Line #41 Webcomic/GrimTalesFromDownBelow


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2	[[caption-width-right:346:Follow me to the edge of madness. and don't forget to send [[WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas Jack]] a postcard from [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Yog-Sothoth.]]]]
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4	The second crossover {{webcomic}} from Vinson Ngo a.k.a Creator/{{Bleedman}} (the first being ''Webcomic/PowerpuffGirlsDoujinshi''), created in late 2004 (roughly a year after PPGD was started). ''[[https://www.snafu-comics.com/swmseries/grimtales/ Grim Tales from Down Below]]'' is a fan-comic based on fanfics, focusing on two characters created by E.R.M Griffin ([=DeadDoll00=]), the children of Grim and a now adult Mandy, from ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'', who in this AlternateContinuity are the king and queen of the underworld: Grim Jr. (a.k.a. Junior) and his patchwork sister Minnie (short for Mini-Mandy), while incorporating an origin fanfic for the two which was written by [=SonicRose=].
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6	Like PPGD, ''Grim Tales'' started off at [[https://bleedman.deviantart.com/gallery/3418123/Grim-Tales-From-Down-Below DeviantArt]] before Ngo moved it to Snafu-Comics. Already well known, ''Grim Tales'' added more readers to Ngo's already overflowing fanbase. Ngo has a penchant for incorporating {{Narm}}, and DarkerAndEdgier, and ''extreme'' FanDisservice in his works, and as such, the comic has garnered some controversy, particularly regarding a plot point within the comic dealing with real-life events.
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8	After six years, the main series eventually finished in June 2009 and was apparently the end to the series. However, Ngo unveiled he was working a short sequel called ''[[http://bleedman.deviantart.com/art/GTAB-studies-115106824 AfterBirth]]'' which apparently deals with Minnie coping with her agelessness and being left alone after Junior sets out on a life of adventure. [[http://bleedman.deviantart.com/art/What-s-happening-174441924 Here are some preview pics of the comic.]] This story, however, has been stated to be non-canon.
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10	In February 2011, the comic continued with a mini-series called ''[[http://snafu-comics.com/swmcomic/gt-wham/ Grim Tales: What About Mimi]] ([[FunWithAcronyms GT: WhAM]])''. The comic follows Mimi, who is sent into the Grims' household to locate an object of immense power for him. During said mission, [[ADayInTheLimelight Mimi's past is brought to light]] bringing many shocking swerves with it. That eventually ended in July 2012.
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12	After this came ''[[http://snafu-comics.com/swmcomic/gtfo/ Grim Tales: Further Orientation]]'' (GTFO), which is a collection of short stories featuring the main characters.
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14	After the aforementioned GTFO ended with the first "Mimi" file, he began on ''Grim Tales: Chapter VIII (Eight)'' in April 2013.
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16	Yeah, if you haven't guessed by this point, [[CreatorsPet Bleedman really loves working on this series.]]
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18	If you're intrigued by all of the above, then [[http://snafu-comics.com/swmseries/grimtales commence reading]]. The sequel, ''[[http://bleedmancomics.wikia.com/wiki/Grim_Tales_From_Down_Below#Grim_Tales_Afterbirth_2 Afterbirth]]'', is uploaded fully on the wiki. (Warning: you will have to navigate carefully to avoid spoilers.)
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20	Not to be confused with ''VideoGame/GrimTales'', a series of PC {{hidden object game}}s about a time-traveling detective.
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22	Now has a [[Characters/GrimTalesFromDownBelow Character Sheet]]. Feel free to contribute.
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24	!!''Grim Tales from Down Below'' provides examples of:
25	%%* AbsurdlySharpBlade: [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/politely-fridgid Pain's sword]]
26	* AbusiveParents: Mandy and Junior [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/a-bit-of-motherly-love share a not-so-heartfelt moment.]] Judging from the ReactionShot from the rest of the family, it's supposed to be an unusual, WhatTheHellHero thing... [[TheLawOfConservationOfDetail if it's not already a regular occurrence.]]
