History YMMV / NeverWhere

* MagnificentBastard: The Marquis de Carabas would be one of the defining examples.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: The ending of the book is ambiguous: either Richard [[spoiler: decided to return to London Below and went with the Marquis]] or [[spoiler: the whole thing drove him kind of insane and he just imagined that happening because he couldn't deal with London Above anymore]]. Given how Gaiman tends to avoid that kind of twist, it's still probably the former. [[TakeAThirdOption Although it could be both.]]

* AuthorAvatar: Possibly. Read the physical description of Richard Mayhew. Then take a look at Neil Gaiman's author portrait.
** Jossed on Gaiman's tumblr. He described Richard based off the original actor from the TV show.

** "Messires Croup and Vandemar" are the resident [[PsychoForHire monsters for hire]] of the London Below. Croup himself sums the duo up best when he cheerily remarks "we have ''no'' redeeming features." Croup and Vandemar seem one beast split into two bodies, Croup as the brains and Vandemar as the brawn, but both are wildly sadistic and cruel. A man who fails to perform his tasks is set upon by Croup and hacked to pieces (and impliedly devoured by him). The two murder heroine Door's entire family and when her ally, the Marquis, tries to negotiate with them, they capture him and torture him for nothing more than entertainment. They give him a head start though...with Vandemar stalking after him, gleefully counting down the time to savor the hunt even more.

* NightmareFuel: NeilGaiman the NightmareFuelStationAttendant strikes again. Croup and Vandemar in particular.

** The angel [[BigBad Islington]] is a being drunk on its own glory and vanity. Islington was originally tasked with watching over Atlantis. When pressed on how Atlantis really sank, Islington's normally beautiful, serene features are replaced by a mask of fury as it shrieks '''They deserved it!'''. Islington is the one who commissioned Croup and Vandemar to murder Door's family and manipulated Door to him so she could open the gates of heaven, allowing Islington to conquer its kin and exact revenge out of nothing more than spite for its exile.

** "Messires Croup and Vandemar" are the resident [[PsychoForHire monsters for hire]] of the London Below. Croup himself sums the duo up best when he cheerily remarks "we have ''no'' redeeming features." Croup and Vandemar seem one beast split into two bodies, Croup as the brains and Vandemar as the brawn, but both are wildly sadistic and cruel. A man who fails to perform his tasks is set upon by Croup and hacked to pieces (and impliedly devoured by him). The two murder heroine Door's entire family and when her ally, the Marquis, tries to negotiate with them, they capture him and torture him for nothing more than entertainment. They give him a head start though...with Vandemar stalking after him, gleefully counting down the time to savor the hunt even morethe resident monsters for hire of the London Below. Croup himself sums the duo up best when he cheerily remarks "we have no redeeming features." Croup and Vandemar seem one beast split into two bodies, Croup as the brains and Vandemar as the brawn, but both are wildly sadistic and cruel. A man who fails to perform his tasks is set upon by Croup and hacked to pieces (and impliedly devoured by him). The two murder heroine Door's entire family and when her ally, the Marquis, tries to negotiate with them, they capture him and torture him for nothing more than entertainment. They give him a head start though...with Vandemar stalking after him, gleefully counting down the time to savor the hunt even more

* CompleteMonster: First are 'Messires Croup and Vandemar' the resident monsters for hire of the London Below. Croup himself sums the duo up best when he cheerily remarks "we have no redeeming features." Croup and Vandemar seem one beast split into two bodies, Croup as the brains and Vandemar as the brawn, but both are wildly sadistic and cruel. A man who fails to perform his tasks is set upon by Croup and hacked to pieces (and impliedly devoured by him). The two murder heroine Door's entire family and when her ally, the Marquis, tries to negotiate with them, they capture him and torture him for nothing more than entertainment. They give him a head start though...with Vandemar stalking after him, gleefully counting down the time to savor the hunt even more
** The second is the angel Islington.A being drunk on its own glory and vanity, Islington was originally tasked with watching over Atlantis. When pressed on how Atlantis really sank, Islington's normally beautiful, serene features are replaced by a mask of fury as it shrieks They deserved it!. Islington is the one who commissioned Croup and Vandemar to murder Door's family and manipulated Door to him so she could open the gates of heaven, allowing Islington to conquer his kin and exact revenge out of nothing more than spite for his exile

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: The ending of the book is ambiguous: either Richard [[spoiler: decided to return to London Below and went with the Marquis]] or [[spoiler: the whole thing drove him kind of insane and he just imagined that happening because he couldn't deal with London Above anymore]]. Given how Gaiman tends to avoid that kind of twists, it's still probably the [[spoiler: former]]. [[TakeAThirdOption Although it could be both.]]

