History ComicBook / Cattivik

* CranialPlateAbility: PlayedForLaughs in a story where the person he just hammered on the head happens to have a 10 cm thick steel plate under his hat.

* DropTheHammer: He wields a trusty wooden hammer. Sometimes a large, steel one.

* AbsurdlySharpClaws: Played for laughs when the title character gets cut to ribbons by a lion.
* AntiHero: Cattivik, even if he is more like a VillainProtagonist.
* BankRobbery: Often attempted, rarely successful.
* {{BFG}}: He sometimes wields large guns in his misfits.

* TheChewToy: Cattivik, oh so much.

* FamilyUnfriendlyViolence: Very often.

* FireAndBrimstoneHell: And he managed to escape from it... by [[EarthShatteringKaboom the Etna Volcano....]]

* {{Gonk}}: Many people in the comic.
* GroinAttack: Often.
* {{Hammerspace}}: That or his leotard is really spacious.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Happens to him quite frequently.

* HyperspaceArsenal: From spoons to howitzers.
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Guess who.

* NonHumanSidekick: His rats.

* [[WholesomeCrossdresser Wholesome]]/CreepyCrossdresser: Only once has it been voluntary, every other time it's usually part of a HumiliationConga.

* ExitPursuedByABear: Actually never a bear, but rather an angry mob, crocodiles, hounds and sharks. In a particularly funny story, he poisons (using the foul stench from the sewers) a ball... of all kind of policemen and such. He almost gets away in time.... only to be spotted and chased by a ludicrously large (about five whole panels in size) mob of policemen, firefighters, scouts, anti-riot troops, dog units and so on.

* LivingCrashpad: Happens twice in the same story. The first time he lands on something "bouncy" [[GagBoobs revealed to be the breasts of a prostitute]]. Later he's sent flying again and this time lands on something soft and hairy, revealed to be the back of a polar bear in the zoo.

* GagBoobs: Used sometimes. Most notably in one story (in which everything is white because of a [[strike:lazy artist]] strong blizzard) where he lands from a great height on something soft and warm. This is revealed to be the large bosom of a streetwalker. In one story he even ends up with two fake breasts which look like beach balls (complete with plug).

* KnifeNut: He also likes knives.

Cattivik is (was) an Italian comic book created by Bonvi, well known for ''ComicBook/{{Sturmtruppen}}.'' It started as a parody of ''ComicBook/{{Diabolik}}'', another Italian comic. The main Character is an ugly [[BuffySpeak pear-shaped thing]] with a black suit that commits crimes (or at least tries to), usually by mugging people or burglary, but is [[ButtMonkey always thwarted]] and suffers lots of HumiliationConga of all sorts.

* FatBastard: Cattivik.

* TakeThat: In a parody of ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'', Cattivik witness a trio of skinheads brutalizing his weak future self and asks the Ghost of Future Christmases why he got old while they're still young and fit. The latter bluntly tells him that everyone knows that the mother of idiots is always pregnant.

!!Cattivik contains examples of:

* AbhorrentAdmirer: "I Fanzinari Brufolosi" (the Zitty Fanboys) towards Cattivik and, in one story, a huge, ugly Fangirl who kidnaps Cattivik and forces him to draw a story for her (which is a parody of Stephen King's Misery).
* {{Antihero}}: Cattivik, even if he is more like a VillainProtagonist.

* ButtMonkey / IronButtmonkey: Every single time. Also his usual victim, the Solitomino (Everyguy).
* ByTheLightOfTheirEyes: The story "Black Out" happens during a black out ([[ContrivedCoincidence happening exactly during a moonless night with cloudy weather]]), leaving only the eyes and mouths of the involved characters visible in the darkness.

* ChooseYourOwnAdventure: Parodied in a story set in Friday 17th, a day of bad luck, in which Cattivik finds himself in a story where the reader can choose what happens to him... but pretty much [[MortonsFork no matter the choice, he still suffers the very same misfortunes]], ending with either him SquashedFlat against a wall or unwillingly suffer a gender-reassignment surgery.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Cattivik from earlier stories and strips was actually much more successful and threatening than his later appearence. For example, in one case he's shown entering into a villa, munching on a bone while implying that he ate the watchdogs and then chased the armed guards away for some post-meal exercise. In more recent adaptations, he's lucky to avoid being mauled by a single dog in the first place.

* JerkAss: Cattivik. Also some minor characters, like other punks or the Skinheads.

-->'''Cattivik''': "I'm shocked with awe and surprise! It's a pity that you can't see this!"

