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1[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dreamscapecardtitle.png]]
2 [[caption-width-right:350:Dream On]]
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4''Dreamscape'' is a 2014 web series hosted on Website/YouTube by Vex created in Anime Studio/Moho.
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6Its about a group of 5 friends living their lives in a dangerous and bizarre world filled with things like parallel universes, reality-controlling zombies, and noble demon swordsmen. Its primarily an action/adventure series with an overarching plot, but delves into other genres like comedy, drama, and even horror.
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8It can be watched [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfS91Dl4w90ClAKFD6ZeO7_OJTzQitNQc here]], along with ''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT''.
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10Not to be confused with [[Film/{{Dreamscape}} the film of the same name.]]
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13!!''Dreamscape'' contains examples of...
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15* AerithAndBob: Names range from Vladmare, Keela, and Izane to Ethan, Dylan, and Melissa.
16* AfterActionHealingDrama: After Vampire Lord goes overboard in his match with Keela in episode 3, and with Melissa and her HealingHands nowhere in sight at the time, Keela is sent to the hospital. Vampire Lord and his friends pay a visit to her in episode 5.
17* AmuletOfConcentratedAwesome: The Eye of Reality, as seen in the flashback in "Over and Under", which lets the wielder [[RealityWarper warp reality]] on a small and undetectable scale.
18* AnotherDimension: Several. So far, there's the Possessor Ghosts realm, the Unworld, the Underworld, the Sky Dimension, Melinda's dimension, and even a MirrorUniverse!
19* ArtEvolution: Starting from Episode 6, the art style for the characters gets a complete overhaul by being designed in Adobe Illustrator.
20** Starting from Episode 7, the art makes the biggest jump yet with the character models being created in Anime Studio, allowing for much better movement and expressions.
21* BarrierBustingBlow: Actually its more of a FingerPokeOfDoom. In the battle with Melinda in episode 7, Keedran puts up a barrier to block her fireball rain. However, Melinda destroys the barrier by casually slapping it.
22-->'''Melinda''': Did you think seals were the only thing I could shatter with ease?
23* BatmanGambit: In "Over and Under", the Overlord of Evil ''wanted'' Drake and Keedran to attack him until he was annialted, this temporarily unbound him from his PowerNullifier SealedEvilInACan, which was just enough time to [[spoiler:brainwash Melissa into freeing him.]]
24* BeamOWar: Happens with Kai and Melinda in episode 7. Kai ends up overpowering her beam by "kicking" an EnergyBall into his own beam to power it up.
25* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Melissa]] shows up to save Dylan from Ethan in the first episode.
26** In a flashback in "The Mystery of Melinda" [[spoiler: ''the entire population'' of the MirrorUniverse shows up to fight Melinda before she can spread her curses on the world.]]
27** In "A Curse or a Blessing", when the heroes are struggling in the battle against [[spoiler: Ghost Melinda, Keedran (who Ghost Melinda had seemingly taken down) shoots her snake arm out at Ghost Melinda, grabs her by the neck, and seals her in the pocket dimension contained within her body.]]
28* BigWhat: Well, big for ''[[EmotionlessGirl Keela]]'' at least, when Kaila tells her she is from the Unworld too at the end of the second episode.
29** The Overlord of Evil has one when he sees his Mooks destroying his base in the flashback in "Over and Under".
30* BlankWhiteVoid: The Possessor Ghosts Dimension. It also serves as a VoidBetweenTheWorlds to get to the MirrorUniverse.
31* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: The flashback in episode 7 reveals that when Dylan beat Melinda for the first time and got her sealed away, she placed a curse on him that wouldn't activate until long after their fight. It would take the form of a creature that would try and kill him, and if it was killed, it would come back stronger the next day based on how he's feeling before he falls asleep. He was only able to beat it by giving the curse a form with enough sapience to make its own choices.
