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* [[All-Ghouls School]]: Villa Susto’s local school. It’s a monster town, so…

* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]: [[Cute Witch|Piruja]] and [[Perky Goth|Guillotine]]. Piruja has a deep crush on [[Spoiled Brat|Victor]], who doesn't give a crap about her and considers her an [[Abhorrent Admirer]]. Meanwhile, Guillotine is currently dating the [[The Sociopath|sociopathic]] zombie [[The Rival|Morty Vivente]] (Granted, she's not exactly innocent, but ''still''...). By contrast, [[Rose-Haired Girl|Henrietta]] completely [[Averted Trope|averts]] this, following the [[Single Woman Seeks Good Man]] trope by falling for the [[Nice Guy|endearingly nice]] [[Gadgeteer Genius|Frank]].

* [[All Just a Dream]]: {{spoiler|The ~~story~~ in ~~which~~ ~~Victor~~ ~~experiences~~ ~~multiple~~ ~~transformations~~}} turns out to be this.

* [[All Just a Dream]]: {{spoiler|The "Una Noche de Pesadilla" (A Nightmare Story) story}} turns out to be this.

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

* [[All There in the Manual]]: There's several information about the characters and setting that isn't present in the comics.

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* [[Armor-Piercing Question]]: In "El Perfeccionator", [[Gadgeteer Genius|Frank]] has just recovered from his previous [[Heroic BSOD]] and is ready to fulfill his duties once again. [[The Starscream|Victor]] tries to stop him by telling him he's a much better leader, only for Frank to absolutely disarm him when he asks him why.

* [[Ass Shove]]: A [[Running Gag]] in the fourth album regarding Morty.

* [[The Bad Guy Wins]]: An ''epic'' (if [[Tear Jerker|heartbreaking]]) subversion. {{spoiler|Miss Hit seemingly succeeded in using the Perfeccionator and "killing" Henrietta. Then she looks at the truth mirror to see [[Awful Truth|Henrietta is her true, superior self, making all her plans]] [[All for Nothing]].}}

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

* [[Badass Crew]]: Frank’s gang can be this when it’s convenient.

* [[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?

* [[Because You Were Nice to Me]]: The reason why Henrietta fell for Frank is because he helped her when she needed it most. {{spoiler|Namely, stopping her [[Super Powered Evil Side]] from causing more harm to the town.}} His general [[Nice Guy]] attitude just drives this home further.

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** Lupo towards his younger siblings.

* [[Birds of a Feather]]:

** Frank and Henrietta: Both are [[Nice Guy|nice people]] who genuinely want to help others, yet their methods (his inventions for Frank, her pills for Henrietta) of helping end up usually backfiring. They also struggle with [[Self-Deprecation|self-loathing]] due to complexes ~~about~~ their bodies (Frank with his body image, Henrietta with her {{spoiler|[[Split Personality]]}}). Fittingly enough, they're both [[Twice Shy]] about their crushes on one another.

** Frank and Henrietta: Both are [[Nice Guy|nice people]] who genuinely want to help others, yet their methods (his inventions for Frank, her pills for Henrietta) of helping end up usually backfiring. They also struggle with [[Self-Deprecation|self-loathing]] due to complexes regarding their bodies (Frank with his body image, Henrietta with her {{spoiler|[[Split Personality]]}}). Fittingly enough, they're both [[Twice Shy]] about their crushes on one another.

** Lupo and Nieve both come from humble backgrounds, tend to [[Troll|screw people over]], and can be quite sarcastic; yet they're [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|genuinely good people]] who will do anything for their friends.

* [[Bitch Alert]]: When Miss Hit appears for the first time, it's clear she's bad news. [[Punctuated for Emphasis|Very. bad. news]].

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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Everyone in the comic has acted like this at least once. [[Sleepyhead|Lupo]] is pretty much the king of this trope.

* [[Did You Actually Believe?]]: In the fourth album. {{spoiler|When Victor asks for the deal Morty and him made (joining his gang in exchange for tickets to Miedópolis), they [[Evil Gloating|smugly state]] they never intended to keep the bargain, and only used him to piss off Frank and get his brains.}} Douches.

