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*ComicallyMissingThePoint: Pretty much every character has a turn miss-understanding what the others mean at some point, such as Leopold’s dad congratulating him on the fantastic job he did on the head in a jar (the head being Travis) when Travis asks him if he has anything to say to Leopold about Travis’ predicament.
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* ReformedButRejected: Downplayed with Gary, as he tries to live a peaceful life, and not everyone he meets wants to kill him for being a vampire, but a good number of them do, and at a vampire hunter tracks him down from Romania to attempt kill him for what he did in the past, despite Gary’s change of heart.
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* ReformedButRejected: Downplayed with Gary, as he tries to live a peaceful life, and not everyone he meets wants to kill him for being a vampire, but a good number of them do, and at a (part-time) vampire hunter tracks him down from Romania to attempt kill him for what he did in the past, despite Gary’s change of heart.
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* FantasticRacism: Leopold makes his general hate for humans very clear. At one point he fires Beatrice as a lab helper because he can’t get over his resentment for humans (she threatens to sue on the grounds of “species discrimination”), and when his mother saves his life, he thanks her, but informs her he will continue to treat her badly because he resents the fact his own parents are humans.
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*IntergenerationalFriendship: Beatrice and Gary get along quite well despite being a little girl who can’t be older than 10 and a 700+ year old vampire. Gary and most of the other characters he is friends with also count, as almost none of them come close to being over seven centuries old.
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* Really700YearsOld: Gary is a 700 year old vampire. Well, around 703 or so when the series starts anyways.
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* Really700YearsOld: Gary is a 700 year old vampire. Well, vampire (well, around 703 or so when the series starts anyways.anyways) who was turned into one at 24 and doesn’t appear to have aged a day past that.
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*TakeOverTheWorld: World domination is one of Leopold’s goals, although it seems to be more of a side project given he spends most of his time out of the lab drinking at The Hammered Henchman, hunting down people to eat, going on dates, or having a beer with Satan, and time in the lab torturing Travis.
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* AnachronismStew: It’s not clear how technology progressed over the years, but Gary has home video recordings of himself as a five year old kid in 14th century Romania. There weren’t any iPhones though.
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* AnachronismStew: It’s not clear how technology progressed over the years, but Gary has home video recordings of himself as a five year old kid in 14th century Romania. There weren’t any iPhones at that time though.
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* AnachronismStew: It’s not clear how technology progressed over the years, but Gary has home video recordings of himself as a five ear old kid in 14th century Romania. There weren’t any iPhones though.
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* AnachronismStew: It’s not clear how technology progressed over the years, but Gary has home video recordings of himself as a five ear year old kid in 14th century Romania. There weren’t any iPhones though.
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* AnachronismStew: It’s not clear how technology progressed over the years, but Gary has home video recordings of himself as a five ear old kid in 14th century Romania. There weren’t any iPhones though.
-->'''Beatrice''': What did you have?
-->'''Gary''': ThePlague.
-->'''Beatrice''': What did you have?
-->'''Gary''': ThePlague.
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* AlternateHistory: One where monsters are a part of everyday life. At one point Leopold taunts Gary with the letter he keeps from when he was dumped by UsefulNotes/JoanOfArc.
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*BrainBleach: Leopold is quite dismayed when he finds out his memory eraser cannot make him forget the details of [[TooMuchInformation Gary’s underwear problems.]]
-->'''Leopold''': (''To Owen'') IT’S NOT POWERFUL ENOUGH!
-->'''Leopold''': (''To Owen'') IT’S NOT POWERFUL ENOUGH!
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*MadScientist: Leopold spends a lot of time working in his lab on killer robots, genetic experiments, and crazy chemical concoctions. When some of them succeed, he even does an evil, manic laugh.
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* DoingInTheWizard: Leopold does this InUniverse to Travis when explaining to him how he is still alive as a severed head after the Travis calls it a miracle.
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* DoingInTheWizard: Leopold does this InUniverse to Travis when explaining to him how he is still alive as a severed head after the Travis calls it a miracle.
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*DoingInTheWizard: Leopold does this InUniverse to Travis when explaining to him how he is still alive as a severed head after the Travis calls it a miracle.