27	* AccidentalPervert: In the middle of a [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/minnie-skirts-mimi-hurts battle]] between [[spoiler: Mimi]] and [[spoiler: Minnie]], Junior's head and spine are dropped to the ground. Once he's on/near the ground, he's visually confronted with a clear view up [[spoiler: Mimi]]'s skirt.
28	* ActionGirl:
29	** Mandy is the queen of the underworld and is not afraid to get her hands dirty. She often charges into battles and refuses to retreat, even when her husband Grim does. Even before becoming the queen, she was an assassin who was very good at her job.
30	** Due to all the training that she went through growing up, Minnie is quite a skilled sword fighter and gets multiple chances to showcase her impressive fighting abilities, especially in comparison to her untrained brother.
31	* AgeInappropriateDress: some underage girls(like Mimi, Minnie and Chi) wears {{Stripperific}} clothing that is too risqué for their age.
32	%%* AlmostKiss: [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/clockwork-doesnt-wear-pants Mimi]] is such a MomentKiller sometimes.
33	%%* AlwaysABiggerFish: [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/chomp-2 No kidding]]
34	* AntagonistInMourning: Of all the evils in this universe, [[EldritchAbomination Aku]] plays this trope straight. He became so depressed after the death of WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack that he turned his home into a copy of Jack's culture to have something to remember him by.
35	* ArtEvolution: Same as [[Webcomic/PowerpuffGirlsDoujinshi PPGD]], the style changed as the comic progressed
36	%%* ArtShift
37	* AuthorAppeal: Mimi and Junior have a very... suggestive relationship.
38	* BadassFamily: Junior and his family definitely count and by extension [[spoiler: his mother's lovers]]. But the biggest example would be [[spoiler: Mimi]]'s family which includes her [[spoiler: father [[EldritchAbomination Him]] ]], [[spoiler: her mother [[MamaBear Blossom]], her two aunts, [[BewareTheNiceOnes Bubbles]] and [[CuteBruiser Buttercup]], and her grandfather [[BadassBookworm Prof. Utonium]] ]]. And if this [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/dont-let-the-bed-bug-bite picture]] is any indication, [[spoiler: [[BadassBookworm Dexter]] and [[TheSoCalledCoward Courage]] are part of the family as well]].
39	%%* BadFuture: [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/the-recountal This strip]]
40	%%* BadHumorTruck
41	* BarredFromTheAfterlife: It's revealed that Billy died some years before Grim and Mandy's wedding, and ended up in Heaven due to being "too stupid to be sinful". But the saints got fed up with him and kicked him out (literally). Billy then ended up in Hell for a while, but they got sick of him there as well. Nowadays, he's just wandering the Earth as a wayward spirit.
42	%%* BeamOWar: [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/imma-chargin-mah-lazer It's payback time,]] [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitch!]]
43	* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Junior's Nergal side has reduced itself to help him on babysitting Mimi because Junior is way much nicer to it than its previous owner.
44	* BerserkButton: Do not mess with Junior if you don't want to face the wrath of Minnie. Which leads us to...
45	* BewareTheNiceOnes: Minnie is sweet, gentle, respectful, and caring. Make her mad if you [[TooDumbToLive want to]].
46	* BigBad: Three of 'em: Oogie Boogie, Him, and finally Minnie's Nergal demons. Boogeyman in the non-canon sequel Afterbirth.
47	* BigDamnHeroes: Several. [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/boneheads This]] being a quite [[LegionsOfHell prominent example]].
48	** [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003 Raven]] was looking like one in Mimi's flashback... until Him [[BackStab shows up]].
49	* BigScrewedUpFamily: Something of a recurring theme among the various families in play. Perhaps not surprising, considering the greater part of the cast is comprised of demons [[EvenEvilHasStandards or worse]]. Depictions range in magnitude from being PlayedForLaughs silliness to jaw-dropping acts of hostility and abuse.
