Murder Drones (series)

''This article is about the series. For the species of the same name see Murder Drones.''

Murder Drones is an Australian computer-animated science fiction horror comedy web series created by American animator Liam Vickers, produced by Glitch Productions and funded by Screen Australia for GLITCH. It is set to be the fourth animated series by Glitch Productions, after Meta Runner, Ultra Jump Mania and Sunset Paradise, which are all available on their Youtube channel.

The series was teased on June 26th, 2021, and announced on October 8th, along with the release of a trailer. The pilot premiered on October 29th, 2021.

Synopsis
Worker Drones work for humans on an "exo-planet", particularly being property of JCJenson (IN SPAAAAACE!). However, when the humans accidentally render themselves extinct after blowing up the planet's core, it sends the planet into a winter-like apocalypse. The Worker Drones began to gain sentience and settle on the planet in the human's stead, though this causes JCJenson to send "Murder Drones", officially known as "Disassembly Drones" to kill all Worker Drones. As the Murder Drones begin to build a literal tower of corpses, the remaining Worker Drones hide underneath the ice and behind blast doors built by Uzi's father, Khan. In the present, Uzi harbors dreams of saving the planet and gaining her father's respect by killing the Murder Drones, thus allowing the Worker Drones to live in peace.

By the end of the pilot, it is revealed that humans apparently still exist on Earth, and Uzi plans to attack them, all while more Murder Drone Landing Pods approach the planet.

Production
Liam Vickers had already achieved notoriety for the 2D animated series CliffSide and Internecion Cube, both of which are unfinished. When he was picked up by Glitch Productions to be a show-runner, he had no experience in 3D animation, so the company would train him.

On August 6th, 2020, Liam released the full version of "Disassembly Required", the song that plays in the teaser. The video description reveals the character seen in the teaser to be "V", one of the titular Murder Drones.

By the time the series was announced, it had been worked on for one year.

Protagonists

 * Uzi (voiced by Elsie Lovelock) is the main protagonist of the series.
 * N (voiced by Michael Kovach) is the deuteragonist of the series. A male Murder Drone who befriends Uzi and tries his best to prevent himself from being useless.

Antagonists

 * V (voiced by Nola Klop) is a female sadistic and impulsive Murder Drone, who is N's unaware crush.
 * J (voiced by Shara Kirby) is a Murder Drone described as a "lethal workaholic".

Others

 * Khan (voiced by David J. Dixon) is Uzi's father, described as a "man with a plan".
 * Thad (voiced by Sean Chiplock) is a robot jock.