Line #46 Music/BrendonSmallsGalaktikon


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2	[[caption-width-right:320:It sounds as awesome as it looks]]
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4	Brendon Small's Galaktikon is a "high-stakes, intergalactic extreme rock album" released in 2012 by Creator/BrendonSmall, creator of ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/HomeMovies''. It chronicles the adventures of a recently divorced space superhero named Triton who must rescue his ex-wife from his arch nemesis, a villain named Beastblade.
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6	A second album, ''Galaktikon II: Become The Storm'', was released in September 2017, and both the content of the song lyrics and [[WordOfGod statements from Small]] strongly imply that the album is not just a follow-up to the previous one, but also the WritingAroundTrademarks GrandFinale to ''Metalocalypse'', which was never televised due to a bad case of ScrewedByTheNetwork, though this is no longer the case with an announcement of a true finale movie.
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9	!! Tracklist:
10	# "Triton" (4:02)
11	# "Prophecy of the Lazer Witch" (4:34)
12	# "Beastblade" (4:47)
13	# "Deathwaltz" (3:33)
14	# "Truth Orb and the Kill Pool" (4:28)
15	# "You Can't Run Away" (5:05)
16	# "Arena War of the Immortal Masters" (4:47)
17	# "Dangertits" (instrumental) (4:33)
18	# "On My Way" (5:28)
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20	!! Trope Orb and the Kill Pool:
21	* AnimalMotifs: Beastblade's mask appears to have an animal-like nose.
22	* BadassBoast: In "Truth Orb and the Kill Pool", Triton shouts "I won't be told who I can't be/I ''override'' the future!/All else will cease!"
23	* BigBad: The first album has Beastblade, while ''Become the Storm'' has a character referred to only as "the demon" in the lyrics, but who is [[WritingAroundTrademarks implied to be]] Mr. Salacia, the BigBad of ''Metalocalypse''.
24	* BrokenHero:
25	** Triton has shades of this trope. Even though his ex-wife hates him and he himself doesn't like her, he goes to rescue her from Beastblade.
26	** "Hold on, someone's got your back/Who cares what this means to you/Don't think this will change a thing/but hold on someone's coming through!"
27	* EpicInstrumentalOpener: The beginning of "Triton".
28	* {{Expy}}: Story-wise of [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Superman, Lois Lane, and Lex Luthor]], art-wise of [[Franchise/StarWars Boba Fett, Leia, Darth Vader, and R2-D2]].
29	* FourMoreMeasures: In the live version of "Deathwaltz". Also a case of One More Song for the drummer.
30	* HellholePrison: Beastblade just escaped from one, and he's had a lot of time to plan his revenge against Triton.
31	* IHaveManyNames: While called Triton by the tracklisting and WordOfGod, the protagonist often refers to himself as "Poseidon".
32	* IndecipherableLyrics: Borders on this fairly often, as it ''is'' a RockOpera.
33	* {{Listing Cities}}: "Triton" lists constellations.
34	* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Beastblade.
35	* NonIndicativeName: "Deathwaltz" Deals with seduction, not death, and is not technically a waltz (although the chorus is in 3/4, it follows a different beat from a waltz).
36	* NoNameGiven: Triton's robot sidekick and his ex. Until the comic book miniseries, where they are named T1-T5 and Lizyra respectfully.
37	* OneWordTitle: "Triton", "Beastblade" and "Deathwaltz"
38	* RedEyesTakeWarning: Beastblade, on the cover.
39	* SelfBackingVocalist: Brendon provides all singing parts
40	* TruckDriversGearChange: Not obvious, but during the solo in "Arena War of the Immortal Masters" the backing riff shifts down a major third every time it repeats.
41	* UncommonTime: The fast section of "On My Way" is in 7/8.
42	* VillainSong: "Beastblade", "Deathwaltz", "You Can't Run Away" are all sung from the viewpoint of the antagonist.
43	* WordSaladTitle: The titles "Truth Orb and the Kill Pool" and "Dangertits" only make sense in the comic book adaptation. The Truth Orb and Kill Pool are tools of the Lazer Witch, and help Triton gain perspective on his divorce and Beastblade's plans. "Dangertits" is the warp drive function on Triton's ship.
