History WesternAnimation / Metalocalypse

* HoYay: Apart from random homoerotic naivete and spending time naked in a hot tub together, whenever the band members are seen dating women, at least one of them will look suspiciously like another member of the band. Four of Nathan's dates in "Klokblocked" look like female versions of the other four bandmates, and one of Toki's dates was nicknamed "[[FanNickname Skwisgirl]]" because of her resemblance to Skwisgaar.

*** Not to mention in Dethhealth when he masturbates on his doctor's face, and starts hallucinating muscular, near-naked men, while thinking "I'm gay! I'm gay!" It was eventually revealed that the doctor, not Murderface, was gay, and jacked him off on purpose.

* INeedAFreakingDrink

** Mike Patton voiced Rikki Kixx in Snakes and Barrels II.

* CartwrightCurse: Anyone or anything that Toki loves will die before the end of the episode. Fans, music teachers, pets, and even [[spoiler:his father after he finally forgave him for a lifetime of [[AbusiveParents abusive parenting]]]]. Only Doctor Rockzo seems to have avoided this, though JokerImmunity may be preventing his death by Toki friendship.

*** PhraseCatcher: "That's my bread and butter you're ''[[SoundEffectBleep (guitar riff)]]'' with."

-->'''Nathan:''' (addressing the whole band) Try not to [[SoundEffectBleep *guitar riff*]] this up... Murderface.

* Murderface comes across Toki stomping the face of an obnoxious concert goer who got on his last nerve, while Nathan and Skwisgaar stand by watching in shock*\\

* BigGuy: Nathan's a SOLID type 3.

* A panel opens up, revealing the families of each of the five band members*\\

-->'''Nathan:''' (addressing the whole band) Try not to ''[[SoundEffectBleep (guitar riff)]]'' this up... Murderface.

-->'''Murderface''': TOKI, I'LL KILL YOU! MOTHERF[[SoundEffectBleep *guitar riff*]]ER! --\\
* Murderface comes across Toki stomping the face of an obnoxious concert goer who got on his last nerve, while Nathan and Skwisgaar stand by watching in shock*\\

* TheAlcoholic: Potentially could describe all of them, but especially Pickles, whose drinking manages to put even the other members of the band to shame. It seems to be a holy calling for him: when his former band reforms without him and headlines an anti-alcohol event, he takes it as a mortal offense.

** Even when he shows up as an hallucination to others, they still see him as a drug enthusiast who would do anything for a hit, such as Nathan when he was offered laughing gas anesthetic by his dentist.
-->'''Tiny shoulder Pickles:''' Dude! Who cares if he plays with your dick?! TAKE THE GAS!!

-->'''Murderface''': TOKI, I'LL KILL YOU! MOTHERFUCKER! --\\

'''Toki''': WHATS THE F''[[SoundEffectBleep (guitar riff)]]'' DO YOU WANT, MOTHERF''[[SoundEffectBleep (guitar riff)]]''ER?!?!\\

* BlueEyes: Toki, Dr. Rockzo, and General Crozier's are an icy pale blue, and Skwisgaar's are a darker blue.

** '''Doctor Rockzo:''' '''''I DO COCAINE!!!'''''

* ADayInTheLimelight: Several: Go Forth and Die (Nathan), Rehabklok (Pickles), Fatherklok (Skwisgaar), Dethdad (Toki), Birthdayface (Murderface), and also the episodes focusing on Doctor Rockso.

[[caption-width-right:332:Left to right: William Murderface (Murderface, Murderface), Skwisgaar Skwigelf (Taller than a tree), Nathan Explosion, Pickles the Drummer (doodly-doo, ding dong doodly-doodly-do), Toki Wartooth (not a bumblebee).]]

* ADayInTheLimelight: Several: "Go Forth and Die" (Nathan), the two "Snakes and Barrels" episodes and Rehabklok (Pickles), "Fatherklok" (Skwisgaar), Dethdad (Toki), not to mention the episodes focusing on Doctor Rockzo.

* ADayInTheLimelight: Several: "Go Forth and Die" (Nathan), the two "Snakes and Barrels" episodes and Rehabklok (Pickles), "Fatherklok" (Skwisgaar), Dethdad (Toki), not to mention the episodes focusing on Doctor Rockzo, The Rock & Roll Clown (he does cocaine), and arguably "Doublebookedklok" (Ofdensen).
* [[AGodAmI A Gods Ams I]]: Skwisgaar, in relations to the vast number of children he's father.
** In Fatherklok it's implied that [[spoiler: Skwisgaar might actually be a god himself, his absent and untraceable father being (perhaps) one of the Norse gods.]]
** The Drummer robot from Rehabklok cites this once he realizes he's famous.

* AbusiveParents: All of the band save for Nathan Explosion had abusive relationships with their parents. Nathan is the only one that has a good relationship with his parents (He mentioned in Fatherklok that he loves spending time with his dad). The only fault Nathan's parents have is being your stereotypical embarrassing parents.
** Technically Murderface had abusive grandparents
* AffectionateParody: Creator BrendonSmall is an avowed fan of DeathMetal (and metal generally); however, as every true metalhead knows, the genre is ripe with excesses and silliness worth poking some light-hearted fun at.
* TheAlcoholic: Potentially could describe all of them, but particularly Pickles, whose drinking manages to put even the other members of the band to shame. It seems to be a holy calling for him: When his former band reforms without him and headlines an anti-alcohol event, he takes it as a mortal offense.

-->'''Tiny shoulder Pickles:''' Take the gas! Who cares if he plays with your dick?!? JUST TAKE THE GAS!!!
* AllJustADream: Nathan in the intro to the episode where he pursues his GED.
* AllPartOfTheShow: The accidents, destruction and death really happen and the fans don't care.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Leonard Rockstein.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Murderface plays this trope ''hard'', to the point where he ''flips out'' if it's even hinted that he is gay, yet his behavior in certain episodes (most notably "Dethfashion") certainly suggests that he is.
* AndZoidberg: It is repeatedly stated that Murderface is the least popular and respected member of the band. To the point where many fans don't even recognize him as an actual band member at all. There are even times where the others turn off Murderface's amp for entire concerts without anyone noticing. Runner up for least popular band member is Toki, who is considered the worst player in the band. This is why Murderface and Toki are frequently hanging out together because the others can't really stand them. On the other hand, when Nathan, Skwisgaar and Pickles try to write songs without them, while they manage to write 47 songs in a short time, they end up dismissing them all as crap.
** When Murderface discusses a solo television special with Dick Knubbler, Knubbler refers to him as "almost part of Dethklok."
* {{Anticlimax}}: Considering how action-packed and totally epic Metalocalypse season finales tend to be, many thought the season 3 finale was comparatively tame and abrupt.

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: When Pickles is sent to rehab, the doctors [[strike:ask]] [[MusicalEpisode sing]] "Why do you drink?" until Pickles breaks down and blames his brother for his drinking habit.

* ArtistDisillusionment: The band hates their fans. And they hate other people in the industry. And they dislike working on new albums. Ofdensen has to keep forcing them to work so they meet release dates and don't just slack off.
* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: When Pickles goes on a game show, he is asked which celestial body is [[PlutoIsExpendable no longer considered a planet.]] To say he guesses wrong in his drunken haze would be an understatement.
-->'''Pickles:''' I'm gonna say earth. Earth is no longer a planet.

