History WebComic / LeastICouldDo

* ButYouScrewOneGoat: [[http://leasticoulddo.com/comic/20061023 Discussed, invoked, and subverted.]]

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Rayne starts as an very idiotic LovableSexManiac. As the series progress, he gets nerdier and nerdier, and far more intelligent. His idiotic-ness is retconned as {{AdultChild}}ness.

One of the three webcomics from the creative team of Ryan Sohmer and Lar [=DeSouza=] (the others being ''LookingForGroup'' and ''TheGutters''). The award-winning ''[[http://www.leasticoulddo.com Least I Could Do]]'' is mainly a gag-based comic strip (although every month it features a StoryArc or two that last about a week) about the misadventures of a group of longtime 20-something geek friends living in the city. The stories mainly revolve around love, sex, modern life and all things geeky from ''StarWars'' to ''Franchise/StarTrek'' to ''LordOfTheRings'' to {{comic book}}s and back again.

The main character is the incredibly promiscuous Rayne, who, if you were to judge lecherousness on a scale of one to ten with ten being the highest a human could possibly be, would probably hit somewhere [[BrokeTheRatingScale around a twenty-three]]. Throw in a lot of IdiotHero, a few dashes of MantChild (with a few hints of PsychopathicManchild), and a lot of JerkAss and you will have a pretty good idea of what to expect from Rayne, although there are many occasions where he shows greater depths behind the intentionally and unapologetically shallow face he presents to the world.

* TheGump: Rayne, through some creative tennis-ball dodging, was apparently responsible for Film/TheMatrix series.

The main character is the incredibly promiscuous Rayne, who, if you were to judge lecherousness on a scale of one to ten with ten being the highest a human could possibly be, would probably hit somewhere [[BrokeTheRatingScale around a twenty-three]]. Throw in a lot of IdiotHero, a few dashes of AdultChild (with a few hints of PsychopathicManchild), and a lot of JerkAss and you will have a pretty good idea of what to expect from Rayne, although there are many occasions where he shows greater depths behind the intentionally and unapologetically shallow face he presents to the world.

* AdultChild: [[http://www.leasticoulddo.com/comic/20080312 Rayne]], [[http://www.leasticoulddo.com/comic/20080317 Rayne]], and [[http://www.leasticoulddo.com/comic/20070423 Rayne]]. [[http://www.leasticoulddo.com/comic/20101110 Did I mention Rayne?]]
** [[http://www.leasticoulddo.com/comic/20101218 Other cast members]] have exemplified this trope as well on occasion.
* AdultFear: Rayne's secretary panics when it seems like Noel's son ate some of Rayne's prescription drugs (turns out the kid was eating blue M&M's). Rayne once faced the possibility of suffering from clinical depression that was giving him stomach pains. And there's his underlying fear that he will end up a lonely old man. [[spoiler:After suffering a serious heart attack and being made aware of his own mortality]], Rayne has trouble keeping up his AdultChild act.

** To MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic, ''and'' [[InvokedTrope invoked]] the TwentyPercentCooler trope (see the comic title) in this [[http://www.leasticoulddo.com/comic/20121020 strip]].

** To MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic, ''and'' [[InvokedTrope invoked]] the TwentyPercentCooler trope (see the comic title) in the 2012/10/20 strip.

** To Ducktales, with the short stories ''ConTales''.

* ShoutOut: So many.

* AdultFear: Rayne's secretary panics when it seems like Noel's son ate some of Rayne's prescription drugs (turns out the kid was eating blue M&M's). Rayne once faced the possibility of suffering from clinical depression that was giving him stomach pains. And there's his underlying fear that he will end up a lonely old man.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: The typical reaction to [[StrawmanHasAPoint a reasonable person pointing how stupid/illegal]] Rayne's latest WackyScheme is.

The main character is the incredibly promiscuous Rayne, who, if you were to judge lecherousness on a scale of one to ten with ten being the highest a human could possibly be, would probably hit somewhere [[BrokeTheRatingScale around a twenty-three]]. Throw in a lot of IdiotHero, a few dashes of AdultChild (with a few hints of PsychopathicManchild), and a lot of JerkAss and you will have a pretty good idea of what to expect from Rayne, although there are many occasions where he shows greater depths behind the intentionally and unapologetically shallow face he presents to the world.

