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** Layla invented a very good comeback when [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity|power-drunk]] Chloe began hitting on Dio.
** Layla invented a very good comeback when [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity|power-drunk]] Chloe began hitting on Dio.
* [[Coming Out Story]]: Brooke is in the middle of her own [[Played for Laughs]] one.
* [[Coming Out Story]]: Brooke is in the middle of her own [[Played for Laughs]] one.
* [[Could Have Avoided This Plot]]: Chapter 5 starts with Layla finding out she is in an [[Arranged Marriage]] agreement that her parents made when she was an infant. Naturally, she objects, and her mother takes her side, as she thinks (due to the plots of previous chapters) that Layla is a lesbian. Having been through this more than once in those chapters, Layla gets upset and vehemently denies she is a lesbian - only to learn that her father would have called the deal off if she was. Layla thus has to spend the entire chapter debating whether she’d be better off going through with the deal or not, especially after discovering her fiance is both handsome and successful.
* [[Cool and Unusual Punishment]]:
** Mouth off to a teacher at [[All Ghouls School|Charybdis Academy]] and you'll get more than just detention. When Layla cheats in gym class by using her vampire powers, Mr. Sprynter makes her do it again, with an ''anchor'' shackled to her foot. Which makes a lot of sense, seeing as he's a [[Ghost Pirate]].
** In another comic, Layla tells Ace - a werewolf - to "keep your flea-ridden paws off my little sister!" and then threatens to ''call the dogcatcher'' if he does and report him as a stray with no license. Subverted, as he pleads with her not to and she backs off.
* [[Creepy Doll]]: Nina has a doll by the name of Blair who is possessed by the spirit of a man. Creepy because it's a girl doll and all the expression are rather girly, but it's a [[All Men Are Perverts|guy]] in that shell of plastic. {{spoiler|That and he's prepared to stake Nina if she develops a taste for blood.}} Blair can be funny, though, to the audience and the characters he's ''not'' harassing at the moment.
* [[Creepy Doll]]: Nina has a doll by the name of Blair who is possessed by the spirit of a man. Creepy because it's a girl doll and all the expression are rather girly, but it's a [[All Men Are Perverts|guy]] in that shell of plastic. {{spoiler|That and he's prepared to stake Nina if she develops a taste for blood.}} Blair can be funny, though, to the audience and the characters he's ''not'' harassing at the moment.
** While not enough is shown to confirm or disprove it, fan speculation is that the principal might be a creepy Japanese doll.
** While not enough is shown to confirm or disprove it, fan speculation is that the principal might be a creepy Japanese doll.
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** [[Small Reference Pools]] got surprisingly averted, in terms of monsters and mythology. We have your standard vampires, werewolves, succubi, etc, but then we have more obscure creatures, like the [[wikipedia:Melusine|melusine]] and the just plain creepy [[wikipedia:Futakuchi-onna|Futakuchi-onna]].
** [[Small Reference Pools]] got surprisingly averted, in terms of monsters and mythology. We have your standard vampires, werewolves, succubi, etc, but then we have more obscure creatures, like the [[wikipedia:Melusine|melusine]] and the just plain creepy [[wikipedia:Futakuchi-onna|Futakuchi-onna]].
** In spin-offs there are Greek gods, angels, pixies and... the Muses?
** In spin-offs there are Greek gods, angels, pixies and... the Muses?
* [[Fate Worse Than Death]]: Discussed and [[Played For Laughs]] (well, [[Black Comedy]]) and Subverted in one short arc where Tiffany thinks Layla fed on her and converted her (Layla ''did'' feed on her, but didn't convert her; Tiffany is something of a ditz) and at first thinks she's doomed to what is a [[Vampire Hunter]]'s worst nightmare, especially when she has to explain it to her parents, who are both experienced hunters. Then, however, she wonders if her parents might try to stake her, making her realize death in such a case might be ''much'' worse.
