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6	->''"Traveling across America you may see a hand-painted sign featuring one word. If you are lucky, you will continue on wondering if something that old can refer to a thing that still exists. Unfortunately it does. You are following a sign that reads 'Zoo'."''
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9	''Zoo'' is an ongoing podcast audio drama that premiered on September 17, 2018 with the second season starting on April 15, 2019. Its creators are Coni Kitts, CJ Housh, and Codi Phillips, with music by Nathan Gandy. Coni Kitts also portrays the main character [=McKayla=] Kespar.
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11	The podcast centers on FBI Agent [=McKayla=] Kespar in Cold Cases as she unravels a decades long mystery concerning strange animals, odd events surrounding missing persons, a shadowy group led by a "Red Eyed Bastard" and a sign with one word: 'Zoo'.
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13	The podcast has no connection to the Creator/JamesPatterson novel of the same title, or the 2015 [[Series/{{Zoo}} TV series]] based upon it.
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16	!!This podcast provides examples of the following tropes:
17	* AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler: The first season ends with [=McKayla=] joining the Zoo and Agent Beckett investigating her disappearance, even recording himself.]]
18	%% * Bowdlerized: [=McKayla=] had to do this while reading one case, very much emphasizing that the enemy soldiers should be referred to as “Japanese” and not whatever racist terms that was in there.
19	* BullyingADragon: There are some cases with people thinking it's a good idea to fight a cryptid or try to enslave it. It never ends well with them.
20	%% * EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler: The Aquarium is shaping up to be this to th3 Zoo, with the Administrator purposely driving her employees to madness and physically abusing them and abusing the cryptids for military research.]]
21	* FormulaBreakingEpisode: After two episodes of [=McKayla=] going over FBI's cold cases, Episode 3 "Brrrt-Ping" has a redacted FBI file, a small town newspaper column and a blog from Titanium Violet.
22	* FramingDevice: A good portion of the series is [=McKayla=] recording herself as she reads cold cases, commenting on them and trying to reason what may have happened. In the second season, she still records everything but her friends are aware of it, more or less.
23	* GossipyHens: The news of [=McKayla=]'s interest in "weird cases" has reached to the Chicago branch. According to her, you can't keep a secret in the FBI because it's filled with 'Chatty Cathys'.
24	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: [=McKayla=] can a bit abrasive and has a habit of ignoring her loved ones, but she does care about people.
25	%% **[[spoiler: Turns out, for all it's shady and dreadful reputation, the Zoo is also this. It’s mission is protecting cryptids and humans.]]
26	* MissingChild: There are a lot of missing people, especially missing kids. A nightmare for any parent. [[spoiler: They're never seen again because they unfortunately encountered a hungry cryptid.]]
27	* NoodleIncident: Episode 7 "Dear Director" is this. An elderly man managed to trick Margaret Thatcher, the Nazis and President Nixon, but the audience doesn't know ''how'' he hid it.
28	* TownWithADarkSecret: The Missouri town from the first episode has been letting a Devil's Snare eat teenagers, thinking it's necessary. It wasn't.
29	* TwoLinesNoWaiting: [[spoiler: Season 2 splits between [=McKayla=] working at the Zoo and Agent Beckett investigating her disappearance.]]
30	%% * WhamEpisode:
31	%% **[[spoiler: The first season finale has [=McKayla=] finally meet the Mothman, learn the truth of the Zoo and accept a job there.]]
32	%% ** [[spoiler: Season 2 Episode 10 "The Ocean is a Harsh Mistress" ends with [=McKayla=] and Siobhan learning the Aquarium’s dark secrets but is too late to stop the Mothman from accepting a partnership with the Administrator.]]

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