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* [[Angel -Devil Shipping]]: Put someone who is in the Frank’s gang (angels) with someone in the Morty’s gang (devils), and you get this.
* [[Awesome Ego]]: Victor and Morty. Frank can also count.
* [[Catharsis Factor]]: Every time [[Redheaded Bully|Quasim]] gets his just desserts for his [[The Bully|bullying behavior]] and generally being an [[Hate Sink|unlikable character]]. [[Evil Redhead|Miss Hit]] knocking him out twice in the second album is a standing example of this.
* [[Base Breaker]]: Victor. Fan opinion splits between those who plainly love him, those who think he's an hilarious [[Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist]], and those who consider him an utter [[The Scrappy|scrappy]].
** In the fourth album, after all the atrocities [[The Sociopath|Morty]] has done in order to win the Pumpkinball match and acting like a [[Smug Snake|smug little shit]] all the while, {{spoiler|seeing his utter defeat and subsequent [[Humiliation Conga]]}} is extremely satisfying.
* [[Cliché Storm]]: The fourth album has the plot of every sports movie ever in a nutshell. [[Tropes Are Tools|This isn't a bad thing in the least]], thanks to the comic's surreal humor and some unexpected twists thrown in, making the album an [[Affectionate Parody]].
* [[Crazy Awesome]]: Frank. Just... Frank.
* [[Crosses the Line Twice]]: ''Always''.
* [[Cult Classic]]: Isn't really known outside of its own country, but many people who read and, in some cases, grew up with it absolutely love it.
* [[Draco in Leather Pants]]: Morty embodies this trope. Due to his style and hilarious behavior, some forget how much of a [[The Sociopath|sociopathic]] [[Enfante Terrible|kid]] he is.
** Victor himself is a downplayed example. He's not evil ''per se'', but he's still an unrepentant [[Jerkass]] [[Spoiled Brat]]. Fandom downplays his more unpleasant qualities.
* [[Dude, Not Funny]]: The third album's story about Skin and bulimia jokes can be considered this. Either that, or an example of [[Crosses the Line Twice]].
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: [[Gadgeteer Genius|Frank]] became the comic's [[Breakout Character]] due to being this.
** [[The Pig Pen|Billy Rotten]]. He may not have as much spotlight as the others, but [[Nice Guy|his]] [[The Pollyanna|personality]] has made him very well-liked.
* [[Evil Is Cool]]: The "Muerte Chunga" team uniforms in the fourth album. This is acknowledged [[In-Universe]], with Momses wishing Guillotine would have made them their uniforms too. Considering his team's overly pink, strawberry uniform, it's not without reason.
** Morty is considered this in general. As doesis Miss Hit.
* [[Foe Yay]]: Morty seems a little too [[Villainous Crush|obsessed]] with Frank. True, he's after his brains, but the way he goes about it is... questionable, to say the least.
* [[Foe Yay]]: Any couple listed in [[Angel Devil Shipping]], mostly Frank/Morty, Lupo/Skin and Gus/Quasim.
** In the "Todo Minimonsters" [https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DrkacWpXcAAD6FV.jpg cover], we can see him [[Perverted Drooling|drooling]] over him. While one of his eyes is staring at his brains, the loose one looks like he's looking [[Male Gaze|somewhere else]].
* [[Funny|Funny Moments]]: The entire comic. No kidding.
* [[Growing the Beard]]: While the first album ("El Veneno de Porcelana"/"The Porcelain Poison") was already pretty good, the second album ("The Perfeccionator") proves to be this due to the increase in quality, better storyline and amounts of characterization on the main and secondary characters.
* [[Ho Yay]]: LotsQuite ofa itbit.
* [[It Was His Sled]]: {{spoiler|Miss Hit is Henrietta's evil alter-ego}}. It was so painfully obvious not even ''the album itself'' tries to hide it.
** In the fourth album, {{spoiler|Victor betrays the Frank's Gang and joins Morty's Gang for a while}}. Again, the album's cover and description spoils it.