* AssholeVictim: Some Dethklok fans tend to be real assholes. An example is when the fans congregate inside a Dethklok-themed coffee shop. Two in particular share stories of how dedicated fans they are. One stole his child's entire college fund to pay for a ticket to see Dethklok perform, while the other tried to poison his little sister by forcing her to drink motor oil "until she got sick". The Revengencers blew up the coffee shop shortly afterwards killing the former and irreversibly disfiguring/maiming the later.

* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Charles Foster Ofdensen]] at the end of the season three premiere "[=RenovationKlok=]".

* BadassNative: Nathan Explosion, at least in the episode "Dethcarraldo".

'''Ofdensen''': I'm not a butler. Nevermind.

* BedmateReveal: Played with. In "Tributeklok" Nathan lies in an unfamiliar bed, speaking to someone beside him about the band (uses 'we' and 'us'). The shot lingers on Nathan for awhile before abruptly revealing him to be speaking to a room full of naked, passed out supermodels. Certain [[YaoiFangirl members]] of the fandom [[OrSoIHeard cried foul]].
* BeleagueredAssistant: Charles Foster Ofdensen again.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Toki.
-->'''Murderface''': TOKI! You miserable --\\
''(Murderface and Skwisgaar come across Toki stomping the face of an obnoxious concert goer who got on his last nerve.)''\\
'''Toki''': WHATS THE F''[[SoundEffectBleep (guitar riff)]]'' DO YOU WANT, MOTHERF''[[SoundEffectBleep (guitar riff)]]''ER?!\\
'''Murderface''': ''(scared shitless)'' ... What's up, bro? What's happenin'?
** In another episode, he displays his disdain for being the "Kid-Friendly" member by speaking in a raspy voice, covering himself with blood, and setting things on fire.
* BigBad: The Masked Metal Assassin. Mr Selatcia would be this, [[spoiler:if he wasn't on the band's side.]]
* BigBadassWolf - "It appears the yard wolves have grown up, we are finally finished with the cold dead winter."
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: Charles Foster Ofdensen]], of all people, shows up at exactly the right time to prevent Dethklok from signing a new contract with a corrupt record executive at the end of the third season premiere "[=RenovationKlok=]".
** And also [[spoiler: Pickles]] in "[=RehabKlok=]"

''(A panel opens up, revealing the families of each of the five band members.)''\\

** When Nathan tries to record the entirety of Shakespeare's works for books on tape ''in a single session'' and a very drunk Pickles tells him he forgot to press Record, his BigNo turns into a LittleNo because he's all out of voice.
* BigShutUp: Murderface utters one during the band's interrogation about his sensitivity to dick-shaped food.

** Ofdensen (correct spelling) is Danish for "Son of the House" or, literally, "Homeboy".
** In "Dethstars" Pickles is wearing a karate headband with his name written on it in [[GratuitousJapanese katakana]] ("Pikkuruzu")

* {{Bishonen}}: Skwisgaar, who is the definition of this, being slender, pale, pretty, and has long flowing blonde hair, and is an unstoppable ''sex god''. Toki has most of these traits too, though he doesn't seem to exploit it as much as Skwisgaar does.

* BlueEyes: Most of the characters on the show. Toki, Dr. Rockzo, The Rock & Roll Clown (he does cocaine) and General Crozier's are an icy pale blue, and Skwisgaar's are a darker, watery blue.
* BreakTheCutie: Toki in the second season, though its all played for (very dark) laughs
* BrokeEpisode: Without Ofdensen around to protect them, Dethklok find themselves cut off from their income by the record company until they renegotiate their contract

* BurgerFool: [[ShoutOut Dimmu Burger.]]

-->'''Nathan:''' ''[addressing the whole band]'' Try not to ''[[SoundEffectBleep (guitar riff)]]'' this up... ''Murderface!''

** Murderface, in regards to Skwisgaar's mom.. or so he would have liked before seeing her being gang-banged as she does every night.
* CallingTheOldManOut: Inverted in ''Dethfam''; the band members' various parents call ''them'' out on the way they've been treated throughout the episode:
-->'''Stella Murderface''': Oh, you spineless pieces of living garbage! You think you know what it's like to be brutal? Can you imagine cleaning the feculent crud off this moron's diapers every morning? Let me tell you billionaire lowlifes something, there's nothing -- ''NOTHING!'' -- in this world more brutal and grotesque than raising children!

* CartwrightCurse: Anyone or anything that Toki loves will die before the end of the episode. Fans, music teachers, pet animals, even his father when he finally forgave him for a lifetime of [[AbusiveParents abusive parenting]]. Only Doctor Rockzo, The Rock & Roll Clown (he does cocaine), seems to have avoided this, though JokerImmunity may be preventing his death by Toki friendship.
* TheCameo: Major players in heavy metal have voiced a variety of minor characters, from Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield of Music/{{Metallica}}, to Marty Friedman of Megadeth, to King Diamond of Merciful Fate, to George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher of Cannibal Corpse, not to mention the actual bandmembers of Dethklok.

** Mike Patton voiced Rikki Kixx in "Snakes and Barrels II"
** Season Three gets maybe the weirdest cameo ever: Kirk Hammett as Toki's penis.

** '''Dr. Rockzo:''' '''''I DO COCAINE!!!''''' [-Seriously, dude, a lot of cocaine.-]
** '''Nathan:''' "Brutal." and "NOOOOOOOOO!" Also, as of Season 4, "That's Do-able!"
** '''Murderface:''' "Piss!" and other variants. Also "I was thinking.. not very hard, mind you"

** '''Pickles:''' "Douchebags!" or "Motherdouchebags!"

*** PhraseCatcher: "That's my bread and butter you're ''[[SoundEffectBleep (guitar riff)]]'' with." [[spoiler: to the Masked Metal Assassin]].
* CaughtWithYourPantsDown: "Dethhealth" has a variation on this with Murderface. While he is getting the infamous "turn you head and cough" test administered by a doctor he imagines that a hot woman, not the doctor, has their hands on his penis. HilarityEnsues.
* CelebrityIsOverrated: Lampshaded in Dethdoubles
-->'''Pickles:''' You know, it would be great, to walk down the street, and not be bothered for once.

-->'''Nathan:''' [[DumbassHasAPoint Toki's right.]]

* ChekhovsSkill: Nathan punching Damien in the first few minutes of [=RenovationKlok=]. [[spoiler: He later does it again to stop Damien from attacking the recently-returned Ofdensen.]]

* ChristmasEpisode: Dethmas.
** ChristmasSpecial: In-universe example. During Dethmas, Murderface and Knubbler held a Christmas special that ended up being funded by the Christian Church. Nathan was not pleased.
* ClarkKentOutfit: Toki.
* CliffHanger: Season 2. [[spoiler: Mordhaus]] burned to the ground and no one knew if [[spoiler: Ofdensen]] was going to make it or not.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Subverted in the episode "Dethsources" as band hires a second manager because they start to think that Ofdensen is ripping them off financially. Turns out that the newly hired second manager is corrupt and plotting to gain power of attorney over the band so he can steal their fortune for himself. Needless to say, he never gets that far as Ofdensen kills him in a fencing duel.
** Played straight in "[=RenovationKlok=]". Damien, the son of the executive that gave Dethklok a contract, had been holding a grudge on them, particularly Nathan, for punching him. [[spoiler: When he took power from his ailing father, he cut off Dethklok's finances, and then the power to their concert, to force them to sign a new contract that would benefit him more than them. When Ofdensen intervened, Damien tried to attack him, only to get punched by Nathan again.]]

