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Erma is a horror-comedy Web Comic by Brandon Santiago, about a child named Erma (who happens to be half-ghost) and her Genre Savvy classmates. Updates irregularly, but usually one or two strips each week (except that the last 13 days in October get a colour comic each day, followed by the strip going on hiatus in early-to-mid November). Read it at Tapas.

Tropes used in Erma include:

As You Know: In this strip, telling the readers how Our Monsters Are Different.
Character Title
Crowning Moment of Heartwarming: "Silent Night"
Literal-Minded and Comically Missing the Point:
- "Hey, Erma, you mind poking your head in through the wall and... Okay... I didn't mean it like that..."
- "I feel like going out and painting the town red!"
Mugging the Monster: in the strip "Down To Clown", a stock horror-movie Evil Clown tries to capture Erma... Have pity on the Evil Clown, because Erma didn't.
Oh Crap: The local boys might have Erma Surrounded and snowballs ready to fly, but that isn't good enough.
Paint the Town Red: Discussed after a fashion in this strip, but never actually happens.
Poltergeist: Erma, who has poltergeist powers. This makes her regular dentist trips frightening to everyone.
Shout-Out: So many that the list is now on the Trivia subpage.
Show Within a Show: "Warrior Unicorn Princess", Erma's favorite cartoon. Clearly styled after My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, complete with a nickname for fans ("wupers"). Funnily enough, Erma is exactly the target demographic of the show, but considers it a Guilty Pleasure.
- To be fair, Amy and Terry react as if they've "outgrown" the show when Sidney mentions liking it.
- Warrior Unicorn Princess has been defictionalized - a comic book is available at the Erma website.
Stringy-Haired Ghost Girl: The character designs of Erma and her mother are strongly influenced by this archetype.
Summoning Ritual: Amy tries to summon Erma to ask for notes. The summoning worked but we don't see if she actually got the notes.
Television Portal: Erma forgot her lunch.
Webcomic Time: At the start of 2018, the family left on a trip, and got Erma's babysitter Felicia to look after their pet dog Siris. Nearly three years later in Real Life, but only one week later in story time, we see the aftermath of the walk - combining Brick Joke and Noodle Incident.

