History Platform / PlatypusComix

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Peter Paltridge called [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/miscellaneous/index.php?issue=3&pageType=index&seriesID=7 "Raiders of the Lost Arc"]], a comic from a discontinued series titled, ''Guava Guava'', his favorite Platypus Comix story. His website only includes the portion written in the year 2001. A recap summarizing the parts written in 1998 explains that JoanOfArc had become a FishOutOfTemporalWater, risen from the dead, and fought UsefulNotes/OsamaBinLaden. As this part begins, Joan's period away from battle has led people to doubt her accomplishments and complain that she's not really as tough as they thought. She decides to prove them wrong by confronting Bin Laden again, who had just recently performed his infamous September 11 attacks.

* AffectionateParody: "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/miscellaneous/index.php?issue=17&pageType=index&seriesID=7 Schoolhouse Bootleg]]," of ''SchoolhouseRock''.

Peter Paltridge called [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/miscellaneous/index.php?issue=3&pageType=index&seriesID=7 "Raiders of the Lost Arc"]], a comic from a discontinued series titled, ''Guava Guava'', his favorite Platypus Comix story. His website only includes the portion written in the year 2001. A recap summarizing the parts written in 1998 explains that JoanOfArc had become a FishOutOfTemporalWater, risen from the dead, and fought OsamaBinLaden. As this part begins, Joan's period away from battle has led people to doubt her accomplishments and complain that she's not really as tough as they thought. She decides to prove them wrong by confronting Bin Laden again, who had just recently performed his infamous September 11 attacks.

* ''Webcomic/FreeSpirit'' (2014-)

* RushmoreRefacement: The 2014 version of the "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/newbiestuff/index.html CHOOSE YOUR CHARACTERS!]]" page gives the presidents of Mount Rushmore the same hairstyles as Webcomic/{{Mulberry}}, [[Webcomic/ElectricWonderland Trawn]], [[Webcomic/PrincessPi Pi]], and [[Webcomic/FreeSpirit Winnie]].

* CelebrityParadox: "The Phelps Olympics" has [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/miscellaneous/index.php?issue=21&page=7&seriesID=7 an instance]] where ''Webcomic/FreeSpirit'' star Winnie Goodwin interrupts a commercial featuring Corinne Bohrer, who portrayed her in the original ''Series/FreeSpirit'' TV show.

* ''Webcomic/PrincessPi'' (2011-2014)[[note]]Peter hasn't formally announced a cancellation of this series, but he hasn't announced any new stories, either.[[/note]]

* HypeAversion: [[invoked]] The overexposure of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' increased Peter's desires not to watch the show, despite the involvement of LaurenFaust, so he decided to boast that Platypus Comix has been "[[http://platypuscomix.net/top182.gif Pony-free since 2001]]".

* WeInterruptThisProgram: "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/miscellaneous/index.php?issue=21&pageType=index&seriesID=7 The Phelps Olympics]]" gets frequently interrupted by a news story regarding Ryan Lochte, jealous of Michael Phelps after getting booted out of the Games in favor of his clones. Unfortunately, these often deprive viewers of seeing the winner.

* SendInTheClones: "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/miscellaneous/index.php?issue=21&pageType=index&seriesID=7 The Phelps Olympics]]" has Mulberry try to make the 2016 Summer Olympics more interesting by replacing every competitor with Michael Phelps, and prompting viewers to guess/discover which Phelps will win each match.

* AWizardDidIt: "The Phelps Olympics" gives "Creator/{{Disney}} magic" as [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/miscellaneous/index.php?issue=21&page=2&seriesID=7 the explanation]] for multiple Michael Phelpses in the same room.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: After Peter learned of the existence of [[http://www.kevhines.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi a website]] called "Platypus Comi'''cs'''," he wrote about his characters' reactions to the [[SimilarlyNamedWorks similarly named work]] and its debatably enjoyable content in "Riot Act # 2."

* FollowTheLeader: During the third week of the Character Strike, the Head Executive tried to create [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/miscellaneous/index.php?issue=10&pageType=index&seriesID=7 his own comic]], starring talking pigs who engage in [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy offensive activities, random cutaways, and liberal lecturing]].

* ''Webcomic/FreeSpirit'' (2014-)

* ''Webcomic/{{Keiki}}'' (2002-2014)

!!Ongoing/Upcoming Flagship Series

* ''Webcomic/PrincessPi'' (2011-2013?)

* ''Webcomic/ScrambledEggs'' (1990-2010?)
* ''Webcomic/{{Keiki}}'' (2002-2015?)

* ''Webcomic/PrincessPi'' (2011-)

-->- '''Peter Paltridge''', in response to the FAQ "What's the ultimate advice an amateur cartoonist can get?"

[--'''Front Row''': JoanOfArc (sitting, from "Raiders of the Lost Arc"), Aerynn Arlia (from ''Webcomic/ElectricWonderland''), Quint (from ''Webcomic/ScrambledEggs''), Tiff/Taffeta "Taffy" Sparks (from ''Webcomic/{{Mulberry}}''), Tuan Nuaghen (from ''Webcomic/ScrambledEggs''), and Mulberry Sharona (from ''Webcomic/{{Mulberry}}'').--]

As a CouchGag, Peter Paltridge regularly changes the banner at the top of the Platypus Comix homepage to say something new and funny.

