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'''''[[http://www.funbrain.com/comics/comic_brewsterrockit.html Brewster Rockit: Space Guy!]]''''' is a newspaper comic by Tim Rickard. It chronicles the crazy antics of the crew of the space station [[PunnyName R.U. Sirius]], led by {{Cloudcuckoolander}} Captain Brewster Rockit.

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'''''[[http://www.''[[http://www.funbrain.com/comics/comic_brewsterrockit.html Brewster Rockit: Space Guy!]]''''' Guy!]]'' is a newspaper comic by Tim Rickard. It chronicles the crazy antics of the crew of the space station [[PunnyName R.U. Sirius]], led by {{Cloudcuckoolander}} Captain Brewster Rockit.
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* CaptainSpaceDefenderOfEarth: The title character.
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* ProfessionalSlacker: Cliff, who spends most of his time watching T.V. and has a proclivity for minor acts of theft.


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* ScareEmStraight: Brewster hires Convict-Bot to do this to "wayward aliens", but he ends up at Marie's birthday party instead. He teaches them how to make a shiv and not to trust "the man".


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* ToServeMan: Kenny gets a rideshare with an alien and finds a book with the trope name in the very hungry-looking alien's ship.
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* OwMyBodyPart: See {{Catchphrase}} above.
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* MultipleHeadCase: Hadron and Lepton fight each other in the dumbest ways for the dumbest reasons.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: The pizza deliverers turn out to be stormtroopers. They take over the cargo bay, take prisoners, and (to Brewster's greatest consternation) deliver only anchovy pizzas.
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* UranusIsShowing: Comes up pretty much whenever the [[FailOSuckyname unfortunately named]] O-Dor of Uranus appears. Certain members of the R.U. Sirius [[HehHehYouSaidX still haven't gotten over it]].

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* UranusIsShowing: Comes up pretty much whenever the [[FailOSuckyname unfortunately named]] named O-Dor of Uranus appears. Certain members of the R.U. Sirius [[HehHehYouSaidX still haven't gotten over it]].
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* PingPongNaivete: Brewster is shown to be somewhat competent in his job in some strips and downright idiotic in other strips. This is explained by Pam as being one too many alien abductions, which "swiss-cheesed" his brain, meaning he can be an intellectual leader at one time and a total moron at other times.

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* PingPongNaivete: Brewster is shown to be somewhat competent in his job in some strips and downright idiotic in other strips. This is explained by Pam as being caused by one too many alien abductions, which "swiss-cheesed" his brain, meaning he can be an intellectual leader at one time and a total moron at other times.
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* PingPongNaivete: Brewster is shown to be somewhat competent in his job in some strips and downright idiotic in other strips. This is explained by Pam as being one too many alien abductions, which "swiss-cheesed" his brain, meaning he can be an intellectual leader at one time and a total moron at other times.
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* CargoShip: Cliff dates Sari, his phone's personal assistant app.

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* CargoShip: [[invoked]] Cliff dates Sari, his phone's personal assistant app.
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* CargoShip: Cliff dates Sari, his phone's personal assistant app.


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* DoesHeHaveABrother: Spoken by Pam of a flattering male-voiced smartphone app.
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* WorryingForTheWrongReason: Recurring joke. "[Planet Name Here]... Isn't that the planet with the giant poisonous snakes?" "Good heavens, no. Those were all wiped out by the giant poisonous tarantulas."
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* CostumedNonsuperHero: Meet the Superior Four! Irritable Belle (Pam), Empathy Lad (Winky), Captain Hindsight (Cliff), and Short-Attention Span Avenger (Brewster). They wear costumes and claim to have powers, but they merely act their normal ways. Need a hero? Irritable Belle will yell at you, Empathy Lad will feel bad for you, Captain Hindsight will give you a useless hint, and Short-Attention Span Avenger will forget you.


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* NonPoweredCostumedHero: Meet the Superior Four! Irritable Belle (Pam), Empathy Lad (Winky), Captain Hindsight (Cliff), and Short-Attention Span Avenger (Brewster). They wear costumes and claim to have powers, but they merely act their normal ways. Need a hero? Irritable Belle will yell at you, Empathy Lad will feel bad for you, Captain Hindsight will give you a useless hint, and Short-Attention Span Avenger will forget you.

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* BroughtDownToNormal: Parodied [[http://www.gocomics.com/brewsterrockit/2013/05/06 May 6, 2013]], when the Superior Four lose their superpowers.
--> '''Irritable Belle (Pam):''' I'm not angry about this.\\
'''Empathy Lad (Winky):''' I don't feel bad for you!\\
'''Captain Hindsight (Cliff):''' I really saw this coming!\\
'''Short-Attention Span Avenger (Brewster):''' I was actually paying attention!



