History Roleplay / TheMadScientistWars

* CloningBlues: Subverted - so far, the only clones have been those of [=SoItBegins=], and there the clone is always a perfect copy, used as recovery after some sort of fatal accident. The clones never go angsty-- they just pick where the old copy of [=SoItBegins=] left off.) As of Bluelight, however, the trope is in full force.

* HasTwoMommies: A male example. The Tinker Twins adopted Desius when he was ten. And more recently have [[spoiler:had Eta Tinker with their (ex) rival, Dr. Mallory. Justified in that he was going to clone them for a vengeance plan, included his own DNA as a part of it, but couldn't go through with it. So... three daddies.]]

* SimpleStaff: Commander Primary Xerox uses a high-tech version in favour of guns, and second to his huge Net. It's collapsible, made of unknown material, and can be adjusted to weigh up to 100 kilo. Hence, it's about as violent as a non-violent weapon can be.

Due to LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters once you hit the Secondaries, we recommend you visit the forum's 'Character Dossiers'. But following is a truncated list of the ''main'' characters--notably, each original main character is played by a separate forum goer.

%%* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Calvin and Hobbes are this trope. %%Elaboration?

The story [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum can]] [[RuleOfFunny be]] [[RuleOfCool a]] little silly, and [[TropeOverdosed tropes]]--both played straight and subverted--are considered rules of the very universe.

* CityOfWeirdos: Xyon City. The titular mad scientists account for 60% of its citizens, and a good chunk of the rest are latents, henchmen, constructs and normal people from Mad families. Weird sights are so commonplace as to be more annoying than interesting.

* ThePowerOfFriendship: Andrew Tinker is a firm believer in this, although at least he keeps fairly quiet about it.

%%* DrinkOrder Coffee. Dear god, the coffee.... %%Who orders it, and why is it significant for their character?

[[http://comicsbyshaenon.free-forums.org/comicsbyshaenon-forum-6.html The Mad Scientist Wars]] is an ongoing Roleplay, set in the same universe as the webcomic ''{{Webcomic/Narbonic}}''. It also added ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' into the canon some time ago, and with the recent character originating from Literature/{{Discworld}} is becoming the strict Universe equivalent of a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover. That is, the ''canon'' may involve several different Universes, including original characters' backgrounds, but no characters from any of these works [[spoiler:except Jane Narbon's parents]] have yet to actually appear.

The story [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum can]] [[RuleOfFunny be]] [[RuleOfCool a]] little silly, and [[TropeOverdosed tropes]]--both played straight and subverted--are considered rules of the very universe...

!!Provides Examples Of:

* ActionGirl, ''and'' DarkActionGirl... of ''Science''. Specifically, Chicgeek, Jane Narbon, and Jess are all good examples.

* BackFromTheDead: Andrew Tinker manages overcome supposed death way back in the Redneck war arc. So It Begins, thanks to a series of backup personality copies and god cloning, pulled this off a LOT, and David was not just killed, but '' erased'' from his own body by his evil sentient mechanical Arm. He ends up making a case for his own existence, and makes it back. Also, Erik Tinker makes a deal with the devil. Sadly, the man he died killing, one of the most dangerous men ever, may well be back too....

* CloningBlues: Subverted - so far, the only clones have been those of [=SoItBegins=], and there the clone is always a perfect copy, used as recovery after some sort of fatal accident. The clones never go angsty-- they just pick where the old copy of [=SoItBegins=] left off.)
** As of Bluelight, however, the trope is in full force.

* EvilTwin: The story eventually involved evil twins of a pair of twins. Who actually came first by several years. Long story. Cloning was involved.

%%* GirlScoutsAreEvil: albeit only in a passing reference.

* HasTwoMommies: A male example. The Tinker Twins adopted Desius when he was ten. And more recently have [[spoiler:Had Eta Tinker with their (ex) rival, Dr.Mallory. Justified in that he was *going* to clone them for a vengance plan, included his own Dna as aprt of it, but couldnt go through with it. So... '''Three''' Daddies.]]

