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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Thinking that Mr. Neighbor is still asleep, Wegg decides to rub one out in the bathroom while fantasizing about him. Unfortunately for Wegg, Mr. Neighbor wakes up soon afterward and overhears Wegg moaning his name, leading to an awkward conversation.
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* BlatantLies: Oh yeah, Wegg. You stubbed your toe and subsequently moaned Mr. Neighbor's name. You definitely weren't having ADateWithRosiePalms while thinking about him.
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* BlatantLies: Oh yeah, Wegg. You stubbed your toe and subsequently moaned Mr. Neighbor's name. You definitely ''definitely'' weren't having ADateWithRosiePalms rubbing one out while thinking about him. him.
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* CaughtWithYourPantsDown: Thinking that Mr. Neighbor is still asleep, Wegg decides to rub one out in the bathroom while fantasizing about him. Unfortunately for Wegg, Mr. Neighbor wakes up soon afterward and overhears Wegg moaning his name, leading to an awkward conversation.
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''Be Kind My Neighbor'' is a 2022 horror/romance graphic novel written and illustrated by Yugo Limbo, best known for the 2019 video game VideoGame/SmileForMe. It was published by Silver Sprocket and released in both digital and print form on August 10th, 2022.
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''Be Kind My Neighbor'' is a 2022 horror/romance graphic novel written and illustrated by Yugo Limbo, best known for the 2019 video game VideoGame/SmileForMe.''VideoGame/SmileForMe''. It was published by Silver Sprocket and released in both digital and print form on August 10th, 2022.
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* InfantImmortality: None of the Baths Heartbreaker's victims are children, probably because none of them fit the bill of AssholeVictim.
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** [[spoiler: Similarly, Neighbor's gift from Trudy granted him the body he wanted, but he has to kill other people to avoid dying himself.]]
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* IllGirl: Wegg is a male example. [[spoiler: Thanks to Lord Calum's cult using him as a vessel, his egg-shaped head rots very much like a real egg.]] It gives him splitting headaches, nightmares, and frequent bouts of vomiting.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Wegg accuses Mr. Neighbor of this, not realizing that [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor was actually ''killing'' Glenn instead of romancing him.]]
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* {{Foil}}: Mr. Neighbor has one in [[spoiler: Lew, the leader of the Swans. Both are murderous cultists that are in love with Wegg, but Mr. Neighbor has a clear code of ethics when it comes to killing, and he falls for Wegg in part because of how upfront he is about himself, whereas Lew's love for Wegg comes from having chosen him to be Lord Calum's vessel, with everything else about him coming in second place at best.]]
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* {{Foil}}: Mr. Neighbor has one in [[spoiler: Lew, the leader of the Swans. Both are murderous cultists that are in love with Wegg, but Mr. Neighbor has a clear code of ethics when it comes to killing, and he falls for Wegg in part because of how upfront he is about himself, whereas Lew's love for meanwhile it seems like there's nothing Lew won't do in order to resurrect his god, even if it means first emotionally scarring and then ''killing'' Wegg comes from having chosen him to be Lord Calum's vessel, with everything else about him coming in second place at best.the process.]]
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* BlueAndOrangeMorality: [[spoiler:Lady Trudy]] seems to genuinely be looking out for her flock [[spoiler:and is willing to grant a wish to anyone who calls upon her, even seemingly inconsequential ones like wanting more hair. However, [[spoiler:she requires a monthly payment in return, ranging from a few teeth to entire bodies, and]] her methods are often laden with heaping helpings of BodyHorror.
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* BlueAndOrangeMorality: [[spoiler:Lady Trudy]] seems to genuinely be looking out for her flock [[spoiler:and is willing to grant a wish to anyone who calls upon her, even seemingly inconsequential ones like wanting more hair. ]] However, [[spoiler:she requires a monthly payment in return, ranging from a few teeth to entire bodies, and]] her methods are often laden with heaping helpings of BodyHorror.
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* AerithAndBob: We have names like Wegg, Porly, and Rarold in the mix with names like Glenn and George.
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* AerithAndBob: We have names like Wegg, Porly, Porla, and Rarold in the mix with names like Glenn and George.
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* AnimalMotifs: Wegg is frequently associated with birds, especially songbirds and swans. The first is due to his career as a musician, and the latter...[[spoiler: has a lot to do with him being a vessel for the swan god Calum.]]
* AntiHero: [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor. He kills people as the Baths Heartbreaker, but he only goes after AssholeVictims, is helpful and kind to very nearly everyone in Baths, and truly loves Wegg.]]
* ArcWord: ''"What do you desire?"''
* AntiHero: [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor. He kills people as the Baths Heartbreaker, but he only goes after AssholeVictims, is helpful and kind to very nearly everyone in Baths, and truly loves Wegg.]]
* ArcWord: ''"What do you desire?"''
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* AnimalMotifs: Wegg is frequently associated with birds, especially songbirds and swans. The first is due to his career as a musician, and the latter...[[spoiler: has a lot to do with him being a vessel for the swan god Calum.Lord Calum, having been tricked into becoming one by His followers, the Swans.]]
* AntiHero: [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor. He kills people as the Baths Heartbreaker, but he makes a rule of onlygoes after targeting AssholeVictims, is helpful and kind to very nearly everyone in Baths, and truly loves Wegg.]]
*ArcWord: ArcWords: ''"What do you desire?"''
* AntiHero: [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor. He kills people as the Baths Heartbreaker, but he makes a rule of only
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-->'''Glenn:''' Glenn, J-C! Get a hold of yourself, man. You're not like that. We've been over this already. You had a wife. You're just uhh... lonely. And stressed. Confused.\\
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: During Wegg's [[spoiler: BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind in the climax, Lady Trudy asks him one]].
--> [[spoiler: '''Lady Trudy''']]: What did they do to you?
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: During Wegg's [[spoiler: BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind in the climax, Lady Trudy asks him one]].
--> [[spoiler: '''Lady Trudy''']]: What did they do to you?
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-->'''Glenn:''' Glenn, J-C! Get a hold of yourself, man. You're not like that. We've been over this already. You had a wife. You're just uhh... lonely. And stressed. Confused.\\
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: During Wegg's [[spoiler: BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind in the climax, he gets asked one by a phantom version of himself (actually implied to be Lady Trudyasks him one]].
taking on AFormYouAreComfortableWith, as he introduces himself with the aforementioned ArcWords)]].
--> [[spoiler:'''Lady Trudy''']]: '''Wegg?''']]: What did they do to you?
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: During Wegg's [[spoiler: BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind in the climax, he gets asked one by a phantom version of himself (actually implied to be Lady Trudy
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--> [[spoiler: '''Lady Trudy''']]: ... did they, Wegg?
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--> [[spoiler: '''Lady Trudy''']]: ...'''Wegg?''']]: ... did they, Wegg?
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* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: [[spoiler: Wegg has one with ''himself'' in the climax, as he doesn't think anyone loves him and he doesn't deserve to live. Lady Trudy is fortunately able to persuade him otherwise.]]
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* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: [[spoiler: Wegg [[spoiler:Wegg has one with ''himself'' in the climax, as he doesn't think anyone loves having given up on living altogether after being kidnapped and temporarily killed by the Swans has convinced him that there isn't anywhere he can truly exist and he doesn't deserve to live. be loved for himself. Lady Trudy (or at least, what is heavily implied to be her) is fortunately able to persuade him otherwise.]]
* BehemothBattle: Running parallel to [[spoiler:Wegg's]] BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind in the climax is one between [[spoiler:Lady Trudy and Lord Calum.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: More "sweet" than "bitter." [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor and Wegg are reunited after Wegg comes back to life, as Mr. Neighbor kept his heart for safekeeping. Wegg's head is also back to normal, no longer being a rotting egg. The bitter part is that they both have to leave Baths, leaving all of their friends to think they've died.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: More "sweet" than "bitter." [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor and Wegg are reunited after Wegg comes back to life, as Mr. Neighbor kept his heart for safekeeping. Wegg's head is also back to normal, no longer being a rotting egg. The bitter part is that they both have to leave Baths, leaving all of their friends to think they've died.died, and it's unclear whether or not Mr. Neighbor will have to continue killing in order to keep his body, even with Lady Trudy seemingly gone for good.]]
