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* [[All of the Other Reindeer]]: Billy and Quasim, though they have very good reasons to be in this trope.

* [[Alpha Bitch]]: Although is a male character and isn’t popular, Morty definitely fits this trope. His “girlfriend” Guillotine is more of a [[Lovable Alpha Bitch]].

* [[Amazingly Embarrassing Parents]]: If there's something [[Vitriolic Best Buds|Victor and Frank]] have in common, is that their families are embarrassing ''as hell''. In the third album's longest story, the Von Piros and the Einstein and, needless to say, it doesn't end well.

** Piruja doesn't have it as grave as the above two, but she's exasperated at her mother's constant [[Serial Romeo]] [[Anything That Moves]] behavior.

* [[An Ice Person]]: Yokai.

* [[Anchored Ship]]: Frank and Henrietta. They're the [[Official Couple]] by [[Word of God]], but several setbacks like Henrietta's [[Super Powered Evil Side|personality issues]] and both characters' insecurities prevent them from fully hooking up.

* [[Anti-Villain]]: Guillotine is a Type I: She's very rude and mean to others, but shows her softest side with Piruja, being like an older sister to her. She will do anything to make her happy, such as hooking her with Victor, no matter how mean and sadistic are her ways. Mienai and Skin are a Type IV, with Mienai being also a Type II.

* [[Badass Crew]]: Frank’s gang can be this when it’s convenient. [[Failure Hero|Or, at least, they try]].

* [[Be Careful What You Wish For]]: In one story, Frank wanted a pet like his friends Victor and Piruja. He got it, of course... a [[Living Poo]]. Yay?

* [[Be Careful What You Wish For]]: In one story, Frank wanted a pet like his friends Victor and Piruja. He got it, of course... a [[Talking Poo|Living Poo]]. Ugh... Yay?

* [[Beta Couple]]: [[The Sociopath|Morty]] and [[Perky Goth|Guillotine]], weirdly enough. They may be [[Unholy Matrimony|huge jackasses]], but are definitely more stable than [[All Love Is Unrequited|Victor/Piruja]] and [[Will They or Won't They?|Frank/Henrietta]].

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: The Frank’s gang are good most of the time, but mess with them and they will kick your ass, or at least try to do so.

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** And then there's Mr. Abra.

* [[Fictional Sport]]: Calabacesto (Pumpkinball). It’s the main theme of the fourth album.

* [[Foil]]: Many examples.

** While Victor has potential ones in [[Gadgeteer Genius|Frank]] and [[Sleepyhead|Lupo]], the one who fits it best is Billy. Victor is a [[Spoiled Brat|well-groomed]] [[Jerkass]] [[Perpetual Frowner]], while Billy is a [[The Pig Pen|perpetually dirty]] and [[The Pollyanna|cheerful]] [[Nice Guy]]. This is driven home in the fourth album: {{spoiler|Victor has been in the two gangs, but is a complete prick to both of them, causing the others to wave between barely tolerating him and outright hating his guts. Billy doesn't (and doesn't want to) belong to neither of the two gangs, yet he's friendly to both, which makes him more well-liked (the Frank's Gang even consider him [[The Reliable One]] due to this)}}. The only thing they have in common is their [[All of the Other Reindeer]] status, and even that is played in different ways.

** [[The Hero|Frank's Gang]] and [[The Rival|Morty's Gang]]. The former may seem like a dysfunctional [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]] (and they ''are''), but they're also a [[True Companions|close-knit group of friends]] who have a strong sense of [[The Power of Friendship|teamwork]] when things are tough. The latter may seem like a cool [[Gang of Bullies]] in the surface, but deep down are a complete mess, with its members [[Teeth-Clenched Teamwork|only united over their dislike of the Frank's Gang]], and [[A House Divided|utterly failing]] at working together. This is best shown in the fourth album with their respective Pumpkinball teams.

** Their respective leaders, Frank and Morty, also contrast with each other, and it shows with their influence making their teams what they are. Their contrasting natures are better shown through [[Spoiled Brat|Victor]] in the fourth album: Frank acts like a [[Tough Love|tough]] [[Big Brother Mentor]] towards him and they constantly [[Vitriolic Best Buds|exchange insults]], yet Frank ultimately cares for him, {{spoiler|even wanting him back to his gang after his betrayal}}. Morty [[Faux Affably Evil|acts friendly]] towards Victor at first, even having a conversation over their mutual dislike for Frank, but it's clear Morty doesn't give a rat's ass about him, {{spoiler|and is only manipulating him to get Frank's brains.}}

** [[Justified Trope]] with {{spoiler|Henrietta and Miss Hit, as they're [[Jekyll and Hyde|two sides of the same coin]].}}

* [[The Friend Nobody Likes]]: Victor is this to the Frank's gang (Except [[Hopeless Suitor|Piruja]]), only admitted because of pity. Frank even tells him this to his face.

** Piruja was portrayed as this in the first album, with the others only hanging out with her due to her clinginess. By the second album onwards, though, she's shown to be [[True Companions|a cherished friend]] to them.

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* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: ''Dear God.''

* [[Hair of Gold]]: Frank is blonde, and he’s a very nice person. [[Beware the Nice Ones|Most of the time]].

** And then there's [[The Pollyanna|Billy]].

* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]: Victor's main trait besides his narcissism.

