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5	* [[HilariousInHindsight/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy Hilarious in Hindsight]]
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9	* AccidentalAesop: Don’t be overconfident and don’t gamble (especially with your own freedom). Grim learns this the hard way in the pilot and [[CosmicPlaything spends the rest of the series suffering for that one mistake]].
10	* AdaptationDisplacement: Many people forget that this show and ''WesternAnimation/EvilConCarne'' originated together as ''Grim & Evil''.
11	* AlternativeJokeInterpretation: In "Pandora's Lunch Box", Grim loses focus as he is about to lose his favorite show on TV, which according to Billy, is about a girl's adventures in the jungle with a polyglot monkey. It could be a ShoutOut to ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer'' (as Pandora's is based on her), or ''WesternAnimation/TheWildThornberrys''.
12	* {{Adorkable}}:
13	** Billy is a goofy and oblivious CheerfulChild who, by his own admission, loves everything (except clowns and bugs). It's sometimes offset by his many [[GrossUpCloseUp Gross Up Close Ups]], nevertheless, he's especially lovable when eagerly getting along with Mandy and Grim.
14	** Irwin is a nerdy boy who desperately tries to look cool and he also comes off as sympathetic due to his relentless suffering.
15	** Despite being a CreepyChild, Nergal Jr. comes off as a fairly sweet, awkward, lonely kid when not violently attacking others.
16	** Even ''[[TheGrimReaper Grim]]'' has his moments. Yes, he's Death personified, but [[DontFearTheReaper he’s a genuinely nice guy when he’s off the clock]], especially the rare occasions where he shows that he actually does care about Billy and Mandy to a degree. Not to mention that he’s not afraid to goof off and have fun once in a while.
17	* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation:
18	** Is Harold oblivious to the supernatural, or just apathetic about it?
19	*** Are both Harold and Gladys really so dumb that they didn't realize their son had been turned into an alien werewolf, or are they so desensitized to the utter weirdness of their world as a result of all the events in the series that [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight now it's akin to Billy's eyes turning from brown to blue]]?
20	** Lionel Van Helsing's decision not to kill Dracula in at the end of "Dracula Must Die!". Did he do it because he forgave Dracula and/or felt sorry for him after hearing what happened between him and Tanya? Or did he do it as an [[CruelMercy act of revenge]] because he recognized that Dracula viewed being with his newfound family of nerds as a FateWorseThanDeath.
21	** In ''Trepanation of the Skull and You'', the early short film Maxwell Atoms made before making ''Billy and Mandy'', is Mandy really just an oblivious {{Cloudcuckoolander}} who didn't realize drilling a hole into Billy's head would harm him, or is she as malicious as her show counterpart and did it ForTheEvulz?
22	* {{Anvilicious}}: In "My Fair Mandy", Grim questions why anyone would participate in beauty pageants (Mandy's only doing it to show up Mindy). Cue several moms encouraging their daughters to win for the sake of their love.
23	* BadassDecay:
24	** ''WesternAnimation/{{Underfist}}'' reimagines Hoss Delgado as washed up and still hung up on his breakup with Eris, now sporting a beer gut and living with his mom. He gets his ass handed to him countless times throughout the movie. While he was always a humorous character in the series (in terms of being ridiculously over-the-top and loopy), he was nowhere near as much of a ButtMonkey.
25	** Grim himself. While he usually ended up played for a chump by Billy and Mandy he had some genuinely sinister moments in the first few episodes, but later on Grim is utterly pathetic. He gets the crap kicked out of him by Billy's mom and pretty much every other character in the cast at some point, is constantly forced to do demeaning things by Billy and Mandy, and completely fails to reap anyone on screen. The ever-growing list of people (and ''inanimate objects'') who've stolen his scythe in ''Big Boogie Adventure'' shows just how much he's failed to uphold his title
26	* BaseBreakingCharacter:
27	** Fred Fredburger started out as an EnsembleDarkhorse, but soon became a polarizing character after being extremely overused in CN's promos along with the excessive overuse of his [[TrademarkFavoriteFood nachos]] and [[ToiletHumor poopoo jokes]].
28	** Mandy has a sizable fanbase for being very competent in dealing with the show's antagonists, but she also has a considerable number of detractors for being needlessly abusive, bossy, and cruel to the other main characters.