** It turns out that [[spoiler: Mr. Selatcia]] is a Cosmic Horror himself.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Dethklok at varying points in the show, the prime example being the Season 2 finale.
* CrypticBackgroundReference: Both the ColdOpen & Credits of ''Renovationklok.''
* CuteAndPsycho: Toki, and [[ItGotWorse it gets harder and harder for him to control himself]] [[BreakTheCutie as the season progresses.]] Only time will tell [[spoiler:if hugging it out with Ofdensen helped.]]
** Season 4 starts off with Nathan announcing that he's dating one of his fans, a fairly hot-looking girl who has a complete obsession with Nathan Explosion. [[spoiler: Not just Nathan, but EVERYONE WHO LOOKS LIKE HIM. They're all Nathan in her eyes, and she's willing to blow herself up with a bomb if it'll mean getting the "perfect" explosion to show her love to him.]]
* DarkIsNotEvil: It's just really, really, really, really, stupid.
* DeadBabyComedy: In "Dethkomedy," this is taken half literally.
-->'''Nathan:''' Oh hey, Body Bag!

-->"Have fun being fat."
** "Nice work, guys" is another favorite of his. Which is what makes [[spoiler: his angry outburst in "Doublebookedklok" all the more unsettling when he says it with such bile.]]
* DealWithTheDevil: Subverted in that the band proves so remarkably adept at contract negotiation that instead of trading their souls they offer a $5 Hot Topic gift card for blues fame and a 7% backend of the Blues Devil's soul. He decides to sleep on it.

* DeceasedFallGuyGambit: The Dethklok members do this after realizing that they've been embezzling from themselves.

* DemotedToExtra: Nathan increasingly edges toward this trope in Season 3, what with the other band members [[SpotlightStealingSquad stealing the spotlight.]]

* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: The "Church of Christian Churchology".
* DiabolusExMachina: Toki would have [[spoiler: given Dr. Rockzo, The Rock & Roll Clown (he does cocaine), a well-deserved beatdown]] had Murderface's grandmother not run into a cross, making it crash on them both.
** Deathklok finally finished their newest album and explicitly produced it in the 100% Piracy-proof water format. On the day that the album was meant to be shipped out, horrible stormy weather all across the globe ended up sinking the entire fleet of cargo ships containing '''''Every. Last. One.''''' Except for the master copy in Mordhaus. [[spoiler: Nathan, in a drunken stupor, realizes that the album needs to be destroyed, and takes an axe to it.]]

** The one in Season 3 is even MORE of an acid sequence, with everyone singing at some point- Pickles becomes a giant head in the sky and his dreadlocks become tentacles as he sings about [[spoiler: How he's not actually going to die]], Nathan as he sings about how his dentist doesn't want to commit "Hamburger Time" (which is quickly subverted right before the Titmouse logo) and Murderface sings happily about how he "jacked off on his doctor's face". Skwisgaar, being the only member of Dethklok who didn't get a major event that episode, joins Murderface, singing "he jacks offs on a doctor's face!" with the same amount of glee.
* DisproportionateRetribution: This happened to the rap/rock band "Get Thee Hence" for simply being allowed to ''open'' for Dethklok in concert. [[spoiler: The fans immediately rushed the stage and killed them all.]] Even Nathan, who said that he hated Get Thee Hence, was shocked to see this happen.
** On the other hand, the band members of Get Thee Hence had been nothing if not obnoxious assholes up to that point (albeit mostly to resident [[ButtMonkey butt monkeys]] Toki and Murderface). So although it was disproportionate on the fans' part, since they could not have known, it had shades of KarmicDeath from the viewers' point of view.
* DistaffCounterpart: Ladyklok, one of the various Dethklok tribute bands the guys see in S2 Ep03, "Tributeklok".
* DoingItForTheArt: Skwisgaar willingly jumps out of the Dethklok airship because while he holds his guitar on the ground a weird buzzing noise can be heard and he doesn't want the noise on the studio recording. When Toki accidentally erases the only copy of Skwisgaar's track, guess what he has to do again...

-->'''Skwisgaar:''' Because I ams a tones chaser!
* DoYouWantToCopulate: Toki's {{Gonk}} internet date, to his horror, and the viewers.
-->'''Caroline:''': Keep the fifteenth open so you can deposit your sperm into my vagina with your penis.

** Seeing their ad for Pentuplemint gum, even Nathan is forced to admit that it is absolutely irredeemable as anything but selling out.
* DramaticThunder
-->'''Nathan:''' Guys. I've been thinking. [=*Thunder*=] [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous IT'S TIME I STARTED DATING AGAIN.]]
* DrivesLikeCrazy – in the episode Dethmas where [[HilarityEnsues the band's mothers have insisted on spending some quality time with them, and Nathan is trying to find a parking spot at the mall on Christmas eve...]]
-->'''The other driver:''' [[WatchThePaintJob You hit my car!]]

* DrowningMySorrows: Toki, still dealing with his father's death (which the band accidentally caused) is drunk throughout the whole Season 2 finale.
** Pickles, Murderface and Nathan do this in the episode "Mordland," the night before Fan Day. Totally justified.
--->'''Nathan''': ''(groaning)'' Why do I drink so much before Fan Day?\\

** Although Pickles is widely (rightfully) regarded as the most hard drinking member of the band, Toki seems to have the biggest problems with alcohol. In Dethwedding, Skwisgaar references past experiences where he needed to babysit a sloppy drunk Toki. And during the Pentuplemint Gum party scene in Tributeklok, he's visibly hammered again. Even Skwisgaar notices, though its never mentioned.

* DrunkDriver: Nathan almost kills Murderface in "Religionklok".
** Skwisgaar and Toki in "Dethrace".
* DudeShesLikeInAComa: Nathan Explosion dated a famous actress named Rebecca, who fell into a coma after falling down several flights of stairs. Nathan stayed with her throughout it all, claiming she was "the perfect girlfriend."
** She then breaks up with him and gets a new boyfriend while still in a coma.
* EatsBabies: One of the anti-Dethklok prisoners in "Dethecution"
* {{Ephebophile}}: Rockzo, The Rock & Roll Clown (he does cocaine) who got busted with a fourteen year old girl.
* EstrogenBrigadeBait: Charles Foster Ofdensen, surprisingly enough. Especially in PapaWolf mode. Fangirls everywhere let out a collective {{squee}} when [[spoiler: he showed up at the end of "[=RenovationKlok=]" dressed all in black with an awesome jacket, no glasses, hair all mussed and out of place...*happy sigh*]]

* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: In ''PR Klok'', a game show host announces that a man will be killed with money. That's exactly what happens.
* ExecutiveMeddling: Season three was shockingly tame compared to the first season; this was due to the fact that Adult Swim ordered the carnage toned down, since Superjail (which had a similarly bloody tone) had debuted and they wanted to avoid people comparing it to Metalocalypse as far as ripping off it's tone.
* {{Expy}}: William Murderface is essentially a cartoon version of [[Music/BlackSabbath Geezer Butler]], and Dr. Rockzo, the Rock 'n' Roll Clown (he does cocaine) is basically David Lee Roth.

*** [[http://naturesgraffiti.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/metalocalpyse.jpg Here's a comparison picture for each band member.]]
*** Nathan also bears somewhat of a resemblance to Glenn Danzig.
* EyeScream: Performance Klok has a video of an eye operation in the background of the band meeting.