* HeroInsurance: Parodied. Xyon City has an abandoned warehouse that is paid for by a tax on explosives. When old abandoned warehouses are destroyed, new ones are built. The reasoning seems to be that if people are going to blow stuff up, it might as well be in a designated area away from the important stuff. Played straight in that this doesn't always work.

* OverlyLongName: Andrew Kaboom Omega-Particle Prince Risk-Tinker. Most of the Tinkers suffer from this, but Andrew has it the worst so far.

* RewritingReality: Andrew Tinker's most powerful skill, as his knowledge of Literature due to having a doctorate in English allows him to re-write reality around him. He can do it by writing on just about anything, although he prefers to use an old Notebook of his. There are even implications he may eventually be able to do this without writing. While he's very aware of the consequences and tries not to rely on it ''too'' much, so far he has:
** Brought the Dead back to life (Although it has been established that he can't do it if too much time has passed).
** Created little odds and ends - a new Cravat, a new room in his house.
** Made a character he wrote real, a Demon named Sayasuke- ''and inserted him into the last 500 years of Japanese history to support his backstory.''

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Xyon/Xylon/Xykon/Xyclon City. Xyon seems to be the most popular spelling, though.

%%* CityOfWeirdos: Xyon City. %%How?

%%* GovernmentConspiracy: At least two, so far. [[spoiler: Possibly three...]]

%%* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: By now, generally subverted across the board. It's implied that the whole Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter thing is misinformation spread by the Mads, to make it tough on the heroes (and fun for the daughters.) %%Tropes are either subverted or not. Any clarification of who implies it and when?

* RewritingReality: Andrew Tinker's most powerful skill, as his knowledge of Literature allows him to re-write reality around him - with some limits. Technically also makes him a RealityWarper, as he may be able to do this without writing.

%%* ScienceRelatedMemeticDisorder: It's even referred to as such, despite working more like it does in the original ''Webcomic/{{Narbonic}}'' %%So how does it work, again?

* AmbiguouslyGay Typically averted- most characters are very open about their respective sexuality, but there's still some questions to be asked about the Tinker Twins and [[FoeYay Dr. Mallory]]....

* DisappearedDad: Eric Tinker, who's death caused Andrew to go mad in the first place.

* ElementsDoNotWorkThatWay Not that anyones really ''trying''....

* FoeYay There are several Hero/Villain pairs, many of them parents of the cast. Eric and Katty, Io and Viktor, and Dr. Goodbody and Dr.Omega are all examples. [[spoiler:As are Xerox and Jess...]]
* FreudianExcuse [[MadScientist Once Again....]]
* GambitIndex: See UnreliableNarrator. There's a lot of planning and counter planning and the fact that the GM switches seats every chapter makes events....confusing.
* GenreBlind Also fairly common, if mostly in side characters.
* GenreSavvy Quite a few people, and one of the primary advantage of the character Professor Andrew Tinker.
* GeographicFlexibility Xycon City, as the main location of the Wars is now named. Apparently it has large forests...
* GirlScoutsAreEvil, albeit only in a passing reference.
* GoKartingWithBowser Fairly common- it's been hinted that a lot of Heroes and Villains do this 'off the clock', as it were.

* HasTwoMommies (a male example. The Tinker Twins adopted Desius when he was ten. And more recently have [[spoiler:Had Eta Tinker with their (ex) rival, Dr.Mallory. Justified in that he was *going* to clone them for a vengance plan, included his own Dna as aprt of it, but couldnt go through with it. So... '''Three''' Daddies.]]

* HotLibrarian (And how! Minus that silly "taking off the glasses" part.)

* KissOfDeath (Jane Narbon %%Any elaboration?

* NerdGlasses: Maybe 60% of the [[MadScientist Mad Scientists]] have these-- not all of them need them.

* UnlimitedWardrobe - Jane. Implied for some of the other characters as well.
* UnreliableNarrator (In this case, the third-person narrative text has proved to be... inaccurate on occasion, usually when dealing with one or more GambitPileUps.
* UnspokenPlanGuarantee (See Unreliable Narrator, just above. What you hear about future plans in the Wars may not be much, and it's not necessarily true. It's only when everything unfolds that you can be sure.)

* VillainProtagonist: Most of the characters are. %%Any examples of their villainy?