History CrossesTheLineTwice / WebComics

** Really, a ''lot'' of the strip came off this way in the early years; SeinfeldIsUnfunny hit ''hard'' in the new millennium.
%%* A Softer World, all the time. For [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=247 example]].

** Not to mention Jason's musical about the crucifixion, ''"Nailed[[ExcitedShowTitle !]]"''

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* ''WebComic/VGCats'' ran a strip in which Aeris is being annoyed by Leo's tasteless jokes, so she goes back in time to abort him on the day he was conceived. The artist got a bit of backlash for this, so his next strip had Pantsman introduce a toe-tapping dance routine... ''the Fetal Five''. Consisting of ''four'' bloodied fetuses.
--> '''Pantsman''': Well that was good, but where's the fifth member?
--> * Next panel shows a cat with a bloodstained mouth.
--> '''Pantsman''': Bugsy!...
* Any given strip of ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'' crosses the line ''at least'' twice. [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=33#comic This one]] probably crosses the line about fifteen times.
** This one may have set the record for most line-crossing in a comic ever. And it did it in ONE PANEL. [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1685#comic]]
** The double punchline in [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=3231#comic this strip]] is a particularly good example.
* Xykon of ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''. What he did to the Sapphire Guard (drove them insane with a magical symbol inscribed on a superball, leading them to slaughter one another) crosses the line so many times that the end result is hilarious. The same goes for the various [[ColdBloodedTorture tortures]] he's inflicted on O-Chul.
-->'''Redcloak:''' And again when I found out about the Basilisk StaringContest.\\
'''Xykon:''' Technically, the paladin won that one.\\
'''Jirix:''' [[TakenForGranite He never blinked.]]
** That's tame compared to what Xykon does in "Start Of Darkness". Rich Burlew has stated that he wanted to make a villain that has no sympathy from his audience.
** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0755.html Comic 755.]] Where to start?
* This ''Creator/RoosterTeeth'' [[http://www.roosterteeth.com/media/viewItem.php?id=472 comic]] features this - draw your own conclusions on whether it crosses the line, or is telling people to start stepping back.
* [[http://www.shortpacked.com/comic/rape This]] ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'' strip. Anything with the words "rape therapy" in it, in fact.
** For that matter, pretty much everything [[http://www.walkypedia.com/index.php/Mike_Warner Mike]] does in ''Shortpacked!'', and most of what he does in ''Roomies!'' and ''It's Walky!'' too. [[http://www.itswalky.com/d/20010828.html This]] is a sterling example.
*** And speaking of Mike and this trope, [[http://shortpacked.com/comic/book-9/10-faz-gets-his-comeuppance/hatefuck/ this strip]] inspired Kumata's first post (look for, ironically, the [[InVinoVeritas drunk!Mike]] avatar) in [[http://www.blanklabelcomics.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=10808&start=0 this thread]], which eventually leads to Kumata's third post [[http://www.blanklabelcomics.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=10808&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=25 on the second page]].
* Pretty much anything involving Black Mage of ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'', like [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2004/11/27/8-bit-chronicles-3-of-3/ how his Hadoken spell works]].
** Not to mention his repeated orphaning and traumatizing of Onion Kid, and his repeat murders of his companions. Hell, he more or less defines it.

