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Line 1: {{~~work~~creator}} * [[Artistic License: Biology]]: Even disregarding all the [[Art Major Biology]], Murdoc refers to his pet raven with male pronouns but has made mention of it laying eggs. Though perhaps it's just Murdoc's biology failure and not the creators. Nobody ever said that captain [[Crazy Awesome]] there knows that much about birds. * [[Broken Base]]: The last single from ''Plastic Beach'', "Doncamatic", is shaping up to be this. Half the [[YouTube]] comments are lauding it as a spiritual successor to "DARE", the other half are criticizing it for its lack of Damon Albarn and similarity to current pop. Its release as a single also provoked anger, as it was chosen over [[Ensemble Darkhorse\|fan favorite "Empire Ants"]]. Then Doncamatic had a video made for it, which was considerably less epic and plot-advancing than the planned "Rhinestone Eyes" video. * [[Cargo Ship]]: The "Feel Good Inc." commentary makes reference to Murdoc's "bass-shagging action". * [[Complete Monster]]: Judging from his recent actions (kidnapping and forcefully keeping 2D and several other musicians on Plastic Beach just to record the same-titled album), it seems Murdoc has started becoming this. Line 12: And somehow made still darker in Phase 3, what with {{spoiler\|[[Evil Twin\|the Cyborg]]}} Noodle, [[Complete Monster\|the now-complete monster]] known as Murdoc, a 2D that seems to be on the edge of [[Sanity Slippage\|insanity,]] and [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking\|a giant-sized Russel.]] * And ironically, the music and the art style [[Light Is Not Good\|is brighter and slicker.]] * [[Die for Our Ship]]: Paula, 2D's ex-girlfriend, is absolutely loathed by the ~~fandom -- though~~fandom—though this may not really count since she's not all that pleasant a person, and isn't supposed to be. * [[Ear Worm]]: "Stylo", "DARE", "On Melancholy Hill", "Feel Good Inc.", "Clint Eastwood", "Superfast Jellyfish", "Doncamatic"... and that's not ''close'' to all of them. While their songs in general are extremely catchy, special mention goes to "Rockit". {{quote\| "blah blah blah blah blah blah blah" (collapse)}} [[~~Out Kast (Music)~~OutKast\|DOYATHANGTHANGDOYATHANGDOYATHANG]] * [[Epic Riff]]: "Every Planet We Reach is Dead," the bass riff in "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IocxXl-0R90&t=13s Feel Good Inc.]," "Clint Eastwood." ** "Sound Check (Gravity)" has a truly epic violin riff that comes in halfway through the song. * [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: Song variety. "Rhinestone Eyes" and "Empire Ants" are almost universally beloved among fans, and neither were ever official released as singles, though "Rhinestone Eyes" came close. * [[Face of the Band]]: 2D and Noodle in the videos, Murdoc in "interviews". * [[Fan-Preferred Couple]]: It's a tie between [[Ho Yay\|2D×Murdoc]] and [[Like Brother and Sister\|2D×Noodle]]. In the early years of Gorillaz, 2D×Noodle was considerably more popular, while, these days, 2D×Murdoc is much more used in fanart and fanfiction (especially on [[Rule 34~~\|Rule34~~]]), probably due to the fact that 2D and Murdoc interacted in most interviews and [[Foe Yay\|not in a good way]], or as many fans put it: "they bickered [[Like an Old Married Couple\|like a married couple]]". Also, the fact that they're two men (one being a [[The Ditz\|ditz]] who does everything the [[Depraved Bisexual\|depraved]] [[Manipulative Bastard]] tells him), who have lived alone on a island for a quite a long time, leads to many [[Unfortunate Implications]]. Murdoc×Noodle is popular as well, but not to the extent of the previous two. * [[Fan Service]] / [[Fan Disservice]] Murdoc fits one or both in pretty much everything he's in. In about half of his appearances he's naked and/or thrusting his hips in a way that starts making you feel kind of queasy. 