Annotations for Danger Days Dictionary

Lyric: Ghost/Ghosted
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To die, same thing as “dust”

Lyric: Porno Droids
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Despite Better Living Industries emphasizing the need for no sex, they still manufacture porno droids (most likely for monetary reasons). Two important porno droids are Blue and Red, who escape from Battery City in The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys comic. Their escape leads to the freeing of souls trapped in Battery City. The two also worship DESTROYA.

Lyric: Hot Chimp
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A character who is briefly seen at the end of SING.  She also has a  Twitter universe account.

Lyric: Gary Levko
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A customer service representative for Better Living Industries. This character can only be found through the  Twitter universe.

Lyric: Mousekat
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Mousekat is the name of a popular Battery City cartoon character. Party Poison wears  a helmet resembling the figure in some scenes and photoshoots, though it is unknown where he obtained this item. MCR’s YouTube channel also hosted a series of videos around the common theme of “Zone Surveillance,” and Party Poison appears in  ZONE SURVEILLANCE 1B wearing the Mousekat helmet and his signature Dead Pegasus jacket. On MCR’s official YouTube channel, there is also a  rubber-hose style cartoon called “The Miracle Worker”, featuring this character, in which Mousekat administers a pill called “The BLI Miracle Tablet” to various members of the audience, curing whatever ailment or problem they are suffering from (i.e. weight loss, walking problems, fixing the length of a woman’s nose). This piece of media gives us a little more insight into BL/ind’s propaganda.

Lyric: Tumbleweed
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Tumbleweed; noun (slang) Tumbleweed is used as a nickname by Doctor Death-Defying for his listeners in “Jet‐Star and the Kobra Kid/Traffic Report”: “ Bad news from the zones, tumbleweeds…”

Lyric: Shiny
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Shiny; reclaimed adjective To refer to something as shiny is to say it’s cool, interesting, or as Gerard Way  states on Twitter, Something awesome, solid. “That new raygun you got off that ghosted drac is fucking SHINY”.

Lyric: Power Pup
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Power Pup is BL/ind canned dog food, and as far as we know, it serves as the main Killjoy source of food. It’s consumed by the Four in “ Na Na Na"’s MV (and in the behind the scenes, the cast mentions it not being desirable at all in terms of taste). It’s the Killjoy meal of choice, which makes sense considering it probably keeps well without particular conditions and can be bought in large quantities.

Lyric: Dust
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To be dusted is to die, essentially. We see this slang in action in “Jet‐Star and the Kobra Kid/Traffic Report”: “And uh, got themselves ghosted, dusted out on Route Guano…” “Dusted”, here, is synonymous with “ghosted.” Jet-Star and The Kobra Kid have been dusted, meaning that they’re dead, obviously. This term likely derived from the phrase “bites the dust,” which means about the same thing.

Lyric: Val Velocity
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Val Velocity is the antagonist in the comic series,  Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys. He is the leader of the Ultra Vs, an anti-Killjoy group. While increasingly violent and paranoid, his inadvertent actions lead to the groups salvation. After blackmailing the protagonist into fighting for his entertainment, he leads the storm on the government that results in the liberation of the Zones. Val then apologizes for what he’s done. Val Velocity evolved from Gerard Way’s original self-character, Mike Milligram. He shares many similarities with Party Poison, however, including his red hair and leadership skills.

Lyric: Draculoids
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Draculoids are the lowest level of solder in battery city. they all wear masks that change how they see the world so instead they see maybe their worst fears.

Lyric: Costa Rica
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In the zones, the Killjoys must speak in code over the radio to avoid crossover with the BLI. Costa Rica is used in  “Jet Star and the Kobra Kid,” as code for chaos, or crazy. Jet and Kobra and described as being in a fight that went all “Costa Rica,” before getting “ghosted.” This can be translated as they got in a bad fight, and died. These two deaths are later confirmed in the  “Sing” music video, as well as the  comics.

