History WebComic / Broodhollow

* BigCreepyCrawlies: [[spoiler:The corpsebug that killed Maris and the visiting author. Also a weird... spider... thing that shows up in a SpookyPhotograph in a shot story.]]

* CobwebJungle: Zane's Antiques was abandoned for about a year after Wadsworth's uncle's death and became this.

** [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation On the other hand]], Planchett seems to honestly believe Wadsworth is a con man looking to make a quick hundred dollars selling property that isn't actually his.
* CoolOldGuy and CoolOldLady: Mayor Osgood appears to be this, quieting down Planchett and inviting Wadsworth to be a guest of honor at one of the town's many holidays. Later, Ms. Isquith of the Broodhollow Ladies Auxiliary is very friendly and supportive of Iris-- and is more than capable of taking Planchett down a peg.
* CreepyBasement: [[spoiler: Where Zane is taken when he's kidnapped by the ghost of Harker.]]

* DarkIsEvil: Nearly every bad thing that has happened in the comic has happened at night, or in a place with no light.

* ClosedCircle: Circumstances continue to keep Wadsworth in Broodhollow for just one more day. And then another, and another. After the first chapter, Zane decides to run the Antique store [[spoiler:most likely because he forgot why he wanted to leave in the first place]].

* HeroicBuild: The Bottlefly Boys are all hyper-masculine, overly muscled mill workers that dwarf Wadsworth and make him feel weak by their mere presence. Thankfully, they're also fairly good natured, and step in to help whenever danger arises.

* ShaggyDogStory: An enterprising reader experimented on the website's background, and found it was [[https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/869365/webcomics/bh_blog_back_newspaper_enhanced.jpg a newspaper article written by the author]] describing [[spoiler: the main character's apparent death]]. It counts as this, because [[MemeticMutation the ending of the article abruptly becomes the lyrics to the opening theme from]] TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir.

* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: People should ''really'' be paying more attention to Zane's stories... although in this case, it's more than [[JustifiedTrope justified]] that they aren't. See {{Masquerade}} above.

* DarkIsEvil: Nearly every bad thing that has happened in the comic has happened at night, or in a place with no light.

* CoolOldGuy: Mayor Osgood appears to be this, quieting down Planchett and inviting Wadsworth to be a guest of honor at one of the town's many holidays.

* ABoyAndHisX: [[http://broodhollow.chainsawsuit.com/2013/01/23/another-visitor/ A young man and his adorable bat]]!

* EmpathyPet: [[http://broodhollow.chainsawsuit.com/2013/05/06/do-not-go-quietly/ Mercy, for Zane.]]

* PsychologicalHorror: [[http://broodhollow.chainsawsuit.com/2013/01/30/familiar-surroundings/ "There's nothing to be afraid of" does not logically follow from "It's all in your head".]]

* RoomFullOfCrazy: [[http://broodhollow.chainsawsuit.com/2013/05/24/you-curious-little-thing/ Wadsworth, nooooooo!]]

** [[http://broodhollow.chainsawsuit.com/2013/03/01/stay-there/ Oh boy.]]
** [[http://broodhollow.chainsawsuit.com/2013/05/29/skeleton-key/ Oh dear.]]
** ''[[http://broodhollow.chainsawsuit.com/2013/07/15/times-needle/ Oh hell.]]''

''[[http://broodhollow.chainsawsuit.com Broodhollow]]'' is a webcomic by Kris Straub, creator of ''{{Webcomic/Starslip}}'', ''DarthWiki/CandleCove'' Chainsawsuit.

''[[http://broodhollow.chainsawsuit.com Broodhollow]]'' is a webcomic by Kris Straub, creator of {{Webcomic/Starslip}} and Chainsawsuit.

** Of the first WhamLine example above, Kris says, "This is a very important strip." If he's referring to a way in which it isn't important that ISN'T obvious...

* ClosedCircle: Circumstances continue to keep Wadsworth in Broodhollow for just one more day. And then another, and another. After the first chapter, Zane decides to run the Antique store [[spoiler:most likely because he forgot why he wanted to leave in the first place]]

* XMeetsY: [[WordOfGod Straub]] describes this work as "Franchise/{{Tintin}} goes to [[Literature/TheShadowOverInnsmouth Innsmouth]]"

** [[http://broodhollow.chainsawsuit.com/2013/07/15/times-needle/ Oh hell.]]
** ''[[http://broodhollow.chainsawsuit.com/page/2013/07/15/times-needle/ Oh hell.]]''

* PoliceAreUseless: Partly a result of the influence of the BrotherhoodOfFunnyHates, but also a result of the ExtraStrengthMasquerade that [[spoiler: prevents people from remembering all of the supernatural phenomena they come across.]]

* AncientConspiracy: The Society of the Skull and Shovels. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in that they wind up being a relatively mundane secret society, made up of various businessmen and community leaders who talk shop, drink and play cards. [[NotSoHarmless Mostly.]]