** Ofdensen's assistant(s) also qualify, given that they are required to continuously wear their hoods over their faces along with their suit and ties. (Basically, they're just Klokateers in suits).
* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler: Ofdensen]], for reasons currently unknown.
** [[spoiler: The Season 3 finale suggests that he may not have been faking, though nobody knows for sure.]]

** [[spoiler: If you believe that he actually DID die and came back to life:]]
--> [[spoiler: '''Ofdensen:''' I need you to kill me.]]
* FanDisservice: Toki's hideous internet date, especially with the news that the Season 3 DVD set will not have the black censorship bars.
* FanNickname: In addition to the below mentioned "Skwisgirl," [[spoiler:after Charles returns at the end of the third season premiere with his newly acquired HeroScar, several fans dubbed this even more badass version of him "Scarles"]]
** Murderface's attempt to connect as a father figure to Skwisgaar in Fatherklok has earned this version of him the nickname "Dadderface"

* FanService: Toki pole-dancing at a strip club for extra cash in Renovation Klok.
** Ladyklok. That is all.
** Season 3 DVD. Completely uncensored; you be the judge.
*** If you like groupie tits, you'll be happy. But there are [[LikesOlderWomen Skwisgaar's preferences]] [[ReallyGetsAround to consider.]] And Toki's date, as stated above.

* FiveManBand: A possible interpretation:
** Nathan Explosion: TheHero (the leader, at any rate)
** Skwisgaar Skwigelf: TheLancer
** William Murderface: TheBigGuy
** Pickles the Drummer: TheSmartGuy (or at least the least dumb guy)
*** As far as common sense and basic social skills are concerned Pickles (while sober) is TheSmartGuy, though Toki can occasionally fill this position when he's not being a naive ManChild, and Skwisgaar has been known to point out the faults in many of the guys' plans and give much better suggestions and ideas, but is usually ignored.
** Toki Wartooth: TheChick (or equivalent)
* FreudianExcuse: The reason Pickles drinks so much is revealed to be because [[spoiler: his brother burned down their garage and blamed it on him. His parents believed every word.]]

** It's not really explained why Toki is excluded from the creative process. Toki seems to be perfectly able to take over Skwisgaar's lead guitar parts both when Skwisgaar leaves for Sweden, and in the Dethklok covers band. It's quite plausible that he's just not the creative sort, or that Skwisgaar's legendary arrogance and Toki's lack of assertiveness combine to kill any idea Toki might have.

-->'''Skwisgaar:''' "I believe they calls this a food libraries?"
** Satan demands their souls in exchange of Blues music mastery. They bargain it down to a 5 dollar Hot Topic coupon, while demanding a percentage of Satan's soul as part of the bargain. Satan wisely decides to walk away and think it over.
* GentleGiant: While not a totally straight example, Nathan's much more amiable and warm-hearted than his reputation and appearance would have you believe.
--> "This is MY band, and you're MY ''[[SoundEffectBleep (guitar riff)]]'' up dysfunctional family."
* {{Gonk}}: Murderface. One of the five wealthiest men on earth and no woman will touch him.

** Also, Toki's hideous internet date.

-->Murderface: Gas means your wiener's being played with by a suicidal weirdo! Gas means you're gay.
-->Pickles: Dude, who cares if he plays with your dick? You'll totally be out.
** In "Rehabklok", Pickles is confronted with this [[spoiler: after the drum machine kidnaps the rest of the band in order to kill them, locking Pickles in a room with an entire table's worth of alcohol after he had just completed his last rehabilitation step.]] The devil tells him to get drunk; the angel tells him to save the band. Pickles decides [[TakeAThirdOption to just do both.]]
* GoodScarsEvilScars: [[spoiler: Ofdensen]] now sports one on the left side of his face.

* GreenEyes: Nathan has striking green eyes. Pickles has darker ones (as well as red hair, being 'very Irish-American'), and Murderface's are a lime-ish yellow-green, and Charles' generally fade from a hazel colour to a light green.

* HeavyMithril: One of Skwisgaar's side projects is a HarryPotter tribute band called "Ten Points to Gryffindor"
** The Thunderhorse music video.

** Later, John Twinkletits was brought in in an advisory role (with two cybernetic arms to replace the ones ripped off by feral wolves).

** Ofdensen practically flaunts being one.
* HesBack: [[spoiler: Ofdensen]] in the Season 3 premiere.
** Before that, Dr. Rockzo, The Rock & Roll Clown (he does cocaine) in "Snakes & Barrels II"
* HeyYouHaymaker - Nathan delivers one to Murderface when the band gets into a fight onstage in Performanceklok.
* HighTurnoverRate: the chefs, up to Jean-Pierre. Not because they couldn't handle the job, because they literally get killed doing it. Also, the Klokateer army.
* HolyBacklight: [[spoiler: Ofdensen]] during [[spoiler: his]] BigDamnHeroes moment at the end of "[=RenovationKlok=]".
** Also, Dory McLean [[spoiler: Rockzo's (all grown up) jailbait lover, who shows up at the Zazz Blammymatazz reunion concert at the end of "Dethzazz". She got old. And fat.]]
* HoYay: Apart from random homoerotic naivete (such as Toki's "codpiece", in actuality a vibrating strap-on dildo) or spending lots of time sitting naked in a very small hot tub together, whenever the band members are seen dating women, at least one of them will look suspiciously like another member of the band. Four of Nathan's dates in "Klokblocked" look like female versions of the other four bandmates, and one of Toki's dates was nicknamed "[[FanNickname Skwisgirl]]" because of her resemblance to Skwisgaar.
** Pickles wearing a locket with [[spoiler: Charles']] picture in it.
** Not to mention the deleted scene from "Dethsources" on the Season 2 DVD, wherein a drunken Charles hangs all over Nathan and plays with his hair.
*** The Manager is quite a bit more defensive of Nathan than he is the other guys. In "Fertilityklok," Charles is seen with the rest of Dethklok during the roast. He tolerates, and even cracks a smile at the jabs at the other band members. But when the comic jumps on Nathan by calling him "Tonto," which is not a nickname Nathan is fond of, Charles whispers something to a nearby Klokateer. Within seconds, the comic is dead from a poison dart.
** Murderface has a very noticeable knee-jerk reaction to anything that could potentially make him look gay. Such as how he refuses to eat hot dogs, or sausage; and how when Dethklok goes into fashion, he holds a press conference to announce that he is not gay.
*** Of course, he's later seen licking a hot dog suggestively, and acting like it's no big deal.
*** Not to mention the recent episode where he masturbates on his doctor's face, and started hallucinating muscular, near-naked men, while thinking "I'm gay! I'm gay!" It was eventually revealed that the doctor, not Murderface, was gay, and jacked him off on purpose.
*** And in [=FatherKlok=], when, in his haste to be a father figure to Skwisgaar, he gives him a sponge bath.
*** Then there was the whole "body heat" scene near the beginning of Doublebookedklok. Doesn't help that A) he suggests it ''after'' Pickles complains about huddling together for warmth being gay, and B) He still has his arm around Pickles' chest after Ofdensen comes to rescue them.
*** Toki seems to have started copying Skwisgaar's accent. The two of them also started holding hands during their therapy session with Twinkletits.
*** Each band member has his own skull cup, from the Duncan Hills coffee endorsement deal. Toki drinks out of a Skwisgaar cup.
** [[http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/444/briefnod.png/ Here's this cheeky little blink-and-you'll-miss-it nod to the yaoi fandom,]] appearing at the end of the first episode of season 4.

