The Crazy-Ass Group Show on TV Tropes

The Crazy-Ass Group Show: The Series, Television Presentation (or simply just The Crazy-Ass Group Show) is a French-American-Canadian adult animated black comedy television series created by Ryan Corbeil and Casey Alexander for the streaming service, HBO Max. The show debuted on HBO Max in February of 2021 and is currently on its 14th season.

The show centers on numerous characters from various franchises all in the titular group who roam around the city of San-Los AngelAntonioyorkytro (a portmanteau of various real-life megacities) to protect their citizens from villains & to prevent any shenanigans happening while doing random things during their spare time.

The show has three games, as well as two movies called The Crazy-Ass Group Movie: The Movie, An Animated Feature Film and The Crazy-Ass Group Movie 2: Attack of Mükōnda, as well as 9 spin-offs.

The Crazy-Ass Tropes include:

 * Aborted Arc: According to one of the writers, multiple story ideas were scrapped due to convenience.
 * Mario and Luigi were meant to have a story arc of them saving Peach from one episode in Season 2.
 * Mr. Kat was going to miss the child who he gave birth to in "Pregnant Kat".
 * After the episode "Meet The Emperor", it seemed that Luz and Amity would be hunted down by Belos, Eggman, Killer Moth, and Bowser, only for the plot point to be abandoned in the next episode.
 * Yoshi and Meowth were supposed to take revenge on everyone who tormented them, around Season 13, but they still ended up being punching bags.
 * Ash was going to be humbled around the same season, but due to the former's arc being canceled, he still stayed an asshole.
 * Adaptational Dumbass:
 * Luigi here is an immature, annoying, and clumsy idiot who doesn't think twice before doing something, is obsessed with spaghetti, and even would bash Americans who are not from Brooklyn.
 * Waluigi, like Luigi, here is an even more annoying idiot than before, treats tacos as if they were a religion, and mostly acts like a Mexican stereotype, despite being Italian.
 * Patrick Star here is portrayed as an immature moron who's as dumb as a bag of rocks and only has the purpose of telling too many corny and unfunny jokes in the series.
 * Adaptational Gender Identity:
 * 2003 Wrath, who was a cis male in his home series (albeit a rather androgynous-looking one), is now non-binary (using he/him and xe/xem pronouns) here.
 * Brighton and Checky are now non-binary.
 * Lili De Rochefort was depicted as a trans girl (as shown when she dances around naked), as opposed to a cis girl originally. However, this was only in one episode, as she maintains her original gender in much of the series.
 * Adaptational Jerkass: All members of the Hated Bunch were subject to this, with one major offender being Alphonse Elric, who went from being a kind and caring (though somewhat naïve) young man to being an overly violent person who likes getting into fights with random people.
 * Adaptational Job Change: Kimihiro Watanuki, who took over Yuuko's duties after she died in his home series, now runs a café here.
 * Adaptational Nationality:
 * Alisa Bosconovitch, Russian in her media of origin, is now Russian-American.
 * April O'Neil is now British and speaks with an English accent.
 * Honoka, who was Japanese in the Dead or Alive series, is now Japanese-American, hailing from Michigan.
 * Adaptational Sexuality: Although they are usually kept to their normal sexualities, a lot of the characters have been bent to bisexuality (with some characters even being pansexual) for fan service.
 * Blake infamously became an asexual in this series, as opposed to being bisexual.
 * Saguaro and Larry are a gay couple here, although their sexualities were originally ambiguous.
 * Depraved Bisexuals: Just about everyone in the Crazy-Ass Group can easily be turned on by a mere look at someone attractive, and sometimes not even that.
 * Adored By The Network (Trivia): And how! This show gets treated fairly well by most of the channels and streaming services (especially on HBO Max) it airs on. It often gets mistreated by TV channels operating in conservative countries, however.
 * Age Lift:
 * Lincoln Loud gets aged up to about 16 years old in this series.
 * Soul and Maka, whose ages were left ambiguous in their home series, are 23 years old here.
 * Meryl Hinton, despite being 14 years old in her original series, is depicted as a 17-year-old here.
 * Miku Hatsune, who was 16 years old according to Crypton Future Media, is now 26 years old.
 * All-Star Cast (Trivia): Natch.
