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14	''My Boyfriend is a Monster'' is a series of stand-alone graphic novels united by a premise that is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. Each novel centers around a heroine who finds romance with a [[YouSexyBeast handsome otherworldly being]]. The writers and artists vary with each story, apart from Janina Görrissen, who handled the art in both the first and fifth books, and Dan Jolley, who wrote the third and sixth.
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16	* ''#1: I Love Him to Pieces'': A LovableJock and a [[NerdsAreSexy Hot Nerd]] bond in the midst of a ZombieApocalypse.
17	* ''#2: Made for Each Other'': A NewTransferStudent discovers that another (handsome) new student is a FrankensteinsMonster.
18	* ''#3: My Boyfriend Bites'': An OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent falls in love with an AlmightyJanitor, before she spies him drinking blood and transforming into a giant bat...
19	* ''#4: Under His Spell'': Another LovableJock is swept up in an interdimensional SuccessionCrisis when she meets a young [[TheFairFolk Fae]] WarriorPrince.
20	* ''#5: I Date Dead People'': [[BoyMeetsGhoul Girl Meets Ghost]] in her family's HauntedHouse, along with a few less desirable visitors.
21	* ''#6: Wrapped Up in You'': Well, the series wouldn't be complete without a {{Mummy}}, would it?
22	* ''#7: He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not'': Another NewTransferStudent starts dating the school's JerkJock star quarterback, then learns that he has an unusual connection to her NiceGuy lit class partner.
23	* ''#8: A Match Made In Heaven'': An aspiring artist falls for a NewTransferStudent, actually meant to be her friend's guardian angel.
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25	It is better than it sounds.
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28	!!Examples from #1 "I Love Him to Pieces":
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30	* ActionGirl: Dicey. She brains zombies with her baseball bat with the best of them.
31	* AdrenalineMakeover: Jack's response to seeing Dicey in a tattered sundress, wielding a baseball bat that she just seconds ago used to shatter a zombie's skull? "You look so hot."
32	%%* AlmostKiss: Happens several times, before the final page.
33	%%* BackToBackBadasses: On the cover.
34	* BatterUp: Dicey. That she just happens to have a bat on a spontaneous date is lampshaded by Jack. It comes in handy, beating up zombies.
35	%%* BattleCouple: Dicey and Jack
36	* BigDamnHeroes: Jack's TabletopRPG friends arrive to save Jack and Dicey when things get dire.
37	%%** Also, Dicey for Jack.
38	* DeadlyPrank: Nearly. While snuggled up with Dicey, Jack pretends to have turned full-on zombie. This almost earns him a baseball bat to the head.
39	* DistressedDude: Jack, when the infection starts to worsen.
40	* EggSitting: Dicey and Jack meet after being assigned a Health Ed project to care for an egg together.
41	* FullNameBasis: Dicey tends to call Jack by his full name.
42	%%* GallowsHumor: [[WorstWhateverEver "Worst. Date. Ever."]]
43	* HiddenDepths: It is mentioned that Dicey is an Honor Society student.
44	* LovableJock: Dicey. Her baseball teammates as well, especially with them defending her from the team's sexist rivals.
45	* MyEyesAreUpHere: Dicey calls out Jack for "staring at her chest." It turns out he was focusing on her t-shirt, which featured an inaccurate picture of an emperor penguin.
46	* NerdsAreSexy: Dicey seems to think so.
47	-->'''Jack:''' "That's not an emperor penguin! Emperors don't have a crest. That's a rockhopper or some other ''Eudyptes''! Plus, emperors outrank kings! That's at least ten times stupider than my t-shirt."\
48	'''Dicey:''' [[TheGlomp glomp]] "You're such a nerd. Don't ever change."
49	* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: Dicey sets out to rescue Jack alone, in spite of the others' protests.
50	-->'''Baron:''' "We have a saying in the game. [[NeverSplitTheParty 'Never split the party.']]"\
51	'''Dicey:''' "Guys, Jack ''is'' my party."
52	* OhCrap: Dicey and Jack's reaction to seeing the carnage caused by the zombies.
