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2 | [[caption-width-right:350:The titular duo.]] |
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4 | ''Dallas & Robo'' is a 2018 [[Website/YouTube YouTube Original]] adult ScienceFiction AnimatedSeries staring [[Creator/KatDennings Kat Dennings]] and [[Wrestling/JohnCena John Cena]] as Dallas Moonshiner & Robo, respectively. The duo are 23nd century [[SpaceTrucker space truckers]] driving the ''Georgia Overdrive" for Dallas' uncle's family trucking firm based on Mars. |
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7 | !! ''Dallas & Robo'' contains examples of: |
8 | * AcquiredErrorAtThePrinter: Uncle Danny and The Woodsman must go to the same printer, as they both get back items labeled "Monshiner". |
9 | * AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Once Dallas gets a chance to race again, she starts being belittling her friends and co-workers. This may be a return to form, however, as her crew chief Robo notes her ego is back. |
10 | * ActionGirl: She prefers to let Robo do the fighting, but Dallas can handle herself in a fight. |
11 | * AIIsACrapshoot: Robo himself is stable, but other machines given sentience seem to either be suicidal or murderous. |
12 | * AllBikersAreHellsAngels: The Cannibal Bikers fit this trope, with [[TheApunkalypse Apunkalypse]] additions. |
13 | * AndroidsArePeopleToo: Those close to him treat Robo mostly the same as a human, but he tends to be shown disdain by others. |
14 | * ArtificialGravity: Everywhere, from the Georgia Overdrive to the Moon, seems to have normal Earth gravity. |
15 | * AsteroidMiners: The mine on Io is having labor-management relationship problems. |
16 | * BackupBluff: Dallas convinces the Stranger that Fat Paul is an actual threat. |
17 | * BadassBiker: Carol the Biker King got sentenced to a millennium long prison sentence for [[NoodleIncident "that little thing"]] she did, killed everyone on a prison transport and took over a group of man-eating space bikers after crushing their former leader. [[spoiler: She also had a plan to take over Mars, which almost worked.]] |
18 | * BadassDriver: Dallas. She regularly uses her race driving skills behind the wheel of the Georgia Overdrive. |
19 | * BeleagueredBoss: Uncle Danny. |
20 | * BlackComedyCannibalism: The Cannibal Bikers provide plenty of this. |
21 | * BlandNameProduct: Crassio calculator |
22 | * BountyHunter: The white-suited Stranger is after Robo for a bounty, despite the culling of A.I.'s being over. |
23 | * BurialInSpace: How bodies are dealt with during "Murder on the Georgia Overdrive". |
24 | * CannibalTribe: The Cannibal Bikers name is very literal. |
25 | * DisproportionateRetribution: Dallas plans to rat Freddy Calhoun's violations out to the union because he called her his '''second''' favorite race driver, after her hated rival Whiskey Johnson. |
26 | * DoYouTrustMe: Subverted. |
27 | -->'''Dallas:''' Robo, do you trust me?\ |
28 | '''Robo:''' No. |
29 | * DressingAsTheEnemy: Dallas and Robo try this, with poor results. |
30 | * ElectricTorture: Done to Robo, which backfires. |
31 | * EverythingIsAnIpodInTheFuture: The headquarters of Phobos Trucking. |
32 | * EvilFormerFriend: Carol used to be friends with Dallas. Now she's a cannibalistic Biker willing to eat Dallas. |
33 | * FactionMotto: "Moonshiners Don't Lose" |
34 | * FieryRedhead: Dallas. |
35 | * FutureFoodIsArtificial: Martians eat 3D printed food. Dallas gets a green steak when the printer ran out of brown protein. |
36 | -->'''Dallas:''' On the plus side, it's got a real Granny Smith under-taste. |
37 | * TheGamblingAddict: Ellie |
38 | * GlowingMechanicalEyes: Robo. He can use them as flashlights, but it creeps Dallas out. |
39 | * HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Dallas |
40 | * {{Hobos}}: Beans! |
41 | * IllTakeTwoBeersToo: Robo is very used to Dallas pulling this one. |
42 | * IAmAMonster: Robo says after one the of his many attempts to give machines A.I. fail destructively. |
43 | * InSpaceEveryoneCanSeeYourFace: Spacesuits in the show fit this, as well as the emergency bubble suit that comes out of Dallas' collar. |
44 | * TheLadette: Dallas. |
45 | * LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: During "Moonbound & Down", the soundtrack by The Sadies stops abruply as Dallas switches off the stereo. |
46 | * MuggedForDisguise: Dallas and Robo pull this on a pair of Cannibal Bikers. |
47 | * ModernStasis: Space travel and robots are common, but society is still mostly early 21st century-like. Much of the interiors and fashion has a 1970s vibe. |
48 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Whiskey Johnson is a 1970s Richard Petty. The stock cars used in "Le Mars" are clones of the Plymouth Superbird Petty drove at the start of that decade. |
49 | * NoLongerWithUs: In the episode "I, Robo" |
50 | -->'''Danny:''' Fat Paul is dead...\ |
51 | '''Dallas & Robo:''' *Gasp!*\ |
52 | '''Danny:''' ...to me! Fat Paul is dead to me. He quit Moonshiner, and he joined Phobos Trucking.\ |
53 | '''Dallas:''' Why did you pause?\ |
54 | '''Danny:''' Did I pause? Maybe I had one of those mini-strokes. |
55 | * NoodleIncident: Whatever that "little thing" Carol did to get a thousand-year prison sentence. |
56 | * RecycledInSpace: "Moonbound and Down" is Film/SmokeyAndTheBandit...IN SPACE! |
57 | * RobotBuddy: Robo, though he considers Dallas ''his'' sidekick. |
58 | * SheIsTheKing: Carol the Biker King. |
59 | * SolarFlareDisaster: The Great Solar Storm of 2237 causes equipment failure, blocked commuincations, and discomfort for Robo. |
60 | * SpaceIsCold: Bodies given BurialInSpace freeze almost instantly. |
61 | * SpaceTrucker: Most of the main characters. |
62 | * SummationGathering: Dallas calls one in "Murder on the Georgia Overdrive". It turns into a massive {{Infodump}} on the passengers but is subverted when she utterly fails to solve the case. The one she accuses is not even there because they've been murdered off-screen. |
63 | -->'''Dallas:''' What do you want from me, I'm drunk. I've had a dozen martinis. |
64 | * TalkingInYourSleep: Dallas' introduction. |
65 | -->'''Dallas:''' What are you doin' squirrel? How did you get in the tub? You silly squirrel. |
66 | * ThrownOutTheAirlock: This happens fatally to The Woodsman in "The Joy of Cooking". Many, many times. |
67 | * TimeTravel: While pranking The Woodsman, Robo accidentally discovers the carrot cake recipe from ''[[TheJoyOfX The Joy of Cooking]]'' in binary are instructions for time travel. |
68 | * TomboyishBaseballCap: Dallas always wears one awhile trucking, and most other times as well. |
69 | * UnreliableNarrator: The ending of [[spoiler:"Murder on the Georgia Overdrive"]] suggests things didn't happen exactly as shown, though a final scene confirms the major points. |
70 | * UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Dallas Moonshiner is a lazy, drunk, egotist who shows little concern for her fellow man. Maybe a robot is perfect as her best friend. |
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