History YMMV / HowToKillAMonster

* FanficFuel: What happened to [[MissingMom Gretchen's original mother]] and [[DisappearedDad Clark's original dad]]?

* SelfFanservice: While Gretchen is far from ugly, some fanartists like to give her [[LongHairIsFeminine longer hair]] and a [[BuxomBeautyStandard large bust]].

!!!The book provides examples of:

* SlowPacedBeginning: The plot with the monster does not start until literally the beginning of the second half of the book, though the book quickly picks up at that point.
!!The episode provides examples of:
* AuthorsSavingThrow: The episode removes some of the complaints about the book. The monster [[spoiler: doesn't speak]], and the grandparents are less stupid in their actions. In the episode, they thought the monster was already dead after the grandfather shot it, and had no reason to believe it could be a threat to the kids. This is in contrast with the book where they had been keeping the monster in their home for a while and keeping it fed while they tried to find a way to kill it when they could have simply let it starve to death. They simply left to get groceries.

* IdiotPlot: The grandparents kept the monster fed while they searched for a way to kill it instead of simply letting it starve to death. They also leave the children locked inside the house with it while going to find people to help kill the monster, which it's noted nobody would believe them about, and leave posted notes on the fridge telling them about the monster instead of telling them in person.

* NauseaFuel: The book likes to emphasize how [[GreenIsGrose disgusting]] the swamp monster is. It does a pretty good job. It is described as having moss for fur with black beetles crawling through it (one of which it eats), a terrible odor, a mouth filled with bugs crawling across its disgusting yellow teeth and long, bumpy tongue, and eyes with worms swimming through them. The most disgusting part is when it licks Gretchen's arm.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Was the monster genuinely evil or just attacking out of a combination of hunger and mistaken belief that the children were his captors? he did try to eat Gretchen even though he hadn't even finished his pancakes. It's not revealed if he saw the faces of the grandparents before he was trapped in the room. Despite being intelligent enough to [[spoiler:speak, he makes no attempt to communicate with the children until the end]]. he shows sadism when he grins at Gretchen while she's begging him to let her go, though assuming he did believe the children were his captors and considering they tried to kill him twice, he has reasons to hate them at that point. Considering that he [[spoiler:is capable of speech and deathly allergic to humans, they may have been able to reason with him had they known he could talk]]. Likewise, are the [[spoiler:other monsters evil, or would they leave the children alone if not for the fact they killed their brother]]?

* NightmareRetardant: The monster speaking and revealing that it's deathly allergic to humans ruins the tension for many readers.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: The episode removes some of the complaints about the book.The monster doesn't speak, and the grandparents are less stupid in their actions. In the episode, they thought the monster was already dead after the grandfather shot it, and had no reason to believe it could be a threat to the kids. This is in contrast with the book where they had been keeping the monster in their home for a while and keeping it fed while they tried to find a way to kill it when they could have simply let it starve to death. They simply left to get groceries.

%%!!The episode provides examples of:

!!The episode provides examples of:

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments:
-->''[the monster lies dead after Clark had his hand in its mouth]''\\
'''Clark:''' Is it really dead this time?\\
''[The monster explodes, [[{{squick}} covering Clark and]] [[CoveredInGunge Gretchen in slime]].]''\\
'''Gretchen:''' I'd say yes.
* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: Clark apologising for blaming Gretchen and the two of them coming to terms with being siblings.
--> '''Clark:''' I guess we make a pretty good team... sister.
--> '''Gretchen:''' I guess we do, brother.
* NightmareFuel: "How to Kill a Monster" is pretty [[{{Narm}} narmtastic]], but, good ''god'', [[HellIsThatNoise the sound that monster makes sounds like an elephant from the depths of hell]], and it's not pretty.