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** The Painted Doll is fond of addressing the reader, particularly after a murder.

** As [[The End of the World As We Know It]] approaches, {{spoiler|the series writer and artist}} make cameo appearances, as does [[It Makes Sense in Context|the reader]], when {{spoiler|Promethea, in her final revelation to humankind,}} acknowledges the story she's a part of, while emphasizing it's not ''just'' a story.

* [[~~Cliche~~ Storm]] - The entire point of the Weeping Gorilla, an in-universe comic book character whose only function is to spout such maudlin, commonplace sayings as "Why do pets have to die?" and "I hate my body."

* [[Cliché Storm]] - The entire point of the Weeping Gorilla, an in-universe comic book character whose only function is to spout such maudlin, commonplace sayings as "Why do pets have to die?" and "I hate my body."

* [[Clark Kenting]]

* [[Crossover]]

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* [[The End of the World As We Know It]]

* [[Ethnic Scrappy]]: The ''Little Margie'' strips spoof this with Chinky, a ridiculously racist Chinese caricature. The Little Margie comic started in ''1901''; realistically, it probably could have been much worse.

** Although within ''Promethea'' itself Chinky only appears in Moore's prose prologue to the series, Steve Moore (no relation to Alan), in ''Tomorrow Stories'', included him in two [[Spin Off]] ''Little Margie'' tales in the form of ''[[Little Nemo]]''-style [[Newspaper Comics]]. The first tale plays the trope straight; the second [[Subverted Trope|subverts]] it by having Chinky {{spoiler|reveal himself in his true form as a non-stereotypical Chinese prince, Ching-Ki}}.

** Although within ''Promethea'' itself Chinky only appears in Moore's prose prologue to the series, Steve Moore (no relation to Alan), in ''Tomorrow Stories'', included him in two [[Spin-Off]] ''Little Margie'' tales in the form of ''[[Little Nemo]]''-style [[Newspaper Comics]]. The first tale plays the trope straight; the second [[Subverted Trope|subverts]] it by having Chinky {{spoiler|reveal himself in his true form as a non-stereotypical Chinese prince, Ching-Ki}}.

* [[~~Everythings~~ Better With Monkeys]] (well apes, technically): The Weeping Gorilla.

* [[Everything's Better With Monkeys]] (well apes, technically): The Weeping Gorilla.

* [[Expy]] - The Painted Doll inevitably reminds one of the [[Batman|Joker]].

* [[Five Man Band]] -

* [[Five-Man Band]] -

** The Five Swell Guys, the city's resident science heroes. One of them hasn't physically [[Gender Bender|qualified as a guy]] for quite some time though.

*** [[The Hero]]: {{spoiler|Bob, though more officially than in practice}}