* [[Jerkass Woobie]]: Victor Von Piro has shades of this. He’s undeniably a [[Spoiled Brat|spoiled]] [[Jerkass|jerk]] who treats everyone like total crap and only thinks about himself, doing such things like {{spoiler|helping the villain to achieve his goal and betraying his own friends by joining their rival's gang}}. However, those things were done to come back to his former home Miedópolis, failing in both cases. Also, his life ''really'' sucks, if you think about it: He has a [[Amazingly Embarrassing Parent|very embarrassing family]], is a [[Lonely Rich Kid]] who has [[No Social Skills]]; and, to top it all off, he's pretty much the universe's [[The Chew Toy|punching bag]] (although he sometimes deserves it). You wantHard to punch him in the face for being such a jerk, but alsonot feel sorrybad for the guy, or at least understand him a bit bettersometimes.
** To say nothing on Miss Hit. Sure, she's a queen bitch, but {{spoiler|being the [[Super-Powered Evil Side]] of Henrietta}}, is not like she ''[[Tragic Villain|choosed]]'' to be that. {{spoiler|Her [[Freak-OutVillainous BSOD]] after discovering her true self is still Henrietta}} only remarks her woobie-ness.
** Add to that list [[The Hunter|Flan Hellsing]]. A monster hunter, he's absolutely pathetic and, deep down, [[Jaded Washout|he knows it]].
** [[Dem Bones|Skin]] is usually a dick, but he has an [[Abusive Parents|abusive mom]] who outright prefers [[The Cutie|Gus over him]]. Not to mention, like [[The Woobie|Mienai]], he gets put through hell.
* [[Love to Hate]]: Victor, Morty, Rattus Sapiens, Miss Hit and Flan Hellsing. They range from being standard jerks to outright villains, but damn if they're not hilarious or awesome.
* [[Just Here for Godzilla]]: Meta-example. Many bought the ¡Dibus! magazine just for this comic alone, being the most successful by far.
* [[Love to Hate]]: Victor, Morty, Rattus Sapiens, Miss Hit and Flan Hellsing. They range from being standard jerks to outright villains, but damn if they're not hilarious or awesome. Or both at the same time.
* [[Memetic Mutation]]: Due to the "Gaysper" meme, David Ramírez posted [https://twitter.com/DavidRamirezRos/status/1122756423044272128 his version] featuring [[Bedsheet Ghost|Gus]], which did not go unnoticed by the fandom.
* [[Moe]]: Basically every minimonster, but [[Bedsheet Ghost|Gus]] takes the cake.
* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: Morty Vivente was never a nice guy to begin with, but when {{spoiler|he hires a minimonster-eater giant spider to eat Piruja and her mom just to ensure the Frank's Gang's defeat}}, ithe showstruly hisproves trueto sociopathybe the town's resident [[The Sociopath|sociopath]]. Made all the worse when you take into account {{spoiler|Piruja is his girlfriend's ''best friend''.}}
** He crossed it earlier by {{spoiler|making Victor clean the town's local dump, soputting Billy and his family wouldout getof extremelycomission sick,by preventingmaking BillyVictor fromclean beingthe usedtown asdump, all for a replacementpumpkinball game.}}
* [[Nightmare Fuel]]: There's ''hell of a lot'' in this series, along with [[Nausea Fuel]].
* [[The Scrappy]]: While most of the characters have some certain [[Love It or Hate It]] vibes, youYou'll be hard-pressed to find someone who likes [[The Bully|Quasim]], an ugly, [[Dumb Muscle|stupid]], painfully unfunny [[Jerkass|douchebag]] whom [[Karma Houdini|rarely pays for his actions]]. The fact his favourite victims are [[The Cutie|Gus]] and [[Ridiculously Cute Critter|Lupo's little siblings]] only makes him even more hated. He's so unlikeable that when [[Super-Powered Evil Side|Miss Hit]] gives him a [[Megaton Punch]] ''twice'' in the second album, it comes as a [[And There Was Much Rejoicing|glorious]] and awesome [[Take That Scrappy|Take That, Scrappy!]] moment, [[Karma Houdini Warranty|finally getting some comeuppance for his actions]]. To be fair, he's also this trope [[In-Universe]] (making him more of a [[Hate Sink]]), but the fact he's still unfunny in a comic like this grates to a lot of fans.