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-''[[Erma]]'' is a horror-comedy [[Web Comic]] about a child named Erma (who happens to be half-ghost) and her [[Genre Savvy]] classmates. Updates Wednesdays. Read it [https://tapas.io/series/Erma here].
+''[[Erma]]'' is a horror-comedy [[Web Comic]] by Brandon Santiago, about a child named Erma (who happens to be half-ghost) and her [[Genre Savvy]] classmates. Updates irregularly, but usually one or two strips each week (except that the last 13 days in October get a colour comic each day, followed by the strip going on hiatus in early-to-mid November). Read it at [https://tapas.io/series/Erma Tapas].
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+* [[As You Know]]: In [https://tapas.io/episode/950059 this strip], telling the readers how [[Our Monsters Are Different]].
-* [[Shout-Out]]: Many of the strips titled "Erma Strip # " followed by a number have a shout-out of some sort:
+* [[Character Title]]
-** "Erma Strip # 2": Erma comforts [[Casper the Friendly Ghost|Casper]]
+* [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]]: [https://tapas.io/episode/262954 "Silent Night"]
-** "Erma Strip # 8": Erma is invited to share a school cafeteria table by [[Peanuts|Charlie Brown]]. Around the table are [[Calvin and Hobbes|Calvin]], [[Dennis the Menace US|Dennis]], and a few others that this troper does not recognize.
+* [[Literal-Minded]] and [[Comically Missing the Point]]:
-** "Erma Strip # 10": Erma gives [[Ghostbusters|Ray]] a hug.
+** [https://tapas.io/episode/532239 "Hey, Erma, you mind poking your head in through the wall and... Okay... I didn't mean it like ''that''..."]
-** "Erma Strip # 11": Only one person has worse hair than Erma - [[The Addams Family|Itt]].
+** [https://tapas.io/episode/823310 "I feel like going out and painting the town red!"]
-** "Erma Strip # 12": Erma and [[Frankenstein's Monster]] share some quality time.
+* [[Mugging the Monster]]: in the strip [https://tapas.io/episode/854723 "Down To Clown"], a stock horror-movie [[Evil Clown]] tries to capture Erma... Have pity on the Evil Clown, because Erma didn't.
-** "Erma Strip # 13": Erma gets her sci-fi franchises confused, greeting [[The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951 film)|Gort]] with a [[Star Trek|Vulcan]] salute.
+* [[Oh Crap]]: The local boys might have Erma [https://tapas.io/episode/262957 Surrounded] and snowballs ready to fly, but ''that isn't good enough.''
-** "Erma Strip # 14": [[Hocus Pocus (film)|Winnie, Mary, and Sarah]] get some help with their potion from Erma.
+* [[Paint the Town Red]]: Discussed after a fashion in [https://tapas.io/episode/823310 this strip], but never actually happens.
-** "Erma Strip # 17": [[Evil Dead|Good, bad, he's the one with a sidekick.]]
+* [[Poltergeist (trope)|Poltergeist]]: Erma, who has poltergeist powers. This makes her regular dentist trips frightening to everyone.
-** "Erma Strip # 22": [[Silent Hill]] is a theme park for Erma.
+* [[Shout-Out]]: So many that the list is now on [[Erma/Trivia|the Trivia subpage]].
-** "Erma Strip # 23": On Christmas Eve, Erma leaves cookies out for [[Krampus]].
+* [[Show Within a Show]]: "Warrior Unicorn Princess", Erma's favorite cartoon.  Clearly styled after ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'', complete with a nickname for fans ("wupers").  Funnily enough, Erma is exactly the target demographic of the show, but considers it a [[Guilty Pleasure]].
-** "Erma Strip # 24": It's a [The Texas Chainsaw Massacre|Texas snowman massacre]]!
+** To be fair, Amy and Terry [[Animation Age Ghetto|react as if they've "outgrown" the show]] when [https://tapas.io/episode/793298 Sidney mentions liking it.]
-** "Erma Strip # 27": Who's been sleeping in [[Dracula|my coffin]]?
+** ''Warrior Unicorn Princess'' has been [[defictionalized]] - a comic book is available at the ''Erma'' website.
-** "Erma Strip # 28": Erma plus [[Ghostbusters|Slimer]] plus candy store ... this can't end well.
+* [[Stringy-Haired Ghost Girl]]: The character designs of Erma and her mother are strongly influenced by this archetype.
-** "Erma Strip # 29": Erma's a [[Princess Mononoke|Kodama]]!
+* [[Summoning Ritual]]: [https://tapas.io/episode/261394 Amy tries to summon Erma to ask for notes.] The summoning worked but we don't see if she actually got the notes.
-** "Erma Strip # 30": Don't even think it, Cupid.
-** "Erma Strip # 32": Are you going to [[Peanuts|kick the ball, Charlie Brown]]?
-** "Erma Strip # 35": Erma and [[ParaNorman|Norman]] pass on a bridge. Erma's obviously been visiting [[Coraline (animation)|Coraline]].
-** "Erma Strip # 36": Erma climbs the Empire State Building, bringing her teacher along. Erma's [[Prehensile Hair]] gives her an advantage that [[King Kong (1933 film)|Kong]] never had.
-** "Erma Strip # 39": Give Erma a hand, [[mummy]].
-** "Erma Strip # 40": Camping with [[Friday the 13th (film)|the Voorhees family]].
-** "Erma Strip # 43": A day out fishing with dad... [[Classical Mythology|on the River Styx]].
-** "Erma Strip # 44": [[Lassie|Timmy]] [[Common Knowledge|didn't fall down the well; he was pushed.]]
-** "Erma Strip # 45": An almost panel-for-panel recreation of the very first ''[[Peanuts]]'' strip, with a punchline entirely appropriate for this comic.
-* [[Stringy-Haired Ghost Girl]]:  Erma's design is strongly influenced by this archetype.
-* [[Summoning Ritual]]: Amy tries to summon Erma to ask for notes. The summoning worked but we don't see if she actually got the notes.
 * [[Television Portal]]: [http://bjsinc.deviantart.com/art/Erma-Always-Remember-505402656 Erma forgot her lunch].
+* [[Webcomic Time]]: [https://tapas.io/episode/953032 At the start of 2018], the family left on a trip, and got Erma's babysitter Felicia to look after their pet dog Siris. [https://tapas.io/episode/1987829 Nearly three years later in Real Life], but only [https://tapas.io/episode/1976541 one week] later in story time, we see the aftermath of the walk - combining [[Brick Joke]] and [[Noodle Incident]].
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