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* PsychoKnifeNut: As usual, Michael prefers to use a kitchen knife.


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* PsychoKnifeNut: As usual, Michael prefers to use a kitchen knife.
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* AbusiveParents: Nikki’s parents are strict and ground her for every little thing, leaving her with massive insecurities, feeling like she’s an embarrassment to them.

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* AbusiveParents: Nikki’s Nikki's parents are strict and ground her for every little thing, leaving her with massive insecurities, feeling like she’s she's an embarrassment to them.



* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Wouldn’t be Michael if he wasn’t killing some poor, defenseless animal. In this story, he guts Lisa’s pet cat and throws it into her shower after turning the lights off to scare her. Lisa also mentions that when she and Daniel were found by a searching party one of the dogs that trailed'em was killed by neck snapping. It's quite obvious that Michael did it.

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* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Wouldn’t Wouldn't be Michael if he wasn’t wasn't killing some poor, defenseless animal. In this story, he guts Lisa’s Lisa's pet cat and throws it into her shower after turning the lights off to scare her. Lisa also mentions that when she and Daniel were found by a searching party party, one of the dogs that trailed'em trailed them was killed by neck snapping. It's quite obvious that Michael did it.



* CovertPervert: Michael shows a more lechereous side here. He draws naked women being slaughtered and he seems to enjoy Lisa's naked body. [[spoiler: The fact that he later buries her alive that way seems to confirm it.]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Lisa was babysitting a boy named Daniel and they went out for a walk. While in the forrest, the two come across the abandoned Bowles place, where Daniel runs in and is injured (possibly by Michael’s hand). Lisa ran in to help, only for Michael to lock the two in the cellar, trapping them in complete darkness for ''two days'' before help arrived. As a result, Daniel’s mother blamed Lisa and Lisa is terrified of the dark.

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* CovertPervert: Michael shows a more lechereous side here. He draws naked women being slaughtered and he seems to enjoy Lisa's naked body. [[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The fact that he later buries her alive that way seems to confirm it.]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Lisa was babysitting a boy named Daniel and they went out for a walk. While in the forrest, the two come across the abandoned Bowles place, where Daniel runs in and is injured (possibly by Michael’s Michael's hand). Lisa ran in to help, only for Michael to lock the two in the cellar, trapping them in complete darkness for ''two days'' before help arrived. As a result, Daniel’s Daniel's mother blamed Lisa and Lisa is terrified of the dark.



* FanDisservice: Lisa spends a good chunk of the third issue naked during and immediately after a ShowerScene, but the {{Fanservice}} of it is removed due to Michael stalking her during the shower and her being in panic even after he runs off. [[spoiler: She also ends the series naked, having been BuriedAlive that way.]]

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* FanDisservice: Lisa spends a good chunk of the third issue naked during and immediately after a ShowerScene, but the {{Fanservice}} of it is removed due to Michael stalking her during the shower and her being in panic even after he runs off. [[spoiler: She [[spoiler:She also ends the series naked, having been BuriedAlive that way.]]



* HappilyMarried: Ryan and Marcy seems to have a strong and functional relationship based on mutual love and respect. [[spoiler: This makes their deaths more heartbreaking.]]

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* HappilyMarried: Ryan and Marcy seems to have a strong and functional relationship based on mutual love and respect. [[spoiler: This [[spoiler:This makes their deaths more heartbreaking.]]



* KickTheDog: Michael [[spoiler: killing Daniel]] and later Lisa's pet cat which then throws to Lisa into the shower simply to scare her even more.

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* KickTheDog: Michael [[spoiler: killing [[spoiler:killing Daniel]] and later Lisa's pet cat which then throws to Lisa into the shower simply to scare her even more.



* MortalityPhobia: Lisa speaks about how she doesn’t want to grow old and die. [[spoiler: She unfortunately does’t get to experience the former, and Michael assures she experiences the latter]].

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* MortalityPhobia: Lisa speaks about how she doesn’t doesn't want to grow old and die. [[spoiler: She [[spoiler:She unfortunately does’t doesn't get to experience the former, and Michael assures she experiences the latter]].



* PsychopathicManChild: Especially pronounced in this comic, as Michael’s immaturity helps him pretend to be a little boy named Daniel.

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* PsychopathicManChild: Especially pronounced in this comic, as Michael’s Michael's immaturity helps him pretend to be a little boy named Daniel.



* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler: Abby is the only one who survives Michael's attacks.]]

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* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler: Abby [[spoiler:Abby is the only one who survives Michael's attacks.]]



* VillainousCrush: Michael seems to have one for Lisa given the predatory look he gaves her when she gets out of the shower naked [[spoiler: and the fact that at the end she buried her alive with no clothes on.]] Though the latter could be just pointless cruelty.

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* VillainousCrush: Michael seems to have one for Lisa given the predatory look he gaves gives her when she gets out of the shower naked [[spoiler: and [[spoiler:and the fact that at the end she buried her alive with no clothes on.]] Though the latter could be just pointless cruelty.
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* PetTheDog: Subverted. Lisa's cat at the end of the first issue is seen cuddling at Michael's feet. It's not seen again until the third book and the reader might imply that Michael spared it. Turns out he actually viciously gutted it as shown when he throws its mangled body to Lisa while she's taking a shower.
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* CoverPervert: Michael shows a more lechereous side here. He draws naked women being slaughtered and he seems to enjoy Lisa's naked body. [[spoiler: The fact that he later buries her alive that way seems to confirm it.]]

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* CoverPervert: CovertPervert: Michael shows a more lechereous side here. He draws naked women being slaughtered and he seems to enjoy Lisa's naked body. [[spoiler: The fact that he later buries her alive that way seems to confirm it.]]
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* CoverPervert: Michael shows a more lechereous side here. He draws naked women being slaughtered and he seems to enjoy Lisa's naked body. [[spoiler: The fact that he later buries her alive that way seems to confirm it.]]


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** In a flashback moments, a naked 6 years old Michael is shown in front of a mirror dripping blood.


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* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: In the third issue Michael is in the bathroom with a naked and terrified Lisa. His intentions leave no room to the imagination. He runs off before he can do anything, however.


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* VillainousCrush: Michael seems to have one for Lisa given the predatory look he gaves her when she gets out of the shower naked [[spoiler: and the fact that at the end she buried her alive with no clothes on.]] Though the latter could be just pointless cruelty.
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* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler: Abby is the only one who survives Michael's attacks.]]
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* MalevolentMaskedMan: Unsurprisingly Michael still wears his iconic white mask and he's still the usual homicidal monster he's always been.

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* MalevolentMaskedMan: Unsurprisingly Michael still wears his iconic white mask and he's still the usual homicidal monster he's always been. He apprently carries more than one this time.
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* HappilyMarried: Ryan and Marcy seems to have a strong and functional relationship based on mutual love and respect. [[spoiler: This makes their deaths more heartbreaking.]]
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* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: After Michael fatally stabs Nikki he puts an apple in her mouth and draws a clown-like smile around her face. This shows that his black humor hasn't fade away not even in the slightest.

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* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: After Michael fatally stabs Nikki he puts an apple in her mouth and draws a clown-like smile around her face.face with her lipstick. This shows that his black humor hasn't fade away not even in the slightest.
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* ObliviousToLove: Sean apparently never noticed that Nikki had a crush on him.
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* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: After Michael fatally stabs Nikki he puts an apple in her mouth and draws a clown-like smile around her face. This shows that his black humor hasn't fade away not even in the slightest.
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* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Wouldn’t be Michael if he wasn’t killing some poor, defenseless animal. In this story, he guts Lisa’s pet cat and throws it into her shower after turning the lights off to scare her.

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* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Wouldn’t be Michael if he wasn’t killing some poor, defenseless animal. In this story, he guts Lisa’s pet cat and throws it into her shower after turning the lights off to scare her. Lisa also mentions that when she and Daniel were found by a searching party one of the dogs that trailed'em was killed by neck snapping. It's quite obvious that Michael did it.
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* ShoutOut: The third issue cover has [[Film/{{Psycho}} Lisa in the shower with Michael's shadow with the knife in his hand behind the curtains]]

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* ShoutOut: The third issue cover has [[Film/{{Psycho}} Lisa in the shower with Michael's shadow with the knife in his hand behind the curtains]]curtains.]]
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* ShoutOut: The third issue cover has [[Film/{{Psycho}} Lisa in the shower with Michael's shadow with the knife in his hand behind the curtains]]
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* KickTheDog: Michael [[spoiler: killing Daniel and later burying Lisa alive.]] Let's just say that Michael's cruelty is definetly UpToEleven here.

