Na Na," but is more serious and a downer. Now look at [[spoiler: Jet Star, the character played by Ray Toro]]. He has an eyepatch in "SING," which he didn't have in "Na Na Na." [[FridgeBrilliance "It's all fun and games till someone loses an eye," anyone?]]