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* [[Adaptational Weakling]]: Depending on the iteration, ''[[Stanley and His Monster]]'' have the title characters frequently switch these roles. The variant that pays homage to ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'' revealed that Monster, aka Spot, was a demon that Lucifer kicked out of Hell for being a softie; when Remiel mistakenly collects Spot thinking that he is a runaway denizen, Stanley literally goes to Hell with the Phantom Stranger's help to get his best friend back, using the power of childish belief to [[Curb Stomp]] the demons. A later reboot had Stanley's grandfather kidnap him, using him as bait to lure Spot on learning the two had a special bond. Spot not only kicks the guy's ass but also wipes Stanley's memories so that Stanley will never learn that his friend can be a monster and chooses not to be for Stanley's sake.
* [[A Boy and His X]]
* [[Fluffy the Terrible]]: Spot
* [[No Name Given]]: Spot's original name was never revealed. (The later Foglio version asserted that he didn't have one, unless "the Nameless One" counts as a name.)
==The 1993 mini-series specifically provides examples of:==
* [[Adults Are Useless]]: Stanley's parents are at first bewildered, concerned, and freaked out by all the crazy things that happen... but by the final issue they've come to terms with it.
* [[Captain Ersatz]]: DC wouldn't let Foglio use [[John Constantine]], so he created an almost-identical character named Ambrose Bierce and hung a lampshade on it. And they wouldn't let him use [[Neil Gaiman]]'s [[Sandman]] in a dream sequence, so Gardner Fox's original Sandman appears instead (but talks and acts as if he were Gaiman's King of Dreams).
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* [[With This Herring]]: See [[Chekhov's Armoury]] above. Stanley storms Hell armed with a Halloween mask, a bottle of soda, an umbrella, a packet of hot dogs, a bottle of barbeque sauce and a little red wagon.
==The Green Arrow crossover specifically provides examples of:==
* [[Captain Ersatz]]: Subverted; Morpheus himself makes a cameo.
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: Really, this time. {{spoiler|Stanley is abducted and tortured by a Satanist who wants Spot to be his servant. Spot eats him (the Satanist, not Stanley).}}
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