History EstablishingCharacterMoment / Webcomics

* ''{{Webcomic/Sire}}'': With a heavy EnsembleCast of characters based on literary classics the author likes to make each important character have a bold entrance. Susan, the Hyde-Child, is first seen ripping the head off of a doll to torture her Jekyll-Child sister. Riley, TheInvisibleMan pretends to be a ghost and scares the heck out of the main characters and Emile, the [[InspectorJavert Javert-Child]] punches a teenage woman in the chest for punching her sister.

* In ''Webcomic/YokokasQuest'', Copycat gets his after Mao defeats the [[MixAndMatchCritter snake-centipedes]] he was [[PetMonstrosity raising as pets]] when Copycat's rants to Fahrin make it clear that he does what he wants regardless of the safety of others, and he has no qualms against killing people... unless they're [[{{Bishonen}} pretty boys]], and Copycat [[VillainousCrush absolutely counts Mao as one]].

** In the first scene he appears in, Kore brutally and efficiently slaughters all the patrons of a tavern, showing off his incredible skill with {{Automatic Crossbow}}s and [[DualWielding twin]] [[AnAxeToGrind axes]]. When he finds the last of the tavern's patrons (a dwarf child who'd been orphaned and raised by an orc), he explains to the child that because of the child's upbringing, he has been corrupted and might grow up to have sympathies with the [[FantasticRacism 'Monstrous Races']]; therefore [[KnightTemplar the child represents the potential for greater evil in the world, and therefore Kore needs to kill him...]] [[WouldHurtAchild which he does.]]

* Mr. Mighty of ''Webcomic/EverydayHeroes'' starts out in typical LargeHam mode, giving us a typical monologue including his [[StockSuperpowers powers]], his [[TheCape personal philosophy]]...and his [[WeaksauceWeakness aversion to paperwork]].

* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'':
** In [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0013.html an early installment]], Belkar responds to being told of Roy's plans by stating that he was under the impression that they were simply there to "[[SociopathicHero wander around, kill some sentient creatures because they have green skin and fangs and we don't, and then take their stuff.]]" This is the first indication we get that the Belkster isn't going to be your standard, jolly halfling.
** An even more telling moment (well, for those who know ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' well enough to pick up the implications) comes [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0011.html two strips earlier]] when a goblin attempts to incapacitate Belkar with an Evil-aligned spell...and it ''doesn't affect him''.
** In the cast page, Roy gets his moment when he complains about how his lines fuel the DumbMuscle stereotype, only to say them begrudgingly when the other press him to (though not without pointing out he has [[GeniusBruiser an MBA]]).
** "[[MagicMusic Bluff, bluff, bluff,]] [[TooDumbToLive bluff the stupid ogre.]]" That one line tells you everything you need to know about [[TheDitz Elan]] [[QuirkyBard the bard]].
** Xykon has a few in the "Start of Darkness" origin comic. One is when a [[Comicbook/XMen Professor Xavier]] expy visits him and wants to teach Xykon how to use his sorcery powers to protect a world that hates and fears him; Xykon isn't interested and so electrocutes and zombifies the man and sics him and Xykon's zombie grandmother on his parents.
** Another moment comes when he reveals to Redcloak he knew in advance of Right-Eye's plan to betray Xykon and had protected himself against it. The reason he didn't stop Right-Eye was to see if Redcloak was loyal enough to kill his brother to protect Xykon; he then brings the moment home with an EvilerThanThou speech about how he doesn't need any sort of justification for being evil, destroying Redcloak's will to resist in the process.
** His first one is on the first page. Little boy Xykon is crying over his dead dog Barky, then a burst of magic causes the dog's corpse to zombify and eat a bird's brain. Lil' Xykon's reaction? "That was so COOL! C'mon, let's go find some more birds!"
** When [[spoiler: Elan's father,]] Tarquin shows up, he gives a long, eloquent explanation for recent events to Elan, and ends with [[spoiler: the line, "I am your father," as a ShoutOut to Franchise/StarWars]]. Then immediately enthusiastically yells "Oh MAN! I've always wanted to say that line!" Which establishes him as a very GenreSavvy character that exists to make the [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall fourth wall cry.]] Also, the moment Tarquin [[spoiler:tells a woman who rejected him earlier that he had her husband killed in battle before having her locked up so she'll be more amenable when he asks her to marry him later]] pretty much kills any idea that he's a NobleDemon type of villain.
** Yukyuk, Belkar's third EvilCounterpart in the Linear Guild, made his debut shooting Vaarsuvius in the back and then trying to kill [[TeamPet Mr. Scruffy]] [[KickTheDog when he got bored]].
* ''Webcomic/TheSanityCircus'':
** Early in the prologue, a boy throws a rock at Attley as she runs down the street. She marches up to him and demands he apologise, but when he doesn't she appears to let him go, putting her hand on his head and saying that it's a bit sad he hasn't grown out of it yet. As she does so, her pet spider Mrs. F crawls out of her sleeve and onto his head. One freak out later, Attley whips Mrs. F back, puts her in her hat, and coldly says 'Apology accepted'. She's not cruel, but she won't take being messed about.
** Sammy drops into a shop and asks about enlarging his stamp collection. The shopkeeper tells him to wait while he makes a phone call. Sammy responds by throwing the shopkeeper into a shelf and, with a smile on his face, [[EmotionEater feeds on his fear]].
* In ''WebComic/TheSearchForHenryJekyll'', Hyde is quickly established as a monster when he accepts Molly's hug... and impales her with a sword cane.