50	%%* BlackSpeech
51	* BrotherSisterIncest: Minnie thinks of Junior as more than just a brother, despite her denials, [[http://bleedman.deviantart.com/art/You-complete-me-47523910 This seems to indicate that at some point in the future Grim Jr. will return her affections .]] Right now they seem to have an odd brother-sister version of a PseudoRomanticFriendship. [[spoiler: Continued with implications that Mimi might be Junior's half-sister as well, and her own half-sister seems to have feelings for her.]]
52	%%* ByThePowerOfGreyskull: Or Nergal, as the case may be.
53	%%** More of a lampshading than an actual invocation of said trope.
54	* CallingTheOldManOut: [[spoiler: Nergal to Grim over how Junior and Minnie were conceived.]]
55	** And Junior to Mandy over Mimi. [[spoiler:Amazingly she's the one who backs down]]
56	* CanonDiscontinuity: ''Grim Tales: Afterbirth'', which was marketed as a sequel to the original webcomic, has been declared non-canon.
57	* ClingyJealousGirl: Minnie is not appreciative of Junior appreciating Mimi's skills, or her TooKinkyToTorture moment.
58	* ContinuityNod: [[spoiler: While under Her-induced rage]], Minnie makes reference to a piece of Valentine's day throwaway art involving [[Literature/TheRing the girl in the well]].
59	* CooldownHug: Minnie gives Junior [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/i-have-you one]] to stop his monster side.
60	** And before that [[spoiler: Junior gave a Cooldown]]''[[spoiler: kiss]]''[[spoiler: to Minnie stop her from going ''VisualNovel/SchoolDays'' on him.]]
61	* CosmicHorrorStory: Every cartoon (and some other media) hero you have ever known and loved is dead and all that survived are the EldritchAbomination's they protected us from, the only real human left is [[EmotionlessGirl Ma]][[EvilHero nd]][[ComedicSociopathy y.]]
62	* {{Crossover}}: With several other shows. Most notably, ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' and ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom''.
63	** Dora the Explorer, Teletubbies... where IS that Ice Cream Man from, anyway?
64	*** Prepare to feel very silly... [[spoiler: he's from ''Spawn'', of course. He's a paedophile serial killer named Billy Kincaid.]]
65	** Even some characters from the obscure cartoon ''WesternAnimation/{{Visionaries}}'' appear as Many's henchmen.
66	** Mandy's weapon vault is a room made of shout-outs to too many other books, movies, comics, cartoons and myths to count... but it's fun to try anyway.
67	* CrossoverRelatives: [[WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas Jack Skellington]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy Grim]] are brothers.
68	* CuteMonsterGirl: Minnie; also Mimi [[spoiler: (Him's daughter)]]
69	** ''Afterbirth'' bring us more of them, including [[spoiler: [[WesternAnimation/MinaAndTheCount Mina]]]] who makes an actual appearance in the main series.
70	** Now there's Chi, daughter of Aku.
71	* DarkerAndEdgier
72	** Read Afterbirth. If you thought ''Grim Tales'' was morbid... you ain't seen nothing yet. Let's summarize: [[spoiler: The happy ending of Grim Tales rebounds - Minimandy has undergone an "Afterbirth" making her permanently stuck in her zombie body. Prior to this Junior left, preferring to train himself as a lone wolf so that his powers don't affect his loved ones (even though Minimandy was helping him with it). She leaves, gets abducted by the Boogeyman and offers herself as his bride, giving up her remaining eye. Meanwhile, Junior is infuriated when he returns home to find her missing. This prompts a quest to find her, resulting in a rather disturbing encounter with an evil counterpart, Drax, while Junior's own half-siblings (born from Mandy and Dark Danny's illegitimate child) get used as science experiments. When the Big Bad is faced, he has captured the souls of children to fuel his own powers, and is defeated by getting literally dragged into the bowels of hell, telling the protagonists that they will burn for their parents' folly.]] And the ending... [[spoiler: Dark Danny is back to cause some unknown trouble shortly after the protagonists head home, most likely to cause hell over seeing his children acting benevolently and not as the destructive forces of nature he intended them to be.]]
