History Literature / TheAstonishingAdventuresOfFanboyAndGothGirl

* LongTitle: Just look at it.

* NamesTheSame: InUniverse. Roger, Kyra's stepdad and Roger the cop.

* AdultFear: You smoke cigarettes, your wife dies of lung cancer because of your habits, and your daughter becomes suicidal. Kyra's dad may not be the best parent, but he could be any father. It's a small wonder that he gets upset when receiving an anonymous call saying his daughter is suicidal, and learning someone lied about Kyra having a sister.

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Kyra and her friend Jecca.

* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Diane seems like this, at first, [[spoiler: later she unleashes her violence on Trent when she finds out Trent has a female friend, Maria. She plays it off as being afraid of her age being revealed and being sent to prison, but adult readers will catch the obvious abusive nature of her actions.]]

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Fanboy clearly didn't consider that an autograph signing wasn't the best place to show Bendis his graphic novel, given that there would be a massive line of people waiting to meet him and he wouldn't have nearly enough time to look at it thoroughly. Also see RealityEnsues below.

* RealityEnsues:
** Something that Fanboy should've realized: a comic creator can't approve publication of a comic.
** A real life ManicPixieDreamGirl is rare, and she is probably not the former suicidal girl that takes interest in you.

* BlackBestFriend: Cal. Played with a little, with Fanboy noting that there are actually only about ten black kids ''in the entire school''.

->"And, oh, the sigh. Who would ever have thought that a simple expulsion of air from the lungs could be so... so magical?"
->--'''Fanboy'''

''The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl'' is a novel written by Creator/BarryLyga. It is primarily a ComingOfAgeStory, as is its sequel, ''Goth Girl Rising''.

* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Kyra can be considered this for the ManicPixieDreamGirl. Like most MPDGs, she has her quirks and she convinces the protagonist to join her on her crazy ideas, but her actions are shown to be very self-destructive.

''The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl'' is a novel written by Barry Lyga. It is primarily a ComingOfAgeStory, as is its sequel, ''Goth Girl Rising''.