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* [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]]: [https://tapas.io/episode/262954 "Silent Night"]
* [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]]: [https://tapas.io/episode/262954 "Silent Night"]
* [[Literal-Minded]] and [[Comically Missing the Point]]: [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''..."]
* [[Literal-Minded]] and [[Comically Missing the Point]]: [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''..."]
* [[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.''
* [[Shout-Out]]: Many of the strips titled "Erma Strip # " followed by a number have a shout-out of some sort:
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** "Erma Strip # 2": Erma comforts [[Casper the Friendly Ghost|Casper]]
** "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.
** "Erma Strip # 10": Erma gives [[Ghostbusters|Ray]] a hug.
** "Erma Strip # 11": Only one person has worse hair than Erma - [[The Addams Family|Itt]].
** "Erma Strip # 12": Erma and [[Frankenstein's Monster]] share some quality time.
** "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.
** "Erma Strip # 14": [[Hocus Pocus (film)|Winnie, Mary, and Sarah]] get some help with their potion from Erma.
** "Erma Strip # 17": [[Evil Dead|Good, bad, he's the one with a sidekick.]]
** "Erma Strip # 22": [[Silent Hill]] is a theme park for Erma.
** "Erma Strip # 23": On Christmas Eve, Erma leaves cookies out for [[Krampus]].
** "Erma Strip # 24": It's a [[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre|Texas snowman massacre]]!
** "Erma Strip # 27": Who's been sleeping in [[Dracula|my coffin]]?
** "Erma Strip # 28": Erma plus [[Ghostbusters|Slimer]] plus candy store ... this can't end well.
** "Erma Strip # 29": Erma's a [[Princess Mononoke|Kodama]]!
** [https://tapas.io/episode/285650 "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.
** While the family is [http://bjsinc.deviantart.com/art/Erma-One-Last-Place-534250547 out looking for a pet], they happen to park next to the Mystery Machine from [[Scooby-Doo]].
** The [http://bjsinc.deviantart.com/art/Erma-Secret-Reading-551357199 comic book store] has [[Calvin and Hobbes]], [[Steven Universe]], and [[Tales from the Cryptkeeper]] issues on display.
** The [http://bjsinc.deviantart.com/art/Erma-May-I-Have-This-Dance-553152423 Halloween(?) dance] includes couples dressed as [[Frankenstein's Monster]] and [[Bride of Frankenstein|his bride]], Gomez and Morticia [[The Addams Family|Addams]], [[The Nightmare Before Christmas|Jack Skellington and Sally]], [[The Phantom of the Opera]] and Christine, Chuckie and Tiffany (from ''[[Child's Play (film)|Child's Play]]''), and Victor Van Dort and Emily (from ''[[Corpse Bride]]''). (Of course, given that the world of ''Erma'' has no small amount of magic in it, some of those couples might be the real deal.)
** [https://tapas.io/episode/584452 "The Rats in the School Walls Part 20"]: The answers in the security guard's crossword puzzle are [[Army of Darkness|"Klaatu", "Barada", and .. we know it's an "N" word.]]
* [[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]].
* [[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]].
* [[Stringy-Haired Ghost Girl]]: Erma's design is strongly influenced by this archetype.
* [[Stringy-Haired Ghost Girl]]: Erma's design is strongly influenced by this archetype.

Revision as of 02:24, 9 August 2017

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. Read it at https://tapas.io/series/Erma

Tropes used in Erma include:
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