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* WhenThePlanetsAlign: Crange splits into two beings, one representing his intellectual side thirsting to free himself from his reality in a ghostlike form and the other being his hedonistic slacker side, who keeps his corporeal body. After being freed from the other the two Cranges find their own forms of happiness, and almost agree to live their lives entirely separately until Saturn falls out of line and they become one being again.

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* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Crange, being a drunkard and, as a general rule, a self-centered jerk.
* WhenThePlanetsAlign: Crange splits into two beings, one representing his intellectual side thirsting to free himself from his reality in a ghostlike form and the other being his hedonistic slacker side, who keeps his corporeal body. After being freed from the other the two Cranges find their own forms of happiness, and almost agree to live their lives entirely separately until Saturn falls out of line and they become one being again.again.
* WholePlotReference: As mentioned under ShoutOut above, "Crange and the Crazy Castle" and "Crange Is Stuck in a Room."
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* ArtEvolution: Since the start the scales on Crange's cupule have effectively disappeared, and the style of the comic itself, while still very similar to its initial incarnation, has gotten looser and more cartoony with time. Compare [[http://hiagb.com/8 this early strip]] to the comic [[http://hiagb.com/115 about a year later]].


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* SarcasticTitle: Our protagonist is an binge-drinking, freeloading, Devil-summoning, money-thieving acorn. A good boy indeed.


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** "Crange Is Stuck In A Room" is alluded to being "a Silent Hill parodie" in its opening's ALtText, and is explicitly labeled as such by the third strip's description. The plot mirrors that of the [[VideoGame/SilentHill4 fourth game]].
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** It turns out the Mantis has been doing [[http://hiagb.com/155 a ''helluvalot'' more for Crange than we thought.]]

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** It turns out the Mantis has been doing [[http://hiagb.com/155 a ''helluvalot'' a]] ''[[http://hiagb.com/155 helluvalot]]'' [[http://hiagb.com/155 more for Crange than we thought.]]
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* OrganTheft: "Crange Goes to the Hospital" starts off with an extreme case of this.
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** It turns out the Mantis has been doing [[http://hiagb.com/155 a ''helluvalot'' more for Crange than we thought.]]

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* EyeScream: In "Crange and the Bartender" the bartender imagines Crange stepping on a tile that triggers a belt-fed mounted crossbow that fills his eyes with [[MoreDakka a mass amount of bolts]]. Crange narrowly avoids it.

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* EyeScream: In "Crange and the Bartender" one of the ways the bartender imagines Crange getting maimed by the traps in the underground passage is by stepping on a tile that triggers a belt-fed mounted crossbow that fills his eyes with [[MoreDakka a mass amount of bolts]]. Crange narrowly avoids it.bolts]].

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* DealWithTheDevil: Crange, using the single dollar he has to his name to buy a tome, makes one to get money for a $1 bottle of water for his tree.



* DealWithTheDevil: Crange, using the single dollar he has to his name to buy a tome, makes one to get money for a $1 bottle of water for his tree.
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* EyeScream: In "Crange and the Bartender" the bartender imagines Crange stepping on a tile that triggers a belt-fed mounted crossbow that fills his eyes with [[MoreDakka a mass amount of bolts]]. Crange narrowly avoids it.

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* SomethingElseAlsoRises: When a fellow patron at the bar catches Crange's eye in "Crange Is Horny," his stalk springs straight upward

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* SomethingElseAlsoRises: When a fellow patron at the bar catches Crange's eye in "Crange Is Horny," his stalk springs straight upwardupward.
* TakeThat:
** When our protagonist finds a copy of ''[[Film/{{Garfield}} Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties]]'' in his adult video pile in "Crange Is Horny," he responds thusly:
--> '''Crange:''' Oh, ''fuck off.''
** The same chapter has Crange visibly exasperated at a porn parody of ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice.'' The original film released the same week the arc started.

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** Characters using the bar bathroom as a means of getting out of awkward situations.

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** Characters (mostly Crange) using the bar bathroom as a means of getting out of awkward situations.