53	* OneOfTheBoys: Dicey, the only female member of her baseball team.
54	* OurZombiesAreDifferent: The plague is caused by a mutation of the real-life parasitic fungus ''Cordyceps unilateralis'', which attacks an ant's brain and causes it to attach itself to the top of a plant before dying, thus helping the fungus to spread its spores. Although this differs from the more-commonly-seen viral origin, the novel's zombies behave like typical Hollywood zombies.
55	%%* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Again, Jack and Dicey
56	* TheDeterminator: Dicey, who sets out to rescue an increasingly-zombifying Jack, armed with only a baseball bat.
57	* TheMenInBlack: The agents who come to escort Dicey and Jack out of St. Petersburg. They are definitely good guys though.
58	* ZombieApocalypse: A mild example. While the town goes to pieces, the main focus is evacuating the uninfected while Jack's parents scramble to find a cure before it spreads outside of town. [[spoiler:They seem to succeed, by the end.]]
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61	!!Examples from #2 "Made For Each Other":
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63	* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Much like [[Literature/TheTwilightSaga Bella]], Maria seems to be able to stomach the whole Tom-is-a-monstrous-conglomeration-of-body-parts thing incredibly quickly and never lets it get in the way of her infatuation with him.
64	%%* AlmostKiss: Within the first ten pages.
65	%%* BetaCouple: Polly Jane and Byron.
66	%%* BigDamnHeroes: Tom for Maria. Maria returns the favor a short time later.
67	* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Frank, Tom's father in spirit, is killed trying to save the other creations from a fire. When Tom says, "I've got nothing left," Maria kisses him and says, "You've got me."]]
68	* CoolAunt/ CoolOldLady: Maria's aunt Sophie.
69	---> '''Sophie:''' "This is the 21st century, Maria! You don't have to wait for him to come after you!"
70	* DeadlyPrank: Alex and Logan are [[spoiler: killed by Hedy while pulling a prank that involves sending a CPR dummy down the falls.]]
71	%%* DoggedNiceGuy: Sheldon
72	* DramaticThunder/ LightningReveal: When Tom shows Maria what he is, and when they first kiss.
73	* EvilCostumeSwitch: Hedy starts dressing in goth/punk clothing when she becomes blatantly evil. She also dresses the minions she created this way.
74	* FrankensteinsMonster: Tom, Hedy, Mr. Graves, and of course the original. They are all super-strong and heal quickly, but are vulnerable to fire and are [[WeaksauceWeakness put into trances by music]]. They have no memory of their former lives and are essentially new beings created out of old parts.
75	* ManChild: Hedy. She is still fairly smart but has the maturity of a child.
76	%%* NewTransferStudent: Both Maria and Tom
77	* PapaBear: Frank, the original Frankenstein's monster, toward his creations. [[spoiler: It doesn't end well for him.]]
78	* PublicDomainCharacter: The original Frankenstein's monster. He's not a bad guy.
79	* PunnyName: Franklin Stone, Mr. Graves, Tom B. Stone, Hedy Stone (headstone) (a possiblity [[LampshadeHanging pointed out]] by Maria when Tom explains Hedy's cover as Graves's relative) and Maria Mc''Bride'', who is in love with a Frankenstein's monster. Shelly and Byron are probably also named after Creator/MaryShelley and her friend and colleague Creator/LordByron.
80	* RavenHairIvorySkin: Both Maria and Tom. For Tom, it is a trait of being a FrankensteinsMonster.
81	* RecurringCharacter: Guidance counselor Gary Barry, who also appears in ''My Boyfriend Bites'' and ''I Date Dead People''.
82	* SheCleansUpNicely: Maria, when she follows her aunt's advice and [[LettingHerHairDown takes her hair out of her face]].
83	%%* TitleDrop: Both the title and series name.
84	* {{Yandere}}: Hedy, who wants to MurderTheHypotenuse to get her hands on Tom.
85	* YoungerThanTheyLook: Tom tells Maria he is only a sophomore, though he doesn't look it. Little does she know he's technically only ''two years old.''