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: [[spoiler:Lady Trudy]] seems to genuinely be looking out for her flock [[spoiler:and is willing to grant a wish to anyone who calls upon her, even seemingly inconsequential ones like wanting more hair. However, [[spoiler:she requires a monthly payment in return, ranging from a few teeth to entire bodies, and]] her methods are often laden with heaping helpings of BodyHorror.
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* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: Wegg, since he [[spoiler: is very, very accustomed to being killed,]] doesn't really bat an eye when [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor offers to off him.]]
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* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: Wegg, since he [[spoiler: is very, very accustomed to being killed,]] doesn't really bat an eye when [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor offers to off him.him, and even goes as far as to offer himself up as Mr. Neighbor's monthly sacrifice to Trudy when he finds out about Mr. Neighbor's identity as the Baths Heartbreaker so that he won't have to keep searching for AssholeVictims.]]
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* CovertPervert: Mr. Neighbor ''seems'' like a naive and innocent man, but it turns out he has a dominant streak that Wegg is more than happy to take advantage of. [[spoiler: He also gets off on murder, which Wegg is ''also'' happy to take advantage of.]]
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* CovertPervert: Mr. Neighbor ''seems'' like a naive and innocent man, but it turns out he has a dominant streak that Wegg is more than happy to take advantage of. [[spoiler: He also gets off on murder, aroused by a (fictional) murder scene, which Wegg is ''also'' happy to take advantage of.]]
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* {{Cult}}: [[spoiler: Both Mr. Neighbor and Wegg are involved with one, although Wegg]] is a CultDefector. [[spoiler: Lady Trudy's]] seems to be the more benevolent of the two.
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* {{Cult}}: [[spoiler: Both Mr. Neighbor and Wegg are involved with one, although Wegg]] is a CultDefector. [[spoiler: Lady Trudy's]] at least seems to be the more benevolent of the two.
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: ''Oh yeah.'' Wegg has to endure [[spoiler: repeatedly dying, being stalked and kidnapped by his old cult buddies, and having his head burst to give birth to a god]] before he can live HappilyEverAfter with Mr. Neighbor.
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: ''Oh ''Oh, yeah.'' Wegg has to endure [[spoiler: repeatedly dying, being stalked and kidnapped by his old cult buddies, and having his head burst to give birth to a god]] before he can live HappilyEverAfter with Mr. Neighbor.
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* {{Foil}}: Mr. Neighbor has one in [[spoiler: Lew, the leader of the Swans. Both are murderous cult members that love Wegg, but Mr. Neighbor only kills bad people and is in a much healthier relationship with Wegg than Lew ever was.]]
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* {{Foil}}: Mr. Neighbor has one in [[spoiler: Lew, the leader of the Swans. Both are murderous cult members cultists that are in love with Wegg, but Mr. Neighbor only kills bad people has a clear code of ethics when it comes to killing, and he falls for Wegg in part because of how upfront he is in a much healthier relationship about himself, whereas Lew's love for Wegg comes from having chosen him to be Lord Calum's vessel, with Wegg than Lew ever was.everything else about him coming in second place at best.]]
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* IllGirl: Wegg is a male example. [[spoiler: Thanks to the swan god Calum using him as a vessel, his egg-shaped head rots very much like a real egg.]] It gives him splitting headaches, nightmares, frequent bouts of vomiting.
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* IllGirl: Wegg is a male example. [[spoiler: Thanks to the swan god Calum Lord Calum's cult using him as a vessel, his egg-shaped head rots very much like a real egg.]] It gives him splitting headaches, nightmares, and frequent bouts of vomiting.
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* JackTheRipoff: The Baths Heartbreaker [[spoiler: has a copycat killer in Rarold.]] The ''real'' Baths Heartbreaker even mentions Jack the Ripper when learning about the copycat.
* JerkassGod: Totally {{Subverted}}. [[spoiler: Lady Trudy requires blood penance for her gifts, and seems to have an odd idea of what constitutes as granting a wish, but she never harms her devotees and in fact plays a large part in saving Wegg in the climax.]]
* JerkassGod: Totally {{Subverted}}. [[spoiler: Lady Trudy requires blood penance for her gifts, and seems to have an odd idea of what constitutes as granting a wish, but she never harms her devotees and in fact plays a large part in saving Wegg in the climax.]]
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* JackTheRipoff: The Baths Heartbreaker [[spoiler: has gains a copycat killer in Rarold.Rarold after Neighbor hangs up the mantle.]] The ''real'' Baths Heartbreaker even mentions Jack the Ripper when learning about the copycat.
* JerkassGod: Totally {{Subverted}}. [[spoiler: Lady Trudy requires blood penance for her gifts, and seems to have an odd idea of what constitutes as granting a wish, but she never directly harms her devotees and in fact plays a large part in saving Wegg in theclimax.climax. Even Lord Calum, for all the manipulativeness his worshippers display towards Wegg and the grisly circumstances of his birth, doesn't get enough screentime to confirm whether or not he would have filled this role instead.]]
* JerkassGod: Totally {{Subverted}}. [[spoiler: Lady Trudy requires blood penance for her gifts, and seems to have an odd idea of what constitutes as granting a wish, but she never directly harms her devotees and in fact plays a large part in saving Wegg in the
* [[LonelyDollGirl Lonely Doll Boy]]: It's implied that [[spoiler:constantly looking for new victims that will allow him to meet his monthly quota without breaking his code of ethics]] doesn't leave Mr. Neighbor with many close friendships, leaving him to dote on his dolls instead - at least until Wegg shows up.
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* PsychopathicManchild: It may be unclear just how "psychopathic" he is, but there's no denying that [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor is a SerialKiller who also loves sweet treats and cuddles up with dolls to sleep at night.]]
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* SpannerInTheWorks: Mr. Neighbor ends up being one [[spoiler: to Lew and the Swans' plan to resurrect Lord Calum. He not only arrives to rescue Wegg, but also prays to Lady Trudy to kill the newly born Calum.]]
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* SpannerInTheWorks: Mr. Neighbor ends up being one [[spoiler: to Lew and the Swans' plan to resurrect Lord Calum. He not only arrives to rescue Wegg, but also prays to Lady Trudy to kill the newly born Lord Calum.]]
* TakingYouWithMe: Implied. [[spoiler:The last we see of Lady Trudy is her dragging Lord Calum to the depths of a lake, and neither of them appear in the epilogue.]]
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* TransTribulations: Implied in the past for both Wegg and Mr. Neighbor. [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor apparently had such a hard time that he went to Lady Trudy to give him a new body - hence why he's now made of cloth.]]
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* TransTribulations: Implied in the past for both Wegg and Mr. Neighbor. [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor apparently had such a hard time that he went to Lady Trudy to give him a new body - hence why he's now made of cloth.cloth, and it's all but outright stated that part of the reason Wegg left home was because his family refused to accept him.]]
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* BullyHunter: When Mr. Neighbor encounters the two troublemakers that knocked out Wegg and took his tips, he immediately dispatches both of them and takes back Wegg's money. [[spoiler: He also does this as the Baths Heartbreaker, judging by his first on-screen victim being a BastardBoyfriend.]]
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* BullyHunter: When Mr. Neighbor encounters the two troublemakers that knocked out Wegg and took his tips, he immediately dispatches both of them and takes back Wegg's money. [[spoiler: He also does this as the Baths Heartbreaker, judging by his first on-screen victim being a BastardBoyfriend.DomesticAbuser.]]
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* GlowingEyesOfDoom: The art style gives [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor these]] during scenes of murder or the leadup thereto. They also occur when someone presses his BerserkButton by threatening or hurting Wegg.
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* GlowingEyesOfDoom: The art style gives [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor these]] during scenes of murder or the leadup thereto. They also occur when someone presses his BerserkButton by [[spoiler: threatening or hurting Wegg.]]
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* NiceGirl: Mr. Neighbor is beloved by most of the town for his handyman work and genuinely sweet demeanor. [[spoiler: His victims as the Baths Heartbreaker see him a little differently.]]