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* SomethingElseAlsoRises: When a fellow patron at the bar catches Crange's eye in "Crange Is Horny," his stalk springs straight upward
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* TheFaceless: THe faces of humans are never seen clearly ([[spoiler: except for the lumberjack for a single panel]]).

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* TheFaceless: THe The faces of humans are never seen clearly ([[spoiler: except for the lumberjack for a single panel]]).

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** Of course, this depends on what you think is best for change. The mantis' goal may well to be to provide comfort, to keep Crange from having to change his situation. Compared to change, misery is downright comfortable.

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** Of course, this depends on what you think is best for change. Crange. The mantis' mantis's goal may well to be to provide comfort, to keep Crange from having to change his situation. Compared to change, misery is downright comfortable.



* FunnyAnimalAnatomy: Animals, rocks and plants are portrayed with humanlike body parts on multiple occasions, to the degree where Crange, an acorn, is capable of [[ADateWithRosiePalms pleasuring himself.]]


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* CreepyGood: While we don't know much about her, the praying mantis seems to be this, serving as a guardian of sorts for Crange. This particularly shows up in "Crange Can't Go Home," in which [[spoiler: she murders the bartender and pretends to be the owner of the bar in order to let the homeless Crange stay there,]] and in "Crange Takes A Shit," where she [[spoiler: throws the dead bar patrons' remains in the dumpster in order to keep Crange from seeing them after coming to]].

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* CreepyGood: While we don't know much about her, the praying mantis seems to be this, serving as a guardian of sorts for Crange. This particularly shows up in "Crange Can't Go Home," in which [[spoiler: she murders the bartender and pretends to be the owner of the bar in order to let the homeless Crange stay there,]] and in "Crange Takes A Shit," where she [[spoiler: throws the dead bar patrons' remains in the dumpster in order to keep Crange from seeing them after coming to]].to, telling her dead predecessor, "For the good of Crange..."]].
** Of course, this depends on what you think is best for change. The mantis' goal may well to be to provide comfort, to keep Crange from having to change his situation. Compared to change, misery is downright comfortable.
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* TheFaceless: THe faces of humans are never seen clearly ([[spoiler: except for the lumberjack for a single panel]]).

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** In the first strip of "Crange and the Crazy Castle", a guy whose [[WetwareCPU brain is being used to power a "portal destroyer"]] rambles about how Creator/ChuckJones' ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' shorts "Hair-Raising Hare" and "Water, Water, Every Hare" are the exact same.

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** In the first strip two strips of "Crange and the Crazy Castle", a guy whose [[WetwareCPU brain is being used to power a "portal destroyer"]] rambles about how Creator/ChuckJones' ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' shorts "Hair-Raising Hare" and "Water, Water, Every Hare" are the exact same.same. This is to {{foreshadow|ing}} what the arc will be a parody of.

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** Crange's weird obsession with werewolf dicks, which pops up multiple times in 'Crange & The Werewolf' and occasionally afterward.

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** Crange's weird obsession with werewolf dicks, which pops up multiple times in 'Crange "Crange & The Werewolf' Werewolf" and occasionally afterward.


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** In the first strip of "Crange and the Crazy Castle", a guy whose [[WetwareCPU brain is being used to power a "portal destroyer"]] rambles about how Creator/ChuckJones' ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' shorts "Hair-Raising Hare" and "Water, Water, Every Hare" are the exact same.

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''He Is A Good Boy'' is a webcomic by KC Green (who previously created Webcomic/{{Gunshow}} and concurrently writes Webcomic/{{Back}} with fellow artist Anthony Clark). Running since 2015, ''HIAGB'' currently updates with a Monday/Wednesday/Friday schedule and can be found [[http://hiagb.com here.]]. Be warned: the copious gore and some of the humor makes it occasionally NotSafeForWork.

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''He Is A Good Boy'' is a webcomic by KC Green (who previously created Webcomic/{{Gunshow}} and concurrently writes Webcomic/{{Back}} with fellow artist Anthony Clark). Running since 2015, ''HIAGB'' currently updates with a Monday/Wednesday/Friday schedule and can be found [[http://hiagb.com here.]]. Be warned: the copious gore and some of the humor regularly makes it occasionally NotSafeForWork.