29	** Billy, between fans who find him hilarious for his idiocy and fans who find him annoying and one-note.
30	** Whether Irwin is seen as an {{Adorkable}} nerd or a creep tends to vary depending on the viewer.
31	* BizarroEpisode: While the show is essentially a bizzaro ''series'', a few stand out from the pack:
32	** "My Fair Mandy" which [[spoiler: ends with Mandy's smile destroying reality and the main trio become WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls with Irwin as Mojo Jojo.]]
33	** "Complete and Utter Chaos" starts with the title card reading "Billy Gets Dumber" before Eris tears it down and puts in the real title card while whistling the title card theme tune. It escalates from there.
34	* CargoShip:
35	** Grim and his Scythe. [[ICallItVera He calls it "Jodie".]]
36	** General Skarr and his garden. ''Heaven help you if you mess with it''. [[WesternAnimation/EvilConCarne His old boss Hector]] learned that the hard way.
37	* CharacterPerceptionEvolution: When Fred Fredburger first appeared, he was widely popular for his {{Cloudcuckoolander}} attitude and funny lines, and he was even briefly a BreakoutCharacter. After he started to appear in more episodes and Creator/CartoonNetwork promos, fans became more divided on him and were annoyed by his [[ToiletHumour poop jokes]], though many people still find him hilarious. For what it’s worth, Fred doesn’t end up dominating the show and only appears in two episodes, both in Season 5, his second appearance being merely months later and too quick to be chalked up to be trying to cash in on his popularity at the time; he later appears in the spin-off movies, but only in the latter does he have a more substantial role, meaning his detractors at least don’t have to put up with him that much.
38	* CommonKnowledge: The misconception that ''Grim & Evil'' was only 2 seasons and everything onwards was made for ''Billy and Mandy'' and ''WesternAnimation/EvilConCarne'' respectively. While it is justified since only the first two aired as ''Grim & Evil'' proper, an unaired third season for 2003 was produced and only aired as part of the individual shows when the decision to split them for broadcast was made (and only surfaced on VOD services in 2017). Everything from 2004 onwards is original to the individual series.
39	* CrossesTheLineTwice: A lot of the humor can dip into this, mostly due to BlackComedy, like in [[ChristmasEpisode "Billy and Mandy Save Christmas".]] Features such things as a mall being burned to the ground as the MallSanta is mercilessly beaten (with The Grim Reaper implying that this happens all the time and Billy blaming it on the sad state of the economy), [[BadSanta evil vampire Santa]], Santa's evil vampire wife, and [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments the local bully being eaten by a pack of flying vampire elves.]] Quite subversive compared to the average Christmas episodes, and even fellow childrens' cartoons that try to subvert the usual sweetness of a Christmas special don't take it that far.
40	* CrossoverShip:
41	** There's Mandy and Dib from ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim''. It's actually pretty popular.
42	** Jack O' Lantern has been shipped with fellow EnsembleDarkhorse, [[WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack Demongo]].
43	** Grim has been shipped with [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Pearl]]. There's even a group dedicated to it on deviantART!
44	** Hoss and [[WesternAnimation/EvilConCarne Ghastly]] are shown frequently on fan art.
45	** Bloo from ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' and Mandy according to this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pM0xDyXtMg Summer Image]] bumper, where they are seen having a spaghetti dinner together.
46	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arBrvnyD0zY One AMV]] paired Mandy with [[WesternAnimation/{{Sidekick}} Trevor Troublemeyer]] due to both being the {{Token Evil Teammate}}s of their respective series. The video also used Eris and [[WesternAnimation/{{Sidekick}} Mr. Troublemeyer/Master XOX]] to represent them as adults.
47	* EnsembleDarkhorse:
48	** Jack O'Lantern has gained himself a sizeable fanbase, [[OneShotCharacter despite only having appeared in a Halloween Special.]] [[PopularityPower This is possibly the reason he was included in the video game.]]
49	** Dracula and Judge Roy Spleen for being great examples of Creator/PhilLaMarr's range. Dracula completely eclipsed the other elderly monsters in popularity and became a recurring character, and got his own series of shorts and a stint as the host of Cartoon Network’s Halloween 2006 promo material. Judge Roy Spleen didn’t become quite as popular, but his humorous TheComicallySerious reactions to Fred Fredburger ensured he stayed on as a recurring cast member as well.