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* NoBodyLeftBehind: Downplayed [[spoiler: Wegg is consumed by Lord Calum's fiery birth]] and leaves behind only his heart.
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* AnimalMotifs: Wegg is frequently associate with birds, especially songbirds and swans. The first is due to his career as a musician, and the latter...[[spoiler: has a lot to do with him being a vessel for the swan god Calum.]]
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* AnimalMotifs: Wegg is frequently associate associated with birds, especially songbirds and swans. The first is due to his career as a musician, and the latter...[[spoiler: has a lot to do with him being a vessel for the swan god Calum.]]
* ArcWord: ''"What do you desire?"''
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: During Wegg's [[spoiler: BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind in the climax, his inner self asks him one]].
--> [[spoiler: '''Inner Wegg''']]: What did they do to you?
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: During Wegg's [[spoiler: BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind in the climax, his inner self Lady Trudy asks him one]].
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* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: [[spoiler: Wegg has one with ''himself'' in the climax, as he doesn't think anyone loves him and he doesn't deserve to live. His inner self is fortunately able to persuade him otherwise.]]
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* BizarreAlienBiology: A variation - despite [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor]] having three hearts that have presumably been taken from his victims, they all seem to actually function to keep him alive. This is most likely due to [[spoiler: Lady Trudy's influence.]]
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* BizarreAlienBiology: A variation - despite [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor]] Neighbor as the Baths Heartbreaker]] having three hearts that have presumably been taken from his victims, they all seem to actually function to keep him alive. This is most likely due to [[spoiler: Lady Trudy's influence.]]
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* BlatantLies: Sure, Wegg. You stubbed your toe and subsequently moaned Mr. Neighbor's name. You definitely weren't having ADateWithRosiePalms while thinking about him.
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* BlatantLies: Sure, Oh yeah, Wegg. You stubbed your toe and subsequently moaned Mr. Neighbor's name. You definitely weren't having ADateWithRosiePalms while thinking about him.
* BloodMagic: [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor's offerings to Lady Trudy take this form. Lew and the Swans also do a variation to turn Wegg into a vessel for Lord Calum, the Swan god.]]
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* Bookends: The story both begins and ends to a local radio broadcast from Mr. Kelvin.
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* Bookends: {{Bookends}}: The story both begins and ends to a local radio broadcast from Mr. Kelvin.
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* CreepyCute: The art style frequently lends itself to this. Top prize goes to [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor, the adorably murderous cloth man with stolen hearts inside him and a near-constant smile.]]
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* GlowingEyesOfDoom: The art style gives [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor these]] during scenes of murder or the leadup thereto. They also occur when someone presses his BerserkButton by [[spoiler: threatening or hurting Wegg.]]
* Gorn: Plenty. Expect a ''lot'' of blood amid the cutesy scenes and character designs.
* Gorn: Plenty. Expect a ''lot'' of blood amid the cutesy scenes and character designs.
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* HumanSacrifice: It's never made quite clear whether [[spoiler: Lady Trudy's pact with Mr. Neighbor]] requires a full human or just one's blood, but folks are killed for it regardless.
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* HumanSacrifice: It's never made quite clear whether [[spoiler: Lady Trudy's pact with Mr. Neighbor]] requires "the blood of a full human or just one's blood, but folks are killed for it regardless.life lost."
* LaughingMad: [[spoiler: Swan Cultist Leader Lew]] laughs uncontrollably in the climax after [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor kills all of his cultist friends and Lady Trudy kills Lord Calum, completely ruining his plans.]] He keeps laughing right up until the moment of his death.
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* NightmareFace: Wegg gets a hell of one late in the story [[spoiler: when his former cult gets close to tracking him down and his egg head rots until there's nothing but a swirling black hole in the middle of it.]] Fortunately, it's AllJustADream.
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* NightmareFace: Wegg gets a hell of one late in the story [[spoiler: when his former cult gets close to tracking him down and his egg head rots until there's nothing but a swirling black hole and Lord Calum's eyes in the middle of it.]] Fortunately, it's AllJustADream.
* NoBodyLeftBehind: Downplayed [[spoiler: Wegg is consumed by Lord Calum's fiery birth]] and leaves behind only his heart.
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* {{Squick}}: At one point Wegg eats part of a cake, throws it up, and then ''continues to eat the cake.'' He also apparently barfed on a freshly made cake, necessitating a replacement.
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[[caption-width-right:350: [[{{Tagline}} Murder. Love. Cults. Puppets!]]]]
->''"I see my neighbor''
->''And I wave''
->''Don't know how t' behave''
->''And I know I'm into somethin' good''
->''Paradin' 'round the neighborhood, woah-oh!"''
-->-- '''Wegg,''' doing what he does best
The year: [[TheSeventies 1973.]] The place: Baths, a small midwestern town with small-town charm - that is, if you ignore the mysterious murders by a SerialKiller dubbed "The Baths Heartbreaker," so-called because of their penchant for removing their victims' hearts after dismembering them.
A wandering musician and songwriter named Wegg rolls into town, expecting to roll right back out once he's done busking for traveling money. After [[MeetCute a chance encounter with a man named Mr. Neighbor,]] he gets swept up into the mysteries and terrors unfolding in the town of Baths - not to mention a whirlwind romance.
Mr. Neighbor is sweet, charming, and soft (literally - he's made of cloth), and he seems like just what Wegg needs. But he disappears at the same time every month and is definitely hiding some sort of secret. And Wegg, on the run from ''something'' and suffering from a mysterious illness, [[DarkAndTroubledPast just may harbor some dark secrets of his own.]]
''Be Kind My Neighbor'' is a 2022 horror/romance graphic novel written and illustrated by Yugo Limbo, best known for the 2019 video game VideoGame/SmileForMe. It was published by Silver Sprocket and released in both digital and print form on August 10th, 2022.
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!!This graphic novel provides provides examples of:
* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler: Tillman lashes out against Rarold to protect himself - forgetting that he now has sizeable claws since his transformation into a WolfMan.]]
* AerithAndBob: We have names like Wegg, Porly, and Rarold in the mix with names like Glenn and George.
* AffablyEvil: The Baths Heartbreaker comes off this way. [[spoiler: Makes sense, as his true identity is the genuinely affable Mr. Neighbor.]]
* AloneWithThePsycho: Tillman is confronted by the Baths Heartbreaker and is convinced that he'll be the next victim. [[spoiler: Subverted in that Mr. Neighbor just wants to help him by taking him to meet Lady Trudy's cult.]]
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Difficult to tell with the art style, but Mr. Neighbor at least is made using purple thread and Glenn is described as having tangerine hair.
* AnimalMotifs: Wegg is frequently associate with birds, especially songbirds and swans. The first is due to his career as a musician, and the latter...[[spoiler: has a lot to do with him being a vessel for the swan god Calum.]]
* AntiHero: [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor. He kills people as the Baths Heartbreaker, but he only goes after AssholeVictims, is helpful and kind to very nearly everyone in Baths, and truly loves Wegg.]]
* ArmoredClosetGay: Glenn, for [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor.]] He ends up giving a rather humorous HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday speech to ''himself.''
-->'''Glenn:''' Glenn, J-C! Get a hold of yourself, man. You're not like that. We've been over this already. You had a wife. You're just uhh... lonely. And stressed. Confused.\\
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: During Wegg's [[spoiler: BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind in the climax, his inner self asks him one]].
--> [[spoiler: '''Inner Wegg''']]: What did they do to you?
--> '''Wegg:''' They loved me.
--> [[spoiler: '''Inner Wegg''']]: ... did they, Wegg?
* ArtificialHuman: It's a little unclear whether this applies to Mr. Neighbor, as his whole body is made of cloth.
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: In-universe example. Wegg's performances usually draw him a decent crowd and fund his wandering ways, and he even ends up with a popular [[spoiler: posthumous]] album by the end.
* ADateWithRosiePalms: Thinking that Mr. Neighbor is still asleep, Wegg decides to rub one out in the bathroom while fantasizing about him. Unfortunately for Wegg, Mr. Neighbor wakes up soon afterward and overhears Wegg moaning his name, leading to an awkward conversation.
* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: [[spoiler: Wegg has one with ''himself'' in the climax, as he doesn't think anyone loves him and he doesn't deserve to live. His inner self is fortunately able to persuade him otherwise.]]
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Tillman fervently wishes to [[spoiler: no longer be bald. He gets more hair, but it comes in the form of becoming a WolfMan.]] {{Subverted}} in that it only ''appears'' to be a bad thing - for the most part, it betters his life and even ends up being instrumental in saving the day.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Mr. Neighbor is a total sweetheart, helping out around town and generally being a ray of sunshine. [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend Hurt his boyfriend, however...]] [[spoiler: Being the Baths Heartbreaker is something to beware of, too.]]
* BigEater: Wegg, mostly because he doesn't get to eat much as a [[PerpetualPoverty perpetually poor]] traveling musician. When Mr. Neighbor cooks for him, he inhales everything in record time.
* BittersweetEnding: More "sweet" than "bitter." [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor and Wegg are reunited after Wegg comes back to life, as Mr. Neighbor kept his heart for safekeeping. Wegg's head is also back to normal, no longer being a rotting egg. The bitter part is that they both have to leave Baths, leaving all of their friends to think they've died.]]
* BizarreAlienBiology: A variation - despite [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor]] having three hearts that have presumably been taken from his victims, they all seem to actually function to keep him alive. This is most likely due to [[spoiler: Lady Trudy's influence.]]
* BlackSpeech: [[spoiler: Lady Trudy]] speaks in something like this, represented as a pattern of lines and dots. Oddly enough, [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor]] and the other cultists are able to write in it as well, which the former refers to as "shorthand."
* BlatantLies: Sure, Wegg. You stubbed your toe and subsequently moaned Mr. Neighbor's name. You definitely weren't having ADateWithRosiePalms while thinking about him.
* BlessedWithSuck: Sure, [[spoiler: Wegg is technically immortal]], but having to die every 35 days to keep [[BodyHorror your head from rotting off your shoulders]] really sucks.
* BodyHorror: The above example, along with a ''lot'' more. Prominent examples include The Baths Heartbreaker [[spoiler: keeping the hearts of his victims inside of him]]; Tillman's [[spoiler: melty, teeth-spewing transformation into a WolfMan]]; and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking whatever's going on with Kevin the cat.]]
* Bookends: The story both begins and ends to a local radio broadcast from Mr. Kelvin.
* BullyHunter: When Mr. Neighbor encounters the two troublemakers that knocked out Wegg and took his tips, he immediately dispatches both of them and takes back Wegg's money. [[spoiler: He also does this as the Baths Heartbreaker, judging by his first on-screen victim being a BastardBoyfriend.]]
* CassandraTruth: Tillman goes to the cops when he discovers the identity of the Baths Heartbreaker, but they dismiss him immediately. Later, when he calls on them again to report a murder in progress, they arrive to find the victim alive and well and mock him for his perceived paranoia. [[spoiler: After all, everyone knows Mr. Neighbor wouldn't hurt a fly - and said victim is Wegg, who has ResurrectiveImmortality.]]
* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: Wegg, since he [[spoiler: is very, very accustomed to being killed,]] doesn't really bat an eye when [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor offers to off him.]]
* ClosetKey: Mr. Neighbor is this for [[spoiler: Glenn. His lust for Mr. Neighbor even contributes to his murder.]]
* CloudCuckooLander: Valencita Flaherty collects flamingos and frequently speaks to and through them. Rarold the farmer also has a weird obsession with his corn.
* ClusterFBomb: Wegg embarrasses himself by doing this almost immediately after Mr. Neighbor tells him to watch his language.
* CompanionCube: Mr. Neighbor speaks to the dolls he makes, having given them all names and treating them as friends.
* CovertPervert: Mr. Neighbor ''seems'' like a naive and innocent man, but it turns out he has a dominant streak that Wegg is more than happy to take advantage of. [[spoiler: He also gets off on murder, which Wegg is ''also'' happy to take advantage of.]]
* CrapsaccharineWorld: Baths is a cute little town filled with colorful people who all seem to mostly get along in harmony. However, there ''is'' a SerialKiller roaming its streets and the world around it [[spoiler: is home to at least two cults that have powerful and unsettling gods.]]
* CreepyCute: The art style frequently lends itself to this. Top prize goes to [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor, the adorably murderous cloth man with stolen hearts inside him and a near-constant smile.]]
* CreepyDoll: Mr. Neighbor has several all over his apartment, presumably made by his own hands. Wegg doesn't seem to find them all that creepy - [[NightmareFetishist but then again,]] [[ConditionedToAcceptHorror it's Wegg.]]
* CreepyGood: [[spoiler: Lady Trudy. She's even shown to be affectionate to her worshipers, giving Mr. Neighbor a little kiss after he offers up his monthly penance of blood, and helps save Wegg in the climax.]]
** [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor himself, with his serial killings and DissonantSerenity, also counts since he is more AntiHero than villain.]]
* {{Cult}}: [[spoiler: Both Mr. Neighbor and Wegg are involved with one, although Wegg]] is a CultDefector. [[spoiler: Lady Trudy's]] seems to be the more benevolent of the two.
* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor's fight with the Lew and the Swans at the climax is this. Lady Trudy's power lets him kill most of the cultists at once, and Lew]] doesn't even seem to resist, letting himself get picked up by the neck and killed with no trouble.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Wegg goes from town to town to avoid his own. [[spoiler: He's running from a cult that have turned him into a vessel for their god and want to finish the job.]]
* DealWithTheDevil: Played with. [[spoiler: Lady Trudy]] requires making an exchange for granted wishes (teeth and blood being two examples), but is never shown to be duplicitous or malicious in those dealings.
* DissonantSerenity: Mr. Neighbor doesn't even raise his voice when he takes down the two thugs that attacked Wegg.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: ''Oh yeah.'' Wegg has to endure [[spoiler: repeatedly dying, being stalked and kidnapped by his old cult buddies, and having his head burst to give birth to a god]] before he can live HappilyEverAfter with Mr. Neighbor.
* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler: Lady Trudy and Lord Calum]], though the former is more benevolent than most examples.
* EleventhHourSuperpower: [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor manifests the strength of Lady Trudy in the form of her sharp black tendrils bursting out of him to stab all of the cultists threatening Wegg at once.]]
* EroticEating: Wegg can't help but think of his crush on Mr. Neighbor when he grabs a corndog as a snack.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler: Rarold]] may be a sadistic murderer, but that doesn't mean he doesn't love [[spoiler: his cat Kevin]] dearly and is worried sick when he goes missing.
* ExorcistHead: Mr. Neighbor can do this - {{Justified}} in that he's made entirely of cloth.
* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: It's revealed in the first few pages that [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor is the Baths Heartbreaker.]]
* {{Foil}}: Mr. Neighbor has one in [[spoiler: Lew, the leader of the Swans. Both are murderous cult members that love Wegg, but Mr. Neighbor only kills bad people and is in a much healthier relationship with Wegg than Lew ever was.]]
* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: Wegg first falls for Mr. Neighbor when the latter patches him up after two thugs knock him out and take his busking money.
* FriendToAllChildren: One of the many neighborly activities that Mr. Neighbor takes part in is making toys for the local children, who are all delighted by him.
** Tillman also becomes one after [[spoiler: his transformation into a WolfMan.]]
--> '''Kid:''' I bet he can punch REAL GOOD!
--> '''Other Kid:''' He's gonna protect us from the Heartbreaker!
--> '''Third Kid:''' I wanna hug him!!
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: The art style gives [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor these]] during scenes of murder or the leadup thereto. They also occur when someone presses his BerserkButton by [[spoiler: threatening or hurting Wegg.]]
* Gorn: Plenty. Expect a ''lot'' of blood amid the cutesy scenes and character designs.
* HandyMan: Tall and in good shape? Check. Does a little bit of everything? Check. A MellowFellow, beloved by the townspeople? Check. Mr. Neighbor fits this trope to a T.
* HellBentForLeather: Mr. Neighbor dons leather shorts before he and Wegg have sex.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: An example where both are male - Mr. Neighbor towers over Wegg.
* HumanSacrifice: It's never made quite clear whether [[spoiler: Lady Trudy's pact with Mr. Neighbor]] requires a full human or just one's blood, but folks are killed for it regardless.