* [[Feather Boa Constrictor]]: Brooke nearly always wears her pet snake, Seth, around her neck. Unlike usual examples of the trope, he's about the size of a typical garden snake.
* [[Feather Boa Constrictor]]: Brooke nearly always wears her pet snake, Seth, around her neck. Unlike usual examples of the trope, he's about the size of a typical garden snake.
* [[Fetish Fuel Station Attendant]]: Chloe is a [[Moe]], [[Meganekko]] [[Horny Devil]] with [[A-Cup Angst]] before her [[Breast Expansion|growth spurt]] that's a blonde, [[Innocent Fanservice Girl]] with freckles. And a predisposition for getting sexy with minimal drinking, kissgetting with kisses (so far) to [[Anything That Moves]]. She's got a minor [[Yamato Nadeshiko]] streak when not drunk. And she was ''too'' sexy already to be affected by the Orb.
* [[Fetish Fuel Station Attendant]]: Chloe is a [[Moe]], [[Meganekko]] [[Horny Devil]] with [[A-Cup Angst]] before her [[Breast Expansion|growth spurt]] that's a blonde, [[Innocent Fanservice Girl]] with freckles. And a predisposition for getting sexy with minimal drinking, kissgetting with kisses (so far) to [[Anything That Moves]]. She's got a minor [[Yamato Nadeshiko]] streak when not drunk. And she was ''too'' sexy already to be affected by the Orb.
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* [[Imagine Spot]]: Tiffany has one before confronting her parents.
* [[Imagine Spot]]: Tiffany has one before confronting her parents.
* [[I'm Not Pretty]]: When introduced, Chloe considered herself okay by normal standards, but not pretty enough by [[Horny Devil|succubus]] standards. Even after her [[Breast Expansion|growth spurt]], she called herself "quite plain", despite having a legion of admirers.
* [[I'm Not Pretty]]: When introduced, Chloe considered herself okay by normal standards, but not pretty enough by [[Horny Devil|succubus]] standards. Even after her [[Breast Expansion|growth spurt]], she called herself "quite plain", despite having a legion of admirers.
* [[Fur Against Fang]]: Played mostly straight, although in this case, nobody of either species seems to know how the rivalry started.
* [[Fundamentally Female Cast]]: There's only two main characters of note who are male, and one of them was turned into a girl. {{spoiler|And then switched genders with the other guy.}}
* [[Fundamentally Female Cast]]: There's only two main characters of note who are male, and one of them was turned into a girl. {{spoiler|And then switched genders with the other guy.}}
* [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness]]: Chloe, while under the influce of the Doom Panties, seems to see Nina as this to the point where even considering using her corrupting magic on her [http://www.eeriecuties.com/strips-ec/make_her_like_me Chloe physically ill.] That said, there are hints that Chloe's impression is not as accurate as anybody would like.
* [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness]]: Chloe, while under the influce of the Doom Panties, seems to see Nina as this to the point where even considering using her corrupting magic on her [http://www.eeriecuties.com/strips-ec/make_her_like_me Chloe physically ill.] That said, there are hints that Chloe's impression is not as accurate as anybody would like.
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* [[Instant Humiliation - Just Add YouTube]]: Though the amount of actual humiliation has let to be determained.
* [[Instant Humiliation - Just Add YouTube]]: Though the amount of actual humiliation has let to be determained.
* [[Instant Waking Skills]]: Brooke demonstrates these when Layla tries to drink from her (though it's possible that she faked sleep).
* [[Instant Waking Skills]]: Brooke demonstrates these when Layla tries to drink from her (though it's possible that she faked sleep).
* [[Insult Backfire]]: ''Never'' underestimate an angry teenage vampire, as Ace learns in an early story:
{{quote|'''Layla:''' Listen, horndog, keep your flea-ridden paws off my little sister! I have ways of dealing with your kind!
'''Ace:''' One, as if I'd want to, and two, you vampires are all talk! You don't scare me one bit!
