History WesternAnimation / TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndmandy

** In the episode "Crushed", Mandy receives a makeover a la Sandy from {{Grease}}, with a heel-crushed lollipop in place of a cigarette.
** In "Grim in Love", Grim and his date recreate [[TheImmodestOrgasm that one scene]] from ''WhenHarryMetSally'', except Malaria fakes ''her death''.

** Pinface is a blatant reference to Pinhead of ''{{Hellraiser}}'' fame.

** TheBumblebee: Fred Fredburger

** The Dwarven battle cry is "lavan sus manos," Spanish for, "wash your hands."

* DontFearTheReaper: Grim tries his darndest to be scary, but let's face it: at his most {{badass}} the guy's still an incompetent wuss.

* FakeBrit: Eris. What makes it funny, however, is that she's supposed to be a GREEK goddess.

*** His mother also has one, and has a Jamaican look to her.

* VerbalTic: Irwin, Yo!

** Early on in "Here Thar Be Dwarves", Billy's picnic is interrupted by [[YogiBear Yogi Bear and Boo-Boo]].
** The CodenameKidsNextDoor crossover episode, which was not only a crossover of KND and this show, but of every one of CN's original shows. At least one character from each show appears in the episode, even one from SquirrelBoy.

* DerailedFairyTale: "Nursery Crimes" starts the kids in the story of HanselAndGretel, but they wander off and encounter characters from other fairy tales such as Pinocchio, who wants to BecomeARealBoy by [[ImAHumanitarian eating the flesh of a real boy]].

** [[SubvertedTrope And for some reason, nobody cares.]]

* PowerTrio: Grim (Ego), Billy (Id), Mandy (Superego).

This show was actually the winner of a contest held by CartoonNetwork to determine what cartoon would be their next new show. On an interesting note, ''Billy and Mandy'' ended up lasting longer than most of the shows that CN greenlit without fan input; ''CodenameKidsNextDoor'', the winner of the contest the following year, did likewise. (Think about this: those two shows, voted to greenlight status by the viewers, ended up lasting at least two more seasons than any other show CN greenlit afterward). ''Billy and Mandy'' was originally a much darker ThreeShorts show that included another cartoon, ''WesternAnimation/EvilConCarne'' (and known then as ''Grim & Evil''), but became the more comedic (but still pretty dark) ''Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy'' when ''Con Carne'' was dropped after the first season in an unsuccessful SpinOff attempt.

* BabyGotBack: The phrase is just plain shouted by Irwin when Mandy takes part in a beauty pageant, even though everyone else is in full silent agreement that Mandy is hideous due to her lack of smile.
** But then again, Irwin will never stop obsessing over Mandy.

** The [[strike: [[LittleShopOfHorrors Mean Green Mother From Outer Space]]]] evil meteor sang a song about how he wants to eat brains.

** The first time we meet Baron Von Ghoulish in the Christmas Special (voiced by Malcolm [=McDowell=]) he's humming [[AClockworkOrange "Singing in the Rain."]]

* VagueAge: None of the main kids' (Billy, Mandy, Irwin, etc.) ages are ever revealed. Billy mentions repeating the 2nd grade again, but that might have been just a one-off gag.

.* {{Animesque}}: Billy's favorite show, ''The [[XtremeKoolLetterz X-Treme]] Adventures of Brandon and Mallory''. It features [[RuleOfCool ninja fights, high-speed chase scenes, giant robots and wailing guitars]] and stars two kids with the Grim Reaper.

* AlternateUniverse: It shares the same universe as ''WesternAnimation/EvilConCarne''.
** Also apparently a universe where AbrahamLincoln is still President.
** Its also hinted that it shares the same universe as CodenameKidsNextDoor and Ed Edd and Eddy, per the crossover.
*** Technically, due to Cartoon Physics; This is basicly the same Earth every 2-D cartoon between 2001 and 08 inhabited.
* {{Animesque}}: Billy's favorite show, ''The [[XtremeKoolLetterz X-Treme]] Adventures of Brandon and Mallory''. It features [[RuleOfCool ninja fights, high-speed chase scenes, giant robots and wailing guitars]] and stars two kids with the Grim Reaper.

* BreakupBreakout: After breaking off from Evil Con Carne, It became the more successful of the two shows.

The show lasted seven seasons (2001-2008) with two movies, a couple of specials -- including a crossover with ''CodenameKidsNextDoor'' -- and a spin-off attempt called ''Underfist''.

-->'''Billy:''' And you keep breaking my arms just because she wants you too. [[TheBible Who's the bigger fool? The fool or the fool who follows him?]]

-->'''Mandy:''' [[LampshadeHanging Who watches]] [[SelfDepreciation this drivel?]]

-->'''Mandy:''' [[LampshadeHanging Who watches this drivel?]]

Rounding out the show's cast are Irwin, Billy's best friend and the TokenMinority (who also has a massive crush on Mandy); Sperg TheBully; Mindy the AlphaBitch; [[EvilDead Hoss]] [[EscapeFromNewYork Delgado]], a supernatural bounty hunter with more brawn than brains; Eris, the goddess of chaos and discord; General Skarr (formerly seen in ''EvilConCarne''), who now wants to garden instead of conquering the world; and Nergal, the Sumerian Death God who lives in Earth's molten core and just wants to be friends with everyone, really.

This show was actually the winner of a contest held by CartoonNetwork to determine what cartoon would be their next new show. On an interesting note, ''Billy and Mandy'' ended up lasting longer than most of the shows that CN greenlit without fan input; ''CodenameKidsNextDoor'', the winner of the contest the following year, did likewise. (Think about this: those two shows, voted to greenlight status by the viewers, ended up lasting at least two more seasons than any other show CN greenlit afterward). ''Billy and Mandy'' was originally a much darker ThreeShorts show that included another cartoon, ''EvilConCarne'' (and known then as ''Grim & Evil''), but became the more comedic (but still pretty dark) ''Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy'' when ''Con Carne'' was dropped after the first season in an unsuccessful SpinOff attempt.

* AlternateUniverse: It shares the same universe as EvilConCarne.

* CallToAgriculture: Skarr, the CanonImmigrant from EvilConCarne just wants to be left alone and do his gardening.

* {{Transplant}}: General Skarr from ''EvilConCarne'', who's nobly trying to give up a life of world domination for suburban normalcy. He's fond of garden gnomes and cornbread.

** Their version of Dracula is not only [[{{Blacula}} black]], but he's based on [[SanfordAndSon Redd Foxx]].