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88	!!Examples from #3 "My Boyfriend Bites":
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90	* ActionGirl: Vanessa is shaping up to be, [[spoiler: as mandated by destiny.]] Even before the end of the series, she enthusiastically dives into the plan of [[spoiler:offing the vampires with garlic, pulling through even when it looks like Jean-Paul will be killed by it.]]
91	* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Vanessa admits she's drawn to people who need "fixing." Two of her ex-boyfriends were juvenile delinquents, a third was a basement-dwelling slacker, and her prospective new man is a janitor who drinks blood and shapeshifts.
92	* AlmightyJanitor: Jean-Paul is a janitor who moonlights as some sort of supernatural cop and can kick some ass.
93	* BattleCouple: Vanessa and Jean-Paul, when they go up against the vampire pack during the climax.
94	* BigDamnHeroes: Jean-Paul for Vanessa. She rescues him from another pack of vampires later.
95	* ChekhovsGun: Papa Jackson's House of Spice. It's initially mentioned as the reason the town smells kind of odd. [[spoiler:Vanessa and Jean-Paul later raid it for garlic to use against the evil vampires.]]
96	** Also, the fact that Mr. James is a Leo. [[spoiler:Guess what the ''one'' detail that determined he was the vampire sacrifice and not Vanessa?]]
97	* ClassifiedInformation: Who Jean-Paul works for. [[spoiler: So was the fact that he's a werebat, before he spilled the beans.]]
98	%%* CoolBigSis: Tracy
99	* DistressedDude: Mr. James, who ends up [[spoiler:kidnapped and nearly sacrificed by vampires in the climax.]]
100	%%* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: The name Jean-Paul, although it doesn't indicate if he's actually French.
101	%%* LoveAtFirstSight
102	* MeaningfulName: [[spoiler: Vanessa Shingle. Her last name is an anagram of Helsing, as in Van Helsing.]]
103	%%* NightmareSequence
104	* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Most that we see have weakness to garlic, stakes, probably sunlight and other classic traits, but given how different Jean-Paul is from the vampire horde he fights, it looks like there are several different factions of vampires with very different abilities. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Until]] it’s [[TheReveal revealed]] that he’s not a vampire at all, but a [[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent Were-Bat]]]].
105	* PartialTransformation: Jean-Paul can change into bat form but retain his human head, for example. It's pretty horrifying.
106	* PreMortemOneLiner: When Vanessa kills a vampire with a pool cue, Jean-Paul tries to come up with a billiards-themed one but can't.
107	* PygmalionSnapback: The moral of the story. Vanessa has a bad habit of trying to force people to make changes in their lives to help them best fulfill what she thinks is their potential. When she tries it on Jean-Paul, he stops her and tells her that people only change when they want to and that it's not right to force it on them.
108	%%* RavenHairIvorySkin: Vanessa
109	* RecurringCharacter: Guidance counselor Gary Barry from ''Made for Each Other'' and ''I Date Dead People'' appears to counsel Vanessa.
110	%%* StalkerWithACrush: A notable inversion of ''[[Literature/TheTwilightSaga Twilight]]'', Vanessa spies on Jean-Paul.
111	%%* [[spoiler:TheChosenOne: Vanessa]]
112	* TheSmartGuy: Stork, a languages expert who cracks the code about who the vampires will sacrifice.
113	* [[spoiler:[[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent Werebeast]]: It turns out Jean-Paul is a werebat, not a vampire.]]
114	* [[spoiler: VampireHunter: As a descendant of Van Helsing, it is Vanessa's destiny to be the world's most powerful monster hunter.]]
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117	!!Examples from #4 "Under His Spell":
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119	* ActionGirl/ BadassNormal: Bethany. She takes down several Fae with just a metal bar and a sprinkler (relying on the information that the water in the area has slight amounts of iron in it).
120	* BattleCouple: Bethany and Allein, who together take down the Fae who hold Bethany's classmates hostage.
