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* ForgotToPayTheBill: One strip features Elvie installing various smart lightbulbs around the house that change different colors to tell her things like what the weather is going to be like, or to remind her when her favorite TV show is about to come on. When she's plunged into darkness and asked what it means when all the bulbs switch off she replies it means she's forgotten to pay the electricity bill.

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* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: {{Convers|ationalTroping}}ed: Martin says many open source games are remakes of other games with the protagonist replaced by Tux the penguin.
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* OneWordTitle: ProtagonistTitle
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* FreudianCouch: Elvie lies on a couch facing the ceiling in virtual reality therapy.
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* NewJobAsThePlotDemands: Elvie has worked in an office, hosted seminars, managed a school's database, sold merchandise, sold electronics, worked at a camp, been a photographer, and applied for a tech support job.


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** A recurring setting is the café "Orwell's", established 1984, a reference to Creator/GeorgeOrwell's Literature/NineteenEightyFour.
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''[[http://peppertop.com/elvie Elvie]]'' is a comic started in 2014. It was published in every issue of the monthly ''Linux Voice'' magazine, then in ''Linux (Pro) Magazine'' from issue #193. It focuses on tech, Linux, and current events.

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''[[http://peppertop.com/elvie Elvie]]'' is a comic started in 2014. It was published in every issue of the monthly ''Linux Voice'' magazine, then and is currently published in ''Linux (Pro) Magazine'' Magazine'', starting from issue #193. It focuses on tech, Linux, and current events.
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''[[http://peppertop.com/elvie Elvie]]'' is a comic started in 2014. It was published in every issue of the monthly ''Linux Voice'' magazine, then in ''Linux (Pro) Magazine'' from issue #193. It focuses on tech, Linux, and current events.
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!! ''Elvie'' contains examples of:
* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: {{Convers|ationalTroping}}ed: Martin says many open source games are remakes of other games with the protagonist replaced by Tux the penguin.
* PressHat: Elvie wears one when she conducts interviews.
* ProtagonistTitle: Elvie is the main character's name.
* ShoutOut:
** A stick figure has a son named "[=Robert'); DROP TABLE Students;--=]", just like in Webcomic/{{XKCD}}.
** Elvie remakes a Franchise/SuperMarioBros game, replacing Mario with the Linux mascot Tux.
** Elvie tries to sell a Series/DoctorWho scarf.
* SpecialEditionTitle:
** The title changes to ''Elfie'' when Elvie plays VideoGame/NetHack.
** The title changes to ''Elvis'' in a comic about Elvie's [=GitHub=] username.
** The title changes to ''Selfie'' when Elvie draws an SVG self-portrait.
* UnlimitedWardrobe: Elvie's outfit changes in nearly every comic, including her hair colour.
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