Dethsiduals

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Dethsiduals is the seventh episode of Season 3 of Metalocalypse.

Synopsis

The episode begins with Toki and Murderface (well, mostly Murderface) testifying against Dethklok members Skwisgaar, Pickles, and Nathan in the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. Murderface addresses that he and Toki deserve to be treated fairly and an equal five week's split on all songwriting residuals. When Toki asks Murderface what residuals are, and then points out that he can't even write songs for the band, Murderface gets angry at him for both that and the fact that Toki is sitting on the defendant's side. After an angry Nathan protests the frivolity of the trial, Dethklok's band manager Ofdensen explains that both Murderface and Toki receive two-percent of the money the band makes on record sales as a part of the contract they signed with Crystal Mountain Records and are both multibillionaires. Based on this evidence, the trial is dismissed, upsetting Murderface.

As Dethklok heads back to Mordhaus in their limousine in a foul mood, Roy Cornickelson calls them and requests a new album from them within a month and hangs up before Ofdenson could explain their situation. The band in question are angry at Murderface and Toki for suing them over something ridiculous and are hostile towards Murderface when he attempts conversation. When Pickles and Skwisgaar let slip information about a trip to a French winery, Murderface starts to complain about the price of the trip and not being invited, which causes Nathan to kick him out of the limousine and force him to walk back home on foot.

Later, Murderface and Toki decide to cash in on their new album by making up their own songs, and interrupt a discussion on a guitair solo by copying everything what Skwisgaar had said, annoying him and Nathan and Pickles. Nathan calls them idiots, and Murderface, miffed at this insult, boasts that he can write his own bass piece; however he takes four hours to do so, annoying their producer Dick "Magic Ears" Knubbler who is recording him, and when Skwisgaar offers assistance Murderface refuses it. When he spots some Klokateers putting down olives and pita bread, Murderface blindly rushes through so he can eat, to Skwisgaar's dismay and Nathan and Pickles's disgust. At this moment Charlie informs the band that their plane is ready to leave for France. While on the plane, Skwisgaar and Pickles complain about their bandmates receiving credit on their album when they're actually doing nothing, but Nathan assures them that their time in France will take some of their troubles off.

Upon arriving in Bordeaux, France the next day, Toki and Murderface discover that the winery's entrance fee costs 150 dollars. Pickles, not wanting to deprive both of them of the opportunity, offers to pay the fee himself despite Nathan's suggestions. However once inside Murderface and Toki drunkedly make a mess of the winery by smashing all the wine bottles, angering the owner of the winery. Nathan is forced to apologize for his bandmates' behavior and Pickles to pay the owner additional money in compensation. Furious and embarrassed by his bandmates' antics, an angry Nathan informs Toki and Murderface that he, Pickles, and Skwisgaar have made a unanimous decison to fire them from the band.

Once back at Mordhaus, Murderface and Toki are informed by Ofdensen in his office that they are put on musical suspension for a month and so are forced to look for other ways to earn money. Their search lands them at a talent show called "American Super Talent Havers" where they witness nu metal band Get Thee Hence perform. They both like their performance so much that they decide to take them in under a record label dubbed MurderTooth Records, setting their new band's salary at $5,000 dollars. Murderface and Toki take Get Thee Hence to Mordhaus and introduce them to Nathan, Pickles, and Skwisgaar, who all treat the band with contempt and indifference once they discover Get Thee Hence is a nu metal band. Murderface reveals that he and Toki had been suspended from any Dethklok-related activities and using his own salary to pay for his new band.

Things quickly get sour when Murderface is forced to give up his own bedroom as a new headquarters for Get Thee Hence, where they break an expensive Genghis Khan statue, and is ordered to bring them booze. The next day, Murderface discovers from Toki, to his dismay, that all of the members of Get Thee Hence are heroin addicts, forcing them to record their new album on their own. He asks Toki if he handled the residual contracts, and Toki confirms that he did, bringing him relief. Then Murderface is beset with more problems when Get Thee Hence starts treating Murderface like a servant, making him realize that the way he treated Nathan, Pickles, and Skwisgaar before is now being thrown back at him. Meanwhile Nathan, Pickles, and Skwisgaar are disgusted by how "happy" their newly recorded songs sound. They quickly realize that Toki and Murderface are essential to Dethklok's negative image and decide to delete all of their work by submerging their laptop into the hot tub. Elsewhere, the members of Get Thee Hence confront Murderface and demand more money from him that instant, as they had spent all of it. Murderface is unsure of what to do.

After the end of the month's suspension, Ofdensen offers Murderface and Toki to join Dethklok again since they had written an album by themselves. Murderface eagerly takes up the offer since he is tired of his new band's abusive treatment, and so reconciles with Nathan, Skwisgaar, and Pickles, who all decide to let Toki in as well. Later, on the news Dethklok lets Get Thee Hence do an opening performance for a Dethklok concert (though it seems Toki and Murderface convinced them to do so) with their debut album. Murderface and Toki celebrate their hard work, but are dismayed when they are told they don't get any credit because Toki has signed all the residual contracts in Norwegian. During their debut concert performance, Get Thee Hence are immediately booed by the vast number of Dethklok fans attending the concert and are directly assaulted by them on stage, horrifying the members of Dethklok, who happened to be watching the concert.

Trivia

• The talent show American Super Talent Havers where Get Thee Hence performs is an obviously apparent parody and reference to real-life talent show "American Idol".
• When the members of Get Thee Hence are introduced to Nathan, Pickles, and Dethklok, Nathan refers to their nu metal style as outdated when he says, "Somebody tell this band what year it is." Nu metal is a subgenre made by fusing heavy metal with grunge and hip hop, and many times nu metal songs focus on themes of pain and alienation that were featured in grunge bands. It was popular between the late 1990's and the early 2000's before its popularity waned by the start of 2002.
• The song Get Thee Hence played in their introduction and ending of Dethsiduals is a parody of hand Papa Roach's single "Last Resort". Most likely Get Thee Hence is a parody of Papa Roach itself.