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* OpenMindedParent: West is fortunate in that both of his parents know and are understanding of his situation with Guuzy - it's not always easy for them to deal with, but they are supportive. Bina's mom is working towards this regarding her daughter and Ayo. [[spoiler: Julie's mom is like this as well regarding Julie and Kera, but [[SecretSecretKeeper is hiding that she knows from her children]].]]
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** Before looking at more references for Skulls, Roger initially had "ear holes" on the sides of his head.
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* EmotionlessGirl: Violet[[spoiler:, thanks to her monster, Anima.]]
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: See What The Hell, Hero.
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** At one point, West is seen playing a game with a dialogue system ripped straight from [[Franchise/MassEffect]].
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* RuleOfCool: Edward's monster is his face and all the skin on his head, which he wears like a mask; however, the tuft of blue hair on his head remains even if his face is taken off, making him resemble the poster for a punk band of some form.
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** Rixis's name is an anagram if "iris" with an additional X, exactly the same thing [[Franchise/KindgomHearts Organization XIII]] does when naming its new members.
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* AndIMustScream: A more literal interpretation than most; the baby in "Crybaby" has their larynx turn into a monster, leaving them unable to speak or cry, and leaving their parents baffled about what to do.
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** The longer Bina has gone without her heart in her chest, the more willful she becomes, because she literally had a big heart. However, she also becomes more heartless, easily growing jealous of [[spoiler: Abel and Violet]] hooking up and becoming more pragmatic.
** Nate's immaturity about the possibility of becoming a father is reflected by his pituitary gland, which releases hormones that cause growth, reverting him to being a child.
** The longer Bina has gone without her heart in her chest, the more willful she becomes, because she literally had a big heart. However, she also becomes more heartless, easily growing jealous of [[spoiler: Abel and Violet]] hooking up and becoming more pragmatic.
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** Rixis's name is an anagram if "iris" with an additional X, exactly the same thing [[Franchise/KindgomHearts Organization XIII]] does when naming its new members.
** At one point, West is seen playing a game with a dialogue system ripped straight from [[VideoGame/MassEffect]].
* SkullForAHead: Edward; his monster is the skin covering his entire face.
** Rixis's name is an anagram if "iris" with an additional X, exactly the same thing [[Franchise/KindgomHearts Organization XIII]] does when naming its new members.
** At one point, West is seen playing a game with a dialogue system ripped straight from [[VideoGame/MassEffect]].
* SkullForAHead: Edward; his monster is the skin covering his entire face.
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* Determinator: While Bina is frightened for the first couple chapters, she quickly becomes the [[TheHeart one thing that holds the group together]]. [[spoiler:Her will is so strong that it can interfere with Anima's mindscape.]] Violet sums it up in [[http://www.monster-pulse.com/comic/page-21-chapter-14/ chapter 14]]:
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* Determinator: {{Determinator}}: While Bina is frightened for the first couple chapters, she quickly becomes the [[TheHeart one thing that holds the group together]]. [[spoiler:Her will is so strong that it can interfere with Anima's mindscape.]] Violet sums it up in [[http://www.monster-pulse.com/comic/page-21-chapter-14/ chapter 14]]:
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* DefeatMeansFriendship: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]]: Nancy and the kids become allies after her defeat, but that does not make them ''friends''. Bina even states outright that she only keeps in contact with Nancy because her powers are [[StealthExpert too useful to pass up]].
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* DrivenToVillainy: Nancy ''didn't escape'' Shell. She's a wreck because of everything they did to her.
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* NightmareFace: After [[spoiler: Lulenski tells Rjinder that she killed Roger]], Rjinder's skin [[http://www.monster-pulse.com/comic/page-38-chapter-16/ looks as if it's about to undulate away from his body]].
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* FountainOfYouth: It turns out Nate has this: due to his monster being manifested out of his pituitary gland, he gets transformed from a thirty-year old man into a child smaller than the main characters. Once he gets reunited with his monster, he discovers the process is controllable.
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* MarkedChange: Several of the people who get monsters get a distinct mark (suggested to glow slightly) on their bodies from where their monster left their body. Bina has one on her chest, West has one on his abdomen, and Abel has one where his left eye used to be. Rjinder's marking is slightly different - he doesn't have a glow mark, but he's completely hairless (flashbacks show that this wasn't always the case) and there are striations on his skin from where the strips of his monster can pull from his body.