73	%%* DeathAndTheMaiden: Grim and Mandy. [[spoiler:Jr and Minnie to a lesser degree.]]
74	* DeathByCameo: [[spoiler: [[NeckSnap Irwin]], [[TakingYouWithMe Hoss]] and [[DarkMagicalGirl Raven]] already have met that fate, now [[Webcomic/PowerPuffGirlsDoujinshi Blossom]] will more than likely be heading there soon. Or, at least, FateWorseThanDeath.]]
75	** [[spoiler: NeverFoundTheBody, For Raven and Hoss... and Irwin... well... it's not exactly verified.]]
76	** [[spoiler: It's mentioned offhand in GTFO that Him killed all of them, while Mimi was forced to kill her mother.]]
77	%%* DefiantStoneThrow
78	* DistractedByTheSexy: [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/ironing-out-the-kinks That was clever.]]
79	** Grim's urgent entrance gets a little side tracked, as seen [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/the-belated-bonehead here]]. Not that we can blame him.
80	* TheDogBitesBack: The Nergal symbiote [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/memoirs-of-a-demon-tentacle-3 reveals]] that [[spoiler:all the destruction it caused in Halloween town was to vent out all the frustration inside it for years of being Minnie's slave. According to it, Minnie was just like Mandy towards Grim to it; when Minnie returned from Heaven, it tried to devour her in desperation, because it didn't want to return under her heel.]]
81	* DramaticIrony: It seems Demongo's info is outdated. When explaining Grim Household to Chi, he says that [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/poor-fly Junior]] is [[TookALevelInBadass the weakest link]] in the family, [[YourSoulIsMine with no skills]] or [[LovecraftianSuperpower abilities whatsoever]] and that [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/meeting-most-foul Minnie]] is the [[TheDreaded epitome of goodness]] and the [[LadyOfWar example of a Proper Lady]]. Yeah.
82	%%* EldritchAbomination: [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/demon-warrior Ngo is quite apt at these.]]
83	%%* EmergencyTransformation: The comic pretty much leads up to this.
84	%%* EnemyWithout: What happened when Junior couldn't control Minnie's powers.
85	* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Him knew all along that Mimi wouldn't be able to stand reliving her greatest fear via "Horror's Hand". The mission to retrieve it was pretty much his way of "disciplining" her for her earlier betrayal.
86	%%* {{Fanservice}}
87	%%* FanDisservice
88	* FlippingTheBird: Junior to ''[[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu Mandy]]''. Kid's either got a [[BrassBalls solid set]] on him for a skeleton, or [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/the-right-might an un-death wish.]]
89	* FloweryElizabethanEnglish: Minnie Mandy speaks like a person under the influence of too much Creator/WilliamShakespeare.
90	* GenderEqualsBreed: Minimandy is a human and Junior is a reaper.
91	** Somewhat subverted by the fact that [[spoiler: Minimandy is actually the illegitimate child of Mandy and Nergal Jr.]]
92	* GhostsAbhorAVacuum: In the fight between Mina Harper and Mimi, after Mina uses her vampire powers to turn into a ghostly form to avoid getting crushed by a house Mimi threw at her, Mimi uses a vacuum to trap her.
93	%%* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Grim flat out says this to his son. Minnie even says "the pain will be brief".
94	%%* {{Gorn}}: [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/the-deeper-inner-evil This page]], especially the last two panels.
95	%%* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Mimi]]
96	* HotSpringsEpisode: Aku has natural hot springs in his castle which leads to great amounts of {{Fanservice}} from his GenderBender [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe form]].
97	%%** CensorSteam
98	* HowWeGotHere: The whole comic is basically one big flashback. Even having a flashback within a flashback when Junior tells Lock, Shock, and Barrel how his parents got together.