* [[Double Standard Abuse (Female on Male)|Double Standard: Abuse; Female on Male]]: Subverted. Miss Hit decking Frank is [[Played for Laughs]], but at no point this is seen as admirable or justifiable, and Miss Hit is clearly portrayed as a psychopath. The fact the series applies [[Slapstick Knows No Gender]] only furthers the subversion.

* [[Down to the Last Play]]: {{spoiler|How the fourth album's pumpkinball match ends.}} Being an [[Affectionate Parody]] of sports movies, what did you expect?

* [[Dressing as the Enemy]]: Played with hilariously in the first album, when Victor dresses himself as a beetle in order to trick Rattus Sapiens.

{{quote|'''Victor''': Stop complaining and kneel... AT THE BEETLE GOD!

'''Rattus Sapiens''': The Beetle God [[Comically Missing the Point|GOES IN UNDERWEAR?!]]}}

* [[Dude, Not Funny]]: Henrietta's reaction to Mienai poking fun at [[Split Personality|split personalities]] in "Una Noche de Pesadilla".

* [[Dysfunction Junction]]

* [[Extreme Omnivore]]: Lupo and Skin, especially the former.

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

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

* [[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]]. 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. He does have [[Pet the Dog]] moments, though.

* [[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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* [[Humans Are the Real Monsters]]: Taken Up to Eleven. In this comic, humans are the "monsters", and the monsters "humans".

** [[Humans Are Bastards]]: The monsters definitely view them this way.

* [[Humans Through Alien Eyes]]: The series takes from the monsters' perspective, and their vision of humanity [[Humans Are the Real Monsters|is very negative, to say the least]].

* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: A staple of the comic. A concrete example would be in " El Perfeccionator", when Gus doesn't join the Gang in their confrontation against [[Big Bad|Miss Hit]]:

{{quote|'''[[Dirty Coward|Victor]]''': What a coward!

'''[[Deadpan Snarker|Lupo]]''': [[Lampshade Hanging|Look who's talking]].}}

* [[Inferiority Superiority Complex]]: [[Gadgeteer Genius|Frank]], [[Super-Powered Evil Side|Miss Hit]] and [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain|Flan Hellsing]] all show this trope to varying degrees. This is also ~~suggested~~ with Victor~~, although he usually only qualifies in the "superiority" part~~.

* [[Inferiority Superiority Complex]]: [[Gadgeteer Genius|Frank]], [[Super-Powered Evil Side|Miss Hit]] and [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain|Flan Hellsing]] all show this trope to varying degrees. This is also implied with Victor.

* [[Intelligible Unintelligible]]: Momses talks in mummy, and only his closest friends and family can understand him. Lupo and Frank usually translate what he says to the other people.

* [[Ironic Name]]: Piruja’s black cat, “Buena Suerte”, which means “good luck” in Spanish. [[Sarcasm Mode|Riiiight]].

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** In the fourth, [[Beware the Nice Ones|Robert Louis]] punishing [[Gang of Bullies|Morty's Gang]] for cheating in an over-the-top way.

** In the fifth album, Frank explains to Momses he's repairing an invention to save Victor from his disastrous new invention. Once hearing this, Momses happily breaks it, clearly wanting Victor to suffer. While Frank doesn't deserve that, Victor ''definitely'' does, especially considering {{spoiler|his betrayal}} in the previous album (which [[Fridge Brilliance|explains]] why Frank didn't get angry at Momses from doing so).

* [[Kick Them While They Are Down]]: In the second album, [[Break the Cutie|Frank]] has an [[Heroic BSOD|emotional]] [[Tender Tears|breakdown]] over Henrietta's perceived rejection of him. Cue [[Gang of Bullies|Morty's Gang]] laughing and mocking him for this. Thank God [[True Companions|Lupo and Momses]] were there to defend and comfort him~~, respectively~~.

