Line #65 Series/KrodMandoonAndTheFlamingSwordOfFire


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2	''Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire'' (properly [[HeavyMetalUmlaut "Kröd Mändoon," not "Krod Mandoon."]]) is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin exactly what you think it's about.]] Yes, TheHero is named Kröd Mändoon, and he has a [[ShapedLikeItself flaming sword of fire.]] Creator, developer, and writer Peter Knight said that its humour is influenced by ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', ''Series/GetSmart'', and ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''. It aired in 2009.
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4	The series is mostly a parody of HeroicFantasy. The basic plot is that Kröd is the leader of a band of [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified good rebels]] fighting against an evil dictator named Dongalor, but within that simple premise is a bunch of subplots and character-driven humor.
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6	!!''Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire'' provides examples of:
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8	* ActionGirl: Aneka, who is a highly competent swordswoman and second only to Kröd himself, if that-he calls her their MVP at one point.
9	* AffablyEvil: Dongalor, who is largely polite, joking and cheerful, which seems largely genuine, though it never prevents him from doing evil nonetheless.
10	* AffectionateParody: The series is one of the {{heroic fantasy}} genre, with a bumbling hero who's cuckolded by his ostensible girlfriend (who often outfights him) with an otherwise fairly incompetent band following him to stop an evil overlord, who's far less intimidating and more camp than most.
11	* BadBoss: Dongalor kills people or has them killed frequently just for delivering bad news, telling him things he doesn't want to hear or the like.
12	* BestialityIsDepraved: One of the prisoners whom Kröd frees is there for raping a horse, who's named [[PunnyName Horst Draper]]. It's {{played for laughs}}.
13	* BritishBrevity: The first season had only six episodes. It turned out to be only one season, since the show was canceled, and so that was all.
14	* BuryYourGays:
15	** General Arcadius dies saving Kröd in the first episode not long after discovering his sexuality.
16	** In one episode the heroes are seduced by four unholy succubi, three women plus one gay man for Bruce. Guess which one of them dies first.
17	* CampGay: Bruce is a walking stereotype who hits every note, and was criticized by the LGBT community because of it.
18	%%* CatchPhrase: "Daggers!"
19	* ComedicSociopathy: Dongalor, parody dark lord. Given to murdering his minions then speculating on how long before he can hit on their wives.
20	* TheChosenOne: The Golden One, chosen to sound less cliched than "the chosen one."
21	* TheChosenZero: Only the titular character and his TrueCompanions can light the Resistance's beacon...
22	* {{Cliffhanger}}: Due to the series cancellation, it ends like this, [[spoiler: with Dongalor and Barnabas stuck in a tree while the heroes set out to keep up the fight.]]
23	%%* CowardlySidekick: Zezelry.
24	* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: The Flaming Sword of Fire.
25	* DepravedBisexual:
26	** Cy The Biclops. He captures Kröd and co. with the specific intent of "sexing and eating" them. He also talks about how he's been such a manwhore since his breakup with Lisa.
27	%%** Chad.
28	* DudeNotFunny: Dongalor has a village maiden's father killed in front of her and then makes a joke about how he won't have to ask for his permission to date her. She looks at him distraught, to which he responds "Too soon?"
29	* TheEmpire: One of these controls the area where the series takes place, with the usual oppression, and Dongalor (its representative there) plans on using an ancient magical weapon for even worse.
30	* EroticEating: Aneka, with an ''entire'' banana. And, as with everything in the series, kicked up to eleven in parody, ending with Longshaft "motorboating" a pair of cantaloupes and Aneka attempting to drink from a coconut two feet above her face and [[CheerfulChild grinning]].
31	* EthnicMagician: Zezelry, who's the only black character and the party's mage. Most of the time however [[IneptMage he can't do any magic]].
32	* EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether: Kröd and Dongalor went to "the academy" together.
33	* FacelessGoons: The Myrmidons wear face-covering helmets at all times.
34	* FantasyContraception: Aneka frequently has sex with men to get things the Resistance needs or in rituals, with no mention of pregnancy or [=STD=]s being a risk. However, later sheepskin condoms are shown to exist, as Zezelry, Bruce and Loquasto prepare to use them before having sex with the succubi (or incubus, in Bruce's case), so we can thus presume that she's got some too (or something else).
