The summary details the history and adventures of the British cartoon band, Gorillaz, starting with their formation after a keyboard shop heist, through their various album releases, disbandment, and reunion. The band members face challenges such as kidnapping, possession, and almost deadly encounters, all while staying true to each other and their passion for music. The summary concludes by highlighting the formation of their most recent project, the Song Machine.
1. Murdock wanted to start a band and crashed into a keyboard shop to steal all the keyboards.
2. He hit a guy named Stuart Pot while doing so, putting him in a coma.
3. Murdock is punished by looking after Stuart.
4. They move into a haunted mansion named Kong Studios.
5. They kidnap a possessed guy named Russell for the drummer and ask 2d's girlfriend to join as guitarist, but she is kicked out of the band.
6. They receive a box with a 10-year-old named Noodle who becomes their new guitarist.
7. They make their first album and try to make a movie, but it fails.
8. Murdock tries to kill TV and the band breaks up.
9. Murdock gets arrested for giving false checks and is imprisoned in Mexico.
10. Noodle goes missing after helicopters shoot down a tower she was on.
11. Murdock and the short guy named Jimmy plan this to happen and double-cross them, leaving Jimmy to die in the wreckage.
12. The band thinks Noodle is dead and assumes new members.
13. Noodle is saved by a worker in a small village and decides to ship herself back to England in a box.
14. Murdock is released from jail under the condition that he makes a new Gorillaz album.
15. The band reunites and works on their next album, Humans.
16. They build a song machine and collaborate with different artists.
17. Murdock appears to have less control over the band, and Uncle Merzy is upset at losing respect.
18. They go on a boat ride, and Murdock stabs 2d with a syringe full of truth serum.
19. The band goes to Robert Smith moon and teleports back to Plastic Beach.
20. The beach is destroyed by Lee John the sea monster, and Murdock is almost left for dead but is saved by 2d.