'''Layla''' ''(into her mobile phone)'': Hello, city pound? We have a stray dog with no license on school grounds.
'''Ace:''' OKAY, you scare me! [[Ain't Too Proud to Beg| Hang up! HANG UP]]!}}
* [[I See London]]: Nina's [[Mirror Monster]] [[Poke the Poodle|pantses Chloe]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20141006175258/http://www.eeriecuties.com/strips-ec/not_done_yet%EF%BC%9F during gym class.]
* [[I See London]]: Nina's [[Mirror Monster]] [[Poke the Poodle|pantses Chloe]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20141006175258/http://www.eeriecuties.com/strips-ec/not_done_yet%EF%BC%9F during gym class.]
* [[Is There a Doctor In the House?]]: When Chloe thinks she's attacked by a snake, Nina shouts: "Is there a herpetologist in the house?"
* [[Is There a Doctor In the House?]]: When Chloe thinks she's attacked by a snake, Nina shouts: "Is there a herpetologist in the house?"
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** [http://www.eeriecuties.com/strips-ec/...hypnotic! Brooke and Skittles.] Methinks that mouse was trying to avoid those instincts.
** [http://www.eeriecuties.com/strips-ec/...hypnotic! Brooke and Skittles.] Methinks that mouse was trying to avoid those instincts.
** [http://www.eeriecuties.com/strips-ec/this_is_what_we_trained_for Crackers vs. Kade] scene.
** [http://www.eeriecuties.com/strips-ec/this_is_what_we_trained_for Crackers vs. Kade] scene.
* [[Naked First Impression]]: Gender-reversed; Nina first meets Ace when he changes from werewolf to human, and is thus naked, although this hardly seems odd from Ace's point of view, probably because it's happened before.
* [[Naked People Are Funny]]: The reactions make the joke better quick.
* [[Naked People Are Funny]]: The reactions make the joke better quick.
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Melissa Hellrune - although she's mostly an [[Alpha Bitch]] with her eye on social advancement than anything else. And bad record of safety around magical artifacts.
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Melissa Hellrune - although she's mostly an [[Alpha Bitch]] with her eye on social advancement than anything else. And bad record of safety around magical artifacts.
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** They can be born of vampire parents and grow up, they can see themselves in mirrors.
** They can be born of vampire parents and grow up, they can see themselves in mirrors.
** No word yet on how/if they turn people though. Tiffany {{spoiler|thought she got turned from a bite, but this was quickly disproved.}}
** No word yet on how/if they turn people though. Tiffany {{spoiler|thought she got turned from a bite, but this was quickly disproved.}}
** Also, vampires can apparently feed on any living sentient creature with blood, even ifrit. Succubus blood tastes ''[[Impossibly Delicious Food|truly amazing]]'', and melusine blood, besides being cold or room-temperature, tastes "exotic".
** Also, vampires can apparently feed on any living sentient creature with blood, even ifrit. Succubus blood tastes ''[[Impossibly Delicious Food|truly amazing]]'', and melusine blood, besides being cold or room-temperature, tastes "exotic". They can also eat regular food, such as pizza.
** Nina feeds on chocolate, supposedly because she was [[When the Planets Align|born on Easter]].
** Nina feeds on chocolate, supposedly because she was [[When the Planets Align|born on Easter]].
* [[Our Werewolves Are Different]]: And, apparently, can have furry hands until after puberty.
* [[Our Werewolves Are Different]]: And, apparently, can have furry hands until after puberty.
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** [http://www.eeriecuties.com/strips-ec/beat_up_in_the_shower Ace], quite appropriately.
** [http://www.eeriecuties.com/strips-ec/beat_up_in_the_shower Ace], quite appropriately.
* [[Pyrrhic Villainy]]: The aftermath the "Operation: Breakup" fiasco cost the Hellrune Coven their status as the "Queen Bees" of Charybdis Heights and all the benefits going with said status after the headmistress [[Magick Chicks|sends them to Artemis Academy.]] [[Fate Worse Than Death|(And the headmistress thought]] [[Cruel Mercy|expelling the Coven was letting them off "TOO EASY".)]] And Mel sees that Kade got gender-bent, though it does give her a momentary [[Imagine Spot]] where she sees herself as his girlfriend IF she can undo the Orb of Tiresias' magic.
