Lascars



Lascars is a French animated series created by Boris Dolivet (aka El Diablo). It depicts with humor the misadventures of the youth subculture influenced by Hip-Hop. The series mostly uses verlan slang and adult humour, and the episodes are usually short (1 minute). Two seasons (60 episodes) were made in 1998 and 2007; an unaired pilot was also made for a 20-minute series.

The series also hit the cinema with an animated movie in 2009 which features the voice of Vincent Cassel and Diane Kruger.

The series provides examples of:

 * Art Evolution:
 * The character design of the first season looks rather simple, in the second season, the character design became more caricatural. finally, the movie have a better animation.
 * To see the art evolution, the different design of Tony Merguez.
 * Badass Bookworm: N'Cool, the graffiti guy in the episode Pouilldé
 * Celebrity Star:
 * In the first season, there is an episode about the famous fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier.
 * Also, in season two, the episode Retour Vers Le Vintage portrays the french rapper Joey Starr as an old man in the future.
 * The Future: Retour Vers Le Vintage in the second season.
 * Gross-Out Show: Gross moments appears sometimes in the series.
 * Hip Hop: The whole series is influenced by this culture.
 * Musical Episode: Schlague Attack in the second season.

The movie provides examples of:

 * Artistic Title: The opening sequence which introduce the characters in a different art style.
 * Ax Crazy: Zoran.
 * Berserk Button: Zoran and Manuela.
 * Butt Monkey: Tony Merguez.
 * Cameo: Look this scene and tell me, where's Waldo? You can find SpongeBob and Shin-Chan, too.
 * Chainsaw Good: Zoran.
 * Gainaxing: Manuela's boobs.
 * Ink Suit Actor: Samy and Narbé are dubbed by the comic duo Omar & Fred, these characters seem to be made for them. Also, one of John Boolman's "actresses" is dubbed by Katsumi.
 * Hey, It's That Voice!: The movie actor Vincent Cassel is the voice of Tony Merguez in the movie; he also did some voices in the second season. For french people, it borders on All-Star Cast - Diane Kruger, Gilles Lellouche, Omar & Fred, Diam's, Vincent Desagnat, and some famous porn actresses.
 * Love Makes You Crazy: Manuela is wildly attracted by Tony Merguez.
 * Punny Name: Judge Santiépi which means sans pitié (No pity) in verlan slang.
 * Unlucky Everydude: Tony Merguez doesn't have chance with girls, even when he have a girlfriend.
 * Yandere: Manuela, oh so much.