* BrickJoke: In [[http://www.leasticoulddo.com/comic/20080926 this]] comic, Rayne says to Noel that he would desecrate Noel's wedding bed on his wedding night. [[spoiler:In [[http://www.leasticoulddo.com/comic/20090911 this]] strip he doesn't...in the night, at least.]]

* ContestWinnerCameo: Every ValentinesDay there's a contest where the winner gets to go on a date with a character of their choosing (and yes, [[PerverseSexualLust several of them have gotten busy]]). Rayne has only gotten two dates in seven years; one was with a gay man, and the other was a near-disaster[[hottip:*:She was German, and the guys tricked him into dressing as a Nazi; only Katie's intervention kept her from walking out]]; the rest has been a pretty even distribution of cast members (John, Mick, Issa, Eric, Cyndi and Jumpmaster Julie have all been picked once).

* GoodAngelBadAngel: John's shoulder devil is Darth Vader. His angel? Chewbacca.[[hottip:*:One of them anyway. Another seemed to be Jar-Jar.]]
* TheGump: Rayne, through some creative tennis-ball dodging, was apparently responsible for TheMatrix series.

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: The Sunday Flashback Comics have been getting more and more like this. What started off as something of a SpinoffBabies parody has been getting more... hallucinatory...

* BlackHoleSue: Rayne, heavily (Rayne Summers, Ryan Sohmer). Solves any problem (think of a time when Rayne DIDN'T come to the rescue), can get with any woman (except Issa, but it's canon that he can get head within 5 minutes at a bar). None of his actions have any significant consequences (being in prison for the 5th time, got out the next day and hardly mentioned it in a passing remark), at least no significant NEGATIVE consequences to him. Rich, powerful, and the ability to have people like him no matter how many times he does things that anger them. Everyone who slights him, he gets the better of later. People who don't like him for one reason or another usually have an arc where they figure out that he's better than that. The list goes on, all pointing towards an author-insert that dominates the story, and is seemingly perfect in every way.

* FreudWasRight: Well, Rayne would say so anyway. "Friends come and go, but sex... sex is forever!"

* HotMom:
** Rayne's half-sister Emily.
** In the ''Beginnings'' strips, Rayne's mother is pretty easy on the eyes too (and her present-day incarnation shows that she's aged rather gracefully).
*** His father is no slouch either.
* HoYay: The extremely straight Rayne has often been shown to have a mancrush on Aragorn from LordOfTheRings.
** What about [[http://archive.leasticoulddo.com/strips/20060918.gif this]] and [[http://archive.leasticoulddo.com/strips/20061007.gif this]]?
** [[http://leasticoulddo.com/comic/20080222 Even more.]]
** [[http://www.leasticoulddo.com/comic/20080206 And...]] [[http://www.leasticoulddo.com/comic/20080618 this.]]
** [[http://leasticoulddo.com/comic/20060124 +1!]]
** [[http://leasticoulddo.com/comic/20070508 1+1=2!]]
** [[http://leasticoulddo.com/comic/20081112 Um...]]
** [[http://www.leasticoulddo.com/comic/20081119 It may not be intentional, but it'd be really easy to misinterpret this one.]]
** [[http://www.leasticoulddo.com/comic/20070106 This troper is certain Rayne is bi, especially for Noel.]]
*** [[http://www.leasticoulddo.com/comic/20070120 And another one.]]
*** [[http://www.leasticoulddo.com/comic/20070219 Case and point.]]
*** In [[http://www.leasticoulddo.com/comic/20080222 February of 2008]], [[OnlyOneName Noel]] stated that he and Rayne Summers were [[HeterosexualLifePartners soul mates]]. Rayne did not disagree.
*** As ardent as Rayne is for women, [[http://www.leasticoulddo.com/comic/20071228 this]] cements his attachment to Noel. Even Mick picks up on it, for [[ShoutOut MacGyver]]'s sake!
*** And who could forget the Jamaican Vacation Story arc?
** [[http://leasticoulddo.com/comic/20100722 Rayne will sucka the cock]], but will only [[http://leasticoulddo.com/comic/20100724 swallow]] [[http://leasticoulddo.com/comic/20100723 if you cover the closing costs.]]
** [[http://cdn.leasticoulddo.com/comics/20110716.gif This]] pretty much confirms the "crush on Aragorn" thing.
** Rayne attempted to host an orgy. [[http://leasticoulddo.com/comic/20110926 Only men arrived.]] Some men went on regardless. [[http://leasticoulddo.com/comic/20110929 Rayne decided to join in (receiving)]]. [[http://leasticoulddo.com/comic/20110930 He didn't like it, though.]]