35	* FlamingSword: [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Of Fire]] -- achieved practically rather than with CGI.
36	* GagPenis: Loquasto. When the three men bust out some protection for getting it on with the succubi, Loquasto's is ''way'' longer than the other two, prompting this comment from Bruce.
37	-->''Bruce'': I guess the saying is true. Once you go grobble, you hobble.
38	* GilliganCut: Dongalor says to his girlfriend (who has just contracted a serious illness) that he is not going to let her die. The next scene has him crying over her grave.
39	* GoingCommando: Aneka habitually wears nothing beneath her skirt, in spite of Kröd's pleas.
40	%%* GoshDangItToHeck: "Daggers!"
41	* GreaterScopeVillain: TheEmperor, Chancellor Dongalor's boss, is mentioned though never seen.
42	* HappinessInSlavery: Though not actually a slave (Kröd notes he's freed him ''multiple'' times) Loquasto acts like he's Kröd's, loyally serving him and following him while addressing him as master, despite Kröd not liking him to.
43	* HeavyMetalUmlaut: ''Two'' of them in Kröd's name.
44	%%* IdiotHero: Kröd.
45	* IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace: The Forest Of Death, with a DoubleSubversion; It's actually named after a unique form of mushroom...but there have also been a lot of strange deaths in the area.
46	--> '''Grimshank''' I know that. I was just correcting a common misconception.
47	* IHaveBoobsYouMustObey: Aneka easily gets things from men (even enemy soldiers) by having sex with them, though much of this just seems like an excuse (since she does it ''[[ReallyGetsAround a lot]]'').
48	* IncurableCoughOfDeath: Dongalor's love interest during the Bi-clops episode. Complete with BloodFromTheMouth. Dongalor calls her (and her grave marker reads) the Pretty girl From The Village With the Big Cans and the "Hump-Me" Eyes. In the credits she's simply called Cute Girl, which is also on her grave marker.
49	* IneptMage: Zezelry is unable to do magic most of the time. It sorely disappoints Kröd, whom he'd promised very impressive spells.
50	* InteractiveNarrator: Played with: at the end of the pilot, when Dongalor and Barnabus are discussing the prophecy, and the narrator comments that it is Kröd's destiny.
51	--> '''Dongalor:''' I see... ''(looks around)'' ...Was that you, Barnabus?
52	* KickTheDog[=/=]MoodWhiplash: After a boy's (scripted) sad story doesn't make the pagan women cry, Dongalor orders that the boy to be thrown off a bridge, and for his dog to be used as a mop.
53	* LaResistance: Our heroes are part of the Resistance against the Empire in the region where the story's set.
54	* LostTechnology: In the form of Lost Magic: the Eye of Gulga Grymna.
55	* TheLoad: Bruce, Loquasto and Zezelryk all trade this one off because all do have moments of usefulness. Zezelryk is skilled with potions (and now has a nifty magic item), Loquasto is strong and has a superior sense of smell and in the last episode Bruce proves he can fight well when he has to.
56	* LukeIAmYourFather: Spoofed in the final episode of Season 1; Dongalor is Kröd's brother... in law. He isn't even married to Kröd's sister anymore!
57	* ManlyGay: Arcadius, the Resistance General who's nothing if not masculine, turns out to be involved with his CampGay cellmate Bruce.
58	* MasculineFeminineGayCouple: Arcadius (ManlyGay) and Bruce (CampGay), before the former was killed.
59	* MeaningfulName:
60	** Kröd's name is meaningful if you spell it backwards.
61	** Horst Draper (who lays with horses).
62	* MisterSeahorse: Loquasto, Zezelryk and (noticeably) Bruce, during "Succubi: The Dawn's Early Light", [[spoiler: with the spawn of the titular Succubi (and token Incubus, in Bruce's case)]].
63	* TheMole: [[spoiler: Grimshank playing Double Agent. He planned to let Dongalor set off the Eye, but re-aim it at Dongalor's castle.]]
64	* MrFanservice: Kröd is a handsome man who frequently shows his muscular chest, either in {{shirtless scene}}s or with his vest-like garment opening.
