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4''Down the Street'' by Heroesdaughter is a ''Webcomic/{{Buildingverse}}'' {{Fan Webcomic|s}}. This one is focused on a nearby building where the classic but unlikely pair of [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} Dr. Frankenstein]] and {{Dracula}} are sharing an apartment, [[Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet Mrs. Lovett]] runs her Pie Emporium and [[{{Dracula}} Mina Harker]] has temporally moved with her.
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6A comic full with intelligent and disguised cult references.
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8!!This comic provides examples of:
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10* AbsentMindedProfessor: Victor Frankenstein is a teacher at the same university as Erik and James, according to the Webcomic/{{Roommates}} continuity
11* AffablyEvil: Dracula whenever a girl (except Mina) is around.
12* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Almost every character has or is the focus of one or more unrequited loves.
13* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Invoked. The main characters are adapted in order to make the plot plausible; otherwise it would have all already ended in a bloodbath.
14* ArtShift: Related to the mood of what’s portrayed.
15* BloodBath: Mentioned by Dracula during the Blind Date arc.
16* BishieSparkle: Mostly committed by Jareth (naturally) and Edward in his cameo appearance. Dracula does have his moments, however, and insinuates that it might be a side affect of the time he bit Jareth.
17* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The brides. Averted to white in Leuca's case possibly to reserve the brunette place either for Mina or Sarah.
18* CompositeCharacter: Dracula is a mixture of almost every Dracula portrayed (including [[Series/SesameStreet Count von Count]], which is mentioned by the very Vlad in the story). Victor stands as a mixture between the literary character and Creator/KennethBranagh.
19* CreatingLife: Quoted by Victor.
20* {{Dracula}}: Vlad, of course.
21* EvenEvilHasStandards: Jareth and Dracula.
22* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: Glitter and sparkles are a recurrent topic in these series.
23* EvilMakeover: Dracula, several times.
24* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: This building shares the Fail Field surrounding the one of the other two comics.
25* {{Fanservice}}: Mostly takes place whenever are vampires related.
26* FemmeFatalons: Jareth when showed gloveless.
27* FunWithForeignLanguages: Dracula, so badly
28* GratuitousForeignLanguage: Recurrent.
29* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Dracula, Crowley.
30* {{Goth}}:
31** In terms of general mood since many of the characters are taken out of goth literature.
32** In fashion terms, one of the brides is designed as a GothicLolita
33* HighCollarOfDoom: Dracula
34** Erik is also portrayed with one.
35* InsistentTerminology: ''Doctor'' Frankenstein. It isn't quite a BerserkButton...yet...but it does rather peeve Victor when his degree is forgotten.
36* IntercontinuityCrossover: The comic crosses over not only content from the stories the characters are taken from but also the original Webcomic/{{Roommates}} and the Webcomic/GirlsNextDoor spin off.
37* KissOfTheVampire:
38** Vlad on Jareth.
39** Also on Mina.
40* LoveHurts: Almost everyone; it seems to be a structural condition of the series.
41* LoveTriangle: Victor-Mrs. Lovett-Sweeny Todd, Mina-Dracula-Jonathan, Sarah-Jareth-Dracula, Dracula-his brides-their victims, …
42* MadScientist: Obviously Victor Frankenstein.
43* MadScientistLaboratory: Victor has mentioned having one.
44* ManOfWealthAndTaste: Dracula.
45** Jareth too can fit here.
46* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: Par for the course in a Webcomic/{{Roommates}} spin-off.
47* MistakenForGay: Jareth every time Dracula is around.
48* MonsterMash: Several characters show inspiration/make reference to the classic Universal horror movies: Frankenstein, Dracula, The Phantom of the Opera...
49* ObliviousToLove:
50** Arguably, Sweeney Todd to Mrs. Lovett.
51** Also Victor, regarding his "inmunity" to the Brides' seduction.
52* OminousFog: pages 19-20.
53* OminousOperaCape: Dracula and the Phantom of the Opera.
54* OperationJealousy: Mrs. Lovett starts entertaining Victor's attempts at romance in the hope that Sweeney will notice. It works.
55* PetTheDog: Averted, with Sweeney and the [[KillerRabbit Rabbit of Caerbannog]].
56* RecursiveFanfiction: This is a ''Webcomic/{{Roommates}}'' SpinOff which is a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover [[FanFic fan]][[{{Webcomic}} comic]]... or more precisely a Webcomic/GirlsNextDoor SpinOff which makes it doubly recursive.
57* RescueRomance: Vlad to Sarah.
58* RunningGag: The MistakenForGay between Jareth and Dracula
59* SiblingTriangle: Dracula’s brides.
60* SceneryPorn: Erik’s room.
61* StalkerWithACrush: Almost every man in the story.
62* SugarAndIcePersonality: Mina, so far.
63* TangledFamilyTree: Dracula not only has three canon brides, but has mentioned Lestat as his grandson and the historical Florescu as his legitimate descendants.
64* TheKlutz: Victor shows it in general terms. He once forgot that a scalpel was stuck in his thigh until Erik pointed it out to him.
65* TheRival:
66** Jareth-Dracula.
67** It can also be applied to Victor-Sweeney even when we don't know yet if Victor is aware of it or not.
68* ThePornomancer: Dracula
69* TricksterArchetype: Jareth
70* VillainsOutShopping: Dracula updating his wardrobe and holding errands for Victor.
71* VillainProtagonist: Almost the whole cast.
72* WickedCultured: Insinuated on Dracula.
73* YourVampiresSuck: Suggested inner confrontation between Dracula’s vampiric concept, the Vampire Chronicles’ one and Twilight’s one.

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