50	** Skarr was popular enough to become the only character from ''Evil Con Carne'' to return as a recurring antagonist.
51	** Hoss Delgado. He was popular enough that he ''nearly'' starred in the spinoff-series-turned-TV-Movie, ''Underfist'' and got him a playable appearance in the UpdatedReRelease of ''VideoGame/CartoonNetworkPunchTimeExplosion''.
52	** Mrs. Doolin has quite a few fans despite only appearing in one episode. The fact that she's voiced by Creator/BettyWhite certainly helps.
53	** Nergal Junior is pretty well liked thanks to being a CreepyChild yet an {{Adorkable}} {{Woobie}} at the same time.
54	** Irwin’s [[CoolOldLady Grandmama Tanya]] has a lot of fans for her sassy personality and Creator/PhilLaMarr’s hilarious performance.
55	** Sir Raven doesn’t appear much, but he’s beloved by the fanbase for his SuddenlyShouting speaking and often considered to have some of the best lines in the show.
56	* FanNickname: The show is often referred to as "Billy & Mandy" for short.
57	* FandomRivalry: With ''WesternAnimation/EvilConCarne''. Although both shows started as parts of ''Grim and Evil'', and both became full-fledged shows around the same time, Maxwell Atoms ended ''Carne'' of his own accord, not because it was getting bad reviews or low ratings, but because he felt that working on two shows at the same time was too stressful, and he opted to continue working on ''Billy and Mandy'' instead. The rivalry stems from whether or not he made the correct choice of which show to end.
58	* {{Fanon}}: The ''Billy and Mandy'' wiki claims that Fred Fredburger is a Baku (a Japanese trunked demon that devours nightmares), despite there being nothing to support this in canon.[[note]]Especially since Fred eats nachos and frozen yogurt, not nightmares.[[/note]]
59	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Billy and Mandy is very popular in Mexico, to the point where Billy and his friends visited that country in the "El Dia De Los Muertos" episode.
60	** The show got a ton of love in India [[https://youtu.be/xw7cYa1mAKQ down to having an epic new theme song.]]
61	** The show also has a sizeable Japanese fanbase due to its dub. Many Japanese fans also like Mandy, deeming her cute despite her melancholic and cold personality. Additionally, the Japanese dub portrays Mandy as more of a deadpanned ActionGirl, rather than just evil.
62	* GeniusBonus:
63	** The episode "Here Thar Be Dwarves" has a scene where Billy escapes from Yogi and Boo Boo by hiding in a cave. Brown bears really are afraid of caves. Ironic as Yogi and Boo Boo live in a cave in [[WesternAnimation/YogiBear their source material]].
64	** Mandy quotes Creator/AleisterCrowley in one of her typical (very) cold openings: "To do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law".
65	** It's likely that many people didn't know Lord Byron actually ''had'' a club foot!) before seeing that episode. Quite a few kids probably heard his name for the first time here.
66	** Jack O'Lantern's backstory, being a mortal who played cruel pranks on everyone and manages to trick a supernatural entity into not taking his soul only for that to bite them due to how that turns out, is very similar to Stingy Jack, the mythological character whose story likely inspired Jack O'Lanterns to begin with.
67	** Dracula more than once insists he doesn't suck blood, he "scrapes and licks." "Scrape and lick" is a pretty accurate description of how vampire bats feed.
68	* GrowingTheBeard: Generally agreed to be around the time this show split off from ''Grim & Evil''. [[BreakupBreakout The show itself became the much]] [[MorePopularSpinOff more popular and well-known series]] while ''WesternAnimation/EvilConCarne'' only lasted for two seasons (and with only fourteen episodes at that).
69	* HarsherInHindsight:
70	** The season 1 episode "Get Out of My Head", specifically the scene where Billy [in Mandy's body] tries to go in the male then female bathroom, but feels out of place in both of them, while played for laughs back in 2001, can be uncomfortable to watch now in light of cultural controversies regarding transgender people and their bathroom of choice.
71	** Similarly in “Wishbones”, Sperg wishes to become a woman so he can get into the girls’ bathroom, but gets mocked by the girls there for his appearance can be uncomfortable due to the parallels of that and transphobia.
72	** In "Billy and Mandy Save Christmas", Billy blames the economy for [[ItMakesSenseInContext the Endsville Mall burning down on Christmas Eve]]. A year after the special's broadcast saw the start of the [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Recession Great Recession]] in the US; which not only left money tight during the holidays, but also left numerous malls across the country either bankrupt or struggling to keep even half of its stores open.