99	** And Grim has a flashback inside THAT one.
100	* HyperspaceArsenal: Mimi pulls this is pretty much every appearance, some of them are truly absurd, and [[RuleOfFunny hilarious]].
101	%%* IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight: Junior with Minnie due to Him's influence.
102	%%* IfICantHaveYou: [[spoiler:[[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/frustration DIE!]]''']]
103	* IJustWantToBeBadass: Grim Junior is surrounded by formidable badasses far more powerful and dangerous than he is, which is difficult to bear when you're the Grim Reaper's 'son.'
104	%%* IllKillYou: See above spoiler.
105	* IncestSubtext: Minnie has... tendencies. [[spoiler: Straight into text as of the latter half. [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/castle-crasher Heavily teased.]]]]
106	* InexplicablyAwesome: It's never made clear why Mandy, even as a ten-year-old, had an aura more dark and evil than the Grim Reaper himself. Then again, [[RuleOfCool does it really matter]]?
107	* InformedAbility: [[WesternAnimation/HeyArnold Helga Pataki]] can be a jerk, but the idea that she's ended up as ”the meanest and rottenest teacher in the underworld” is overdoing it.
108	** However, this could be a case of UnreliableNarrator.
109	** She ''was'' why Minnie talks the way she does, so it could be more of a SugarAndIcePersonality.
110	* InterspeciesRomance: Mandy and Grim, Minimandy and Grim Jr., Mimi and Grim Jr., and [[spoiler: Mandy and Nergal Jr.]]
111	%%* {{Kamehamehadoken}}: Dark Danny
112	%%* LovecraftianSuperpower: The Nergal demons have these
113	%%* LoveTriangle: Grim Jr., Minnie,and Mimi.
114	* LoserProtagonist: For all his [[BerserkButton berserk buttons]] and what [[spoiler: demon-reaper]] powers he may possess, protagonist Grim Junior is consistently flattened by any serious opponent he goes up against.
115	%%* MarshmallowHell [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/not-so-minnie Played for laughs]]
116	%%* MayflyDecemberRomance: Mandy and Grim.
117	* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: During the fight with the Pumpkinator redux [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/own-medicine Nergal Junior's silhouette is visible]].
118	** On [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/the-last-gasp this]] page, there are ''three'' [[BigDamnHeroes heroes]] which come to Mimi's aide, [[spoiler: [[WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy Irwin, Hoss]], and [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003 Raven]]]].
119	%%* MegaCrossover: And how! Even ComicBook/{{Spawn}} shows up.
120	* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Most monsters tend to have enormous mouths full of pointy fangs. [[ https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/gtfo Bleed's rendition of Mina]] from ''WesternAnimation/MinaAndTheCount'' is a mild example.
121	* MsFanservice: [[SheIsAllGrownUp Mandy]] [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/marry-me grows up]] [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/photo-album real nice]]. [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/mimi-plays-chicken REAAAALLL]] [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/the-belated-bonehead NICE]].
122	* NeckSnap: How [[spoiler: Him]] kills [[spoiler: Irwin]].
123	** Mimi pulls one on Junior also, but it's played for laughs as the whole page was a big ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' spoof/parody/etc.
124	* NegativeContinuity: The use of this in ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' is revealed to be Grim just not feeling like reaping them.
125	* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/a-bit-of-motherly-love Observe.]]
126	* NoodlePeople: Minnie has extremely long legs for an eight-year-old girl, and highlights this by wearing leotards and extremely short dresses all the time. [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/rebirth Exhibit A.]] It gets more pronounced as the ArtEvolution goes on; in the beginning she looks more normal. Junior looks pretty noodley himself in [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/minnie this page]].
127	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Practically everything that happens in the story is Junior's fault for telling his sister off. DisasterDominoes, anyone?
