History ComicBook / Zannablu

--> ''"Hello. My name is Zannablù (thatso is me)."''

* ''Zannablù: HighNoon''[[note]]actual Italian title features an untranslatable pun: ''Mezzofuoco di Giorno'', rather than the usual ''Mezzogiorno di Fuoco''[[/note]]
* ''[[{{Spiderman}} Hamazing Spider-Mad]]''

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The original version of ''The Secret of the Béchamel'' was actually a serious story with some lame jokes that [[HalfwayPlotSwitch transforms into a]] ''StarWars'' parody [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment with a random]] ''Literature/AClockworkOrange'' reference in the middle. The remake is more like the other stories, and includes the original story in a shrunk format, with a disclaimer from the authors stating that [[OldShame it sucks compared to the other stories and you shouldn't read it]].

** In ''Zannablù must not die'', Zannablù starts to build voodoo dolls and gets loose. When they tell him to stop "using voodoo to poke every freak in the world", [[TakeThat he's holding a voodoo doll of a pig version of]] Creator/AmyWinehouse. And this was written ''just a few months'' [[FunnyAneurysmMoment before her death]].

** In ''Harry Porker'', the Snape parody is called "Renato Python". This is a reference to the common joke between Italian fans about how much Alan Rickman as Snape looks like Italian singer [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renato_Zero Renato Zero]] in his later years. Also, Renato Python dresses like Renato Zero in his early years as a singer.

* ''[[TheLordOfTheRings The Lord of the Pigs]]''

* ''[[{{Twilight}} Piglight]]''

* CompilationRerelease: Starting from 2013, the authors began to rerelease the older issues in recolored 2-in-1 reprints. The first one was ''The Secret of the Béchamel'' and ''Harry Porker''(in the latter they also slightly changed the single line of dialogue of Phyton (see ShoutOut below) to make the reference joke more clear - it originally was a line from one of Renato Zero's songs, now it's the first line of the most known one, so everyone can get it), the second one features ''Zannablù Must not Die'' and the redrawn version of ''The Lord of the Pigs'' that was made some years before but never released since, and the third contains ''Star Porks'' and ''The Thing that came from Outer Space''.

* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Giotto wears only a cloak, and Crazy Pig a tie.

** People can't get Zannablù's name right.

* ''[[SweeneyTodd Swiney Round: the Demon Barber of Pig Street]]''

** In ''Zannablù must not die'', Zannablù starts to build voodoo dolls and gets loose. When they tell him to stop "using voodoo to poke every freak in the world", [[TakeThat he's holding a voodoo doll of a pig version of]] Creator/AmyWinehouse. And this was written some months ''before'' [[FunnyAneurysmMoment her death]].

** ''Moron Fairytales''. The dwarves from Snow White are dressed in [=BDSM=] gear. Full stop

* ''[[Film/{{Ghostbusters}} Ghostwurstels]]''

* EarlyBirdCameo: Before the actual story, the [[Film/{{Ghostbusters}} Ghostwurstels]] appeared in ''Star Porks'''s ending, where Zannablù calls them to get rid of the Force Ghosts.

** Also, the people of Iron Arm Island are all looking like WesternAnimation/{{Popeye}}. As in, kinda normal human beings in a world of anthropomorphic swines where every mammal haves RaymanianLimbs.

* RaymanianLimbs: A distinctive tract of the series.

* CompilationRerelease: The volume with the fully colored reprints of ''The Secret of the Béchamel'' and ''Harry Porker''. The latter also slightly changes the single line of dialogue of Phyton (see ShoutOut below) to make the reference joke more clear (basically, it originally was a line from one of Renato Zero's songs, now it's the first line of the most known one, so everyone can get it).
** A second one is in the works, collecting ''Zannablù Must not Die'' and a fully redrawn ''The Lord of the Pigs''.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The original version of ''The Secret of the Béchamel'' was actually a serious story with some lame jokes that [[HalfwayPlotSwitch transforms into a]] ''StarWars'' parody [[AssPull with a random]] ''Literature/AClockworkOrange'' reference in the middle. The remake is more like the other stories, and includes the original story in a shrunk format, with a disclaimer from the authors stating that [[OldShame it sucks compared to the other stories and you shouldn't read it]].