 * Artistic License – Physics: There is a scene in the episode "The Fat Red Circle" in which someone (later revealed to be Roger in one of his personas) hits Grimmy with a car, making him fly into the sun. In real life, to hit Grimmy that far into space, the car would probably need to be at an incredibly high speed.
 * Arch-Enemy: Everyone in the show has someone that makes the other's life a living hell. The best examples are:
 * Bowser is this to Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Toad. Bowser and Mario make it clear how much they hate each other and Bowser shows a longing to rape Peach. Bowser even admits to simply wanting to abuse Mario for as long as possible.
 * Eggman to Sonic. Although both are constantly mistreated, they want nothing more than to ruin each other's lives. In the 2-hour Season Premiere, Eggman jumps and flosses in excitement when he thinks Mephiles killed Sonic.
 * Belos to Luz. Belos is fairly clearly out to kill Luz, and even calls her homophobic slurs just to spite her. They still talked about breaking into homes, though, showing some form of tolerance.
 * Maddie acts as one to Thomas the Tank Engine, the U Got 45'd gang and the Starch Brotherhood. Despite being part of the same group, they have no care for each other. Simply saying that they hate each other is a massive understatement.
 * Lilith Aensland and Amy Sorel to Ness and Alisa Bosconovitch. Lilith Aensland always had an extreme rivalry with the two, while Amy Sorel was her slave. Both of them enjoy making Ness cry on purpose while threatening to kill Alisa, saying that they don't even care if they are hurt or dead. Eventually, Lilith and Amy were killed off in the episode "Deep Fried Bullshit".
 * Wrath, Soul, Maka, Edward Elric, Alphonse Elric, Allen Walker, Crona, Death the Kid, and Kimihiro Watanuki, collectively referred to as the "Hated Bunch", are all this towards just about everybody else in the group. Ironically, as evidenced by photos on the show's Twitter account, their voice actors got along with the rest of the cast.
 * Ryuko Matoi and Baby Shark to Alastor and Randy Marsh.
 * Fan and Meryl Hinton to Matilda and Alisa Bosconovitch.
 * Big Ball of Violence: Isabela Madrigal and Ann Takamaki get into one in "Ann's Taxi".
 * Big-Lipped Alligator Moment (YMMV): This show and its spin-offs have plenty of these moments.
 * Black Comedy Rape: Happens more often than it should.
 * Butt-Monkey: Everyone has at least one moment of unnecessary treatment.
 * Cerebus Rollercoaster: As a result of this series having multiple writers, this is bound to happen at any time. Season 9B had it the worst, with one head writer advocating for more drama-based episodes clashing with all of the other writers.
 * City of Adventure:: San-Los AngelAntonioyorkytro.
 * Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: POE-tan after season 3, and the Starch Brotherhood after season 9, just to name a few.
 * Console Cameo: Several Nintendo and PlayStation consoles (mostly the older ones for the latter) can be found as easter eggs.
 * Cool Car: The Crazy-Ass Group Mobile.
 * Creator's Pet (YMMV): Alastor and Randy Marsh. Nicole and Roger were also this in Season 2. Ness was one in Season 12.
 * Cross-Regional Voice Acting (Trivia): Inevitable given the sheer amount of characters appearing. The later seasons had it the most, with a few Dallas-based voice actors (Aaron Dismuke, Justin Briner, and Micah Solusod) appearing alongside the mostly LA-based cast. Meanwhile, most of the BlakeIsHere characters' voice actors are based in London, Manchester, and Cardiff.
 * Deconstruction Fic: This show has inspired quite a few of these, usually tackling the Karma Houdini status of the group's members or the self-centeredness of many of the members. Some also explore their lack of care for the citizens.
 * Demoted to Extra: Odo and Claire got hit with this after season 13. It's commonly speculated that the directors thought they made many appearances but didn't play big enough of a role in them, which led to them appearing less and less.
 * Ensemble Dark Horse (YMMV): Anyone (including residents) who is remotely likable can be this.
 * Everyone Is Jesus in Purgatory (YMMV): This show is commonly thought by a few snarky viewers to be a deconstruction of crossovers in general.
 * Filler: A staple of the series, especially after Alastor was introduced.
 * Flanderization: A fatal flaw of the series is that there are way too many characters that suffer from this.
 * Friendship on the Set (Trivia): Weirdly enough.
 * The voices of the Hated Bunch all bonded over how badly flanderized their characters were, with Aaron Dismuke and Casey Mongillo (who voice Al and Wrath, along with Crona respectively) getting along rather well.
