Promethea: Difference between revisions

* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]

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

* [[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]]

** An issue takes place almost entirely in Tom Strong's city.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Stacia, Barbara, Jack, Grace, Roger, agent Ball, the Doll, Boo-Boo, Sophie and Trish (sometimes)... actually, about half the cast.

* [[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}}.

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

* [[Five-Man Band]] -

* [[I Am Legion]] - The Howling are a series of demons - who eventually all find an already troubled person to possess.

* [[I'm Mr. Future Pop Culture Reference]]

* [[Joker Immunity]]: The Doll ''seems'' to have this {{spoiler|which becomes a plot point later}}

* [[Kangaroo Court]]: Played with in "A Higher Court."

* [[Pygmalion Plot]]

* [[Pygmalion Snapback]]

* [[Passing the Torch]]

* [[Real Person Cameo]]: repeatedly, especially {{spoiler|the near-ubiquitous [[Aleister Crowley]]}}. Toward the end, {{spoiler|1=[[Breaking the Fourth Wall|Moore and series artist J.H. Williams III]]}} also have a one-panel cameo each.

* [[Unusual Euphemism]]: Chemise-lifters.

* [[The Verse]] - Shares a verse with other America's Best Comics works by [[Alan Moore]] like Tom Strong, [[Top Ten]] Splash Brannigan, Jack B. Quick, Cobweb and Greyshirt.

** His publicity is ''too'' good. {{spoiler|One of his incarnations gets mobbed to death by fans wanting to be killed by him.}}

** Also the Mayor {{spoiler|post-possession}}.

* [[Villains Never Lie]]: The Goetia.

* [[The Watson]]: Sophie fills this role very heavily at first, and then goes [[Mr. Exposition|MsExposition]] as she learns more {{spoiler|to Stacia and Trish, and even to Barbara, of all people}}.

* [[Your Mind Makes It Real]]: This seems to define how things are handled in the Immateria.