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* [[All Theories Are True]]: The morphogenetic field among them.
* [[Animal Motifs]]: Buddy starts off only able to borrow powers of animals near him, but ends up able to borrow powers from ''any'' animal, anywhere on Earth, living or extinct. Also, other superheroes with Animal Powers appear, like B'wana Beast and Vixen.
* [[Animal
* [[Author Avatar]]: The yellow aliens. {{spoiler|And Grant Morrison himself, of course.}}
** In Dwayne McDuffie's JLA run, Buddy meets Anansi, McDuffie's [[Author Avatar]] (who shares a similar relationship with Vixen as Morrison/the yellow aliens does with Buddy).
* [[Author Tract]]: Lampshaded by Buddy's friends: "You don't talk anymore, you just make speeches," and later by Morrison himself.
** {{spoiler|Grant Morrison admits to this himself in his final issue.}}
* [[Bad Powers, Bad People]]: Lampshaded and made into a [[Tear Jerker]] with Red Mask.
* [[Badass]]: Buddy after {{spoiler|his wife and children die}}, the only time when he ever wears leather.
* [[Beware the Superman]]: Overman, a version of Superman from an Earth where all heroes were created by the government. After contracting an STD he went insane and killed everyone, and then planned on destroying himself and the world with a nuclear bomb. This is a [[Take That]] at the grim and gritty comics of the 1980s, with Psycho-Pirate providing commentary on what a stupid idea Overman's world was.
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* [[Cosmic Plaything]]: Buddy again; at one point, during ''[[Fifty Two|52]]'' (where his scenes were also written by Grant Morrison), he's {{spoiler|poisoned, killed, and brought back to life ''again'', breaking the fourth wall yet again}}.
* [[Deconstructor Fleet]]: Morrison deconstructs and rebuilds the superhero with Animal Man and completely destroys the fourth wall.
** Also a big one of cartoon violence and [[Bad Powers, Bad People]].
* [[Depending On the Writer]]: Morrison's last issue is kind of the metaMETAexemplary example of this, as {{spoiler|Grant Morrison '''tells''' Buddy straightup about the 2D nature of his universe, and demonstrates how Buddy only does whatever he does because Grant writes him that way. And he SAYS that "maybe some new writer will make you do something completely different."}}
* [[Deus Ex Machina]]: The title of Morrison's last issue. Played with brilliantly.
* [[Driven to Suicide]]: {{spoiler|Buddy almost offs himself when his family is killed.}}
* [[The End or Is It]]: After Buddy helps {{spoiler|superheroes from various other Earths to disappear, there's still a butterfly that the [[Mysterious Watcher]] claims is from another Earth}}.
* [[Enfant Terrible]]: Peter Milligan's run had three of them. The Angel Mob, made up of Matt, Mark, and Lucinda Angel, were fraternal triplets with psychic powers who had it out for the President. They turned out to be [[Well
* [[Foreshadowing]]: During his peyote trip, Buddy sees an image from the [[Crisis On Infinite Earths|Crisis]], then another one that tells of a second Crisis. Whether it is foreshadowing the events in the comic (with the Psycho Pirate), [[Zero Hour]], ''or'' [[Infinite Crisis]] is your own guess.
* [[Fourth Wall Observer]]: One of the few times it isn't played for laughs.
{{quote| ''"Oh God... I'm important to the plot..."''}}
* [[Funetik Aksent]]: The (2nd) Mirror Master has always had a Scottish Brogue, with its severity [[Depending On the Writer]]. When written by Morrison he becomes downright unintelligible at times. Arguably a bit of [[Self
* [[Funny Background Event]]: While Morrison is thanking people for their support during the making of the series, Animal Man is getting the snot beaten out of him by two supervillains.
* [[G
* [[Happily Married]]: With two children!
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: {{spoiler|Mirror Master after Buddy's family is killed, because he believes that was wrong}}.
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* [[Ret Gone]]: Hamed Ali and [[Pre Crisis]] Buddy. It is arguable if this is also applicable to the remnants of the Infinite Earths and the Psycho-Pirate (although admittedly the latter eventually returned ''years'' later).
* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: See above, [[Break the Cutie]].
* [[Self
* [[Shout Out]]: A cartoon coyote named Crafty (an obvious parody of Wile E. Coyote) appears in Morrison's ''Animal Man'' #5.
** In issue 16 a tyrannosaurus goes on a rampage in Paris. When we first see it, it's standing next to a street sign that reads "Rue de [[Ray Harryhausen|Harryhausen]]".
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* [[Take That]]: Tom Veitch was apparently not fond of Grant Morrison's run on the series. When he took over, his first story began with an old shaman smashing clay dolls to pieces. One of them looked identical to Morrison as he had appeared in the comic. Veitch then proceeded to retcon many of Morrison's storylines, giving a new explanation for Buddy's powers which directly contradicts his. Veitch's changes were mostly ignored by later writers.
* [[Touched By Vorlons]]: The origin of Buddy's superpowers. Long story short: Buddy finds a spaceship, ship blows up and incinerates Buddy, yellow aliens rebuild him and give him animal powers. (Note that in the recent Justice League, Buddy is stated to have gotten his powers by Anansi similar to Vixen. ''But'' Anansi pretty much outright states he is a liar and is only there for Vixen).
* [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made On Drugs?]]: Some of the things Morrison writes, you'll swear ''he'' was on peyote. Ironically, he was allegedly straight-edge at the time, and only started taking the "mind-expanding" crap later.
** The New 52 edition of Animal Man [http://inveteratemediajunkies.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/dc-new-52-animal-man-2.jpg?w=600 plays this completely straight]. Considering that it crosses over with [[Swamp Thing]], this is not a big jump for him.
* [[Who Writes This Crap?]]: {{spoiler|Done '''literally''' in Morrison's final issue, when Buddy actually meets Grant.}}
* [[World Gone Mad]]: The coyote from "The Coyote Gospel" comes from one of these.
* [[Writer On Board]]: Morrison admits {{spoiler|during his cameo in the comic}} that he's been using Buddy as a mouthpiece.
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