History Webcomic / Pastamonsters

* DarkerAndEdgier: Episodes Season 2 onward. See CerebusSyndrome above for more details.

* LighterAndSofter: Comickit has stated the series will be this following the conclusion of the DarkerAndEdgier, story-driven "Zalgo Saga". In general, the "Jeff and the Darkness" arc is more hopeful, humorous, and comedy-based than the other three arcs, and features a less complicated plot with a greater focus on comedy.

* PortalPool: The well, which is how the Monsters travel from the Human World to the Under Realm.

* PresidentEvil: President Bush allows the Monsters to murder the people of the world as long as they pay him a weekly check. Even ''without'' the Proxy's involvement Bush is easily one of the most bankrupt protagonists on the comic

* TokenEvilTeammate: The world "evil" is a [[BlackAndGreyMorality relative term]], but Jeff is possibly the most unhinged and sociopathic of the Proxies.

* BigBadEnsemble: Zalgo, Enderman, Mancala and [[VillainProtagonist Jeff]] are always jockeying for position of the BigBad.

* IdiotHero: Jeff and BEN in spades.

* LighterAndSofter: Comickit has stated the series will be this following the conclusion of the DarkerAndEdgier, story driven "Zalgo Saga". In general, the "Jeff and the Darkness" arc is more hopeful, humorous, and comedy-based than the other three arcs, and features a less complicated plot with a greater focus on comedy.

* OnlySaneMan: Slenderman, Ms. P, and Lara. BEN also qualifies to a lesser extant.

* AdaptationalJerkass / AdaptaionalVillainy: All of the characters are pretty nasty and mean even compared to their WebOriginal/Creepypasta counterparts.

* ForTheEvulz: The motivation of 70% of the villains.

** X is every bit as evil as his commander, Zalgo. The only difference however, is that Zalgo [[FauxAffablyEvil tries to hide his sadism through large words and an affable personality]], X doesn't even ''try'' to do so.

* KilledOffForReal:
** The Unwanted House Guest is murdered by Zalgo in Season 4.
** X is killed by Zalgo for his failures.

* BadassBaritone: Slenderman, Zalgo, and Aton.

* EldritchAbomination: The Dark World is inhabited with them.

** Enderman became one in "The Chain Mail", where he returns to having the same personality as his pilot persona. He's much more evil, vicious, and level-headed in than any other episode to the point that he sadistically shows excitement and joy when he thinks he's finally killed [[WouldHurtAChild BEN]], not to mention the fact he eradicated any creature in the forest and expressed joy at the thought of killing the rest of the Proxies and enslaving the Dark World, and quite possibly the Human World after.

* PortalPool: The well, which is how the Monsters travel from the Human World to the Dark World.

* VillainWorld: The Dark World. It's a seemingly normal world at first glance... until you meet the inhabitants. It is infested with dictators (such as the Mancala and Enderman), gangsters, soul-eating demons and monsters, and [[SerialKiller serial killers]]. If you're a [[OnlySaneMan sane person]] in this comic, don't expect to get any leeway. Everybody's either incredibly racist, perverted, corruptible, immoral, socially incompetent, mentally ill, or y'know... A ''monster''. To call it a CrapsackWorld would be an understatement.

[[caption-width-right:350:Clockwise, starting from the left: [[TheDragon The Rake]], [[ButtMonkey the Shadowlurker]], [[InsufferableGenius Slenderman]], [[CanineCompanion Smile Dog]], [[TheGenericGuy Eyeless Jack]], [[CoolOldGuy Mr. Widemouth]], [[PsychopathicManChild Jeff the Killer]], [[CatsAreMean Grinny Cat]], [[OnlySaneMan Ms. P]], [[TheStoner BEN]], Grinny (human form), [[BigBad Zalgo]], [[EnsembleDarkhorse Suicide Mouse.exe]], [[DumbMuscle BOB]], Smile Dog (human form), [[EvilGenius Enderman]], [[TokenHuman Lara]].]]

* AxCrazy: Nearly ALL characters have moments where they portray common traits of a psychopath.
** Jeff the Killer regularly murders people for laughs, terrorizes his own friends and goes on a homicidal rampages at a bank, among other things.

* BadassBaritone: Slenderman, Zalgo, and Enderman.

* [[MeaningfulName Sexual Offenderman]] does this as a hobby. One scene cuts in on him spooning an uncomfortable Laughing Jack in his bed. He then pats Jack on the back and says "You look so peaceful sleeping." Once he leaves, Jack starts crying and screaming [[BigWhy "WHHHHHHYYYY?!"]]

* TheCaligula: Slenderman, Jeff, Zalgo, X, and Enderman all have shades of this.
* CerebusSyndrome: : Despite the earlier episodes having its dark moments, the recent episode, while still being a comedy, is now totally okay with showing deeper psychological traumas, BloodierAndGorier violence, and ups the ante on the comic's conflict. It's pretty safe to say that ''Pasta Monsters'' is no longer the [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Family Guy]]-esque cartoon it used to be. The comedy, however, makes it's return come the "Jeff and the Darkness" arc, although it was really never gone to begin with.