* ADateWithRosiePalms:
** In "Crange Leaves Himself," Crange's intellectual side gives it a good whack to measure how it feels without a corporeal body. (It's not the same.)
** The entirety of the plot of "Crange Is Horny" hinges on Crange finding a place to pleasure himself after seeing an attractive bug at the bar.



* LiteralSplitPersonality: Crange's consciousness is split into two beings WhenThePlanetsAlign.



* NamelessNarrative: Crange is the only character given a name.

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* NamelessNarrative: Crange is the only character given a name.name up until the introduction of Hole the hand in "Crange Is Horny."
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* CharacterDevelopment: Initially it seems like Crange has no interest in 'planting himself' and moving forward with his life, but the conversation he has with the monster in 'Crange Falls Down A Well' suggests otherwise. Similarly, he doesn't really seem to care about his tree beyond the material benefits it provided him at first, but during and after his run-in with [[spoiler: the lumberjack that killed said tree]] in 'Crange Gets A Drink,' it starts to hit home that he wasn't the best son.


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* NotSoDifferent: Crange and [[spoiler: the lumberjack.]] Both were traumatized by seeing the death of a parental figure; despite having cold responses to each other at first, they end up bonding as a result of their experiences over whiskey.

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* RuleOfSymbolism: [[spoiler: the shadows cast around the lumberjack's face disappear temporarily when Crange starts to empathise with him, as they have both lost a parent to tragic circumstances.]]

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* RuleOfSymbolism: [[spoiler: the The shadows cast around the lumberjack's face disappear temporarily when Crange starts to empathise empathize with him, as they have both lost a parent to tragic circumstances.]]



** As the training video in "Orientation" mentions bugs being cultured beings like humans, a bug is shown with a boxset of the first season of Series/BreakingBad.
** For whatever reason Crange namedrops Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbean while using sailor lingo in [[http://hiagb.com/106 this strip.]]

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** As the training video in "Orientation" mentions bugs being cultured beings like humans, a bug is shown with a boxset of the first season of Series/BreakingBad.
''Series/BreakingBad''.
** For whatever reason Crange namedrops Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbean ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' while using sailor lingo in [[http://hiagb.com/106 this strip.]]
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*RuleOfSymbolism: [[spoiler: the shadows cast around the lumberjack's face disappear temporarily when Crange starts to empathise with him, as they have both lost a parent to tragic circumstances.]]

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* FunnyAnimalAnatomy: Animals, rocks and plants are portrayed with humanlike body parts on multiple occasions, to the degree where Crange, an acorn, is capable of [[ADateWithRosiePalms pleasuring himself.]]



* RunningGag: Characters using the bar bathroom as a means of getting out of awkward situations.

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** Crange's weird obsession with werewolf dicks, which pops up multiple times in 'Crange & The Werewolf' and occasionally afterward.



** The entirety of the "Crange Is A Good Ol' Boy Who Is Here And Back" chapter sees our hero replaced by a suspicious creature with the facial structure and mannerisms of [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer Simpson.]]

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** The entirety of the "Crange Is A Good Ol' Boy Who Is Here And Back" chapter sees our hero replaced by a suspicious creature (referred to in the intertitle as a "[[Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers pod person]]") with the facial structure and mannerisms of [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer Simpson.]]


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** As the training video in "Orientation" mentions bugs being cultured beings like humans, a bug is shown with a boxset of the first season of Series/BreakingBad.
** For whatever reason Crange namedrops Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbean while using sailor lingo in [[http://hiagb.com/106 this strip.]]
* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: The short 'Orientation' interlude, which acts as a short exposition bit about Bugworld told through the lens of a KFC training video instead of being about Crange (though he does still appear, as a "[[BlatantLies happy customer.]]")
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* EarlyBirdCameo: The creepy grasshopper who [[spoiler: murders the bartender]] in “Crange Can’t Go Home” shows up in “Crange Donates His Money,” with the alt text hinting at her later importance (“she watches…”)

