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* [[Brilliant but Lazy]]: Loki. When Tjalvi tells Röskva that Odin doesn't do any work because he's a king, Röskva asks if Loki's a king, too.
* [[Canon Foreigner]]: Quark, the ill-tempered Jotunn kid, does not appear in any of the original myths but was invented for the series. He appears in [[The Movie]] and the two albums based on it, as well as some background appearances in other albums. For a while was considered the [[Breakout Character]], starring his own animated TV series and newspaper comic, but he avoids becoming [[The Scrappy]] largely because his actual appearances in ''Valhalla'' are so sparse.
** A somewhat amusing development. In the second album the author plays around with Jotunn names along the lines of "H[insert dairy product]". The reason for this is the existence in the myths of the jotunn "Hymir", in modern danish "Hymer". [
* [[Character Development]]: Heimdall undergoes this in Freya's Necklace. Previous volumes cast him as a pompous, cowardly fool, but Freya's charms cause a more sensitive, chivalric, and even thoughtful side of his character to come to the surface. Not to mention the fact that when he realizes the extent of Loki's mischief he goes on a rampage, finally proving that the titles he keeps harping on about(The All-Seeing Aesir, The All-Hearing Aesir) aren't just for show.
** Tjalfe and Roskva also go through noticable [[Character Development]] over the course of the series; Tjalfe gradually becomes less foolish and insensitive, and more inclined to think before he acts, while Roskva goes from a naive little child to a far more insightful and intelligent young lady.
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* [[Single-Minded Twins]]: It's never said whether they actually are twins or not, but Odin's brothers, Vili and Ve, play this trope completely straight.
** Same with the two dwarf brothers, Fjalar and Gjalar. Two other dwarf brothers, Eitri and Brokk, act like this in their first appearance in ''Cry Wolf,'' but not in their second appearance in ''Gifts for the Gods,'' where Brokk gets far more screen-time and attention.
* [[Shout
** The third album also includes a notable [[Shout
*** Not sure if it was an intentional [[Shout
** Also in the third album, a mortal woman named Thora, who is said to be "the fairest of them all" looks almost exactly like Disney's [[Snow White (Disney)|Snow White]].
** In the second album, the band that plays at Thrym's wedding looks suspiciously like [[The Muppet Show|The Electric Mayhem.]]
* [[Spared By the Adaptation]]: Several characters who die in the original myths live in the comic.
** Loki deserves special mention. In the original myths, after killing Balder and taunting the gods, he is bound and imprisoned in an underground cave with a snake dripping poison in his face, and does not get free until Ragnarok, when he leads the attack on Asgard and is killed by Heimdall. In the comic, where Loki is far less malicious, these things are all alluded to and given [[Shout
* [[Suspect Is Hatless]]: Subverted in "Odin's Wager", when Thor tries to describe his encounter with a myserious stranger. Loki asks "How many eyes did he have?", and it occurs to Thor that the stranger was, in fact, ''one-eyed'', which means it was probably Odin (who has been missing for a while).
* [[Tagalong Kid]]: Roskva starts off as a pure example of this. Tjalfe, to a lesser degree. They both come into their own over the course of the stories.
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** Subverted at one point with Tjalfe, who ''acts'' as if he's getting a [[Traumatic Haircut]], but the only result is a slightly different hairstyle.
* [[Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist]]: Loki. Odin in ''Odin's Wager''.
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** There are many shorter [[Flash Back|flashback sequences]] in the comic as well, especially in the later albums.
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