* CrapsackWorld

* LudicrousGibs: Cattivik often ends like this, only to scoop himself back together a few seconds later.
* TheMafia: Usually composed by two identical men with fedoras and moustache.

** Or when he mugs a normal-looking man who promptly reacta by beating him to a pulp in order to subvert a stereotype.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Occasionally invoked whenever Cattivik's hijinks involved a celebrity.

* NoFourthWall: Sometimes the loud introductions of the narrator rudely awakes Cattivik from his slumber. Sometimes Cattivik actually argues with the authors of the story.
* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: He survived to being clubbed, slashed, impaled, squashed, bisected, diced, shot, poisoned, eaten and even nuked.

* RubeGoldbergDevice: Cattivik occasionally builds one, and a whole episode was dedicated [[OverlyLongGag to explain how one of them worked]].
* RunningGag: His stench, which is so strong it can cause even Mummies, zombies and monsters to puke.
* SequentialSymptomSyndrome: Cattivik spends the whole story suffering the infernal and disgusting symptoms of a virus as soon as the medic on television mentions them. He eventually tries to stop them by swallowing a whole truck of medicines, but it backfires horribly as the virus had exhausted his life cycle anyway.
* StatusQuoIsGod: No matter what happens to him, in the next story he's back on his feet in the sewers looking for another goal.
* SummonBiggerFish: With weapons in a hooligan themed episode: He first mug a large hooligan with a kitchen knife, and the guy just [[Film/CrocodileDundee pull out a huge knife and dice him.]] Then he try his luck against another hooligan (this time with a pistol), put the other one pulls out a ''rocket launcher''. The last time he attempted with a small cannon, but the "victim" was a small band of delinquents with [[RuleOfFunny ''a Tank!'']].
* TakeOurWordForIt: The blizzard episode where everything's white. At one point he runs into a colossal [[SceneryPorn Ice sculpture representing the October's Revolution and the assault on the Chzar's palace complete with horses, soldiers and any possible kind of minute decorations.]]
-->'''Cattivik''': "I'm shocked with awe and surprise! Is a pity that you can't see this!"
* TemptingFate: And it never miss a chance of biting him in the ass.
* ThoseWackyNazis: In one episode (a homage to ''Sturmtruppen'') Cattivik finds a group of really old, senile nazi soldiers who are unaware that the war is over.

* [[WholesomeCrossdresser Wholesome]]/CreepyCrossdresser: Only once was voluntary, while the other times is usually part of an HumiliationConga.
* WrongParachuteGag: Subverted when the hero gets the wrong parachute but still manages to land safely on a plane (don't worry, ItMakesSenseInContext)
* YouAllLookFamiliar: The family members of the Solitomino (is actually the surname) have the same traits.

Cattivik is (was) an italian comic book created by Bonvi, well known for ''ComicBook/{{Sturmtruppen}}.'' It started as a parody of ''ComicBook/{{Diabolik}}'', another Italian comic. The main Character is an ugly [[BuffySpeak pear-shaped thing]] with a black suit that commits (or at least try) crimes, usually mugging people or by burglary, but is [[ButtMonkey always thwarted]] and suffers lots of HumiliationConga of all sorts.

* AbhorrentAdmirer: "I Fanzinari Brufolosi" (the Zitty Fanboys) towards Cattivik and, in one story, a huge, ugly Fangirl who kidnaps Cattivik and force him to draw a story for her(which is a parody of Stephen King's Misery).

* BlackComedyRape: In one story he's captured by an amorous male Gorilla and he later comes back in lingerie, wig and bra. Sometimes he gets dragged away by some ugly women (or gay men) with amorous intents.

* ButtMonkey / IronButtmonkey: Every single time. Also his usual victim, the Solitomino (Everydayguy).
* CampGay: Stylist are portrayed this way. Also Prince Charming.
* CatchPhrase: "Uaz Uaz Uaz" (Cattivik traditional laugh). Also the words "Brivido, Terrore, Raccapriccio" (Chills, Terror and Bloodcurling) repeated at the start of each history.

* CrashingThroughTheHarem: Has this happen to him a couple of times, and both times gets savagely beaten for his trouble.
* CollectorOfTheStrange: "Battista il Collezionista" (which sounds like "Hector the Collector") IS this trope: names something, he collect it. Including rocks, lockets, couchs, fish, Muslim's erotic magazines, hounds, carnivorous plants, bombs and mines, weapons, blowpipes, hot air ballons, ropes, caves, gems and even ''experience''.
* DependingOnTheWriter: The art and his behaviour changes frequently.
* DoorDumb: The aptly-named story ''The Door'' had Cattivik trying and failing to open a door. In a mild subversion he both pulled and pushed, but then he escalated to all sorts of mad attempts (ending with a ''[[NukeEm nuke]]'') without even suspecting it was a sliding door. [[EpicFail The door remained closed]]. It was a sliding door ''not even locked''.