44	* YouWillNotEvadeMe: Beastblade to Triton's unnamed ex-wife in "You Can't Run Away"
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46	!!Become The Tropes: [[note]]The soundtrack had been released with 2 list orders, one follows the story of Triton and the other for Dethklok. Thus, the tropes will follow the story of Dethklok tongue-in-cheek unless stated otherwise. As such, spoilers abound for the Metalocalypse series[[/note]]
47	* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: After defeating the Demon, the five men did survive in a way, but it's implied that they shed their mortal bodies to become Gods.
48	* AstralFinale: In order to stop the Demon, the crew has to launch themselves to outer space in ''Icarus Six Sixty Six'' and set up a final show.
49	* BackFromTheDead: In order to purge the corruption, the remaining members have to throw their infected comrade to the water, drowning out the demon inside. He comes back to life thanks to the 'klok' inside restarting his heart.
50	* BecauseDestinySaysSo: ''The Ocean''. The Gods communicate to the leader of the crew in a vision to help accept their destiny as the TheChosenMany.
51	* BittersweetEnding: The Demon is defeated, but the huge destruction caused by the way and the loss of the crew devastates the whole world. That said it ends in a hopeful tone (''Rebuilding The Planet'') as everyone starts rebuilding everything from scratch.
52	* TheCorruption: ''Nightmare'' has someone having nightmares as the virus amplifies his negative thoughts. ''The Agenda'' has the demon come in contact with him and points out that his friends don't care about him in order to bring him to his side.
53	--> ''Take your place with mine, Immortality is nigh''
54	* DemonicPossession: ''My Name is Murder'' has the protagonist (this one Murderface in all but name) infected with the virus and burns down the base before escaping into the snowstorm.
55	* FullyAbsorbedFinale: The second album, ''Become The Storm'', effectively ends ''{{WesternAnimation/Metalocalypse}}''.
56	* HeroicSacrifice: ''''Could This Be The End'' ends with the 5 men having to sacrifice their lives to unleash their full power in order to defeat the demon.
57	--> ''"We must die but we lived our lives"''
58	* LastStand: Everyone rouses up against the demons in ''To Kill A God'' and ''Could This Be The End'' as the Demon prepares for the final showdown with the crew.
59	* NumberOfTheBeast: Close enough variant with ''Icarus Six Sixty Six'' or Icarus 666.
60	* RousingSpeech: ''Become The Storm''. The crew makes a desperate speech for their followers to call up arms against their enemies while the equipment is about to fail after the events in ''Icarus Six Sixty Six''.
61	* TheScottishTrope: Metawise, all the characters are mostly referred to their known monikers in the lyrics, or can only be guessed by the tone of voice. This is done to prevent the [[ScrewedByTheNetwork album from getting sued by [adult swim].]]
62	* SpaceBattle: The final battle happens in space, and it's implied that it almost resulted in an EarthShatteringKaboom.
63	* SpaceWhale: It's heavily implied (and seemingly confirmed in the Nightmare music video) that The Beast Queen is one of these. And one of many elements that should be familiar to fans of Small's previous work.
64	* SpiritualSuccessor: [[SequelInAnotherMedium ''Become the Storm'']] is pretty much Dethklok with SerialNumbersFiledOff to Small's CutShort animated series ''Metalocalypse''. since Adult Swim holds the rights to the Dethklok name. As Brendon says:
65	--> '''Brendon Small:'''"It’s a Dethklok album, it just can’t be called Dethklok 'cause of rights. I will say this if you love Dethklok, you will love this record. The lyrics, the music, and everything is Dethklok styled"
66	* VillainSong: ''Nightmare'' can be this, as it's written in the perspective of the Demon, implied to be the Half-man by the lyrics.
67	* WhamLine: While due to its nature as a WritingAroundTrademarks work the context of most of the story is kept vague, one particular line in ''Become the Storm'' (specifically in the song "The Agenda") has been latched onto as a likely metatextual wham by fans of ''Metalocalypse'':
68	-> '''Nathan Explosion:''' "[[AuthorsSavingThrow There's nothing that needs mending]]. Just follow my words, [[SequelInAnotherMedium they will lead you to the ending]]."

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