Murder Drones
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Murder Drones is an ongoing Web Animation by Liam Vickers and Glitch Productions. In a distant future where humans wiped themselves out, the Worker Drones that helped them decide to create their own lives. However, their creators didn't like that and created the vampiric drones of Disassembly Drones (i.e the titular Murder Drones), forcing the Worker Drones behind doors. One day, Uzi meets one of them named N (who's actually not that bad). After that, bad things start happening to everything and everyone around them.
The pilot debuted on October 29, 2021.
Watchable on the Glitch Productions YouTube channel via their playlist.
Tropes used in Murder Drones include:
- Adorkable: N, he's a sweetheart that wants to help everyone and has a crush on V. Hard to believe he's apart of the Axe Crazy disassembly drones.
- Aerith and Bob: You got names like Uzi and Doll and have more common names like Lizzie and Thad. There are also One-Letter Names.
- Affably Evil: N, he's a murder drone but also one of the nicest characters in show.
- After the End: The series takes place after the human supposedly wiped themselves out leaving their worker drones to pick up the pieces on their own.
- Alpha Bitch: Lizzie goes between being this and being Lovable Alpha Bitch.
- Ambiguously Evil: Doll.
- Ambiguous Situation: J shows up at the end of the episode 3 despite being killed off in episode 2. Is it a copy or is Body Backup Drive in play here?
- Antagonist Title
- Ax Crazy: All the murder drones are this. Heck, some of the worker drones like Uzi can be this.
- Bad Boss: J to N. She has said he's worthless and terrible and if it weren't for the company, she'd straight up kill him TO HIS FACE NO LESS!
- Bishonen: N.
- The Blade Always Lands Pointy End In: Happens to a pen that lands in J's hair and later eye.
- Body Horror: That J turns into in episode 2.
- Bratty Half-Pint: Uzi, though half the time it's a plausible reaction.
- Cute and Psycho: Uzi and V are this.
- Danger Deadpan: The general reaction to the horrors half the time.
- Dirty Coward: Khan and the rest of his squad. In the first episode, Khan ditches Uzi to be killed by N (thankfully, this causes him to do a Heel Face Turn).
- Even Evil Has Standards: Pre-Heel Face Turn, N stops attacking Uzi when her father abandons her.
- Emo Teen: Uzi.
- Good Thing You Can Heal: N and V take the heavier hits in battle since they can simply regrow their limbs.
- Hartman Hips: J and V have these.
- Healing Factor: The Disassembly Drones can regrow limbs and their saliva heals wounds.
- Odd Friendship: V and Lizzie, though they have both betrayed each other in episode 3. Played more straight with Lizzie and Doll.
- One-Letter Name: N, V, and J. N even lampshades this when he tries talking to V.
- Our Vampires Are Different: N says they drink oil (blood) to avoid overheating.
- Ship Tease: N/V shown in a flashback and N/Uzi in episode 3.
- Stepford Smiler: N.
- Used to Be a Sweet Kid: V as revealed with episode 2. V used to be a shy girl who had a mutual crush on N.
- Villain Protagonist: Uzi, she wants to get off the planet to kill humanity.
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: When N questions J about what JC Jenson will do to them when all the worker drones are dead, J finally have the things he needs to put a virus in N. H gets better.