History ComicBook / SweetTooth

The [[Series/SweetTooth series was adapted]] for Creator/{{Netflix}}; the first season was released on June 4th, 2021.

* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:Throughout the comic series, Abbot ambushes another character with a knife while distracting them. He's ultimately killed by Gus doing the same thing with the same knife.]]

* TheyWouldCutYouUp: Gus's father strongly opposes any attempt by Gus to see the rest of the world because of this reason. While Gus is never vivisected, the facility run by the Militia has some hybrids cut open.

* NoDialogueEpisode: Played with in Issue 12. The characters don't have any spoken dialogue with each other, but Doctor Singh has an ongoing narration throughout the issue.

[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused with]] [[VideoGame/TwistedMetal A certain ice cream truck of mass destruction]].

* AntiHero: Jepperd starts off the series as an amoral killer whose on interest is protecting Gus. He eventually grows out of it.

A ''Series/SweetTooth'' adaptation for Creator/{{Netflix}} has been announced; the first season was released on June 4th, 2021.

A ''Series/SweetTooth'' adaptation for Creator/{{Netflix}} has been announced; the first season is set for release on June 4th, 2021.

* AnyoneCanDie: Several prominent characters die such as Jepperd's wife, [[spoiler:Lucy, Jepperd, and Abbot]].

* CharacterDevelopment: As Creator/JeffLemire puts it, Jeppard starts off as an amoral killer, develops into a reluctant father figure, and then [[spoiler:selflessly sacrifices himself saving Gus]]. Gus starts off completely innocent, becomes hardened over their journey, and [[spoiler:becomes a father figure for the younger hybrids]].
* DeadlyDistantFinale: The final issue shows [[spoiler:how the hybrids rebuild society and ends with Gus as a very old man. The last thing he sees is Jeppard as he dies]].
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:Jeppard dies in Gus's arms]].
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: The series begins with Gus describing his recurring nightmares of a big man chasing him. The big man is Jeppard, who meets Gus by the end of the first issue.

* IntergenerationalFriendship: Gus and Jepperd. Gus is 11, and Jepperd looks around 40.

* IncurableCoughOfDeath: [[spoiler:Lucy starts coughing up blood, making her realize that she's caught the Affliction]].

* AntiHero: Jepperd.

* IntergenerationalFriendship: Gus and Jepperd. Gus is 9, and Jepperd looks around 40.

* WhamLine: From Abbot to Jepperd: [[spoiler:There is one ting I lied to you about. Your child...your baby boy..your baby boy didn't die. He's still alive!]]

A ''Series/SweetTooth'' adaptation for Creator/{{Netflix}} has been announced; the first season is set for release on June 4th, 2020.

A ''Series/SweetTooth'' adaptation for Creator/{{Netflix}} has been announced.

''Sweet Tooth'' is a VertigoComics series created by Creator/JeffLemire. Several years ago, a plague known as the Affliction decimated the entire human population; since then, the only children born are human-animal hybrids, who are being hunted down. Gus, a human-deer hybrid, was isolated from society by his religious father and longs to escape his home to explore the land beyond the woods.

* ThePlague: The Affliction, which decimated the entire human population.

* HalfHumanHybrid: All of the children born after The Affliction. Gus, the main character, is half-deer.

* PaintingTheMedium: Creator/JeffLemire was very fond of experimenting in various issues, including telling two simultaneous stories, which were separated by one story not having any dialogue while the other did, making a storybook type issue by not having any speech bubbles and having the issue presented sideways, and changing his art style to indicate dream sequences.

After Gus' father dies from the Affliction, strange men come to capture him. Gus is rescued by a mysterious and violent man named Jeppard, who promises to take him to the Preserve, a safe haven for hybrids.

* AntiHero: Jeppard.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:Jeppard dies after a brutal fight with Abbot, but Gus and the other hybrids succeed in rebuilding society]].

* IntergenerationalFriendship: Gus and Jeppard. Gus is 9, and Jeppard looks around 40.

After Gus' father dies from the Affliction, strange men come to capture him for the bounty, only for him to be rescued by a mysterious and violent man named Jeppard, who promises to take him to the Preserve, a safe haven for hybrids.

''Sweet Tooth'' is a VertigoComics series created by JeffLemire. Several years ago, a plague known as the Affliction decimated the entire human population; since then, the only children born are human-animal hybrids, who are being hunted down. Gus, a human-deer hybrid, was isolated from society by his religious father and longs to escape his home to explore the land beyond the woods.