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* KickTheDog: Michael [[spoiler: killing Daniel Daniel]] and later burying Lisa's pet cat which then throws to Lisa alive.]] Let's just say that Michael's cruelty is definetly UpToEleven here.into the shower simply to scare her even more.
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* KickTheDog: Michael [[spoiler: killing Daniel and later burying Lisa alive.]] Let's just say that Michael's cruelty is definetly UpToEleven here.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Lisa was babysitting a boy named Daniel and they went out for a walk. While in the forrest, the two come across the abandoned Bowles place, where Daniel runs in and is injured (possibly by Michael’s hand). Lisa ran in to help, only for Michael to lock the two in the cellar, trapping them in complete darkness for ''two days'' before help arrived. As a result, Daniel’s mother blamed Lisa and Lisa is terrified of the dark.
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* TheBadGuyWins: Michael kills all of the characters and [[KarmaHoudini gets away]] to slaughter more innocents.

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* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Wouldn’t be Michael if he wasn’t killing some poor, defenseless animal. In this story he guts Lisa’s pet cat and throws it into her shower after turning the lights off to scare her.
* BigBad: Michael Myers, the mid-west bogeyman who is out to finish the job that he started two years ago.

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* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Wouldn’t be Michael if he wasn’t killing some poor, defenseless animal. In this story story, he guts Lisa’s pet cat and throws it into her shower after turning the lights off to scare her.
* BigBad: Michael Myers, the mid-west bogeyman who is out to finish the job that he started two years ago.torturing these characters ForTheEvulz.


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* FamilyExtermination: Michael kills a young boy and the rest of his family.


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* HiddenDepths: Michael has a moment of this, having hallucinations of his past that seem to genuinely anger and upset him.
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* AbusiveParents: Nikki’s parents are strict and ground her for every little thing, leaving her with massive insecurities, feeling like she’s an embarrassment to them.
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* PsychopathicManChild: Especially pronounced in this comic, as Michael’s immaturity helps him pretend to be a little boy named Daniel.

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* KnifeNut: As usual, Michael prefers to use a kitchen knife.

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* KnifeNut: KarmaHoudini: Michael manages to torment and kill all of the characters, getting away to slay more innocents.
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* ForTheEvulz: This is Michael at his most twisted and sadistic, with no Laurie, Doctor Loomis or any of the recurring characters, we have Michael tormenting innocent people for fun.
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* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Wouldn’t be Michael if he wasn’t killing some poor, defenseless animal. In this story he guts Lisa’s pet cat and throws it into her shower after turning the lights off to scare her.


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* MortalityPhobia: Lisa speaks about how she doesn’t want to grow old and die. [[spoiler: She unfortunately does’t get to experience the former, and Michael assures she experiences the latter]].
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* FanDisservice: Lisa spends a good chunk of the third issue naked during and immediately after a ShowerScene, but the {{Fanservice}} of it is removed due to Michael stalking her during the shower and her being in panic even after he runs off. [[spoiler: She also ends the series naked, having been BuriedAlive that way.]]
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* HumanJackOLantern: The last comic reveals that Michael Myers had done this to the wife of the deuteragonist, Ryan, who finds her body pinned to the wall of Michael's hideout, with her head hollowed out in order to have space for a candle, her eyes gone, and a GlasgowGrin inflicted on her face.
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* BuriedAlive: [[spoiler:In the end Michael manages to catch Lisa, and she ends up in a coffin buried underground]].

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* BuriedAlive: [[spoiler:In the end Michael manages to catch Lisa, Lisa]], and she ends up in a coffin buried underground]].underground.



* {{Frameup}}: [[spoiler:Implied. Cops arrive on the scene of the climax and shoot Ryan on the spot, as Michael has put one of his masks on him]].

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* {{Frameup}}: [[spoiler:Implied. Cops Implied. [[spoiler:Cops arrive on the scene of the climax and shoot Ryan on the spot, as Michael has put one of his masks on him]].



* SlashedThroat: [[spoiler:When the family that Daniel is part of is finally discovered, he and his parents have been long dead by having their throats slit]].
* TongueTrauma: [[spoiler:To ensure that Ryan cannot speak to the police that are bound to arrive, Michael cuts off his tongue before putting a copy of his mask on him]].

