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The show is set in an [[Alternate Universe]] version of [[New York City]] where all supernatural creatures exist and have integrated with humanity. Mark Lilly is a new employee at New York's Department of Integration (the "Token Bleeding Heart"), whose job is to help immigrants fit in with American society as well as help monsters fit in human society in general. Unfortunately for Mark, his co-worker Leonard is a drunk wizard, his demonic boss Twayne couldn't care less, and he is at odds with the head of the law enforcement division Frank, who would rather see them all deported. Rounding out the cast is Mark's other succubus boss Callie, who he is having a sorta relationship with, and Mark's lazy zombie roommate Randall.

 

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* [[Aerith and Bob]]: Great Brain's fiancée is named Dolores.

* [[Alternate History]]: It seems there was a "zombie civil war" in the 60s instead of all that Vietnam business.

** [[Gangs of New York|Bill the Butcher]] was a vampire, who currently runs a pizza parlor.

** A single line from "Treegasm" solidified Randall's status - "[[Noodle Incident|...and that's how my crabs got chlamydia.]] Oh, and recently my dick fell off. I don't know how I forgot ''that'' little chestnut!" Cue the Treeture deciding he wants to be monogamous after all.

** However, Randall has ''nothing'' on (the late) Councilman Sammy Fitzpatrick, who groped Twayne openly, and got a dolphin-woman pregnant with his love child.

* [[The Antichrist]]/[[Anti-Anti-Christ]]: Callie is implied to be this, as her father is '''the''' (current) Devil and she is the catalyst for [[The End of the World as We Know It|the end of days]]. However, she seems somewhat ambivalent and unsure about the whole thing.

** Played with as it's later revealed while father ''is'' a powerful demon he in the not in charge nor was his family in charge. Currently hell is ruled by a group of Japanese businessmen.

* [[Bedsheet Ghost]]: Walking a bed sheet dog.

* [[Berserk Button]]: "SHARK WEEK IS A NATIONAL TREASURE!"

** And Mark now has an egg fixation - to the point that he gets a monthly magazine about them.

** Do not mention that you enjoyed the series finale of ''[[Show Within a Show|Dishonorably Discharged]]'' within earshot of Grimes.

* [[Bleep, Dammit!]]: Played straight and subverted in the same line in "Trolling for Terror", where it's explained that good reality TV has the three Fs: "fighting, f[bleep]," and the mysterious "fi[bleep]". Another non-humorous example in the same episode is Leonard referring to h[bleep]jobs.

** He said [[Interplay of Sex and Violence|fight-[bleep]]]

** Twyane is also revealed to be a blonde when Leonard {{spoiler|made an anti age cream from a Randall/plant hybrid}}, though his evilness is up for debate.

* [[Body Horror]] - Randall on a regular basis, though being a zombie,it's not that big a deal.

* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]

** Homosexuality: In "Blob Gets Job", Randall's dad is a gun nut with a hatred of zombies. Mark unwittingly "outs" Randall to his parents, but much fun is had by all when his dad realizes he can use him for target practice (and Randall doesn't mind as long as he doesn't get shot in the head).

'''Randall:''' Wait, [[Mistaken for Gay|who's gay!?]] }}

** The Holocaust: "So, You Want to Be a Vampire?" draws parallels between Jews and vampires, who are more disliked for "controlling all the blood banks" than for sucking blood. The vamps are still recovering from a tragedy in the 40s when they were nearly wiped out by [[Van Helsing Hate Crime|Van Helsing]] (who wrote an autobiography entitled "Mein Vampf"). Vampires even have [[Anvilicious|Jewish-style weddings]].

* [[Joisey]]: Randall's birthplace, which is full of "Townie" (ie Romero-style) Zombies.

* [[Just for Pun]]: Manbirds engage in cockfighting in the most literal sense imaginable.

* [[Like Parent, Like Spouse]]: When Callie is temporarily enamored with Twayne in "Kong of Queens", Twayne rips off a chauffeur's arms in anger. Callie is visibly turned on and mentions that her dad ripped off limbs the same way. Callie makes her "daddy complex" explicit in "Soulsucker."

* [[Looks Like Orlok]]: In "So, You Want to Be a Vampire?", Blake's father is obviously intended as an [[Expy]] of Orlok.

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