History Webcomic / Paranatural

* DiscardAndDraw: The possibility is raised in chapter 3. Tools and mediums are really just ways for spirits to recover their strength, and spectrals are able to use their powers during that interval. A spectral will lose that spirit's abilities once it leaves, but they can always pick up a new tool or get possessed again.

* OurGhostsAreDifferent: "Ghosts" are dead people; "spirits" were never alive and run the gamut of weirdness. Everyone from either category has a special power that is fully subject to the SuperpowerLottery (one ghost can only conjure pretty glowing butterflies). Other ghost-related terminology includes "poltergeist" (a ghost that can manipulate physical objects), "shade" (the indistinct, shadowy blobs that people see when their sixth sense is first awakened), and "grudge" (vague, but based on context appears to be a spirit going OneWingedAngel due to stress).

* DefeatMeansFriendship: To an extent. Johnny seems less hostile towards Max after kicking his butt.
** The same seems to go for Lefty.

[[caption-width-right:300:The Paranatural Activity Club.]]

* AwesomeMcCoolname: Mr Starchman seems to think this of Max. Of course, he's completely and utterly insane, so it's not really worth much...
* BatterUp: Max's tool.

* BloodKnight: Ed and Isabel both love fighting spirits, but Izzy loves it to a downright scary degree.
-->"We flipped a coin to see who'd risk going in! ''(creepy grin)'' ''I lost."''
* BondOneLiner: Ed in Chapter 2:
-->"Welp! I guess you could say he's... [[SubvertedTrope dead]]."

* ButtMonkey: Isaac is the Activity Club's. Max tends to forget his name, Isabel and Ed leave him out of their friendship, he gets left out of the loop on paranatural happenings, etc.

* TheChosenOne: [[http://paranatural.net/chapter-1-page-59/ Averted]]
--> '''Mr. Spender''' ''Black'' spectral energy?! That's....fairly common.

* DeadpanSnarker: Max of course, due to his below mentioned status as only sane man. According to him one of his super powers is "The ability to conjure an impenetrable wall of cynicism."

* FingerGun: Blasts of spectral energy are demonstrated by Ed and Isabel.

* FragileSpeedster: Max is very quick and acrobatic for a 12 year-old, but he still takes hits like one.

* GenreSavvy: Isabel initially refuses to come to Max's house to take care of a very creepy but not yet aggressive spirit. Max accuses her of [[PoliceAreUseless being a skeptical slasher movie cop]].

* LittleMissSnarker: Isabel.

* NiceHat: Max's cap.

* NoodleIncident: Something regarding mister Garcia and a pizza.
* OhCrap: Max has shown over the top versions of this expression a few times.
* OnlySaneMan: Max. And Isaac.

* PaperMaster: Isabel.
* LeParkour: [[http://paranatural.net/chapter-1-page-55/ Implied for Max and his hometown friends.]]
* PreMortemOneLiner: Ed delivers quite a nice one at the end of chapter 2, page 21, but it shrivels in comparison to his death threat in the following page. Don't believe? [[http://paranatural.net/chapter-2-page-21/ Compare]] [[http://paranatural.net/chapter-2-page-22/ them]].

* SinisterScythe: [[http://paranatural.net/chapter-2-page-25/ One application of Ed's powers]].
* SinkOrSwimMentor: Mr. Spender only teaches the Activity Club about fighting spirits when it's contextually relevant, and the context tends to involve mortal peril.
* TheStarscream: Isaac is a cheerfully benign one towards Mr. Spender.
--> "I will dance on your grave, sir."
* SunglassesAtNight: Mr. Spender always wears sunglasses.

* WebComicTime: Chapter 3 marks 48 in-universe hours since the story began. ''Paranatural'' has been running for 15 months.

* BadassAbnormal: Implied with Isaac, who can see ghosts but hasn't been shown to have a tool or any other spectral powers.
** He has been shown to have Spectral Energy, though.

* FingerGun: A blast of spectral energy is demonstrated by Ed.

* OurGhostsAreDifferent: "Ghosts" are dead people; "spirits" were never alive and run the gamut of weirdness. Everyone from either category has a special power that is fully subject to the SuperpowerLottery (one ghost can only conjure pretty glowing butterflies). Other ghost-related terminology includes "poltergeist" (a ghost that can manipulate physical objects) and "shade" (the indistinct, shadowy blobs that people see when their sixth sense is first awakened).

* ArtEvolution: After about ten strips, the art becomes fully coloured.

* WebComicTime: As of Chapter 2 Page 12, ''Paranatural'' has been running for eight months; meanwhile only around 32 hours have actually passed within the comic itself.

* WebComicTime: As of Chapter 2 Page 12, Paranatural has been running for 8 months, meanwhile only around 32 hours have actually passed within the comic itself.

* OurGhostsAreDifferent: "Ghosts" are dead people; "spirits" were never alive and run the gamut of weirdness. All ghosts (it's as-of-yet unclear if the same applies to spirits) have a special power that is fully subject to the SuperpowerLottery (one ghost can only conjure pretty glowing butterflies). Other ghost-related terminology includes "poltergeist" (a ghost that can manipulate physical objects) and "shade" (the indistinct, shadowy blobs that people see when their sixth sense is first awakened).

* BloodKnight: Ed and Isabella both love fighting spirits, but Izzy loves it to a downright scary degree.

* ButtMonkey: Isaac is the Activity Club's. Max tends to forget his name, Isabelle and Ed leave him out of their friendship, he gets left out of the loop on paranatural happenings, etc.

* ImprobableWeaponUser: The "tools" used by the activity club to fight monsters include such things as paintbrushes and [[PaperMaster books]].

* OnlySaneMan: Max.

* {{Keet}}: Ed. Just... just Ed.

* CheshireCatGrin:

* LittleMissSnarker

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: The "Super Max Speed-Changing Cool Technique", the soup can throw, and other things.

It stars a nervous young lad named Maxwell Puckett who just moved into a town called Mayview with his eccentric father and little sister Zoey. It soon turns out that the town is haunted by ghosts and other supernatural creatures, [[InvisibleToNormals which only a handful of people, Max included, can see]]. The comic derives a lot of humor from over the top facial expressions, [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome making mundane actions seem more awesome than they should be]], and the fact that almost everyone in Mayview is crazy in one way or another.

* AltText: Shows up on some pages, but not all.