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* EarlyBirdCameo: The creepy grasshopper praying mantis who [[spoiler: murders the bartender]] in “Crange Can’t Go Home” shows up in “Crange Donates His Money,” with the alt text hinting at her later importance (“she watches…”)
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* CreepyGood: While we don't know much about her, the grasshopper seems to be this, serving as a guardian of sorts for Crange. This particularly shows up in "Crange Can't Go Home," in which [[spoiler: she murders the bartender and pretends to be the owner of the bar in order to let the homeless Crange stay there,]] and in "Crange Takes A Shit," where she [[spoiler: throws the dead bar patrons' remains in the dumpster in order to keep Crange from seeing them after coming to]].

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* CreepyGood: While we don't know much about her, the grasshopper praying mantis seems to be this, serving as a guardian of sorts for Crange. This particularly shows up in "Crange Can't Go Home," in which [[spoiler: she murders the bartender and pretends to be the owner of the bar in order to let the homeless Crange stay there,]] and in "Crange Takes A Shit," where she [[spoiler: throws the dead bar patrons' remains in the dumpster in order to keep Crange from seeing them after coming to]].
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* BloodsplatteredInnocents: When a lumberjack slices Crange's tree down to the stump, the resulting bloodshed completely drenches him. Poor kid.

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* BloodsplatteredInnocents: BloodSplatteredInnocents: When a lumberjack slices Crange's tree down to the stump, the resulting bloodshed completely drenches him. Poor kid.



** For someone who [[spoiler: got his guts forcibly removed]] in "Crange Goes To The Hospital," Crange doesn't seem terribly affected by it, even briefly forgetting his injury whilst admiring his makeshift bandages.

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** For someone who [[spoiler: [[OrganTheft got his guts forcibly removed]] removed]]]] in "Crange Goes To The Hospital," Crange doesn't seem terribly affected by it, even briefly forgetting his injury whilst admiring his makeshift bandages.



* RunningGag: Characters using the bar bathroom as a means of getting out of awkward situations

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** The alt text for one strip in "Crange Leaves Himself" tells the reader to 'think of [[Creator/{{Egoraptor}} Arin]] from GameGrumps' in reference to the joyful "yyee-aaaahhh" let out by Ghost!Crange.

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** The alt text for one strip in "Crange Leaves Himself" tells the reader to 'think of [[Creator/{{Egoraptor}} Arin]] from GameGrumps' WebVideo/GameGrumps' in reference to the joyful "yyee-aaaahhh" let out by Ghost!Crange.



* ToiletHumor: To the point where one chapter is literally titled “Crange Takes A Shit.”

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* ToiletHumor: To the point where one chapter is literally titled “Crange "Crange Takes A Shit."
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* BloodsplatteredInnocents: When a lumberjack slices Crange's tree down to the stump, the resulting bloodshed completely drenches him. Poor kid.


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* MadArtist: The spider in "Crange Goes to the Hospital" that holds Crange hostage, who uses the innards of his victims as a medium. Despite this, [[spoiler: he isn't the one that attacked Crange, with that honor going to the artist's protege/ex-boyfriend.]]
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* DrowningMySorrows: Crange's primary means of coping with his depression.

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* JerkassWoobie: Crange. He's a selfish dick more often than not, but he ''did'' lose his home and what would be considered his family after the tree's death, and suffered from depression even prior to that. "Crange Can't Go Home" in particular highlights this.

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Somewhere in a anthropomorphic society of insects, rocks and other creatures known as Bugworld lives Crange, an acorn with a drinking problem, a lack of morals, and no interest in moving forward with his life. After losing the tree that served as his parental figure and home, Crange’s life takes a turn for the weird, getting into situations ranging from run-ins with bug werewolves and murderous “artists” to kidnappings by thieves and making deals with the Devil.

''He Is A Good Boy'' is a webcomic by KC Green (who previously created Webcomic/{{Gunshow}} and concurrently writes Webcomic/{{Back}} with fellow artist Anthony Clark). Running since 2015, ''HIAGB'' currently updates with a Monday/Wednesday/Friday schedule and can be found [[http://hiagb.com here.]]. Be warned: the copious gore and some of the humor makes it occasionally NotSafeForWork.