2D could fall into either category as well, given his [[Uncanny Valley]] looks. Especially in "Rock the House" shudder * [[Foe Yay]]: Murdoc with both of the other male band members, particularly 2D. Murdoc has practically destroyed 2D's life, but the latter views him as a role model and looks up to him, as to an older brother, in spite of the fact that Murdoc abuses him physically and mentally. 2D has even declared at one point he loves Murdoc. Still, in Phase 3, 2D gets smarter and realizes he was actually mistaken about him. * [[Hell Is That Noise]]: At the 1:50 mark in The Speak It Mountains, Damon has inserted what sounds like digitally-altered ''screams of pain''. [[Last-Note Nightmare]] indeed. It's actually just [http://i.imgur.com/Fizza.png a picture of a mountain that you can find by putting the song through a stereograph]. * [[Ho Yay]]: [[Gorillaz ~~(Music)~~/Ho Yay\|Its own page]]. * [[Jerkass Woobie]]: Preadolescent Murdoc. He grew out of woobiehood pretty quickly, and by all accounts he was a horrible little boy, but ... [[Freudian Excuse\|poor kid]]. He gets a little bit of it back in his recent pirate radio broadcasts, in which a reoccurring theme is how depressingly lonely he is. Every time it hits him he [[Drowning My Sorrows\|chugs more rum to put it out of his mind]], but since it comes up at least three or four times per broadcast it's clearly not helping much anymore. * [[Magnificent Bastard]]: Oh Murdoc, why must we hate to love you? * [[Memetic Mutation]]: At this point, it's pretty much safe to say that "lifebewtz", as said by a {{spoiler\|steward who offers to escort the real Noodle in her ''Plastic Beach'' indent,}} has reached this status. It's coming up, it's coming up, it's coming up... * IT'S DARE! OOOH! [[Madness Mantra\|Overload, overload, overload, comin' up to the overload, overload, overload, comin' up to the--]] From the 12 minute version of ''DoYaThing'', Andre's repeated shouts of "I'M THE SHIT!" * [[Mary Sue]]: Some people have accused Noodle of being this, what with being widely talented with musical instruments, having a pretty good singing voice, being quite attractive, cheerful and optimistic even after finding out about her unpleasant past, possibly the most intelligent and strongest (both physically and mentally) out of the band despite being the youngest, being treated very well in the band in comparison to the way the other members regard each other and [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking\|having]] [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair\|purple hair]]. However, the whole story doesn't evolve around her, she isn't what made the band be successful and her character is not based around the concept of [[Wish Fulfillment]]. She ''might'' have certain traits of a [[Mary Sue]], but she lives in an environment where most of those traits are not considered of importance, which in turn makes her quite tolerable, even likeable. * [[Moe]]: Noodle and, arguably, 2D. * [[More Popular Spinoff]] In America, where the band's first two albums have outsold [[Blur (~~Music~~band)\|Blur]]'s ''entire discography.'' They're arguably this for Deltron 3030 as well. All three members of Deltron appeared on the first album and "Time Keeps on Slipping" is usually referred to as a "proto-Gorillaz" song. * [[Nausea Fuel]] Line 45: ** "More of Murdoc than you wanted to see?" Try this funny but traumatic [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sNopMMqcyk animated short.] * [[Needs More Love]]: Every song has fans that feel this way, including "19/2000," "Soundcheck (Gravity)" and "O Green World." * [[Nightmare Fuel]]: [[Gorillaz ~~(Music)~~/Nightmare Fuel\|Constantly]]. * [[Replacement Scrappy]]: EMI lost a lot of the fans' esteem when the originally-intended, storyboarded and plot-advancing music video for "Rhinestone Eyes" was cancelled in favor of "Doncamatic". * [[Squick]] In Murdoc's lair in the ''Plastic Beach'' game there are several boxes labeled "Edible panties", "Nipple tassles"... [[Fetish Fuel]], maybe, if not for the ridiculous amount of flies hovering around them... In the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HalCyn7z74 "02 Priority Walk"] video, keep in mind that Noodle is {{spoiler\|an android build by Murdoc to replace the real Noodle.