Lyric: Battery City
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Battery City is a fictional city in southern California, and the main setting of  Danger Days. It’s mentioned on  “Na Na Na:” All the way in Battery City The little children raise their open filthy palms Like tiny daggers up to heaven The city is surrounded by The Zones:

Lyric: Clap
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A “clap” is a fight or an encounter, usually with an employee of BL/IND. Dr. Death-Defying uses the term on  “Jet Star and the Kobra Kid/Traffic Report”: Bad news from the zones, tumbleweeds. It looks like Jet-Star and the Kobra Kid had a clap with an Exterminator that went all Costa Rica.

Lyric: Pig
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A pig is anyone working for BL/IND. Dr. Death Defying mentions them in  Look Alive Sunshine: “ 109 in the sky but the  pigs won’t quit, you’re here with me, Doctor Death Defying…”

Lyric: Carbons
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Carbons are the Killjoy’s fantasy form of currency. They are mentioned in the   comic during the line, Do you know how many carbons that thing is worth?

Lyric: The girl
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[Possible spoilers!] The Girl is a character played by singer/songwriter Grace Jeanette, commonly known as  Grace Clark. She accompanies the main four Killjoys in their journey across the desert. The Killjoys protect her, because they know she is the vital weapon to defeating the BLI. In the  Killjoys comic, she is the main protagonist. In case you were having a bad day,  here’s her playing piano and singing.

Lyric: Kobra Kid
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Kobra Kid is the killjoy played by the band’s Bassist Mikey Way. In real life, he is Gerard’s (party Poison) younger brother that inspired Gerard’s song Brother. (study the song at  https://genius.com/Gerard-way-brother-lyrics ) it is known to some that in the world of the killjoys, Party Poison and Kobra Kid are related.

Lyric: Jet Star
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Jet Star is the killjoy played by My Chemical Romance’s lead guitarist and backing vocalist Ray Toro.  In the video for SING, he manages to escape BL/ind.’s headquarters after Party Poison, Kobra Kid, and Fun ghoul are shot with The Girl in hand. He, too dies promptly after.

Lyric: Fun Ghoul
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Fun Ghoul is the character played by the band’s rhythm guitarist Frank Iero. The name has resemblance to the Italian phrase, “fuck off.” His character design was created by the band’s frontman, Gerard Way. Initially believing he was naming his gun, Frank Iero thought the name Fun Ghoul would be unique. He later discovered that he wasn’t naming his gun, but rather, his character.

Lyric: Dr. Death-Defying
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Dr. Death Defying is the radio DJ that selects music for not only the Killjoys but also everyone in battery city that refuses to listen to what B.L.IND tells them too. In the video for Na Na Na he is brought a record and proceeds to say these crucial words, AHEM: Look alive, sunshine. 109 in the sky but the pigs won’t quit. You’re here with me, Dr. Death Defying. I’ll be your surgeon, your proctor, Your helicopter Pumpin' out the slaughtermatic sounds to keep you alive, A system failure for the masses. Anti-matter for the master plan. Louder than God’s revolver & twice as shiny. This one’s for all of you rock'n'rollers. All you crash queens & motor babies. Listen up! The future is bulletproof, the aftermath is secondary, it’s time to do it now and do it loud, Killjoys, make some noise!!

Lyric: Party Poison
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Party Poison is a character played by frontman and lead vocalist Gerard Way. He is the leader of the Fabulous Killjoys, and gets his name from his hair dye, Dr. Phizzles’s Poison Red. He is killed in the  Sing  music video, and his mask is later found by the girl in a pawn shop in The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys. His outfit is later seen in Cherri Cola’s room, along with the outfits of the rest of the Fabulous Killjoys in a macabre memorial.

Lyric: Dead Pegasus
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Dead Pegasus is a petroleum company, presumably at odds with  Better Living Industries.  Party Poison wears a blue jacket with the company’s symbol patch on it.

