History FanFic / TheFoolOnMelancholyHill

In its most basic sense, this is an OC story, chronicling an original character's stay with the {{Music/Gorillaz}} and the events therein, with much emphasis on the amount of {{UST}} between band members Murdoc Niccals and Stuart '2D' Pot. Murdoc and his [[BlatantLies extremely cooperative]] cyborg companion head out to kidnap one Pretty Rita after hearing her sing on the radio, [[ItMakesSenseInContext supposedly as an act of revenge on the drummer who disobeyed Murdoc by side-stepping his orders not to play 'Feel Good Inc' on the radio by playing it in reverse]]. After a brief altercation at her house with her LadyDrunk of a mother, Rita is transported to Plastic Beach. HilarityEnsues.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Pretty Rita is never said to be wearing shoes - whenever her feet are mentioned, they're always bare.
** 2D is barefoot an awful lot, but this appears to just be in the interest of seductiveness, as his shoes are mentioned multiple times, but whenever he's in {{Fanservice}} mode, he's always barefoot.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Implied to be what Murdoc means by going to his bedroom to "think things over" at the end of Chapter 7.

A fanfic started on June 8, 2010, by a [=FanFiction.net=] user known only as [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2392440/TheUglyOne TheUglyOne]] as an homage to ''WebAnimation/TeenGirlSquad''. The Ugly One, or 'Uggs', has pointedly not given his/her gender, sexuality or real age, but general consensus is that [[MostFanficWritersAreGirls the author is female]], so, for simplicity's sake, that's how we'll refer to her on this page.

* AmbiguousGender: The author, though sometimes her speech kind of gives her away as female.

* AuthorAppeal: Not ''directly'' stated, but given the [[{{Bishonen}} quite nice]] descriptions of 2D, it's pretty obvious that Uggs has at least a bit of a fetish for him.

* ThereAreNoTherapists: Apparently Wooder Mills has never seen a therapist, social worker, etc.
** A bit of a JustifiedTrope, since it doesn't seem like Pretty Rita could ''afford'' therapy even if there ''were'' therapists around.

* AntiHero: Pretty Rita

* CaptainObvious: 2D, at times.
* ContentWarnings
* CoolCar: ''Stylo''
* CuteBruiser: Arguable Noodle-Bot
* Department of Redundancy Department: "The answer hit him like a ton of bricks, and the weight of it like more bricks."
* DepravedBisexual: Murdoc, possibly.

* DontExplainTheJoke: Said word-for-word by Murdoc in Chapter 14

* DyingTown: Possibly Wooder Mills.
* DysfunctionJunction: This story ''embodies'' this trope.
* EveryoneIsBi: If the hints of Pretty Rita/Noodle-Bot are anything to go by.
* FanService: Several involving 2D, possibly the LesYay in Chapter 14.

* ImmuneToDrugs: Pretty Rita - she gets high and it affects her appearance, but she never gets seriously ill despite how much she apparently is taking (although, in this canon, this isn't exactly new)

* LargeHam: Arguably, Rose-of-Sharon
* MeaningfulName: Pretty Rita. Her name is both a [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]] reference and a jab at her {{Gonk}}-ness.

* MoodSwinger: Murdoc and Pretty Rita both have their moments

* RealLifeWritesThePlot
* ShapedLikeItself: Once again, the 'bricks' line.
* ShoutOut: Too many to mention. [[JustifiedTrope Sort of to be expected in a fic that has NoFourthWall]].

* AwesomeMcCoolName: Pretty Rita, even if she doesn't think so.

* NoodlePeople: 2D is ''really'' skinny, [[UpToEleven perhaps even more than in canon]].

* BlindingBangs: Pretty Rita's bangs cover her eyes in the airplane scene, though that may just be due to position.

* ArtMajorBiology: Pretty Rita — and [[{{Gonk}} not in an attractive way, either]].

** 2D is barefoot an awful lot, but this appears to just be in the interest of seductiveness, as his shoes are mentioned multiple times, but whenever he's in FetishFuel mode, he's always barefoot.

