History Film / LittleMonsters

* BaseballEpisode: Occurs in the movie in which Brian and Maurice play "monster ball", where players take turns swinging bats to hit baseball to hit glass objects around the arena, with people trying to catch the ball.

* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler: Once they rescue Eric and kill Boy and Snik, Brian and his friends decide to leave the monster world for good, as they do not want to become a part of that life. Although, Brian ''does'' let Maurice know that he will visit him someday]].

* TheDreaded: Snik, TheDragon to Boy. He wears [[HellBentForLeather heavy metal clothing]], [[ChainPain a chain that is wrapped around his neck]], [[GoodSmokingEvilSmoking constantly has a lit cigarette in his mouth]], and is feared by all of the other monsters in their world. When he confronts one of them for disobeying Boy, whom ends up having his head ripped off by Snik, the others immediately run away in fear. [[spoiler: And when Snik is killed, he crowd of monsters whom watch it start celebrating]].

* EyePop: Occurs when Maurice introduces himself to Brian as an EstablishingCharacterMoment, but having his eyes pop out ''with meaty eye stalks attached to them''. This naturally freaks Brian out.

* GadgeteerGenius: Brian is [[HiddenDepths actually this]]. He is able to rig a bed uo with pieces of his bike to trap a monster. [[spoiler: And he uses his skills to make equipment for him and his friend to make flashes lights in order to take out Boy, Snik, and his goons all at once]].

* OpeningMonologue: The movie starts out with Brian's only narration how he felt moving to Boston, and how he wasn't happy there, until he met a new friend.

* OpenSesame: To get into the monster world arcade to show Brian, Maurice is required to make a password. He consults his brain, which makes a farting noise, and ''that'' is what the password is to open the doors.

* SpitTake: Ronnie does this when he drinks his piss-filled bottle, which he happened to do right in front of the principal as he was passing by. It splattered onto his suit. much to his visible disgust.

* AGlassInTheHand: As he is confronting Maurice for bringing Brian down to the monster world and letting him go, Snik is holding a glass bottle of root beer, which he quickly crushes.

* TheKeyIsBehindTheLock: When slid under the door to free Brian and his friends, Maurice discusses this trope, he asks them to pick a combination lock. [[{{Troll}} It turns out he was only joking]].

* OpeningMonologue: The movie starts out with Brian's only narration explaining how he first moved to Boston, and how he met a friend.
* OwMyBodyPart: After his confrontation with Brian, Snik moans, "Ow, my back!"

* PullingThemselvesTogether: [[spoiler: After being blown to kingdom come with lights, along with Boy (who actually dies this time), Snik has all of his loose body parts put back together so he can fight back. It mostly succeeds, albeit with one of his legs missing a shin and calf]].

* DragonTheirFeet: [[spoiler: After being blasted with light and Boy gone, Snik rebuilds himself and blocks the exit to the lair, preventing the children from getting out. However, Maurice appears behind him with a flamethrower, ready to light him up.
* TheDreaded: Snik, TheDragon to Boy. He wears [[HellBentOnLeather heavy metal clothing]], [[ChainPain a chain that is wrapped around his neck]], [[GoodSmokingEvilSmoking constantly has a lit cigarette in his mouth]], and is feared by all of the other monsters in their world. When he confronts one of them for disobeying Boy, whom ends up having his head ripped off by Snik, the others immediately run away in fear. [[spoiler: And when Snik is killed, he crowd of monsters whom watch it start celebrating]].

Not to be confused with Music/LadyGaga's fanbase, the Creator/MercerMayer book or the zombie comedy Film/LittleMonsters2019 of the same name.

* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking:

* TiedTogetherShoelaceTrip: Maurice does this to one monster while showing Brian around the world of monsters.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Halfway through the film, the parents mention that they may be getting divorced. It's never really brought up again, except as the mother's excuse for Brian sawing the legs off all the beds.

* TheBully: And a very generic one at that, who [[spoiler: has one of the most bizarre [[HeelFaceTurn Heel Face Turns]] ''ever''.]] Subverted, though, in that he's only codified as a bully by obvious stereotype; the only fighting he does is retaliation for Brian braining him with a sandwich, which he didn't know was an accident, and he doesn't hesitate to help when asked.

** The most bizarre case is when Brian's dad comes in after he sets off the monster trap. He's shouted at for their being Doritos on the floor, but his dad fails to notice that ''he sawed through the legs of his bed and rigged them with hinges so he could collapse the bed and trap the monster in the room with him.''

** The montage of breaking into random people's houses and playing pranks was supposed to be funny, but following montage of offscreen screaming parents and terrified/crying children that get blamed for the pranks kills any intended humor pretty effectively.

* EmptyPilesOfClothing: What happens when monsters are exposed to bright light.

* HumansAreUgly: [[spoiler: When saying goodbye to Brian before he returns to the human world, Maurice tells him that he is the ugliest friend that he ever had]].

* KillItWithFire: How Snik meets his end.

* {{Title Drop}}: Said by Brian to Toad when describing the monsters, although it still seems forced as these monsters aren't exactly little.

* TheBully: And a very generic one at that, who [[spoiler: has one of the most bizarre [[HeelFaceTurn Heel Face Turns]] ''ever''. Subverted, though, in that he's only codified as a bully by obvious stereotype; the only fighting he does is retaliation for Brian braining him with a sandwich, which he didn't know was an accident, and he doesn't hesitate to help when asked]].

* BodyHorror: We don't really know what Boy really looks like; he wears the rotting skin and school uniform of a real kid over his own body.[[spoiler: If his face is any indication, though, it's pretty horrible]].

* BodyHorror: We don't really know what Boy really looks like; he wears the rotting skin and school uniform of a real kid over his own body. If his face is any indication, though, it's pretty horrible.
* TheBully: And a very generic one at that, who has one of the most bizarre [[HeelFaceTurn Heel Face Turns]] ''ever''. Subverted, though, in that he's only codified as a bully by obvious stereotype; the only fighting he does is retaliation for Brian braining him with a sandwich, which he didn't know was an accident, and he doesn't hesitate to help when asked.

* HeelFaceTurn: The bully, for literally no reason given. It's implied that he's just the first person Brian and Kiersten think of when they realize they need another pair of hands to make their plan work, and they did the sensible thing and ''asked him to help''.

* ItsALongStory: Brian says this nearly word-for-word at the end of the movie when calling his parents after he and his friends rescue his brother and escape the monster world... except due to the sun having already risen at home, they wound up all the way in ''California''.