* CostumedNonsuperHero: Meet the Superior Four! Irritable Belle (Pam), Empathy Lad (Winky), Captain Hindsight (Cliff), and Short-Attention Span Avenger (Brewster). They wear costumes and claim to have powers, but they merely act their normal ways. Need a hero? Irritable Belle will yell at you, Empathy Lad will feel bad for you, Captain Hindsight will give you a useless hint, and Short-Attention Span Avenger will forget you.



* DarthVaderClone: Dirk Raider is a take off of [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]], though the man himself shows up now and again. Dirk Raider has his own stormtroopers and a giant sphere, the [[http://www.gocomics.com/brewsterrockit/2012/12/10 Death Moon]] (that's no moon). \\
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Not only is he similar in appearance to Darth Vader (although his helmet is more similar to Boba Fett), he even has a similar backstory to Vader's StartOfDarkness in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''. A notable difference, however, is that Dirk Raider's more of a CardCarryingVillain instead of a complex character.

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* DarthVaderClone: Dirk Raider is a take off of [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]], though the man himself shows up now and again. Dirk Raider has his own stormtroopers and a giant sphere, the [[http://www.gocomics.com/brewsterrockit/2012/12/10 Death Moon]] (that's no moon). \\
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Not only is he similar in appearance to Darth Vader (although his helmet is more similar to Boba Fett), he even has a similar backstory to Vader's StartOfDarkness in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''. A notable difference, however, is that Dirk Raider's more of a CardCarryingVillain instead of a complex character.
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* BangFlagGun: Because of gun control laws, the Death Moon [[http://www.gocomics.com/brewsterrockit/2013/02/20 tries to destroy planet Alderaan]] with a bang flag.

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* DarthVaderClone: Dirk Raider is a take off of [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]], though the man himself shows up now and again. Dirk Raider has his own stormtroopers and a giant sphere, the [[http://www.gocomics.com/brewsterrockit/2012/12/10 Death Moon]] (that's no moon). \\
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Not only is he similar in appearance to Darth Vader (although his helmet is more similar to Boba Fett), he even has a similar backstory to Vader's StartOfDarkness in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''. A notable difference, however, is that Dirk Raider's more of a CardCarryingVillain instead of a complex character.



* {{Expy}}: Dirk Raider is a take off of [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]], though the man himself shows up now and again.

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'''''Brewster Rockit: Space Guy!''''' is a newspaper comic by Tim Rickard. It chronicles the crazy antics of the crew of the space station [[PunnyName R.U. Sirius]], led by {{Cloudcuckoolander}} Captain Brewster Rockit.

[[http://www.funbrain.com/comics/comic_brewsterrockit.html It can be read here.]]

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'''''Brewster '''''[[http://www.funbrain.com/comics/comic_brewsterrockit.html Brewster Rockit: Space Guy!''''' Guy!]]''''' is a newspaper comic by Tim Rickard. It chronicles the crazy antics of the crew of the space station [[PunnyName R.U. Sirius]], led by {{Cloudcuckoolander}} Captain Brewster Rockit.

[[http://www.funbrain.com/comics/comic_brewsterrockit.html It can be read here.]]
Rockit.
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* DumbIsGood: Maybe not in general, but Brewster reportedly was a much less likable {{Narcissist}} before his brain damage.
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* EarthAllAlong: Done twice, once in a Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes storyline and another when Brewster crashed in an Earth Wal-Mart and thought he was on another planet.


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* MeetYourEarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Whenever the crew travels into the station's past, the characters are drawn as they were back then.

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* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Winky.



* FlashEffects: Things get all wavy when someone reminisces.

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* FlashEffects: FlashbackEffects: Things get all wavy when someone reminisces.



* RedShirt: [[TheyKilledKenny Ensign Kenny]]!

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* RedShirt: [[TheyKilledKenny [[TheyKilledKennyAgain Ensign Kenny]]!


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* StrappedToAnOperatingTable: The standard alien abduction restraining method.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Brewster loves his ham.

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* AliensSpeakingEnglish: Lampshaded at least once.



* {{Expy}}: Dirk Raider is a take off of [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]], though the man himself shows up now and again.



* FlashEffects: Things get all wavy when someone reminisces.



* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Brewster (I think) once had a dream where he and other newspaper comics were being threatened by [[RippedFromTheHeadlines a dangerous ink spill]].

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* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Agent X's amnesia spray. He even uses it once on [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou the audience.]]
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Brewster (I think) once had a dream where he and other newspaper comics were being threatened by [[RippedFromTheHeadlines a dangerous ink spill]].



* TooDumbToLive: Multiple characters.



* ShoutOut: Numerous ScienceFiction references. Dozens of Franchise/StarTrek {{Shout Out}}s.

