History WesternAnimation / RubyGloom

** In one skit, Frank and Len were doing guitar riffs corresponding to different careers, but choked when they got to 'guitar player'.

* AnOddPlaceToSleep: Misery's bed of nails.

* TheChewToy: Misery

* music stops abruptly*\\
'''Poe''': "Erm....bottom."

** Also, that comment about Misery's family having a high lead content in their blood? [[spoiler: It's the reason they're able to return from outer space in the episode Out Of This World.]]

** WordOfGod is Ruby is an adult.

''Ruby Gloom'' (2006-2008) is a Canadian [[WesternAnimation Animated Show]] originally created as a tie-in with a line of stationery. Despite the melancholy feel of said stationery, the show is fairly upbeat; in fact, it's a prime example of the {{Perky Goth}} mentality.

* AbsenteeActor:

** Misery is always hit by lightning, only to say "ouch" and come back ten seconds later in best shape.

* AnOddPlaceToSleep: Misery's bed of nails.

* BollywoodNerd: Scaredy has the right accent, and he's actually rather smart. So he is possibly a rare non-human example of this trope.

* CheerfulChild: The triplets Myopic, Malice and Misbegotten from "I'll Be Home for Misery", which is odd considering they come from a family of [[TheEeyore Eeyores]].

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The first episode gives introductory scenes to most of the cast. The best one may be Misery's, where a few sentences into an already gloomy conversation, she puts the always-optimistic Ruby at a temporary loss for words by describing her own genetic predisposition toward being struck by lightning.

* FiveManBand:

* [[ImOkay I'm Good]]: Iris says this all the time whenever her boundless energy and recklessness gets the better of her. Also, yet again, Misery's deadpan "Ow"s whenever something happens to her.

** Ruby becomes one of these in "Hair(less) the Musical" after soaking up enough of his lingo to replicate it... somewhat.

* LivingToys: Mr. Buns is a strange example. The other characters treat him as if he's alive, and he seems to do things when he's not on-screen... but whenever he's on-screen, he's just a lifeless sock-bunny. In the most extreme case, he's fencing with Poe from just off-screen, only for the sword to drop the moment he's visible in the frame.

* MeaningfulName: Misery is generally [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin not the perkiest girl in the world.]]
* MickeyMousing: Uses this up to a point, but it is particularly notable for the character Doom Kitty, whose every movement and action is punctuated by an appropriate violin chord. It's adorable.

* OneWePreparedEarlier

* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Scaredy Bat and Boo Boo.

* ShoutOut: Ravens named [[EdgarAllanPoe Edgar, Allan and Poe]] and Misery's family, [[{{Sandman}} a family of]] {{Anthropomorphic Personification}}s [[{{Sandman}} of abstract concepts that all begin with the same letter.]]

* SpoofAesop: From "Shaken not Scared": Pranking is bad, but haunting is okay.

* music stops abruptly*\\
'''Poe''': "Erm....bottom."

* TheChewToy: Misery
* TheMillenniumAgeOfAnimation
* TheWikiRule

** Misery: The last time I was surprised, that pack of wolves was ruthless...

* VagueAge: Pretty much everyone. Ruby is six years old and Iris may be the same age, If not older, and Boo Boo is also a kid. Skull Boy, Misery, Frank and Len are all obviousy teenagers. Scaredy Bat is also an adult, despite his cowardice. Poe is the oldest. Mr. Buns and Venus are both the youngest since they were both created. It is unclear how old Doom Kitty is.

** KidAppealCharacter/ActionGirl: Iris
** [[TheBigGuy The Big Guys]]: Frank and Len

* AlliterativeFamily: Misery's family.

** Inverted in one episode, where Misery isn't hurt at all—the other characters are getting hurt instead

* BollywoodNerd: Scaredy has the right accent, and he's is actually rather smart. So he is possibly a rare non-human example of this trope.
* BrickJoke: The punchline of "Missing Buns"
** Also, that comment about Misery's family having a high iron content in their blood? [[spoiler: It's the reason they're able to return from outer space in the episode Out Of This World.]]
* ButtMonkey: Misery, and her Bad Luck.

* {{Calvinball}}: The quiz show in "Lucky Me"
* {{Captain Ersatz}}: In an inversion, a lot of people consider Ruby the polar opposite of [[TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy Mandy]].

** UpToEleven in "Hair(less) The Musical, there's a whole musical number dedicated to this catchphrase and it's repeated several times. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Xp6l7TK8rE

* CompanionCube: Mr. Buns
* CoolPet: Doom Kitty

* DemBones: Skullboy, and the Skele-tunes

* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: Skull Boy
* TheDitz: Frank and Len
* DoomyDoomsOfDoom: Doom Kitty

* TheEeyore: Misery
* ElegantGothicLolita: Misery, including her friends Ruby and Iris.
* EscalatingPunchline: Skull Boy, when describing his lucky charm in "Lucky Me"

** {{Kid Appeal Character}}/ActionGirl: Iris

* GenkiGirl: Iris

** Ruby becomes one of these in Hair(less) the Musical after soaking up enough of his lingo to replicate it... somewhat.

* LightIsNotGood: In an episode when Misery goes away the dark clouds covering the sky of their home place instantly disappear; while the main characters are delighted at first then sun's increases the temperature drastically and everyone tries to get Misery home.

** It is available in the US off of netflix's streaming service so perhaps they simply do not see a large enough rating potential for a TV slot.

* RavensAndCrows Called [[EdgarAllanPoe Edgar]], [[ShoutOut Allan]] and [[NeverHeardThatOneBefore Poe]] respectively. Partially justified when they are revealed to be descended from Paco the pet bird of Poe Himself.

** [[DemBones A skeleton man]] and [[LivingToy a living doll]] pairing? [[TheNightmareBeforeChristmas Does this remind you of anything?]]

** Len had a both literal and figurative ShoutOut when he quoted [[TheBeatles Ringo Starr]]: "I GOT BLISTERS ON MY FINGERS!!"
** [[TheTwilightZone The Sunlight Sphere]].
** [[HitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy The Layabout's Guide to the Universe]] in ''Gloommates''
** In ''Skullboys Don't Cry'': "First rule of Fright Club is '[[FightClub We don't talk about Fright Club]]'."

* SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion: A really {{Anvilicious}} one in one of the pre-show shorts called "Whilst," where Poe dreams he's slam poet. One part of his poem goes:

* SuddenlyVoiced: Venus, as of "Venus de Gloomsville"
* ThreeShorts: Actually uses an unusual format, where one full-length episode is framed by two super-short segments

* TheWikiRule:

* WatchOutForThatTree: Edgar & Allen in "Poe-ranoia."

-->'''AHH!''' I mean... ''Ahh...'' '''IT'S STILL BROKEN!'''

--->'''All:''' Oh.

* TheNoseless: Ruby is this when not in profile.

* BigWhy: Morose from "I'll Be Home for Misery" cries this at pretty much anything.