121	%%* ChekhovsGun: The school's water supply
122	* HandWave: In-universe. Bynal and company taking over the school is explained away as the antics of a "drug-crazed punk rock gang."
123	* InsistentTerminology: They are ''the Fae'', not fairies.
124	* KickChick: Bethany, appropriate in that she is a soccer player.
125	* LovableJock: Bethany. She's an enthusiastic soccer player who loves going out with her friends and falls for the sweet Allein.
126	* NotQuiteForever: Bethany gets a little spooked when Allein says he wants to be with her "today, tomorrow, and forever." She replies that she's only 16 and is not ready for that kind of commitment.
127	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Lorin, Allein's father, if only because he vows to make sure that Allein's cousin is punished for [[spoiler: attempting to kill his son and allowing Bethany to be brought to the Fae home world to heal]].
128	%%* SceneryPorn: '''The Fae home world'''
129	%%* [[spoiler:SplashOfColor: The Fae home world]]
130	* SuccessionCrisis: Allein is the next-in-line, as the king's son. His cousin hopes to become heir by killing Allein.
131	* TheFairFolk: They were driven away from the mortal realm. Some are resentful of it. Some thing they still got the better end of the deal.
132	* WarriorPrince: Allein, as a part of his CharacterDevelopment. He starts off with the knowledge of how to fight but lacking the strength of will. By the end of the comic, he fights his evil cousin [[spoiler:and crushes him under a car]].
133	* WeaksauceWeakness: The Fae are weak to iron. This allows BadassNormal Bethany to make quick work of several of them.
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136	!!Examples from #5 "I Date Dead People":
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138	* AlphaBitch: Alex, apparently, although we don't see much of her. Her biggest appearance does have her mocking Nick for "slumming with the nerds" and Nick criticizing her for doing nothing but talking about how much her shoes cost.
139	* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: The ultimate goal of all ghosts that hang around, and what Nora and the psychic hope to trigger with the dangerous ghosts in the house. [[spoiler:This also happens for Tom, helped along by Nora.]]
140	* CessationOfExistence: Appears to happen to certain nastier ghosts if they are too angry to pass on to the afterlife.
141	* ClosedCircle: None of the ghosts can leave the house -- everything beyond it is "nothingness" for them, according to Tom.
142	%%* CuteGhostGirl: Inge
143	* EmoTeen: Nora's younger brother Aidan comes off this way.
144	%%* [[BoyMeetsGhoul Girl Meets Ghost]]
145	%%* HauntedHeroine
146	* HauntedHouse: Besides Tom, the house is also haunted by Inge, two more violent ghosts, and some unknown malevolent force.
147	* HotBlooded/ BerserkButton: Nora's reaction to hearing that ghosts threatened her siblings is to furiously tell the ghosts off.
148	%%* ICantBelieveAGuyLikeYouWouldNoticeMe: How Nora feels about Nick.
149	%%* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Evil ghost Peter to Nora.
150	* ISeeThemToo: At first, Tom makes it seem like it's remarkable that Nora can see him, setting the reader up to believe Nora will be unable to introduce him to her friends. But it seems none of her friends have trouble seeing ghosts, nor does anybody else.
151	* ItWasHereISwear: Subverted. Nora has no trouble showing the ghosts to her friends and family.
152	* JacobMarleyApparel: All of the ghosts are shown wearing old-fashioned clothing, presumably what they died in. Tom specifically is shown wearing the same outfit as a ghost as he had on when he died in his flashback.
153	* PsychicPowers: Of the psychics called in to sense the ghosts, Katherine seems to be legit (she's able to sense Inge and Tom, at least). Her colleagues less so.
154	* RecurringCharacter: Guidance counselor Gary Barry certainly gets around...
155	** Also, Mr. James the drama teacher, who was an English teacher in ''My Boyfriend Bites.'' Nora's dad refers to the [[ContinuityNod "run of bad luck" Mr. James had in New Mexico]], and he leaves in a huff after seeing Tom (probably because he's had quite enough of the supernatural already).
156	* RomanticRunnerUp: Nick. [[spoiler:But he gets a chance with Nora after Tom AscendsToAHigherPlaneOfExistence.]]