73	** The name of Sperg, the school bully, later became derogatory internet slang for people with autism or Asperger's. This is especially a case of this trope now that Maxwell Atoms is known to have Asperger's himself.
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77	* JerkassWoobie:
78	** Grim has his moments, especially in the earlier seasons, in which almost every single episode ends with you wanting to give the poor guy a hug.
79	** Mandy may act in an evil manner, but she has her reasons. She has to deal with Billy every day, Mindy is on her neck all the time, her own parents are afraid of her, she's not allowed to smile or else the world will either end or get seriously messed up...
80	* LauncherOfAThousandShips:
81	** Mandy, if you can believe it. She's been shipped with Billy, Grim, Irwin, Nergal Jr., [[FoeYayShipping Mindy]]... Hell, [[CrackPairing even characters from other franchises like]] ''[[WesternAnimation/InvaderZim Dib]]''!
82	** Grim himself seems to be becoming this, too. Not only has he been shipped with Mandy, but also Eris, Malaria, Velma Green, Boogey, Nergal, Jack O' Lantern, [[CrackPairing General Skarr]], and most recently, ''[[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Pearl]]''.
83	* MemeticMutation:
84	** Am I the only one who understands the complexities of this ambitious cinematic masterpiece?! This movie isn't stupid! '''''[[NoYou YOU'RE]]'' [[NoYou stupid!]]''' [[labelnote:Explanation]]Billy's angry retort to Grim after the latter criticizes a videotape he is watching has been repeatedly quoted by fans to defend any movie with a polarizing critical reception.[[/labelnote]]
85	** "Nobody is born cool. Except of course..." cue the picture Hoss Delgado is looking at being replaced with the subject of the post. An example [[https://twitter.com/GhostbusterPalu/status/1343283771777429508 here]].
86	** "YOU FOOLS! ''YOU'VE MESSED WITH THE NATURAL ORDEEEEEEEEEER!''"[[labelnote:Explanation]]Sir Raven's reaction after Mandy smiles and causes reality to collapse. Said whenever a drastic change to the status quo of something happens, like [[spoiler:Ash finally winning a Pokémon League]] in ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries''.[[/labelnote]]
87	** [[MadnessMantra DESTROY US ALL! DESTROY US ALL!]] (I'll take the chicken) [[labelnote:Explanation]]Billy's fear of clowns leading up to his paranoid rant about them being an evil race that wants to TakeOverTheWorld has become a popular meme even for those afraid of clowns.[[/labelnote]]
88	** Agenda! (Dun dun dun)[[labelnote:Explination]]The Secret Snake Club discussing their sinister plans with ominous music in the background being used as a RunningGag in their debut episode[[/labelnote]]
89	** Buenos dias, Mandy![[labelnote:Explanation]]A line from the opening page of a ''Billy & Mandy'' RuleThirtyFour comic, in which Billy says this while smacking Mandy's ass as a joke, to which she responds by punching him into the street, where his hands get run over by a car. The page immediately garnered attention for the contrast between its skeevy, poorly-drawn artwork (which makes both characters look outlandishly supermodel-like) and the fact that its writing is surprisingly in-step with the show's BlackComedy. Consequently, it became a widespread subject of parody, inserting characters from other works in place of Billy and Mandy.[[/labelnote]]
90	** Grim looking at porn[[labelnote:Explanation]]A scene from "The Secret Snake Club" where Grim accidentally ends up on a porn site due to him mis-typing the URL for the titular club's website. Grim's shocked expression went on to become a popular reaction image online in reference to NSFW or otherwise suggestive artwork, usually to express one's enjoyment of it.[[/labelnote]]
91	** [[https://tenor.com/view/dancing-with-my-love-grim-malaria-the-grim-adventures-of-billy-and-mandy-partner-boogie-gif-3430561881773386971 The GIF image]] of Grim and his ex girlfriend Malaria dancing has become popular and used as a meme over the years.
92	* MisaimedFandom:
93	** Pretty much anyone who thinks Mandy is cute, since her [[TokenEvilTeammate evilness]] is supposed to make her the opposite.