** Sara's wipeout of the Gewehr thugs in the windmill leaves very little doubt that we are talking here about not only a badass, but an emotionless one with ninja skills (and how).
** Even the bad guys get a taste of this, as in his first appearance, Ian practices for his eventual role as a [[spoiler:Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]] by being a {{Woobie}}, destroyer of a library.

** Trudy is initially smiling through her entire interview, but when Dwayne is away, and Ki says that she feels like she shook hands with the devil, Trudy tells her that she has that effect on "inferior life forms". Soon afterward, Trudy is shown [[KickTheDog kicking a dog]], and gives Nick a greeting card, a nice deed for no apparent benefit that hints at her interest in him.

* The Wulfenbachs in ''Webcomic/GirlGenius''. The baron is menaced by someone with a giant robot. What does he do? ''Leave his son handle it as an exercise''. Said son gives a complete exposition of the situation, direct troops to suppress the danger… Then when a bomb is thrown in his direction, he send it back while protecting both the young assistant (our heroine, actually) [[PetTheDog and the goldfish]].

** Dellyn is properly introduced to the audience when he interrogates Fumbles. During this scene he displays both his FantasticRacism and his [[TortureTechnician knowledge of, and sadistic appreciation for torture]].

** Vriska is introduced by mindcontrolling a guy into jumping off a cliff.

* ''{{Webcomic/Sire}}'': With a heavy EnsembleCast of characters based off of literary classics the author likes to make each important character have a bold entrance. Susan, the Hyde-Child, is first seen ripping the head off of a doll to torture her Jekyll-Child sister. Riley, TheInvisibleMan pretends to be a ghost and scares the heck out of the main characters and Emile, the [[InspectorJavert Javert-Child]] punches a teenage woman in the chest for punching her sister.
* ''Webcomic/SkinHorse'': In the first strip after the prologue, an unarmed Tip Wilkins is facing down an intelligent, deranged, genetically-augmented lion. While wearing a girl's sweater and a skirt. He points out it's a Roberta Frost, because his crossdressing is that important to him. Even when he's on the clock.

** An even more telling moment (well, for those who know ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' well enough to pick up the implications) comes [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0011.html two strips earlier]], when a goblin attempts to incapacitate Belkar with an Evil-aligned spell...and it ''doesn't affect him''.
** In the cast page, Roy gets his moment when he complains about how his lines fuel the DumbMuscle sterotype, only to say them begrudgingly when the other press him to (though not without pointing out he has [[GeniusBruiser an MBA]]).

** Another moment comes when he reveals to Redcloak he knew in advance of Right-Eye's plan to betray Xykon, and had protected himself against it. The reason he didn't stop Right-Eye was to see if Redcloak was loyal enough to kill his brother to protect Xykon; he then brings the moment home with an EvilerThanThou speech about how he doesn't need any sort of justification for being evil, destroying Redcloak's will to resist in the process.