128	%%* ObligatorySwearing
129	%%* OhCrap: Several times, especially Junior's face in [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/welcome-back this comic]]
130	* OneWingedAngel: Minnie, with and without her soul. Particularly gruesome in the latter.
131	** [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/just-a-flesh-wound Was that all you got, WORM?]]
132	** Him also has [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/big-daddy one]] which he assumes [[spoiler: after being nuked]]
133	* OrphansOrdeal: In [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/o-ye-bats-and-blackbirds this image]], Mimi witnesses [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans Raven's]] death at the hands of [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls Him]], barely able to utter the word "Mama" as she falls. Given what we know becomes of her under Him's [[FromBadToWorse "care"]]...
134	** She survived, but given how things are going, give it another three pages...
135	*** Raven's not actually her mother. Her real mother dies several pages after that, and offscreen.
136	%%* PensieveFlashback: Mandy activates a device in the vault which sends them and Mimi into one.
137	%%* PurityPersonified: Minnie. Except for the incest and {{Yandere}} aspects.
138	%%* PuppyLove: [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/minnie Oh]], [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/minnie-needs-therapy dear]] [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/rebirth God]], [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/conversation the Puppy Love]]...
139	* RescueRomance: [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/playing-with-yourself-2 Double subverted]]. Mimi was just able to delay Skulker enough time for Aku to rescue Chi and at first, Chi wasn't interested in Mimi for her being a "commoner" (despite being princess of another Underworld realm). But now Chi is head-over-heels for Mimi and [[SelfServingMemory paints those moments differently]].
140	* RightForTheWrongReasons: Unknowingly for her, Chi manages to [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/in-unholy-matrimony put the finger]] in what's going on with Mimi's errand (from the [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/mimi-and-the-many-mouths "eaten by a demon dog"]] to [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/juniors-vow "biting a boy's head"]]), and she just happens to be wishing her the worse for not replying her messages.
141	* RuinsOfTheModernAge: [[spoiler: When Mimi was affected by the Hand of Horrors, her greatest fear was centered in the [[Webcomic/PowerpuffGirlsDoujinshi Ruins of Megaville]]]]
142	* RulingCouple: Grim and Mandy are always referred to jointly when it comes to the rule of the Underworld. Considering how Mandy is, this is no surprise.
143	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Junior's Nergal side decided to step out now that Minnie [[spoiler:is succumbing to her inner evil]]; he advises Junior to keep a close eye on Mimi just in case [[spoiler:Minnie]] does something to her because now he's on his own.
144	* SharedUniverse: with ''Powerpuff Girls Doujinshi'' ([[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/city-of-heroes albeit a bit into the future]])
145	** Actually the co-writer/editor Bee Are and the colorist Seiryuga for PPGD have reportedly stated this to be false. Though as Seriyuga no longer works on the comic this has turned into a FlipFlopOfGod.
146	* ShoutOut
147	** Billy's unpredictable hourglass appears to be a shout out to [[Literature/{{Discworld}} Rincewind's]].
148	** Nergal Jr. shows up wielding [[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soul Edge Phantom]].
149	** The same page as [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/photo-album Adult Mandy]] is on? Yea, tear your eyes off her and look to the bottom-right. It's a line-for-line reference to "[=LABretto=]", from WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory. Just [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLC7DFYWGJM see for yourself]].
150	** WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd cameos [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/seven-sins here]] as the personification of the Deadly Sin Wrath.
151	** The demon-mecha has an odd VerbalTic. [[WesternAnimation/BeastWars Yes...]]
152	** See TheCameo. Nasty Burger is from WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom.
153	** [[Film/{{Gladiator}} "Am I not]] [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/the-claw-that-feeds-you Merciful!?"]]
154	** And just like the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jollibee Jollibee]] shout out in The ''Webcomic/PowerPuffGirlsDoujinshi'', Bleedman made a shout out to another [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Miguel_Brewery another Filipino franchise]] [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/much-ado-about-mandy in this page]].