* DysfunctionJunction: This story ''embodies'' this trope

* DyingTown: Possibly Wooder Mills

* EveryoneIsBi: If the hints of Pretty Rita/Noodle-Bot are anything to go by
* FanSevice: Several involving 2D, possibly the LesYay in Chapter 14

* ShapedLikeItself: Once again, the 'bricks' line
* ShoutOut: Too many to mention. [[JustifiedTrope Sort of to be expected in a fic that has NoFourthWall]]

* BritishAccents: 2D, Noodle-Bot, and Murdoc, which plays a role in the plot when 2D tries to tell a pair of fangirls that they're wrong about who he is, but accidentally blows what little cover he had left by revealing his accent (they're in the US at the time)

In its most basic sense, this is an OC story, chronicling an original character's stay with the {{Gorillaz}} and the events therein, with much emphasis on the amount of {{UST}} between band members Murdoc Niccals and Stuart '2D' Pot. Murdoc and his [[BlatantLies extremely cooperative]] cyborg companion head out to kidnap one Pretty Rita after hearing her sing on the radio, [[ItMakesSenseInContext supposedly as an act of revenge on the drummer who disobeyed Murdoc by side-stepping his orders not to play 'Feel Good Inc' on the radio by playing it in reverse]]. After a brief altercation at her house with her LadyDrunk of a mother, Rita is transported to Plastic Beach. HilarityEnsues.

** 2D is barefoot an awful lot, but this appears to just be [[FootFocus in the interest of seductiveness]], as his shoes are mentioned multiple times, but whenever he's in FetishFuel mode, he's always barefoot.

* MeaningfulName: Pretty Rita. Her name is both a {{Beatles}} reference and a jab at her {{Gonk}}-ness.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Every canon character that has appeared thus far displays some aspect of this. In the author's own words:
--> "Considering the fact that [Murdoc] definitely seems to be putting up a front in public appearances and interviews, nobody really knows how he acts when cameras and microphones aren't pointed at him, so honestly, practically any characterization of Muds is fair game."

* ArtMajorBiology: Pretty Rita embodies this trope — and [[{{Gonk}} not in an attractive way, either]].

* CompleteMonster: Rose-of-Sharon

* CrackPairing: [[LesYay Pretty Rita/Noodle-Bot]] in Chapter 14, unintentionally
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: The entire fake article that makes up Chapter 11.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Manta Ray Gun, which is actually just "The Saltwater Room" by ''Owl City'', but played by Gorillaz. And you can't deny the awesomeness of that.
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Murdoc reassuring an unconcious Noodle-Bot that he'll fix her up and she'll be fine - especially sweet since it appears that he believes she's the real Noodle.
** 2D wanting to help Pretty Rita with her drug addiction because Shane Lynch helped him with his
** Morgan bring Pretty Rita food in her flashback dream in Chapter 10

* FoeYay: Murdoc and Pretty Rita, despite being a bit of a CrackPairing, sometimes come just a ''little'' too close to SlapSlapKiss

* NightmareFuel: Pretty Rita's kidnapping is pretty bad if you think too much about it.
** Noodle-Bot nearly 'dying' - Pretty Rita even lampshades it.
--> "That'll spawn some ''killer'' nightmares."
* NightmareRetardant: The author states that she meant the LesYay scene to be creepy, but it ended up too erotic for the NightmareFuel to take full effect

* TearJerker: Pretty Rita's kidnapping - it even bothers ''Murdoc''

* UglyCute: Pretty Rita

BetterThanItSounds. By a long shot. TakeOurWordForIt.

A fanfic started on June 8, 2010, by a [=FanFiction.net=] user known only as [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2392440/TheUglyOne TheUglyOne]] as an homage to ''HomestarRunner''. The Ugly One, or 'Uggs', has pointedly not given his/her gender, sexuality or real age, but general consensus is that [[MostFanficWritersAreGirls the author is female]], so, for simplicity's sake, that's how we'll refer to her on this page.

* UglyCute: Pretty Rita, though YourMileageMayVary

* NoodlePeople: 2D is ''really'' skinny, perhaps even more than in canon ([[BeyondTheImpossible and that's saying something]])

* MeaningfulName: Pretty Rita. Her name is both a Beatles reference and a jab at her {{Gonk}}-ness.

A fanfic started on June 8, 2010, by a [=FanFiction.net=] user known only as [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2392440/TheUglyOne TheUglyOne]] as an homage to HomestarRunner. The Ugly One, or 'Uggs', has pointedly not given his/her gender, sexuality or real age, but general consensus is that [[MostFanficWritersAreGirls the author is female]], so, for simplicity's sake, that's how we'll refer to her on this page.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: The entire fake article that makes up Chapter 11

* DepravedBisexual: Murdoc, possibly
* DoesntLikeShoes: Pretty Rita is never said to be wearing shoes - whenever her feet are mentioned, they're always bare.
** 2D is barefoot an awful lot, but this appears to just be [[FootFocus in the interest of seductiveness]], as his shoes are mentioned multiple times, but whenever he's in FetishFuel mode, he's always barefoot