157	* RunningGag: "Am I invisible to X?" or some variation. It's first used when Nora fails to notice Nick trying to ask her out and used again later when Nora's friend is ignored by the director of a play she's in.
158	* StalkerWithACrush: Evidently, Peter for Nora. He can even be seen watching her undress in one panel.
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160	!!Examples from #6 "Wrapped Up In You":
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162	* AdultsAreUseless: Played with. [[RecurringCharacter Garry Barry]] is incredibly unhelpful when Staci tries to ask him for advice on what to do about Faith's peer pressure (he seems to assume that when she's asking about a friend who has a problem, she means herself and not ''literally'' a friend). On the other hand, [[RecurringCharacter Mr. James]] offers quite a lot of good advice on the matter. Staci's mother tries to be there for her but has a terrible migraine when her daughter needs to talk about something. When Mr. James and Staci's manager don't believe her about the truth of her failed test and apparently cash theft respectively, magic made it all but impossible for her to back up her instances that she was innocent.
163	* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:The pendant Staci admires. Chuck buys it for her as a gift, and it later becomes his heart, representing how his love for Staci is the most precious thing to him.]]
164	* EvenEvilHasStandards: While Faith is never exactly evil, she does abandon her best friend in favor of the three nerd girls/witches. She has enough when they use their magic to make Staci's little brother dangerously ill.
165	* HumanSacrifice: The reason Chuck was mummified. The end of the book also has Chuck answer questions in regards to the Inca view on human sacrifice, explaining how it was viewed as an honor.
166	* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler:Staci isn't happy that Chuck decides to go travel the world after the witches are taken care of, but understands that it's what he wants to do to understand how times have changed.]]
167	* [[MagicalNativeAmerican Magical Inca]]: Chuck, which is the reason he ended up a mummy to begin with. He learned forbidden magic arts and was sacrificed by his family for it.
168	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Faith's reaction to realizing that she abandoned her real friend to side with people who are fine with targeting Staci's brother as a part of their revenge plot.
169	* OffingTheOffspring: Chuck's father ordered him to be sacrificed for using forbidden magic.
170	* ProperlyParanoid: As a result of his various supernatural run-ins, Mr. James is shown carefully checking his classroom and car for monsters before he locks up and heads home.
171	* RealismInducedHorror: The effects of the curse of bad luck put on Staci might not be elaborate, but they prey on a lot of anxieties adults and older teens face. She fails a test she knew she should have passed, she loses her job because the cash register came up several hundred dollars short on her watch, and her little brother gets sick with chicken pox. There's also Staci's concerns over her friend spending time with three girls who are a negative influence on her.
172	* SoulJar: Chuck is kept alive by whatever item holds the most sentimental value for him. The witches hope to gain his magical powers by destroying it. Everyone believes that it's the knife used to bring him back from the dead. [[spoiler:It's actually Staci's pendant, which she magically puts in his body so he has control of his own life.]]
173	* WithFriendsLikeThese: Stacy has a lot of bad luck when it comes to being caught up in/blamed for the drama amongst her friends. Faith, her best friend, also forces her to make some choices she's uncomfortable with, acting like Staci is a terrible friend for not wanting to break into the museum and later ditching her in favor of the three witches. [[spoiler:She does later regret her actions and helps Staci and Chuck fight the witches.]]
174	* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Gaining magic powers really goes to the heads of the three nerd girls.
175	* WouldHurtAChild: While setting about ruining Staci's life, the witches make her little brother sick with chicken pox.
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177	!!Examples from #7 "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not":
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179	* AffectionateNickname: Lance calls Serena "Serena-kitten".
180	* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Serena's parents. Her dad offers to accompany her and her friend to a school football game and her mom needs to be given several hints to understand that Serena wants her to leave so she and Cameron can work on their project.
181	* BerserkButton: Talking about Cameron to Lance. Cameron also gets unusually angry about Lance.