* ''Webcomic/{{Hellbound}}'' regularly Crosses The Line Twice, like in [[http://loneverse.com/hellbound/hellbound.php?date=2007-01-25 this strip]] for example.
* Randy Milholland of ''WebComic/SomethingPositive'' often goes here. When you start out like [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp12192001.shtml this]], you're only going to go [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp08312003.shtml further]] and soon you're writing [[http://www.superstupor.com/sust11262007.shtml strange super-powers]]. And that's without looking for the storyline where Kim [[BlackComedyRape rapes]] Davan ([[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp01282003.shtml Found here]]).
** An in-universe example also appears when Davan and Jason create the '[[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp03142003.shtml anti-play]]': A play that is ''intentionally'' written to be as offensive as humanly possible. Davan even lampshades the trope:
--->'''Davan:''' Y'know, Jason, there's a fine line between parody and basically wearing a sign that says, "please lynch me".\\
'''Jason:''' And it's our job to spread our posterior cheeks and empty our bowels upon that line - in a literary sense, of course. Now, we need a dance number. How's this for a song - "God Wants More Animal Testing"?
** Not to mention Jason's musical about the crucifixion, ''"Nailed[[ExcitedShowTitle !]]"''
* [[http://bukucomics.com/loserz/go/219 In this]] and the following ''Webcomic/{{Loserz}}'' strips, the line is crossed twice.
* In ''WebComic/SluggyFreelance'', much of the [[DemonicInvaders demonic rampage]] shown during "That Which Redeems" is played this way.
-->'''Sweral:''' You ''did'' kill and eat Reakk's cat.
-->'''Tryka:''' ''It looked like my mom!''
** [[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=041006 This]] strip is probably the best example, though. Demons invading Canada and eating a young boy alive? Horrific. The American news media digitally inserting "eh?" at the end of boy's screams so he sounds more Canadian? Hilarious.
** Really, a ''lot'' of the strip came off this way in the early years; SeinfeldIsUnfunny hit ''hard'' in the new millennium.

--->'''Axel:''' But really, is drowning a kid in tequila such a reprehensible crime?
--->'''Aerith:''' Yes.

* ''[[Webcomic/TheNonAdventuresOfWonderella Wonderella]]'''s home planet having blown up? Quasi-tragic. Finding out that it is actually still around? Heartwarming. Finding out that it's actually a hallucination caused by your mum so she can arrange a surprise party. Priceless.

* ''Webcomic/SexyLosers'' pretty much runs on a combination of this, {{Squick}}, {{N|otSafeForWork}}SFW, and FanDisservice.
* The undead, firewielding warlock Richard from ''Webcomic/LookingForGroup'', ''unlives'' this trope; See his [[IAmSong big musical number]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcbazH6aE2g "Slaughter Your World"]].
** In his first encounter with the allegiance conflicted elf Cale, he tries to make Cale realize and give in to the AlwaysChaoticEvil nature that his race are notorious for by defining evil as not "helping an aged dwarf woman across the road" but instead "shooting her in the face with arrows until it stops being funny".
** Shortly after Cale and Richard's initial meeting, they walk into a village that Richard apparently has visited once before. According to the guards, he burned down an orphanage during his last visit. According to Richard, that was an act of self-defence; the orphanage attacked him first.
** Burning the head off a gnome guard because he just denied you the authority to pass any further: Not very funny. Painting eyes and lips on your hand, placing it slightly above what remains of said Gnome's charred neck and making good use of your ventriloquism skills to have the gnome give you authority to pass, and apologize for his earlier rudeness, on the other hand...
** Or having his minions do a musical dance number when the group finds the bodies of allies. Then using the bones to make a throne.
*** And yet, despite all of this, he's become LawfulGood (sometimes ChaoticGood) Cale's best friend. Richard even killed a smurf and made Cale a wallet from its hide.
* ''Webcomic/{{Concession}}'': The casual, petty murders barely even blip anymore as far as webcomics are concerned... but then comes the sex with crossdressing ten-year-olds. And a girl is eventually introduced with a ''harem'' of them.
* ''[=Tomoyo42=]'s Room'': A story about [[Manga/CardcaptorSakura Sakura]] and Tomoyo. This has everything, from baseball practice with aborted fetuses to a girl taking her recently decapitated dog and squeezing it to squirt her friend with blood. It's heartwarming.
* ''Webcomic/VanVonHunter'' has [[http://www.vanvonhunter.com/vvh232.html this example.]]
* ''Webcomic/BlurTheLines'' features a comic where the protagonist Rick encounters a bitter ex-boyfriend who wants to get back at his girlfriend (who broke up with him because he "gave lousy oral") by getting multiple guys to masturbate into condoms and then dumping the sperm on her car. The line was crossed again by Rick when he suggests that the bitter ex give oral sex to the guys in the process to prove he can give good oral. [[http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=140 And it works.]]
* ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' does this at least every other week.
* Used in [[http://www.leasticoulddo.com/comic/20090129 this strip]] of [[Webcomic/LeastICouldDo LICD.]]
* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', the Trolls have a curious ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' game called [[http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004002 Fiduspawn.]] The details are yours to peruse, fair reader, but can be succinctly summarized as "FaceFullOfAlienWingWong on ''stuffed dolls''." And judging by its facial expressions the doll is ''quite'' alive during the process.
** Honestly, Homestuck does this ''all the time.'' There are very few horrible things that happen in there that Hussie doesn't also try (and, most of the time, succeed) getting you to laugh at as well. [[spoiler: Dream Jade dies? A few panels later we see her body, [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003872 already stuffed into a silly pose.]] Tavros dies? [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005200 Lands in funny position]], and later Terezi does an investigation on him, including [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005272 whacking him in the face repeatedly with the arse of a stuffed dragon.]] Feferi dies? [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005233 Lands on a pile of horns which HoNk.]] Kanaya dies? We get [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005249 Karkat's reaction.]]]]

