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{{quote| "This is my business. They pay me for it."}} |
{{quote| "This is my business. They pay me for it."}} |
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Francesco [[Bilingual Bonus|Dellamorte]] works as the caretaker of the local cemetery in the small Italian town of Buffalora. He's aided in his work by Gnaghi, a mentally-handicapped man only capable of saying "gna." (Like "nya" but not [[Yu-Gi-Oh |
Francesco [[Bilingual Bonus|Dellamorte]] works as the caretaker of the local cemetery in the small Italian town of Buffalora. He's aided in his work by Gnaghi, a mentally-handicapped man only capable of saying "gna." (Like "nya" but not [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series (Web Video)|Brooklynish]].) He spends most of his days reading old phone books ("Just because we've got the new ones doesn't mean to say we have to throw the old ones away. [[Small Reference Pools|These books are classics!]]"), constructing a model of a skull, talking with his friend Franco over the phone, and [[Looking for Love In All The Wrong Places|seeking love.]] |
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Oh, he also kills the zombies that awaken every night with [[Revolvers Are Just Better|his revolver.]] |
Oh, he also kills the zombies that awaken every night with [[Revolvers Are Just Better|his revolver.]] |
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* [[Boy Meets Ghoul]]: {{spoiler|When Francesco meets the widow. Again. Also Gnaghi and the mayor's daughter.}} |
* [[Boy Meets Ghoul]]: {{spoiler|When Francesco meets the widow. Again. Also Gnaghi and the mayor's daughter.}} |
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* [[Brick Joke]]: "Mmm. Who knows if the rest of the world even exists?" |
* [[Brick Joke]]: "Mmm. Who knows if the rest of the world even exists?" |
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* [[Can't Get in Trouble For Nuthin|Can't Get In Trouble For Nuthin']] |
* [[Can't Get in Trouble For Nuthin'|Can't Get In Trouble For Nuthin']] |
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* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: Franco. |
* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: Franco. |
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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Hoo boy, Francesco. |
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Hoo boy, Francesco. |
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{{quote| '''Francesco''': "My name is Francesco Dellamorte. Weird name, isn't it? Francis Of Death. Saint Francis Of Death. I often thought of having it changed. André Dellamorte would be nicer, for example."}} |
{{quote| '''Francesco''': "My name is Francesco Dellamorte. Weird name, isn't it? Francis Of Death. Saint Francis Of Death. I often thought of having it changed. André Dellamorte would be nicer, for example."}} |
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* [[Dysfunction Junction]] |
* [[Dysfunction Junction]] |
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* [[Everyone Calls Him Barkeep]]: Almost no one in the town refers to Francesco by name. They usually call him "Engineer," which he hates. {{spoiler|Even the undead mayor refers to him this way, and Francesco finally gets to take his anger out on something.}} |
* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: Almost no one in the town refers to Francesco by name. They usually call him "Engineer," which he hates. {{spoiler|Even the undead mayor refers to him this way, and Francesco finally gets to take his anger out on something.}} |
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* [[Expy]]: Francesco is an Italian expy of [[Dylan Dog]], and actually appears, with Gnaghi, in several issues of the comic. Dylan Dog is a visual expy of Rupert Everett, [[Mind Screw|who plays Francesco in]] ''[[Mind Screw|Cemetery Man]]''. |
* [[Expy]]: Francesco is an Italian expy of [[Dylan Dog]], and actually appears, with Gnaghi, in several issues of the comic. Dylan Dog is a visual expy of Rupert Everett, [[Mind Screw|who plays Francesco in]] ''[[Mind Screw|Cemetery Man]]''. |
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* [[Gainax Ending]] |
* [[Gainax Ending]] |