* ICallItVera: Wegg has nicknamed his guitar "Jack."
* IllGirl: Wegg is a male example. [[spoiler: Thanks to the swan god Calum using him as a vessel, his egg-shaped head rots very much like a real egg.]] It gives him splitting headaches, nightmares, frequent bouts of vomiting.
* ImagineSpot: Wegg has quite a few daydreams, mostly romantic and involving Mr. Neighbor.
* ImmortalityHurts: [[spoiler: Wegg has to die every thirty-five days to preserve his immortality,]] and he mentions that it's exhausting and painful suffering through death after death in order to meet that requirement. Fortunately, he finds a much more pleasant way to go about it.
* ImNotAHeroIm: Tillman turns down an offer to join the police force [[spoiler: after catching the copycat Heartbreaker]] because, as he says, he's just a mailman.
* InfantImmortality: None of the Baths Heartbreaker's victims are children, probably because none of them fit the bill of AssholeVictim.
* InterplayOfSexAndViolence: Mr. Neighbor and Wegg have a very sexy tryst together [[spoiler: that, by design, turns into Mr. Neighbor strangling Wegg and snapping his neck. ItMakesSenseInContext.]] It also gets a nod during their movie date, where Mr. Neighbor is [[spoiler: aroused by a scene of a killer murdering his victim,]] which leads to MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces.
* JackassGenie: [[spoiler: Lady Trudy]] is a downplayed example, more [[BlueAndOrangeMorality confusing]] than malicious. Unhappy with your body? [[spoiler: Take a new one made of cloth!]] Insecure about being bald? Here's more hair all over your body, [[spoiler: because you're now a werewolf!]]
* JackTheRipoff: The Baths Heartbreaker [[spoiler: has a copycat killer in Rarold.]] The ''real'' Baths Heartbreaker even mentions Jack the Ripper when learning about the copycat.
* JerkassGod: Totally {{Subverted}}. [[spoiler: Lady Trudy requires blood penance for her gifts, and seems to have an odd idea of what constitutes as granting a wish, but she never harms her devotees and in fact plays a large part in saving Wegg in the climax.]]
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Thanks to Rarold's copycat killings and subsequent death, making the town think that ''he'' was the Baths Heartbreaker all along, Mr. Neighbor]] never ends up in any trouble for all of the murders he's committed.
* LastNameBasis: Mr. Neighbor and Tillman, the mailman. We do learn both of their given names during the story, though Mr. Neighbor's is one of his closely guarded secrets. [[spoiler: It's Adie.]]
* LostInTheMaize: Tillman ends up running through a cornfield [[spoiler: to escape Rarold, who's chasing him with a scythe for discovering one of his killings in progress.]]
* MeaningfulName: W''egg'' has a notably egg-shaped head. [[spoiler: Which becomes a ''literal'' egg for a birdlike god to hatch from in the climax.]]
** Mr. Neighbor is indeed very [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin neighborly.]] It's implied that it's a MeaningfulRename, as he is a trans man.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: Tillman's boss at one point refers to the new stamps as "bitchin'," something Tillman finds exasperating.
* MushroomSamba: Wegg has a seriously strange one after taking acid [[spoiler: that he bought from the Glenn, the town pharmacist - acid that's later revealed to be dangerously defective.]]
* NaughtyTentacles: [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor has one ''for a penis.'' And it ''[[BodyHorror has tiny hands]]'' coming out of it]]. [[NightmareFetishist Wegg]] is delighted.
* NiceGirl: Mr. Neighbor is beloved by most of the town for his handyman work and genuinely sweet demeanor. [[spoiler: His victims as the Baths Heartbreaker see him a little differently.]]
* NightmareFace: Wegg gets a hell of one late in the story [[spoiler: when his former cult gets close to tracking him down and his egg head rots until there's nothing but a swirling black hole in the middle of it.]] Fortunately, it's AllJustADream.
* NightmareSequence: Wegg has plenty of these throughout the story, most of which serve as {{Foreshadowing}}.
* NotMeThisTime: [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor has to reassure Wegg and Tillman that the body tied to the movie theatre marquee wasn't his doing as the Heartbreaker.]]
* NotWhatItLooksLike: A very strange, [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zagged]] example. Tillman thinks he's witnessed a murder through a lit apartment window. What he saw was ''definitely'' a killing - but what he doesn't know is that [[spoiler: Wegg has ResurrectiveImmortality and has ''asked'' Mr. Neighbor to strangle him to death to satisfy his need to die every thirty-five days. And for sexy reasons.]]
** Another example occurs when Wegg follows Mr. Neighbor and witnesses him [[spoiler: apparently cheating on him with Glenn. Mr. Neighbor is actually just getting Glenn to drop his guard so he can kill him.]]
* ObviouslyEvil: Tillman dismisses Rarold as the Heartbreaker because he's too obviously mean and creepy looking. [[spoiler: He's half right - Rarold isn't the Heartbreaker, but he's still a serial killer in his own right.]]
* OnlySaneMan: Tillman certainly thinks of himself as one, especially after he discovers a clue to the Baths Heartbreaker's identity and everyone else dismisses him.
* OverlyLongTongue: Mr. Neighbor has one, which is very appealing to Wegg.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: The Baths Heartbreaker apparently only chooses AssholeVictims. [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor outright says to his first victim that he "[doesn't] kill good people."]]
* PoliceAreUseless: Baths' two officers of the law aren't much help to anyone, and [[spoiler: Tillman ends up both finding the real Baths Heartbreaker and also stopping the copycat killer.]]
* PsychopathicManchild: It may be unclear just how "psychopathic" he is, but there's no denying that [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor is a SerialKiller who also loves sweet treats and cuddles up with dolls to sleep at night.]]
* ResurrectiveImmortality: [[spoiler: Wegg can ''mostly'' never die, but in exchange he needs to temporarily die every thirty-five days or risk the rot in his head [[KilledOffForReal killing him off permanently.]]]]
* SafeSaneAndConsensual: A darkly humorous example of playing with the trope: Wegg and Mr. Neighbor engage in BDSM play that not only [[spoiler: ends with Wegg's death, but is also ''intended'' to end that way due to the requirements for Wegg's ResurrectiveImmortality.]] The safe word is "strawberry."
* SigilSpam: For both cults in the story: [[spoiler: Lady Trudy's]] blank face mask and [[spoiler: Wegg's old cult, the Swans,]] with their pattern of lines and eyes.
* SinisterScythe: [[spoiler: Rarold wields one while chasing Tillman for discovering his killing spree.]]
* SirSwearsALot: Wegg swears like a sailor, to Mr. Neighbor's chagrin.
* SeriousBusiness: For Tillman, [[spoiler: going bald is serious enough business to make a deal with spooky deity Lady Trudy. That costs ''[[TheToothHurts six teeth a month.]]'']]
* ShipperOnDeck: Porla and Moria find it adorable when Mr. Neighbor and Wegg eat at their diner, clearly on a date.
* ShoutOut: One of the thugs who attacked Wegg sarcastically refers to Mr. Neighbor as [[Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood "Mr. Fuckin' Rogers."]]
* SlashedThroat: [[spoiler: How Mr. Neighbor dispatches Glenn]].
* SmokingHotSex: Wegg lights up a cigarette after his first time with Mr. Neighbor, who is already asking for a second time.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Mr. Neighbor ends up being one [[spoiler: to Lew and the Swans' plan to resurrect Lord Calum. He not only arrives to rescue Wegg, but also prays to Lady Trudy to kill the newly born Calum.]]
* {{Squick}}: At one point Wegg eats part of a cake, throws it up, and then ''continues to eat the cake.'' He also apparently barfed on a freshly made cake, necessitating a replacement.
* StalkerWithACrush: Wegg [[spoiler: is running from a ''lot'' of them, all members of his former cult that both want to have sex with him and to use him to birth their god.]]
* SurrealHorror: Cults, BodyHorror, and [[spoiler: mysterious, terrifying deities]] - all in a cutesy 70s art style.
* TownWithADarkSecret: Baths has the Heartbreak Killer, whose true identity is [[spoiler: the helpful town handyman Mr. Neighbor.]]
