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[[File:CourtneyCrumrin_9700.jpg|frame|The night holds no terror for Courtney Crumrin.]]
'''''Courtney Crumrin''''' is an independent comic book series written and illustrated by Ted Naifeh, and published by Oni Press. It is made up of ''Courtney Crumrin and the Night Things'', ''Courtney Crumrin and the Coven of Mystics'', ''Courtney Crumrin in the Twilight Kingdom'', ''Courtney Crumrin's Monstrous Holiday'', ''Courtney Crumrin: The Witch Next Door'', and ''Courtney Crumrin: The Final Spell''.
Courtney is an [[Strange Girl|odd little girl]] who doesn't quite fit in. When she and her parents have to move to her uncle's old mansion, she must adjust to a whole new school in a neighborhood she isn't entirely comfortable with; however, things quickly take a turn for the better, as she meets the strange and interesting individuals that live in and around her uncle's house.
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* [[Action Girl]]: Courtney isn't going to let being small and a preteen get in the way of saving the day.
* [[Adults Are Useless]]: played straight with Courtney's parents, averted with Uncle Aloysius and Calpurnia Crisp.
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* [[Cats Have Nine Lives]].
* [[Changeling Tale]]: Several.
** Courtney babysits a child who is switched for a changeling.
** A doppelganger of unknown origin tries to take over Courtney's life and erase her from existence.
** Skarrow was also originally a human who was raised in the Twilight Kingdom.
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* [[The Fair Folk]]
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: The Night Things are widely misunderstood and hated by warlocks and witches
* [[Gentleman Wizard]]: Uncle Aloysius.
* [[Growing Up Sucks]]: Played with. Courtney was never very innocent and is more perceptive than most adults, but she is realizing how complicated being an adult really is.
* [[Half
* [[Haunted House]]: Courtney's friend is living in one. {{spoiler|It's his mother's ghost.}}
* [[Humans Are Special]]: even if Human activity drove him and his subjects underground, the Twilight King is not willing to retaliate and acknowledges human mastery of the surface world.
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* [[I See Dead People]]: Courtney can see ghosts as a consequence of being magical.
* [[It Gets Easier]]: Not quite yet, but Courtney shows surprisingly little remorse over her most morally repugnant actions. {{spoiler|That is, ressurecting Tommy to kill for her.}}
* [[Jade
* [[Kids Are Cruel]]
* [[Kid
* [[Kung Fu Wizard]]: Turns out Aloysius is quite a skilled fighter on top of being a warlock.
* [[Land of Faerie]]: The Twilight Kingdom
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* [[Mysterious Past]]: We still only know so much about Aloysius Crumrin and his bad history with the Coven of Mystics.
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Courtney herself is becoming one.
* [[Nightmare Fuel
* [[The Noseless]]
* [[Obfuscating Disability]]: Aloysius is perfectly sound physically and mentally and doesn't need Courtney's parents to take care of him. He just tolerates them because they make his house less menacing and noteworthy.
* [[Old Dark House]]: The Crumrin place is infamous as this. Turns out the neighbors are right, but it's not anything like they think it is.
* [[Old Master]]: Aloysius Crumrin looks like a frail old man, but, when needed, he can behead "The Worst Goblin That Ever Was" in one move.
* [[Our Goblins Are
* [[Our Vampires Are Different]]: They're more Italian/bird influenced, for one.
* [[Our Werewolves Are Different]]: They're also Gypsies.
* [[Parental Neglect]]: Courtney's parents don't do a very good job of taking care of her. Not out of spite they just aren't very good at giving her the emotional attention she needs.
* [[Rage Against the Mentor]]: Courtney temporarily shuns her uncle {{spoiler|after he has let Skarrow being killed}}.
** Again in ''Monster Holiday'', after {{spoiler|he refuses to help out a group of werewolf gypsies and a girl who loves one of them.}}
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* [[Sword Cane]]: Aloysius has one.
* [[Talking Animal]]: cats can speak. They just don't bother to.
* [[Things That Go Bump in
* [[
* [[Weaksauce Weakness]]: One issue deals with a monster immune to curses famed for killing magic-users. What can defeat such a fearsome creature?... Turns out [[Boring but Practical|normal weapons]] work just fine.
* [[Well
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: When Courtney and her uncle are on holiday in Europe, Courtney finds herself drawn to the company of a young vampire and starts to find the idea of dying with him to be appealing, since she's tired of everyone she knows dying or leaving her. When her uncle discovers that the vampire has been drinking her blood, he is confused as to how a vampire could get the better of his niece, who is plenty proficient in the use of magic. The owner of the hotel they are staying at promptly tells him off for failing to consider the fact that Courtney is a young girl who had to grow up fast and was thus vulnerable in ways that he was ignoring.
** Courtney gets this herself a couple of times, related to her possibly excessive revenge against {{spoiler|Hector}}. She even wonders herself if it was really justified or if she had less extreme options.
* [[When She Smiles]]: Courtney almost never does this. So when she does, she really means it.
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