94	** Mandy also seems like a feminist, given her YouGoGirl moments. As such, other real world feminists look up to her. Mandy really shouldn't be holding the feminist flag, though, because she's [[SociopathicHero sociopathic]], [[HatesEveryoneEqually misanthropic]], and [[{{Narcissist}} borderline narcissistic]]. It doesn't matter if she holds good feminist values or not because it's offset by her horrible actions and character.
95	*** On top of that, all of her YouGoGirl moments were for ''her'' benefit, with just a little sexism added in to give her a reason to be mad at someone; she doesn't really care much for ''anyone'', even other women. So really, that's not quite feminism, it's just a means of giving her justification (which doesn't do much good for her characterization).
96	** More like "Misaimed Hatedom", but it goes hand in hand with Mandy's Misaimed Fandom: there are few people who hate [[DoggedNiceGuy Irwin]] because of his crush on Mandy, and see him as creepy or even borderline ''villainous'' because of it. A lot of these people are also fans of Mandy and take issue more with the facts Irwin has a crush on Mandy specifically. In short, they like Mandy and think she's amazing, and they hate Irwin and think he's weird. They must either have SkewedPriorities or they FailedASpotCheck, because the list of horrible things Mandy's done would be ''[[LongList way longer]]'' than Irwin's, because ([[RuleOfThree again]]) Mandy is '''''evil'''''.
97	** Some villains on the show getting the DracoInLeatherPants treatment is kind of to be expected, because they are a bit sympathetic. Then there's [[LightIsNotGood Bun]]-[[CuteIsEvil Bun]], who has no redeeming qualities and did plenty of pointlessly terrible things to the protagonists of ''Underfist'' for no reason. Yet somehow, for whatever reason, a small handful of fans like Bun-Bun and find him adorable.
98	* {{Moe}}:
99	** Billy can be really cute so long as there's no [[GrossUpCloseUp Gross Up Close-Ups]].
100	** Nergal Jr. is considered this by most of his [[{{Fangirl}} Fangirls]]. It's probably the quiet voice and [[{{Adorkable}} dorkiness]].
101	** Irwin. He's {{Adorkable}}, usually one of the nicer characters, a NonActionGuy most of the time, and is later revealed to be a CuteMonsterBoy. Vanessa Marshall's performance pretty much seals the deal.
102	** Mandy, when she gets her nerve taken by Billy and becomes a ShrinkingViolet. At least, until [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome she learns she doesn't need it]].
103	* MorePopularSpinOff: Of ''Grim & Evil'', MUCH more popular than ''WesternAnimation/EvilConCarne''.
104	* SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound: Grim's EvilLaugh. Creator/GregEagles doesn't hold back at all.
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108	* NeverLiveItDown: Mandy's smile only tore the fabric of reality apart ''once''. She smiled (or at least smirked) in earlier episodes and nothing happened there. Yet fans treat it like it could happen if she ever smiled again. The video game is also guilty of enforcing this.
109	* SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames: The video game based on the series is a surprisingly fun beat-em-up style fighter with plenty of characters from the show, all voiced by their actual voice actors[[note]]With the exception of Jack O'Lantern, who is voiced by Creator/MauriceLaMarche instead of Creator/WayneKnight, though he does do a decent imitation[[/note]], with Music/WeirdAlYankovic as the announcer!
110	* OneSceneWonder: The [[AxCrazy psychotic]], {{Yandere}} [[HairRaisingHare bunny]] with a [[VoiceOfTheLegion demonic voice]] that Pud'n wishes up in "Wishbones" is probably the most memorable part of the whole episode.
111	* ParodyDisplacement:
112	** Dracula's voice is an impression of Fred Sanford from ''Series/SanfordAndSon'', complete with a penchant for calling people "dummy". He is also drawn to look like an older version of Film/{{Blacula}}, complete with early 70's sideburns and mustache.
113	** Its parody of the Creator/HPLovecraft mythos, "Prank Call of Cthulhu", must go over the heads of most young viewers as well.
114	* QuestionableCasting: Creator/GilbertGottfried as ''SantaClaus''. Then again, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools that was probably intentional]], given [[QuirkyWork the standards of the series]].
115	* RetroactiveRecognition:
116	** The episode “Mortal Dilemma” was written by Amy Keating Rogers, who, while a writer on ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' and ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'', would later become far more recognized as one of the writers for ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''.
