Search/Recent Changes
DBTropes
...it's like TV Tropes, but LINKED DATA!

Droners

 Droners
type
TVTItem
 Droners
label
Droners
 Droners
page
Droners
 Droners
comment
Droners is a French cartoon created by Pierre Cabissole and Sylvain Dos Santos. Coproduced by La Chouette compagnie, Cyber Group Studios, and Supamonks studio, the show could be superficially described as "Pokémon meets Ōban Star-Racers". La Chouette compagnie (which also created Imago) is responsible for artistic direction and 2D animation, displaying its distinctive visual style in Droners, while 3D éléments like the drones are from Supamonks studio.On the ocean planet of Terraqua, several centuries after a Great Cataclysm and a Great War that changed the face of the world, society thrives again on various archipelagoes. And the biggest of these islands is currently hosting the Whale Cup, a drone-racing championship organized by benevolent tech mogul Wyatt Whale, who has earned worldwide fame as the inventor of the G.En.I.Es, environmentally-friendly technology in the form of tiny eel-shaped artificial intelligences able to enter and control drone technology. Participants have come from far and wide in hopes of winning the first prize, which is to become Wyatt Whale's new apprentice. And among the many groups competing in this exciting event are the heroic youngsters of Team Tikis, made up of 13-year-old drone pilot Corto Heilani and drone engineer (or "enginerd") Enki, as well as 10-year-old drone mechanic Mouse and the trio's G.En.I.E. Oro, with their drone being the flying fish-shaped Maroro. Hailing from the tropical paradise of Nui, Team Tikis hopes that winning the race will give them the chance to save their home, which is threatened by rising sea levels. But competition is fierce, and not all the teams have such noble motivations for victory...The series airs in its native country on TF1 and the French version of Disney Channel, but also has shown up on ABC Me in Australia, ARD in Germany, and POP in the UK (with an English dub performed by US voice actors). It is currently airing its second season in France.There also exists a manga spinoff called Droners - Tales of Nui, published by French publishing company Kana, an affiliate of Dargaud (the publishers of Tintin, Asterix, and Lucky Luke) known for their work translating manga (e.g.: Naruto) into European French. Authored by co-creator Sylvain Dos Santos and Nicolas David, its first volume was released in 2022, although it is currently only exclusive in French.
 Droners
fetched
2024-04-30T13:17:06Z
 Droners
parsed
2024-04-30T13:17:06Z
 Droners
isPartOf
DBTropes
 Droners / int_12de0775
type
Goggles Do Nothing
 Droners / int_12de0775
comment
Goggles Do Nothing: zig-zagged with the Enginerds. Nearly all of them wear big, brightly coloured goggles, but they're seldom seen doing anything. Enki does use them as a HUD of some sort, however ; it's unclear if all of them can do it. Mouse, and presumably the other mecanix, sports goggles when she does some welding.
 Droners / int_12de0775
featureApplicability
1.0
 Droners / int_12de0775
featureConfidence
1.0
 Droners
hasFeature
Droners / int_12de0775
 Droners / int_25e18c14
type
Haunted Castle
 Droners / int_25e18c14
comment
Haunted Castle / Haunted House: The Haunted Mansion track.
 Droners / int_25e18c14
featureApplicability
1.0
 Droners / int_25e18c14
featureConfidence
1.0
 Droners
hasFeature
Droners / int_25e18c14
 Droners / int_2b5ea43c
type
Bland-Name Product
 Droners / int_2b5ea43c
comment
Bland-Name Product: A social media site called "Aquagram" is mentioned.
 Droners / int_2b5ea43c
featureApplicability
1.0
 Droners / int_2b5ea43c
featureConfidence
1.0
 Droners
hasFeature
Droners / int_2b5ea43c
 Droners / int_2cbadc
type
The Good Guys Always Win
 Droners / int_2cbadc
comment
The Good Guys Always Win: Team Tikis is seldom seen loosing a race, barring opponents cheating. However, the championship appears to be a long series of matches in which teams move up and down the scoreboard without ever being eliminated. The Tikis may simply lose offscreen regularly. Season 2 suggests they lost three matches offscreen. Episode 5 of said season also depicts their first loss, as retrieving an old relic gave the Tikis the "moral victory" instead. The same Season 2 shows a few on-screen defeats as well, notably against the Planktons and the Rust Queen.