32* BullyingADragon: In episode 6, Melissa chastises Keedran for always acting so sarcastic and silly, in comparison to her fellow guardians Kai, Eleenin, and Drake. The thing is, Keedran is an ''actual deity'' who is a KnightInSourArmor about protecting humanity, and when Melissa's lashing ends up pressing her BerserkButton, Keedran reminds her ''exactly'' who she is dealing with in a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech. (see below)
33* CassandraTruth: In episode 7, Vampire Lord, Anjren, and Ahjeen try to explain to Seleenara and Boru that there is no hidden treasure in Vampire Lord's SecretRoom. Of course the pirates don't believe them and start a fight.
34* CooldownHug: Ahjeen does this to Keela to snap her out of her SuperpoweredEvilSide near the end of episode 2.
35* ComicallyMissingThePoint: In "Tale of the Unworld", when Vampire Genesis turns into mist, causing Anjren's energy ball to blow a hole in the wall behind him, Dylan and Ahjeen react with shock while Keela just makes a remark on how sturdy the colosseum is.
36* CurbStompBattle: Happens pretty often.
37** Episode 1: Keela in her and Ahjeen's fight with the Possessor Ghost
38** Episode 2: Anjren in her fight with Dylan, and Jasmine in her fight with Ahjeen.
39** Episode 3: Vampire Lord in his fight with Keela.
40** Episode 6: Most of the characters in their fights against the Mooks Melissa summons.
41** Episode 7: Keela and Mechelly in their fight against Kaila.
42* CutAndPasteEnvironments: Just like ''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT'', a lot of the backgrounds are reused between episodes, or just have small alterations made to them.
43* CuteMachines: The little BlackBeadEyes mech critter that appears in a flashback in "The Mystery of Melinda".
44* TheDarkArts: Its one of the main things that drew Melissa to become Melinda's apprentice. She now swears off using it due to that association.
45* DarkWorld: The Unworld. Its a dreary world of no escape that people are dragged into by Shadow Hands sent out by the resident EvilOverlord. "A Curse or a Blessing" casually reveals it's the root of all evil too.
46* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Keela instantly kills the Master of the Dammed by simply shattering his scythe in the flashback in "Tale of the Unworld".
47* TheEmpire: The vampires of the Underworld are an empire of their own, which includes Vampire Lord. In his flashback in "Confronting the Dark", Vampire Lord reveals they gave him the title of 'Lord' (from Vampire Knight) after he saved them from a FogOfDoom.
48* ExplosiveOverclocking: Betty does this to her cybernetic legs in "Confronting the Dark" as a last-ditch move to defeat the dragon she is fighting.
49* EyeCam: At the start of episode 7, Keela wakes up in the hospital like this...and sees Kaila looming over her.
50* FryingPanOfDoom: In the flashback in episode 7, Dylan tries to fight a dog demon curse with one of these, but upon attacking it, he becomes frozen and drops the pan.
51* FogOfDoom: A flashback in episode 6 reveals that a black mist appeared in the vampire empire of the Underworld. It spread throughout the Underworld, then the surface world and cursed anyone it came in contact with. Vampire Lord, back then known as Vampire Knight, destroyed the fog and doing so is how he rose to the rank of 'Lord'.
52* FourFingeredHands
53* FromBadToWorse: In "An Unofficial Tournament", Kaila shows up and everything starts going downhill, but then Keela taps into the power of the Master of the Dammed as a desperate maneuver...
54** In the flashback in "Over and Under", the Overlord of Evil intends to use a laser to destroy the [[WorldTree World Tower]] and bringing about TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt by opening a dimensional rift. Dylan stops him by blowing up the control panel, but this triggers the laser to fire anyway. He manages to move the laser in the nick of time, but the laser hits an invisible point where the actual rift will open up in. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Now the Overlord of Evil doesn't even need to blow up the World Tower, he can just shoot at the rift's location once more to open it up!]]
55** In the flashback in "A Curse or a Blessing", a deep-seated curse Melinda placed on Dylan manifests as a purple spider, which he easily kills. This curse will come back as a stronger form the next day based on how he feels before he falls asleep. Its second form is a serpentine dog demon that paralyzes its attacker when hit, so he tricks it into falling off a cliff. Its third form is a BlobMonster that would've suffocated him had an Angel Guard not shown up and killed it. He realizes the curse is something that can't be stopped, and whatever form its going to take next is definitely going to kill him.
