Basic Trope: A work that is intended to be very disgusting.
- Straight: "Gross Gary" is a show that has a lot of Deranged Animation, ugly character designs, and a lot of bathroom and/or vulgar jokes.
- Exaggerated:
- Animated Shock Comedy
- Every single aspect of "Gross Gary" is disgusting, to the point in which eating while watching it is a very, very bad idea.
- Downplayed: "Gross Gary" has a lot of gross moments, but still has a consistent plot and storyline that can be enjoyable even to those who aren't big fans of grossout shows.
- Justified: "Gross Gary" revolves around characters that live in the garbage, or similar nasty places.
- Inverted: "Gleeful Gary" is absolutely saccharine.
- Subverted: Although "Gross Gary" has ugly character designs and appears to be a grossout show based on its marketing, the actual show has very few gross moments.
- Double Subverted: Until later on, when it becomes a lot Ruder and Cruder.
- Parodied: The show is even called "Gross-Out Show".
- Zig-Zagged: How disgusting the show is mostly depends on the writer.
- Averted: There are very few, if any, gross moments in the show.
- Enforced:
- To appeal to kids, especially boys that love creepy critters.
- The show is based on the ideas of a kid.
- Lampshaded: "That sure is disgusting."
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: Despite Gary being known as a disgusting trash monster, the show is actually about him learning how to be less gross.
- Discussed: "He just made another fart joke!"
- Conversed: "Why are so many cartoons obsessed with being as gross as possible?"
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