History WebComic / MonsterPulse

** Chapter 35, Page 13. [[spoiler:Bina, on the previous pave, came up with a plan to use Ayo to give Luna a power boost to deal with a stronger-than-usual ghost. On this page, it backfires horribly; the ghost sends Luna flying right into Ayo... and we cut to black with only a "SLICE."]]

** Chapter 4, Page 13-14. Dr. Lulenski, in a fit of delirium, [[spoiler:bludgeons the director's son to death with a rock after the latter gets possessed by a stray ghost.]] The moment is one hell of a reminder that this isn't just a bunch of kids and GrotesqueCute monsters running around.

* WideEyedIdealist: West, to the extent that Bina wants to shield him from some of the darker aspects of the world, including [[spoiler: that Abel has killed]].

* ParrotPetPosition: West tries to do this with Guuzy. [[FunnyMoments With interesting results.]]

* DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent: Lulenski appears to be heading this way, if accidentally. Unusually for this trope, however, she seems to have genuine loyalty for both sides she's on.

* FunnyAfro: West, though he's more straight-laced than the trope might imply.

* GoryDiscretionShot: [[spoiler: Roger's death.]]

* IWorkAlone: Abel, at first.

* SecretSecretKeeper: One of the kids has one of these, too. [[spoiler: Julie's mom knows about Kera and sometimes talks to her when Julie sleeps.]]

** MissingMom: Violet.

* RunOrDie: [[spoiler:As of Chapter 23, almost every person with a monster is forced to go into hiding after SHELL forms their own team of kids to hunt them down to power a machine that could THEORETICALLY reattach their monsters to their bodies.]]

* ShipTease: Bina and Able.

** Chapter 4, Page 13-14 is one hell of a reminder that this isn't just a bunch of kids and GrotesqueCute monsters running around.

** Chapter 29, Page 9-10. Osborne's ear monster tries to attack. [[spoiler:After it's sliced to bits, a shot of Desmond's left side of his face suddenly bleeds.]]

* AwesomeButImpractical: Bina's monster is her heart. While it is extremely powerful, there's the teeny tiny problem that whenever it fights, she is putting her life on the line.

--> 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.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: It's revealed early on that one of six powerful ARMA ghosts was destroyed after possessing someone. Nothing is known about the specifics of who this was or what their monster was, although it's suggested that [[spoiler: Abel killed it]].
** Violet is introduced as an EmotionlessGirl, but in Chapter 14, Abel finds a [[http://www.monster-pulse.com/comic/page-13-chapter-14/ picture of her.]] [[spoiler: She's smiling.]]

* ItNeverGetsAnyEasier: Abel has the strongest reaction to seeing [[spoiler: Lulenski kill Roger]] for this reason.

* InvisibleToNormals: Another of [[spoiler: Anima's]] abilities is to make it so that [[spoiler: Violet and anyone Violet designates]] won't be noticed. However, there are limitations - the larger the group being hidden, the more energy it takes to hide. There also are limitations - if someone already knows where the hidden people are, the power won't work on them.

* TheMenInBlack : Word of God says they're called "SHELL." Between the kidnappings, experiments on monsters, scary opaque glasses, and some ominous overheard conversation, they're not exactly looking like good guys.

** After [[spoiler: Roger saves Lulenski]] he starts turning, very slowly. We never see his face in full (it [[spoiler: seems to have LEGS]]), because...
** [[spoiler: Lulenski has a major FreakOut and picks up a rock.]] The next page is simply the kids staring in horror, with no noise, save [[spoiler: [[{{GoryDiscretionShot}} the sound effects]].]]

* RunOrDie: [[spoiler: As of Chapter 23, almost every person with a monster is forced to go into hiding after SHELL forms their own team of kids to hunt them down to power a machine that could THEORETICALLY reattach their monsters to their bodies.]]

* ShellShockedVeteran: Abel has apparently been living on the run from SHELL for a long time, and it shows. He has trouble showing emotion and becomes nearly hysterical at the prospect of being found by SHELL. This extends to the point that he is willing to threaten the lives of others to stay hidden from SHELL.

