History Music / DangerDaysTheTrueLivesOfTheFabulousKilljoys

''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 Industries was launched in mid-November, betterlivingindustries.jp, featuring a mission statement, a report from the Zones and a merchandise store.

** [[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. So it wouldn't be as much about Gerard lying as much as it is fans taking outdated information out of context.

* DyeingForYourArt: Most of the band members have done this for the album.

* DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler: The whole Sing video, though especially Fun Ghoul. He's like the [[LordOfTheRings Boromir]] of the group!]]

* SuddenlySexuality: Krose apparently started seeing another man sometime during the TimeSkip and might be gaining more of a conscience as a result. At the expense of his SCARECROW status being revoked and the potential for ''big'' trouble if BL/ind finds out he's actually having a meaningful romantic relationship.

* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Korse. After his boyfriend is killed, the SCARECROWS that come to arrest him comment 'he looks like he's dead already'. Thankfully he snaps out of it in time for his CrowningMomentOfAwesome. ]]

* {{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.

* 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]]

* 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]]''.

In addition, DarkHorseComics will be publishing The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys comic, a six part miniseries starting 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 BL/ind 12 years after the Killjoys' deaths.

** The comics serve as an official sequel to the album. However, some have noted the similarities of [[http://www.tfaw.com/Comics/Profile/True-Lives-of-the-Fabulous-Killjoys-2-Becky-Cloonan-cover___427364/?pagemode=popup&from=profile DJ Cherri Cola in the comics]] to Mikey's portrayal of [[http://cdn.buzznet.com/assets/users16/evyrossen/default/kobra-kid--large-msg-129596115096.jpg Kobra Kid]]. The solit for issue 3 even mentions Cherri as [[http://www.tfaw.com/Comics/Profile/True-Lives-of-the-Fabulous-Killjoys-3-Becky-Cloonan-cover___429280/ "a former Killjoy"]]. Yet again, this comes into conflict with Kobra's fate in "Jet Star and Kobra Kid". This is subverted, however, in that it was revealed Cherri Cola was indeed a Killjoy, but he didn't go to Battery City to rescue the Girl with the other Killjoys [[spoiler: so he wasn't dusted, leaving him the only apparent original Killjoy survivor]]. Any resemblance to Kobra Kid seems to be just a coincidence.

* [[Engrish]]: As Battery City is implied to be Japanese funded, some of the text and dialogues that appear in the videos, albums and comics are read in mangled bad translated english.

* 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.

** Also, there is a blink-and-you'll-miss-it ShoutOut to TheKidsAreAlright in "Vampire Money."

* WildMassGuessing: The ContinuitySnarl moments between the album and the music videos have caused a lot of speculation amongst fans. The official sequel comic may either make this better or worse, as it's a sequel to the album but treats the events of the videos as canon [[spoilers: including the main Killjoys' deaths in the music video for SING, which contradicts the order of the Killjoys deaths in the album]].

* Downer Ending: The '''Free Comic Book Day''' mini issue, Dead Satellites. [[spoiler: Vacation Adventure Society, a pair of musicians, rogues, and possibly Killjoys allies, are killed, and a boy loses his mom to BLInd, replaced by a cyborg-mom.]]. And that was only on that issue.

* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Val Velocity, leader of the Ultra V's.

** The official comics continuation so far indicates they all died...except for DJ Cherri Cola. Issue 2 mention hims as a former Killjoy who didn't go with the others to Battery City (as in, the events of the "SING" video) and ended up being the only surviving Killjoy as a result.

* Downer Ending: The '''Free Comic Book Day''' mini issue, Dead Satellites. [[spoiler Vacation Adventure Society, a pair of musicians, rogues, and possibly Killjoys allies, are killed, and a boy loses his mom to BLInd, replaced by a cyborg-mom.]]. And that was only on that issue.

In addition, DarkHorseComics will be publishing The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys comic, a six part miniseries starting 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.

** The comics serve as an official sequel to the album. However, some have noted the similarities of [[http://www.tfaw.com/Comics/Profile/True-Lives-of-the-Fabulous-Killjoys-2-Becky-Cloonan-cover___427364/?pagemode=popup&from=profile DJ Cherri Cola in the comics]] to Mikey's portrayal of [[http://cdn.buzznet.com/assets/users16/evyrossen/default/kobra-kid--large-msg-129596115096.jpg Kobra Kid]]. The solit for issue 3 even mentions Cherri as [[http://www.tfaw.com/Comics/Profile/True-Lives-of-the-Fabulous-Killjoys-3-Becky-Cloonan-cover___429280/ "a former Killjoy"]]. Yet again, this comes into conflict with Kobra's fate in "Jet Star and Kobra Kid". This is subverted, however, in that it was revealed Cherri Cola was indeed a Killjoy, but he didn't go to Battery City to rescue the Girl with the other Killjoys [[spoiler: so he wasn't dusted, leaving him the only apparent original Killjoy survivor]]. His resemblance to Kobra Kid seems to be just a coincidence.