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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut[=/=]TheCameo: Numerous ScienceFiction references. Dozens of Franchise/StarTrek {{Shout Out}}s.


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* TooDumbToLive: Multiple characters.
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* APlanetNamedZok: Zorgo, the home planet of the Zorgons.
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* PaperThinDisguise: Brewster's Groucho glasses. To make matters worse, his LineOfSightName is [[http://www.gocomics.com/brewsterrockit/2012/09/25 "door."]]


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* ZombieApocalypse: The presumable origin of the Zombie Planet.

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* AttentionDeficitOohShiny
* AwesomeMcCoolName: Tim Rickard, the name sounds like [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Picard]]
* BigBad: Dirk Raider

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* AttentionDeficitOohShiny
AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Brewster, principally.
* AwesomeMcCoolName: Tim Rickard, the name Rickard sounds like [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Picard]]
Picard]].
* BigBad: Dirk RaiderRaider.



* CatchPhrase: "Aaah! My Spleen!"
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Brewster

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* CatchPhrase: "Aaah! My Spleen!"
spleen!"
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: BrewsterBrewster.



* DeadTVRemoteGag: Ended in a StableTimeLoop
* FatBastard: Cliff Clewless

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* CrushKillDestroy: Killbot's campaign slogan.
* DeadTVRemoteGag: Ended in a StableTimeLoop
StableTimeLoop.
* FatBastard: Cliff ClewlessClewless.



* HypercompetentSidekick: Pam
* IdiotHero: Brewster
* IceCreamKoan: Toada

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* HypercompetentSidekick: Pam
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* IdiotHero: Brewster
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* IceCreamKoan: ToadaToada.



* TheMenInBlack: Agent X
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: ''Dr.'' Mel has one. Doubles as a MadScientist

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* TheMenInBlack: Agent X
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* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: ''Dr.'' Mel has one. Doubles as a MadScientistMadScientist.



* OnlySaneEmployee: '''Pam'''

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* OnlySaneEmployee: '''Pam''''''Pam'''.



* PunnyName: Just about everyone who doesn't have a MeaningfulName. Pamela Mae Snap, Dr. Mel Practice, Cliff Clewless, etc
* TooDumbToLive
* RedShirt: [[TheyKilledKenny Ensign Kenny]]
* RightHandCat: In several comics you see Dr. Mel with a cat.
* ShoutOut: Numberous Science Fiction References. Dozens of Franchise/StarTrek shout outs.
* ShownTheirWork: Sunday strips will often focus on Dr. Mel a lecture on the planets and stars, often ending in a GeniusBonus joke. Not surprising since Tim Rickard is a MENSA member.

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* PunnyName: Just about everyone who doesn't have a MeaningfulName. Pamela Mae Snap, Dr. Mel Practice, Cliff Clewless, etc
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* TooDumbToLive
TooDumbToLive: Multiple characters.
* RedShirt: [[TheyKilledKenny Ensign Kenny]]
Kenny]]!
* RightHandCat: In several comics you see strips, Dr. Mel with has a cat.
* ShoutOut: Numberous Science Fiction References. Numerous ScienceFiction references. Dozens of Franchise/StarTrek shout outs.
{{Shout Out}}s.
* ShownTheirWork: Sunday strips will often focus on Dr. Mel a lecture on the planets and stars, often ending in a GeniusBonus joke. Not surprising surprising, since Tim Rickard is a MENSA member.
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* AppliedPhlebotinum / MisappliedPhlebotinum / JustThinkOfThePotential: Benevolent aliens decide to give humans [[PowerSource an unlimited]] [[PureEnergy energy source]]. Dr. Mel's first thought is how to [[HumansAreBastards weaponize it.]]

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* AppliedPhlebotinum / MisappliedPhlebotinum / JustThinkOfThePotential: Benevolent aliens decide to give humans [[PowerSource an unlimited]] [[PureEnergy energy source]]. Dr. Mel's first thought is how to [[HumansAreBastards [[HumansKillWantonly weaponize it.]]
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* AwesomeMcCoolName: Tim Rickard, the name sounds like [[StarTrekTheNextGeneration Picard]]

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* AwesomeMcCoolName: Tim Rickard, the name sounds like [[StarTrekTheNextGeneration [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Picard]]



* ShoutOut: Numberous Science Fiction References. Dozens of StarTrek shout outs.

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* {{MIB}}: Agent X

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* {{MIB}}: TheMenInBlack: Agent X
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* UranusIsShowing: Comes up pretty much whenever the [[FailOSuckyname unfortunately named]] O-Dor of Uranus appears. Certain members of the R.U. Sirius [[HehHehYouSaidX still haven't gotten over it]].

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