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* SlashedThroat: [[spoiler:When the family that Daniel is part of of]] is finally discovered, he and his parents have been long dead by having their throats slit]].
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* TongueTrauma: [[spoiler:To ensure that Ryan cannot speak to the police that are bound to arrive, Michael Michael]] cuts off his tongue before putting a copy of his mask on him]].him.



* WouldHurtAChild[[spoiler: Considering that Michael ends up slashing Daniel's throat, it is safe to say this trope applies to him.]]

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* WouldHurtAChild[[spoiler: Considering that Michael WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:Michael]] ends up slashing Daniel's throat, it is safe to say this trope applies to him.]] [[spoiler:Daniel's throat]].
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* MalevolentMaskedMan: Unsurprisingly Michael still wears his iconic white mask and he's still the usual homicidal monster he's always been.
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->''In my dreams, I'm not afraid. I dance forever under starlight. In my dreams, I'm no longer a little girl. In the night sky, I dance alone.''

A comic miniseries based on the ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'' movies by Devil's Due Publishing.

Lisa, a girl on the verge of adulthood with a traumatic past, finds herself in the middle of a sinister plot by the famed killer Michael Myers.

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!!''Halloween Nightdance'' provides examples of:

* AbandonedArea: The old Bowles place, an abandoned shack in the woods of Russelville where Lisa first met Michael, and which is his current hideout.
* BigBad: Michael Myers, the mid-west bogeyman who is out to finish the job that he started two years ago.
* BuriedAlive: [[spoiler:In the end Michael manages to catch Lisa, and she ends up in a coffin buried underground]].
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Lisa and most of the secondary characters end up dead, and [[TheBadGuyWins Michael gets away scot-free]]]].
* {{Fingore}}: Michael has left razors behind a certain door handle in a case if someone would try open it. Which of course happens, with bleeding fingers as a result.
* {{Frameup}}: [[spoiler:Implied. Cops arrive on the scene of the climax and shoot Ryan on the spot, as Michael has put one of his masks on him]].
* GrowingUpSucks: Discussed between Lisa and Sean after she recounts how she became afraid of the dark, equating the event to as the death of her childhood.
* HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: It wouldn't be ''Halloween'' without actual Halloween.
* KnifeNut: As usual, Michael prefers to use a kitchen knife.
* MyGreatestFailure: For Lisa, it was when a little boy she once babysat wandered off when she wasn't paying attention and ended up getting hurt.
* NeckLift:
** Michael lifts Nikki by her throat as he is strangling her to unconsciousness.
** When Michael terrorizes Lisa as she's having a shower, Sean tries to run upstairs to her rescue, only to get grabbed by the throat and thrown back downstairs.
* NeckSnap: As Lisa recounts her most traumatic experience to Sean, she mentions that one of the search dogs looking for her had its neck snapped.
* NightmareFuelColoringBook: Daniel, the boy Lisa used to babysit, sends her crayon drawings from time to time. But lately they've become more disturbing, depicting subjects such as nudity and gore. [[spoiler:It's actually Michael that's sending these pictures - he killed Daniel and his entire family long ago and is trying to lure Lisa to him]].
* PinnedToTheWall: One victim is discovered pinned above a fireplace, with his legs roasting on the fire.
* RageAgainstTheReflection: As Michael spies on the protagonists from a house of mirrors at the fair, he starts seeing images from his past in the reflections and stabs one of the mirrors in retaliation.
* ShovelStrike: After Sean runs after Michael, he gets surprised with two shovel-hits to the back of his head, followed by a third one which kills him.
* ShowerScene: Michael creeps on Lisa as she's having a shower, and freaks her out by throwing her gutted cat in there with her, and turning off the lights.
* SlashedThroat: [[spoiler:When the family that Daniel is part of is finally discovered, he and his parents have been long dead by having their throats slit]].
* TongueTrauma: [[spoiler:To ensure that Ryan cannot speak to the police that are bound to arrive, Michael cuts off his tongue before putting a copy of his mask on him]].
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Because she got trapped in a dark cellar for two days with a badly injured kid that she was supposed to be watching, Lisa now has an extreme fear of the dark. [[spoiler:Which makes [[BuriedAlive her ultimate fate]] all the worse]].
* WouldHurtAChild[[spoiler: Considering that Michael ends up slashing Daniel's throat, it is safe to say this trope applies to him.]]
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