117	** C.H. Greenblatt was a writer and storyboarder on this show, and provided the voice of recurring character Fred Fredburger. He would later go on to become a well-known creator himself, with the shows ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/HarveyBeaks'' under his belt.
118	** One of Creator/RobinAtkinDownes' earliest voice roles was a Chocolate Sailor. He would later go on to voice the Medic in ''Videogame/TeamFortress2.''
119	* SeasonalRot: The final season is considered the weakest season, though Underfist is well-regarded.
120	* SelfFanservice: Mandy gets a lot of fanart that depicts her as incredibly attractive despite her having no nose and characters in-Universe reacting to her as if she's hideous (she was once mistaken for "an angry tree stump"). The fandom is near-unanimous in its belief that [[SheIsAllGrownUp she'll grow up to be]] an HourglassHottie, and often a {{goth}} chick as well.
121	** Fans tend to depict Billy as more attractive than he canonically is, such as shrinking down his GagNose into something more normal looking.
122	* SignatureScene:
123	** Pretty much all of "Little Rock of Horrors", a MusicalEpisode devoted to Voltaire singing "Brains". It's the best-known scene of original music in the series, and was popular enough to be adapted as the FinalBoss fight of the video game.
124	** Billy's "cinematic masterpiece" rant in "Aren't You Chupacabra To See Me?" gained attention due to being subjected to MemeticMutation.
125	** Mandy smiling and destroying all of reality in "My Fair Mandy". It was the climax of an episode released at the peak of the show’s popularity in 2005 and was such a shocking ending that it permanently entered the consciousness of the show’s perception (as evidenced by its NeverLiveItDown entry).
126	** Fred Fredburger's EstablishingCharacterMoment in "Keeper of the Reaper" turned him into an overnight BreakoutCharacter and led to him becoming the mascot of Cartoon Network himself.
127	%%* SpiritualSuccessor:
128	%%** To ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'', right down to copying both characters (Gender not necessarily withstanding.)
129	%%** And also possibly to ''WesternAnimation/MinaAndTheCount''. Both shows have [[OddFriendship human children befriending a supernatural being]].
130	* TheyChangedItSoItSucks: A relatively minor example. The creepy ending with the flames got changed to TheTag. Fans wished that it was always the first ending, however the tag scenes are generally well-regarded as well.
131	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Alongside his EnsembleDarkhorse status, fair amount of fans think [[ThePrankster Jack O'Lantern]] should have gotten more appearances than just one in the HalloweenEpisode, usually with the belief that he had a ''lot'' of potential as a character and should've become a semi-occuring villain at the very least.
132	** We also never get an inkling as to who's actually in charge of the Underworld, Satan or otherwise; the closest to that is Judge Roy Spleen. It would've been at least funny to see Grim being sent before his boss to explain why Billy and Mandy have so much power over their employee.
133	* ToyShip: The work's title itself led some fans to ship Billy and Mandy, despite the fact the two have an incredibly twisted friendship.
134	* UnintentionalPeriodPiece:
135	** There were four episodes entirely devoted to parodying the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' movies, dating the show to at least the early 2000s.
136	** While most of the cartoon has aged gracefully, it was very much a product of the mid-2000s, and that is reflected in a number of things:
137	*** The humor and tone are like ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' taken up to eleven, with plenty of gore, ToiletHumor, and the absurd brand of comedy popular in that era, and that's not to mention some of the one-off episode gags. Eris was a '90s ValleyGirl for her debut, for instance.
138	*** ''Wrath of the Spider Queen'' used the [[Film/SpiderManTrilogy Sam Raimi Spider-Man]] movie font as a selling point.
139	*** One episode has Grim dealing with a Windows 98 pastiche computer, complete with dial-up internet.
140	* UnintentionallySympathetic:
141	** Jack O' Lantern. Yeah, he tried to ruin Halloween and chop Grim's head off, but can you blame him? The townsfolk framed him by sending a prank gift to the Queen and got him executed for ''[[DisproportionateRetribution pulling petty pranks, Grim cut his head off in retaliation for tricking him by tickling him with a feather]]'', and now he can't live in a normal society without being seen as a pumpkin-headed freak.
