Brothers and Monsters/Tropes

Brothers and Monsters is an American animated supernatural comedy television series created by Matt Youngberg, being produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studios and aired on Nickelodeon from March 5th, 2004 until December 11th, 2009.

Tropes

 * A Dog Ate My Homework: TBD
 * Accidental Pervert: TBD
 * Acrofatic: In various episodes, despite being overweight, Kurt has been shown to be pretty good at sports and is able to run pretty fast.
 * Actor Allusion:
 * The young witch Jennifer Hale played as is named Samantha. This isn't the she voiced someone with that name however.
 * Quinton Flynn and Jennifer Hale have also voiced as a potential couple throughout the show (Kurt and Samantha).
 * Adorkable: Stan.
 * Bears Are Bad News: In Bear Attack, Dave, Kurt, Stan and Squints encounter a huge grizzly bear while camping as it has been trying to attack them.
 * Berserk Button: TBD
 * Big Bad: TBD
 * Big Beautiful Man: Despite Kurt being overweight, there were moments where females have shown to be attracted to him.
 * Big-Lipped Alligator Moment: TBD
 * Black Bead Eyes: Squints has these.
 * Black Comedy: TBD
 * Call Back: In The Spells, one of the spells casted on Dave, Kurt, Stan and Squints ended up turning them into females, and after Kurt notices this, he shouts, "Oh, no! We are not dealing with this again!", recalling the events of Dave the Girl.
 * Child Prodigy: Stan is this.
 * Chubby Chaser: Samantha is implied to be this due to the fact that she potentially has a crush on Kurt.
 * Creepy Child: TBD
 * Crossover: The series had one with Me and the Moose, being called It's Me, the Moose, and the Monsters, Brothers!
 * Cute Cry: TBD
 * Deadpan Snarker: Kurt, and in a few occasions, Stan.
 * Expy:
 * Radical is this to Sonic the Hedgehog.
 * Getting Crap Past the Radar:
 * The Closeted Skeleton's name is a pun on LGBT people who didn't reveal they are LGBT.
 * Gross-Up Close-Up: The show uses this every now and then throughout the show.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold: TBD
 * Likes Older Women: Stan appears to like girls that are older than him, Jacqueline being a good example.
 * Lingerie Scene: TBD
 * Movie-Theater Episode: Movie Mayhem had Kurt sneak into an R-rated movie that is said to have the scariest and most disturbing scenes yet, mainly because he thought because of the violent stuff he has seen in video games and other movies, he could handle it, but the movie turned out to be WAY more than he can handle.
 * Ms. Fanservice: TBD
 * Nice Guy: Stan is usually this.
 * No Celebrities Were Harmed: [Squeal Clawsby]
 * Only One Name: Dave, Kurt, and Stan's surname were never revealed throughout the series.
 * Precocious Crush: Stan has this on Jacqueline.
 * Revival:
 * The show has a comic book revival and a TV movie revival.
 * There are rumors currently spreading around that Nickelodeon is considering an actual TV show revival for it, although it would depend on the success of Inside the Terrorland. This eventually turned out to be true as it was confirmed 3 days after the TV movie's release, with its expected release date in Summer 2021.
 * Rule 63: In-universe. In Dave the Girl, after messing with a "piece of junk" Squints found, Dave ends up turning into a beautiful girl.
 * It happens again in The Spells, where Dave, Kurt, Stan and Squints had spells casted onto them in which a certain spell happens to switch genders, but unlike Dave the Girl, not only is Dave affected, but Kurt, Stan and Squints are as well.
 * Shared Universe: With Me and the Moose and Jekks and Hide.
 * Ship Tease:
 * [Dave/Patricia]
 * The series had some Kurt/Samantha moments here and there.
 * Shout-Out:
 * [SpongeBob SquarePants]
 * [Fairly OddParents]
 * Sick Episode: Stan's Stomach Ache and Monster Virus.
 * Take That!:
 * [Dora the Explorer]
 * [South Park]
 * The Ditz: Dave is a mild example. While he isn't a complete idiot, he is prone to ignorance.
 * The Rival: Poultry-Geist has been Squints' rival ever since they first met at elementary school.
 * [South Park]
 * The Ditz: Dave is a mild example. While he isn't a complete idiot, he is prone to ignorance.
 * The Rival: Poultry-Geist has been Squints' rival ever since they first met at elementary school.