** [[spoiler: You are now [[DiscOneFinalBoss Jack Noir.]] [[KickTheDog You have just murdered an innocent family]]. What will you do?]]
*** [[spoiler: Accessorize!]]

-->'''uu''': IT IS NOT AS TITILLATING AS I DESIRE
-->'''uu''': HAVE THE MALE EAT THE CHILD

*** And yet another one shortly afterwards when he spends four panels giving [[spoiler:Gamzee]] the bad news with a machine gun...while calming elevator music plays. And then makes sure to DoubleTap.

* ''Webcomic/ExploitationNow'', sweet gobs '''Exploitation Now'''! Prior to the [[CerebusSyndrome last storyline]], at least.
* ''Webcomic/ChannelAte''. About 90% of the comics are this.
* ''WebComic/CtrlAltDel'', [[http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20030505 here.]]
** Thanks to the {{Glurge}} status of "Loss", the internet [[MemeticMutation managed to turn it into this trope]], turning "Loss" from a MoodWhiplash comic meant to highlight the pain of a real-world miscarriage into essentially a secondcoming of the JustForFun/{{Rickroll}}, intending to [[SchmuckBait anger the audience]] with its "Gotcha!" effect.
* Fireman Comics from ''Website/SomethingAwful'' were the epitome of this. ([[http://web.archive.org/web/20080215014056/www.somethingawful.com/hosted/fireman-comics/archive.htm Archived here]])
** In one comic, a man approaches a fireman to lead his son's cub troop camping trip. The fireman agrees, then buries all the children alive and starts a forest fire. When the man comes back to the fire station concerned about his missing child, another fireman refuses to help unless the worried father helps him cheat on his taxes. He then goes back on his word and instead of helping, uses the fire truck to deliver his tax forms. The fireman also steals the poor man's wallet, then seduces his wife using flowers bought with the victim's own money.
* A Softer World, all the time. For [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=247 example]].
* The entire point of Webcomic/ElectricRetard. Killing small children and a giant angry naked Hitler are just the tip of the iceberg.
* It's subtle, but in one comic of ''Webcomic/GrrlPower,'' [[http://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/192 Sydney goes into a Thai diner, and orders something really spicy.]] Declaring it to be not spicy enough (to general astonishment) she goes and get some spicy sauce off the shelf. One of the sauces she grabs is called "Ring of Fire," with the caption "Guaranteed to make you feel like the prettiest boy in prison."
* In ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'', Dan [=McNinja=] manages to make ''terrorists hijacking a plane'' funny.
-->'''Dan:''' [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/23p42/ Oh, don't give me that look!]] We wouldn't have had to do this if you hadn't made such a big deal about the gorilla! Honestly, so rude.
* Most strips of ''ComicStrip/ThePerryBibleFellowship''
* ''WebComic/{{Precocious}}'': [[http://www.precociouscomic.com/archive/comic/2009/06/03 "Neglectful parent joke! Ha Ha! * writes angry letter* "]]
* ''Dirt Pony'': [[http://dirtpony.com/archives/77/ MACHOKE used POUND!]] (warning, very much NotSafeForWork or brain.)
* Given its subject matter, ''Webcomic/GenocideMan'''s moments of GallowsHumor tend to be this.
--> '''Girii:''' Are you seriously playing golf with ''children's skulls?!''
--> '''Jacob:''' Don't be silly. I'm just practicing my drives. It's not like I could putt with them, their little teeth would be [[http://www.genocideman.com/?p=130 hell on the green.]]
** Joey, being the hilariously SociopathicSoldier he is, is quite a source of moments like these. One of the best is during a flashback to a mission in India, where the team landed on a field [[http://www.genocideman.com/?p=650 full of sacred cows]]... and Joey decides the best thing he could do at that moment was ''[[http://www.genocideman.com/?p=652 punch the shit out of them]]''.
-->'''Jacob:''' ''[Speaking to his Indian supersoldier jailer]'' But boy, dinner that night was great. You ever eat so much brisket that you just start to sweat?
