Zorro: Generation Z



Another Rick Ungar creation. This time the story of Zorro is updated to 2015 and the latest descendant of the De La Vega line also called Diego is a 17 year old teenager who takes up the mantle of Zorro with help from his mute friend Bernardo. To replace the famous Tornado we now have a Cool Bike called Tornado Z that helps transport Diego to fight against the corrupt mayor of the town.

Tropes include:

 * Action Girl: Scarlet Whip.
 * Badass Biker: Zorro.
 * Beneath the Earth: One episode has "The Subway People," a civilization that inexplicably lives below Pueblo Grande.
 * Broke Episode: There was an episode where Diego's dad decides to make him learn the value of a dollar and cuts him off from his trust fund, right when he needs a lot of money to rebuild his totaled bike.
 * But Not Too Foreign
 * Captain Ersatz: Don Payaso is basically The Joker, even down to wearing a purple tuxedo.
 * Cool Bike: Tornado Z
 * Cute Mute: Bernardo.
 * Daddy's Little Villain: Mostly subverted with Maria. She fights the criminals working for her dad but when the opportunity arises to expose him as a criminal, she can't go through with it.
 * Downer Ending:
 * Family-Friendly Firearms: The future looks a lot like the present if you don't count weaponry. Guns strongly resemble the Star Trek: The Next Generation early "dustbuster" incarnation of phasers.
 * Four Is Death: The Fearsome Four, who are indeed the most formidable villains in the show.
 * Gadgeteer Genius: Also Bernardo.
 * Heroes Want Redheads
 * Laser Blade
 * Legacy Character: There have been many Zorro's over the years. Diego is just the most recent.
 * Making it kind of weird is that whenever one appears, he sounds just like the evil mayor.
 * Living with the Villain: Maria.
 * Locked Out of the Loop: Diego's father Don Alejandro.
 * Magical Computer: There's really no other explanation for the way computers work in this show.
 * Morph Weapon: Zorro's single weapon can rearrange into several modes: Laser Blade, Darth Maul-esque laser staff, laser whip, and a standard laser blaster.
 * My Horse Is a Motorbike: Tornado Z.
 * Mutual Masquerade: Diego and Maria have no idea of each others' secret identities,
 * Mythology Gag: Originally Maria's costumed identity was going to be the Black Whip, probably based on the movie Zorro's Black Whip actually about a masked heroine. Presumably this was changed to make her more distinct from the black-clad Zorro.
 * Never Say "Die": Averted in the theme song. The show still uses euphemisms for the most part.
 * Paper-Thin Disguise: Scarlet Whip's method of distinguishing herself from her civilian identity... she puts on red shades and wears a red trenchcoat. That's it.
 * They never mention this but if you look close her hair is pinker in costume, implying she also wears a wig.
 * Recycled in Space: Zorro IN THE FUTURE!
 * Slap Slap Kiss: Diego and Maria.
 * The Speechless: Bernardo is a mute.
 * Talking Is a Free Action: Hilariously subverted in the pilot, where Zorro and Scarlet Whip have a spitting contest over who's a better hero, and the bad guys take advantage of their distraction to shoot Scarlet Whip off a roof.
 * Totally Radical
 * Twenty Minutes Into the Future
 * The Voiceless: Some actually assumed Bernardo Morn-esquely never quite got the opportunity to get a word in while on screen, before it was made clear he couldn't speak.
 * Whip It Good
 * Whip Sword
 * Xtreme Kool Letterz
 * Zorro Mark: Naturally. Into the seat of an enemy's pants, usually.