* [[EmbarrassingMiddleName Embarrassing Last Name]]: Giotto's full name is Giotto R.Giraffotto (the last name literaly means "Fat baby giraffe").

** In ''Zannablù must not die'', Zannablù starts to build voodoo dolls and gets loose. When they tell him to stop "using voodoo to poke every freak in the world", he's holding a voodoo doll of a pig version of Creator/AmyWinehouse. Anyway this was written ''before'' [[TooSoon her death]].

* YouDontLookLikeYou: Happens in ''Star Porks'' when Zannablù meets again Crew-Whaka after a long time and he, rather than the Chewbacca-like creature he was before, is a human being.

** In ''Zannablù must not die'', Zannablù starts to build voodoo dolls and gets loose. When they tell him to stop "using voodoo to poke every freak in the world", he's holding a voodoo doll of a pig version of Creator/AmyWinehouse. And this was wrote ''[[CrossesTheLineTwice after]]'' [[TooSoon her death]].

* ''[[Film/{{Saw}} Cow]]''

* ''[[DragonBall Dragon Pork]]''

* ''[[Film/DawnOfTheDead Dawn of the Porks]]''

* ''Zannablù: [[FistOfFury Pigpen of fury]]''

* EarlyBirdCameo: Before the actual story, the [[{{Ghostbusters}} Ghostwurstels]] appeared in ''Star Porks'''s ending, where Zannablù calls them to get rid of the Force Ghosts.

* CulturalTranslation: Since Renato Zero is not known in the US, the English translation of ''Harry Porker'' changes his line to make him a generic glam rock wizard.

--> ''"Hello. My name is Zannablù (that would be me)."''

* FunetikAksent: Boars speak Boarese language, a mix of YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe and HulkSpeak.

* YouDontLookLikeYou: Happens in ''Star Porks'' when Zannablù meets again Lil'Squirrel after a long time and he, rather than the Chewbacca-like creature he was before, is a human being.

-->'''Lil'Squirrel''': [[TheOtherDarrin They changed the actor]] [[MediumAwareness who interpretates my role]] [[LampshadeHanging in the new trilogy]].

--> '''Zannablù''': Ah ah ah! ...I don't get the joke.

-->'''Zannablù (coming out from an air vent)''': Whew! Luckily in second-rate comics you can always [[AirVentPassageway escape passing through the air vent]].

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Recurring villain Giotto is one in most of the parodies. In the normal stories, he is a Corrupt '''Prime Minister'''.

** "Weren't you dead?" "I'm back from you now, as the tide changes." Introduced in ''The Lord of the Pigs'' and now usual line exchange when a character comes BackFromTheDead (or, at least, when the aforemented character disappears and Zannablù thinks he's dead)

* AllThereInTheManual: Without the Facebook official page, you wouldn't know Giotto's full name.

** As of ''The Time Killers'', you can remove the "Fantastic", since it's shown that in the 50's boars were treated exactly like black people in real life.

* GetingCrapPastTheRadar: Happens a lot.

-->'''Zannablù (coming out from an air vent)''': Whew! Luckily in second-rate comics you can always [[AirVentPassageway escape passing through the air vent]].

* A second one is in the works, collecting ''Zannablù Must not Die'' and a fully redrawn ''The Lord of the Pigs''.

* CompilationRerelease: The volume with the fully colored reprints of ''The Secret of the Béchamel'' and ''Harry Porker''. The latter also slightly changes the single line of dialogue of Phyton (see ShoutOut below) to make the reference joke more clear.

* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Giotto always haves a cigarette in his mouth, whatever his role is.
* MixAndMatchCreatures: Koreans are represented as hedgehogs. And with hedgehogs, we mean "[[VisualPun hogs]] with quills".

** "Weren't you dead?" "I'm back from you know, as the tide changes." Introduced in ''The Lord of the Pigs'' and now usual line exchange when a character comes BackFromTheDead (or, at least, when the aforemented character disappears and Zannablù thinks he's dead)

* NoExportForYou: Only ''Harry Porker'', ''Star Porks'', ''Pigsty of the Caribbean'' and ''Hamazing Spider-Mad'' have been released in the USA, as a limited run for [=SDCC=] 2008.