 Droners / int_2cbadc
featureApplicability
1.0
 Droners / int_2cbadc
featureConfidence
1.0
 Droners
hasFeature
Droners / int_2cbadc
 Droners / int_3033b958
type
Giant Enemy Crab
 Droners / int_3033b958
comment
Giant Enemy Crab: One of Paroa's circuits features a relic from the Terra-Aqua war : a gigantic crab-shaped drone, half-buried in the sand. It still works somehow, and provides the bulk of the track's environmental hazards. It is also fully reactivated in the season 1 finale.
 Droners / int_3033b958
featureApplicability
1.0
 Droners / int_3033b958
featureConfidence
1.0
 Droners
hasFeature
Droners / int_3033b958
 Droners / int_327b5216
type
Black Market
 Droners / int_327b5216
comment
Black Market: Paroa is a major Shorescrubber trade platform, where one can find anything, but where price regulation is virtually nonexistent.
 Droners / int_327b5216
featureApplicability
1.0
 Droners / int_327b5216
featureConfidence
1.0
 Droners
hasFeature
Droners / int_327b5216
 Droners / int_34bd7be2
type
Super Drowning Skills
 Droners / int_34bd7be2
comment
Super Drowning Skills: Exaggerated with G.En.I.E.S. When submerged in water, they don't drown – they're dissolved in a matter of seconds.
 Droners / int_34bd7be2
featureApplicability
1.0
 Droners / int_34bd7be2
featureConfidence
1.0
 Droners
hasFeature
Droners / int_34bd7be2
 Droners / int_36135fb0
type
Official Couple
 Droners / int_36135fb0
comment
Official Couple: Not that it comes off as a surprise or with big drama, but Flora and Enki (after she made most of the courtship as Enki is particularly inept at anything romantic, with Attention Deficit... Oh, Shiny! to boot) finally get together at the end of S2 episode "The Tortulibris Race" and proceed to properly have their first real kiss. Even if it's depicted from behind them, the penultimate shot leaves no doubt.
 Droners / int_36135fb0
featureApplicability
1.0
 Droners / int_36135fb0
featureConfidence
1.0
 Droners
hasFeature
Droners / int_36135fb0
 Droners / int_3a997f9e
type
Solar Punk
 Droners / int_3a997f9e
comment
Solar Punk: Solar panels, holographic screens and remote-controlled drones coexist alongside wooden buildings, stone statues, boats made from giant conchs and wind turbines embedded into the scenery. Many characters show strong environmental concern and conflict regularly arises from the fact that some drone manufacturers do not care that they use polluting technology.
 Droners / int_3a997f9e
featureApplicability
1.0
 Droners / int_3a997f9e
featureConfidence
1.0
 Droners
hasFeature
Droners / int_3a997f9e
 Droners / int_3bce9346
type
Ragnarök Proofing
 Droners / int_3bce9346
comment
Ragnarök Proofing: Since the great war, society had time to collapse and rebuild again; Aqua technology still works champion. Also, the Aquanaut submarine – which was built by humans without Aqua technology – manages to reactivate itself after two centuries spent sleeping on the seafloor.
 Droners / int_3bce9346
featureApplicability
1.0
 Droners / int_3bce9346
featureConfidence
1.0
 Droners
hasFeature
Droners / int_3bce9346
 Droners / int_3c42a6e7
type
Clamshell Currency
 Droners / int_3c42a6e7
comment
Clamshell Currency: "Clams" are used as standard money.
 Droners / int_3c42a6e7
featureApplicability
1.0
 Droners / int_3c42a6e7
featureConfidence
1.0
 Droners
hasFeature
Droners / int_3c42a6e7
 Droners / int_42c9f1ec
type
Downplayed Trope
 Droners / int_42c9f1ec
comment
Downplayed in Season 2, both in terms of "evil" and britishness. Mina mellows a bit and gets to show a more sympathetic side (among other things, having to keep face in front of her teammates and feeling bad about it) in her Legacy Quest for a legendary submarine engineered and built by her equally legendary ancestor (and friend of the founder of Maellström) who definitely doesn't look British, but German, with his huge white Wilhelm II-esque moustache, monocle, and overall austere look.