* WhamEpisode: Chapter 4, Page 13-14 is one hell of a reminder that this isn't just a bunch of kids and GrotesqueCute monsters running around. It also might go to show that [[spoiler: AnyoneCanDie.]]

''[[http://www.monster-pulse.com Monster Pulse]]'' is a {{Webcomic}} by Magnolia Porter of ''Webcomic/BobWhite'' fame.

''[[http://www.monster-pulse.com Monster Pulse]]'' is a {{Webcomic}} by Magnolia Porter of ''BobWhite'' fame.

* RunOrDie: [[spoiler: More like run or be reabsorbed into the body. As of Chapter 23, almost every person with a monster is forced to go into hiding after SHELL forms their own team of kids to hunt them down to power a machine that could THEORETICALLY reattach their monsters to their bodies.]]

* InvisibleToMortals: Another of [[spoiler: Anima's]] abilities is to make it so that [[spoiler: Violet and anyone Violet designates]] won't be noticed. However, there are limitations - the larger the group being hidden, the more energy it takes to hide. There also are limitations - if someone already knows where the hidden people are, the power won't work on them.

* 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]].

* EvilCounterpart: Chapter 22 deals with the main cast facing off against a team of kids put together by SHELL. In many ways, they mirror Bina and her friends. Ozzy and Drummer are clear parallels for Abel and Rixis - both have monsters based on sensory organs (the left one for each, at that) and gain improved sensory input via proper use of their monsters. Bina and Ayo's counterpart are Ray and Cav - both have imposing and powerful monsters, though Cav (based on the body part with the greatest hardness) is defense-oriented while Ayo (based on the strongest muscle) is offense-oriented. Enid and her unnamed monster are most capable when separate, while West and Guuzy do their best work together [[spoiler: and even use sticking together to beat her.]] Claire and Luna are slightly different in that they're not a counterpart for Julie and Kera, but for Violet and Anima - whereas Violet became an EmotionlessGirl when part of her brain became a monster and the two try to keep things calm and peaceful, Claire is overly emotional after her spine becomes an apparent BloodKnight.

* 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.

* TraumaCongaLine

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Nancy has a good idea - stopping SHELL from their experiments on people and the Arma ghosts is probably a good call. How she goes about it, however, puts many innocent people at risk. Plus, since she's paranoid, she's not good at determining friend from foe.

* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Dr. Lulenski having four children kidnapped to create a team that will forcibly bring Bina and the gang to her.]]

** 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.

* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Bina-Phlegmatic, Julie-Sanguine, Abel- Melancholic, West-Choleric, Lulenski- Supine

* HollywoodAcid: Guuzy can produce some extremely powerful acid. [[spoiler: It's used to dispose of Roger's corpse off-panel.]]
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Abel, who admits under emotional duress that [[spoiler: he once 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.]]

* KidWithTheLeash: The kids and their respective monsters. West also acts as a surrogate one to Greenie, since her partner [[spoiler: is a baby.]]

* MoralityPet: Roger functions as this for Dr. Lulenski[[spoiler:...until she is forced to kill him.]] Red could also be considered one for Nancy, as Nancy only reveals her true feelings while talking to Red.

* ParentalAbandonment: Abel's a runaway, so it's unknown whether his parents are out there anywhere.
** DisappearedDad: Julie.

* ParentsAsPeople

--> West: It's been awhile since I've had a boy friend. URK! I meant-
--> Abel: It's okay. I know what you meant.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: It's revealed early on that one of six powerful ARMA ghosts was destroyed after possessing someone. Nothing is known about the specifics of who this was or what their monster was, although it's suggested that [[spoiler: Abel killed them with Rixis' eye beam]].

* 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.]]

* ArtEvolution: Just compare [[http://www.monster-pulse.com/comic/page-1-chapter-22 the first page of chapter 1]] to [[http://www.monster-pulse.com/comic/page-1-chapter-22 the first page of chapter 22]].