--> '''Nathan''': (''to Murderface'') You make us look like a bunch of dumb, rich, sheltered assholes. (''cue zoom-out to show them being pampered by Klokateers'')
** They get Dr. Rockzo, the Rock 'n' Roll Clown (he does cocaine) to give up cocaine, when they regularly use drugs themselves. Though, at least they know their superhuman limits, and are not obnoxious about it.
** They are uncomfortable with the concept of death, and demand that it be referred to as "hamburger time". This is despite the fact that they are a death metal band.
** The existence of the Church of Atheists... who are often prone to physical assaults by agnostics.
** In one episode the band members criticize Pickles for his heavy drinking... while drinking large amounts of beer themselves.
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Nearly all of the episode names include either "Deth" or "Klok". The exceptions being the Snakes and Barrels episodes, "Black Fire Upon Us", "Go Forth and Die", and "The Metalocalypse Has Begun", which is a TitleDrop.
** The 2nd season finale actually has two names, one not following the naming convention (Black Fire Upon Us), and one that does (Dethrelease). "The Revengencers" also has a second name that followes the IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming, Sickklok.

--->'''Toki:''' [[CompletelyMissingThePoint Not really...doesn't sound like a greats award, to be honest...]]
* ImmuneToDrugs: During Pickles' reunion tour with his old band Snakes and Barrels, a radical new drug is introduced to the band, who then asks Pickles to do the drug with them before their first show. Snakes-n-Barrels is completely destroyed by the drug; Pickles remains unharmed, however, since his growing up "smoking government weed every day" made him immune to just about any hard drug in existence and any drug to be invented. The only exception, for the sake of that episode, is the Yopo plant that the Amazonian natives use. Pickles loves the idea of trying it out.
** In one episode, Murderface is nervous about a press release, so Pickles gives him a drug cocktail that he himself takes to relax...and gives him ''the same dose he uses on himself''. Murderface spends the rest of the episode completely unaware of where he is and literally incapable of seeing straight.

-->'''Nathan Explosion''': Oh, I hate Finland. I need a hundred beers. Exactly - exactly one hundred.

** Less mundane example: Nathan Explosion's description as "lyrical visionary" doesn't hold a lot of water if you look at the lyrics too closely. This could, arguably, also be linked with Toki and Murderface) as their parts are canonically re-recorded by Skwisgaar and their skills are repeatedly stated to be lacking), as well as the entire band, which is unable to tune instruments without breaking them.

* InMediasRes: Aside from Toki confirmed as the ReplacementGoldfish, no explanation is given about how these five men came together to form Dethklok, or how they picked up Charles Ofdensen to be their manager.
* InstrumentOfMurder: The Season 2 finale saw Skwisgaar Skwigelf kill several invading Revengencers with his guitar. Pickles was a couple feet away, choking another Revengencer with a drum stick.

* IntercourseWithYou: Dethklok's song ''Dragoness.''
** Dr. Rockzo, The Rock & Roll Clown (he does cocaine), sings one for his old {{Lolita}} girlfriend.
* ItsPopularNowItSucks: Parodied in-universe as the focus of S2 Ep03, "Tributeklok".
* ItsPronouncedTroPay: The therapist John Twinkletits. It's not pronounced the way it's spelled (Twinkle-Tits); the accent is on the "kle" part of his name. (Twin-Kletits)

** Let's be honest here. Every single member but Toki is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold to various degrees. Especially Murderface, who at one point even all-out apologizes for being a jerk, claiming he just can't resist it, and then proceeds with asking everybody present to just kill themselves so he would not have to be one. Toki, however, is the complete opposite of this trope. He is a nice guy most of the time, but harbours a deeper, darker side inside.

* JustAStupidAccent: Skwisgar. Toki speaks Norwegian on the one occasion he directly addresses his parents, but Skwisgar spends most of an episode in Sweden with his Swedish family, all of whom speak broken English the entire time.
* KarmaHoudini: Dr. Rockzo, the Rock 'n' Roll Clown (he does cocaine) in the Christmas Episode. He breaks parole, steals Toki's christmas gifts for coke money, ruins Murderface's Christmas Special, and gets a handjob from Skwisgaar's mom... and escapes a well deserved Crazy!Pissed Toki beatdown due to a freak accident. GRRR.
** Not to mention Pickle's brother Seth, who makes every other character in this show look like a saint, continuously gets what he wants, ALL THE TIME. Even when they try to shove him right in karma's path he twists it to his advantage.

* LampshadeHanging: A pretty good one shows up in P.R.Klok

** This is a literal ShoutOut to American death metal band Suffocation being charged in England in the early 1990s with their music being obscene and vulgar. The entire case hinged on the fact of whether or not the songs could 'damage' the youth. Their defense attorney's argument is VERBATIM what Nathan regurgitates in the response. "It doesn't matter, no one can understand what they're saying anyway."
* LargeHam: Mr Selatcia gives [[TheVentureBrothers Dr Orpheus]] some competition.

* LikesOlderWomen: Skwisgaar is an ''extreme'' example--he prefers "G-MILFS".
** That's in addition to MILFS, Soon-To-Be-MILFS, and [=FBLs=].
* LongTitle: ''Dethalbum II'' contains a song titled "I Tamper With the Evidence at the Murder Site of Odin." So long, in fact, that it basically takes up a few lines of text on list of songs; the other songs, however, have titles that are only about two or three words in length.
** Another example would be the third longest title, "Crush My Battle Opponent's Balls". The length of the title belies the fact that the track is only about a minute long, contains no lyrics, and is almost completely unknown by name to fans because it was released on neither CD and was only seen in a BlipVert on a little TV screen when featured on the show. (On that little thing on the bottom-left of a TV screen at the beginning and end of a music video to tell everyone who helped out and whatnot).
** The second longest title, "My Inner Child Tied and Beaten in My Trunk" from Performanceklok has 2 less words ( and 5 less syllables) than "I Tamper with the Evidence at the Murder Site of Odin".

* MaddenIntoMisanthropy: Toki.

* MasochistsMeal: In one episode, Toki sprays mace on a turkey after the band decides they're not going to eat any more of it. Then later Toki and Skwisgar get hungry anyway and decide to eat the rest of it. It tastes "stingy."
* MeaningfulName: '''C'''harles '''F'''oster '''O'''fdensen, their manager.

* MenDontCry: Pickles tells Toki that none of the band will talk about missing Ofdensen because "Admitting sadness... makes you gay."

* MindRape: Done to [[spoiler:General Crozier by Selatcia]] during the Season 2 finale.

* MoneyFetish: Skwisgaar.
--> '''Skwisgaar:''' It's so f♪~kings expensive that it makes me horny.

* MoreDakka: An absurd scene in ''Dethcarraldo'', in which the Dethcopter fires upon the Amazon rainforest with many gun mounts until all ammo is exhausted. [[CrossesTheLineTwice They take a break to reload and continue.]]

** [[spoiler: Dr. Rockzo, the Rock 'n' Roll Clown (he does cocaine)]] at the very end of Season 2 episode 17.
* NightmareFetishist: Murderface is interested in "morbid crap." The other band members might qualify as well, given their fondness for brutal things.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: InUniverse, the Super Tits Candy Snake Project (which was sadly never completed or fully defined)
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed
** Dr. Rockzo, the Rock 'n' Roll Clown (he does cocaine) appears to be partially inspired by David Lee Roth, in terms of his music and outfit. Fittingly, his former band Zazz Blazzymatazz appears to be based on Van Halen, complete with matching logo.