 Droners / int_42c9f1ec
featureApplicability
1.0
 Droners / int_42c9f1ec
featureConfidence
1.0
 Droners
hasFeature
Droners / int_42c9f1ec
 Droners / int_42cfbfc6
type
2D Visuals, 3D Effects
 Droners / int_42cfbfc6
comment
2D Visuals, 3D Effects: All drones are rendered in 3D with some cel-shading in an otherwise 2D-only cartoon. Most of the time they blend seamlessly, but the camera drones in Episode 9 "Bubblegum" stick out.
 Droners / int_42cfbfc6
featureApplicability
1.0
 Droners / int_42cfbfc6
featureConfidence
1.0
 Droners
hasFeature
Droners / int_42cfbfc6
 Droners / int_450d9b75
type
Scavenged Punk
 Droners / int_450d9b75
comment
Scavenged Punk: The Shorescrubbers in general and the Pirates team in particular heavily use that kind of aesthetics. Other groups will likely use second-hand scavenged technology bought from Shorescrubbers, but are less eager to openly display it.
 Droners / int_450d9b75
featureApplicability
1.0
 Droners / int_450d9b75
featureConfidence
1.0
 Droners
hasFeature
Droners / int_450d9b75
 Droners / int_47bf7e16
type
Local Hangout
 Droners / int_47bf7e16
comment
Local Hangout: Competitors from all teams can be seen relaxing or having drinks by the sea in what seems to be a completely common ground. In season 2, Chef Otaqua's restaurant the "Pit Stop" is where people go to eat, hold meetings, forge alliances or just relax.
 Droners / int_47bf7e16
featureApplicability
1.0
 Droners / int_47bf7e16
featureConfidence
1.0
 Droners
hasFeature
Droners / int_47bf7e16
 Droners / int_4d1905e1
type
Pass Through the Rings
 Droners / int_4d1905e1
comment
Pass Through the Rings: Every race includes unmoveable rings called "Gates", which drones must pass through to validate their progression on the track. Missing a gate means one must backtrack to validate it before reaching the next one.
 Droners / int_4d1905e1
featureApplicability
1.0
 Droners / int_4d1905e1
featureConfidence
1.0
 Droners
hasFeature
Droners / int_4d1905e1
 Droners / int_58962105
type
White-and-Grey Morality
 Droners / int_58962105
comment
White-and-Grey Morality: It remains an optimistic children's show at its core, so characters range from heroes with flaws at best to rude or cynical jerks at worst, but nobody appears to be truly malevolent Gavinda Teach excepted.
 Droners / int_58962105
featureApplicability
1.0
 Droners / int_58962105
featureConfidence
1.0
 Droners
hasFeature
Droners / int_58962105
 Droners / int_5ac34441
type
Call a Rabbit a "Smeerp"
 Droners / int_5ac34441
comment
Call a Rabbit a "Smeerp": The oromos which everyone eats and seem to be the de facto default food suspiciously look like mussels.
 Droners / int_5ac34441
featureApplicability
1.0
 Droners / int_5ac34441
featureConfidence
1.0
 Droners
hasFeature
Droners / int_5ac34441
 Droners / int_5b075cd7
type
Flooded Future World
 Droners / int_5b075cd7
comment
Flooded Future World: Implied, if Terraqua is supposed to be our world. It is explicitly stated that rising ocean levels due to climate change threaten many inhabited islands.
 Droners / int_5b075cd7
featureApplicability
1.0
 Droners / int_5b075cd7
featureConfidence
1.0
 Droners
hasFeature
Droners / int_5b075cd7
 Droners / int_5c8fa553
type
Level Ate
 Droners / int_5c8fa553
comment
Level Ate: Episode "Bubblegum" features a sweets-and-candy-themed track where everything is allegedly entirely edible.
 Droners / int_5c8fa553
featureApplicability
1.0
 Droners / int_5c8fa553
featureConfidence
1.0
 Droners
hasFeature
Droners / int_5c8fa553
 Droners / int_5fcb3c79
type
Golden Snitch
 Droners / int_5fcb3c79
comment
Golden Snitch: In Race for the Khepri, Whale adds a flying beetle-looking drone that droners must catch and cross the finish line first with in order to win. They don't mention what happens if a Droner catches it but passes the finish line second.