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Wegg ''adores'' cake.
* TransTribulations: Implied in the past for both Wegg and Mr. Neighbor. [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor apparently had such a hard time that he went to Lady Trudy to give him a new body - hence why he's now made of cloth.]]
* ThoseTwoGuys: Moria and Porla form this, commenting on various goings on from their diner. The two police officers Bang and Gliff also serve as a pair.
* TooKinkyToTorture: Wegg. [[spoiler: It's why he has no problem turning his near-monthly death into a fun sex game to play with Mr. Neighbor.]]
* TransformationHorror: [[spoiler: Tillman's transformation into a WolfMan is ''horrifyingly graphic.'' And from what little we see of Mr. Neighbor's, with him tied to a flaming cross clearly in agony, it was no picnic either.]]
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Mr. Neighbor is literally made of cloth, something that no one but Tillman notices. According to Officer Gliff, most folks just assume that the thread all over his body is due to surgical scars. Also, the only one who mentions that Wegg's egg-shaped head is unusual is Wegg himself.
* VerbalTic: Mr. Neighbor has a very slight one, mm.
* [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend Violently Protective Boyfriend]]: Pro tip: don't hurt Wegg and let Mr. Neighbor find out about it. [[spoiler: You'll end up being the Baths Heartbreaker's next victim.]]
* VomitIndiscretionShot: Several times with Wegg, as vomiting is one of the main symptoms of [[spoiler: the rot that is consuming his head.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: In-universe example. Porla gives Tillman an indignant look when he [[spoiler: flees from Rarold without freeing her, leaving her and Moria ostensibly at Rarold's mercy. He comes back later to help them, though.]]
* WigDressAccent: Glenn dons a very unconvincing disguise when he [[spoiler: sells Wegg a tab of defective acid.]] Sure enough, Wegg's later description has Mr. Neighbor recognize him immediately.
* YourCheatingHeart: Wegg accuses Mr. Neighbor of this, not realizing that [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor was actually ''killing'' Glenn instead of romancing him.]]
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->''"I'll sing in my own way, though I ain't got a plan... I'll survive, I'll live, I can~"''
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[[caption-width-right:350: [[{{Tagline}} Murder. Love. Cults. Puppets!]]]]
->''"I see my neighbor''
->''And I wave''
->''Don't know how t' behave''
->''And I know I'm into somethin' good''
->''Paradin' 'round the neighborhood, woah-oh!"''
-->-- '''Wegg,''' doing what he does best
The year: [[TheSeventies 1973.]] The place: Baths, a small midwestern town with small-town charm - that is, if you ignore the mysterious murders by a SerialKiller dubbed "The Baths Heartbreaker," so-called because of their penchant for removing their victims' hearts after dismembering them.
A wandering musician and songwriter named Wegg rolls into town, expecting to roll right back out once he's done busking for traveling money. After [[MeetCute a chance encounter with a man named Mr. Neighbor,]] he gets swept up into the mysteries and terrors unfolding in the town of Baths - not to mention a whirlwind romance.
Mr. Neighbor is sweet, charming, and soft (literally - he's made of cloth), and he seems like just what Wegg needs. But he disappears at the same time every month and is definitely hiding some sort of secret. And Wegg, on the run from ''something'' and suffering from a mysterious illness, [[DarkAndTroubledPast just may harbor some dark secrets of his own.]]
''Be Kind My Neighbor'' is a 2022 horror/romance graphic novel written and illustrated by Yugo Limbo, best known for the 2019 video game VideoGame/SmileForMe. It was published by Silver Sprocket and released in both digital and print form on August 10th, 2022.
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!!This graphic novel provides provides examples of:
* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler: Tillman lashes out against Rarold to protect himself - forgetting that he now has sizeable claws since his transformation into a WolfMan.]]
* AerithAndBob: We have names like Wegg, Porly, and Rarold in the mix with names like Glenn and George.
* AffablyEvil: The Baths Heartbreaker comes off this way. [[spoiler: Makes sense, as his true identity is the genuinely affable Mr. Neighbor.]]
* AloneWithThePsycho: Tillman is confronted by the Baths Heartbreaker and is convinced that he'll be the next victim. [[spoiler: Subverted in that Mr. Neighbor just wants to help him by taking him to meet Lady Trudy's cult.]]
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Difficult to tell with the art style, but Mr. Neighbor at least is made using purple thread and Glenn is described as having tangerine hair.
* AnimalMotifs: Wegg is frequently associate with birds, especially songbirds and swans. The first is due to his career as a musician, and the latter...[[spoiler: has a lot to do with him being a vessel for the swan god Calum.]]
* AntiHero: [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor. He kills people as the Baths Heartbreaker, but he only goes after AssholeVictims, is helpful and kind to very nearly everyone in Baths, and truly loves Wegg.]]
* ArmoredClosetGay: Glenn, for [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor.]] He ends up giving a rather humorous HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday speech to ''himself.''
-->'''Glenn:''' Glenn, J-C! Get a hold of yourself, man. You're not like that. We've been over this already. You had a wife. You're just uhh... lonely. And stressed. Confused.\\
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: During Wegg's [[spoiler: BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind in the climax, his inner self asks him one]].
--> [[spoiler: '''Inner Wegg''']]: What did they do to you?
--> '''Wegg:''' They loved me.
--> [[spoiler: '''Inner Wegg''']]: ... did they, Wegg?
* ArtificialHuman: It's a little unclear whether this applies to Mr. Neighbor, as his whole body is made of cloth.
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: In-universe example. Wegg's performances usually draw him a decent crowd and fund his wandering ways, and he even ends up with a popular [[spoiler: posthumous]] album by the end.
* ADateWithRosiePalms: Thinking that Mr. Neighbor is still asleep, Wegg decides to rub one out in the bathroom while fantasizing about him. Unfortunately for Wegg, Mr. Neighbor wakes up soon afterward and overhears Wegg moaning his name, leading to an awkward conversation.
* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: [[spoiler: Wegg has one with ''himself'' in the climax, as he doesn't think anyone loves him and he doesn't deserve to live. His inner self is fortunately able to persuade him otherwise.]]
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Tillman fervently wishes to [[spoiler: no longer be bald. He gets more hair, but it comes in the form of becoming a WolfMan.]] {{Subverted}} in that it only ''appears'' to be a bad thing - for the most part, it betters his life and even ends up being instrumental in saving the day.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Mr. Neighbor is a total sweetheart, helping out around town and generally being a ray of sunshine. [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend Hurt his boyfriend, however...]] [[spoiler: Being the Baths Heartbreaker is something to beware of, too.]]
* BigEater: Wegg, mostly because he doesn't get to eat much as a [[PerpetualPoverty perpetually poor]] traveling musician. When Mr. Neighbor cooks for him, he inhales everything in record time.
* BittersweetEnding: More "sweet" than "bitter." [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor and Wegg are reunited after Wegg comes back to life, as Mr. Neighbor kept his heart for safekeeping. Wegg's head is also back to normal, no longer being a rotting egg. The bitter part is that they both have to leave Baths, leaving all of their friends to think they've died.]]
* BizarreAlienBiology: A variation - despite [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor]] having three hearts that have presumably been taken from his victims, they all seem to actually function to keep him alive. This is most likely due to [[spoiler: Lady Trudy's influence.]]
* BlackSpeech: [[spoiler: Lady Trudy]] speaks in something like this, represented as a pattern of lines and dots. Oddly enough, [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor]] and the other cultists are able to write in it as well, which the former refers to as "shorthand."
* BlatantLies: Sure, Wegg. You stubbed your toe and subsequently moaned Mr. Neighbor's name. You definitely weren't having ADateWithRosiePalms while thinking about him.
* BlessedWithSuck: Sure, [[spoiler: Wegg is technically immortal]], but having to die every 35 days to keep [[BodyHorror your head from rotting off your shoulders]] really sucks.
* BodyHorror: The above example, along with a ''lot'' more. Prominent examples include The Baths Heartbreaker [[spoiler: keeping the hearts of his victims inside of him]]; Tillman's [[spoiler: melty, teeth-spewing transformation into a WolfMan]]; and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking whatever's going on with Kevin the cat.]]
