Drawn
is the fifth side story to Stranded written by NeoMark. Characters from the Danny Phantom comic books come to life.
Tropes:
- Adaptational Villainy: In the non-canon video describing her, Misery Vex is the name of one of the ghosts that overthrew Pariah Dark. She's instead depicted as the villain of an in-universe Danny Phantom comic, and her appearance in the real world shows her just as malicious.
- Ambiguously Gay: Misery Vex is said specifically to have a hate for all men, something evident as she calls them "man-things". However, she is far more forgiving and civil towards her female minions. Star admits the comic is rather subtle about her orientation.
- Ascended Extra: Not a character but a gag. Reality Trip showed a moment where Danny has a comic book in-universe, one he didn't approve of. The story centers around said comic book.
- Bad Boss: Misery Vex is verbally abusive and controlling to her male minions and seems guilty of favoring her female ones.
- Brutal Honesty: Tucker begs Star to give him her thoughts on his comic. More accurately, he wants to know how awesome he thinks she'll say it is. Star responds flatly by telling him "it sucked".
- Can't Take Criticism: Tucker takes offense to Star badmouthing his comic by criticizing his art, writing and blatant ego. In fact, the first thing he does after Star tells him his comic sucks is to ask if she meant that ironically.
- Call-Forward: Meta-example. Ben Silver mentioned Kentucky Goblins and The Mothman as Public Domain Characters. NeoMark announced Danny Phantom crossovers with both of these creatures a few months before the finale chapter of this fic was made.
- Dating Catwoman: Apparently, Shade had this kind of relationship with Danny in the comic book. Not so much in real life.
- Does Not Like Men: Misery Vex is verbally abusive to all males, even if they work for her willingly.
- Dramatic Irony: Ben Silver told Danny that he needs to be at least a half-ghost to sue him (which Danny is).
- The Dreaded: Not for a character, but the magic pen that brought them to life. The Ghost Writer, having experience with it, is terrified of the pen enough to tell Star, Sam and Tucker what it does and the dangers it can cause.
- Expy: The author admits he based Misery Vex on Lady Dimitrescu of Resident Evil Village; they're both tall women with an utter disdain for men and refer to them as "man-things" as an insult.
- Face Death with Dignity: Rebreather was more annoyed at the fact that he melted away practically immediately after he got there than the fact that he's dying.
- Killed Off for Real: Since their very existence was dependent on the pen, its destruction means Misery Vex and her servants are the first characters to effectively die. Since they aren't actual ghosts, their end is permanent.
- Mythology Gag: Funhouse, Swarm, Shade and Plaything are actually the ghosts created by Butch Hartman himself who were made in a series of videos designing new villains long after the show's final episode aired.
- No-Sell: Since they're not ghosts but beings made of ink brought to life, Misery Vex and the other comic villains are unharmed by the Fenton tech. Any damage they inflict clearly isn't felt by the villains as any form of pain and they just regenerate. This also renders the Fenton Thermos useless as there's not enough ectoplasmic energy in them to be captured by it.
- Pet the Dog: Despite her blatant dislike of men, Misery Vex treats Rebreather rather pleasantly and doesn't sound as venomous when calling him a man-thing.
- Shout-Out:
- When asked how she knows how well the Danny Phantom comics sell, Star replies with "Internet?".
- When Tucker decides to make a comic, Sam sarcastically calls him "McDuffie". Dwayne McDuffie was a prominent comic book and animation writer, including being the creator of Static.
- When Sam sees Tucker's comic, she asks if that's Danny Phantom or Optimus Prime.
- When Danny meets Rebreather, the latter replies that he should be thwarted by another set of meddling kids.
- Terrible Artist: Star openly tells Tucker that his drawings suck, pointing out glaring issues with perspective, detail, colors and the like. Tucker refuses to listen.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Because he chose to simply discard the pen rather than destroy it as the Ghost Writer insisted, his half-brother Randy unintentionally let the makers of the Danny Phantom comic find it and unknowingly bring its villains to life.
- We Hardly Knew You: Rebreather is both an In-Universe and straight example. He was created the last in the comic and as a result is the last villain to come to life. He even lampshades this when he melts away:Rebreather: (annoyed) Oh come on! I just got here!
- What Measure Is a Non-Human?: Danny and gang completely didn't mind killing the comic villains, though it's justified as there seemed no other way to defeat them than to destroy the pen, thereby destroying them as well.
- Whole-Plot Reference: The story is based heavily on the Extreme Ghostbusters episode "Deadliners", in which fictional ghosts turn real and cause havoc.
