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Line 1: {{work}} [[File:dead_leaves.jpg\|frame]] {{quote\| ''"We the people, who are dedicated to protecting the common good, do hereby charge you with trespassing, theft, violence, assault, illegal possession of firearms, [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking\|and a really crappy attitude!]] You are therefore sentenced to life imprisonment in the DL Correctional Facility on the moon."''}} [[Describe Topic Here\|One can describe Dead Leaves here.]] Alternately, one can describe the end result of an [[X Meets Y\|unholy fusion of]] ''[[FLCL]]'' and ''[[~~Superjail (Animation)\|~~Superjail]]'' [[This Is Your Premise Onon Drugs\|made after doing a rhino-sized dose of super-distilled crack cocaine and LSD]]. Either way, things will get [[Mind Screw\|weird.]] Pandy (a woman with a red ring around her right eye) and Retro (a man with a TV for a head) awaken on Earth with no clothes on and no memory of their pasts. After a brief crime spree through the streets of Tokyo, the duo end up incarcerated in the titular lunar prison facility. After they discover Dead Leaves serves a dual purpose -- as a top-secret cloning facility -- and all of the prisoners are "cloned genetic garbage", the imprisoned lovebirds orchestrate a mass prison break. Did we mention the sex scene, the prisoner with [[This Is a Drill\|a drill]] for a [[Gag Penis\|penis,]] the insane warden, and the strange children's story? This OVA shares a director with ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'', ''[[Panty ~~and~~& Stocking ~~With~~with Garterbelt ~~(Anime)~~\|Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt]]'', and ''[[FLCL]]'''s fifth episode -- which explains both very little and oh-so-much… Both [[Netflix]] and [[YouTube]] carry a legal stream of this OVA. ----- {{tropelist}} ~~=== ''Dead Leaves'' contains examples of the following tropes: ===~~ * [[Action Girl]]: Pandy * [[The Alcatraz]]: Dead Leaves * [[Animesque]]: ''Dead Leaves'' inverts this trope; the design aesthetic seems inspired by American underground comics. * [[Anyone Can Die]]: Guards and inmates alike end up slaughtered by various means -- and they don't come back. At the end of the OVA, the amount of survivors from the prison break Pandy and Retro orchestrate numbers in the ''low single digits''. * [[Appropriated Appellation]]: Pandy and Retro name each other in this way upon waking up. * [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: Pandy and Retro both receive life sentences for "tresspassing, theft, violence, assault, illegal possession of firearms, and having a really crappy attitude." * [[Author Appeal]]: The character designer (and director) also worked on ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]''; take a look at Chinko Drill's... "equipment." Line 28 ⟶ 27: ** A bit of [[Reality Subtext]] (see below) makes this especially funny and heartwarming. * [[Ax Crazy]]: Retro, The Warden, Triple-Six, and a lot of the inmates qualify for this trope. {{quote\| '''Retro: ''[[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin\|DAMN, IT FEELS GOOD TO BE VIOLENT!!!]]'''''}} * [[Badass]]: Retro, Triple-Six, and Triple-Seven * [[Batman Can Breathe in Space]]: This trope briefly occurs in the first part of Retro and Triple-Seven's fight. * [[Book Ends]] * [[Click. "Hello."]]: Pandy's baby makes its introduction to the world by pulling out a pistol and shooting the warden through the stomach -- just before ''it births itself''. * [[Cloning Blues]]: Being a clone without the "mutation gene cluster" makes an inmate exceptionally expendable. One inmate remarks: {{quote\| "Oh well, even if we all died tomorrow, there's still a whole nother batch of clones to take our place. C'est la vie."}} * [[Clothing Damage]]: Pandy goes from the top half of the prison uniform, to... half of that, during her fight with Triple-Six. * {{spoiler\|[[Daddy Issues]]: The Warden}} * [[Dark Action Girl]]: The Warden * [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Retro's delivery was a bit too amped up to be called "deadpan", but Pandy tossed out some cool snarks. {{quote\| '''Pandy''' [to naked Retro]: "The cold isn't doing you any favors. Trust me."