 Droners / int_5fcb3c79
featureApplicability
1.0
 Droners / int_5fcb3c79
featureConfidence
1.0
 Droners
hasFeature
Droners / int_5fcb3c79
 Droners / int_6114a875
type
Lost Technology
 Droners / int_6114a875
comment
Lost Technology: Aqua technology is apparently incredibly advanced, but not very well understood. People scavenging it (called Shorescrubbers) seem to contribute for a pretty big part to both the economy and the technology level.
 Droners / int_6114a875
featureApplicability
1.0
 Droners / int_6114a875
featureConfidence
1.0
 Droners
hasFeature
Droners / int_6114a875
 Droners / int_617f0563
type
Heel–Face Turn
 Droners / int_617f0563
comment
Heel–Face Turn: Most of the "bad" teams join together against Gavinda Teach in the season 1 finale, minus Adam who's still with her. His sister Hannah, however, was the first to switch sides.
 Droners / int_617f0563
featureApplicability
1.0
 Droners / int_617f0563
featureConfidence
1.0
 Droners
hasFeature
Droners / int_617f0563
 Droners / int_74e9a5b1
type
Scavenger World
 Droners / int_74e9a5b1
comment
Scavenger World: Technology is usually a mix-and match between crude and advanced, human and Aqua parts. Even human-designed machines are often scavenged from the sea, or built with parts that were.
 Droners / int_74e9a5b1
featureApplicability
1.0
 Droners / int_74e9a5b1
featureConfidence
1.0
 Droners
hasFeature
Droners / int_74e9a5b1
 Droners / int_9dd2329c
type
Camera Abuse
 Droners / int_9dd2329c
comment
Camera Abuse: Especially prominent in season 2, where the "camera" is often splashed with water.
 Droners / int_9dd2329c
featureApplicability
1.0
 Droners / int_9dd2329c
featureConfidence
1.0
 Droners
hasFeature
Droners / int_9dd2329c
 Droners / int_9fe075b0
type
High-Tech Hexagons
 Droners / int_9fe075b0
comment
High-Tech Hexagons: When the aesthetics aren't Scavenged Punk, expect those everywhere.
 Droners / int_9fe075b0
featureApplicability
1.0
 Droners / int_9fe075b0
featureConfidence
1.0
 Droners
hasFeature
Droners / int_9fe075b0
 Droners / int_a88dc064
type
Pro Bono Barter
 Droners / int_a88dc064
comment
Pro Bono Barter: Standardized currency in the form of clam shells is featured, but some goods are more easily obtained with a good old goods-for-goods barter. And then there's Paroan Shorescrubbers' auctions : You break the seller's drone ? You get what they sell. They wreck yours ? Too bad : what's left of it is not yours anymore.
 Droners / int_a88dc064
featureApplicability
1.0
 Droners / int_a88dc064
featureConfidence
1.0
 Droners
hasFeature
Droners / int_a88dc064
 Droners / int_ac4ac8e5
type
Idiosyncratic Episode Naming
 Droners / int_ac4ac8e5
comment
Idiosyncratic Episode Naming: Almost all of the episodes are named "The ×××× Race". When not, it will often be a Myth Arc relevant episode or near the end of the Season.
 Droners / int_ac4ac8e5
featureApplicability
1.0
 Droners / int_ac4ac8e5
featureConfidence
1.0
 Droners
hasFeature
Droners / int_ac4ac8e5
 Droners / int_b1cfd9e5
type
The Big Race
 Droners / int_b1cfd9e5
comment
The Big Race: A major part of the show's concept.
 Droners / int_b1cfd9e5
featureApplicability
1.0
 Droners / int_b1cfd9e5
featureConfidence
1.0
 Droners
hasFeature
Droners / int_b1cfd9e5
 Droners / int_ba0b808e
type
Tantrum Throwing
 Droners / int_ba0b808e
comment
Tantrum Throwing: Almost Once per Episode. Nearly every time someone loses a race, they'll throw their goggles and/or paddles to the ground in anger, occasionally breaking something. Interestingly, heroic Corto is not immune to this.
 Droners / int_ba0b808e
featureApplicability
1.0
 Droners / int_ba0b808e
featureConfidence
1.0
 Droners
hasFeature
Droners / int_ba0b808e
 Droners / int_bbb6c059
type
I Shall Taunt You
 Droners / int_bbb6c059
comment
I Shall Taunt You: Pilots can give each other video calls during races and use it to taunt each other, with varying success.
