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'''Bloody Urban''' is, to quote its creator, [[Blatant Lies|a completely normal slice-of-life webcomic]], set in an [[Alternate Universe]] of Sydney, Australia populated by vampires, werewolves and other sorts of monsters.
A surreal parody of both the [[Supernatural Soap Opera]] and the typical [[Work Com]], Bloody Urban follows the lives of [[Straight Man and Wise Guy|Murray Manson and Shannon Arcuni]], a couple of hipsters in their mid-twenties who work together in the creative department of what is possibly the world's strangest advertising company. Murray, a writer, is an awkward, slightly neurotic werewolf who is endlessly frustrated with his life. Shannon, an artist, is a gleefully insane hundred-year-old vampire who is usually getting himself into some kind of trouble in the name of [[True Art]]. Along with their various friends and relations, they go about their lives doing things that [[Hilarity Ensues|usually precede hilarity]].
Most of Bloody Urban's humour comes from the fact that, instead of the typical [[Masquerade]] setup, the general population is aware of every weird thing that exists in the comic's universe, they have always been aware of them, and [[Mundane Fantastic|they consider it all to be completely normal.]]
The series is mainly a gag-per-week webcomic. The comic, including the original hand-drawn strips can be found [https://web.archive.org/web/20130207013613/http://bloodyurban.smackjeeves.com/ here] and the old, unfinished storyline can be found [https://web.archive.org/web/20111122154842/http://www.drunkduck.com/Bloody_Urban/ here].
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* [[A Good Name for a Rock Band]]: Groovy Roo and the Time-Travelling Lesbians
* [[All There in the Manual]]: A lot of unused characters and additional information can be found on [https://web.archive.org/web/20130508060141/http://asquidcalledzelda.deviantart.com/ the author's deviantART] and [http://bigfootzillareptoid.tumblr.com/tagged/bloody-urban tumblr.]{{Dead link}}
* [[Amazing Technicolor Population]]: As shown in [http://asquidcalledzelda.deviantart.com/gallery/12034388#/d3dg0yu this picture],{{Dead link}} vampires [[Our Vampires Are Different|apparently]] come in blue, purple, green, orange and grey. And that's just within the one bloodline. Hell, they even have amazing technicolour ''tongues''. Recently, a few human characters have been introduced who are also oddly-coloured. Cherry has ashy grey skin, Mycedys is red, and parts of Eric are blue. Justified for them, though- Cherry has silver poisoning from her ancient braces, Myrcedys is perpetually sunburnt, and Eric is made of dead people.
* [[Ambiguously Brown]]: Jenna. Lampshaded in the artist's comment [https://web.archive.org/web/20111222123300/http://asquidcalledzelda.deviantart.com/gallery/23961304#/d4dhbdf here]. Eric qualifies as well. [[Word of God]] says the blue part of him is Japanese, but good luck figuring out what the brown part is.
* [[Blob Monster]]: Upside-Down Amoeba Dude.
* [[Big Eater]]: Shannon.
* [[Bottle Fairy]]: Angelica.
* [[Chupacabra]]: Forms part of Shaun's ridiculous [[Scooby-Doo Hoax]] in [https://web.archive.org/web/20130208153249/http://bloodyurban.smackjeeves.com/comics/1367682/chupacabras/ this strip].
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Murray and Shannon are both this about 80% of the time.
* [[Drool Hello]]: in [https://web.archive.org/web/20121028123134/http://bloodyurban.smackjeeves.com/comics/1479574/weird-tea/ this comic].
* [[Earth Drift]]: ASCZ often refers to the older comics as 'the boring period in which everything was sane and relatively normal'.
* [[Eye Glasses]]: Libby and Murray
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* [[Friendly Neighborhood Vampires]]: Played with. They aren't quite at the [[Exclusively Evil]] level, but the Bloody Urban Vampires tend to all be [[Jerkass|pretty dickish]].
* [[Fun T-Shirt]]: Shannon, [[Hipster|naturally]], has a few.
* [[Geeky Turn On]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20111222123300/http://asquidcalledzelda.deviantart.com/gallery/23961304#/d3alenx This page.]
* [[Go Mad
* [[Green Eyed Red Head]]: Angelica
* [[Halloweentown]]: AU-Sydney is shades of this. Despite the bright colours, the [[Alien Sky|sky is varying shades of red and purple]] and the buildings have a distinct [[The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari|Dr. Caligari]] vibe to them. Then of course there's [[Monster Mash|the people.]]
* [[Heroic Dolphin]]: Subverted- The dolphin in 'Sea Rapist' is a registered sex offender.
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: Murray and Shannon.
* [[Horror Hunger]]: Played [https://web.archive.org/web/20130208150528/http://bloodyurban.smackjeeves.com/comics/1367655/awkward/ for] [https://web.archive.org/web/20130208150534/http://bloodyurban.smackjeeves.com/comics/1367664/chain/ laughs.] [https://web.archive.org/web/20111222123300/http://asquidcalledzelda.deviantart.com/gallery/23961304#/d4adzj8 Always.]
* [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl]]: At 6'5", Murray is the tallest character in the series. Camille barely comes up to his chest.
* [[Humanoid Abomination]]: The IT guy, who 'may or may not be Satan.'
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* [[Overly Long Tongue]]: Most of the vampires, but ''especially'' Shaun.
* [[Madness Mantra]]: TROJANS TROJANS TROJANS
* [[Noodle Incident]]: Got Libby [https://web.archive.org/web/20130208150543/http://bloodyurban.smackjeeves.com/comics/1367675/mensa/ kicked out of MENSA.]
* [[Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette]]: Murray. [[Phenotype Stereotype|The Irishman]]. Also Sebastian Dark, who [[Looks Like Cesare]].
* [[Planet Eris]]
* [[Retraux]]: Murray's [https://web.archive.org/web/20111222123300/http://asquidcalledzelda.deviantart.com/gallery/23961304#/d48x9tf prescription drug-fueled hallucination] features inanimate objects with 30's-style cartoon faces.
* [[Special Guest]]: Parodied
* [[Spit Take]]: On [http://www.drunkduck.com/Bloody_Urban/index.php?p=728829 this page]{{Dead link}}
* [[Surreal Humour]]: The more recent strips tend towards the bizarre. For example, in this universe, [[Slender Man]] is a ''therapist.''
* [[Who Is This Guy Again?]]: Bloody Urban is ''terrible'' about this in the old comics.
* [[X Meets Y]]: It's like [[Being Human (UK)]] meets [[The Mighty Boosh]].
* [[You Meddling Kids]]: Quoted nearly word for word in the aptly titled 'Meddling Teens'.
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