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** Lampshaded in one story when a kid wanted his father to get him a green elephant. When the father let him play with Thunder, the kid was disappointed {{spoiler|since he wanted Thunder to ripen}}.

** There's also the show-off dog that occasionally shows up on Blu's comics, Glu (Bugu), who is yellow and shaped like an egg. Oh my.

** [[Word of Gay]], somewhat.

** In the site listed in Memetic Mutation, Bucky, who has a girlfriend but is in waaaay too many embarrassing moments. And Curly.

* [[Flanderization]]: Sooo much in the late years (since the last decade, or even right at the end of [[The Nineties]]). The kids are much more hyperactive and have some traits amped up so as to come across as almost negative - for example, having the resident [[Big Eater]] flying into a frenzy at the slightest mention of anything food-related, and using Sunny's perceived "lack of notability" to make him the all-around [[Butt Monkey]] (something he was '''never''' known for before). Also, they tack in lots of [[Out-of-Character Moment|OOC Moments]] (many of these shown in the [[Memetic Mutation]] link - the period can be told by the art style), if only for [[Rule of Funny]].

* [[Forgets to Eat]]: Used to be one of Junior's defining characteristics (though he was ''[[Subverted Trope|intentionally]]'' [[Subverted Trope|neglectful]]), just so he could act as a foil to Maggy. While he has not lost this one, his role in the stories has shifted deep into [[Bratty Half-Pint]] (especially towards Jimmy Five. Poor Jimmy).

* [[Five-Man Band|Four Kid Band]]: The remaining role is usually filled by a supporting character (usually Franklin as [[The Smart Guy]]).

** [[The Hero|The Hero(ine)]] = Monica

*** In Chuck Billy's stories, Chuck is [[The Hero]], Cousin Benny is [[The Lancer]], Zeke is [[The Big Guy]] (many times because he's [[The Ditz|dumb enough]] to accept the heavy duties), Taka is [[The Smart Guy]] and Rosie Lee is [[The Chick]].

* [[Gender Bender]]: One comic about Monica's birthday has her and her friends turning into the opposite gender.

* [[Genius Ditz]]: Maggy.

* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: During one episode, Jimmy Five, wanting to get more than just five strands of hair, accidentally ends up with Monica's hairdo and is mistaken for her multiple times. At one point, when it's his mother that makes the mistake, he exclaims, "Mom, it's me!" and opens his towel showing her his genitals to prove his point, with the expected reaction from her. TL;DR, ''he flashed his own mother''. (It's the avatar for the parody site mentioned in [[Memetic Mutation]].)

* [[May the Farce Be with You]]: ''Coelhada nas Estrelas/[http://www.monica.com.br/ingles/comics/coelhada/welcome.htm Star Warp]'', and the sequels ''O Feio Contra-Ataca'' and ''O Retorno de Jedito''.

* [[No Fourth Wall]]: Characters frequently mention panels, the writing staff, the reader, and lampshade facts such as the barefoot-walking characters not having toes.

** Also, one Chuck Billy story had him racing Zeke in many occasions, with Zeke always failing to beat Chuck. Then, at the last page, Zeke proposes to see who could get to the end of the story faster. After Chuck zips out of the panel, Zeke simply pulls a pencil out from his pocket and writes "END" at the corner of the frame he's in. Only half a page later, Chuck is still running, and looks up and sees how Zeke managed to fool him.

* [[Not Allowed to Grow Up]]: Used and lampshaded. The main cast is always six, nevermind the fact the series has been running for over 40 years. Every year there's a special edition featuring one of the main characters' 7th birthday. However, they always return to being six years old again. In a recent example, someone asks Jimmy how old he's turning. "Seven," he replies, "just like ''evewy'' other year."

* [[Speak of the Devil]]: Sometimes, whenever a Mauricio character mention death or the verb "die", Lady McDeath (a female and [[Don't Fear the Reaper|comedic]] [[Grim Reaper]] from Bug-a-boo's stories) appears.

** But this gets nowhere near to Nutty Ned in this respect: whenever someone speaks of being "nutty", "nuts" or something along these lines (e.g. "who would be nutty enough to do.....?"), here he comes.

* [[Spinoff Babies]]: In reverse, and [[Fanon Discontinuity|throughly denied]] by die-hard fans who claim the series is [[Ruined FOREVER]], despite them obviously not being the intended demographic and the original series still be going on.

* [[Spoiled Brat]] : Monica is one on her [[Depending on the Writer|worse days]].

** [[The Grim Reaper]]: Lady McDeath, who is both female and [[Don't Fear the Reaper|quite clumsy]]. Has a counterpart in the [[Delivery Stork|Reincarnation Stork]].

** [[Classical Movie Vampire]]: Vic Vampire, who fails in his bloodsucking task very often.

** [[Werewolf]]: Wolfgang, who mostly behaves like a dog.

** [[Mummy]]: Moe the Mummy

* [[Tagalong Kid]]: Junior, and ocasionally Jimmy Five's little sister.