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* MarkedChange: Several of the people who get monsters get a distinct mark (suggested to glow slightly) on their bodies from where their monster left their body. Bina has one on her chest, West has one on his abdomen, and Abel has one where his left eye used to be. [[spoiler: Based on what happens when she's cut, it's strongly suggested that said glow replaces Nancy's entire circulatory system.]] Rjinder's marking is slightly different - he doesn't have a glow mark, but he's completely hairless (flashbacks show that this wasn't always the case) and there are striations on his skin from where the strips of his monster can pull from his body.body.
* MeaningfulName: It's not immediately made obvious, but Abel's name is evocative. [[spoiler: Ironically and accidentally, though, he became the Cain for his sister in a CainAndAbel moment - he destroyed a lung monster manifested from his sister's body, which is sadly how he learned that destroying a monster destroys that person's corresponding body part, thus killing her.]]
* MeaningfulName: It's not immediately made obvious, but Abel's name is evocative. [[spoiler: Ironically and accidentally, though, he became the Cain for his sister in a CainAndAbel moment - he destroyed a lung monster manifested from his sister's body, which is sadly how he learned that destroying a monster destroys that person's corresponding body part, thus killing her.]]
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: Nancy and Red might not seem the most astute pair, but they have perhaps the strongest understanding of their potential offensive abilities of any person/monster combo, making them deadly in a fight. [[spoiler: She later reveals that she and Red managed to hide most of their abilities from SHELL, so that they just put her up in an apartment rather than try to use those abilities themselves.]]
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* WhatTheHellHero: Perhaps it's a stretch to call a WellIntentionedExtremist a "hero," but Bina gives this to Nancy when Nancy reveals [[spoiler: that she's the one responsible for the repeated security failures that results in the Arma ghost escapes, and consequently the number of monsters manifested.]]
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* StockholmSyndrome: Strange as it might seem, Lulenski feels this towards the kids. They are blackmailing her and increasingly putting her entire professional career at risk for their sake. However, as they're [[spoiler: the only ones who know about what she did to Roger,]] she makes several attempts to reach out to them and get to know them socially (though they unwittingly turn her down each time).
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* CognizantLimbs: Only one in this case - Ned (one of SHELL's guards) has a monster made out of his right arm. Due to its abnormal shape, he leaves it at home and pretends to be an amputee when going out in public, but it still can function normally when he needs it to.
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* HearingVoices: Rjinder reacts as though his skin speaks to him at certain points - it's certainly making ''some'' sound, though it's never been intelligible to the reader. Around others, he generally passes if off as it merely requesting food or the like. [[spoiler: In private, however, he reacts as though it's giving him suggestions to kill Lulenski - it's still not clear if it actually is or Rjinder's going mad.]]
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* SecretKeeper: Bina is forced to confide in her mom after her mom sees Ayo. Both of West's parents know about Guuzy and try to help him the best that they can. Julie's older sister, however, not only knows about Kera, but she actively helps out where she can.
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* NotSoDifferent: Unstated, but there are huge parallels between Roger's treatment of an Arma ghost regarding Lulenski and [[Abel's sister and Abel]]. It also serves as {{Foreshadowing}} that [[spoiler: just as Abel later received another Arma ghost, Lulenski may yet receive one, too.]]
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* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Abel, who admits under emotional duress that [[spoiler: Rixis, under his orders, killed someone by killing their monster]]. He's not proud of having done so, although Bina points out the rationalization: [[spoiler: he was striking back against SHELL, so the monster likely belonged to someone out to capture and experiment on him]].
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* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Abel, who admits under emotional duress that [[spoiler: Rixis, under his orders, killed someone by killing their monster]]. He's not proud of having done so, although Bina points out the rationalization: [[spoiler: he was striking back against SHELL, so the monster likely belonged to someone out to capture and experiment on him]]. Later revealed to be this trope, but played out differently, in Chapter 17: [[spoiler: Abel's sister pushed him out of the way of an Arma ghost, which manifested a monster out of her lungs. Abel only saw a monster advancing on his sister, so he attacked and killed it to save his sister. That's when he learned it was a part of her, and that losing a monster is like losing that body part, permanently.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Abel's reaction to [[spoiler: learning what happens when you destroy someone's monster, when he killed his sister's lung monster before finding out the truth about Arma monsters.]]
