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, 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.
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 Its 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.
