History PlayingWith / BadHumorTruck

* '''Inverted''': Normally, Harvey is just an ordinary ice cream truck driver. But when duty calls, he dons his costume and becomes... ''[[SomethingPerson The Frozen Avenger]]''!

* '''Implied''': A murder spree crime scene is shown with an eerie jingle playing in the background. At first, it looks like SoundtrackDissonance... up until we hear the jingle coming from the ice cream truck.

** TheMafia's resident [[MrFixit auto mechanic]] jam-packs Harvey's truck with armour, weapons, and gadgetry to the point that it clearly looks like a mobile bunker. [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight Nobody seems to notice]].

* '''Subverted''': The local kids saw the ice cream man acting suspicious, and thought that he was a murderer. However, when he is investigated by the police, he is found innocent.

* '''Exploited''': Policeman Elliot knows that Harvey's victims are found remarkably well preserved, so he focuses on anything with a fridge unit when he seeks Harvey's headquarters. Ice cream trucks are at the top of that list.

* '''Conversed''': "Why does the ice cream man always turn out to be a villain?" "Because that's unsettling [[ParanoiaFuel and paranoia-inducing]], if you have to ask me."

* '''Reconstructed''': The city where Harvey lives and operates is known as "the ice cream capital of the world". He drives an ice cream truck to become a NeedleInAStackOfNeedles, and to create [[TheDreaded a fearsome legend]]: that [[ParanoiaFuel he could be]] ''[[WeAreEverywhere anyone]]'' among the city's ice cream men...

** Harvey takes his cover as an ice cream man a little too seriously and casually sells ice cream to his [[TheMafia fellow mafia goons]].

* '''Exploited''': Policeman Elliot knows that Harvey's victims are found incredibly cold, so he focuses on anything with a fridge unit when he seeks Harvey's headquarters. Ice cream trucks are at the top of that list.

* '''Played For Horror:''' This Trope is consistently spooky to a degree because of its potential to put children in danger. Having it well-justified (such as the ice cream man being a pedophiliac SerialKiller) only increases the scare factor.

* '''Implied''': A murder spree crime scene is shown with an eerie jingle playing in the background. At first it looks like SoundtrackDissonance up until we hear the jingle coming from the ice cream truck.

* '''Zig Zagged''': The story concerns a big city police department unraveling a conspiracy that has two sides - [[GreyAndGrayMorality both of questionable morality]] - posing as ice cream men.

* '''Downplayed''': The ice cream man is a JerkAss who enjoys bullying the kids who buy ice cream from him.

** The local ice cream truck is driven by a [[AxCrazy murderous]], [[ImAHumanitarian cannibalistic]] [[YouClonedHitler clone of Hitler]]. [[UpToEleven Who dresses like]] [[MonsterClown a birthday clown.]]

* '''Played For Laughs''': Harvey takes his cover as an ice cream man a little too seriously and casually sells ice cream to his [[TheMafia fellow mafia goons]].

* '''Inverted''': Normally, Harvey is just an ordinary ice cream truck driver. But when duty calls, he dons his costume and becomes... ''[[TheAdjectivalSuperhero The Frozen Avenger]]''!

** The local ice cream truck is driven by a [[AxCrazy murderous]], [[ImAHumanitarian cannibalistic]] [[YouClonedHitler clone of Hitler]].

* '''Downplayed''': The ice cream man is a JerkAss who enjoys annoying the kids who buy ice cream from him.

* '''Inverted''': Normally, Harvey is just an ordinary ice cream truck driver. But when duty calls, he dons his costume and becomes... [[TheAdjectivalSuperhero The Egregious Trope-Man]].

* '''Discussed''': "I think I hear an ice cream truck, wanna go get some?" "No way, man. Those ice cream men are always drug dealers, mafia hitmen, or serial murderers."

* '''Played For Laughs''': Harvey takes his cover as an ice cream man a little too seriously and tries to sell ice cream to his [[TheMafia fellow mafia goons]].

** Harvey is a HitmanWithAHeart torn between the loyalty to his employers and his desire to be a good guy to the kids he's selling ice cream to.

* '''Exploited''': Policeman Eliot knows that Harvey's victims are found incredibly cold, so he focuses on anything with a fridge unit when he seeks Eliot's headquarters. Ice cream trucks are at the top of that list.

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* '''Parodied''': Harvey's ice cream truck has a jingle heavily reminiscent of PsychoStrings.
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* '''Straight''': Harvey, a ProfessionalKiller, drives an ice cream truck when going after his targets.

** Harvey's first hit involved selling poisoned ice cream to his target, and he kept the truck afterwards.

* '''Discussed''': "I think i hear an ice cream truck, wanna go get some?" "No way, man. Those ice cream men are always drug dealers, mafia hitmen, or serial murderers."
* '''Conversed''': "Why does the ice cream always turn out to be a villain?" "Because that's unsettling [[ParanoiaFuel and paranoia-inducing]], if you have to ask me."

** The local ice cream truck is driven by a [[AxCrazy muderous]], [[ImAHumanitarian cannibalistic]] [[YouClonedHitler clone of Hitler]].

* '''Subverted''': The local kids saw the ice cream man acting suspicious, and thought that he was a murderer. However, when he is checked by the police, he is found innocent.

* '''Defied''': TheDon scoffs at Harvey's idea of using ice cream truck to appear inconspicuous, and tells him that it'll make him even more conspicuous, if anything.