142	** Irwin is probably the biggest case. Is he a StalkerWithACrush? Yes. Is he a bit too clingy and needy? Yes. But his misfortune isn't just a case of bad karma; it's pretty much his purpose in the series to be relentlessly beaten, even when there's no call for it. Because of this, he goes from being just TheChewToy to being TheWoobie. Heck, [[http://maxwellatoms.tumblr.com/post/145565196337/i-gotta-ask-what-caused-irwin-to-become-so Maxwell Atoms said]] that his role in the show was to be "needlessly punished" and that ''Underfist'' needed an "underdog" for its hero, hence why Irwin is the main protagonist (aside from him being a mummy-vampire, that is).
143	** Trykie. While it did subject the other kids (and Grim) to pain and torment (including outright threatening Pud'n that it'll be back to finish the job), it was fairly harmless if still ominous when not provoked.
144	* UnintentionalUncannyValley: [[UnnamedParent Sperg's Mom]]. Though she is not the most egregious example of this, her comparatively more realistic look does clash with the more stylized look of the rest of the cast.
145	* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic:
146	** How unintentional is up for debate, but Irwin, Pud'n, and Sperg in "Tricycle of Terror" could fall into this trope. While it could be argued that Billy was indeed too old to be riding a tricycle, this doesn't excuse the fact that all three of them sadistically mock him for it, with Sperg taking it a step further by giving Billy a brutal wedgie and then throwing "Trykie" off a cliff while Billy can only watch and beg helplessly. All three of them gloat about [[EvilFeelsGood how good it felt]] after doing so (Pud'n even calls it "awesome"). When the haunted tricycle violently retaliates, they all have the nerve to expect sympathy from both Billy and the audience, with Pud'n obnoxiously calling Trykie a "mean old tricycle", conveniently ignoring the fact that they are all [[AssholeVictim Asshole Victims]] who went out of their way to deserve their fate. It also doesn't help that Trikey, unlike {{Literature/Christine}}, didn't attack people for simply being close to Billy and only attacked Grim out of self-defense.
147	** Mandy, most of the time. She has a few moments/episodes here and there where she's put in a position where she ''should'' be TheWoobie. She's the EnfantTerrible TokenEvilTeammate, though, and her actions towards others seem like a major case of DisproportionateRetribution, so it's almost impossible to feel something for her. In fact, some of her "Woobie" moments seem more like punishment for her actions.
148	* ValuesDissonance: A mild example but "Billy and Mandy Save Christmas" uses the word "Eskimo," which is now considered derogatory toward Inuit people.
149	* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Like nearly all of Creator/CartoonNetwork's in-house programming (specifically those from the "Cartoon-Cartoon" era of shows), this show is a kids' cartoon on the outside, and on the inside, is packed with a lot of things that most normal channels wouldn't allow to touch children's animated shows. In the case of this show, it's BlackComedy, some mild sex and ToiletHumor, and disturbing imagery that makes ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' look like ''G3 My Little Pony''.
150	* TheWoobie:
151	%%** Pud'n and Jeff. Also, Skarr. He is just trying to move into the neighborhood, trying to avoid his previous life as TheDragon[=/=]TheStarscream.
152	** Billy, at times. While he can drive people up the wall, the fact people, especially Mandy, can be cruel to him on a regular basis, no one shows any concern for him when he is danger or needs help, and has two mentally unstable parents who can be at times neglectful to him, the guy deserves some sympathy.
153	** Nergal Jr. is a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds. He just wants [[IJustWantToHaveFriends friends]] and [[IJustWantToBeLoved love]], but it almost never works out and he's the constant victim of bullying and bad luck. And seeing as he's an EldritchAbomination, things can get ugly when he's hit his RageBreakingPoint.
154	** Irwin's life is kinda sad, actually (crush on Mandy aside). He wants to be cool (but fails miserably), and some of the horrible things that happen to him happen for ''seemingly no reason''. Add in the fact that he's usually not as much of a jerk as the other characters, is {{Adorkable}} in his own right, and that his crush on Mandy is [[FridgeBrilliance probably Billy's fault (remember "Get Outta My Head!"?)]], and you've got a pretty solid candidate.
155	** Gregory from "Grim or Gregory?" is hard not to feel sorry for. When Billy first mistakes him for Grim and calls him his buddy, he cries TearsOfJoy, which implies he doesn't have friends of his own. It was also definitely a low point for Mandy to [[KickTheDog take all his Halloween candy and admit not to care about making him cry]] after she gave up on trying to prove to Billy that Gregory isn't Grim.
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