56* GetOut: Melissa orders Kaila to get the hell out of her group's sight after she explains her vendetta against Keela. She obliges, but not without some parting words...
57* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Happens twice in episode 7. First is when [[spoiler: Melinda turns into Ghost Melinda and slashes Keedran's serpentine body into pieces with her SinisterScythe. This also doubles as TongueTrauma, since she slices CHEN's tongue into pieces too. The second time is when she horizontally bisects Betty, but since she has a cybernetic lower-half, she feels no pain.]]
58* {{Halloweentown}}: The vampire empire in the Underworld. Not just because of its populace, but also all of the buildings look like haunted houses and its got a red sky.
59* HumanCannonball: Done in a rather spectacular fashion with Jamie by everyone working together and combining their powers in the flashback in "Over and Under" to seal the Overlord of Evil away.
60* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: [[spoiler:Dylan pulls this off on Melissa when she gets brainwashed by the Overlord of Evil in "The Mystery of Melinda".]]
61* InsistentTerminology: [[VampireBitesSuck Vampire Lord does not SUCK blood, he laps!]]
62* InterruptedSuicide: Melissa's very first heroic action, as seen in the flashback in "The Mystery of Melinda", is stopping someone from committing suicide by performing a HeroicSacrifice. Thanks to her ResurrectiveImmortality, she can afford to be TakingTheBullet.
63* JustBetweenYouAndMe: In the flashback in "Over and Under", the Overlord of Evil explains his EvilPlan in clear earshot of all the heroes. Dylan even notes this.
64--> '''Dylan''': This guy is planning to warp ALL OF EXISTENCE?! And why the hell is he boasting about all of this right in front of us?!
65--> '''Kai''': Because he knows there isn't a damn thing we can do to stop him.
66* LaserGuidedKarma: After putting Keela in the hospital from going overboard during their fight in the tournament, Vampire Lord is subject to a mauling by Anjren's [[BearsAreBadNews pet polar bear]] as payback.
67* LeakingCanOfEvil: In episode 4, this exact trope is the reason why the heroes have to ''do'' something about the two [[SealedEvilInACan Sealed Evils in a Can]] (Melinda and the Overlord Of Evil) because eventually those seals are going to break!
68* LetsSplitUpGang: Drake, Keedran, Dylan, and CHEN do this in episode 4 in order to avoid the Overlord of Evil's SinisterSurveillance.
69* LoadBearingBoss: Right after the Overlord of Evil is sealed away in the flashback in "Over and Under", a pillar of light shoots up from the seal and destroys his base.
70* LukeIAmYourFather: In the flashback in "The Mystery of Melinda", Betty never knew the titular witch was her sister. She was intentionally kept in the dark about her sister, because if she found out, that would break Melinda's seal.
71* MadDoctor: One of Melinda's Mooks in "The Mystery of Melinda" was one of these, and he was a key factor in Betty finding out about Melinda and breaking her seal.
72* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: In "A Curse or a Blessing", Betty ends up getting [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe horizontally bisected]], but due to having a mechanical lower-half, she doesn't feel a thing.
73-->'''Dylan''': BETTY!
74-->'''Betty''': Oh relax, like I haven't had my legs and body seperated before.
75* MerlinAndNimue: Melinda's and Melissa's relationship was like this. Melissa was Melinda's apprentice because she wanted knowledge of TheDarkArts, but since Melinda was still a SealedEvilInACan in her dimension, Melissa eventually left her. She continued to carry out Melinda's evil bidding, until Alice and Dylan helped her through a HeelFaceTurn.
76* MirrorUniverse: Its where Melinda, Ethan, and Betty are from, among others.
77* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Keela goes through this after she represses her SuperpoweredEvilSide...until Vampire Lord gives her one hell of a wake-up call.
78* NiceJobBreakingItHero: In Dylan's attempt to foil the Overlord of Evil's plan in the flashback in "Over and Under", he just makes things worse. See FromBadToWorse above.
79** In the third flashback in "The Mystery of Melinda", Dylan accidently spills the beans to Betty about her sister Melinda, which was the key to breaking her seal.
80* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: In "A Curse or a Blessing", Kaila pummels Mechelly with her [[MultiArmedAndDangerous many arms]], but since Mechelly is a robot, this does nothing.
81* NoIAmBehindYou: In episode 7, in the battle against Melinda, she shatters Keedran's barrier and brags about how she can break any seal. [[RedMage Drake]] suddenly appears behind Melinda and fires a beam at her.
82* NoodleIncident: Death-T. Although Dylan said he will go over his experience some other time. He also had fought demonic ''shoes'' at one point.
83** In episode 7, Keedran casually reveals that she and Drake fought, but Drake says that is a tale for another time.
84* OffWithHisHead: In "A Curse or a Blessing", Vampire Lord kills an insect monster by slashing its head off. Later on, Seleenara slashes Boru's head off after he gets it stuck in a hole in the wall. He quickly regenerates from it.
85* OhCrap: Several examples.
86** In episode 1, Dylan when he runs into Ethan, and Anjren when Vampire Lord is taken over by the Possessor Ghost.
87** In episode 2, Keela has a silent OhCrap moment when Kaila reveals her true form.
88** In episode 3, the group has this reaction when Keela goes into her SuperpoweredEvilSide.
89** In episode 6, Dylan has a moment when Melissa uses TheDarkArts to prepare him and the others to fight Melinda.
90** In episode 7, Dylan and Betty react like this when Melinda vaporizes Pita. [[spoiler: Those two and Pita also react like this when Melinda becomes Ghost Melinda.]] It happens with Keela when Kaila reveals she is going to acquire a Mechelly of her own.
91* OminousFloatingCastle: Melinda used to own one before she was sealed away. [[spoiler:Vampire Lord lives there now.]]
92** The Overlord of Evil also had a floating evil base, although it was more of a glorified turret than a full-on castle. He was intending to tear a hole in reality using it's laser beam.
93* OnlySixFaces: Like [=''DSBTInsaniT''=], the only facial features that change between the characters are their eye colors. Clothing style and accessories are used to give DistinctiveAppearances.
94* OurMagesAreDifferent: Magical powers are usually just inherited, but you can also just straight-up learn how to use magic like Melissa did, as she reveals in a flashback in "Confronting the Dark".
95* PirateBooty: Zig-zagged with the pirates Seleenara and Boru. While they are primarily after treasure, they'll also steal anything they find remotely interesting, such as books.
96* PlaceOfProtection: The Well of Power. Its a secret location which provides the planet with natural energy, and where Kai and Eleenin monitor the state of the planet.
97* PowerNullifier: The Overlord of Evil's seal stops him from using his powers...as long as he is alive, that is.
98* ThePowerOfFriendship: The friendships between the characters is given a big focus in this.
99* PunctuatedForEmphasis: In the flashback in "Tale of the Unworld", Keela shouts "Sending! You! To! Oblivion!" before she shatters the Master of the Dammed's [[SoulJar scythe.]]
100** Betty shouts "Shut. The fuck. UP!" at the start of her TheReasonYouSuckSpeech in episode 6.
101* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: In 'Confronting the Dark', Betty gives a very foul-mouthed one to Melissa to snap her out of her FreakOut about fighting Melinda being all in vain.
102--> '''Betty''': [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Shut. The fuck. UP!]] Geez, you are SOOOOO fucking annoying! You think there is no way to stop her, you think this is hopeless, you think we are a bunch of dumbasses who are on a white knight mission to our deaths! We ask you for an idea and your cocky-ass goes on some cocky-ass rant on how we're cocky-asses against a cocky-ass witch with a cocky-ass plan that won't cocky-ass WORK! Hey guys, how about we just stand here with our thumbs up our cocky-asses?! At least THEN we won't piss off your highness right here!
103** She gets another one later on in that episode, this time from Keedran after Melissa presses her BerserkButton.
