History Webcomic / Erma

* MisaimedMarketing: InUniverse, ''Warrior Unicorn Princess'' is often portrayed as a fun, action fantasy show similar to ''My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'' (it's even confirmed that men are [=WUPers=]). When in reality, however, [[spoiler: it's extremely dark and violent]].

** Sam is a famous horror novelist with at least four published works, and working on another. It's assumed by fans that this has (or should have) made him well off, yet his family lives in [[AffluentAsetic a comfortably modest suburban home]]. Others point out that being wealthy would be the only way they can pay for Erma's more destructive episodes; a wealthy lifestyle would mean replacing things would be much more expensive. It would also explain why such expenses haven't put the Williams in the poor house and reinforced by a comment made by Erma's aunt Yori about it.

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: In Part 5 of The Family Reunion, when Erma and Mitsu and Momo started fighting, many people were ''completely unfazed'' of the supernatural stuff happening during their fight, especially when Yori is strecting her neck infront of everybody, except for one guy with glasses who has the appropriate reaction to this. Justified since according to Yori, that while they may get faces and stared from people when walking around in public, the locals are less easily phased by the supernatural than much of the rest of the world.

* {{Retcon}}: The earliest glimpses shown of ''Warrior Unicorn Princess'' hinted that it was as girly as it looked, complete with AndKNowingIsHalfTheBattle, not the [[spoiler: dark and gritty show]] it turned out to be.

** Sam is a famous horror novelist with at least four published works, and working on another. It's assumed by fans that this has made him well off, yet his family lives in a comfortably modest suburban home. Others point out that being wealthy would be the only way they can pay for Erma's more destructive episodes; a wealthy lifestyle would mean replacing things would be much more expensive. It would also explain why such expenses haven't put the Williams in the poor house and reinforced by a comment made by Erma's aunt Yori about it.

* ShownTheirWork: The numerous amount of youkai in the Family Reunion Arc is nothing short of ''astounding'', to the point that there's even a book that details every single youkai mentioned so far!

* TemptingFate: [[spoiler: Wittle Wallace]] brags that people have tried to destroy or otherwise get rid of him in various ways and it's never worked, so he'll just come back no matter what Erma does. Cue his being chained to a rock and prepared to be dropped into a seemingly bottomless pit, which he admits has never happened before. On top of that, [[spoiler: the pit turns out to be so deep it leads to Hell. Yeah, he's probably not coming back.]]

He likewise revealed he was making an adventure game for the series. It's currently still in development, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1rYValArQg here's a preview of the opening cinematics]].

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Sure Erma's pretty tame compared to [[StringyHairedGhostGirl the source material]], but god help you if you're her opponent in dodgeball or snowball/water balloon wars where it'll most likely become a CurbStompBattle, or harassing her past the breaking point, causing her to [[spoiler: freak out and attack you]].

* BigBrotherBully: Downplayed. [[spoiler: Connor, the buck-toothed boy who's crushing on Erma, has an older sister who refuses to loan him her walkie-talkies when he asks to borrow them and tells him off in a rather caustic way, only to change her mind moments later, Oh yeah, she's also ''Erma's former babysitter'' who returned from being institutionalized.]]
* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: Erma is good friends with Bigfoot, the two playing and taking pictures together.

** During the Hunting arc, Siris getting shot 3 times and ran over without dying foreshadows the twist that [[spoiler: Siris is undead]].

* StrongFamilyResemblance: Erma looks nothing like her dad Sam, but is a smaller version of her mom Emiko, from their looks to the way they dress. This is lampshaded a ''lot'' by her maternal relatives, especially her aunts - Yori and Ena.
** And when it comes to Emiko's family, ''all-female members look-alike'', with the same eyes and facial features, the differences only being their hairstyles and clothes. [[TheBlank Mayumi]] averts this, though, not like she even has a face, to begin with anyway.

* CerebusSyndrome: Erma started out as a weekly gag comic following the daily life of a CuteGhostGirl and her friends. Many of the earlier strips where standalone jokes with minimal continuity. Over time though, Erma started having increasingly fleshed out story arcs, with more serious moments mixed in here and there. The biggest turning point is The Reunion Arc, a lengthy storyline that's primarily focused on the family drama of the Yureimoto clan, and ends with [[the Yokai Thug Trio kidnapping Erma, then attempting to kill her by feeding her to a [[WhenTreesAttack Jubokko]], only for to break free with a TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening and lash out at both her captors and a large portion of the nearby town. In the aftermath Erma is left [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone traumatized]] and seems to have captured the attention of all the supernatural world's major players]]

* CerebusSyndrome: Multiple:
** The Secrets arc starts innocently enough, Felicia is babysitting Erma as usual and, while going to check on her, finds out she likes the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''-Esque show ''Warrior Unicorn Princess'' (abbreviated as WUP). While they're eating dinner, she teases her a little about it but Erma overreacts a tad to the discovery and runs off. Felica tries to find her and calm her down, but ends up in her room and runs across the possessed dummy Wittle Wallace, which proceeds to [[spoiler: attack her and switch bodies with her before going after Erma]]. The comic's arc takes a more tense mood afterward. [[spoiler: Oh, and the final panels of the arc, despite it having a happy ending, reveals the next BigBad, Erma's [[BadlyBatteredBabysitter old babysitter]], now AxCrazy and planning to do.... '''SOMETHING''' to Erma.]]
** Rats in the School Walls gets a few tense segments towards the end, with [[spoiler: Erma having to defend her friends against a horde of attacking rats and rat people. We also learn that there's much more to the school principal than initially suggested.]]
** Spirit's Bloom takes this even further. See DarkerAndEdgier below.
** ''Family Reunion'' arc delves into a lot of the family issues of Emiko's clan [[spoiler: with the first half ending on her father killing a few yokai and making his way back to his village. Ensuring the second half is going to get ugly.]]

* {{Crossover}}: The annual Erma-Ween pictures feature Erma and her family crossing paths with other famous sci-fi or horror characters. The first year alone featured [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys1 Foxy, Chica, Bonnie, Cupcake and Freddy]], [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSisterLocation Baby]], [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Cthulhu]], [[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre Leatherface]], WebOriginal/JeffTheKiller, [[CreepyPasta Smile Dog]], among others.

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: In Part 5 of The Family Reunion, when Erma and Mitsu and Momo started fighting, many people were ''completely unfazed'' of the supernatural stuff happening during their fight, especially when Yori is strecting her neck infront of everybody, except for one guy with glasses who has the appropriate reaction to this. Justified since according to Yori, that they may get faces and stares from people when walking around in public but the locals are less easily phased by the supernatural than much of the rest of the world.

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: In Part 5 of The Family Reunion, when Erma and Mitsu and Momo started fighting, many people were ''completely'' unfazed of the supernatural stuff happening during their fight, especially when Yori is strecting her neck infront of everybody. Except for one guy with glasses who has the appropriate reaction to this. Justified since according to Yori, Japan in general also seems to be less easily phased by the supernatural than much of the rest of the world.