One of the three webcomics from the creative team of Ryan Sohmer and Lar [=DeSouza=] (the others being ''LookingForGroup'' and ''TheGutters''). The award-winning ''[[http://www.leasticoulddo.com Least I Could Do]]'' is mainly a gag-based comic strip (although every month it features a StoryArc or two that last about a week) about the misadventures of a group of longtime 20-something geek friends living in the city. The stories mainly revolve around love, sex, modern life and all things geeky from ''StarWars'' to ''StarTrek'' to ''LordOfTheRings'' to {{comic book}}s and back again.

* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Ryan by a long shot. Has been lampshaded by himself.

The main character is the incredibly promiscuous Rayne, who, if you were to judge lecherousness on a scale of one to ten with ten being the highest a human could possibly be, would probably hit somewhere [[BeyondTheImpossible around a twenty-three]]. Throw in a lot of IdiotHero, a few dashes of AdultChild (with a few hints of PsychopathicManchild), and a lot of JerkAss and you will have a pretty good idea of what to expect from Rayne, although there are many occasions where he shows greater depths behind the intentionally and unapologetically shallow face he presents to the world.

* BlackHoleSue: Rayne, heavily (Rayne Summers, Ryan Sohmer). Solves any problem (even some that literally revolve around everyone else simply being retarded, and him being the only sane person), can get with any woman (except Issa, but it's canon that he can get head within 5 minutes at a bar). None of his actions have any significant consequences (being in prison for the 5th time, got out the next day and hardly mentioned it in a passing remark), at least no significant NEGATIVE consequences to him. Rich, powerful, and the ability to have people like him no matter how many times he does things that anger them. Everyone who slights him, he gets the better of later. People who don't like him for one reason or another usually have an arc where they figure out that he's better than that. The list goes on, all pointing towards an author-insert given too much power.

* AffectionateParody: StarWars, Sandra Boynton, Laugh-In, superhero comics, oh, so many

* AdultFear: Rayne's secretary panics when it seems like Noel's son ate some of Rayne's prescription drugs (turns out the kid was eating blue M&M's). Rayne once faced the possibility of suffering from clinical depression that was giving him stomach pains.

* CakeEater: Rayne recently picked up a woman in her late 40s, early 50s (judging by the gray streaks in her otherwise blond hair)

** So, Sohmer gets to be a high-flying exec who gets laid all the time '''''and'''' a muscular doctor, and [=deSouza=] gets to be homeless. [[UnfortunateImplications Again]]. [[SarcasmMode Yeah, that seems fair]].

* AuthorsSavingThrow: Rahne throws quite a few of these in to excuse some of Ryan's behaviour. One of the more {{egregious}} was, when some rich old lady [[WhatTheHellHero asked Ryan why he had an old man and a young boy as his unpaid servants]] and Summer came up with some cock-and-bull story about how he didn't want them to "slip through the cracks". The old lady immediately apologised, instead of calling Social Services.

** Although it leaves out Lar's own personal ArtEvolution, [[http://www.leasticoulddo.com/comic/20090731 this strip]] nicely shows the difference in artists for LICD. The anime-style Rayne is from the very first artist, Trevor, from before the series had started or had a title yet. Not much is known about Trevor as of this time.

** Although it leaves out Lar's own personal ArtEvolution, [[http://www.leasticoulddo.com/comic/20090731 this strip]] nicely shows the difference in artists for LICD. Where the animu-Rayne came from, nobody knows.