104--> '''Keedran''': "Massive abomination" am I?! Just who the hell do you think you are talking to?! I could erase your puny judgmental smug self off the face of existince if I so desired! I've been seen as a ruthless monster by humanity for thousands of lifetimes just because I'm not some soft-spoken serene babe or some gruff and tough asskicker! I have to take some gaudy 'true form' JUST so humanity won't piss themselves and form a mob by the mere SIGHT of me! Yet despite all of that, I continue to protect the lives of everyone in this world! I look past their judgmental hearts, swallow my petty and bitter feelings of them, and I vanquish threats like the Overlord of Evil or soon-to-be Melinda! Why? Because as a guardian deity, it isn't my duty to make sure humanity likes me, its my duty to make sure they are safe from the TRUE massive abominations that exist in this world!
105* RousingSpeech: Given by [[EmotionlessGirl Keela]] of all people to pull Dylan out of his DespairEventHorizon in a flashback in "Over and Under".
106--> '''Keela''': The Overlord of Evil just may be more powerful than the Master of the Dammed, but when has that stopped you? You inspired me to escape from the Unworld when I gave up. Please don't let me down. Don't let the WORLD down.
107* SayMyName: In "A Curse or a Blessing", Dylan and Betty scream Pita's name when he gets vaporized by Melinda. Later on, Dylan screams Betty's name when she gets bisected. In both cases, the named individual quickly gets better.
108* SecretRoom: Vampire Lord discovers one behind the bookshelf of his castle. [[spoiler: It contains a mysterious portal blocked by magical chains that he believes leads to AnotherDimension. When he sends a bat into it, the bat is shot back out and frozen in time. When he, Anjren, and Ahjeen get closer to it, a humanoid insect creature rises out of it and tries to attack them.]]
109* ShipTease: A slight one with Keela towards Dylan in "Tale of the Unworld" after Kaila tells her story. It happens again in "A Curse or a Blessing" when Mechelly notes how close her and Dylan's relationship is.
110* ShutUpHannibal: Drake and Keedran freeze the Overlord of Evil in the middle of his EvilGloating a couple times in "The Mystery of Melinda".
111* SnarkToSnarkCombat: Izane and Vampire Lord get into one in the first episode.
112* SomebodyDoesntLoveRaymond: [[GoodIsNotNice Jenna]] is the one person who doesn't like [[MagneticHero Ahjeen]]. Not liking him isn't what bothers Ahjeen though, what bothers him is she never gave him a chance. With that being said, he still treats her with kindness and gives her information that anyone whose [[MoralityPet Dylan's]] friend would want to know.
113* SomeoneElsesProblem: Vampire Lord's flashback in "Confronting the Dark" reveals his empire felt this way about a FogOfDoom affecting the Underworld...until it started affecting the vampires directly, but it was too late to do anything about it by that point.
114* StatingTheSimpleSolution: In episode 7, when Kaila expresses interest in obtaining a Mechelly, which is a RobotBuddy protector that will follow your orders even if you are evil, Keela points out that she and Kaila know next to nothing about Mechellies, so there is no way Kaila could acquire one. Kaila's response? Just ask someone.
115-->'''Kaila''': Its a little something called ASKING AROUND! Thats how I found out about you, remember? Just because ''you'' are a social hermit doesn't mean ''I'' am!
116* SuplexFinisher: Kaila attempts this on Mechelly in "A Curse or a Blessing", but since Mechelly is a robot, this does nothing.
117* TakeAThirdOption: The flashback in "A Curse or a Blessing" reveals that Pita was actually a curse Melinda placed on Dylan in the past that would take on the form of a creature to try and kill him. Even if it is killed, it comes back as a stronger form the next day based on how Dylan feels before he falls asleep. After some close-calls with more of the curse's forms, Dylan decides if he can't beat the curse, then reasoning with it is the next best thing. Thus he thinks about it taking a form with enough sapience that he can convince it to pull a HeelFaceTurn, and it works. Present-day Melinda even notes that she never figured someone would discover that loophole.
118* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Usually this is played straight, but it ends up being subverted at one point in episode 7. In the middle of the battle with Melinda, Dylan tells the group how he and Pita (who was one of Melinda's minions) met. It later turns out the other heroes of the group used this time to come up with a plan to restrain Melinda while she was listening to Dylan's story.
119-->'''Eleenin''': We mean no disrespect to you, but it was a strategy we came up with while you were telling us about Pita.
120-->'''Dylan''': [[SarcasmMode Oh, yeah, thats real nice.]]