* [[Squick]]: A lot, considering [[Toilet Humor|the kind]] [[Crosses the Line Twice|of humor]] the author uses. [[The Pig Pen|Billy]] in particular is a recurring fountain of these moments, both from the characters and the readers.
** To be fair, he's also this trope [[In-Universe]], which makes him more of a [[Hate Sink]]. Still, he qualifies for this trope due to the moments when he's present being the weakest parts of the comic.
* [[Take That, Scrappy!]]: [[The Scrappy|Quasim]] may be many things, but a [[Creator's Pet]] '''ain't''' one of them. Frank's mocking imitation of him (As OOC it seems [[Characterization Marches On|later on]]) in the first album is basically saying what the readers are thinking, while Miss Hit decking him '''twice''' in the second was a fully appreciated [[Catharsis Factor]] for someone who is usually a [[Karma Houdini]].
** Frank's older sister Francesca is also not very well-liked due to being an insufferable [[Bratty Teenage Daughter]]. Thankfully, she's a very minor character, so it's not as grave.
* [[Toy Ship]]: All canon and non-canon Minimonster pairings, most of them being [[Ho Yay]].
* [[Ugly Cute]]: Every Minimonster is cute, but Piruja takes this trope [[Up to Eleven|to a whole new level]].
** Frank's new pet, [https://scontent-mad1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/10288797_708206722574819_8003790404350207866_n.jpg?oh=305fe12eb93947156eb4873f29906efc&oe=58A9884E Caca Einstein]. Never a [[Talking Poo|Living Poo]] looked so adorable.
* [[Unpopular Popular Character]]: Victor Von Piro. Hated In-Universe, loved (or at least more liked) by the fandom.
* [[The Woobie]]: In Mini Monsters, mostMost characters have moments, but these are the most prominent ones:
** The most straight-up example is Gus. Despite his cuteness, he's treated like crap by most of the characters. Although it's [[Played for Laughs]] (mostly), the fact that it's '''GUS''' is the main [[Butt Monkey]] (If we don’t count Victor) makes you feel sorry for him.
** Frank is a huge one, as revealed in "El Perfeccionator". It makes his [[Break the Cutie]] process in there really hard to watch. That said, he's also an [[Iron Woobie]].
** Lupo comes from a very poor background, has to take care of his siblings at a young age, and he's frequently insulted for this (In particular, his [[Jerkass|asshat]] of a [[With Friends Like These...|"friend"]] [[Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist|Víctor]]). With a situation like this, [[Stepford Snarker|it's no wonder he's so snippy]].
** Poor, poor Henrietta. Being an [[Ill Girl]] who can't goget out homeof her house most of the time {{spoiler|and having [[Super-Powered Evil Side|Miss Hit]] as an alter-ego}} is really, really sad. Hell, her introductory scene is of her ''[[Cry Cute|crying]]'' in a corner! She does get better, but still.
** Mienai may not be a saint, but he doesdefinitely notdoesn't deserve quite as much crap as [[Jerkass|his teammates]] do, much less being the gang's [[Butt Monkey|punching bag]] (''Especially'' [[The Sociopath|Morty]]'s) [[Butt Monkey|punching bag]]. The fact [[Token Good Teammate|he's the nicest and most pleasant member of the group]] just makes it worse. The only reason he isn't a [[Jerkass Woobie]] is because his jerkass tendencies are pale in comparison to the other characters, and may not even be ''[[Jerkass Facade|genuine]]'' to begin with.
** Billy usually averts this thanks to his [[The Pollyanna|pollyannahappy-go-lucky]] disposition, but becomes this in the fourth album. {{spoiler|He becomes [[Manipulative Bastard|Morty's]] [[Unwitting Pawn]] by letting Morty's Gang clean the dumpster and make him and his family entirely sick, all of this to ensure Morty's victory over Frank's Gang.}}
* [[What Do You Mean It's for Kids?]]: Seriously, with all the [[Toilet Humour]], [[Black Comedy]] and sexual innuendo, it’s surprising that isit's still considered for kids.
 
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