 Droners / int_bbb6c059
featureApplicability
1.0
 Droners / int_bbb6c059
featureConfidence
1.0
 Droners
hasFeature
Droners / int_bbb6c059
 Droners / int_ca85e684
type
Power Trio
 Droners / int_ca85e684
comment
Power Trio: The Tikis, with a touch of Freudian Trio with Corto being The Hero and the Ego (in more senses than one), Enki The Spock and the Superego, and Mouse The McCoy and the Id.
 Droners / int_ca85e684
featureApplicability
1.0
 Droners / int_ca85e684
featureConfidence
1.0
 Droners
hasFeature
Droners / int_ca85e684
 Droners / int_d45ad2f5
type
Imported Alien Phlebotinum
 Droners / int_d45ad2f5
comment
Imported Alien Phlebotinum: Maroro, Team Tikis' drone, is explicitly said to have been built out of scavenged Aqua technology scraps. It makes Maroro quirky, to say the least, with incredible potential but sometimes unpredictable behaviour ; and it also means that broken parts are much harder to replace.
 Droners / int_d45ad2f5
featureApplicability
1.0
 Droners / int_d45ad2f5
featureConfidence
1.0
 Droners
hasFeature
Droners / int_d45ad2f5
 Droners / int_dacedfa8
type
If It Swims, It Flies
 Droners / int_dacedfa8
comment
If It Swims, It Flies: All drones are amphibious and most tracks have aerial and underwater sections. How this works on a physics level is better left to speculationnote Drones must be light enough to fly since there is a physical limit to how much weight such tiny propellers can lift, let alone move at racing speeds ; and heavy enough to be able to dive underwater. Season 2 mentions the use of ballast, though drones are usually not depicted filling and emptying them..
 Droners / int_dacedfa8
featureApplicability
1.0
 Droners / int_dacedfa8
featureConfidence
1.0
 Droners
hasFeature
Droners / int_dacedfa8
 Droners / int_db08a39d
type
Animesque
 Droners / int_db08a39d
comment
Animesque: Definitely.
 Droners / int_db08a39d
featureApplicability
1.0
 Droners / int_db08a39d
featureConfidence
1.0
 Droners
hasFeature
Droners / int_db08a39d
 Droners / int_e07342ac
type
Makeup Is Evil
 Droners / int_e07342ac
comment
Makeup Is Evil: The heroes tend to have tattoos or nothing, while the characters who wear makeup are always baddies : Gavinda Teach (evil), Team Mirage (more ambiguous but still on Teach's payroll), Mina (jerk). Manta (massive jerk) might have makeup too for the markings under his eyes, but they may be tattos as well.
 Droners / int_e07342ac
featureApplicability
1.0
 Droners / int_e07342ac
featureConfidence
1.0
 Droners
hasFeature
Droners / int_e07342ac
 Droners / int_e2993dab
type
Four-Legged Insect
 Droners / int_e2993dab
comment
Four-Legged Insect: the crab variant. Ocean life features prominently in this world, including a lot of crabs. The Giant Enemy Crab of the Paroan market track seems to have the right number of legs, but stylized crabs like the Polar Crab emblem do not.
 Droners / int_e2993dab
featureApplicability
1.0
 Droners / int_e2993dab
featureConfidence
1.0
 Droners
hasFeature
Droners / int_e2993dab
 Droners / int_e8bb3043
type
Kill It with Water
 Droners / int_e8bb3043
comment
Kill It with Water: All G.En.I.E.S, being Energy Beings, are highly vulnerable to water of any kind – they outright dissipate in it. Oro, Neptune and Jeroboam, on the other hand, are Aquæ, meaning they are not only immune to it, it also boosts their power.
 Droners / int_e8bb3043
featureApplicability
1.0
 Droners / int_e8bb3043
featureConfidence
1.0
 Droners
hasFeature
Droners / int_e8bb3043
 Droners / int_e8dda3a2
type
Neglectful Precursors
 Droners / int_e8dda3a2
comment
Neglectful Precursors: There was a big interspecies war in the past that apparently wiped out one side entirely. A lot of artifacts from that time remain, including many war machines, some of which still work one way or another.
