The Grim Adventures of Lincoln and Lucy

While playing around with his little sister, Lily, and their pet hamster, Geo VI, Lincoln is suddenly visited by the Grim Reaper, who has come to claim the hamster's soul after Lily proves too much for the tiny animal. Ever the good older brother, Lincoln attempts to bargain for the hamster so that Lily would not have to live with the guilt of killing another living being (indirectly, though it was). After his first attempt fails and putting his own soul at risk in the process, all looks grim until Lucy shows up, reveals that she is cordially familiar with the skeletal psychopomp, and challenges Grim for his and the hamster's soul, succeeding where Lincoln failed. As per the agreed-upon terms, Grim agrees to stay with the Louds as their companion, and what follows is many supernatural adventures and antics in addition to the everyday Bedlam that the Louds already experience in their own lives.


 * Bait and Switch: Clyde enters a room and shrieks, though not because there is a hooded skeleton in the room and more because Lincoln is wearing a dress.
 * Balancing Death's Books: As per Grim's rules, Lucy must bet more than her own soul to save both Lincoln's and Geo's, so she puts in her own and Lynn's soul as collateral.
 * Breaking the Fourth Wall: Beginning with the second chapter, Lucy follows after Mandy's schtick of addressing the audience before the chapter proper starts, in a similar manner as well.
 * Butt Monkey: Lynn Jr., as in many of Mr-Dusk's works.
 * Casting Gag: Grim refers to Lola and Lily Loud as being "evil," this being a reference to Grey DeLisle, who voiced both the aforementioned Loud siblings and Mandy from Grim's native show.
 * Chess with Death: Lincoln challenges Grim to a video game for Geo's soul... and loses because Grim cheats. Lucy challenges Grim next and turns the tables by cheating him via some sand in his eye sockets.
 * Contrasting Sequel Character: Lincoln and Lucy compared to Billy and Mandy.
 * Billy: An ignorant moron at best and an imbecilic danger to himself and others at worst. Contrast that with Lincoln, who is (usually) the Only Sane Man among his family who tries to do right by himself and others.
 * Mandy: A ruthless Enfant Terrible who is perhaps the most villainous of her show's cast and uses Grim as her slave. Contrast with Lucy, a somewhat somber and creepy child who is nevertheless a very pleasant person at heart, and who regards Grim as a friend and with respect.
 * Noodle Incident:
 * Lucy already being familiar with Grim.
 * Lynn selling her soul to Lucy for undetermined reasons.
 * Shout-Out: Quite.
 * Violation of Common Sense: Lily tries to convince Lincoln not to bet his immortal soul against the Grim Reaper, but him being the older brother means he has to try playing hero for her, regardless of how badly it could go.
 * Wrong Genre Savvy: During a dream sequence partially-lifted from Jurassic Park, Lincoln momentarily breathes a sigh of relief knowing that kids don't get hurt in those movies, only to be proven wrong not a moment later.