}} Then note that she's wearing hot-pants. Then remember that she's supposed to be a ''14-year old girl''. (This ''may'' be a reference to certain hullaboos involving [[Miley Cyrus]].) * Actually, she's been aging and she's turning 20 this year. Every October ~~31st~~31 people subscribed to the Gorillaz newsletter receive a "Noodle turns XX this year" mail. Quite jarring for her fans during the last couple of years with her disappeared. * {{spoiler\|Does the cyborg age? It's made out of DNA from a teenage Noodle... then again, it's, y'know, a cyborg, so age-of-consent laws may not necessarily apply.}} Noodle is often [[Shipping\|shipped]] with either 2D or [[Complete Monster\|Murdoc]]. Even when she was ''10''. Not squicky now as {{spoiler\|Real!}}Noodle is 18-20. * On [[Rule 34~~\|Rule34~~]], you would expect an adult Noodle to be the most used character in fanart. It's not like that. 2D and Murdoc are actually the ones who appear the most, a lot more than her. [[Ho Yay\|Together]]. * [[Tainted Byby the Preview]]: The demo of "Stylo" was not well-received and people assume it is what the finished version sounds like. The finished version actually sounds much better. * [[Tear Jerker]]: They now have [[Gorillaz ~~(Music)~~/Tear Jerker\|their own tearjerker page]]. * [[Ugly Cute]]: Murdoc and 2D. The manatee from the "On Melancholy Hill" animatic counts as well. * [[Uncanny Valley]] Line 64: * [[Viewer Gender Confusion]]: About a quarter of the comments on some [[YouTube]] copies of the "DARE" video are people asking if Noodle is a boy or a girl, and another quarter are people telling the aforementioned that she's female, with varying levels of politeness. She was even more ambiguous in Phase 1, before she reached puberty. {{spoiler\|The cyborg wears belly-shirts and hotpants and the "On Melancholy Hill" video shows Real!Noodle in a dress and lipstick, so presumably that'll stop now.}} ** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwKcXfUmLkk This] is the newest Gorillaz song, "Doncamatic". Listen to it without looking at the comments. Good? Now read this: {{spoiler\|The singer? It's a ''guy.''}} * [[What Do You Mean It's Not for Kids?]]: [[Animation Age Ghetto]] seems to have worked on them some, as parents have mistakenly brought their kids to live concerts. It's an animated band with and ridiculously catchy music... that features a character like [[Anti Role Model\|Murdoc Niccals]]. Many of their songs and videos have prominent adult imagery: the "Stylo" video features a shooting scene and [[Nightmare Fuel\|the Boogieman]], "On Melancholy Hill" has a discretion gore shot and {{spoiler\|Cyborg}} throwing up an ''octopus'', "Feel Good Inc." has Murdoc's "bass-shagging action" and the tower gives off a general feel of a nightclub or a brothel. Most of the lyrics are highly ambiguous, and it's not rare to see Murdoc with emptied tequila bottles, 2D switchblade knives and cigarettes (hell, even the profile picture has, of all people, Noodle with a switchblade on her neck!), and dead animals. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lWKt4vxOdg One early, unreleased music video] for the song "5/4" would have started off with a view of a girl masturbating ([[~~Big~~Non ~~Lipped~~Sequitur ~~Alligator Moment~~Scene\|for no reason]]) and the animatic treats the viewer to a naked Murdoc with a very much visible penis. * [[The Woobie]] ** 2D. Less so in Phase 2, where he realized his fame and started to turn into a massive jerk, but back in full force for ''Plastic Beach'', as when you meet him on the website he's [[Troubled Fetal Position\|in the fetal position]] because of the huge whale Murdoc hired.