* Bookends: The story both begins and ends to a local radio broadcast from Mr. Kelvin.
* BullyHunter: When Mr. Neighbor encounters the two troublemakers that knocked out Wegg and took his tips, he immediately dispatches both of them and takes back Wegg's money. [[spoiler: He also does this as the Baths Heartbreaker, judging by his first on-screen victim being a BastardBoyfriend.]]
* CassandraTruth: Tillman goes to the cops when he discovers the identity of the Baths Heartbreaker, but they dismiss him immediately. Later, when he calls on them again to report a murder in progress, they arrive to find the victim alive and well and mock him for his perceived paranoia. [[spoiler: After all, everyone knows Mr. Neighbor wouldn't hurt a fly - and said victim is Wegg, who has ResurrectiveImmortality.]]
* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: Wegg, since he [[spoiler: is very, very accustomed to being killed,]] doesn't really bat an eye when [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor offers to off him.]]
* ClosetKey: Mr. Neighbor is this for [[spoiler: Glenn. His lust for Mr. Neighbor even contributes to his murder.]]
* CloudCuckooLander: Valencita Flaherty collects flamingos and frequently speaks to and through them. Rarold the farmer also has a weird obsession with his corn.
* ClusterFBomb: Wegg embarrasses himself by doing this almost immediately after Mr. Neighbor tells him to watch his language.
* CompanionCube: Mr. Neighbor speaks to the dolls he makes, having given them all names and treating them as friends.
* CovertPervert: Mr. Neighbor ''seems'' like a naive and innocent man, but it turns out he has a dominant streak that Wegg is more than happy to take advantage of. [[spoiler: He also gets off on murder, which Wegg is ''also'' happy to take advantage of.]]
* CrapsaccharineWorld: Baths is a cute little town filled with colorful people who all seem to mostly get along in harmony. However, there ''is'' a SerialKiller roaming its streets and the world around it [[spoiler: is home to at least two cults that have powerful and unsettling gods.]]
* CreepyCute: The art style frequently lends itself to this. Top prize goes to [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor, the adorably murderous cloth man with stolen hearts inside him and a near-constant smile.]]
* CreepyDoll: Mr. Neighbor has several all over his apartment, presumably made by his own hands. Wegg doesn't seem to find them all that creepy - [[NightmareFetishist but then again,]] [[ConditionedToAcceptHorror it's Wegg.]]
* CreepyGood: [[spoiler: Lady Trudy. She's even shown to be affectionate to her worshipers, giving Mr. Neighbor a little kiss after he offers up his monthly penance of blood, and helps save Wegg in the climax.]]
** [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor himself, with his serial killings and DissonantSerenity, also counts since he is more AntiHero than villain.]]
* {{Cult}}: [[spoiler: Both Mr. Neighbor and Wegg are involved with one, although Wegg]] is a CultDefector. [[spoiler: Lady Trudy's]] seems to be the more benevolent of the two.
* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor's fight with the Lew and the Swans at the climax is this. Lady Trudy's power lets him kill most of the cultists at once, and Lew]] doesn't even seem to resist, letting himself get picked up by the neck and killed with no trouble.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Wegg goes from town to town to avoid his own. [[spoiler: He's running from a cult that have turned him into a vessel for their god and want to finish the job.]]
* DealWithTheDevil: Played with. [[spoiler: Lady Trudy]] requires making an exchange for granted wishes (teeth and blood being two examples), but is never shown to be duplicitous or malicious in those dealings.
* DissonantSerenity: Mr. Neighbor doesn't even raise his voice when he takes down the two thugs that attacked Wegg.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: ''Oh yeah.'' Wegg has to endure [[spoiler: repeatedly dying, being stalked and kidnapped by his old cult buddies, and having his head burst to give birth to a god]] before he can live HappilyEverAfter with Mr. Neighbor.
* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler: Lady Trudy and Lord Calum]], though the former is more benevolent than most examples.
* EleventhHourSuperpower: [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor manifests the strength of Lady Trudy in the form of her sharp black tendrils bursting out of him to stab all of the cultists threatening Wegg at once.]]
* EroticEating: Wegg can't help but think of his crush on Mr. Neighbor when he grabs a corndog as a snack.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler: Rarold]] may be a sadistic murderer, but that doesn't mean he doesn't love [[spoiler: his cat Kevin]] dearly and is worried sick when he goes missing.
* ExorcistHead: Mr. Neighbor can do this - {{Justified}} in that he's made entirely of cloth.
* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: It's revealed in the first few pages that [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor is the Baths Heartbreaker.]]
* {{Foil}}: Mr. Neighbor has one in [[spoiler: Lew, the leader of the Swans. Both are murderous cult members that love Wegg, but Mr. Neighbor only kills bad people and is in a much healthier relationship with Wegg than Lew ever was.]]
* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: Wegg first falls for Mr. Neighbor when the latter patches him up after two thugs knock him out and take his busking money.
* FriendToAllChildren: One of the many neighborly activities that Mr. Neighbor takes part in is making toys for the local children, who are all delighted by him.
** Tillman also becomes one after [[spoiler: his transformation into a WolfMan.]]
--> '''Kid:''' I bet he can punch REAL GOOD!
--> '''Other Kid:''' He's gonna protect us from the Heartbreaker!
--> '''Third Kid:''' I wanna hug him!!
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: The art style gives [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor these]] during scenes of murder or the leadup thereto. They also occur when someone presses his BerserkButton by [[spoiler: threatening or hurting Wegg.]]
* Gorn: Plenty. Expect a ''lot'' of blood amid the cutesy scenes and character designs.
* HandyMan: Tall and in good shape? Check. Does a little bit of everything? Check. A MellowFellow, beloved by the townspeople? Check. Mr. Neighbor fits this trope to a T.
* HellBentForLeather: Mr. Neighbor dons leather shorts before he and Wegg have sex.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: An example where both are male - Mr. Neighbor towers over Wegg.
* HumanSacrifice: It's never made quite clear whether [[spoiler: Lady Trudy's pact with Mr. Neighbor]] requires a full human or just one's blood, but folks are killed for it regardless.
* ICallItVera: Wegg has nicknamed his guitar "Jack."
* IllGirl: Wegg is a male example. [[spoiler: Thanks to the swan god Calum using him as a vessel, his egg-shaped head rots very much like a real egg.]] It gives him splitting headaches, nightmares, frequent bouts of vomiting.
* ImagineSpot: Wegg has quite a few daydreams, mostly romantic and involving Mr. Neighbor.
* ImmortalityHurts: [[spoiler: Wegg has to die every thirty-five days to preserve his immortality,]] and he mentions that it's exhausting and painful suffering through death after death in order to meet that requirement. Fortunately, he finds a much more pleasant way to go about it.
* ImNotAHeroIm: Tillman turns down an offer to join the police force [[spoiler: after catching the copycat Heartbreaker]] because, as he says, he's just a mailman.
* InfantImmortality: None of the Baths Heartbreaker's victims are children, probably because none of them fit the bill of AssholeVictim.
* InterplayOfSexAndViolence: Mr. Neighbor and Wegg have a very sexy tryst together [[spoiler: that, by design, turns into Mr. Neighbor strangling Wegg and snapping his neck. ItMakesSenseInContext.]] It also gets a nod during their movie date, where Mr. Neighbor is [[spoiler: aroused by a scene of a killer murdering his victim,]] which leads to MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces.
* JackassGenie: [[spoiler: Lady Trudy]] is a downplayed example, more [[BlueAndOrangeMorality confusing]] than malicious. Unhappy with your body? [[spoiler: Take a new one made of cloth!]] Insecure about being bald? Here's more hair all over your body, [[spoiler: because you're now a werewolf!]]
* JackTheRipoff: The Baths Heartbreaker [[spoiler: has a copycat killer in Rarold.]] The ''real'' Baths Heartbreaker even mentions Jack the Ripper when learning about the copycat.
* JerkassGod: Totally {{Subverted}}. [[spoiler: Lady Trudy requires blood penance for her gifts, and seems to have an odd idea of what constitutes as granting a wish, but she never harms her devotees and in fact plays a large part in saving Wegg in the climax.]]