* CrapsackWorld: When your only shot at freedom is to flee to the desert and risk getting "ghosted" nearly every day of your life, that might qualify. Not that people in Battery City have it any better, not following BLI/ind's orders can lead to getting killed, replaced with a robot, or turned into a Draculoid. While the Danger Days story takes place around the West Coast, Better Living Industries is a Japanese company and what little is implied about the rest of the world isn't too good.

** 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. However, The Girl in the comic stated Dracs weren't worth her time to off and she only targeted Scarecrows, which implies Dracs are lower.

** The official comics continuation so far indicates they all died, although as mentioned under AlternateContinuity, DJ Cherri Cola holds a striking resemblance to Kobra Kid. Issue 2 mention hims as a former Killjoy who didn't go with the others to Battery City (as in, the events of the "SING" video) and ended up being the only surviving Killjoy as a result, though it also heavily implies that he and Kobra are not one in the same.

** 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.]] Which may have been retconned or wasn't canon in the first place as DJ Cherri Cola is still very much not a Drac

** As of the Killjoys comic, the accounts might be non-canon. While Cherri Cola and Tommy Chow Mein show up in the comics, the Twitter storyline had Cherri Cola turned into a Drac. As of Issue 2, he's still living in the Zones as ''DJ'' Cherri Cola along with Dr. Death Defying

**

* 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.

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

** The comics serve as an official sequel to the album. However, some have noted the similarities of [[http://www.tfaw.com/Comics/Profile/True-Lives-of-the-Fabulous-Killjoys-2-Becky-Cloonan-cover___427364/?pagemode=popup&from=profile DJ Cherri Cola in the comics]] to Mikey's portrayal of [[http://cdn.buzznet.com/assets/users16/evyrossen/default/kobra-kid--large-msg-129596115096.jpg Kobra Kid]]. The solit for issue 3 even mentions Cherri as [[http://www.tfaw.com/Comics/Profile/True-Lives-of-the-Fabulous-Killjoys-3-Becky-Cloonan-cover___429280/ "a former Killjoy"]]. Yet again, this comes into conflict with Kobra's fate in "Jet Star and Kobra Kid". This is subverted, however, in that it was revealed Cherri Cola was indeed a Killjoy, but he didn't went to Battery City to rescue the Girl with the other Killjoys [[spoiler: so he wasn't dusted, leaving him the only original Killjoy survivor, it seems]]. His resemblance to Kobra Kid it seems to be just coincidence.

*** 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.]]]] Keep in mind that according to Dr. Death Defying's Twitter, there are "four generally accepted levels of dead" in the wastes.
** The official comics continuation so far indicates they all died, although as mentioned under AlternateContinuity, DJ Cherri Cola holds a striking resemblance to Kobra Kid and the official solits mention him as a former Killjoy.
** The fate of "Vacation Adventure Club" in the "Dead Satellites" Free Comic Book Day story

** 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.]]

** 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....

** [[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.

* [[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.]]

* 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.

* ViewerGenderConfusion: Vaya and Vamos, from the Ultra V's. Are they boys? Skinny girls? It doesn't help that they're also very effeminate.

** The comics serve as an official sequel to the album. However, some have noted the similarities of [[http://www.tfaw.com/Comics/Profile/True-Lives-of-the-Fabulous-Killjoys-2-Becky-Cloonan-cover___427364/?pagemode=popup&from=profile DJ Cherri Cola in the comics]] to Mikey's portrayal of [[http://cdn.buzznet.com/assets/users16/evyrossen/default/kobra-kid--large-msg-129596115096.jpg Kobra Kid]]. The solit for issue 3 even mentions Cherri as [[http://www.tfaw.com/Comics/Profile/True-Lives-of-the-Fabulous-Killjoys-3-Becky-Cloonan-cover___429280/ "a former Killjoy"]]. Yet again, this comes into conflict with Kobra's fate in "Jet Star and Kobra Kid". This is subverted, however, in that Cherri Cola was indeed a Killjoy, but he didn't went to Battery City to rescue the Girl with the other Killjoys [[spoiler: so he wasn't dusted, leaving him the only original Killjoy survivor, it seems]]. His resemblance to Kobra Kid it seems to be just coincidence.

** The comics serve as an official sequel to the album. However, some have noted the similarities of [[http://www.tfaw.com/Comics/Profile/True-Lives-of-the-Fabulous-Killjoys-2-Becky-Cloonan-cover___427364/?pagemode=popup&from=profile DJ Cherri Cola in the comics]] to Mikey's portrayal of [[http://cdn.buzznet.com/assets/users16/evyrossen/default/kobra-kid--large-msg-129596115096.jpg Kobra Kid]]. The solit for issue 3 even mentions Cherri as [[http://www.tfaw.com/Comics/Profile/True-Lives-of-the-Fabulous-Killjoys-3-Becky-Cloonan-cover___429280/ "a former Killjoy"]]. Yet again, this comes into conflict with Kobra's fate in "Jet Star and Kobra Kid".

* Issue 1 of the comic shows that putting on a Drac masks [[MindRape forces you]] to see everyone around you as giant insects. One girl forced to wear the mask nearly kills her brother out of fear.