Trivia

 * Adored by the Network: Nickelodeon has been treating Brothers and Monsters like how it treats SpongeBob SquarePants, The Fairly OddParents, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Danny Phantom, Avatar: The Last Airbender, TBD during its original run, as they would air the show on a regular basis and TBD. Nowadays, Brothers and Monsters reruns still occasionally air on Nickelodeon.
 * Channel Hop: Streaming rights for Brothers and Monsters moved from Netflix to CBS All Access (soon to be renamed Paramount+) in TBD 2020.
 * Cross-Dressing Voices: Stan is voiced by Grey Griffin despite being a boy.
 * Dawson Casting: TBD
 * Executive Meddling: TBD
 * God Does Not Own This World: [all elements of the series belonging to Viacom(CBS)]
 * Playing Against Type:
 * John DiMaggio was mainly known by then for voicing arrogant and TBD characters such as, and  as Squints is usually more friendly and TBD, not that different from  he'd voice some years later.
 * Rodger Bumpass plays Slim, who is rather more chill and friendly compared to other characters he voiced such as, , , ,.
 * Rule 34 - Creator Reactions: TBD
 * Talking to Himself: Grey Griffin voices both Stan and his crush Jacqueline.
 * What Could Have Been:
 * When Brothers and Monsters was first pitched, it was a LOT different. It was originally a magical girl show about a preteen girl in chibi-style who was beginning to learn magic, while Dave, Kurt, Stan, and Squints were all minor characters. However, due to noticing there were several girl-oriented shows airing at the time and considering that the brothers and Squints would provide a more interesting concept to attract both male and female audiences, Matt revamped the entire concept and made it what it is now.
 * However, Samantha eventually became a supporting character in the definitive pitch before it was greenlit by Nickelodeon since he felt she was a good concept that shouldn't be wasted and she would still be a good fit in the retooled project.

YMMV

 * Accidental Innuendo: TBD
 * Crack Pairing: TBD
 * Crossover Ship:
 * Dave or Kurt/Wendy Saylor, especially after the crossover
 * Designated Hero: TBD
 * Ensemble Dark Horse: TBD
 * Evil is Sexy: TBD
 * Fan-Preferred Couple: [Stan/Jacqueline, despite the six year age difference]
 * Fandom Rivalry:
 * The show's fanbase had one with those of Fairly OddParents and Danny Phantom.
 * [Avatar, more like friendly]
 * [Billy and Mandy]
 * The Invader Zim fanbase had a history of feuds with the Brothers and Monsters fanbase, since Invader Zim has been screwed over by Nickelodeon, yet Brothers and Monsters hasn't.
 * Fanfic Fuel: TBD
 * Friendly Fandoms:
 * Nicktoon fandoms like SpongeBob SquarePants, The Velociraptor Warrior, Invader Zim, Ren and Stimpy and Me and the Moose.
 * It helps that this show and Me and the Moose had a crossover with each other.
 * Intergalactic fans do have a rather well relationship with BaM fans. It does help that both of them ended on the same day.
 * Elizabeth and Spookster fans have spoke out about being huge fans of Brothers and Monsters before the former premiered, as many tend to be friends with the BaM fandom.
 * Eye See Susie fans have shown to be good friends with fans of Brothers and Monsters.
 * Many fans of Brothers and Monsters have revealed to also be fans of Me and My Guardian Angel and Epithet vs. the Many and are friends with people who are fans of such.
 * [Gloom n' Laughter]
 * [Me and Sparky]
 * [Octopus is My Best Friend?]
 * TBD
 * Funny Aneurysm Moment: [Squeal Clawsby due to the Bill Cosby rape scandal]
 * Germans Love David Hasselhoff: TBD
 * Hilarious in Hindsight: TBD
 * Ho Hay Shipping: TBD
 * Incest Yay Shipping: Some fans in the fandom ship Dave and Kurt with each other.
 * Memetic Badass: TBD
 * Memetic Molester: Squeal Clawsby became this, especially since the Bill Cosby rape scandal.
 * Memetic Mutation:
 * By far the most famous meme that is based off of BaM is the "Kurt is Thicc" meme, considering that, despite being overweight, some fans (mainly female) find him attractive.
 * [Squeal Clawsby, especially after the rape scandal and R34]
 * The female version of Dave from Dave the Girl?! had memes made off of her throughout the meme community.
 * Memetic Psychopath: TBD
 * Nausea Fuel: TBD
 * Portmanteau Couple Name: TBD
 * Squick: TBD
 * What Do You Mean, It's For Kids?: TBD
 * X Meets Y: TBD meets TBD.
 * What Do You Mean, It's For Kids?: TBD
 * X Meets Y: TBD meets TBD.

WMG
These are fan theories for Brothers and Monsters.
 * Stan might have mild autism.