!This comic provides examples of:

* AltText: Continuing a Green tradition held since Gunshow.
* BlackComedy
* CreepyGood: While we don't know much about her, the grasshopper seems to be this, serving as a guardian of sorts for Crange. This particularly shows up in "Crange Can't Go Home," in which [[spoiler: she murders the bartender and pretends to be the owner of the bar in order to let the homeless Crange stay there,]] and in "Crange Takes A Shit," where she [[spoiler: throws the dead bar patrons' remains in the dumpster in order to keep Crange from seeing them after coming to]].
* EarlyBirdCameo: The creepy grasshopper who [[spoiler: murders the bartender]] in “Crange Can’t Go Home” shows up in “Crange Donates His Money,” with the alt text hinting at her later importance (“she watches…”)
* DealWithTheDevil: Crange, using the single dollar he has to his name to buy a tome, makes one to get money for a $1 bottle of water for his tree.
* EstablishingSeriesMoment: Crange mimes shooting himself in his bathroom with a finger gun in [[http://hiagb.com/2 the second strip]], and the resulting thought is shown [[{{Gorn}} in all its brutal detail]] only for the situation to return to normal immediately afterward. KC lampshades this in the accompanying blog post.
* {{Gorn}}: Most of the storylines involve graphic dismemberment in some fashion, with the characters (most of whom are bugs, rocks or other creatures around the size) being given human-like internal organs for greater effect.
* JerkassWoobie: Crange. He's a selfish dick more often than not, but he ''did'' lose his home and what would be considered his family after the tree's death, and suffered from depression even prior to that. "Crange Can't Go Home" in particular highlights this.
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction:
** The old lady in "Crange Robs A Liquor Store" takes a shotgun shell to the face in one strip... and continues firing at the robber gang with a hole in her head. [[MadeOfIron By the end of the gunfight half of her face is down to the bone and she isn't so much as fazed by it.]]
** For someone who [[spoiler: got his guts forcibly removed]] in "Crange Goes To The Hospital," Crange doesn't seem terribly affected by it, even briefly forgetting his injury whilst admiring his makeshift bandages.
* NamelessNarrative: Crange is the only character given a name.
* {{NEET}}: Crange is set up as one of these, being the last acorn to leave the tree (and only doing so out of necessity after its brutal death at the hands of a lumberjack).
* NeverMessWithGranny: In “Crange Robs a Liquor Store,” the aforementioned liquor store is run by an elderly, sniper rifle-wielding ladybug that completely obliterates the band of thieves that roped Crange into their heist.
* NeverTrustATitle: For reference, over the course of two chapters Crange donates a million dollars (that he gained from a DealWithTheDevil) to an orphanage but promptly steals it back when he racks up a heady bill at the local bar.
* OurGodsAreDifferent: Both the Devil and God are portrayed as acorn-sized pyramidal beings.
* RunningGag: Characters using the bar bathroom as a means of getting out of awkward situations
* ShoutOut: A few.
** The alt text for one strip in "Crange Leaves Himself" tells the reader to 'think of [[Creator/{{Egoraptor}} Arin]] from GameGrumps' in reference to the joyful "yyee-aaaahhh" let out by Ghost!Crange.
** The entirety of the "Crange Is A Good Ol' Boy Who Is Here And Back" chapter sees our hero replaced by a suspicious creature with the facial structure and mannerisms of [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer Simpson.]]
** Whilst contemplating the pros and cons of being turned into a werewolf, Crange notes "Film/VanHelsing (?)" as a possible con.
* ToiletHumor: To the point where one chapter is literally titled “Crange Takes A Shit.”
* WhenThePlanetsAlign: Crange splits into two beings, one representing his intellectual side thirsting to free himself from his reality in a ghostlike form and the other being his hedonistic slacker side, who keeps his corporeal body. After being freed from the other the two Cranges find their own forms of happiness, and almost agree to live their lives entirely separately until Saturn falls out of line and they become one being again.

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