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Thanks to Rarold's copycat killings and subsequent death, making the town think that ''he'' was the Baths Heartbreaker all along, Mr. Neighbor]] never ends up in any trouble for all of the murders he's committed.
* LastNameBasis: Mr. Neighbor and Tillman, the mailman. We do learn both of their given names during the story, though Mr. Neighbor's is one of his closely guarded secrets. [[spoiler: It's Adie.]]
* LostInTheMaize: Tillman ends up running through a cornfield [[spoiler: to escape Rarold, who's chasing him with a scythe for discovering one of his killings in progress.]]
* MeaningfulName: W''egg'' has a notably egg-shaped head. [[spoiler: Which becomes a ''literal'' egg for a birdlike god to hatch from in the climax.]]
** Mr. Neighbor is indeed very [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin neighborly.]] It's implied that it's a MeaningfulRename, as he is a trans man.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: Tillman's boss at one point refers to the new stamps as "bitchin'," something Tillman finds exasperating.
* MushroomSamba: Wegg has a seriously strange one after taking acid [[spoiler: that he bought from the Glenn, the town pharmacist - acid that's later revealed to be dangerously defective.]]
* NaughtyTentacles: [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor has one ''for a penis.'' And it ''[[BodyHorror has tiny hands]]'' coming out of it]]. [[NightmareFetishist Wegg]] is delighted.
* NiceGirl: Mr. Neighbor is beloved by most of the town for his handyman work and genuinely sweet demeanor. [[spoiler: His victims as the Baths Heartbreaker see him a little differently.]]
* NightmareFace: Wegg gets a hell of one late in the story [[spoiler: when his former cult gets close to tracking him down and his egg head rots until there's nothing but a swirling black hole in the middle of it.]] Fortunately, it's AllJustADream.
* NightmareSequence: Wegg has plenty of these throughout the story, most of which serve as {{Foreshadowing}}.
* NotMeThisTime: [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor has to reassure Wegg and Tillman that the body tied to the movie theatre marquee wasn't his doing as the Heartbreaker.]]
* NotWhatItLooksLike: A very strange, [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zagged]] example. Tillman thinks he's witnessed a murder through a lit apartment window. What he saw was ''definitely'' a killing - but what he doesn't know is that [[spoiler: Wegg has ResurrectiveImmortality and has ''asked'' Mr. Neighbor to strangle him to death to satisfy his need to die every thirty-five days. And for sexy reasons.]]
** Another example occurs when Wegg follows Mr. Neighbor and witnesses him [[spoiler: apparently cheating on him with Glenn. Mr. Neighbor is actually just getting Glenn to drop his guard so he can kill him.]]
* ObviouslyEvil: Tillman dismisses Rarold as the Heartbreaker because he's too obviously mean and creepy looking. [[spoiler: He's half right - Rarold isn't the Heartbreaker, but he's still a serial killer in his own right.]]
* OnlySaneMan: Tillman certainly thinks of himself as one, especially after he discovers a clue to the Baths Heartbreaker's identity and everyone else dismisses him.
* OverlyLongTongue: Mr. Neighbor has one, which is very appealing to Wegg.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: The Baths Heartbreaker apparently only chooses AssholeVictims. [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor outright says to his first victim that he "[doesn't] kill good people."]]
* PoliceAreUseless: Baths' two officers of the law aren't much help to anyone, and [[spoiler: Tillman ends up both finding the real Baths Heartbreaker and also stopping the copycat killer.]]
* PsychopathicManchild: It may be unclear just how "psychopathic" he is, but there's no denying that [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor is a SerialKiller who also loves sweet treats and cuddles up with dolls to sleep at night.]]
* ResurrectiveImmortality: [[spoiler: Wegg can ''mostly'' never die, but in exchange he needs to temporarily die every thirty-five days or risk the rot in his head [[KilledOffForReal killing him off permanently.]]]]
* SafeSaneAndConsensual: A darkly humorous example of playing with the trope: Wegg and Mr. Neighbor engage in BDSM play that not only [[spoiler: ends with Wegg's death, but is also ''intended'' to end that way due to the requirements for Wegg's ResurrectiveImmortality.]] The safe word is "strawberry."
* SigilSpam: For both cults in the story: [[spoiler: Lady Trudy's]] blank face mask and [[spoiler: Wegg's old cult, the Swans,]] with their pattern of lines and eyes.
* SinisterScythe: [[spoiler: Rarold wields one while chasing Tillman for discovering his killing spree.]]
* SirSwearsALot: Wegg swears like a sailor, to Mr. Neighbor's chagrin.
* SeriousBusiness: For Tillman, [[spoiler: going bald is serious enough business to make a deal with spooky deity Lady Trudy. That costs ''[[TheToothHurts six teeth a month.]]'']]
* ShipperOnDeck: Porla and Moria find it adorable when Mr. Neighbor and Wegg eat at their diner, clearly on a date.
* ShoutOut: One of the thugs who attacked Wegg sarcastically refers to Mr. Neighbor as [[Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood "Mr. Fuckin' Rogers."]]
* SlashedThroat: [[spoiler: How Mr. Neighbor dispatches Glenn]].
* SmokingHotSex: Wegg lights up a cigarette after his first time with Mr. Neighbor, who is already asking for a second time.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Mr. Neighbor ends up being one [[spoiler: to Lew and the Swans' plan to resurrect Lord Calum. He not only arrives to rescue Wegg, but also prays to Lady Trudy to kill the newly born Calum.]]
* {{Squick}}: At one point Wegg eats part of a cake, throws it up, and then ''continues to eat the cake.'' He also apparently barfed on a freshly made cake, necessitating a replacement.
* StalkerWithACrush: Wegg [[spoiler: is running from a ''lot'' of them, all members of his former cult that both want to have sex with him and to use him to birth their god.]]
* SurrealHorror: Cults, BodyHorror, and [[spoiler: mysterious, terrifying deities]] - all in a cutesy 70s art style.
* TownWithADarkSecret: Baths has the Heartbreak Killer, whose true identity is [[spoiler: the helpful town handyman Mr. Neighbor.]]
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Wegg ''adores'' cake.
* TransTribulations: Implied in the past for both Wegg and Mr. Neighbor. [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor apparently had such a hard time that he went to Lady Trudy to give him a new body - hence why he's now made of cloth.]]
* ThoseTwoGuys: Moria and Porla form this, commenting on various goings on from their diner. The two police officers Bang and Gliff also serve as a pair.
* TooKinkyToTorture: Wegg. [[spoiler: It's why he has no problem turning his near-monthly death into a fun sex game to play with Mr. Neighbor.]]
* TransformationHorror: [[spoiler: Tillman's transformation into a WolfMan is ''horrifyingly graphic.'' And from what little we see of Mr. Neighbor's, with him tied to a flaming cross clearly in agony, it was no picnic either.]]
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Mr. Neighbor is literally made of cloth, something that no one but Tillman notices. According to Officer Gliff, most folks just assume that the thread all over his body is due to surgical scars. Also, the only one who mentions that Wegg's egg-shaped head is unusual is Wegg himself.
* VerbalTic: Mr. Neighbor has a very slight one, mm.
* [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend Violently Protective Boyfriend]]: Pro tip: don't hurt Wegg and let Mr. Neighbor find out about it. [[spoiler: You'll end up being the Baths Heartbreaker's next victim.]]
* VomitIndiscretionShot: Several times with Wegg, as vomiting is one of the main symptoms of [[spoiler: the rot that is consuming his head.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: In-universe example. Porla gives Tillman an indignant look when he [[spoiler: flees from Rarold without freeing her, leaving her and Moria ostensibly at Rarold's mercy. He comes back later to help them, though.]]
* WigDressAccent: Glenn dons a very unconvincing disguise when he [[spoiler: sells Wegg a tab of defective acid.]] Sure enough, Wegg's later description has Mr. Neighbor recognize him immediately.
* YourCheatingHeart: Wegg accuses Mr. Neighbor of this, not realizing that [[spoiler: Mr. Neighbor was actually ''killing'' Glenn instead of romancing him.]]
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->''"I'll sing in my own way, though I ain't got a plan... I'll survive, I'll live, I can~"''
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