* ExitPursuedByABear: Actually never a bear, but also: an angry mob, crocodiles, hounds and sharks. In a particulary funny story he poisons (with the foul stench from the sewers) a ball party... of all kind of policemen and such. He almost get away in time.... only to be spotted and chased by a ludicrously large (about five whole panels) mob of policemen, firefighters, scouts, anti-riot troops, dog units and so on.
* {{Expy}}: Cattivik is one of ComicBook/{{Diabolik}}. The Everydayguy is one for Film/{{Fantozzi}}.
* ExtremeOmnivore: He can eat almost anything, but usually disgusting stuff, including salamander [[NauseaFuel filled with fly's eggs and fried in spider's grease]] with [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking origan.]]

* FluffyTamer: He once considered to keep a gator as a pet, and in one story he managed to subvert his status as ButtMonkey by beating a large, mean gorilla to a pulp.

* GagBoobs: Used sometimes. Most notably in one story (where everything is white because of a [[strike:lazy artist]] strong blizzard) and he land from a great height on something soft and warm. Reveled to be the large bosom of a streetwalker. In one story he even ends up with two fake breast which looks like beach baloons (complete with the plug).
* GenderBender: In one story he ends up in the operative room of an hospital and is later seen with flowing blond hair,skirt and big breast.

* HiddenDepths: Even if Cattivik can barely read or write he can conjure weird contraptions or a {{Thememobile}} using only whatever junk he can find into the sewers he lives into.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: It happens to him quite frequently.
* HumiliationConga: Being beaten to a pulp is quite common. Other fates include being thrown in jail, captured by a group of Boy Scouts, sealed somewhere, exposed as a freak , forced to work as a (female) prostitute and even got married to a CampGay stylist (as his bride, no less)

* KnifeNut: He also like knives.

* LooksLikeOrlok: Surprisingly, in the Dracula parody story, the count "Nosfigatu" looks more like Nosferatu. And, is a even greater ButtMonkey than Cattivik himself.
* LowSpeedChase: In one story , Cattivik is chased by a stubborn carabiniere and the fast chase slowly declines to a walking pace, then to a agonizing crawl.

* SummonBiggerFish: With weapons in a hooligan themed episode: He first mug a large hooligan with a kitchen knife, and the guy just [[CrocodileDundee pull out a huge knife and dice him.]] Then he try his luck against another hooligan (this time with a pistol), put the other one pulls out a ''rocket launcher''. The last time he attempted with a small cannon, but the "victim" was a small band of delinquents with [[RuleOfFunny ''a Tank!'']].

* {{Expy}}: Cattivik is one of Diabolik. The Everydayguy is one for Fantozzi.

** It happens to him from time to time. Subverted once where he flee screaming seeing a very tall, angry man who is actually a balloon wielded by a little kid.
** Or when he mug a normal-looking man who promptly react by beating him to a pulp in order to subvert a stereotype.

* NoFourthWall: Sometimes the loud introductions of the narrator rudely awakes Cattivik from his slumber. Sometimes,Cattivik actually argues with the authors of the story.

Cattivik is (was) an italian comic book created by Bonvi, well known for ''ComicBook/{{Sturmtruppen}}.'' It started as a parody of ''ComicBook/{{Diabolik}}'', another Italian comic. The main Character is an ugly pear-shaped thing with a black suit that commits (or at least try) crimes, usually mugging people or by burglary, but is [[ButtMonkey always thwarted]] and suffers lots of HumiliationConga of all sorts.

* ButtMonkey: Every single time. Also his usual victim, the Solitomino (Everydayguy).

Cattivik is (was) an italian comic book created by Bonvi, well known for ''{{Sturmtruppen}}.'' It started as a parody of ''ComicBook/{{Diabolik}}'', another Italian comic. The main Character is an ugly pear-shaped thing with a black suit that commits (or at least try) crimes, usually mugging people or by burglary, but is [[ButtMonkey always thwarted]] and suffers lots of HumiliationConga of all sorts.

* Expy: Cattivik is one of Diabolik. The Everydayguy is one for Fantozzi.

* ShallowParody: Of Diabolik at first and later of various other works.