121-->'''Melissa''': Deal with it. It distracted Melinda for awhile, and you have no idea how much of a golden opportunity that was.
122-->'''Betty''': Hey, I listened to ya.
123* TeamShot: The logo, as seen above. Although it also includes some villains and side-characters.
124* TennisBoss: In "Confronting the Dark", Keedran defeats a dragon Melissa summoned by grabbing its skull projectile, making it bigger (and golden), and throwing it right back at it.
125* TheThunderdome: The Savage Colosseum, which is notably where Soya and Vladmare fought in the first episode.
126* TomeOfEldritchLore: [[spoiler:Vampire Lord discovers one called 'Worlds of Darkness', written by ''Melinda'', in his bookshelf. This is what clues him in that his "humble" home is actually Melinda's castle, which had somehow been transported to the Underworld.]]
127* TheBusCameBack: After having a (rather minor) role in episode 1, Soya and Vladmare finally return at the end of episode 7 to fight Ethan and Curien.
128* ThisCannotBe: The Overlord of Evil exclaims "No! I will not be stopped!" right before he is sealed away in the flashback in "Over and Under".
129** Melinda exclaims "What is going on here?! Your world should be destroyed and you all should be dead!" when she is suddenly transported into her own dimension to fight all of the residents of her MirrorUniverse in a flashback in "The Mystery of Melinda".
130* TheUnderworld: Notably, its where the Overlord of Evil is sealed.
131* TranquilFury: Near the end of epiosde 7, when Kai has had enough of Betty's rudeness, he says "I think its time for you to leave." through gritted teeth in a stern voice.
132* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: Dylan convinces the Overlord of Evil's Mooks to fight back against him, since he'll have no need for minions once he seizes control of reality.
133* UnexplainedRecovery: How Dylan was brought back after his soul was shredded during Death-T, which Keela mentions off-handedly in the flashback in "Tale of the Unworld".
134* WeWillMeetAgain: Before Kaila leaves the group, she warns Keela that she wont always have her friends around to protect her. She makes good on that promise, because at the start of episode 7, she finds Keela all alone.
135** [[spoiler: Ghost Melinda, right before being sealed inside Keedran, tells the heroes they haven't seen the last of her.]]
136* WhatTheHellHero: The others really call out Vampire Lord on his actions in his fight against Keela during the fighting tournament.
137* WholeEpisodeFlashback: Episode 5, "The Mystery of Melinda", consists almost entirely of flashbacks.
138* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Kaila could easily kill Keela, who is in the hospital, at the start of episode 7. However, Keela points out that killing her in a weakened state is not how Kaila would want her to die.
139* WorldInTheSky: The Sky Dimension. It was similar to a FluffyCloudHeaven, complete with angel guards wielding flaming swords. However, thanks to Curien and Ethan's meddling, a dark rift formed there. The angel guards couldn't stop it, so they had to seal the Sky Dimension away. This worked for awhile, but Ethan and Curien went at it again, and released the Overlord of Evil from its confines.
140* WorldTree: The World Tower, actually. It keeps reality together, and if its destroyed, it will be TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. The Overlord of Evil intended to do this so he could seize control of reality by going through the space-time vortex that destroying the World Tower would create.
141* YouCanSeeMe: In "Over and Under", Jenna's Skull Snake spots CHEN and Dylan's invisibility cloak due to its thermal vision. Dylan and CHEN try to fake it by standing still, but the jig is up when Jenna grabs Dylan and gets thrown backwards by CHEN.
142* YouDidntAsk: In "A Curse or a Blessing", it is casually revealed that The Unworld is the root of all evil, something that seems to be common knowledge in-universe to everyone but Dylan.
143-->'''Dylan''': How am I just NOW knowing about this?! One of my best friends is FROM the Unworld!...Kinda.
144-->'''Melissa''': You never bothered to ask. I could tell you all you need to know about the Unworld.
145* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: When Melinda fiends out Pita went through a HeelFaceTurn, she vaporizes him with a beam. He ends up regenerating though.
146-->'''Melinda''': Since you have given up on your lifes purpose, you are of no use to me!
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