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1	Lethal Force is a comedic animated TV Show that currently exists only in the mind of its creator. Its premise is this:
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3	It is [[NextSundayAD 20 years in the future]] (no matter what year it currently is). [[CrapsackWorld Violent crime and unemployment are at an all-time high]], and prisons are getting overpopulated. To remedy prison overpopulation, the government [[WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong decides to let all prisoners]] [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil except for sex offenders]] [[WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong out of prison and force them to work]]. Unfortunately, the only work that's readily available [[{{Irony}} are jobs as cops]] due to high death rates caused by the prevalence of violent crime.
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5	The show is a parody of [[BuddyCopShow Buddy Cop Shows]], and follows the ([[VillainProtagonist occasionally accidentally heroic]]) adventures of Abdul, [[MiddleEasternTerrorists an Islamic terrorist by day]], [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes and a family man by night]], and Randy, a Violently Asexual [[ThoseWackyNazis Neo-Nazi]]. The whole point of the show is to [[CrossesTheLineTwice Cross a whole bunch of lines a few hundred times]].
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8	!!This work provides examples of:
9	%%* AesopAmnesia: Averted.
10	* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Sometimes Abdul and Randy face people (well, [[EldritchAbomination entities]]) even worse than they are.
11	* AncientConspiracy: Comically [[ExaggeratedTrope exaggerated]] with The Union Underground Landfill Company. [[TimeAbyss They are three weeks older than the universe]].
12	* AxCrazy: Most of the cops and several minor characters and villains.
13	** Abdul [[MadBomber has shades of this sometimes]], as does Randy, though, surprisingly, not as often.
14	** [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Shreds]], a [[KatanasAreJustBetter katana-wielding]], [[AmbiguousGender ambiguously-gendered]] Japanese-American officer definitely fits this trope.
15	*** In season three, we meet an officer even crazier than Shreds, whose answer to a question on a multiple choice question on a census ("Why do you kill people?") is ''Z: To appease the screaming souls of the damned that live inside my head''.
16	* BaldOfEvil: Averted with Randy, who has a full head of blonde hair. Played strait with various villains, however.
17	%%* BlackComedy: Often.
18	%%* BuddyCopShow: Parodied. Also technically a CriminalProcedural, due to the premise.
19	* CerebusSyndrome: Although I never intend for it to become more dramatic and comedic, I intend to give it a [[DownplayedTrope slightly]] more serious tone as the story progresses and CharacterDevelopment happens. [[spoiler: Ironically, the world will get slightly ''less'' {{Grimdark}} as the show becomes more serious]].
20	* CharacterDevelopment: Part of the overarching plan of the show, which is intended to avert the tendency of adult comedy shows to have static characters.
21	* ConspiracyKitchenSink: Over the course of the show, Abdul and Randy meet (and usually kill) TheIlluminati, the Freemasons, a ReptilianConspiracy, TheGreys, The {{Precursors}} (who are [[AbusivePrecursors kind of dicks]]), TheMenInBlack, [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Cthulhu Cultists]], [[HollywoodSatanism Satanic Cultists]], and [[MilkmanConspiracy The Union Underground Landfill Company]], all of whom are secretly battling each other for control of the world.
22	* CrossoverCosmology: Abdul and Randy also (see ConspiracyKitchenSink above) meet [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Cthulhu]] himself, {{Satan}} himself, several [[Myth/NorseMythology Norse]], [[Myth/GreekMythology Greek]], [[Myth/ChineseMythology Chinese]], and [[Myth/EgyptianMythology Egyptian]] gods, [[UsefulNotes/{{Buddhism}} Buddha]], UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} (though not [[{{God}} the big guy himself]], at least not in person), and a few [[Myth/NativeAmericanMythology Native American spirits]], among others.
23	* '''CrossesTheLineTwice''': The protagonists are a freaking Islamic terrorist and a Neo-Nazi, for crying out loud!
24	* DonutMessWithACop: All of the cops, criminal or not, are shown at one point or other to enjoy donuts.
25	* EldritchLocation: "20 years in the future", the main temporal setting of the show.
26	* {{Flanderization}}: I intend to avert if not openly defy this trope.
27	%%* HappilyMarried: Abdul and his wife.
28	* HeroicComedicSociopath: When they aren't straight up [[VillainProtagonist Villain Protagonists]], most of the cops are this.
29	%%* KillerCop: Often.
30	* OnlySaneWoman: Officer Daniels, though almost everyone has their OnlySaneMan moments.
31	* PoliceBrutality: Happens [[SarcasmMode surprisingly often]].
32	* RadiationInducedSuperpowers: In a throwaway gag in one of the earlier episodes, a perp Abdul and Randy are chasing [[TooDumbToLive throws himself into a vat full of radioactive waste,]] believing he'll get superpowers. Of course, he doesn't, and instead dies a CruelAndUnusualDeath from radiation poisoning.
33	* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: The government certainly thinks so. Sex offenders ([[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale Both male]] [[AvertedTrope and female]]) are the only prisoners who aren't released and forced to work.
34	* RunningGag: Abdul's suicide vests never work when he tries to detonate them. He then always takes them off and tosses them away in disgust, where they either cause mass panic or explode, but never both.
35	--> '''Randy''': Dude, you suck at making bombs.
36	* SkewedPriorities: The Asexual Convention.
37	--> '''Randy''': Yeah, I'm no longer welcome there.
38	--> '''Abdul''': Why? Because you're a Neo-Nazi?
39	--> '''Randy''': No, they were cool with that. They threw me out because I like donuts more than cake.
40	* ThoseWackyNazis: Randy is a Neo-Nazi. Also, he and Abdul meet ''actual'' Nazis a few times due to TimeTravel, and even meet Hitler a few times. [[spoiler: [[{{Irony}} Randy ends up killing him]]]].
41	* TokenGoodTeammate: Officer Daniels and the Sheriff.
42	* VillainProtagonist: Abdul and Randy are usually either this or [[HeroicComedicSociopath Heroic Comedic Sociopaths]], though they get some CharacterDevelopment as the series progresses.
43	* VitriolicBestBuds: Abdul and Randy, [[DownplayedTrope though less (the vitriolic part, not the best buds part) than you'd expect]].

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