* AngelsPose: [[http://platypuscomix.net/top169.jpg Starring]] Mulberry, Shroomy (from ''Electric Wonderland''), and Princess Pi.
* BuiltWithLEGO: No Franchise/{{LEGO}} bricks involved, but [[http://platypuscomix.net/top189.jpg this banner]] shows a Mulberry minifigure with a sneering expression and a shirt reading, "No Real Than You Are." A [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/top215.jpg later version]], displayed after ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'' achieved critical and financial success, changes her shirt to read, "Phil Lord And Chris Miller Are Gods."

** Mulberry [[http://platypuscomix.net/top149.jpg meets]] ComicStrip/LittleOrphanAnnie.
** Mulberry [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/top197.jpg joins]] Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}.

* DramaQueen: Mulberry doesn't react [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/top118.jpg kindly]] after Creator/{{Nintendo}} makes an underwhelming announcement at E3.
* ExpectingSomeoneTaller: [[http://platypuscomix.net/top76.jpg This banner]] has a Mulberry ornament tell an ornament of [[WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer Sam the Snowman]], "You looked much taller on TV."
* {{Homage}}: Mulberry [[http://platypuscomix.net/top154.jpg meets]] Comicbook/ScottPilgrim.
* HostileShowTakeover: The week that ''Princess Pi'' launched, the banner contained a picture of the title character using green paint to change the Platypus Comix logo to read, "[[http://platypuscomix.net/top168.jpg Pi Comix]]".

* TheIllegible: Mulberry has [[http://platypuscomix.net/top75.gif admitted]] having trouble reading Peter's signature.
-->Who's "Petea Pittiiadwuge"?
* ImAHumanitarian: [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/top235.jpg This banner]] shows Taffy apparently tempted to eat [[Recap/SouthParkS5E4ScottTenormanMustDie chili cooked by Eric Cartman]], and/or [[Recap/GameOfThronesS6E10TheWindsOfWinter a pie baked by Arya Stark]].
* LogoJoke:
** One banner featured Mulberry dressed as the ColumbiaPictures [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/top48.gif Torch Lady]]. It served as this page's image for most of 2010.
** [[http://platypuscomix.net/top161.jpg This banner]] superimposes the Platypus Comix logo over that of Gracie Films.

* SchmuckBait: Taffy recalls [[http://platypuscomix.net/top213.jpg here]] that last Christmas, she gave her heart to WHAM! Mulberry asks, "Then what happened?", only for Taffy to embarrassingly admit that she doesn't want to talk about it.[[note]]If you're too young to know WHAM! by name, they're the guys that sang "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8gmARGvPlI Last Christmas]]."[[/note]]

** Mulberry offering [[http://platypuscomix.net/top132.jpg a code]] for 100 free Disney Movie Rewards points and explaining, "I, myself, will never buy enough teenybopper garbage and ''Series/HannahMontana'' pantyhose to earn the one worthwhile item offered in this program, the ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' movie DVD."

** Mulberry dressing as [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason]] and preparing to [[http://platypuscomix.net/top136.jpg kill Flo, the Progressive Insurance Girl]].

** Mulberry once displayed the cover for Music/LadyGaga's ''Born This Way'' and commented, "[[http://platypuscomix.net/top178.jpg Really? That's kinda sad.]]"

* ImAHumanitarian: [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/top235.jpg This banner]] shows Taffy apparently tempted to eat [[Recap/SouthParkS5E4ScottTenormanMustDie chili cooked by Eric Cartman]], and/or [[Recap/GameOfThronesS6E10TheWindsOfWinter a pie baked by Aya Stark]].

* RedHeadedHero: Joan

* DolledUpInstallment: The second week of the Character Strike brought [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/miscellaneous/index.php?issue=9&pageType=index&seriesID=7 a story]] titled "{{Terminator}}: [[TheSarahConnorChronicles The Mulberry Sharona Chronicles]], which actually featured artwork from ''{{Shadowgirls}}''.

* ProductionForeshadowing: The first issue of Peter's publication, ''BANG! The Entertainment Paper'', [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/miscellaneous/index.php?issue=17&page=6 appeared]] in "Schoolhouse Bootleg" at least six months before it became available in stores.

* [[GoneHorriblyRight Gone Horribly]] [[spoiler:[[GoneHorriblyRight Right]]]]: [[spoiler: Joan's defeat of Bin Laden proves so effective, all the terrorists cease their attacks, and the US Army dissolves.]]

* [[spoiler: VictoryIsBoring]]: The comic ends with [[spoiler: Joan unable to find any more terrorists to fight, and thus using her newfound free time to crochet doilies and organize her socks]].

* MyFutureSelfAndMe: [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/top217.jpg This banner]], in an homage to ''VideoGame/Portal'', gives the following advice to visitors: