History WesternAnimation / RubyGloom

-->'''Poe:''' Oh dear.
-->'''Scaredy:''' Oh my.
-->'''Skullboy:''' Uh-oh.
-->'''Iris:''' ''[[DissonantSerenity (cheerily)]]'' [[DissonantSerenity We're doomed!]]
-->''[Everyone [[BlankStare stares]] at Iris]''

* BalloonBelly: In "Broken Records" Iris has one when trying to break the record for eating the most of Gloomsville's stinkiest cheese; gorgonlimburgerazola. It disappears as soon as she gives up.

** Ruby and Iris have this exchange in "Broken Records":

* FeudEpisode: There are two of these; "Broken Records" and "Frank and Len Unplugged".

* GlassShatteringSound: Misery sings beautifully when asleep, but if she tries to sing when awake, this is usually the result. Iris' attempt at breaking the record for "highest-pitched shriek" in "Broken Records" has the same effect.

* LateToThePunchline: In "Broken Records" when Iris tells a joke and it bombs, Ruby starts laughing after about a minute, saying she just got it. It's not made clear whether she really was late to the punchline or she was just trying to humor Iris.

** From "Broken Records" at the end of the TelecomTree scene:

* PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure: Three have happened over the course of the show. They include Ruby and Iris in "Broken Records", Skull Boy and Poe in "Gloomates", and Frank and Len in "Frank and Len: Unplugged".

* TelecomTree: In "Broken Records", Skull Boy calls Misery --who is with Scaredy, Frank, and Len-- for a brainstorming session to help Iris and Ruby reconcile. After Misery & company exchange awkward glances, Skull Boy picks up again to tell them they are invited too.

** Also, that comment about Misery's family having a high lead content in their blood? [[spoiler: It's the reason they're able to return from outer space in the episode Out Of This World.]] Though that time she claimed it was iron rather than lead, which actually makes more sense in both cases.

* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler: Ruby]] in "Last Train to Gloomsville Part 2".

* DoorstopBaby: Bunny in "Bad Hare Day" is introduced in this fashion. [[spoiler: Subverted, as it turns out to be a way for him to case the joint.]]

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* HairRaisingHare: What Bunny in "Bad Hare Day" turns out to be. [[spoiler: He plays the part of an abandoned RidiculouslyCuteCritter with a cold so he can infiltrate the mansion and steal everyone's valuables.]]

** In the episode "Ubergloom" [[spoiler: a visiting brother and sister have locked themselves in a room to develop their photographs.]]

** In the episode, "Missing Buns", how Ruby acted towards Skullboy after [[spoiler: learning that he was the cause of Mr. Buns' strange disappearance. The music that played during the scene didn't help.]]

* OneWePreparedEarlier

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: The girls get get into as much comedic injuries as the boys. Misery the most, and Ruby the least. Iris zigzags based on her stunts.
* SliceOfLife: Kind of.

* LoveYouAndEverybody: {{Inverted}} in "Quadra Gloomia": Frank realizes that Ruby has a crush on Skull Boy, and openly asks her if she wants him to ask Skull Boy if he likes her. Ruby says that she knows Skull Boy likes her... like all her friends do.

* CoolPet: Doom Kitty.

* MissingMom: Ruby may have this. We'll never get to see both her birth parents. For some reason, [[AdultsAreUseless there is no parent or guardian]] in the mansion.

* NiceHat: Misery's lumberjack hat in "Misery Loves Company".
** The hat Skull Boy finds in "Ruby Cubed" which turns him into a Shakespearean thespian. And ChickMagnet.

* AbsenteeActor: There are several episodes where one or more of the main characters are absent without explanation.
** Ruby is the only character to be present in all 40 episodes, which is a given considering her status as the title character.
** Doom Kitty is absent from 'Ruby Cubed', 'Lucky Me', 'Sunny Daze', 'Tooth or Dare' and 'Last Train to Gloomsville: Part I'.
** Iris is absent from 'Missing Buns'[[note]]Save for a brief off-screen voiceover[[/note]], 'Bad Hare Day', 'Shaken Not Scared', 'Time Flies' and 'Writing on the Wall'
** Misery is absent from only one episode, 'Seeing Eye to Eyes'.
** Skull Boy is absent from 'Doom with a View', 'Bad Hare Day' and 'Tooth or Dare'.
** Frank and Len are absent from 'Missing Buns', 'Shaken Not Scared', 'Time Flies'[[note]][[WrittenInAbsence It’s mentioned in a throwaway line that they had gone out to shop for guitar picks]][[/note]], 'Lucky Me' and 'Gloomates'.
** Poe is absent from 'Doom with a View', 'Quadrogloomia', 'Shaken Not Scared', 'Once in a Blue Luna' and 'I’ll Be Home for Misery'.
** Scaredy Bat is absent from 'Gloomer Rumor', 'Doom with a View'[[note]]Although one could argue that his presence could end the episode too quickly.[[/note]], 'Bad Hare Day', 'Happy Yam Ween', 'Lucky Me', 'Gloomates', 'Venus-de Gloomsville', 'Déjà vu - Again' and 'Pet Poepulation'.
** Boo Boo, due to his status as an AdvertisedExtra, does not make an appearance in ''twenty-seven'' episodes.
** Likewise, Mr. Buns does not appear in twenty-five episodes.
** The only episode to feature all of the above characters appearing is 'Skull Boys Don't Cry'.
*** Often, a character who is absent from the main story of an episode will appear in one of the skits before and after that episode.

* WithCatlikeTread: Iris in "Yam Ween" when attempting to peak at the presents and seeing the chime she thought she broke was still broken.

* BlankStare: A prominent RunningGag is this being the go-to response to another character saying something weird, most often [[NoodleIncident Misery]] or [[JackOfAllTrades Skullboy]], accompanied by a {{Beat}} for added effect.

* CatchPhrase: Ruby has "Look on the bright side" and to a lesser extent [[ICantBelieveImSayingThis "I hate to say this, but..."]]
** In "Hair(less) The Musical", there's a whole musical number dedicated to this catchphrase and it's repeated several times. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Xp6l7TK8rE

Originally based on a line of melancholic stationery created by Martin Hsu, and a prime example of the PerkyGoth mentality, ''Ruby Gloom'' is a [[CanadianSeries Canadian animated program]] produced by Creator/{{Nelvana}} for Creator/{{YTV}}. The series focuses on the adventures of eponymous [[ThePollyanna Ruby Gloom]], who lives in the aforementioned mansion alongside her circle of eccentric friends, which alongside the aforementioned spooks, include a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold know-it-all]] talking raven, a [[AcrophobicBird bat too scared to fly]], a [[ThePrankster prankster]] ghost, and a [[LivingToys living toy]] named Mr. Buns. Oh, and Ruby's pet cat [[DeathbringerTheAdorable Doom Kitty]].

Originally based on a line of melancholic stationery, and a prime example of the PerkyGoth mentality, ''Ruby Gloom'' is a [[CanadianSeries Canadian animated program]] produced by Creator/{{Nelvana}} for Creator/{{YTV}}. The series focuses on the adventures of eponymous [[ThePollyanna Ruby Gloom]], who lives in the aforementioned mansion alongside her circle of eccentric friends, which alongside the aforementioned spooks, include a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold know-it-all]] talking raven, a [[AcrophobicBird bat too scared to fly]], a [[ThePrankster prankster]] ghost, and a [[LivingToys living toy]] named Mr. Buns. Oh, and Ruby's pet cat [[DeathbringerTheAdorable Doom Kitty]].

-->'''Frank:''' [[SuddenlySHOUTING THE HOUSE IS FLOODING!! OH, NO!]]

-->'''Frank:''' [[DullSurprise It appears that the house has flooded, Len.]]

-->'''Frank:''' [[SuddenlySHOUTING THE HOUSE IS FLOODING! OH,]] ''[[SuddenlySHOUTING NO!]]''