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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, the episodes are usually shorts (1 minute). 2 seasons (60 episodes) was made in 1998 and 2007, an unaired pilot was also made for a 20 minute series. the series also hits the cinema with an animated movie in 2009 which features the voice of Vincent Cassel and Diane Kruger.

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The series provides examples of:

• Art Evolution:
  • The character design of the first season looks rather simple, in the second season, the character design becames 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 made 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.