182	* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Cameron is given an antidote to cure him of his Lance personality, but it's uncertain if it's permanent. He has to be moved to a special facility for further evaluation and thus can't continue his relationship with Serena. Two cheerleaders and a teacher are also dead, but Lance can't hurt anyone anymore and Cameron is free from the person exploiting him for financial gain.]]
183	* [[ClingyJealousGirl Clingy Jealous Guy]]: Lance becomes ''very'' upset at the thought of Serena not giving him all of her love and attention. [[spoiler:It's implied that this is why he killed the cheerleaders - it angered him to see Serena getting along with someone besides him.]]
184	* ConspiracyTheorist: Edward. Among other things, he initially refuses to participate in a video chat because he's afraid of the government capturing his image.
185	* DomesticAbuse: How Lance's relationship with Serena quickly ends up, of the verbal and emotional variety. Among other things, he calls her a "stupid bitch" several times, blames her for his bad moods, scares her, and then makes excuses for his behavior, apologizes while insisting he still loves her, and gives her gifts to make up for it.
186	* EvilDetectingDog: Henry, Serena's cat, hisses at Lance constantly.
187	* GenreSavvy: Mr. James has become this after showing up in so many previous stories. Not only does he comment on how there always seems to be a teenage girl involved whenever something supernatural happens [[spoiler:he knows to bring along a second syringe full of his antidote, in case the first is destroyed (as it is).]] Serena's friends also show signs of this, immediately researching everything they can to help Serena figure out the deal with Lance [[spoiler:and urging her to keep away from him when they learn about his history of violence]].
188	* HiddenDepths: Garry Barry seems to be just as [[AdultsAreUseless useless]] as in his other appearances, but he clearly realizes that Lance is trouble and warns Serena to be careful about him. [[spoiler:He also seems to have the connections to get Cameron treated at a government facility, at the end of the story.]]
189	* JerkJock: Lance. Though it's not apparent at first, he has a violent temper and it's remarked that the affection he does show Serena is uncharacteristic of him. The reason he seems to have any friends at all is because he's so good at football.
190	* KickTheDog: Or cat, in this case. After [[spoiler:locking Serena's parents in a freezer and creepily grabbing her,]] Lance takes the time to punt Serena's cat over the horizon.
191	* LovableJock: Cameron. Though he doesn't do much jock-like in the story, the fact that he is an amazing football player is commented on often and he really is a NiceGuy.
192	* NewTransferStudent: Serena has to transfer to school in the town of Rojo, after her parents move. She's really not happy about it.
193	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Mr. James, who listens to Serena when she has problems and is genuinely interested in the well-being of Cameron [[spoiler:and comes up with the cure for his condition]].
194	* RenaissanceMan: According to several people, Cameron is not just an intellect, but also a very good artist and football player. Unfortunately, when his football talent was discovered, he was all but forced to give up all his other interests.
195	* SeriousBusiness: Football, for the town of Rojo. The Friday-night games seem to be the main source of entertainment for the town.
196	* TragicMonster: Lance. [[spoiler:As Cameron's evil alternate personality, he literally has no life beyond playing football.]] It's heavily implied that Serena is the only person who ever cared about him as a person. When [[spoiler:Serena injects him with the antidote that would erase him from Cameron, he screams at her for wanting to "erase him too", while telling her he loves her more than football even. He ends up "drowning" in a vat of wine and, when one of his teachers tries to pull him out (said teacher being revealed to be exploiting Cameron/Lance for his own benefit), Lance refuses his help with an angry, "You've done enough to me!"]]
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198	!!Examples from #8 "A Match Made In Heaven":
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200	* AdultsAreUseless: Julie's mom means well and really does try hard to care for and protect her daughters, but [[spoiler:in the end, she still can't do anything about her husband kidnapping the baby. It's a justified case, though. Glory steps in to help because she figures that Big Al will act defensively if he sees his wife or Julie show up, but might be more open to someone he doesn't know as well trying to convince him]]. Zig-zagged with [[RecurringCharacter Garry Barry]], who, true to form, is initially viewed as an annoyance by Glory but does make a timely appearance to calm down a ranting Mr. James.