 * Gangbangers: Yin Yang, Cherri Bomb, Travis Fields, and Bay Kennish.
 * Gross-Out Humor: A staple of the series.
 * Hate Sink: Isabela, Ayano Sugiura, Yellow Technique, and many more.
 * Hostility on the Set (Trivia): Not a few instances of this have happened among the voice actors, usually against the directors.
 * Jumping the Shark: Season 5 added numerous Disney-owned characters to the series, which caused no shortage of uproar among fans.
 * Karma Houdini: Anyone can be this.
 * Manchild:
 * Walter White, originally a ruthless drug lord, became (in the show's own words) a "Crying Old Loser", with a combination of low intelligence and emotional immaturity.
 * Massive Multiplayer Crossover: Correlates to Weird Crossover.
 * Morality Kitchen Sink: The titular group's members are all over the place in terms of morality, to say the least.
 * Nausea Fuel (YMMV)
 * Nostalgia Filter: Roley.
 * Only Sane Man/Token Good Teammate: There are many members of the titular group who are qualified for this status.
 * The Other Darrin (Trivia): Although many of the original voice actors get to reprise their roles, a few aren't so lucky.
 * In English:
 * Johnny Yong Bosch voices Edward Elric instead of Vic Mignogna for apparent reasons.
 * Justin Briner replaces Todd Haberkorn as Allen Walker if only to avoid Acting for Two.
 * In other languages:
 * Japanese: Junko Minagawa replaces Nana Mizuki as Wrath.
 * Product Placement: Lots of it.
 * Screwed by the Network (Trivia): This show is generally given the cold shoulder by TV stations in conservative countries, especially in Muslim-majority countries such as Indonesia and Pakistan, where many of the more offensive episodes are either censored or outright banned from airing.
 * Sequel Episode: Multiple, with the most notable one being "Sleepover at Maka's", a sequel to "The Adventure Truly Begins", dealing with what happens after the episode.
 * Sitcom Arch-Nemesis: Mostly coincides with anything in Arch-Enemy (see above).
 * Smart Ball: Peter Griffin, on occasion. Such instances are regarded to be his best moments.
 * So Bad, It's Good (YMMV): Quickly developed a reputation for it, easily rivaling The Room and The Nutshack in terms of sheer cheesiness.
 * Spin-Off: Has several of them, which are:
 * The Loona and Kat Show
 * Maddie's Epic TV Series
 * The Ness and Alisa Funtime Show
 * The Randy and Alastor Shenanigans, which shows how egregious their status as Creator's Pets has become,
 * Isabela's Wack Show, which heavily relies on Stylistic Suck and is infamous for its sheer amount of tickle torture,
 * Girl's Night Out, which is a 13-episode mini-series,
 * Pokey Minch and Black Mamba P3's Stupid Show, which mostly focuses on sex,
 * Baseball's Penis Show, again focusing on sex, and
 * Racist Mario's TV Show, which focuses on bigotry.
 * Squick (YMMV): All over the place here.
 * Squirrels in My Pants: Exaggerated in the episode "Animals Inside Clothing", which is all about this trope.
 * Static Character: A good majority of the characters are this.
 * Studio Hop (Trivia): Voice recording moved to Studiopolis from Bang Zoom in the third season.
 * The Scrappy (YMMV): Wrath, Soul, Maka, Edward Elric, Alphonse Elric, Allen Walker, Crona, Death the Kid, and Kimihiro Watanuki were widely hated by both fans and the general audience, including fans of their respective home series, because of how all of them were made complete assholes. This gave them the nickname, The Hated Bunch.
 * Take That, Scrappy! (YMMV): So many examples.
 * For starters, we have the ending of POE-Tan's Lucky Charms, where Quack tosses a grenade at POE-Tan and GH-Man, destroying the latter's house.
 * The Hated Bunch have been on the receiving end of this in quite a few episodes, the most well-known cases being in "Wrath's Revenge" and "Revenge of the Hated 8".
 * Invoked in the non-canon Season 13 episode "Everyone, Scream Like You're Gonna Die!", also serving as thickly-veiled test of character for everyone involved.
 * They Really Can Act (YMMV): Wrath, part of the show's band of scrappies the Hated Bunch, is voiced by Casey Mongillo, who does a rather good job at emphasizing his annoying qualities.
 * Tickle Torture: It happens several times in the series and is the main focus of "Breast And Butt Tickle" in Season 5 and "Positions P4's Tickle Factory" in Season 10.
 * Too Bleak, Stopped Caring (YMMV): Many episodes can count as a result of the likable characters constantly having to put up with all kinds of abuse from the quote-unquote good guys.
 * Wiki Vandal: Hsien-Ko in Seasons 2-7.