Lyric: Better Living Industries
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Better Living Industries, known as BL/ind or B.L.I., is a mega-corporation in charge of Battery City and presumably other locations. They drug everyone and keep them all under control, all while giving the illusion that life is good. They have Draculoids and SCARECROWS as police forces, helping to regulate the city.

Lyric: DESTROYA
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DESTROYA is a large and broken machine abandoned by  Better Living Industries because it was too big to be useful. The people of Battery City believe that DESTROYA is a savior figure, who will descend from the heavens and save everyone from B.L.I.’s invasive tyranny. In  Gerard Way’s graphic novel  The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, DESTROYA is reactivated by the girl and a porno droid named Blue. DESTROYA then heads toward Battery City to “free them all.”

Lyric: Ritalin Rat
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As a fan on  Tumblr explained, a Ritalin Rat is someone who is addicted to the drugs produced by BL/IND. This term is introduced on  “Na Na Na”: All the juvie halls and the Ritalin rats Ask angels made from neon and fucking garbage Scream out, ‘What will save us?’ Ritalin is a stimulant that is often prescribed to treat disorders like  ADHD. Despite it’s seemingly innocent intentions,  Courtney Love partly  blames the drug for her late husband  Kurt Cobain’s struggle with addiction, which ultimately ended in his suicide.

Lyric: Fire Fight
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A fire fight is a battle in which opponents use ray guns, such as the one depicted in the  music video for  “Sing.” Lyrically, this kind of altercation is mentioned on  “Save Yourself, I’ll Hold Them Back”: I hope you’re ready for a firefight ‘Cause the devil’s got your number tonight

Lyric: The Mad Gear and Missile Kid
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The Mad Gear and Missile Kid are a fictional band that the Killjoys listen to. MCR even recorded an  EP of what the band would sound like, and rhythm guitarist  Frank Iero told  MTV: It’s basically what the Killjoys are listening to in the car as they’re having those gun battles. Frontman  Gerard Way added: I always pictured that’s what the Killjoys listen to. To me, it’s like giving a fan a piece — like we’d give them a ray-gun, or the ‘Bad Luck’ beads — but it’s another set piece to the world. This one’s just an audio one.  The Mad Gear and the Missile Kid also appear in  Gerard Way’s comic book Dead Satellites. Dr. Death-Defying talks about them on his radio show, saying that their show was shut down when B.L.I. found them. They were performing the “Galactic Shatter,” an experimental performance ‘apparently involving shooting a giant, red-hot flash blast up into the sky to shake up the heavens.’ Dr. Death didn’t know whether or not they managed to finish the shatter before they were caught. It’s also mentioned that it’s just Mad Gear onstage, there’s no Missile Kid. An unnamed character says The name’s just a placeholder. He had some kinda weird caffeine-induced vision of him and a sentient weapon dancing on stage. That’s why he started the band and came up with the ‘Galactic Shatter.’ He thinks his music can make the weapon fall from the sky, and then he can use it to wipe out B.L.I.–Just blow them all up and finally give us some peace out here. The weapon Mad Gear most likely saw was  DESTROYA.

Lyric: Tommy Chow Mein
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Tommy Chow Mein is a secondhand salesman who sells things he finds in the Zones out of a motel. He stands out from other Killjoys in that he appears to be older and wears nicer clothing. In the Killjoy comic series, he sells Party Poison’s mask to the unnamed female protagonist. He is one of the select Killjoy characters that have a  Twitter account.

Lyric: Wolfblood Beach
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Wolfblood Beach was briefly mentioned by the Twitter account made for Dr. Death Defying: https://twitter.com/DrDeathDefying/status/22943275888

Lyric: Vend-A-Hack
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A vend-a-hack is a small device around the size of a handheld video game console. Kobra Kid uses one in the  “Na Na Na” music video to get a ray gun from a Better Living Industries vending machine.