** Pickles' former band Snakes 'N Barrels is based on Guns n' Roses.

** Jean-Pierre: got shot out of a helicopter and hacked to pieces like a tomato in a blender by said helicopter's blades. Is still alive, after [[CameBackWrong being sewn back together]].
** Dr. Twinkletits: fell out of a window many stories up and then attacked by yard wolves. Survived with prosthetic limbs and voice.
** The Dethklok Minute host: struck by a meteor. Survived only with disfigurement and still cheerfully hosting Dethklok Minute.
** [[spoiler: Ofdensen]]: shot through the chest with an arrow, then savagely beaten by the Metal Masked Assassin, getting his glasses shattered and cut up in the process. Revealed that he faked his death, for reasons currently unknown.
** Dr. Rockzo, the Rock 'n' Roll Clown (he does cocaine): his nose fell off after doing a little too much cocaine. Both he and [[spoiler:Ofdensen]] have recovered completely from their AmusingInjuries.
* NotSoStoic : Ofdensen has never let his calm demeanor slip in front of the band. Then they double book a gig in Syria and Israel. He manages to stay mostly calm, albeit with a very angry tone in his voice and a noticeable eye twitch. This is the closest he's ever come to kicking some Dethklok ass.
** This is also how they ''know'' they fucked up, too. He never raises his voice, but the change in tone prompts the question, "Why are you yelling at us?"

** Pickles isn't an outlandish name? Especially when compared with his brother -- ''Seth''?
*** Well in comparison to ''Murder''face, Toki ''War''tooth, Nathan ''Explosion''...it's more like "Least Metal Name Out."
**** "Pickles" is metal.
* OffTheWagon: Dr. Rockzo, the Rock 'n' Roll Clown (he does cocaine) epically.
* OhCrap: "Did you. Book a gig. In Syria. Without telling me." ''*eyetwitch*''
* OldMediaAreEvil: Dethklok's [[TakeThat record label.]]
* OldShame: Pickles used to be the front man for hair metal band Snakes 'N' Barrels.
* TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness: The Tribunal.
* OnlyChildSyndrome: Pickles is the only band member with a sibling.
* OnlyInFlorida: Can Nathan Explosion be elected Governor [[strike:when he didn't even run?]]
* OnlyOneName: Pickles.

** Pickles shows various degrees of being this in the band, sometimes.
*** From Season Two onwards, however, Pickles has become increasingly neurotic, and Nathan has proven much more reasonable, socially adjusted, and intelligent. Lately, Skwisgaar seems to be sharing this status, as well.

* PapaWolf: Do not mess with [[TheStoic Ofdensen's]] boys.

* PeripheryDemographic: In-universe, children everywhere are becoming avid fans of Deth Klok's music because of Toki.
* ThePeteBest: Season 3 began with a flashback to when Dethklok signed their first contract. Conspicuously, Toki was not there; He would later end up replacing someone else who's name was confirmed by [[WordOfGod Brendon Small]] to be Magnus Hammersmith.

* {{Pluralses}}: Skwisgaar Skwigelf and Toki Wartooth do this alls the times to reminds yous that they're from Europes. Hilariously, one of the only things they ''don't'' Pluralise is Pickles' name, which is ''supposed'' to have an 'S' at the end
* PortmanteauCoupleName: In-universe example: during the time Nathan dated Rebecca, the media referred to them as 'Natebecca' or 'Rebasplosion'.
** Non-shipping example: Toki and Murderface's label was known as 'Murdertooth Records'.

* PresidentEvil: Nathan Explosion's term as governor of Florida ends with the depopulation of the entire state as the result of his gross disregard for human life. Though to be fair, he eventually tried to resolve things with a song from the band... only for them to summon a hurricane.

*** Well, how many other governors have summoned hurricanes?
* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: The members of Get Thee Hence are either AmbiguouslyBrown or this
* PrisonRape: Implied in "Dethzazz": Rockzo's found shaking and huddling in his sleeping cellmate's arms.

-->'''Facebones:''' And most important, remember - death is an everyday part of the workplace! So, when you see a dead body, don't freak out!\\
'''Toki''': ''(is taking out the trash and comes across a rotting corpse)'' Wowee!\\
'''Facebones''': Just... ring your Deth-bell!\\
'''Toki''': ''(rings his Deth-bell)''
* RefugeInAudacity

* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: Hoo boy. This was evident from the very first episode where they struggled to understand the concept of "grocery shopping," but it really hit the fan in the season 3 premiere, where, without Ofdensen to manage them, they blow all their money on things like a giant Dorito-themed amusement park (not open to the public) and "the super tits candy snake project," which was "never completed or defined."
** The first episode of season three is just ''loaded'' with poor spending decisions. Skwissgar's ruby metronome and champagne humidore, Pickles' endangered species room, scream-activated lighting, ''the list goes on and on.''
* RuleOfCool: The band make all their decisions based on how "brutal" they perceive a course of action to be. Seriously, all of their decisions. For example, there is an extended scene in which they will fully accept that they have conditions in which their employees are dying and rotting on-site at great numbers as long as the situation is "metal". They even refuse to care about this suffering specifically because doing so is also metal.
** Not to mention when Skwisgaar played an electric guitar solo while skydiving just to avoid audio feedback. Twice.
** Scream Activated Lighting.

* ScrabbleBabble - in "Klokblocked"

* SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll: Dr. Rockzo, the Rock 'n' Roll Clown (he does cocaine), the rest of Snakes and Barrels, and frequently Dethklok members.
** Pickles has built up such a high tolerance for drugs that he was completely immune to the psychoactive drug ("Totally Awesome Sweet Alabama Liquid Snake") that wrecked havoc at the Snakes and Barrels reunion.
* SexualKarma: Averted. Despite the fact that the members of Dethklok are pretty much sociopaths, they have legions of women who want to sleep with them (well, except for Murderface, that is)

** Fintroll, the name of the [[strike: food libraries]] grocery store, is also the name of a Scandanavian folk metal band, but with one "n" missing from the store title.
*** Humorously, in Season 1, Episode 4 they do fight a Troll. In Finland. Think about it.
*** "Here comes that guy!" "Quick, throw the phones at that guy!"

**** Speaking of which, "Burzum's" is a family-style restaurant they've been to on at least one occasion ("Dethfam," I think?)
***** Yes, as well as "Dethdoubles".
**** Talking about "Dethfam", in the same episode Murderface goes to buy his grandfather a electric wheelchair at Gorgoroth's Medical Supplies, an obvious shout-out to the Black Metal band of the same name.

*** The cover of one of the band's albums - seen in "Dethfashion", and later in "Dethtribute" - strongly resembles a typical Manowar album cover.
*** In "Dethrecord", Murderface sings "Same Old Song And Dance" by Aerosmith.
*** In "Birthdayface", Toki says the car has "Big fat tires and everything", a lyric from Deep Purple's ''Highway Star''.
*** In "Dethgov", the beginning scene has a man yelling that he is the "lunatic of God's creation". Lunatic of God's Creation is a song by Deicide from their self-titled album.
*** Also from "Dethgov" "Wait as Governor [[Manga/DeathNote I could like totally go mad with power... Man, I really love potato chips!]]"
*** Toki's underwater performance in "Dethwater" was awfully remeniscent of Ringo Starr's "Octopus' Garden".
*** Timmy Razzle from Razzle Sticks in "Snakes 'N' Barrels II" was a possible reference to Nicholas "Razzle" Dingley, the drummer of Hanoi Rocks from 1982 until he died in a car crash in 1984.
*** The "IcedEarth Community Skating" rink in "Tributeklok".
*** St. Necrophagist's, the hospital in 3.3.
*** In "[=FatherKlok=]", the Swedish bar where Skwisgaar goes with his new stepdad is called Malmsteen's.
*** In "[=DethHealth=]", during a DisneyAcidSequence, the anthromorphic cat can be seen doing both the moonwalk and the thriller dance among others, in a possible homage to the recently deceased MichaelJackson.
*** In "[=Cleanzo=]", the machine Dr. Rockzo, the Rock 'n' Roll Clown (he does cocaine) is being tortured with is exactly the same as the one Han Solo was tortured with in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.
*** In "[=RehabKlok=]", the drum machine is an obvious homage to the HAL 9000 from ''TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey''.