** Early in the prologue, a boy throws a rock at Attley as she runs down the street. She marches up to him and demands he apologise, but when he doesn't she appears to let him go, putting her hand on his head and saying that it's a bit sad he hasn't grown out of it yet. As she does so, her pet spider Mrs. F crawls out of her sleeve and onto his head. One freak out later, Attley whips Mrs. F back, puts her in her hat and coldly say 'Apology accepted'. She's not cruel, but she won't take being messed about.

* Gabry's first appearance in ''Webcomic/ThisIsTheWorstIdeaYouveEverHad'' has him asking a total stranger if she's okay after he sees her date pushing her and talking down to her. Funnily enough, this wildly contrasts with his first appearance in ''Webcomic/CuantaVida'', in which he ambushes Blue Spy when having a shower. His establishing character moment is a few pages later, when he claims that he was just "testing his reaction", before elaborating on his relationship with the Blue Sniper in very explicit detail.

* In ''Webcomic/YokokasQuest'', Copycat gets his after Mao defeats the [[MixAndMatchCritter snake-centipedes]] he was [[PetMonstrosity raising as pets]], when Copycat's rants to Fahrin make it clear that he does what he wants regardless of the safety of others, and he has no qualms against killing people... unless they're [[{{Bishonen}} pretty boys]], and Copycat [[VillainousCrush absolutely counts Mao as one]].

* ''Webcomic/Giderah'' [[http://www.deviantart.com/art/Giderah-Issue-1-page-9-and-10-80178951 establishes]] the titular character's [[BadBoss morality]] in two lines.

* ''[[{{Webcomic/Morphe}} morphE]]'' introduces Billy Thatcher by having him angrily rant about the other character's stupidity in a dangerous situation and how he would handle the situation better. This is before any of the character sprites have even shown up and sets a precedent for his perceived mental superiority and controlling nature.

* ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' has one for TortureTechnician [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20080120.html Colonel DeHaans.]]

** Dustin is introduced by brandishing a shotgun at Nogg and threatening to turn him over to the government. This establishes that he's annoyingly loud and xenophobic, foreshadows his dangerously uncritical trust in "the government", and quickly reveals [[TheCallGotAWrongNumber that they got him mixed up with his more suitable identical twin brother]].

** When [[spoiler: Elan's father, Tarquin]] shows up, he gives a long, eloquent explanation for recent events to Elan, and ends with [[spoiler: the line, "I am your father," as a ShoutOut to Franchise/StarWars]]. Then immediately enthusiastically yells "Oh MAN! I've always wanted to say that line!" Which establishes him as a very GenreSavvy character that exists to make the [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall fourth wall cry.]]
*** The moment Tarquin [[spoiler:tells a woman who rejected him earlier that he had her husband killed in battle before having her locked up so she'll be more amenable when he asks her to marry him later]] pretty much kills any idea that he's a NobleDemon type of villain.

* Gabry's first appearance in ''Webcomic/ThisIsTheWorstIdeaYouveEverHad'' has him asking a total stranger if she's okay after he sees her date pushing her and talking down to her.
** Funnily enough, this wildly contrasts with his first appearance in ''Webcomic/CuantaVida'', in which he ambushes Blue Spy when having a shower. His establishing character moment is a few pages later, when he claims that he was just "testing his reaction", before elaborating on his relationship with the Blue Sniper in very explicit detail.

* In ''Webcomic/YokokasQuest'', Copycat gets his after Mao defeats the [[MixAndMatchCritter snake-centipedes]] he was [[PetMonstrosity raising as pets]], when Copycat's rants to Fahrin make it clear that he does what he wants regardless of the safety of others, and he has no qualms against killing people... unless they're [[{{Bishonen}} pretty boys]], and Copycat [[VillainousCrush absolutely counts Mao as one]].

* In ''Webcomic/YokokasQuest'', Copycat gets his after Mao defeats the [[MixAndMatchCritter snake-centipedes]] he was [[PetMonstrosity raising as pets]], when Copycat's rants to Fahrin make it clear that he does what he wants regardless of the safety of others, and he has no qualms against killing people... unless they're pretty boys, and Copycat [[VillainousCrush absolutely counts Mao as one]].

* In ‘’Webcomic/SuicideNoun’’, The first thing we see Ethan do is kill himself.

* ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'' did this with ''almost everybody''. Especially Thief, Red Mage, Garland, Vilbert...