* [[Pyrrhic Villainy]]: The aftermath the "Operation: Breakup" fiasco cost the Hellrune Coven their status as the "Queen Bees" of Charybdis Heights and all the benefits going with said status after the headmistress [[Magick Chicks|sends them to Artemis Academy.]] [[Fate Worse Than Death|(And the headmistress thought]] [[Cruel Mercy|expelling the Coven was letting them off "TOO EASY".)]] And Mel sees that Kade got gender-bent, though it does give her a momentary [[Imagine Spot]] where she sees herself as his girlfriend IF she can undo the Orb of Tiresias' magic.
* [[Real After All]]: One story starts with [[Alpha Bitch| Melissa]] putting two students through a hazing ritual, telling them they have to go into a storeroom and look into a mirror for five minutes straight - this is far more terrifying than it seems, as the students have been told there’s a cursed mirror in the school that is the home of a demon, who will trap your soul within the mirror and then steal your body. However, the only “demon” they see when they look into it is Nina (or rather her reflection, as Nina came into the room to get glitter for art class). While that makes them freak, it is confirmed the mirror is just a regular mirror - and then Nina asks if they’re looking for ''that'' mirror (indicating another one, with a frame that has an evil-looking gargoyle) and ''then'' the fun starts…
* [[Really Gets Around]]: Considering he walked up to his girlfriend, covered in the lipstick from the girl he just made out with, Kade may apply.
* [[Really Gets Around]]: Considering he walked up to his girlfriend, covered in the lipstick from the girl he just made out with, Kade may apply.
* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: Eugene Delacroix. According to Nina he's older than the French romantic painter of that name, who was born in 1798.
* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: Eugene Delacroix. According to Nina he's older than the French romantic painter of that name, who was born in 1798.
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* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: Nina's hair is purple and Brooke's is green. Cessily has blue hair, [[An Ice Person|and powers to match]].
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: Nina's hair is purple and Brooke's is green. Cessily has blue hair, [[An Ice Person|and powers to match]].
** [[Word of God]] is that [[Evil Redhead|Cerise]] was going to have [http://www.pixietrixcomix.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=1323&p=214571#p214569 hair that changed color on a regular basis due to a spell she cast], but it never got used before the strip went black and white and may be a lost trait.
** [[Word of God]] is that [[Evil Redhead|Cerise]] was going to have [http://www.pixietrixcomix.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=1323&p=214571#p214569 hair that changed color on a regular basis due to a spell she cast], but it never got used before the strip went black and white and may be a lost trait.
* [[You Taste Delicious]]: Layla's mother drinks [[Lamia| Brooke's]] blood to purge the alcohol from her system, she remarks that Brooke's cold blood (as in, reptilian) is "exotic". Unfortunately, this makes Layla want to try it too...
* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]: The uniforms for Charybdis Heights have this at Class-C.
* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]: The uniforms for Charybdis Heights have this at Class-C.
* [[Zombie Apocalypse]]: Okay, they are not zombies, but [http://www.eeriecuties.com/strips-ec/seems_pretty_tame boys under the influence of an overdose of Succubus pheromones], but that doesn't stop them from invoking every [[Zombie Apocalypse]] trope in the book.
* [[Zombie Apocalypse]]: Okay, they are not zombies, but [http://www.eeriecuties.com/strips-ec/seems_pretty_tame boys under the influence of an overdose of Succubus pheromones], but that doesn't stop them from invoking every [[Zombie Apocalypse]] trope in the book.