*HiddenDepths: When Leopold accidentally ingests a lethal virus that will kill him in 24 hours, his mother makes him a chicken soup “infused with the synthesized enzymes necessary to impede viral propagation” to cure him. When he asks how she knows so much about virology, she just tells him to save his energy.
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* Really700YearsOld: Gary is a 700 year old vampire. Well, around 703 or so when the series starts anyways.
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*UrbanFantasy: All sorts of monsters are known & accepted parts of modern society, there’s a bar whose target clientele are evil henchmen, Gary was able to buy a house in the suburbs but has to deal with angry mobs & vampire hunters as well as unhappy neighbors, and zombie attacks are so common that there’s at least one “pest control” company that specializes in killing zombies, among other things.
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* BlackComedy: Often Provided by Leopold.
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* BlackComedy: Often Provided The bulk of it is provided by Leopold.Leopold in the form of his murders, the horrific experiments on people, his deady “pranks” etc. The rest comes from various other monsters, and [[CreepyChild Beatrice]].
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* GoryDiscretionShot: Used often.
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* GoryDiscretionShot: Used often.This is used often to imply Leopold (or another monster) has messily killed someone.
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* GadgeteerGenius: Leopold is insanely smart, having built a death ray, shrink ray, numerous killer robots, and more. He is not amused when Gary asks him to do mundane tasks like fixing the air conditioner.
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* GadgeteerGenius: Leopold is insanely smart, having built a death ray, shrink ray, numerous killer robots, and more. He is not amused when Gary asks him to do mundane tasks like fixing the air conditioner.microwave.
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* GoodIsNotNice: Gary is a nice vampire, and doesn’t want to kill or hurt anyone, but either his age, violent past, or inability to stop many of Leopolds murderous outbursts has lead to him being quite apathetic at times. A good example is when he took a sandwich down to one of Leopolds prisoners because he figured the poor man was hungry, but the thought of feeding him by hand (the man’s own hands were restrained by chains) made it too weird for Gary so he just walked off with it.
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* GoodIsNotNice: Gary is a nice good vampire, and doesn’t want to kill or hurt anyone, but either his age, violent past, or inability to stop many of Leopolds murderous outbursts has lead to him being quite apathetic at times. A good example is when he took a sandwich down to one of Leopolds prisoners because he figured the poor man was hungry, but the thought of feeding him by hand (the man’s own hands were restrained by chains) made it too weird for Gary so he just walked off with it.
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*ADogNamedDog: Leopold calls his favorite lab rat Lab Rat.
*AnAxeToGrind: One of Leopold’s many murder weapons.
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* BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad: Leopold has this view in general; several times Gary does something that makes Leopold feel better, or calmer, which then makes him feel angry & upset, whereas when Gary points out that Leopold’s lab rat(s?) don’t make good friends because they could just run off and never return, Leopold (with a smile) states that fact makes him like them ''more''.
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* BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad: Leopold has this view in general; several times Gary does something that makes Leopold feel better, or calmer, which then makes him feel angry & upset, whereas when Gary points out that Leopold’s lab rat(s?) don’t rat doesnt make a good friends friend because they he could just run off and never return, Leopold (with a smile) states that fact makes him like them him ''more''.
*BedsheetGhost: Owen, much to his chagrin. He’s even catches fire a few times like an actual bedsheet.
*CreepyChild: Around two or three “creepy little girls” in Gary’s neighborhood, one is a ghost, another named Beatrice lives next door and has a crush on Leopold. At one point the latter sends Leopold a video “love note”.
-->'''Gary''': Is she slaughtering a goat?
-->'''Audio [[GoryDiscretionShot with no visuals]]''': All for you, Leopold!
-->'''Gary''': Is she slaughtering a goat?
-->'''Audio [[GoryDiscretionShot with no visuals]]''': All for you, Leopold!
*GoryDiscretionShot: Used often.
*MercyKill: Travis often wishes he were dead, but Leopold has too much fun torturing him to let it happen. Owen also wishes he were dead, but he already is.
*NonIdleRich: Gary, whenever he lands a part-time job. He also eventually joins his neighborhood’s crime watch, although as Leopold points out, they are likely taking advantage of the fact he’s awake at night.
*NonIdleRich: Gary, whenever he lands a part-time job. He also eventually joins his neighborhood’s crime watch, although as Leopold points out, they are likely taking advantage of the fact he’s awake at night.
*OurGhostsAreDifferent: There’s CreepyChild ghosts, [[BedsheetGhost Bedsheet ghosts]], {{Poltergeist}}s, etc.
*RichBoredom: Gary sometimes falls into this. Occasionally he will get a part-time job and be NonIdleRich.
*TheSoulless: Gary used to be this literally and metaphorically, but by the time the comic starts, he’s already gone through a MyGodWhatHaveIDone phase, and so tries to be the nicest soulless corpse he can be.
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** possibly Leopold’s lab rat (the one often seen riding on his head), although it’s not clear if it’s the same lab rat, or one of the many rats in his lab.
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** possibly Leopold’s lab rat (the one often seen riding on his head), although it’s not clear if it’s the same lab rat, or one of the many rats in his lab.lab.
*VoluntaryShapeshifter: As one of his vampire powers, Gary can turn into a bat at will.
*VoluntaryShapeshifter: As one of his vampire powers, Gary can turn into a bat at will.
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* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Leopold and the 50 foot woman (or her sister). Also any human woman he goes out with.
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* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Leopold and the 50 foot woman (or her sister). Also any human woman he goes out with.with.
* UnexplainedRecovery: This happens to several characters, although their recovery is likely due to their supernatural nature, or some other reason.
** Gary frequently, although since he is an undead vampire, the list of things that would kill him for good is pretty small.
** Owen is sometimes reduced to a pile of ashes and a pair of glasses, but as a ghost, he’s already dead, so it doesn’t stick.
** Travis is sometimes reduced to a skull, but since Leopold seems to enjoy keeping him in a tortured existence as a living head trapped in a jar of formaldahyde, it’s unlikely he would let Travis die to avoid a MercyKill.
** Leopold should have died a few times too, but he seems to be MadeOfIron, and probably has a fix for whatever ails him in his lab.
** Leopold’s parents drive off a cliff (he cut the breaks in their car), but when we next see them, they’re fine. Given that Leopold is their kid, and says he grew up near a nuclear waste dump, along with their NonstandardCharacterDesign, they’re not exactly that “normal” to begin with.
** possibly Leopold’s lab rat (the one often seen riding on his head), although it’s not clear if it’s the same lab rat, or one of the many rats in his lab.
* UnexplainedRecovery: This happens to several characters, although their recovery is likely due to their supernatural nature, or some other reason.
** Gary frequently, although since he is an undead vampire, the list of things that would kill him for good is pretty small.
** Owen is sometimes reduced to a pile of ashes and a pair of glasses, but as a ghost, he’s already dead, so it doesn’t stick.
** Travis is sometimes reduced to a skull, but since Leopold seems to enjoy keeping him in a tortured existence as a living head trapped in a jar of formaldahyde, it’s unlikely he would let Travis die to avoid a MercyKill.
** Leopold should have died a few times too, but he seems to be MadeOfIron, and probably has a fix for whatever ails him in his lab.
** Leopold’s parents drive off a cliff (he cut the breaks in their car), but when we next see them, they’re fine. Given that Leopold is their kid, and says he grew up near a nuclear waste dump, along with their NonstandardCharacterDesign, they’re not exactly that “normal” to begin with.
** possibly Leopold’s lab rat (the one often seen riding on his head), although it’s not clear if it’s the same lab rat, or one of the many rats in his lab.
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* SelfMadeOrphan: Leopold ''tries'' to batter and deep fry his parents for thanksgiving one year, but Gary catches wind of his plan and puts a stop to it. Leopold subsequently hates that year’s thanksgiving dinner with Gary & his family because he wishes he was about to eat their severed heads instead.
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* SelfMadeOrphan: Almost. Leopold ''tries'' to batter and deep fry his parents for thanksgiving one year, but Gary catches wind of his plan and puts a stop to it. Leopold subsequently hates that year’s thanksgiving dinner with Gary & his family because he wishes he was about to eat their severed heads instead.
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*BalefulPolymorph: Several times to several characters, usually caused by Leopold, sometimes the mummy throwing curses around.
** at one point Leopold accidentally turns himself into something he finds repulsive: a ''human'' (well, what he would look like if he wasn’t a genetic mutation anyways).
-->'''Leopold''': Don’t look at me! I’m hideous!”
** at one point Leopold accidentally turns himself into something he finds repulsive: a ''human'' (well, what he would look like if he wasn’t a genetic mutation anyways).
-->'''Leopold''': Don’t look at me! I’m hideous!”
*Really700YearsOld: Gary is a 700 year old vampire. Well, around 703 or so when the series starts anyways.
*NonstandardCharacterDesign:
** Travis’ head is ''way'' more detailed & realistic than the rest of his housemates.
** Leopold’s parents look like they are from a generic 1950’s drawing of a happy family, and have the personality to match. When Leopold goes through a BalefulPolymorph, he temporarily turns into a human drawn in the same style as them.
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** Travis’ head is ''way'' more detailed & realistic than the rest of his housemates.
** Leopold’s parents look like they are from a generic 1950’s drawing of a happy family, and have the personality to match. When Leopold goes through a BalefulPolymorph, he temporarily turns into a human drawn in the same style as them.
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* SelfMadeOrphan: Leopold ''tries'' to batter and deep fry his parents for thanksgiving one year, but Gary catches wind of his plan and puts a stop to it. Leopold subsequently hates that year’s thanksgiving dinner with Gary & his family because he wishes he was about to eat their severed heads instead.
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* SelfMadeOrphan: Leopold ''tries'' to batter and deep fry his parents for thanksgiving one year, but Gary catches wind of his plan and puts a stop to it. Leopold subsequently hates that year’s thanksgiving dinner with Gary & his family because he wishes he was about to eat their severed heads instead.instead.
*TinyGuyHugeGirl: Leopold and the 50 foot woman (or her sister). Also any human woman he goes out with.
*TinyGuyHugeGirl: Leopold and the 50 foot woman (or her sister). Also any human woman he goes out with.
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*ArtEvolution: Gary starts out with misplaced eyes, but over time their placement evens out.
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Scary Gary is a NewspaperComic written by Mark Buford, which debuted on June 16, 2008. Scary Gary follows Gary, a recently retired vampire who tries to live peacefully in the suburbs with his henchman Leopold, a BedsheetGhost named Owen, and Head-in-a-jar Travis. The series is something of a SliceOfLife that mostly runs on large doses of BlackComedy, which is often provided by Leopold, although he’s not the only monster around causing mayhem & destruction.
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Scary Gary is a NewspaperComic written by Mark Buford, which debuted on June 16, 2008. Scary Gary follows Gary, a recently retired vampire who tries to live peacefully in the suburbs with his demonic henchman Leopold, a BedsheetGhost named Owen, and severed Head-in-a-jar Travis. The series is something of a SliceOfLife that mostly runs on large doses of BlackComedy, which is often provided by Leopold, although he’s not the only monster around causing mayhem & destruction.
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[[caption-width-right:246:Just a normal day]]
[[caption-width-right:246:Just a normal day]]
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Scary Gary is a NewspaperComic written by Mark Buford, which debuted on June 16, 2008. Scary Gary follows Gary, a recently retired vampire who tries to live peacefully in the suburbs with his henchman Leopold, a BedsheetGhost named Owen, and Head-in-a-jar Travis. The series mostly runs on large doses of BlackComedy, which is often provided by Leopold, although he’s not the only monster around causing mayhem & destruction.
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Scary Gary is a NewspaperComic written by Mark Buford, which debuted on June 16, 2008. Scary Gary follows Gary, a recently retired vampire who tries to live peacefully in the suburbs with his henchman Leopold, a BedsheetGhost named Owen, and Head-in-a-jar Travis. The series is something of a SliceOfLife that mostly runs on large doses of BlackComedy, which is often provided by Leopold, although he’s not the only monster around causing mayhem & destruction.