{{quote|'''Victor''': ''*holding a stick*'' I think it's time to someone to lose his milk teeth...}}

* [[Hate Sink]]: [[The Brute|Quasim]]. Since the true antagonists (and recurring jerks) have some kind of quality that prevents them from becoming truly hated, he very much serves to take the reader's wrath.

* [[Hate Sink]]: [[The Brute|Quasim]].

* [[Heroic Self-Deprecation]]: Despite seeming otherwise, it turns out Frank's opinion of himself is total crap.

** How much? We have this exchange in the second album:

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** Played with Billy Rotten. "Rotten" means "dirty"/"putrid", [[The Pig Pen|which he is]]. However, its other meaning is "morally corrupt"/"despicable", [[Nice Guy|which he isn't at all]].

* [[Jerkass]]: This comic is filled by jerks, with some ones [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|showing better traits under that exterior]] and others... well... [[Jerk with a Heart of Jerk|don't]]. [[Manipulative Bastard|Morty]] and [[The Bully|Quasim]] are definitely the worst.

* [[Kafka Comedy]]: Hell yes. It doesn't matter if you're sympathetic or not, [[Comedic Sociopathy]] will be served.

* [[Karma Houdini]]: Quasim, due to his [[The Bully|intimidating nature]], doesn't get much comeuppance for his awful actions, especially in the first album. The second album, however, [[Karma Houdini Warranty|gives him some well-deserved punishment]].

** In the second album, [[Perky Goth|Guillotine]] mentions her boyfriend [[Alpha Bitch|Morty]] skips school constantly, getting away with it [[Screw the Rules, I Have Connections|due to being the son of the school's principal]].

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** {{spoiler|In the [[All Just a Dream]] story,}} Henrietta makes Lupo experience one of this to expel Victor, since he accidentally ate him when he was transformed into a sandwich (don't ask). [[Sleepyhead|He falls asleep in the middle of it]].

* [[Potty Failure]]: Frank has one in one of the third album's stories. Given what he was looking at, you'll probably [[Bring My Brown Pants|piss yourself too]].

** One of these gives "birth" to Frank's pet [[~~Living~~ Poo|Caca Einstein]]. Yeah...

** One of these gives "birth" to Frank's pet [[Talking Poo|Caca Einstein]]. Yeah...

* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: As a group, The Frank's gang (Blue) towards Morty's gang (Red).

* [[Rotating Protagonist]]: Although Victor is the lead character, the story focuses on other characters as well.

* [[Sadist Show]]

* [[Screams Like a Little Girl]]: When Victor and Gus have to face a giant monster, Gus is terrified and Victor tells him to stop screaming like a little girl, since he can stop him (due to his new abilities). However, he fails to do this ~~(obviously)~~ and the monster defends himself with a giant rock. Cue [[Oh Crap]] situation.

* [[Screams Like a Little Girl]]: When Victor and Gus have to face a giant monster, Gus is terrified and Victor tells him to stop screaming like a little girl, since he can stop him (due to his new abilities). However, he fails to do this and the monster defends himself with a giant rock. Cue [[Oh Crap]] situation.

{{quote|'''Gus''': V-Victor, can we scream l-like little girls now?

'''Victor''': ''*running away*'' [[~~Big~~ ~~Yes~~|YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!!!!]]}}

'''Victor''': ''*running away*'' [[This Is Gonna Suck|YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!!!!]]}}

* [[She Is Not My Girlfriend]]: A [[~~Running~~ ~~Gag]]~~ ~~between~~ ~~Frank~~ ~~and~~ ~~Henrietta~~.

* [[She Is Not My Girlfriend]]: Between Frank and Henrietta. [[Everyone Can See It|Neither the characters nor the readers believe it]].

* [[Slapstick Knows No Gender]]

* [[Sleepyhead]]: Lupo '''IS''' this trope so far, exceeding the absurdity limit. Also a Running Gag of the comic.

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* [[Welcome Back, Traitor]]: {{spoiler|Victor}} in the fourth album.

* [[Wham! Episode]]: "El Perfeccionator" is considered to be this.

* [[Wham! Line]]: In the second album, we have this ~~line~~, which sets a notable [[Mood Whiplash]] and things become [[Serious Business]] (This doesn't quit the comedic elements totally, though).

* [[Wham! Line]]: In the second album, we have this, which sets a notable [[Mood Whiplash]] and things become [[Serious Business]] (This doesn't quit the comedic elements totally, though).

{{quote|'''Frank''': [[Rose-Haired Girl|She]] came to see me... That means she cares! I wonder when I could see her again...

{{quote|'''Miss Hit'''/{{spoiler|'''Henrietta'''}}: You've been slow to realize... {{spoiler|''*switches to her Henrietta persona*''}} ...Frank.}}

{{spoiler|Henrietta slowly [[Jekyll and Hyde|transforms]] into [[Super-Powered Evil Side|Miss Hit]]}}

** {{spoiler|It was revealed previously to the viewer (And before, it was an obvious reveal), but not the main characters, so it's quite shocking [[In-Universe]].}}

{{spoiler|'''Miss Hit''': If everything goes well... '''never'''.}}

* [[With Friends Like These...]]: Victor has this relationship with Frank's Gang. And ''everyone else'', really.

** Even worse is the entire Morty's gang.