* [[Kick Them While They Are Down]]: In the second album, [[Break the Cutie|Frank]] has an [[Heroic BSOD|emotional]] [[Tender Tears|breakdown]] over Henrietta's perceived rejection of him. Cue [[Gang of Bullies|Morty's Gang]] laughing and mocking him for this. Thank God [[True Companions|Lupo and Momses]] were there to defend and comfort him.

* [[The Klutz]]: Momses. He doesn't have Buena Suerte’s "luck", but he’s extremely clumsy due to his physical strength.

{{quote|'''Victor''': ''*after Momses destroys Frank’s invention*'' AAAAH! WHAT’S WRONG WITH THIS GUY?!

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** Morty's face expresses this perfectly in the fourth album when {{spoiler|Frank shoots and scores the winning goal}}.

** [[Ill Girl|Henrietta]] has one when she realizes she has to sit with [[The Pig Pen|Billy]].

* [[OOC Is Serious Business]]: Just to show how severe Frank's [[Heroic BSOD]] is in the second album, when Gus tells him [[The Starscream|Victor]] plans to replace him as leader of the gang, Frank just tells him a simple "ok", upsetting Gus greatly. He recovers soon after, though.

** Victor himself is usually a [[Dirty Coward]] [[It's All About Me|who only helps out of self-interest]], yet the whole abduction/{{spoiler|[[Split Personality]]}} case in the second album is so great he joins the gang in taking down [[Big Bad|Miss Hit]] and save the others ''with no ulterior motives whatsoever''. Also counts as a [[Pet the Dog]].

** Lupo is usually a very calm guy (often [[Sleepyhead|too calm]]), but in the fifth album, [[Sticky Fingers|Nieve]]'s [[Troll|trolling]] is so great he actually gets ''[[Unstoppable Rage|angry]]'' and tries to fight her. Even Victor, [[Fur Against Fang|whom he has a very intense rivalry with]], only gets [[The Snark Knight|vicious snark]] ''at worst''.

* [[Pet the Dog]]: Guillotine trying to help Piruja in conquering Victor (with underhanded methods, but still), shows her [[Hidden Heart of Gold]] behind her bitchiness.

** Victor gets a huge one at the end of the second album, by joining Frank, Lupo and Piruja in confronting Miss Hit and save everyone. Considering he has spent the entire album being a prickly coward, and how lowly he thinks about the people in Villa Susto, this surprisingly selfless act may be the greatest example of this trope in the comic.

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** In the third album's longer story, Frank suffers one. As to how it ends... well, see below.

** {{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 ([[It Makes Sense in Context|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 [[Body Horror|what he was looking at]], you'll probably [[Bring My Brown Pants|piss yourself too]].

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

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

** Lupo invokes this to get out of [[An Ice Person|Nieve]]'s ice prison.

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** In "The Monster Hunter", we have [[Shipper on Deck|Piruja]] lampshading the [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]] trope regarding [[Sleepyhead|Lupo]] and [[Sticky Fingers|Nieve]], who react like this. Again, [[Sarcasm Mode|totally credible, guys]].

* [[Slapstick Knows No Gender]]

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

* [[Sleepyhead]]: Lupo '''IS''' this trope so far, exceeding the absurdity limit.

** One hilarious example of this:

{{quote|'''Lupo''': Frank, help me! When I try to remember, I see everything black!

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** [[The Heart]]: Gus.

** [[The Chick]]: Piruja.

** [[Sixth Ranger]]: Victor, who also ~~can~~ be [[The Lancer]]. {{spoiler|Briefly a [[Sixth Ranger Traitor]] in the fourth book.}}

** [[Sixth Ranger]]: Victor, who also fits as [[The Lancer]]. {{spoiler|Briefly a [[Sixth Ranger Traitor]] in the fourth book.}}

* [[Three Amigos]]: The main characters [[Spoiled Brat|Victor]], [[Gadgeteer Genius|Frank]] and [[Cute Witch|Piruja]].

* [[Toilet Humour]]: The comic has a lot of this, mixed with Spanish humor and [[Black Comedy]]. Well, considering the author's sense of humor is based on [[Akira Toriyama]]'s...