History DanVs / TropesAToL

* CallingYourAttacks: Dan does this a lot, mostly calling the noun that he's going to attack his target with. Results are mixed on his success.
** The funniest example being in "Baseball" where the Commissioner of Baseball shouts his counterattack. Too bad for him [[spoiler:Dan has an AcquiredPoisonImmunity to mace]].
* CanadaEh: The entirety of "Canada".

* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: In the episode "Canada", the screwball misconceptions Dan has about Canadians ([[BeastMan half-bear]], obsessed with hockey, [[CanadaEh Say "eh?"]], pronounce "sorry" "SOH-ree" and "About" as "Aboot", etc.) and [[spoiler: Chris' great grandfather being in love with a yeti]] turn out to be 100% accurate.

* TheAllegedCar: Dan's car. An artist painted over it in "Art", assuming it was abandoned, and in "The Salvation Armed Forces":
-->'''Dan''': There has been a mistake. My car was taken from outside your store today.\\

** To be fair, with all the stuff Dan's poor car has dealt with, the fact that it is still ''together'' is miracle.

** CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys: Downplayed. Chef Puree was, to be fair, completely outmanned and surrounded when he surrendered, and several of the cooks rebelling against him were French as well.

* CatchPhrase: Dan's "Aw c'maawwwwwn!" and his favorite insult "Jerkface".

* TheChewToy: Chris has it worst. However in the beginning of several episodes, Dan's car is the principal victim.

* ChronicallyCrashedCar: Something happening to Dan's car is usually the reason he wants revenge on the episode's subject.

* ComedicSociopathy

* KickTheSonOfABitch: In "New Mexico", Dan destroys a bunch of hot air balloons. However, the balloonists were making a HumanSacrifice

-->'''Dan''': Don’t be ridiculous. [[ActorAllussion No one would do that]].

—->'''Chris''': I think this characters are based on us.
—->'''Dan''': Don’t be ridiculous. [[ActorAlussion No one would do that]].

-->'''Dan''': Hey, you date a married woman, [[DisproportionateRetribution you get hit by a bus]]. Karma.\\

* AxCrazy: Timmy, Chris' great-great-grandfather, Hiram, the chainsaw maniac,...the series has a lot of Ax Craziness going around.

--> '''Hobo:''' Uhh... We're wasting time!

* BondOneLiner: After destroying the dentist's army of robots (It Makes Sense in Context ... sort of), he quips, "Rinse that out and spit!" Then after causing his tooth-shaped Supervillain Lair to self-destruct: "Now that's what I call tooth decay!"

* CasualKink: "Canada". It seems that Dan would like to be eaten off of...by Chris.

** At her 8th birthday party, Elise volunteered for a magic act....and was tormented by Magnifico The Magnificent's swords and knives.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: In "Anger Management", Dan and his counselor team up for a revenge plot and later go out to eat. Dan thinks they're on a date, but she actually just wants to discuss who her next target is. Dan asks "Are we just...revenge buddies?" in the same way someone might ask "Are we just [[FriendsWithBenefits *** buddies]]?"

** "Chris" fits pretty well, despite the fact that [[spoiler:Chris and Dan make up...and Dan ends up with the toy]].

-->''Et tu, Brutus? [...] Et tu, Mr. Mumbles? [..] Et tu, Chris?''

--> '''Chris:''' That's odd...it's not even raining.

* {{Flashback}}: Parodied in "The Ninja". Elise starts to say, "[[ItsALongStory It's a long, long story]]," [[FlashbackBackBack harp music starts to play]], and the [[FlashbackEffects screen starts to ripple]]...but then she says, "I don't want to talk about it," and everything goes back to normal.

* TheGhost: It seems as though this mysterious ex-friend of Dan's, Ted, is shaping up to be one...who is he and what did he do to make Dan's list?

%%* IAteWhat: The theatregoers' reactions upon discovering they've been eating soap soup. Except Chris, he just keeps eating. %%What were there reactions?
%%--> '''Chris:''' My stomach hurts...but I do feel clean inside.

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: A ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' is the antagonist in "The Dinosaur".

* LazyBum: Dan ''is'' a DitzyGenius, who probably could get a job-though, he would be a BunnyEaredLawyer for sure-he just chooses not to contribute to society.

** Similarly, the official Facebook page for the show features an outtake where Chris and Dan accidentally walk into the set of ''WesternAnimation/WowWowWubbzy'' Both shows are produced by Starz and Film Roman.

* GentleGiant: Chris
%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* ForkliftFu:

* DisproportionateRetribution: Kind of the show's whole theme...
** Although averted in the "The Wolfman". Dan discovers his car's been scratched by what he believes to be the Wolfman (and he ends up being right). So what does he do for revenge? He tracks down the Wolfman, finds where he lives... and keys ''his'' car. In a common RunningGag where Dan criticizes Chris for going overboard in their schemes, Dan chastises Chris for suggesting they kill the Wolfman, something that Chris thought Dan wanted to do because the only way to kill or even injure a werewolf is by shooting or stabbing it with something made out of silver and Dan brought a silver arrow and a bow along to begin with.
** From the Thanksgiving episode: "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. If you can't join 'em ... BURN THEIR HOUSE TO THE GROUND."
** In "The Telemarketer", [[spoiler:Imposter Dan]] spends a fortune and puts in a lot of effort trying to drive Dan insane [[spoiler:as payback for Dan sending him to prison for six months. It's disproportionate since that only happened because Imposter Dan ''tried to steal Dan's life''. Dan even points this out.]]
** The most extreme one happens in "Anger Management", where Dan gets into a US military base and almost launches a bunch of nuclear missiles that would wipe out all of humanity. Why? [[spoiler:A family of squirrels did something that annoyed him.]]
*** Inverted in the same episode. Dan expects to be charged for treason and attempted mass murder but he only gets mandatory anger management classes. The government doesn't want the world to know just how close it came to nuclear annihilation. They especially don't want anyone to know that one angry little moron acting alone managed to infiltrate [=NORAD=] and acquire nuclear launch codes.
** In "The Common Cold" a scientist infects Dan with a lethal virus ''that nearly kills him'' just because Dan called him a geek.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Dan has been shown to, on occasion, be against homicide in his plans. In "The Werewolf" he was surprised at Chris when he suggested it as a logical extension to Dan's current scheme.
** Dan's also rather shocked when Chris admits that he'd kill for bacon.

* CryingWolf: In "Elise's Parents", Dan's first revenge strategy is to tell the police that the titular parents are in the mafia. They require a lot of proof before putting an undercover cop on the case. Later, Dan discovers the undercover cop actually ''is'' in the mafia. The other police officers don't believe Dan precisely because of his record of accusing people. [[spoiler:Also, he was half-right about her parents, but didn't know it.]]

* IAteWhat: The theatregoers' reactions upon discovering they've been eating soap soup. Except Chris, he just keeps eating.
--> '''Chris:''' My stomach hurts...but I do feel clean inside.

* AntiVillain: A lot of them, but Dan and the Imposter are the most prominent.
** Amber from "Anger Management" qualifies.
** Even superhero Terrifi-Guy qualifies. He is also a HeroAntagonist.