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->''It's got some vampires but we're pretty sure it's better than twilight...maybe."

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->''It's ->''"It's got some vampires but we're pretty sure it's better than twilight...maybe."
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* CallBack: Shaz saws amoeba in half in one strip. In the next one, there are two smaller amoebas that speak in unison.



* ShoutOut: In ''Neck Scar'', Shaz wears a purple t-shirt with [[Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale 'DON'T BOG ME DOWN, SON']] written on it.

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In ''Neck Scar'', Shaz wears a purple t-shirt with [[Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale 'DON'T BOG ME DOWN, SON']] written on it.it.
** Amoeba celebrates [[Series/Seinfeld Festivus]] instead of Christmas.
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* QuirkyCurls: Angelica and Camille. (Even though the latter usually has her hair straightened, she still fits the trope.)
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* FunWithAcronyms: The company that Shaz and Murray work for is called NTBD, which stands for 'Name To Be Decided'.
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* LandDownUnder: Usually, the only way a non-Australian could guess the setting is by the odd-coloured money, the weird trees, and (occasionally) the slang. However, ''Tennis'' is nothing but this trope, depicting the Australian Open as a blood sport played ''entirely by crocodiles.''

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* LandDownUnder: Usually, the only way a non-Australian could guess the setting is by the odd-coloured money, the weird trees, and (occasionally) the slang. However, ''Tennis'' is nothing but this trope, depicting the Australian Open as a blood sport played ''entirely by crocodiles.'''' There's a throwaway reference to drop bears, too.



* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Werewolves in Bloody Urban are extremely hairy, regardless of gender, and possess claws,sharp teeth, and glowing pupils even while in human form. They transform only on the full moon, but they will act in a wolf-like manner if sufficiently agitated.

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* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Werewolves in Bloody Urban are extremely hairy, regardless of gender, and possess claws,sharp teeth, and glowing pupils even while in human form. They transform only on the full moon, but they will act in a wolf-like manner if sufficiently agitated. They're also universally colourblind and allergic to mistletoe.
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* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Camille's skin colour gets less pale when she feeds on human blood.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Murray has sharp teeth and nails, even in human form, and flies into a rage if he hears high pitched noises. Also, mistletoe burns his skin.

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* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Camille's Bloody Urban's vampires have pointed ears, black tongues and dark circles around their eyes. They have fangs, but not necessarily on their canines. Their skin colour gets less pale when she feeds on human blood.
is [[UndeathlyPallor blueish grey]] by default, but consuming blood allows them to appear more human. Other than that, they have most of the standard ClassicalMovieVampire powers, including immortality, super-strength, mind control, and the ability to turn into bats or mist.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Murray has sharp teeth Werewolves in Bloody Urban are extremely hairy, regardless of gender, and nails, possess claws,sharp teeth, and glowing pupils even while in human form, and flies into form. They transform only on the full moon, but they will act in a rage wolf-like manner if he hears high pitched noises. Also, mistletoe burns his skin. sufficiently agitated.
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* AllTherapistsAreMuggles: Averted. Murray's psychiatrist is Slenderman.

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* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampires: Played with. They aren't quite at the AlwaysChaoticEvil level, but the Bloody Urban Vampires tend to all be [[JerkAss pretty dickish]].


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* PostModernMagick: Par for the course, given the setting.
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* ActingUnnatural: Murray in ''Threatening''.
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* TheMerch: The artist has a [[http://www.redbubble.com/people/meghantuten redbubble store]] through which you can buy a number of products with Bloody Urban panels printed onto them.
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* BizarreAlienBiology: Not alien per se, but some of the monster characters have very weird physiology
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* EveryoneIsChristianAtChristmas: ''Season's Greetings'' pokes fun at this trope.
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* SpecialGuest: Parodied -- every time a nameless, one-shot character appears in a strip, they will be introduced as 'This Week's Special Guest' in the artists comment. In strips where there are only recurring characters present, the 'guest' will often be an abstract concept or random object in the background.

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* SpecialGuest: Parodied -- every time a nameless, one-shot character appears in a strip, they will be introduced as 'This Week's Special Guest' in the artists artist's comment. In strips where there are only recurring characters present, the 'guest' will often be an abstract concept or random object in the background.
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* ShownTheirWork: Ghouls in Bloody Urban have bright green blood that is toxic if eaten. As the artist's comment of ''Green'' explains, this is TruthInTelevision- the bile pigment that gives RealLife animals like the samkos bush frog green blood can cause jaundice and liver failure.
* SpecialGuest: Parodied-Every time a nameless, one-shot character appears in a strip, they will be introduced as 'This Week's Special Guest' in the artists comment. In strips where there are only recurring characters present, the 'guest' will often be an abstract concept or random object in the background.

