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** Wreathe considers Mortasheen citizens this.

* [[An Ice Person]]- This power, listed as the Attack Type Cold, is rare, yet not totally unknown. In-game, Cold damage functions as the equivalent of a Neutral damage type, only being resisted by one Class of monsters, though doing extra to Botanicals.

* [[Ax Crazy]]: Several monsters are like this, and while they tend to be awesome, awesome battlers, they can prove to be more trouble than they're worth. The Cockatross, who is based on a ''chicken'', is one of the best examples; it's so [[Ax Crazy]] it attacks and eats its own kind!

* [[Badass Bookworm]]: Dr. Faceless, who is a giant psionic collective of floating brains, is this trope personified; one of, if not the, smartest beings in the world, Dr. Faceless is also a Holder ''and'' a general, and the only one of Mortasheen's would-be military leaders to have gotten even close to Wreathe itself. Mortasheen's general impression of Wreathe, which is as a dome-like "turtle" in the north, are based on the good doctor's eyewitness accounts.

** Mortasheen, meanwhile, has Dr. Suctorious, a Gill-Man ''Surgeon'' who is one of the oldest people in Mortasheen. He's the Holder of Surgery, meaning he's basically the leader of all the city's Surgeons (a player class). He's had his position as Holder longer than any of the other Holders, and he was really old ''before'' he became a Holder. He's also one of the smartest people in high command that Mortasheen has.

* [[Cool Tank]]: This is why CannonTown ''exists''.

* [[Creepy Doll]]: There are almost a dozen or so of these and each has a nasty ability like mind control or the ability to inflict pain telekeneticly. Of course, a few of them (such as [http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/cackle.htm Cackle]) look more goofy or adorable than creepy, even though they do still have deadly powers...

* [[Cybernetics Eat Your Soul]]: ''Definitely'' believed by Mortasheen's people, especially now that Wreathe has declared war on them. However, it's pretty obviously clear that this isn't the case: Oog is as awesome- and dumb- as he ever was, as is Professor Zernobog. It's a case of fear running wild. {{spoiler|Played with regarding the Avatars- cybernetics ''did'' eat their soul, but only because the Celestial Engines are using their cybernetics to possess them.}}

* [[Dynamic Entry]]: Managers, a player class, have this as a Discovery, able to make their monsters so enthused about serving that they come out swinging.

* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: The Unknown class includes several of these, and Psychodrome's signal may be rebounding off of one. Xenogog can apparently see ''something'' in the static that appears on TVs whenever they go near them, and what they see [[Nightmare Fuel|scares the hell out of them, causing them to blow up the TV.]]

* [[Enemy Civil War]]: Mortasheen, at least from Wreathe's perspective, is going through a ''constant'' period of this. {{spoiler|Meanwhile, PLTO is thinking about starting one of its own against Wreathe, when the time is right.}}

* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: Dolfury's backstory.

** On a more serious note, it's the above-stated feeling towards these ever-present fates- the fact that most people just accept that this stuff happens- which creates the odd cheer of Mortasheen. Horror happens; but it's okay. Stuff like that just happens~

* [[Flying Seafood Special]]: Every Vampire is this to some degree, except those who choose/are able to walk. Plus some of the other stuff is this as well. Scalamax take this to its logical extreme, being sword-faced fish that fling themselves through the air telekinetically to slice and dice- and they get bonus points for being chefs on their "day jobs".

* [[Freaky Is Cool]]: The main reason [[Word of God|we at Cat-Powered Raygun Studios wanted to make this game.]]

* [[Gas Mask Mooks]]: Laverne's Arthropoid soldiers are colored-eyepiece versions of these- and each color corresponds to a type of weapon! Red is flame, green is poison gas, and the normal yellow is a machine gun.

* [[Golem]]: The Rock Beast Series.

* [[Gray and Gray Morality]]: Wreathe correctly points out that the world sucks. Wreathe also, incorrectly, believes the solution is murder. A lot of it. Mortasheen, meanwhile, correctly points out that Wreathe is crazy. Mortasheen also, incorrectly, does horrible things to people for fun. It's a messy situation.

* [[Grim Up North]]- Cannibal penguins, occasionally ''weather-controlling'' cannibal penguins with a name based on the Wendigo of Native American myth, and ridiculously bad blizzards. Yes, that's fairly grim. {{spoiler|Subverted for Wreathe, and maybe the player too, in at least one sense: The north hides a colony of humans who don't have the zombie virus in their veins, the last such humans in all the world and the only promise of a cure.}}

* [[Hollywood Acid]]: The Damage Type Acid is ''not'' this- it covers all potential chemical attacks, not just acidic assault. Bases, potent chemicals that cause hallucinations, and other such things are part of the "Acid" Damage Type. [[Word of God|We called it Acid because it sounded cool]].

* [[Humongous Mecha]]: Medama has a metric crapload of these, from relatively tiny buildings that become giant spiders, to the really big guns: each island has its own unique defender robot that is leagues stronger than almost anything else in the setting. Based on various insects, they not only function as military defense, but they also determine the political structure, battling it out every so many years to determine which island leads the nation. They are also popular merchandise icons, too.

* [[A Worldwide Punomenon]]: A... ''lot'' of the monster names and chapter titles are based on this.

* [[Wouldn't Hit a Girl]]: [http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/fangatan.htm Fangatan] won't hurt any female opponent, no matter how dangerous. Luckily, it comes with a built-in tiki mask to scare anything that tries to attack it away.

* [[Your Head Asplode]]- A common result of dealing with Unknown. Also how teleporters work. Also how Buffume fight. High Sanity can do this. Also... well, let's just say this shows up somewhat.

* [[Yandere]]: {{spoiler|Pretty much what ARE is for humanity, after having gone crazy.}}