* NotSoDifferent: Unstated, but there are huge parallels between Roger's treatment of an Arma ghost regarding Lulenski and [[Abel's sister and Abel]]. It also serves as {{Foreshadowing}} that [[spoiler: just as Abel later received another Arma ghost, Lulenski may yet receive one, too.]]
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* SecretKeepert: Bina is forced to confide in her mom after her mom sees Ayo. Both of West's parents know about Guuzy and try to help him the best that they can. Julie's older sister, however, not only knows about Kera, but she actively helps out where she can.
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* JumpedAtTheCall: West and Julie both are very proactive about investigating anything related to SHELL - West wants to help people, while Julie seems like the likes the action. Comparatively, Bina and Abel prefer to not be nearly as involved.
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* BodyHorror: While the comic is meant to be all ages, (or at least around the PG rating) [[http://www.monster-pulse.com/?webcomic_post=page-7-chapter-1 Bina's heart graphically bursting out of her chest and turning into a monster]] may cause a few restless nights for younger readers.
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** Rjinder's monster is his ''skin''. It's not all one piece, though -- his skin is cut into strips [[http://www.monster-pulse.com/?webcomic_post=page-18-chapter-10 that can move individually.]]
** In chapter 13, a [[http://www.monster-pulse.com/?webcomic_post=page-3-chapter-13 kid with a weird face]] starts stalking Julie. Most readers assumed it to be a kid with an eyelid monster. [[http://www.monster-pulse.com/?webcomic_post=page-4-chapter-13 They weren't thinking big enough.]]
** In chapter 13, a [[http://www.monster-pulse.com/?webcomic_post=page-3-chapter-13 kid with a weird face]] starts stalking Julie. Most readers assumed it to be a kid with an eyelid monster. [[http://www.monster-pulse.com/?webcomic_post=page-4-chapter-13 They weren't thinking big enough.]]
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** In chapter 13, a [[http://www.monster-pulse.com/?webcomic_post=page-3-chapter-13 com/comic/page-3-chapter-13/ kid with a weird face]] starts stalking Julie. Most readers assumed it to be a kid with an eyelid monster. [[http://www.monster-pulse.com/?webcomic_post=page-4-chapter-13 com/comic/page-4-chapter-13/ They weren't thinking big enough.]]
** In chapter 13, a [[http://www.monster-pulse.
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* HollywoodAcid: Guuzy produces some extremely powerful acid. [[spoiler: It's used to dispose of Roger's corpse off-panel.]]
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* Determinator: While Bina is frightened for the first couple chapters, she quickly becomes the [[TheHeart one thing that holds the group together]]. [[spoiler:Her will is so strong that it can interfere with Anima's mindscape.]] Violet sums it up in [[http://www.monster-pulse.com/comic/page-21-chapter-14/ chapter 14]]:
--> There is a strength in you. A will. That strength makes it difficult to be near you. You are a kind person, but it is easy to feel that strength and become wary of you. It is, at times, blinding. It makes it more difficult to know the right things to say. Many sense that strength, without understanding what it is.
--> There is a strength in you. A will. That strength makes it difficult to be near you. You are a kind person, but it is easy to feel that strength and become wary of you. It is, at times, blinding. It makes it more difficult to know the right things to say. Many sense that strength, without understanding what it is.
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--> There is a strength in you. A will. That strength makes it difficult to be near you. You are a kind person, but it is easy to feel that strength and become wary of you. It is, at times, blinding. It makes it more difficult to know the right things to say. Many sense that strength, without understanding what it is.
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--> There is a strength in you. A will. That strength makes it difficult to be near you. You are a kind person, but it is easy to feel that strength and become wary of you. It is, at times, blinding. It makes it more difficult to know the right things to say. Many sense that strength, without understanding what it is.
--> There is a strength in you. A will. That strength makes it difficult to be near you. You are a kind person, but it is easy to feel that strength and become wary of you. It is, at times, blinding. It makes it more difficult to know the right things to say. Many sense that strength, without understanding what it is.
