The Violet-Light District (Unofficial Fan Movie of The Crazy-Ass Group Show)

The Violet-Light District (alternatively known as The Vio-Light District or The Violet District in some airings) is an episode of the twelfth season of The Crazy-Ass Group Show: The Series, Television Presentation.

Plot
Rumors across San Los Angel-Antonioyorkytro speak of a mysterious district simply known as the "Violet-Light District." In order to verify the rumors, Ness, Prince Poo, Jeff Andonuts, and Paula Jones-Polestar all decide to investigate the new environment, with a little help from a few former members. Yet little do they know, this district would facilitate several hidden evils, from brainwashed pedestrians to a shady and cryptic magic entertainment business.

Why It Rocks
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 * 1) The episode serves as a step-up from many of the other Season 12 episodes of The Crazy-Ass Group Show, as it's one of the few episodes that focus on action, mystery, and suspense.
 * 2) *Because of the episode's overall tone, it can be seen as one of the show's darkest episodes, along with the director's cut of The Adventure Truly Begins.
 * 3) The concept of a quartet investigating a shady and magical district is quite unique.
 * 4) Surprisingly enough, the main protagonists (Ness, Prince Poo, Jeff, and Paula) all get character development, especially when compared to their pre-Season 12 counterparts. Same goes for the Vibrants post-hypnosis.
 * 5) *This episode also sees the triumphant return of Maka Albarn, Soul Evans, Death the Kid, Crona, Allen Walker, and the Elrics, with all of them getting their original personalities back. Akko Kagari and Homura Akemi also make their debut in this episode.
 * 6) **Heck, even Wrath (who was previously thought impossible to redeem) of all people makes a cameo appearance as one of the denizens, and the writers of this episode have made him actually likable!
 * 7) The titular district itself is a breathtaking and otherworldly setting, taking inspiration from several major American cities (mainly Las Vegas) and the witches' labyrinths in Puella Magi Madoka Magica and Magia Record.
 * 8) *It also tends to blend magical elements with 80s-90s nostalgia.
 * 9) Although still unlikable, Violastro here is portrayed as a genuine threat, brainwashing his patrons into becoming his servants (including the Vibrants) in many unique ways.
 * 10) MANY awesome scenes are present, such as:
 * 11) *The Earthbound Chosen Four exploring the Violet-Light District itself.
 * 12) *The many dance moves the brainwashed patrons would perform, thanks to being marionetted by Violastro. It also helps that the dances themselves are reminiscent of 80s music videos, mainly Talking Heads' Once in a Lifetime and Earth, Wind & Fire's Let's Groove.
 * 13) *The Earthbound Chosen Four confronting Violastro, the creator of the eponymous realm.
 * 14) *The Vibrants reuniting with each other, whilst Odo and Claire Emmett make plenty of heartwarming remarks.
 * 15) *Everyone being freed from their brainwashed states in time for the battle with Violastro.
 * 16) These lines:
 * 17) *I'm not just a knight no more, for I am Allen the Knight. (Allen Walker)
 * 18) *What's that on the ceiling? (Claire Emmett)
 * 19) *Liz, let's go! Patty, lead the way! (Death the Kid)
 * 20) *It's about time I got my original personality back! (Edward Elric)
 * 21) *It's time to eat some souls! (Soul "Eater" Evans)
 * 22) *With just my right hand, I'll smash that fucked up illusion! (Touma Kamijou)
 * 23) *And finally; Come on, Vibrants! It's time to end this, right here, right now! (Cardinal)
 * 24) Not only are the hypnosis scenes terrifying and psychedelic (thanks to the help of Studio SHAFT and BONES, along with Gekidan Inu Curry), they're tragic at the same time, especially when the Vibrants get brainwashed.
 * 25) An awesome ending, where the Earthbound Chosen Four free the Vibrants and the residents from their hypnosis, culminating in all of them teaming up to defeat Violastro, along with Postal Dude, Maka, Soul, Death, Crona, Allen, the Elrics, Odo, Claire Emmett, Akko and Homura, with unexpected appearances from both Touma Kamijou of A Certain Magical Index fame and Yoh Asakura from Shaman King. And this time, the protagonists won!
 * 26) All in all, this episode can be seen as a huge improvement over the infamous Season 11 episode Rock 'n Roll McDonald's Mall Adventure!.

Bad Qualities
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 * 1) Despite being portrayed as a menacing antagonist, Violastro has some unlikable moments, and was flanderized into a perverted pimp. Not to mention, his motivations for brainwashing his patrons is questionable and unexplained.
 * 2) *Thanks to his perverted nature, there was a deleted scene where he sexually harasses a brainwashed Mercedes (MapleStory) and Sakuya Izayoi. Thankfully, this does not appear in the final cut. It's currently lost media, and will definitely be staying that way.
 * 3) *In fact, his implied motivation is to seduce anyone who steps into his realm (the Violet-Light District). However, this is still no clear explanation other than "I'm evil!"
 * 4) Some fans may see this as a Gravity Falls, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, and/or Magia Record ripoff.
 * 5) The hypnosis scenes, while amazing, can be very harmful to viewers who have epilepsy.

Trivia

 * The episode went by the following names in some countries.
 * The Violet District (British English)
 * "El Distrito de la Violeta" (Latin American Spanish)
 * "Le Quartier de la Violette" (European French/Canadian French)
 * "紫羅蘭區" (Taiwanese Chinese)
 * "바이올렛 지구" (Korean)
 * "O Bairro Violeta" (European Portuguese)
 * "Daerah Violet" (Malay)
 * The Vio-Light District (Canadian English)
 * "El Distrito Vio-Luz" (Castilian Spanish)
 * "Das Vio-lichtviertel" (German)
 * "O Bairro Vio-Luz" (Brazilian Portuguese)
 * "Район Вио-Лайт" (Russian)
 * A Certain Violet District (a reference to A Certain Magical Index and A Certain Scientific Railgun)
 * "とあるバイオレットの地区" (Japanese)
 * This episode was the winner of an internal writing contest among the writers of the show. Previous writing contests have been held, but none were any successful (besides the writing contest that led to the creation of The Adventure Truly Begins, albeit the end result got subject to an extreme case of executive meddling), as most of the time their ideas would be shot down by the producers.
 * All of the rejected ideas would eventually be compiled into a DVD unofficially dubbed "The Lost Adventures of the Crazy-Ass Group" by fans of the series.
 * The hypnosis scenes seemed to be inspired by Rumor Tsuruno's backstory in the 2017 mobile game Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record and the Screenslaver's role in the 2018 Pixar film The Incredibles 2.
 * In fact, the writers of this episode stated that Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Magia Record, and Rock & Rule served as inspiration.
 * Liam Terlund has stated that watching this episode restored his faith in the writers of the show, and wished there were more episodes like it.

Reception
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