* SpecialEffectsFailure: The miniseries' Beast of London bears a striking resemblance to a cow with a fur rug thrown over it.

The second is the angel Islington.A being drunk on its own glory and vanity, Islington was originally tasked with watching over Atlantis. When pressed on how Atlantis really sank, Islington's normally beautiful, serene features are replaced by a mask of fury as it shrieks They deserved it!. Islington is the one who commissioned Croup and Vandemar to murder Door's family and manipulated Door to him so she could open the gates of heaven, allowing Islington to conquer his kin and exact revenge out of nothing more than spite for his exile

* CompleteMonster: Croup and Vandemar. [[spoiler:And Islington. Hell, even Croup thinks Islington]] has "travelled so far beyond right and wrong he couldn't see them through a telescope on a nice clear night."

* TheWoobie: Anesthesia. She never had a father, her mother went insane, and she was raped by her aunt's boyfriend. On her eleventh birthday, she told the aunt, who didn't believe her. She either ran away or was kicked out (I don't remember). She wound up in London Below. [[spoiler: Eventually, the dark took her.]]

* For that matter, Door and the Marquis (''especially'' the Marquis) in the comic book adaptation. His skin is literally ink-black and the only visible parts of his face are his eyes and mouth.

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: NeilGaiman the NightmareFuelStationAttendant strikes again. Croup and Vandemar in particular.
** The fate of [[spoiler: poor little Anaesthesia]] comes to mind. Although, oddly, [[spoiler: the possibility she may return someday]] is discussed.
** Richard's Ordeal of the Key. [[spoiler: Made even worse if you are a supporter of the "Richard is insane" theory]].

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: The ending of the book is ambiguous: either Richard [[spoiler: decided to return to London Below and went with the Marquis]] or [[spoiler: the whole thing drove him kind of insane and he just imagined that happening because he couldn't deal with London Above anymore]]. Given how Gaiman tends to avoid that kind of twists, it's still probably the [[spoiler: former]].

* CompleteMonster: Croup and Vandemar. [[spoiler:And Islington]].

* LesYay: Hunter

* UncannyValley: In the TV adaptation [[spoiler: Islington's eyes are covered with black contact lenses.]] When you first see his face you can see something is ever so slightly wrong with it, but it's difficult to tell what. It's made very obvious after TheReveal though.

* MissedMomentOfAwesome: Quite deliberately set up by the author to further increase the impact of a particular betrayal. [[spoiler:Hunter has been introduced as the biggest badass in London Below, the heroes' greatest asset, and the only being capable of taking down Croup and Vandemar alone. So what does she do when she sees them? Engage in a massive, spectacular brawl? Hell, no. ''She was on the same side as them all along'']].
* MoralEventHorizon: See VillainousBreakdown on the main page. Also explicity stated by Croup - "He's travelled so far beyond right and wrong he couldn't see them through a telescope on a nice clear night."

* SpecialEffectsFailure: The miniseries' Beast of London bears a striking resemblance to a cow with a fur rug thrown over it.

* CompleteMonster: Croup and Vandemar. [[spoiler:And Islington.]]

** Richard's Ordeal of the Key. [[spoiler: Made even worse if you are a supporter of the "Richard is insane" theory.]]

* MissedMomentOfAwesome: Quite deliberately set up by the author to further increase the impact of a particular betrayal. [[spoiler:Hunter has been introduced as the biggest badass in London Below, the heroes' greatest asset, and the only being capable of taking down Croup and Vandemar alone. So what does she do when she sees them? Engage in a massive, spectacular brawl? Hell, no. ''She was on the same side as them all along''.]]
* MoralEventHorizon: See VillainousBreakdown on the main page. Also explicity stated by Croup - [[spoiler: "He's travelled so far between right and wrong he couldn't see them through a telescope on a nice clear night."]]
* SpecialEffectsFailure: The miniseries's Beast of London bears a striking resemblance to a cow with a fur rug thrown over it.

* MissedMomentOfAwesome: Quite deliberately set up by the author to further increase the impact of a particular betrayal. [[spoiler:Hunter has been set up as the biggest badass in London Below, and the only being capable of taking down Croup and Vandemar. So what does she do when she sees them? Engage in a massive, spectacular brawl? Hell, no. ''She was on the same side as them all along''.]]