[[caption-width-right:350:Clockwise, starting from the left: [[TheDragon The Rake]], [[JackOfAllTrades The Unwanted House Guest]], [[InsufferableGenius Slenderman]], [[CanineCompanion Smile Dog]], [[TheGenericGuy Eyeless Jack]], [[CoolOldGuy Mr. Widemouth]], [[PsychopathicManChild Jeff the Killer]], [[CatsAreMean Grinny Cat]], [[OnlySaneMan Ms. P]], [[TheStoner BEN]], Grinny (human form), [[BigBad Zalgo]], [[EnsembleDarkhorse Suicide Mouse.exe]], [[DumbMuscle BOB]], Smile Dog (human form), [[EvilGenius Enderman]], [[TokenHuman Lara]].]]

** EvilGenius: Enderman.
** TheBrute: BOB.

* BlackAndGreyMorality: This comes into play when you have [[SerialKiller Jeff the Killer]] and [[EldritchAbomination Slenderman]] on one side, and [[GodOfEvil Zalgo]] on the other.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdnes:
** Jeff went from being a loud, bombastic and childish party animal to a still comical yet manipulative, sadistic, calculating, racist degenerate with TokenEvilTeammate traits.

** Slenderman was a looming, ominous VillainProtagonist who didn't hesitate to kill Jeff and BEN if they disapointed him. Any episode showing him in the past portrays him as being just as serious as his pilot personality, showing that his time with Jeff mellowed him out greatly.

* EldritchAbomination: Zalgo can be considered this.

** Zalgo in later seasons.

* WouldHurtAChild: A lot of the characters BEN and Sally meet throughout the comic have no qualms about hurting them.
** Jeff himself is willing to harm

[[http://xcomickittyx.deviantart.com/gallery/31437251 Pastamonsters]] is a somewhat SliceOfLife - ish webcomic by [[http://xcomickittyx.deviantart.com xcomickittyx]] on Deviantart. It chronicles multiple {{Creepypasta}} characters, such as [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos Slender Man]], Jeff, and Smile.dog, as they go about their lives. It has been up since 2011. The plot revolves around the Proxies daily lives that range from saving the multiverse to finding where the TV remote went.

* BigBadEnsemble: Zalgo, Enderman, and Mancala.
* BlackAndGreyMorality: This comes into play when you have [[SerialKiller Jeff]] and [[EldritchAbomination Slenderman]] on one side, and [[GodOfEvil Zalgo]] on the other.

* CerebusSyndrome: : Despite the earlier episodes having its dark moments, the recent episode, while still being a comedy, is now totally okay with showing deeper psychological traumas, BloodierAndGorier violence, and ups the ante on the show's conflict. It's pretty safe to say that ''Pasta Monsters'' is no longer the [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Family Guy]]-esque cartoon it used to be. The comedy, however, makes it's return come the "Jeff and the Darkness" arc, although it was really never gone to begin with.

** DarkActionGirl: Skarlet.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Jeff and BEN. Although sometimes they can be flat-out Jerkasses.

* OnlySaneMan: Slender Man and Mrs. P.
* PortalPool: The well.
* PresidentEvil: President Bush allows the Monsters to murder the people of the world as long as they pay him a weekly check.

* VillainWorld: The Dark World. It's a seemingly normal world at first glance... until you meet the inhabitants. It is infested with dictators (such as the Mancala and Enderman), gangsters, soul-eating demons and monsters, and [[SerialKiller serial killers]]. If you're a [[OnlySaneMan sane person]] in this show, don't expect to get any leeway. Everybody's either incredibly racist, perverted, corruptible,immoral, socially incompetent, mentally ill, or y'know... A ''monster''. To call it a Crapsack World would be an understatement.

* BlackAndGreyMorality: The Proxies regularly murder others ForTheEvulz, abuse each other, and are often arrogant Jerkasses. In any other story, they would be the villains. But thier enemies, Zalgo (a tyrannical overlord who has killed billions) and Enderman (an oppressive BigBadWannabe), manage to be worse than they are.

* CerebusSyndrome: : Despite the earlier episodes having its dark moments, the recent episode, while still being a comedy, is now totally okay with showing deeper psychological traumas, BloodierAndGorier violence, and ups the ante on the show's conflict. It's pretty safe to say that ''Pasta Monsters'' is no longer the [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Family Guy]]-esque cartoon it used to be.

* LaughablyEvil:
** President Bush on his bad days.
** Zalgo started out as one, but reverted to being a KnightOfCerebus once the series entered CerebusSyndrome.

* AntiHero: Pretty much every character you play as (with the exception of Sally and Lara) is this, what with their horrible personalities and debauchery-based destruction. Jeff is a straight-up VillainProtagonist, Eyeless Jack just has issues with his co-workers, and Slenderman borders on VillainProtagonist.

* AntiHero: The Proxies.

[[http://xcomickittyx.deviantart.com/gallery/31437251 Pastamonsters]] is a somewhat SliceOfLife - ish webcomic by [[http://xcomickittyx.deviantart.com xcomickittyx]] on Deviantart. It chronicles multiple {{Creepypasta}} characters, such as [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos Slender Man]], Jeff, and Smile.dog, as they go about their lives. It has been up since 2011. The plot revolves around Jeff, BEN, and Ms. P going to retrieve Smile Dog from the overworld (the human realm).

* BigBadEnsamble: Zalgo, Enderman, and Mancala.

* KilledOffForReal: The Unwanted House Guest is murdered by Zalgo in Season 4.

** President Bush when he's portrayed as a ProtagonistVillain.

* KnightOfCerebus: Zalgo in later seasons.

* BigBad: Zalgo.