History Webcomic / Paranatural

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers:
** In the AltText on [[http://www.paranatural.net/comic/chapter-3-page-6 this page]]
--->Black market greens include jive chives, radesques, and drug carrots
** Isaac lists some causes of people turning into spectrals:
--->"A near death experience, prolonged exposure to supernatural phenomena, a diet obnoxiously high in citrus..."

A fan-made, fan-operated forum for the comic can be found [[http://paranatural.forumotion.com/forum here]]. The comic was first hosted on Platform/ComicFury, and later on Website/{{Hiveworks}}. Creator/{{Voxus}} has a let's read of the first chapter [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHO1rc05qiGv8GxeM9v8hl6IVF4Eimpia here.]]

[-[[caption-width-right:350:The (Paranatural) Activity Club: [[BloodKnight Isabel]], [[ButtMonkey Isaac]], [[DeadpanSnarker Max]], and [[CloudCuckooLander Ed]].]]-]

A fan-made, fan-operated forum for the comic can be found [[http://paranatural.forumotion.com/forum here]]. The comic was first hosted on Website/ComicFury, and later on Website/{{Hiveworks}}. Creator/{{Voxus}} has a let's read of the first chapter [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHO1rc05qiGv8GxeM9v8hl6IVF4Eimpia here.]]

* VisualCalculus: When Johnny wishes Stephan was here to figure out [[spoiler:what is going on during the hitball game]]. Floating [[EEqualsMCHammer nonsense equations]] surround Stephen to represent his conspiratorial thinking and absurd ability to make connections between things.

** Grandpa Guerra does not hesitate to straight up call Spender a [[spoiler: "''callous servant of evil''. Later on, it's revealed that he's a medium for an insanely dangerous and powerful spirit. And it's ''not'' Lucifer, who is also shown to not be the kindest [[JustForPun tool in the shed]]]].

** Max is the protagonist of a silly webcomic, and seemingly has the unique ability to get dragged into or involved with [[GenreMashup all the other story genres]] as a supporting character, apparently because of his [[JustForPun magnetic]] [[MagneticHero personality.]]

** In chapter three Mr. Spender implies that he used to have a different fourth spectral on his team before Max showed up. May or may not be related to the above.

* DoubleStandard: Spender refuses to tell Isaac what he wants to know because [[spoiler: he's a medium for a violent spirit]]. Later, it's revealed that [[spoiler: Spender is the vessel for an ''extremely dangerous'' spirit]], but he's still in charge of the Activity Club and an agent for the Activity Consortium. Granted, it's unknown if [[spoiler: his superiors and colleagues are even aware of this]], which kind of makes it worse either way.

* {{Intangibility}}: When Max accidentally activates a Spirit Trace and gets pulled into Scrapdragon's world on the second floor of his house, the top most layer of the building transforms into a ruined version open to the sky. Max becomes yanked out through what seems to him to be open air thanks to Scrapdragon's magnetism, [[spoiler:But a freaked-out observing Mrs Baxter in the real world makes it clear that he phased through what was a solid wall, referring it is as "Garry's Mod"]].

* TeensAreShort: At age 16, Rick and Mina are notably much shorter than their adult selves.

** Max is the protagonist of a silly webcomic.

** An interesting out-of-universe example, the comic itself seems to display either of these tropes. While at a glance it could be said the comic oozes random humor and whimsical nonsense, readers that pay attention to detail can notice there's a certain method to the madness. Dialogue that seems random has its purpose or are witty responses to previous lines. Characters that seem to be just fooling around actually have reasons to do what they do. Pages that apparently make no sense at all are later explained off when the time is right. There's even purpose to background events and stylistic choices. ''[[WidgetSeries Random?]]'' Think again.

* TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil: Initially, it seemed like the Consortium was the only group within Mayview and possessed total control over the town from outside forces, aided by an impenetrable barrier that covers the whole place that restricts access from Spectrals, Spirits and other individuals, and which only the Consortium can bypass. However, it becomes clear that the Consortium has differing opinions between members over how Mayview should be handled, with inter-departmental rivalries and conflicts constantly simmering. Furthermore, as the comic goes on, it becomes clear there is an ongoing secret power struggle occurring in the shadows of Mayview between several non-human groups, unknown to the Consortium. Each group has their own opinions about [[spoiler:how to use the mysterious "power" that's hidden within Mayview]], and additionally, it's made unclear to what extent their expressed good intentions are even genuine. By Chapter 8, the only thing that can be concretely said is that the Activity Club (excluding Mr Spender) falls into the "good" for the entire tangled web, and even then, that's because the Kids are mostly LockedOutOftheLoop. For the other disparate groups, almost all of them fall into the Grey scale of morality, save for the [[spoiler:death cult]], which is the most evil-alleged group so far, for [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast obvious reasons]].

* InelegantBlubbering: When Coach Oop comes to check on him after [[spoiler: Hijack injures his arm,]] Max's attempts to dispel any worries are... unconvincing at best.