Latest revision as of 02:47, 12 July 2023

Layla, Nina, Brooke and Chloe


Eerie Cuties is a webcomic created and drawn by Gisèle Lagacé which started on started on June 1, 2009 and follows the adventures of Layla and Nina Delacroix, two vampire sisters, at Charybdis Heights. So far they have met a French teacher with a possessed arm, a young succubus, a Catboy, a Werewolf and a masked janitor. As with her previous works, the comic is a mix of slice-of-life and sitcom set within a school atmosphere, most of the jokes being typical of a series set in high school, but in a supernatural one.

It's co-written by both Gisèle Lagacé and Dave Zero1, with colors done by Miguel Marques in the first volume. With the shift to full page black & white manga style, inks (and other inputs) by Shouri.

The Hellrune Coven got a Spin-Off strip, Magick Chicks. After her transfer to the succubi-only school (Tartarus Academy), Chloe got her own spin-off too - Dangerously Chloe.

See also character page.

Tropes used in Eerie Cuties include:

Brooke: At school, my face got all red when I saw Kade half-naked in bicycle shorts.
Layla: Well... Anybody's would've...
Brooke: A-and when I see Chloe changing in the locker room...
Layla: Oh, c'mon. Even I'm jealous of that pair.

    • Kissing Layla seems to have made her realize that she's attracted to her. She's an emotional wreck and confused out of her mind as a result and it probably doesn't help that the entire school probably knows now after Blair uploaded footage of it to his youtube. Later she mentioned her crush on Layla when she thought no one (except Blair) hears.
  • Bifauxnen: Brooke Lynn.

Ninao: Oh noes! Blair turned Brooke into a boy, too!
Brooke: I'm...I'm still a girl.
Ninao: (lifting Brooke's skirt) No, you're n- oh wait, yes, you are.
*SLAP!*

Tiffany: Mother, Father, I, Tiffany Winters, swear that I, Tiffany Winters, will make you proud.

Ace: I should be looking for a way to turn back into a - boy. Oooooh, boy...
Layla: Are you and that mirror gonna need some alone time?

    • Brooke is a victim of this when she wears Ace's old uniform. Too bad that mirror is in the middle of the boy's locker room.
  • Distracted by the Sexy:
    • The Ninaganger sure reacted strongly to a wet Kade in bike shorts.
    • The reaction Ace's father had back when Ace had to write that report during vampire history month.

Ace's Father: (Snatches Ace's textbook away) Vampires!? Is that what they're teaching you at this school!? How dare they - Who's this?
Ace: Thats the vampire queen I need to do the report on!
Ace's Father: Can Daddy help? ♥

"I don't wanna be a girl! I liked being a boy!... And my clothes don't fiiiiiiiiit!"

    • The Mind Is a Plaything of the Body: Played with by Professor Twigitt: Ace's new heterosexual attraction to boys? Genetic, apparently. Ace's equally new desire to go shopping for cute clothes? "I've never had those urges. That's just you."
    • Long-Haired Pretty Boy: Apparently, the orb of Tiresias doesn't actually change anyone's hair, so when it's done its work there's a few guys with very girly hair and a lot of girls with very boyish hair.
  • Genki Girl: Nina.
  • Genre Blindness: For being a Slayer, Tiffany has little idea of how one becomes a vampire. Or what she does in general (like what sort of a sword she grabbed).
  • Genre Savvy: Though not in the way that could help.

Tiffany: Vengeance shall be mine! Wait... Not "vengeance"... What's the one heroes get? Oh right. Justice shall be done!

Brooke: I saw you checking out his butt!
Nina: Hee hee! You said "butt"!

Cerise: Sorry! Panicked! (thought ballon: Better you than me.)

Nina: D'you kiss the snake too?

    • Also:

Nina: My sister's busy with her kitty...

Ace: That doesn't make sense.
Layla: Your face doesn't make sense!

Cess: Wouldn't it be neat if we became the school's new alpha females?
Chloe: Whatever for?
Laura: Well, someone has to!
Cess: And you don't want it to be somone stuck-up like Lay- (Layla appears behind them)
Cess and Laura: Laah!! La, la, la, we're singing a merry tune!

Blair: GIRLS! Not DISCO!

Adora: You can be a 40-year old MILF, an adorable 9-year old, or a 25-year old grad student with perky C-cups.

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