*** Carpathian Forest High School.
*** Carcass Hardware.
*** Bed, {{Bathory}} and Beyond.
*** {{Chimaira}} Mart.

* ShowerOfAngst: Murderface takes one after he accidentally ejaculated on a male doctor during a hernia check, thinking that this makes him gay. Later, when he finds out the doctor jacked him off on purpose and that he's not gay, he takes a Shower of Relieved Joy.
* ShownTheirWork: The animation of their playing is often carefully synced to the music, with the chord positions and fingering of the guitar parts shown in some detail.
* SkepticismFailure

--> '''Senator Stampingston''': Then how do you explain the dead unicorns? ''(The screen behind him shows butchered unicorns)''.

* SoundEffectBleep: Any instance of cursing (on the broadcast version of the show, anyway) is covered up with a guitar riff.
** While [=DVDs=] for the first two seasons keep the SoundEffectBleep on the episodes, they don't show up on the deleted scenes. Season Three featured no censorship.
* SoundtrackDissonance: A rather gentle and understated orchestral piece plays during the Season 2 finale while [[spoiler: Mr. Seletcia {{Mind Rape}}s General Crozier]].
* TheSouthpaw: Possibly Murderface, in the flashback in [=RenovationKlok=], he signs his contract with his left hand. ThePeteBest that was there also signs with his left hand.
** Also, Ofdenson and Melmord both fence left-handed
* SpaceDoesNotWorkThatWay: Nathan suggests they create a Space Helicopter. [[DefiedTrope They get one.]]
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Does Of[f]densen have one "F" or two?
** Is it Selatcia, Selacia, or Salacia?
* StartOfDarkness: Start of Alcoholism, anyway. [=RehabKlok=] reveals that Pickles became the drunk he is now as a way to cope with being blamed for the burning down of his family's garage. (Seth did it.)
* StepfordSmiler: Toki seems to have developed this trait when talking about his father now that he's dead (he mentions that he's come to peace with his father's death while a clip of Toki watching his father drown and freeze to death at the same time under a lake of ice while a horrible ScareChord plays).
* TheStoic: Ofdensen, [[PapaWolf as long as the personal safety of the boys aren't in danger.]]

* StopCopyingMe: Swisgaar and Toki get into this, made funnier by their imperfect English:

* SweetDreamsFuel: Every single song sung by Toki. Complete with Sugar coated acid sequence music videos, frequently involving candy, lucky charms, kitties, and bunnies.
* SwordFight: Two so far: one was a (presumably) staged one for a music video between Skwisgaar and Toki, and the other was a very real fencing match between Ofdensen and Melmord with the position of band manager at stake. [[spoiler: Ofdensen won]].

** Go on, look at Dr. Rockzo, The Rock & Roll Clown (he does cocaine). Doesn't he look like a thinly-veiled insult at a certain 1980s cartoon series about music and its similar character designs?

* TeamDad: Charles Ofdenson, though when he's not around Nathan is the substitute. Murderface believes himself to be this, even though he is the least qualified.
** It can be argued that Nathan has been established as the TeamDad since Season One (beginning with his interactions with Toki in "Skwisklok" and "Dethclown" and confirmed in "Fatherklok"). Charles, with his nagging and usually clumsy attempts at comfort, is more the TeamMom.
* TearsOfBlood
-->'''Murderface''': ''(looking over his birthday presents)'' You mean, I get to destroy United States history ''literally''?

* ThatMakesMeFeelAngry: In [=DethMas=], Toki blows up on the rest of the band, saying he's gonna buy them gifts for Secret Santa despite being told it wasn't metal or stuff like that. Nathan's reaction sums it up:

-->Nathan Explosion.

** Toki and Skwisgaar can count as this too, despite hating each other they are almost always seen with each other. (Mostly in seasons 1 and 2, from Season 3 onward they appear to be spending less time with each other).
* TitleDrop: "The Metalocalypse Has Begun", itself dropping the series and episode titles, are also Cardinal Ravenwood's final words.
* TooDumbToLive: In ''Dethsources,'' the band and the [[TheyPlottedAPerfectlyGoodWaste intentionally invoked]] ReplacementScrappy remain in an area of Mordhaus that has been proven to contain a flesh-eating virus.

** Pretty much confirmed by Nathan in [[spoiler: [=FatherKlok=]]]
** In Rehabklok, a line in one song confirms that Pickles considers Dethklok his family, and he worries that they'll replace him while he's in rehab. [[spoiler: Which they do. But that turned out to be a bad idea.]]
* TurnYourHeadAndCough: Murderface once became... "stimulated" when he reached this point of a medical exam, which was...unfortunate for the doctor.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: None last more than an episode, but there have been Pickles and cinnamon buns, Toki and candy, Nathan and potato chips (also barbecue sauce). Also, Charles loves his pie. The band have also mentioned popsicles once or twice.
** And apparently French Toast
* {{Tsundere}}: Murderface [[spoiler: specifically in "Performanceklok"]].
** Toki can't seem to decide if he hates Skwisgaar or has a mancrush on him.
* UnderTheSea: Dethwater. Complete with Toki's memorable song "Underwater Friends."

* UnpleasableFanbase: (InUniverse example) The little boy telling Dethklok, as the Dethklok tribute band called "Thunderhorse", to be sellouts even after they decided to go back to their roots as a tribute band in Tributeklok is probably an example of this.

* TheUnReveal: We never did find out who Skwisgaar's father was in [=FatherKlok=] (though it's hinted that he's divine).
* TheUnintelligible, combined with ClusterFBomb: Pickles' brother.

* UnusualEuphemism: Dethklok isn't too comfortable when talking about [[strike: dying]] Hamburger Time, despite the fact that they have witnessed &/or caused OverNineThousand Hamburger Times. They're just uncomfortable about ''their'' Hamburger Time.

** In "Dethsiduals," Nathan, Pickles, and Skwisgar kick out Toki and Murderface (who never write music for the band) only to discover that their creative process simply doesn't work without Murderface's constant negativity.
* VitriolicBestBuds: The whole band, specifically Toki and Skwisgaar. Skwisgaar constantly belittles Toki for his guitar playing, among other things, and on numerous occasions Toki and Skwisgaar openly state they "hate" each other. It really hits home in the season 1 finale when Toki states "I've always hated you, Skwisgaar", and Skwisgaar responds with, "I know, Toki. I know", in an affectionate tone... Their odd relationship often ventures into HoYay territory.
* VocalEvolution: While everyone's voice slightly changed over the seasons, Toki's is the most extreme, starting out low pitched, laid back and with a thicker Norwegian accent, it is now very high pitched and sometimes manic and the accent is not as thick.

