History TheOrderOfTheStick / TropesGToI

* HeroLookingForGroup: The prequel book ''[[Recap/TheOrderOfTheStickOnTheOriginOfPCs On the Origin of [=PCs=]]]'' explores the backstories of the members of the Order of the Stick, and how Roy Greenhilt wound up assembling them into an [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits adventuring party]] to defeat sorcerer Xykon, whom his father has sworn a Blood Oath of Vengeance.

** Gather ye round, little children, and listen to the Ballad of Amun-Zora. TheCaptain of a unit from the {{Undefeatable Little|Village}} Free City of Doom, sent by her superiors to seek help from a nearby warlord to end their seven-month siege at the hands of a rival empire, is betrayed! The troops he sends join the enemy's side and crush the resistance, deliberately killing her husband to free her hand, while she herself is locked away until such time as she [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty agrees to marry]] the EvilOverlord. Freed as part of some unknown scheme by his vile spawn, she escapes to become the RebelLeader, [[AvengersAssemble uniting the disparate enemies of the empire]] against their common foe. Also, she appears in about nine strips of this comic.

* GuiltTripping: When Roy tries to refuse becoming Hinjo's bodyguard, Hinjo pretends to accept before pointing out if the latter dies, so does his people. Roy sighs, gives in, and agrees to becomes Hinjo's bodyguard but says that for a paladin, that was incredibly manipulative.
-->'''Hinjo''': You're obviously not familiar with one of our key class abilities: Summon Conscience.
* GunshipRescue: [[spoiler:Julio Scoundrél gives the heroes an Airship Rescue when Tarquin has them on the ropes.]]

** During the fight with [[spoiler:Ancient Red Dragon Calder]], he has [[spoiler:Sunny]] use their AntiMagic cone to prevent the magic-wielding adventurers from doing much... which Belkar turns against him when he tosses Bloodfeast into the fight, as the AntiMagic undoes his [[ForcedTransformation Baleful Polymorth]] and turns him back into an ''Allosaurus''.

* HollywoodBoardGames: The Monster in the Darkness is [[Characters/TheOrderOfTheStickTeamEvil Team Evil]]'s resident TokenGoodTeammate and it shows. This creature would rather play ''TabletopGame/{{Scrabble}}'' (and eat the tiles) with the other members than do evil.
* HonorableWarriorsDeath: As part of deal (more like a swindle) that Loki made with Hel, only dwarves who die by honorable means will avoid serving Hel in the afterlife, any others will instantly be hers. Too bad Loki and Thor then made [[spoiler:the current world's version of]] dwarves the most honorable people in the world, with plenty of LoopholeAbuse for what counts as an honorable death.

'''Durkon:''' [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0260.html I be a healer, not a footstool!]]

** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0396.html "thog improvise!"]] -- by breaking a door off its hinges and using it the batter Haley.

* GenreBlindness: Displayed by the Godsmoot attendees: [[spoiler:The High Priest of Hel has a penchant for getting one of them alone, then delivering a PreMortemOneLiner before draining them. He's done this twice, and both times, the only gives him a quizzical look before dying, despite KNOWING he's a vampire.]]

** It is later shown [[spoiler:after Hilgya's return ]]that [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1114.html dwarves organize gelatinous cubes races]], with the jockeys encased within the monsters (presumably with a magical item preventing them to get digested).

* GelatinousEncasement: A [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/GuestStrips.html filler strip]] has Roy and Haley discussing fruit-in-gelatin dishes while fighting a gelatinous cube that's engulfed Belkar and Elan.
-->'''Belkar:''' Less talk, more slashing damage.\\

* GenderBender: The Girdle of Femininity/Masculinity, or Belt of Gender Changing. Roy ends up wearing it starting strip #235: [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0235.html "Oddly, He Can Still Get Dressed in Under a Minute"]].
** The strip where he changes back {{Defie|dtrope}}s all three of the Laws of Gender Bending: He's [[FirstLawOfGenderBending changed back easily and after not very long]] when Durkon dispels the ClingyCostume, he [[SecondLawOfGenderBending didn't enjoy being a woman very much,]] and he didn't feel [[ThirdLawOfGenderBending any compulsion to act differently]] apart from some emotional upheaval he puts down to dealing with unfamiliar hormones.

* GoshDangItToHeck: Used for a {{Pun}}; at the Godsmoot, one of the priests gripes about the "archaic friggin' rules," and Frigg's high priest protests that they're not Frigg's fault, all the gods agreed to them.

* GrapesOfLuxury: While [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0225.html "Checking In"]], Miko sarcastically suggests that the gang take in the luxury of being fanned and fed grapes. Haley tries to get that arranged, and is a bit annoyed to find that Roy gets the treatment [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0227.html later]].

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* InstantlyProvenWrong: At the Godsmoot, while the High Priestess of Odin is announcing the order of the day for the meeting, Roy is ignoring her words and arguing with Wrecan that he should go looking for Belkar before he'd cause trouble. He even adds "...there's nothing anyone can say that will stop me from--" just as the Lady of Odin concludes [[spoiler:that the gods are going to vote on whether they should destroy the world or not]]. That shuts up Roy real fast.

* HazyFeelTurn: Therkla, all over, largely because she's overly loyal to people who've [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe been good to her personally]] without considering their larger motives. Even when convinced to switch sides, she can't fully commit to fighting people she used to side with. For her part, she naively insists she's not betraying ''anybody'' -- she wants her mentor to keep his career (despite plotting multiple assassinations), but doesn't want Elan to get hurt (which doesn't mesh with his heroic instinct to protect others before himself).

* HurricaneOfEuphemisms: During the Empire of Blood arc, Elan and Haley evade Tarquin several times by giving bizarre excuses (like cleaning their pet orangutan) that Tarquin [[IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow assumes are euphemisms for sex]]. Tarquin then starts inventing his own euphemisms based on Elan's excuses, like "scrubbing the monkey." Subverted when Elan runs out of decent excuses:

** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0740.html Elan and Haley go back to their room to give their pet orangutan a bath]]. This is interpreted as an IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow for bonus points.

* IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow: Elan's father understands a hastily made-up cover story [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0740.html about washing a pet orangutan]] for this trope. [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0742.html And he follows the lead, too.]]

* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Once [[spoiler:Elan and Haley get together]], this trope arrives. They even make use of the setting's magical and fantastical elements to enjoy some... novel experiences. Including doing it on the back of a gigantic [[Literature/{{Dune}} Sandworm]]

** Vaarsuvius gets very annoyed at the rest of the Order while they're [[BalefulPolymorph stuck in the form of a lizard]], and the first thing they do after being restored is to effortlessly Disintegrate a dragon that had been threatening them: