History WebAnimation / SpookyMonth

* AngryAnimalisticGrowl:

** In "Tender Treats", after Bob Velseb has been distracted, Kevin quickly has Skid and Pump escape into the back, where growls like an angry dog before giving the two a box of candy and telling them to scram.

* PintSizedKid: Most of the children in the series are about half the usual height of the adult characters, if not shorter. This is {{exaggerated|Trope}} by Skid and Pump, who are both about elementary school age, but are shorter than the Happy Fella, ''a doll made for children''.

* AnachronismStew: The show takes place between 2010 to 2013, but there are several {{Shout Out}}s to media that wouldn’t yet exist around that time, notably with the costumes of the background trick-or-treaters in Tender Treats.

** "Tender Treats", after Bob Velseb has been distracted, Kevin quickly has Skid and Pump escape into the back, where before Kevin finally gives in to giving the duo a Candy Can, he growls like a canine once more out of fury of the new trouble they brought him.
* ArcWords: "Everything." The concept of "everything" seems to carry negative connotations behind it, as not only do damaged pictures of [[UnPerson Skid's father]] come with the phrase "You are everything", but Mr. Clown implies to John and Jack in the Newgrounds ending of "Unwanted Guest" that he and the cult plan on seizing this supposed "everything". The word even comes up in unrelated contexts, such as Dexter's slogan and the name of town's newspaper.

* AnachronismStew: The show takes place between 2010 to 2013, but there are several {{Shout-Out}}s to media that wouldn’t yet exist around that time, notably with the costumes of the background trick-or-treaters in Tender Treats.

* AnachronismStew: The show takes place between 2010 to 2013, but there are several {{ShoutOut}}s to media that wouldn’t yet exist around that time, notably with the costumes of the background trick-or-treaters in Tender Treats.

** Mr. Clown stalks the boys in a scene after his initial appearance in "The Stars".

** In "Tender Treats", Bob turns into a [=3D=] model when he first gets run over by the cops, and then becomes a clay model as the still 2D Jack and John check on his body.

The series follows the misadventures of Skid and Pump, two hyperactive and Halloween-obsessed children who regularly venture out into the night to enjoy the titular Spooky Month -- [[ChristmasInJuly even if it isn't October]]. Things quickly take a strange series of turns from there as [[GangOfBullies bullies]], creeps, criminals, [[ReligionOfEvil cultists]], [[DemonicPossession demons]], [[EldritchAbomination eldritch entities whose eyes form the stars above]], and [[MonsterClown clowns]] have the (mis)fortune of bumping into these children.

* ArcWords: "Everything." The concept of "everything" seems to carry negative connotations behind it, as not only do damaged pictures of [[UnPerson Skid's father]] come with the phrase "You are everything", but Mr. Clown implies to John and Jack in the Newgrounds ending of "Unwanted Guest" that he and the cult plan on seizing this supposed "everything". The word even comes up in unrelated contexts, such as Dexter's slogan and the town's newspaper.

''Spooky Month'' is an annual {{Halloween}} HorrorComedy cartoon series made by Creator/SrPelo for [[https://srpelo.newgrounds.com/movies?terms=spooky%20month Newgrounds]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlgnRq26EmwJ-sDDKtiaVj-fuIGwrzCYG YouTube]].

* ArcWords: "Everything." The concept of "everything" seems to carry negative connotations behind it, as not only do damaged pictures of [[UnPerson Skid's father]] come with the phrase "You are everything", but Mr. Clown implies to John and Jack in the Newgrounds ending of "Unwanted Guest" that he and the cult plan on seizing this supposed "everything".

** "Tender Treats" expands on the same serial killer from the first short (Bob) who, unlike Dexter, successfully kills at least one or two people while chasing Skid and Pump, all the while talking about his creepy hobby of cannibalism. He's relatively more of a serious threat compared to previous antagonists, and he tries to kill most of the protagonists and their allies at one point or another.

** Kevin's internal freakouts regarding the Candy Dealer's package of sugar in "Unwanted Guest" are drawn in a much looser, sketchier style with incomplete coloring.
** The credits panoramics for "Unwanted Guest" and "Tender Treats" are drawn in a lineless, shaded, and more detailed style than the rest of the episode.

** When Jack and John accidentally run over Bob in "Tender Treats", the event is abruptly depicted in CGI, with Bob as a 3D model ragdolling. Bob's body is subsequently shown as a clay model, while Jack and John are still animated in 2D.

** Moloch (the demon that Skid and Pump summon in the first episode) is revealed to be still stuck in the attic in the second episode, and [[ADayInTheLimelight plays a large role in the third one]].
** In "The Stars", Roy's uncle (the stranger that locked Skid and Pump inside the house on the hill) books it when one of Eyes' tentacles bursts out of the floor and grabs the two. When Eyes and the Spooky Kids leave the house to engage in Spooky Month shenanigans, Eyes [[AssholeVictim accidentally tramples Roy's fleeing uncle]], leaving a small blood splatter on the ground.
** At the beginning of "Deadly Smiles", Lila talks to Jaune on the phone, complaining that Skid and Pump spend all their time sharing the Happy Fella. At the end of the short, Jaune arrives at the house with a new Happy Fella for Pump, having misunderstood Lila's complaints.
** In "Deadly Smiles", after John sneezes on the Happy Fella, Jack simply says "[[IToldYouSo told you]]". In the Newgrounds ending of the short ([[{{Prequel}} which is set before the short itself]]), Jack notices how dirty John's coffee mug is and remarks that drinking out of it will get him sick, which John brushes off.

** In "Tender Treats", at the first house they trick or treat at, Skid and Pump bust down the guy's door with a hammer to get his attention. Later when they begin playing "hide and seek" with Bob, the two use the hammer to bust open a restaurant's back door so they can hide in there.
** In "Tender Treats", the boys are seen looking both ways before crossing the street early in the episode. Later when the protagonists are accosted by Bob, they quickly look both ways before crossing the street. Bob does not and is immediately run over by John and Jack.

** The male actor in the movie from "Deadly Smiles" is the same actor that gets spooked by Ooga Booga in the movie the boys were watching in the first short, just with a different outfit.
** In the attic scene in "Deadly Smiles", Lila hides behind the portrait of her and Skid's dad that was hung up on the wall in "It's spooky month", now with Skid's dad's face torn out.
** While Jaune is flicking through channels in "Tender Treats", she comes across a horror movie with the same brunette actress from the horror movie playing at the theater in "Deadly Smiles".

* CreatorCameo: Mostly involving Creator/SrPelo:
** Sr. Pelo himself appears down the street in "It's spooky month", screaming as he gets abducted by Frank.
** In "The Stars", one of the various ice creams advertised on Frank's van is based on Pelo's AuthorAvatar.

** Sr. Pelo appears again in "Tender Treats", only to be immediately killed by Bob so he could use the bathroom stall he was in.
* CurseCutShort: A RunningGag of sorts from the third episode onward.
** In "Unwanted Guest", the Candy Dealer starts to say "What the fu--" in response to Skid and Pump playing dead after saying they want to go to the hospital, only for a hysterical woman to start screaming that he killed the kids.
** At the end of "Unwanted Guest", one of the ''Wheel of the Worst'' hosts somehow hears Skid and Pump say that "it's Spooky Month" through the TV, causing him to start dancing. His baffled co-host replies "What?! What the fu--", with the episode cutting to the credits before he's able to finish.
** Subverted in the Newgrounds stinger of "Unwanted Guest"; when John and Jack bust into the house on the hill and find a group of robed cultists looking into the hole in the floor, John utters an uncensored and uninterrupted, "What the fuck are you?"
** In "Deadly Smiles", Dexter almost calls Lila a "dumb bitch", but he gets interrupted by Skid and Pump shoving him into the oven.
** Confused at Lila's hysterical panicking over the new Happy Fella doll she brought over, Jaune starts to mutter "What the fu--", but Dexter's yelling startles her before she's able to finish.
** In "Tender Treats", when Lila calls Jaune to tell her about Bob stalking her, Jaune thinks Lila has a new boyfriend and congratulates her, saying that, "You've gone so long [[YouNeedToGetLaid without di-]]", but the scene cuts back to Lila before Jaune finishes saying "dick".
** In "Tender Treats", when the teen dressed as Bob tells Kevin that kids are stealing from the currently-unattended candy store, he runs towards the door with an "Ah, shi--" before the SmashCut to the next scene interrupts him.
** Subverted by John in the Newgrounds stinger of "Tender Treats", where after realizing Jack propped up Bob's corpse to scare him, he says, "Jesus fucking ''Christ'', Jack!"

** "Tender Treats": After John and Jack accidentally run Bob over, Pump gains his blue eyes again as he pokes Bob's body. Sure enough, Bob isn't dead, and tries to attack them again while the cops are distracted.
** "Tender Treats" (TheStinger): When Patty calls the two cops to give John [[spoiler:the amulet she found on Bob]], Jack sees something offscreen and gets a devious smile as he walks towards it. Shortly after, John sees Bob seemingly still alive and shoots at him again, before Jack reveals he propped up Bob's body as a prank.

--->'''Happy Fella:''' ''(EvilLaugh)'' I'm a ''doll''! You DUMB [[CurseCutShort BI-]] ''(Skid and Pump shove him into the oven)''

* JumpScare: Usually done as a RunningGag involving Ooga Booga at the conclusion of the Youtube versions' ending credits.
** Overused excessively throughout "It's spooky month". Ooga Booga somehow always appears either in person, on the phone, in a film, and in a video game to scream "OOGA BOOGA!".
** Ooga Booga returns in the Newgrounds [[TheStinger post-credits ending scene]] for "The Stars", [[TooDumbToLive trying to scare the cops in a police car as they're barreling right towards her]], with predictable results.
** Mr. Clown instead appears in the Youtube ending credits of "The Stars" to [[CameraAbuse give the camera a wallop with his mallet]] and try to steal the viewer away, LaughingMad all the while.

** Ooga Booga appears again for the Youtube credits of "Deadly Smiles", trying to jumpscare the viewer with a Happy Fella doll, but gets freaked out when it talks, only to then use that as an opportunity to give a real jumpscare.
** Ooga Booga makes another return after the Youtube credits of "Tender Treats", asking the viewer "OOGA [[BaitAndSwitch or sugar]]", then jumpscaring the viewer when she pulls out an apple on a stick.

** [[ZigzaggingTrope Zig-zagged]]: the series has two Richards: Rick, the depressed jobhopper (introduced first), and Richard, Roy's father. Rick is only ever referred to as Rick, and it being short for Richard is only known through a picture Sr. Pelo posted to Twitter.

** "Unwanted Guest": The [=YouTube=] version gives us the return of Ooga Booga after she had been seen wearing a full-body cast in the hospital earlier in the episode. The Newgrounds version shows John and Jack interrupting a cult meeting in the spooky house that's seemingly led by [[MonsterClown Mr. Clown]], with Jack shooting the Clown to death in panic.
** "Deadly Smiles": On [=YouTube=], Ooga Booga scares us with (and then gets scared by) her own Happy Fella doll. On Newgrounds, John contemplates a StringTheory board in his house before he and Jack [[DonutMessWithACop go to get donuts]]; while they're gone, a cultist sets it on fire to destroy all the gathered evidence.

* LaughablyEvil: Many of the bad guys' deeds are offset by just how comical they are, from Frank who's just as excited to do the Spooky Dance as he is to abduct children, the MonsterClown who lets out a really goofy EvilLaugh while bludgeoning kids with a mallet, Moloch the demon complaining about being stuck in the attic until he has a VillainousBreakdown, to Dexter the [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals cat-killing creep]] suffering all kinds of {{slapstick}} [[ButtMonkey abuse]] (especially after being turned into a CreepyDoll). Even Bob, despite [[KnightOfCerebus being treated more seriously as a villain]], is not immune to suffering some goofy slapstick at his expense.

** DownplayedTrope. The cannibalistic serial killer in "Tender Treats" is called Bob, which is a diminutive form of the name Robert. One of the Hatzgang also named Robert.

* OneSteveLimit: DownplayedTrope. The cannibalistic serial killer in Tender Treats is called Bob, which is a dimunitive form of the name Robert. One of Roy's friends is also named Robert.
** There's also Roy's father Richard, who is not to be confused with the completely unrelated individual Rick.

** When Skid and Pump visit the graveyard in "It's spooky month", all of the tombstones say various funny things, such as "Here lies my boner", "I am fine", and "You later".

** Seen behind [[{{WebAnimation/Eddsworld}} Edd, Matt, and Tom]]'s cameo in "Tender Treats" is a movie poster of a red mass with multiple smiling faces, referencing Sr. Pelo's ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZrErQfqVjE COMEDY]]''.
* PintSizedKid: Most of the children in the series are about half the usual height of the adult characters, if not shorter. This is {{exaggerated|Trope}} by Skid and Pump, who are both about elementary school age, but are shorter than ''the Happy Fella doll''.

** In "Deadly Smiles", as Kevin hears Skid explaining his and Pump's lost doll, Kevin quickly pieces together that the same doll was the one that attacked him earlier, letting out a low, notably lupine growl as his face increases to that of animalistic rage.

** In "Deadly Smiles", as Kevin hears Skid explaining his and pump's lost doll, Kevin quickly pieces together that the same doll was the one that attacked him earlier, letting out a low, notably lupine growl as his face increases to that of animalistic rage.

* AngryAnimalisticGrowl: During Kevin's building anger in "Deadly Smiles" and for a brief moment in "Tender Treats", you can hear him growling like a wolf.