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* ShownTheirWork: Ghouls in Bloody Urban have bright green blood that is toxic if eaten. As the artist's comment of ''Green'' explains, this is TruthInTelevision- TruthInTelevision -- the bile pigment that gives RealLife animals like the samkos bush frog green blood can cause jaundice and liver failure.
* SpecialGuest: Parodied-Every Parodied -- every time a nameless, one-shot character appears in a strip, they will be introduced as 'This Week's Special Guest' in the artists comment. In strips where there are only recurring characters present, the 'guest' will often be an abstract concept or random object in the background.
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* FrankensteinsMonster: Parodied-Murray's Frankenstinian coworker Eric has two left hands, lego teeth, a hunchback and one eye that's a golfball. This poor construction is explained to be the result of the MadDoctor being [[StonersAreFunny completely stoned.]]

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* FrankensteinsMonster: Parodied-Murray's Parodied -- Murray's Frankenstinian coworker Eric has two left hands, lego teeth, a hunchback and one eye that's a golfball. This poor construction is explained to be the result of the MadDoctor being [[StonersAreFunny completely stoned.]]



* HeroicDolphin: Subverted- The dolphin in 'Sea Rapist' is a registered sex offender.

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* HeroicDolphin: Subverted- The Subverted -- the dolphin in 'Sea Rapist' is a registered sex offender.

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* BodyHorror: Oh ''boy''. For starters, there's Eric, who has two left hands and an eye that's a golfball, then there's Shaun and his xenomorph tongue, and the latest strip has a side character who is literally just a head, spine, ribcage, heart and intestine.



* FantasyKitchenSink: So far, there are vampires, dinosaurs, mermaids, mad scientists, Frankenstein monsters, chupacabras, werewolves, ghouls, Eldritch horrors (including SlenderMan) and land-walking dolphins. Concept art suggests there are also gorgons, wendigos, fish people and giant land-dwelling octopi.

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* FantasyKitchenSink: So far, there are vampires, vampires (and not just one type, either), dinosaurs, mermaids, mad scientists, Frankenstein monsters, chupacabras, werewolves, ghouls, mothman, Eldritch horrors (including SlenderMan) and land-walking dolphins. Concept art suggests there are also gorgons, wendigos, fish people and giant land-dwelling octopi.
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* GeekyTurnOn: ''Deadmau5''
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* HumansThroughAlienEyes: Camille is disgusted by human biology to the point where she won't go near Murray after he sneezes on her. Shaz doesn't blame her. (this doubles as HypocriticalHumour when you know what Shaz is like.)
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* CallBack: In ''Heat Wave'', you can see black markings on the wall where they've scrubbed off Murray's [[RoomFullofCrazy madness-induced scribbling]] from ''A Visit From the IT Guy''
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The series is mainly a gag-per-week webcomic. The comic, including some of the original hand-drawn strips can be found [[http://bloodyurban.smackjeeves.com/ here]] and the old, unfinished storyline can be found [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Bloody_Urban/ here]].

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The series is mainly a gag-per-week webcomic. The comic, including some of the original hand-drawn strips can be found [[http://bloodyurban.smackjeeves.com/ here]] and the old, unfinished storyline can be found [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Bloody_Urban/ here]].



* AllThereInTheManual: A lot of unused characters and additional information can be found on [[http://clive-gershwin-palmer.tumblr.com/tagged/bloody-urban the artist's tumblr]]

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* AllThereInTheManual: A lot of unused characters and additional information can be found on [[http://clive-gershwin-palmer.[[http://clive-gersbermps-palmer.tumblr.com/tagged/bloody-urban the artist's tumblr]]
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* ProductPlacement: McDonalds, Zazzle t-shirts and Apple, as well as Australian restaurant chains like Pieface and Eagle Boy's Pizza.

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* ProductPlacement: McDonalds, UsefulNotes/McDonalds, Zazzle t-shirts and Apple, as well as Australian restaurant chains like Pieface and Eagle Boy's Pizza.
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* OurGhoulsAreCreepier: Shaz bleeds green, has a forked tongue and spiny claws, and he has the ability to shape shift into a hyena-like monster as well as anyone he's taken a bite out of recently.

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* OurGhoulsAreCreepier: Shaz bleeds green, has combines the supernatural powers of a forked tongue traditional Arabic ''ghul'' with the pointy ears, claws and spiny claws, and he has the ability to shape shift into a hyena-like monster as well as anyone he's taken a bite out greenish skin of recently.one of HP Lovecraft's monsters.
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* BriefAccentImmitation:

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* BriefAccentImmitation: BriefAccentImitation: Shaz pretending to be Murray in the last panel of ''Sickie''.



* TakeThat: ''Tennis'' is one at Australian phone company Optus.

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* TakeThat: ''Tennis'' is one at Australian phone company Optus.Optus and the famously irritating animal-themed commercials they used to run.
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* TheMerch: The artist has a [[http://www.redbubble.com/people/meghantuten redbubble store]] through which you can buy a number of products with Bloody Urban panels printed onto them.

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