* VillainousHarlequin: Dr. Rockzo, the Rock & Roll Clown (he does cocaine).

* WeWait: Selatcia tells the Tribunal to do this every time they want to do something to curb Dethklok's growing power. [[spoiler:When Cardinal Ravenwood and General Crozier try to assassinate Dethklok, Selatcia kills Ravenwood and eventually brainwashes Crozier for their refusal to follow orders.]]
* WhamEpisode: "Black Fire Upon Us," "[=RenovationKlok=]" and "The Metalocalypse Has Begun."
** And most recently Doublebookedklok aka "The Dead Man" [[spoiler: Something happened to Ofdensen when he witnessed Selectia brainwashing Crozer. Selectia is now wary of the Dethklok manager and will most likely try to kill him. And Ofdensen knows of project Falconback and has Edgar Jomfru making plans for it.]]
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZInM3r_OtDo Duncan Hills Coffee song]]

** "Follow the Clown. FOLLOW THE CLOWN."
** The Dethklok Home for Wayward Kitties. "Release...the '''kitties'''!"
** Dethwater - Metal...FOR FISH.
** This is Nathan's reaction to Christmas in [=DethMas=]. He's initially turned off by the idea of Toki wanting to put up a tree, etc., until he takes a moment to really look it over. He sees it as the corpse of a tree, further humiliated and desecrated by being strung up in Mordhaus and decorated in tinsel and lights, etc. He feels the whole thing is pretty brutal.
** Pickles: "[[LetMeGetThisStraight Ok, hold on now]], so you're telling me that you put these little guys in boiling water and they shriek and they turn red, and they die. That is the most metal thing I ever heard in my whole life."
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous: Several episodes open with Dethklok making a petty, trivial decision, with ominous music and HostileWeather happening at the same time. These petty choices usually put The Tribunal on alert and have massive economic and cultural repercussions and set the topic for the episode:
** "Guys, I've been thinking. *DramaticThunder* It's time I started dating again."
** *Earthquake* '''Coooommmmmedyyyyyyyy'''
* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: Where ''is'' Mordhaus? Early on, it seems like their methods of travel to various countries may hold the answer. And then you see Dethklok travel to Finland and parts of the USA in their bus, and Norway by Dethcopter (twice). The only places that we're sure it ''isn't'' are Los Angeles (Snakes 'N' Barrels II), the Southern US (Bluesklok), Wisconsin (Dethwedding), Florida (Dethgov), South America (Dethcarraldo), Connecticut, Canada, Scandinavia, France, Germany, or Jordan (Dethdad for Canada and Conneticut, Dethdad, Dethtroll, and Fatherklok for Scandinavia, Birthdayface for France and Germany, and Performanceklok for Jordan).

*** [[spoiler: Now that it's floating in the sky (as of Renovationklok)? It could be moving all the time!]]
**** (I believe that was just until renovations were done. Still a theory) !

** Played hilariously in ''Dethcarraldo'' when Toki and Skwisgaar have a conversation where the former repeatedly says similar things to the latter, which soon devolves into an episode-spanning argument consisting mostly of repeated synchronous shouting of "'''Stops copies me!'''"

** "Fansong" is 2 minutes and 53 seconds of them insulting the fans. They call their fans "brainless mutants" and "hunched and blinded eunuchs" (among other things), and Nathan says that "they're all banks that [he'd] like to rob".

*** Really on display in "FanKlok"..and from what we see, [[TakeThatAudience Dethklok is totally justified in their disgust]]

** '''Nathan:''' "Brutal." and "NOOOOOOOOO!"

* ThePeteBest: Season 3 began with a flashback to when Dethklok signed their first contract. Conspicuously, Toki was not there; someone else (that as far as the fandom can tell, has the initials M.H.) was.
** Fanon has named him Magnus Hammerstorm, though this is probably not really his name.
** TheOtherWiki claims his name is Mayer Hamilton.
*** Amusingly (to me at least) He's a dead ringer for B.Y.O.B-era Serj Tankian.
**** Fanon almost had it right: [[WordOfGod Brendon Small]] has confirmed his name to be Magnus Hammersmith.

** [[http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/444/briefnod.png/ Here's this cheeky little nod to the yaoi fandom,]] appearing at the end of the first episode of season 4.

Dethklok is the world's most popular music group: the band is the world's seventh largest economy ([[ShownTheirWork right above Belgium]]), and their fanbase is exceptionally (and often [[SeriousBusiness psychotically]]) loyal. Their immense popularity and importance to the world economy, however, is perhaps a harbinger of doom...

An animated series from the mind behind ''HomeMovies'', '''''Metalocalypse''''' focuses on the adventures (mundane or otherwise) of the five members of death metal band Dethklok. The five members of the group are "lyrical visionary" Nathan Explosion (yes, "Explosion" is his real last name); the world's two fastest guitarists, Skwisgaar Skwigelf (taller than a tree) and Toki Wartooth (not a bumblebee); bassist William Murderface (Murderface Murderface); and Pickles the drummer (doodily doo, ding dong doodily doodily doo). The individual musicians are all fairly sociopathic (albeit in a variety of [[ComedicSociopathy oddly naive ways]]), and they're [[GeniusDitz generally incompetent at anything that isn't related to music, partying, or contract negotiation. Hell, they can't even get grocery shopping right]]. The five generally [[LizLemonJob leave most of their business and legal affairs]] in the hands of their manager, [[NotSoHarmless Charles Foster Ofdensen]].

Get Dethklok on stage, and they'll put on one hell of a show -- one which may or may not result in the violent deaths of fans and/or other innocent victims. The popularity of Dethklok is underscored by the group's tendency to leave destruction and death in their wake, no matter where they travel -- which is why [[TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness The Tribunal]], an Illuminati-esque organization of various world leaders, attempts to curb Dethklok and their widespread influence at every possible step.

The mysterious leader of the Tribunal, Mr. Selatcia, often forces The Tribunal to [[WeWait wait]] for Dethklok's actions to play out in full, and he appears to have a role in their rise to power and glory. His true motives, as well as his ultimate connection to Dethklok and the Metalocalypse, remain unclear...

'''This series provides examples of:'''

** Season 1-2 [=DVDs=] keep the SoundEffectBleep on the episodes, deleted scenes and season 3 didn't bother.

* ChekhovsLecture: Fire safety in "Black Fire Upon Us."

** Later, John Twinkletits was brought in in an advisory role (with [[IGotBetter two cybernetic arms to replace the ones ripped off by feral wolves]]).

* IGotBetter: Knubbler lost both of his eyes due to resurfacing far too fast [[spoiler:while trying to outrun a giant mutant seahorse]]. He appears in a BlipVert at the very end of the episode [[HeelFaceTurn as Dethklok's new music producer]] with new robotic eyes.
** Twinkletits gets his arms ripped off by feral wolves. He appears two seasons later with new robotic arms and [[HeelFaceTurn also as an advisor for Dethklok]].

** [[http://www.adultswimshop.com/cat/Metalocalypse/Metalocalypse-Dethklok-Fountain.html The Dethklok Fountain]] has now also been defictionalized, for those of you with [[BeyondTheImpossible $40,000]] to drop on Adult Swim merchandise.

* SpaceDoesNotWorkThatWay: Nathan suggests they create a Space Helicopter. [[BeyondTheImpossible They get one.]]

*** Also from "Dethgov" "Wait as Governor [[DeathNote I could like totally go mad with power... Man, I really love potato chips!]]"