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* [[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.
* [[Alpha Bitch]]: Although is a male character and
* [[Amazingly Embarrassing Parents]]: If there's something [[Vitriolic Best Buds|Victor and Frank]] have in common, is that their families are embarrassing ''as hell''. In the third album's longest story, the Von Piros and the Einsteins meet and, needless to say, it doesn't end well.
** Piruja doesn't have it as grave as the above two, but she's exasperated at her mother's constant [[Serial Romeo]] [[Anything That Moves]] behavior.
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* [[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?
* [[Beta Couple]]: [[The Sociopath|Morty]] and [[Perky Goth|Guillotine]], weirdly enough. They may be [[Unholy Matrimony|huge jackasses]], but are definitely more stable than [[All Love Is Unrequited|Victor/Piruja]] and [[Will They or Won't They?|Frank/Henrietta]].
* [[Betty and Veronica]]: Piruja's main love interests, Frank (Betty) and Victor (Veronica). She used to have a crush on Frank before moving on with Victor. In a subversion, none of the two are remotely interested in her, with Victor demeaning her as an [[Abhorrent Admirer]].
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: The Frank’s gang are good most of the time, but mess with them and they will kick your ass, or at least try to do so.
* [[Big Bad]]/[[Arc Villain]]: With the exception of the 3rd album, we have these:
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** [[The Hero|Frank's Gang]] and [[The Rival|Morty's Gang]]. The former may seem like a dysfunctional [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]] (and they ''are''), but they're also a [[True Companions|close-knit group of friends]] who have a strong sense of [[The Power of Friendship|teamwork]] when things are tough. The latter may seem like a cool [[Gang of Bullies]] in the surface, but deep down are a complete mess, with its members [[Teeth-Clenched Teamwork|only united over their dislike of the Frank's Gang]], and [[A House Divided|utterly failing]] at working together. This is best shown in the fourth album with their respective Pumpkinball teams.
** Their respective leaders, Frank and Morty, also contrast with each other, and it shows their influence makes 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.}}
** [[Cute Witch|Piruja]] and [[Perky Goth|Guillotine]]. They're the only girls in their respective gangs, and their personalities are wildly different, with Piruja being an [[Adorkable]] [[Nice Girl]] and Guillotine a [[Jerkass]] [[Alpha Bitch]]. In an ironic twist, the two are [[Heterosexual Life Partners|the best of friends]] in spite of their differences.
** [[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]].
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'''Henrietta''': Is a horrible monster!
'''Frank''': ''*saddened*'' ...for me.}}
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: [[Gadgeteer Genius|Frank]] and [[Bedsheet Ghost|Gus]] are described by [[Word of God]] as "inseparables", and it shows. [[Sleepyhead|Lupo]] and [[Lovable Jock|Momses]] also have a very close relationship.
* [[Hidden Heart of Gold]]: Victor is implied to have one deep, deep, '''DEEP''' down his spoiled jerkassery.▼
** [[Light Feminine and Dark Feminine|Piruja and Guillotine]] are a weird case. They belong to rival gangs, which would make them enemies. This doesn't stop them for being best friends, with Piruja asking Guillotine for love advice, and Guillotine gleefully helping her.
▲* [[Hidden Heart of Gold]]: Victor is implied to have one deep, deep, '''DEEP''' down his spoiled jerkassery, if his [[Pet the Dog]] moment in "The Perfeccionator" is to be believed.
** Guillotine has one too, only showing her loving side with her best friend Piruja, and sometimes Henrietta.
* [[Hollywood Homely]]: Ruthlessly parodied with Piruja. She's seen as ugly and undesirable by everyone... because she has a wart in her face. She could be very well the minimonster version of [[Family Guy (Animation)|Meg Griffin]] (only less of a [[Butt Monkey]]).
** Frank's physical appearance is so awful it breaks mirrors, creating a serious [[Heroic Self-Deprecation|inferiority complex]] on him. Except, apart from several scars, he doesn't look so much different from other minimonsters. Like with Piruja, this seems to be deliberate.
* [[Humans Are the Real Monsters]]: Taken Up to Eleven. In this comic, humans are the "monsters", and the monsters "humans".
** [[Humans Are
* [[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!
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* [[Kick the Dog]]: Victor does this frequently, and ''always'' [[Laser-Guided Karma|pays for it]].
** More seriously, {{spoiler|[[Evil Redhead|Miss Hit]] rejecting Frank cruelly via letter, pretending to be her good self Henrietta}}, sending him into an [[Heroic BSOD]].
** [[The Bully|Quasim]]'s bullying of [[The Cutie|Gus]] and [[Ridiculously Cute Critter|Lupo's siblings]] definitely qualifies.
** As does [[An Ice Person|Yokai]] stealing Lupo's younger sister Lupe's doll. This is more noticeable when it's shown Lupo and his family are very poor. No wonder [[Big Brother Instinct|Lupo]] got mad at him.
** [[Manipulative Bastard|Morty]] does this constantly in the fourth album.
* [[Kick the Son of a Bitch]]: Lupo constantly trolls, mocks and snarks at Victor. Since Victor is a [[Spoiled Brat|spoiled]] [[
** In the second album, [[Evil Redhead|Miss Hit]] punching [[The Bully|Quasim]] and knocking him out ''twice''. Sure, she's eviler, but he was an unlikable bastard who had it a long time coming (especially considering he was a [[Karma Houdini]] in the first album)
** Quasim himself has a moment in the first album when {{spoiler|he punches [[Big Bad|Rattus Sapiens]] down the sewers, bringing him back to a normal rat.}}
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* [[Love Hurts]]: The main reason why Frank wants to create the Perfeccionator, alongside his self-esteem issues.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: All characters have names that are based of famous monsters or mystical creatures. It's very common the use of the portmanteau.
* [[My God What Have I Done?]]: Frank has this reaction when he discovers his latest invention is used to kill the girl he loves. [[Tear Jerker|And it's really depressing]].
* [[Nice Guy]]: There's a lot of this, usually to contrast with the [[Jerkass]] characters.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Mr. Abra falls onto this trope a lot.
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