155	** Next to the sword Mini pulls out of Jr's Body to fight Mimi is a red-hilted [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft Frostmourne.]]
156	** When Mimi infiltrates Grim's vault in the [=WHaM=] comic, every panel has one or two items on display in the background from some other franchise. They've ranged from ComicBook/CaptainAmerica's shield, to the [[Franchise/{{Hellraiser}} Lament Configuration]], to the [[WesternAnimation/{{ThunderCats\|1985}} Sword of Omens]], the [[WesternAnimation/{{Ben10}} Omnitrix]], [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Mjlonir]], ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}'s stone hand thing, [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls Chemical X]], [[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents Giglypi]], [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking a robot]] with [[Film/AustinPowers Freakin Laser]] [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/frickin-laserbeams Beams]], [[Film/ThreeHundred Spartan Shield]], what looks like the silhouette of [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link's shield]], [[Franchise/ANightmareonElmStreet Freddy's clawed glove]], [[OverlyLongGag and]] ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet. A silhouette that could be [[WesternAnimation/EvilConCarne Hector Con Carne's brain]], and the vial identified previously as Chemical X could just as easily be [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls Antidote X]], since it is black in color.
157	** Mimi [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/who-needs-pockets in this page]] somewhat resembles [[Literature/{{Bakemonogatari}} Senjougahara]] (as seen in that page's image).
158	** The Golem may look familiar to those who watched ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack''. He's the Lava Monster/Norse Warrior that Jack help set free. The size and color may be different, but the [[http://sharetv.org/images/guide/343110.jpg resemblance]] is [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/the-golems-greeting uncanny]].
159	** Mimi fires [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/mimi-plays-chicken Angry]] [[VideoGame/AngryBirds Birds]]!
160	** Him's replacement of Mimi's hands might be a reference to the folktale The Girl With No Hands.
161	** Him's [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/dont-let-the-bed-bug-bite background]] looks like Giygas from ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound\|1994}}''.
162	* SpitTake: In the [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/a-christmas-story-last-page last page]] of the ChristmasSpecial, the Scotsman has this kind of reaction to seeing Emoji girl in a rather skimpy maid style waitress outfit.
163	%%* SkywardScream: Mimi after her flashback from Hell
164	%%* StarfishLanguage: Check that article's picture.
165	%%* SummonBiggerFish: [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/daddys-home Damn straight]]
166	%%* TheCameo: [[WesternAnimation/MegasXLR Coop]] seen [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/coop-2 here.]]
167	%%* TheChessmaster: Clockwork
168	%%* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Nergal gives one regarding Grim's... "children", [[DemBones for lack of a better word]].
169	* TheUnFavourite: Poor Junior, doesn't mean his parents and especially his sister don't care though.
170	** Particularly ironic when considering the later revelation that it's actually MINNIE who is Grim's Un-Favorite, due to her being the child of Nergal Jr., himself the son of his old rival, Nergal. He hides it flawlessly in front of his kids, but he definitely favors Junior over Minnie by a long shot. Whether that changed when Nergal's powers was passed from Minnie to Junior is another matter...
171	** Mandy has also started to treat her son more favorably than her daughter. As she was actually quite impressed by her son developing a spine and standing up to her, while Mini Mandy's more recent actions have failed to do the same.
172	* TheUnintelligible: The "Nergellian Speak" Minnie, Nergal and later [[spoiler:Grim Jr.]] possess is show only as symbols and never translated. Even the Ngo himself lampshades he has no idea what their saying.
173	** Although, sometimes you can get the basic idea of what they might be saying. [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/conversation Near the end]], their "Nergellian" appears in the form of hearts.
174	*** One of the most recent pages actually translates a short conversation between Junior and Mandy in the Nergel speak as footnotes.
175	* TakeThat: An extended flashback seems to be one directed at ''VideoGame/FusionFall''. The combined strength of the entire Creator/CartoonNetwork lineup fails to stop [[spoiler: Armaggeddon at the hands of Mandy, Grim, and Him.]]