* "Webcomic/{{Bertstrips}}", and its non-Henson counterpart "Webcomic/{{Teleshits}}" are comics which consists of an out-of-context screenshot of ''Series/SesameStreet'' or any other Muppet production (in the case of the former), or a different children's program (in the case of the latter), that then features a caption that makes it seem like something decidedly not kid-friendly is happening, typically involving sex, crime, drug use, racism, or multiples thereof. Here are some examples:
** "[[http://imgur.com/mevBKaQ Elmo hates what Elmo is about to do, but Elmo has to feed Elmo's bloodlust]]", over a picture of Elmo standing in front of three kids while wearing a black beanie hat and a hoodie.
** "[[http://i.imgur.com/oooz8GU.png Taking on a job at the morgue, Ernie has finally found a way to do good in the world. If those girls die as virgins, they should at least not be buried as such]]", over a picture of Ernie wearing a doctor's uniform.
** "[[https://i.imgur.com/BPJycrh.jpg ICE Agent Ernie reminds his co-worker Bert that the illegal they just caught is like a pool ball. If Bert hits him enough, he'll speak English.]]", over a picture of Ernie speaking to Bert.
* ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'': In-universe, a popular [[CloningBodyParts body-part cloner]] boasts an operation speed five times greater than other brands, leading to [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2003-12-21 this]] name and advertising slogan:
-->Hand Me Down will give you a hand in the time it takes our competitors to [[FlippingTheBird give you the finger]].
* ''Webcomic/DarwinCarmichaelIsGoingToHell'' because he was neglectful while babysitting and his charge got ChildhoodBrainDamage? Not funny. Characters frequently use the r-word while talking about said brain damage? That's just offensive. The child was the newest reincarnation of the Dalai Lama, and use of said slur is always preceded by "I/you/he made the Dalai Lama..."? ''Now'' it's funny.
* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', the [[LaughablyEvil comically over-the-top]] thief [[http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=2388 concocts a plan]] to burn down an orphanage as a distraction while he robs an ATM, use the money to buy a shotgun and ammo, use ''that'' to rob the gun shop he buys it from, and then [[KickTheDog steal puppies]], but ''specifically puppies loved and owned by children'' to create a personal army of attack dogs.

** What Vriska decides to do to help the guy she crippled intentionally for a laugh. Why, [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004249 give him a house]] [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004250 entirely composed of stairs]], of course!
** [[spoiler: You are now [[BigBad Jack Noir.]] [[KickTheDog You have just murdered an innocent family]]. What will you do?]]

* ''WebComic/{{Oglaf}}'': "How to hide a body" features several "fun" techniques for hiding a dead body, so that's about what you'd expect. The first one is to have sex with someone while wearing a weird outfit, then leave the body in his bed in that same outfit so he'll think it was you who died.

* ''WebComic/{{Oglaf}}'': "How to Hide a Body" features several "fun" techniques for hiding a dead body, so that's about what you'd expect. The first one is to have sex with someone while wearing a weird outfit, then leave the body in his bed in that same outfit so he'll think it was you who died.

* [[http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=243 This]] ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'' strip. Anything with the words "rape therapy" in it, in fact.