201	* TheAlcoholic: Implied to be one of the problems Julie's stepfather has. He's shown DrowningHisSorrows after [[spoiler:kidnapping his baby daughter]] and one of the later conditions for him to have post-divorce visits with the baby is to go to AA meetings.
202	* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Downplayed with Glory's parents. They're hippies who named their daughter Morning Glory and work jobs that don't provide much income, but Glory loves them nonetheless. She only seems bothered by the fact that they make her call them by their first names.
203	* BigBrotherIsWatching: A more benevolent example than most, but Gabriel's uncle is constantly watching and warns his nephew not to get romantically involved with humans. He can't even get away with kissing Glory.
204	* BitchInSheepsClothing: Luci. She looks sweet and innocent, but is a fallen angel (and heavily implied to be the niece of Lucifer).
205	* BlackComedy: Luci possessing Glory's favorite manga-ka and trying to make her kill Glory is pretty much PlayedForLaughs.
206	* BigDamnHeroes: When Mr. James goes on a rant to Glory in the middle of class, Garry Barry runs in and takes him to calm down.
207	* TheFashionista: Glory and Julie do most of their shopping in thrift stores, so they've gotten to be ''very'' good at putting together pretty outfits from random assortments of clothing.
208	* FreudianExcuse: When Glory confronts Julie's stepfather over [[spoiler:kidnapping Julie's little sister]], he breaks down crying and says how his mother died when he was two and he never had a proper Christmas with his family.
209	* TheKindnapper: [[spoiler:Julie's stepfather kidnaps her little sister, believing that his wife is in the wrong to keep his baby from him. Glory and his friends convince him to give the baby back]].
210	* MakeoverMontage: One is used for when Glory and Julie help Gabriel pick out a new wardrobe at the thrift store.
211	* MeaningfulName: Both Gabriel and Luci, who handwave it as being named after their uncles.
212	* MediumAwareness: Luci repeatedly insists that her name is spelled with a little heart dotting the "i" at the end of her name. There's a RunningGag of her interrupting whoever says her name with a regular "i" at the end to correct them with "It's ''Luci''!" in the correct format.
213	* MissingChild: A lot of the conflict isn't from Luci, but from Julie's stepfather fighting over custody of her little sister [[spoiler:and eventually kidnapping her.]]
214	* NewTransferStudent: Both Gabriel and Luci, much to the chagrin of Mr. James (who by now is GenreSavvy enough to know that no good comes to him when new students show up).
215	* OhCrap: Glory's reaction when she meets Big Al in a bar and tries to convince him to [[spoiler:return Julie's little sister]], only to realize that they're surrounded by his tough-looking friends. [[spoiler:She presses forward anyway, and it turns out his friends agree with her!]]
216	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Julie's stepfather is only known as "Big Al". A minor example would be Morning Glory, who tends to just go by "Glory".
217	* OurAngelsAreDifferent: According to Gabriel, angels have been around before any religion. They don't serve God, but instead exist to care for and protect humans. There are also fallen angels who split off after resenting having to care for humans, who seem to resemble demons quite a lot.
218	* PerpetualPoverty: Glory's parents help organize folk music festivals, which doesn't exactly leave them with a lot of money. As a result, Glory has to rely on thrift store shopping for her clothes.
219	* PromotedFanboy: InUniverse fangirl example, when Glory's graphic novel is good enough to get the attention of her favorite manga-ka, leading to her being invited for tea and later to sit in on a workshop the manga-ka is hosting.
220	* RichBitch: One of the groups at Julie's school, who mock her for wearing second-hand clothes. Luci later joins in.
221	* RunningGag: Glory always comments on Gabriel and Luci's ringtones, with Gabriel's being so beautiful it drives her to tears and Luci's being some minor form of BrownNote.
222	* SolomonDivorce: An unwilling example. Julie's stepfather, for reasons never explained, only wants custody of Julie's baby sister and shows no interest in Julie herself. Julie's mother, meanwhile, doesn't want to give up either of her children.
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Context ComicBook / MyBoyfriendIsAMonster