}} * '''[[Deranged Animation]]''': "Animation that dispenses with all semblance of reality, and sanity, taking the viewer into a nightmare world where anything goes"? Check. * [[Disney Death]]: Unlike the aforementioned inmates, {{spoiler\|Retro}} does come back, though {{spoiler\|he}} subverts the trope by lacking a body upon return. Line 48 ⟶ 47: * [[The Faceless]]: In the few brief flashback shots we see, Retro's human face is always hidden. * [[Faceless Masses]]: Every normal citizen is depicted with the same blank, [[Eyes Always Shut]] expression. * [[Freeze -Frame Bonus]]: In the scene where the prisoners get shot, a penis flies off and into another's mouth. No, really. At 17:38, in a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment, keep your eye on the robot prisoner's head. * [[Gag Penis]]: Chinko Drill, one of the inmates, has a large drill for a dick. * [[Groin Attack]]: After one particular explosion, Chinko Drill finds himself landing dick-first into a pile of rubble. {{quote\| '''Retro''': ''"That has '''GOT''' to hurt!"''}} ** He later uses his drill as a weapon to attack 777 as an actual Groin Attack. * [[Humongous Mecha]]: Used as mere cannon fodder during the initial car chase. * [[Immune to Bullets]]: Triple 6 and Triple 7. {{quote\| '''666''': "I wouldn't use those crappy bullets to ''scratch my ass!''"}} * [[Ironic Nursery Tune]]: Actually a children's story, but close enough. * [[Large Ham]]: Retro, oh so much in the dub, especially when he fights. {{quote\| '''Retro''': "DAMN IT FEELS GOOD TO BE VIOLENT!"~~<br />~~ '''Retro''': "My ass! OH DEAR GOD, it's sucking my ASS!" }} * [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]: Pandy and Retro have no memory of their past, but know how to get out of their straitjackets and handcuffs, and know their way around the prison. Line 76 ⟶ 75: * [[Offhand Backhand]] * [[Off-Model]]: The visuals are extremely stylized and there is actually no model. Yes, even [[Off-Model]] [[Tropes Are Not Bad\|can be good.]] * [[Only Known Byby Their Nickname]]: We don't actually get told if Pandy and Retro even ''have'' real names (because after a certain point...does it even matter?). They get "Pandy" and "Retro" because, respectively, Retro observes that the mark on her face makes her look like a panda bear, and Pandy retorts that that old-school TV on Retro's head makes him look like a dumbass. * [[Only Sane Man]]: Retro when he's not around Pandy. Pandy, otherwise. * [[The Power of Love\|The Power Of Love(making)]]: Sex breaks Pandy and Retro out of their cell. No, really. * [[Prison Rape]]: And oh, dear Lord, it's done by [[This Is a Drill\|Chinko.]] {{quote\| '''Chinko''': You want me to kiss you first?}} * [[Pregnant Badass]]: Pandy, through most of the movie. * [[Reality Subtext]]: A twofer: not only are the English voices of Pandy and Retro married in real life, but [[Amanda Winn -Lee\|Pandy's voice actress]] became pregnant with their first child while working on the movie. * [[Redshirt Army]]: Pretty much the prison's entire population, guards and inmates alike. * [[Refuge in Audacity]]: The original script plays out as an action movie with small pockets of comedy here and there. The dub of the OVA, however, borders on [[Gag Dub]] -- while keeping the original script as intact as possible. * [[Right Through His Pants]]: Pandy and Retro have sex while wearing the prison's standard outfit (best described as an overgrown straitjacket). {{quote\| That was some serious boot-knockin'!}} ** Pandy chides Retro for initially trying to enter the wrong hole. * [[Rule of Cool]] * [[Shapeshifter Weapon]]: Triple-Six turns his arms into [[Blade Below the Shoulder\|swords]], while Triple-Seven's body turns into guns. * [[Shout -Out]]: Arguably, the Drill Penis is a nod to [[Tetsuo: ~~the~~The Iron Man]]. ** Dub-only example: "[[Back to The Future\|Let's make like a tree and get the hell out of here!]]" * [[Spiritual Successor]]: ''[[Panty ~~and~~& Stocking ~~With~~with Garterbelt ~~(Anime)~~\|Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt]]'' arguably serves as one to ''Dead Leaves''. * Squick: The aforementioned [[Gag Penis]]/drill. {{spoiler\|Once Chinko dies, Retro holds it... And semenish goo comes out.}} ** Also, Galaxia. Line 102 ⟶ 101: * [[You All Look Familiar]]: Both played comically straight and spectacularly averted. On Earth, ''every single person'' [[Only Six Faces\|looks the same]] (with an [[Eyes Always Shut]] [[Only Six Faces\|face]]), but on the moon, ''every single one'' of the prisoners -- even those who show up for a background appearance -- possess a unique appearance. * [[You Fail Biology Forever]]: The mutants, in general. * [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made Onon Drugs?]] * [[World of Ham]] [[World Gone Mad\|Gone Mad]]: Well, it's actually the moon. Everyone there looks and acts insane and hams it up at every possible moment. {{reflist}} [[Category:Anime]] [[Category:~~Dead~~Studio ~~Leaves~~Cockpit]] [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]