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Dr. Carmilla and The Mechanisms are the 7-piece bastard brainchild of two [[dieselpunk]] cabaret bands- [[Dr. Carmilla]] and, unsurprisingly, [http://themechanisms.wordpress.com/ The Mechanisms] (number of members subject to sporadic change). They formed in Oxford, UK sometime during 2010.

'''The current roster is:'''
* [[Dr. Carmilla]]: [[The Captain]]. A [[Lesbian Vampire|lesbian vampire]] and [[Mad Scientist|mad scientist]] who created the band in order to offset her lonliness. She is most often seen providing vocals, guitar and/or piano for live shows.
* Jonny d'Ville: Carmilla's First Mate and an [[Lovable Traitor|unloveable traitor]]. His main goal in life seems to be finding as many different ways to a) throw [[Dr. Carmilla|Carmilla]] off the ship and b) get as many people to hate him as possible. He usually provides vocals and occasionally a touch of harmonica.
* The Toy Soldier: A battered, old, [[Quintessential British Gentleman|very British]] robot the band found one day. It tends to offer vocals, glockenspiel and sometimes mandolin.
* Nastya Rasputina: A [[Rebellious Princess|princess]] from the [[Stealth Pun|Empire of Cyberia]]. She serves as the ship's engineer and also provides the band with delicious viola and synthesizer melodies.
* Ivy Alexandria: An Archivist for the crew who has no recollection of her life beforehand and seems to have joined the crew because, [[Sure Why Not|Sure, Why Not?]] She's the band's woodwind section, offering flute, oboe and penny whistle thusfar.
* Ashes O'Reilly: Former [[The Irish Mob|mobster]] and the crew's Quartermaster. Ashes provides the band with bass guitar and silent judging. Also, cake (although none of the band seem to have been adventurous enough to try it).
* [[Recycled in Space|Steampunk Jesus]]: Brings some delicious beats to the music and wine to the afterparty.

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* [[Concept Album]] : [[Concept Album|Concept Band]], more like.
* [[Dieselpunk]] 
* [[Evil Feels Good]] : Jonny, at the very least, seems to enjoy being an unredeemable asshole. We're still on the fence with Ashes.
* [[Being Evil Sucks]] : The story of [[Dr. Carmilla]]'s life.
* [[Grief Song]] : Loreli (Pt. I & II)
* [[Heavy Meta]] :
* [["I Am Becoming" Song]] : The Alchemist, Loreli II, Homesick, Alive I Cried. All of these songs are about Carmilla. No one is surprised.
* [[I Hate You, Vampire Dad]] : Most of the band seems to take this stance when dealing with [[Dr. Carmilla]]. 
* [[Just for Pun]] : If puns can happen, they ''will'' happen. (See: ALL tropes on puns.)
* [[Living Ship]] : The Aurora is ''some kind'' of biomechanical vessel
** For a bonus point, the crew's engineer is also in a relationship with said ship.
* [[Lonely Together]] : It differs between members how much any of them actually cares about this, though.
* [[Neoclassical Punk Zydeco Rockabilly]] : The band is known to mix Folk, Classical, Punk, Electronica, Swing, Jazz and various other genres. 
** They have also classified themselves as [[Dieselpunk]] cabaret, Space Folk and [[Dr. Carmilla]] has been known to describe herself as a [[Visual Kei]] artist.
* [[Rhythm Typewriter]] : Interlude
* [[Robot or Spaceman Alter Ego]]
* [[Sanity Slippage Song]] : Homesick
* [[Space Pirates]] : Effectively the whole concept behind the band.
* [[Spoken Word in Music]] : The band seems to really enjoy this one.
* [[Post Modernism]]
* [[Rule of Cool]] : Cyborg pirates lead by a vampire captain on a biomechanical ship. In space.
* [[Vocal Tag Team]] : Carmilla, Jonny and the Toy Soldier
* [[Who Wants to Live Forever?]] : Strongly invoked in Carmilla's story.

== Tropes featured by The Mechanisms ==
* [[Beard of Evil]] : Jonny D'Ville. Just look at him.
* [[Clone Jesus]] : Close enough.
* [[The Irish Mob]] : [[In Space|IN SPACE!]] Ashes' backstory.
* [[Murder Ballad]] : One Eyed Jacks is Jonny D'Ville's origin song in which he murders his father. And then proceeds to kill everyone else too.
** Fantasia, also a song about Jonny, features him being stalked and murdered by some kind of creature in a dream sequence. He dies on the moon.
* [[Quintessential British Gentleman]] : There are many jokes in their stage performance relating to The Toy Soldier, including references to [[Spot of Tea|tea]] and heavy use of the [[British Accent|British accent]].

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