176	* TheVoiceless: Mimi doesn't utter a word through her appearance in the comic.
177	%%* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: Dark Danny has a line or two like this.
178	%%* TimeSkip: If the preview pics are to be believed, ''Afterbirth'' will be this.
179	* ThoseWackyNazis: [[http://img10.deviantart.net/2223/i/2006/073/d/7/grim_tales_ch2_1_2_by_bleedman.jpg Mandy admired Hitler and the third reich in her youth]]. Becomes jarring considering that Mandy has always favored chaos as opposed to totalitarian fascism and the author mentions her as having [[GodwinsLaw left wing political views that gave her a political position.]]
180	* TomatoSurprise: [[spoiler: Minnie's actually the illegitimate child of Nergal Jr. and Mandy. Junior is also the illegitimate child of Mandy and an as yet unknown man, but the matter is dropped before that person is revealed.]]
181	* TooKinkyToTorture: Mimi being stretched out by Minnie only hurts her for a second until she starts liking it.
182	** Comes back again in a recent chapter where she moans with pleasure as she places a burning hot chakra to her forehead.
183	* TheUnreveal: Nergal knows who [[spoiler:Junior's biological father is, but that's all we get on it]].
184	* UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo: At first, Chi didn't want to be anything of Mimi, who had a huge CelebrityCrush on her. Now, Chi can't get enough of Mimi, who may be falling for Junior now.
185	* TheWorfEffect:
186	** Once again, poor Junior.
187	** A non-character example. [[spoiler:Remember [[WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack Jack's sword]]? The weapon forged and empowered by the heads of 3 different pantheons while being [[MadeOfGood made out of human goodness and valor]] and the only thing that can kill [[PhysicalGod A]][[EldritchAbomination k]][[MadeOfEvil u]]? As if singlehandedly decimating the entire Creator/CartoonNetwork line-up, traitor or no traitor wasn't enough, as Grim and Mandy found out, just one '''''[[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/stoned-death DROP]]''''' of [[{{Satan}} Him's]] essence extracted from Mimi was able to [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/now-we-can-hurt-them-puppies corrupt it]] into an UnholyHolySword.]]
188	* VillainousBSOD: A brief one, but with a twist. [[AxCrazy Dark]] [[JerkAss Danny]] [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/flightless here]] contemplates the chaos and destruction of Megaville shown in Mimi's past via "The Hand of Horror". He has a BSOD of sorts not because he caused the destruction, but that ''[[BloodKnight he wasn't around to cause it]]''. Also a touch of FridgeLogic when you realize that with all the heroes gone, that includes the young Danny Phantom, meaning their rivalry will never be settled like Dark Danny wanted.
189	* WallOfText: Rather extreme in both [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/explanation this]] and [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/do-what this]]
190	* WillfullyWeak: Junior and the symbiote are told by [[spoiler: His grandfather, the Reaper King]] that they are ''each'' much more powerful than Mimi. However they believe otherwise because she ''made'' them feel that way on purpose, so they hold back their true potential without knowing they had any.
191	* WhamEpisode: ''Grim Tales: What About Mimi?'' [[DontExplainTheJoke or]] ''[[FunWithAcronyms GT:WhAM]]'', where we learn about Mimi's DarkAndTroubledPast and Junior and Minnie's path starts to divide.
192	%%* WriterOnBoard
193	%%* {{Yandere}}: Minnie.
194	%%* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: Minnie.
195	%%* YouSaidYouWouldLetThemGo: [[https://www.snafu-comics.com/grimtales/minnies-soul-is-mine Here]]
196	* YouShallNotPass: After Mimi's demonic essence is removed and contained, Mandy orders Pain to remove her from the premises...but Junior's suddenly blocking the way and his eye is aglow. Defying your mother is one thing, but when she's ''Mandy'', it takes some real BrassBalls, skeleton or not.

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