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** Another one: If Leopold sees cute kittens or puppies, he wants to eat them, but when a stray cat attacks him while he’s out for a stroll, he takes it home and asks Gary if he can keep it.
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* BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad: Leopold has this view in general; several times Gary does something that makes Leopold feel better, or calmer, which then makes him feel angry & upset, whereas when Gary points out that Leopold’s lab rat(s?) don’t make good friends because they could just run off and never return, Leopold (with a smile) states that fact makes him like them ''more''.
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* GadgeteerGenius: Leopold is insanely smart, having built a death ray, shrink ray, numerous killer robots, and more. He is not amused when Gary asks him to do mundane tasks like fixing the air conditioner.
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Scary Gary is a NewspaperComic written by Mark Buford, which debuted on June 16, 2008. Scary Gary follows Gary, a recently retired vampire who tries to live peacefully in the suburbs with his henchman Leopold, a BedsheetGhost named Owen, and Head-in-a-jar Travis. The series mostly runs on large doses of BlackComedy, which is often provided by Leopold, although he’s not the only monster around causing mayhem & destruction.
The comic can be read online [[https://www.creators.com/read/scary-gary/03/08/49401 here]].
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!! Scary Gary contains examples of:
*AxCrazy: Leopold. He will viciously kill & eat humans for pretty much any reason he feels like.
*BlackComedy: Often Provided by Leopold.
*ComedicSociopathy: A good chunk of the humor comes from Leopold being terrible, although the others fall into this from time to time.
*GoodIsNotNice: Gary is a nice vampire, and doesn’t want to kill or hurt anyone, but either his age, violent past, or inability to stop many of Leopolds murderous outbursts has lead to him being quite apathetic at times. A good example is when he took a sandwich down to one of Leopolds prisoners because he figured the poor man was hungry, but the thought of feeding him by hand (the man’s own hands were restrained by chains) made it too weird for Gary so he just walked off with it.
*ImAHumanitarian: It’s played around with; Leopold refers to himself as a monster, and eats humans, but according to his biological ''human'' parents, he is a genetic mutation.
*ReformedButNotTamed: Gary changed his ways and feels guilt over his past as a murderous ruthless vampire, but admits that he has to resist some of his urges from time to time, and he sometimes is quite apathetic.
*RetiredMonster: A literal example with Gary, a retired vampire.
*SelfMadeOrphan: Leopold ''tries'' to batter and deep fry his parents for thanksgiving one year, but Gary catches wind of his plan and puts a stop to it. Leopold subsequently hates that year’s thanksgiving dinner with Gary & his family because he wishes he was about to eat their severed heads instead.
The comic can be read online [[https://www.creators.com/read/scary-gary/03/08/49401 here]].
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!! Scary Gary contains examples of:
*AxCrazy: Leopold. He will viciously kill & eat humans for pretty much any reason he feels like.
*BlackComedy: Often Provided by Leopold.
*ComedicSociopathy: A good chunk of the humor comes from Leopold being terrible, although the others fall into this from time to time.
*GoodIsNotNice: Gary is a nice vampire, and doesn’t want to kill or hurt anyone, but either his age, violent past, or inability to stop many of Leopolds murderous outbursts has lead to him being quite apathetic at times. A good example is when he took a sandwich down to one of Leopolds prisoners because he figured the poor man was hungry, but the thought of feeding him by hand (the man’s own hands were restrained by chains) made it too weird for Gary so he just walked off with it.
*ImAHumanitarian: It’s played around with; Leopold refers to himself as a monster, and eats humans, but according to his biological ''human'' parents, he is a genetic mutation.
*ReformedButNotTamed: Gary changed his ways and feels guilt over his past as a murderous ruthless vampire, but admits that he has to resist some of his urges from time to time, and he sometimes is quite apathetic.
*RetiredMonster: A literal example with Gary, a retired vampire.
*SelfMadeOrphan: Leopold ''tries'' to batter and deep fry his parents for thanksgiving one year, but Gary catches wind of his plan and puts a stop to it. Leopold subsequently hates that year’s thanksgiving dinner with Gary & his family because he wishes he was about to eat their severed heads instead.