* [[The Beautiful Elite]]: Sometimes you may think that the manga was drawn by [[CLAMP]].

* [[Time Machine]]: Franklin builds so many of them that many times characters lampshade how it's basically the only thing he does (Smudge makes fun of it in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHDHXWm4Fjo this episode]). In fact, one of these is what triggers the events of the aforementioned [[Time Travel]] movie.

* [[Token Minority]]: Let's see... Jeremiah is the standard "token black boy", but there's also Doreen (blind girl), Luca (boy in a wheelchair), Hummer (who was initially only mute, but was [[Retcon|retconned]] as deaf as well) and some others..

* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Everything for Maggy, but watermelon takes the cake. It's completely normal to see her gobbling an entire one down.

* [[Tsundere]]: Monica is Type A; she may beat Jimmy Five (and Smudge) up in most of the comics, but they are also good friends, and in some stories set in the future, they are married with children (not to mention them becoming a full-fledged [[Official Couple]] in the Teen Gang imprint).

** Example 1: Issue #23, which is a whole [[Shout-Out]] for [[Death Note]], just switching "Death" with "Laughter", with Jimmy himself as the story's "Kira" ("The Great Clown" here). At one scene, when everyone is their school is discussing the Clown's identity, Smudge says that because Monica is so hotheaded, she would be a potential target for the Clown. An then this follows:

{{quote|'''Monica:'''Is that true, Jim? You really think I deserve a laughing attack?

'''Jim:'''You know what, Monica? Smiling wouldn't kill you! It's a pain in the ass to put up with someone who is always stressed! You may feel comfortable with that big temper of yours...but we're the ones who suffer to put up with your fretfulness!

'''Jim:'''And I'll tell you more: If that Clown actually exists, I bet you are on his list! }}

** Example 2: Issue #26, where two brothers who are professional rollerbladers, <ref>[[Alpha Bitch|Carmen]]'s cousins, no less</ref> are bullying everyone around their city and acting like [[Insufferable Genius|colossal]] [[Smug Snake|pricks]]. Monica, getting fed up with their attitude, challenges them to a rollerblading contest, dragging Maggy, Smudge and Jim into it, without asking them about it in the first place. None of them, of course, knows how to skate. At some point, Jim falls again trying to skate and Monica starts yelling at him.

* [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made on Drugs?]]: [[Dada Comics|Nutty Ned stories]] are a prime example of this.

* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: As much of a [[Nice Guy|Nice Girl]] [[Tsundere]] that Monica is, she can sometimes be really bossy and irrational and when she wants to do something, she's not above using violence to convince the boys to do as she wants when they're minding their own business.<ref> E.G:Forcing Smudge and Jimmy to celebrate the "National Poetry Day"(Which is 14th March in Brazil) while Smudge was minding his own business and Jimmy wanted to watch a soccer game on tv when it wasn't even 14th March, just because she felt like it. And when Franklin told then when the actual Poetry Day was, Smudge and Jimmy walk away pissed off at Monica and the story ends when her turning to Franklin saying "See what you did?" and she beats Franklin afterwards.</ref>. Granted, Jimmy does call her out on this in the Manga.

* [[When I Was Your Age]]: Jimmy Five's father once told Jimmy that, with Jimmy's allowances, he once bought stuff for home. Jimmy then asked how his parents did to live off ice cream and sweets.

* [[Whole-Plot Reference]]: Occurs sometimes - the ''[[Star Wars]]'' and ''Batman Forever'' parodies mentioned above, a [[Romeo and Juliet]] retelling (in which Monica disagrees with Shakespeare's [[Downer Ending|ending]] and forces the Prince of Verona - Sunny - to give them a happy one)... - with a recent series even compilating old ones and creating a few new ones.

* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]: Smudge to water. And not large bodies of water, like in having [[Super Drowning Skills]]; even a ''glass of water'' can make him shiver. Many times the writers have invented wild ways to avoid him from getting wet, like having him flap his arms like wings to escape from lakes. Also, while his teen version has shown to get over his fear to a certain degree, he is still not very fond of the idea of bathing.

* [[Will They or Won't They?]]: There is also some argument as to Monica and Jimmy's relationship over this (pretty much since they are the only main characters without any kind of engagement). While, as kids, they never get together due to him not seeing her as more than just a friend (and, in the worst-case scenarios, he deems her too ugly to be date-able - she had made advances on him before), as teenagers, they go one step further, even though he is still too shy to admit it once and for all. So much so, that in one issue, it's Monica who takes it upon herself to have the initiative, by ''stealing a kiss from Jim''. Though he runs away flustered (with her chasing him, "just like the old times"), one can see that deep down he liked it.

** And he finally retributes the favor in issue #22.

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