65	* MsFanservice: Aneka, which Kröd constantly [[LampshadeHanging hangs a]] [[IncrediblyLamePun lantern]] on. She wears skimpy clothes habitually, often [[GoingCommando without underwear]] (and does flips which show this) while constantly using her charms to sleep with men, whether to get things or just for fun. Even when it's not actual sex, she does things such as mimic cunnilingus on a banana. Kröd, her supposed boyfriend, complains frequently about this (particularly her constant cheating). Aneka however cites her lack of his sexual hangup, so she won't stop.
66	* MurderInc: Dongalor hires one called the Stygian Corps which promises to murder Kröd and Aneka. They fail.
67	* MyFriendsAndZoidberg:
68	--> These are my best friends in the world! And Bruce!
69	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Congrats, Kröd. You just [[spoiler:gave the thing that'll power the DoomsdayDevice to TheMole!]]
70	%%* NoRespectGuy: Kröd.
71	* NotSoStoic: Even though pagan women aren't supposed to cry, [[spoiler: Aneka does cry when TheMole tells her that Kröd and his gang are dead]]. This is particularly unfortunate as [[spoiler: Dongalor needs a pagan woman's tears to fuel his weapon]].
72	* OffingTheOffspring: Dongalor commands his illegitimate son be drowned on a boat ride since he's been a disappointment. [[spoiler: His son survives, and starts to chop down the tree Donalor has gotten stuck in along with Barnabas.]]
73	%%* OnlySaneMan: Kröd as noted above but also Barnabas in relation to Dongalor.
74	%%* PigMan: Loquasto.
75	* PrecisionFStrike: Dongalor, when the foppish weapons inspector prances in.
76	* ProfessionalKiller: Dongalor interviews many of them to murder Kröd and Aneka.
77	* PunnyName: Horst Draper, horse raper.
78	* ReallyGetsAround: Aneka, who frequently has casual sex with men, often to get items which the Resistance needs, information, or once simply for ''the time of day''. What takes the cake is her part in a pagan ritual where she'd planned on doing it with ''three hundred'' guys on a single night (judging by the line, she had gotten through more than half). In one episode, when asked by a ''cyclops'' if she's ever been with one, the following exchange occurs:
79	-->'''Aneka''': Ummm...\
80	'''Krod''': ''"Um"''?! That's not an automatic "No"?!
81	* RedHerringMole: As it turns out [[spoiler: Grimshank. He's actually a FakeDefector trying to use the Eye against Dongalor.]]
82	* SecretOtherFamily: The bartender, who states the financial pressure from such is why he's handing in Kröd for the bounty.
83	%%* ServileSnarker: Barnabas, to a point.
84	* ShapedLikeItself: The Flaming Sword of Fire!
85	* SheFu: Aneka does this a lot, while giving free {{panty shot}}s ([[GoingCommando when she's wearing them]]) to everyone looking.
86	* ShirtlessScene: Kröd, in the first episode even.
87	* ShootTheMessenger: Dongalor does this when one delivers him bad news. Then he's informed there was good news too, and says the man should have said it first.
88	%%* SissyVillain: Dongalor, even if he is technically straight.
89	* TheStarscream: Dongalor plans to take power from the Emperor with the Eye of Gulga Grymna, and kills a noble who objects at the idea.
90	* TheStoic: Full-blooded pagan women (almost) never cry -- torturing them, showing them a sad play, and even chopping onions in front of their faces has no effect.
91	%%* {{Stripperiffic}}: Aneka again, which Kröd [[HoldYourHippogriffs hangs a lantern]] on.
92	* TemptingFate: "It'll take more than an arrow to kill the greatest general who ever lived!" Yep, it did. He was doing well up until the ballista (the throwing axe bouncing off his head didn't help much either).
93	* TheTimeOfMyths: The series' ostensible setting, as {{Atlantis}} is once mentioned as having been destroyed in the past and some of the characters are "pagans" (albeit based on popular cliches rather than actual ones).
94	* TokenMinority: Aneka, Bruce and Zelezry. They're the only people of color on the show, however at least they're in the main cast.
95	* VulgarHumor:
96	** The Festival of Three Hundred Moons. It's exactly what you think it's about.
97	** Kröd's rival for Aneka's affections is named ''Longshaft''. DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything?
98	** Dongalor's ArtifactOfDoom looks like nothing so much as a ''gigantic anus''. The power of which is weaponized hemorrhoids, since it becomes a Flaming Eye of Death once you stick a certain object [[spoiler:merely a giant gemstone]] into it.

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