History WebVideo / Skypocalypse

ZombieApocalypse. You know the drill, you've seen it frequently, from every possible perspective: the point of view of the military unit tasked with eliminating the zombies, the point of view of the terrified civilians struggling to survive, the point of view of the lone badass hero fighting off the living dead by himself. But has anyone shown how would a group of nerds react to the rise of the living dead?

The webseries Skypocalypse was born from an idea of Karim Musa (better known as {{WebVideo/Yotobi}}) and the work of fellow Italian youtubers Mattia Ferrari and Mattia Pozzoli, respectively known on Youtube as [[https://www.youtube.com/user/victorlaszlo88 Victorlaszlo88]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/user/Matioski Matioski]].
The premise is as it sounds: a ZombieApocalypse, caused by an unknown [[TheVirus virus]], breaks out, and the protagonists, a group of nerdy friends, gather on a Skype group called "Skypocalypse" to look for survivors.

Or, at least, that was the idea. Unluckily, our three protagonists - Radar (who is a hardcore movie and comics fan), Ghost (who is a videogame nerd) and White Dragon (the [[LovableSexManiac pornomaniac]] of the group) are everything but heroes, and at first are too scared to even set foot outside of their houses. But as they meet other survivors, they start to realize that things are much more complex that they look like, and there may be obscure interests behind TheVirus.

The series started in 2011 and currently has two seasons, the first featuring sixteen episodes, and the first episode of the second having come out on 10 June 2013. Having started as an amateur series, both the special effects and the recitation weren't exactly top-notch in the beginning (outdoor scenes aren't featured at all in season 1), but there has been a quality improvement with Season 2.

Sadly, after the second episode of Season 2, the series was CutShort due to production issues. It has since then spawned a "sequel" called Webseries Are Dead, which is based on a fictional "future" of the authors of the series themselves, who gather once again after losing all contacts for two years after they receive a mail from a mysterious fan...

* BerserkButton: Generally, insulting one of [[SeriousBusiness the main characters' hobbies]] can lead to angry reactions. Oh, and don't tell Radar to watch his language...
* BigBad: [[spoiler:Red Muscle]], or so it seems...
* BigGood: [[spoiler:The Great Arrow is revealed to be this.]]

* [[spoiler:BitchInSheepsClothing]]: [[spoiler:Benzrog]].
* CardCarryingVillain: [[spoiler:Red Muscle and General Fidanken]].
* CloudCuckoolander: ''Pretty much everyone'', with just a few exceptions.

* CutShort: Sadly, because of internal dissent and problem with the equipment, the series was ended prematurely on episode 2x02, much to the fans' dismay.
* DeadpanSnarker: There are quite a lot.
* EvilGloating: [[spoiler:Red Muscle]]. Of course.
* HairTriggerTemper: Radar, definitely.

* HotBlooded: Radar is only the most blatant case.
* [[spoiler:[[LukeIAmYourFather Ghost, I Am Your Father]]]]: [[spoiler:Delivered in an unusual manner, as it's not the character in question (Malfini) who says it, but it's Ghost who discovers on his own that his father is, indeed, Malfini.]]

** OnlySaneWoman: Penny, though, is by far the sanest of the group.
* PsychopathicManchild: [[spoiler:General Fidanken]].
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The Skypocalypse group, of course.

* ReferenceOverdosed: Good gods, '''YES'''.

* RunningGag: Quite a few, even though most don't last more than one episode.
** [[DefiedTrope Defied]] then in Episode 1x13 when Slap interrupts Penny's explanation. The second time he does it, Radar [[ClusterFBomb promptly shuts him up]].
* SeriousBusiness: As the characters are mostly nerds, everyone has theirs. Not all do, but most.
* ShoutOut: Way more than there is space for here. Kind of to be expected, seeing [[JustForFun/OneOfUs who the authors are]].

* TechnicallyLivingZombie: They're even called "infected" rather than "zombies".
* ThoseWackyNazis: [[spoiler:General Fidanken]].
* WorldOfHam: ''All'' characters have at least ''one'' LargeHam moment. It goes without saying that most don't limit themselves to one.
* ZombieApocalypse: Well, duh.

* ShoutOut: Way more than there is space for here. Kind of to be expected, seeing [[OneOfUs who the authors are]].

ZombieApocalypse. You know the drill, you've seen it frequently, from every possible perspective: the point of view of the military unit tasked with eliminating the zombies, the point of view of the terrified civilians struggling to survive, the point of view of the lone {{Badass}} hero fighting off the living dead by himself. But has anyone shown how would a group of nerds react to the rise of the living dead?

* {{Badass}}: [[spoiler:Arrow and his men]].

The series can be seen on [[http://www.youtube.com/skypocalypse its Youtube channel]], and it also has an official blog [[http://www.skypocalypseofficial.blogspot.com here]].

ZombieApocalypse. You know the drill, you've SeenItAMillionTimes, from every possible perspective: the point of view of the military unit tasked with eliminating the zombies, the point of view of the terrified civilians struggling to survive, the point of view of the lone {{Badass}} hero fighting off the living dead by himself. But has anyone shown how would a group of nerds react to the rise of the living dead?

* TheMole: About halfway through the first season, [[spoiler:Slap]] is suspected of being one. [[spoiler:It turns out that Malfini deliberately misled the heroes to cover up the ''real'' mole, Benzrog.]]

It has an official blog [[http://www.skypocalypseofficial.blogspot.com here]].

* HollywoodHacking: Alt and Control's hacking exploits are actually pretty sane (things like blocking sites and disconnecting people from Skype), except for the one time where they infiltrate ''CCTV cameras''.

* [[spoiler:[[LukeIAmYourFather Ghost, I am your father]]]]: [[spoiler:Delivered in an unusual manner, as it's not the character in question (Malfini) who says it, but it's Ghost who discovers on his own that his father is, indeed, Malfini.]]

* BreakingTheFourthWall: It happens from time to time: in Episode 1x06, for example, Benzrog asks why in the previous episode he wasn't given the customary BossSubtitles give to characters at their introduction, and Radar answers that there's been a problem with the editing. ''Then'', White Dragon complains that one of his lines has been cut.

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: It happens from time to time: in Episode 1x06, for example, Benzrog asks why in the previous episode he wasn't given the customary BossSubtitles give to characters at their introduction, and Radar answers that there's been a problem with the editing. ''Then'', White Dragon complains that one of his lines has been cut.