 Droners / int_e8dda3a2
featureApplicability
1.0
 Droners / int_e8dda3a2
featureConfidence
1.0
 Droners
hasFeature
Droners / int_e8dda3a2
 Droners / int_f2178900
type
No Waterproofing in the Future
 Droners / int_f2178900
comment
No Waterproofing in the Future: Averted, all drones are designed to be amphibious. The Sirens' drone even loses a part at one point, leaving circuitry exposed, but still works quite decently.
 Droners / int_f2178900
featureApplicability
-1.0
 Droners / int_f2178900
featureConfidence
1.0
 Droners
hasFeature
Droners / int_f2178900
 Droners / int_f2d29e14
type
Evil Brit
 Droners / int_f2d29e14
comment
Evil Brit: The Sirens wear costumes that evoke modernized Victorian motifs or uniforms that wouldn't be out of place in your average Jules Verne-inspired Steampunk story, and speak with British-sounding accents. They're also among the usual "evil" teams. Interestingly, they hail from the city of Maellström, which would rather point towards a german/scandinavian origin. Downplayed in Season 2, both in terms of "evil" and britishness. Mina mellows a bit and gets to show a more sympathetic side (among other things, having to keep face in front of her teammates and feeling bad about it) in her Legacy Quest for a legendary submarine engineered and built by her equally legendary ancestor (and friend of the founder of Maellström) who definitely doesn't look British, but German, with his huge white Wilhelm II-esque moustache, monocle, and overall austere look.
 Droners / int_f2d29e14
featureApplicability
1.0
 Droners / int_f2d29e14
featureConfidence
1.0
 Droners
hasFeature
Droners / int_f2d29e14
 Droners / int_f9f2c33
type
Running Gag
 Droners / int_f9f2c33
comment
Running Gag: People keep breaking the library's glasspanes, much to the annoyance of Neptune – to the point that she persuades Whale to accept a shady deal at one point, in the hopes it can net them shatterproof glass.
 Droners / int_f9f2c33
featureApplicability
1.0
 Droners / int_f9f2c33
featureConfidence
1.0
 Droners
hasFeature
Droners / int_f9f2c33
 Droners / int_fc225bec
type
Artistic License – Physics
 Droners / int_fc225bec
comment
Artistic License – Physics: Those drones likely wouldn't fly with such small propellers. Hand-waved through futuristic high technology and energy. In one episode, Maroro is given an Oromos shell armour that makes it sink underwater because it is too heavy. However, it has no problem maintaining stationary flight in the air, which should be even harder.
 Droners / int_fc225bec
featureApplicability
1.0
 Droners / int_fc225bec
featureConfidence
1.0
 Droners
hasFeature
Droners / int_fc225bec
 Droners / int_name
type
ItemName
 Droners / int_name
comment
 Droners / int_name
featureApplicability
1.0
 Droners / int_name
featureConfidence
1.0
 Droners
hasFeature
Droners / int_name
 Droners / int_name
itemName
Droners

The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

 Droners
hasFeature
Clamshell Currency / int_b7093bed
 Droners
hasFeature
Confound Them with Kindness / int_b7093bed
 Droners
hasFeature
Evil Brit / int_b7093bed
 Droners
hasFeature
Flooded Future World / int_b7093bed
 Droners
hasFeature
High-Tech Hexagons / int_b7093bed
 Droners
hasFeature
Imported Alien Phlebotinum / int_b7093bed
 Droners
hasFeature
Improbable Taxonomy Skills / int_b7093bed
 Droners
hasFeature
Lost Technology / int_b7093bed
 Droners
hasFeature
Moby Schtick / int_b7093bed
 Droners
hasFeature
Neglectful Precursors / int_b7093bed
 Droners
hasFeature
Pass Through the Rings / int_b7093bed
 Droners
hasFeature
Pro Bono Barter / int_b7093bed
 Droners
hasFeature
Scavenged Punk / int_b7093bed
 Droners
hasFeature
Scavenger World / int_b7093bed
 Droners
hasFeature
Solar Punk / int_b7093bed
 Droners
hasFeature
Superior Twin Teamwork / int_b7093bed
 Droners
hasFeature
The Big Race / int_b7093bed
 Droners
hasFeature
Western Animation of the 2020s / int_b7093bed
 Droners
hasFeature
White-and-Grey Morality / int_b7093bed