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** Lupo towards his younger siblings.
* [[Bitch Alert]]: When Miss Hit appears for the first time, it's clear she's bad news. [[Punctuated for Emphasis|Very. bad. news]].
* [[Black Comedy]]
* [[Break the Cutie]]: Frank gets put through hell in "El Perfeccionator". He recovers, though.
* [[Break the Haughty]]: Orchestrated by Frank in the first album when concerning Victor joining the gang, putting him through tests to take his ego down and integrate himself in the town. It didn't work, but Victor joins the Frank's Gang anyway.
** One could argue the whole series is trying to do this for [[Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist|Victor]].
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** The cover of the second album [http://dreamers.com/davidramirez/PortadillaMiniMonsters2.jpg confirms this].
* [[Characterization Marches On]]: A lot of the characters in the comic had shown progress and depths starting with the second album.
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: This is used a lot in the album's plot arcs.
* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: Again, also used in the story-driven albums.
* [[Close-Knit Community]]: Being a [[Quirky Town]], to put it mildly, Villa Susto fits this despite its [[Dysfunction Junction|dysfunction]].
* [[Comedic Sociopathy]]
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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Everyone in the comic has acted like this at least once.
* [[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), he [[Evil Gloating|smugly states]] he never intended to keep the bargain, and he only used him to get Frank's brains.}} Yup, what a douche.
* [[Down to the Last Play]]: {{spoiler|How the fourth album's pumpkinball match ends.}}
* [[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!
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** And then there's Mr. Abra.
* [[Fictional Sport]]: Calabacesto (Pumpkinball). It’s the main theme of the fourth album.
* [[Flanderization]]: Frank being a ([[Bungling Inventor|sort of]]) [[Gadgeteer Genius]] was merely alluded in the first album. From the second album onwards, this has become Frank's main character trait. [[Tropes Are Tools|And that is a good thing, actually]]. Same with Lupo's [[Sleepyhead|constant sleepiness]], among others.
* [[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.
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** 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]].}}
* [[Foreshadowing]]: In the second album, there are subtle and not-so-subtle hints that {{spoiler|[[Rose-Haired Girl|Henrietta]] and [[Evil Redhead|Miss Hit]] are [[Jekyll and Hyde|the same person]].}} In particular, there's {{spoiler|Miss Hit telling Frank she and Henrietta are "inseparable"}}, and more importantly, {{spoiler|their handwriting is exactly the same}}. The last one is what makes Frank discover [[The Reveal]].
** [http://www.normaeditorial.com/libros_img/01203309101_G.jpg The cover] of the fourth album foreshadows the fact {{spoiler|Frank scores [[Down to the Last Play|the winning goal]] for his team.}}
* [[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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