History WebComic / PennyArcade

* BareYourMidriff: Anne does this in the earlier strips. As have both Kara and Brenna.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: At least one level in ''Videogame/{{Scribblenauts}}'' can actually be solved [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/09/23/the-wisdom-of-solomon this way.]]

* GrumpyBear: [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/04/25/ Tycho]].

* TotalPartyKill: In the comic, this seems to be Tycho's main goal as a GameMaster, and he advises Gabe and other DM's on ways to achieve it. Averted with the real Jerry as a DM for [[Podcast/AcqusitionsIncorporated The C Team]], since if all the players are dead there's no audience for his intricately devised puzzles and lore poetry.

* TotalPartyKill: In the comic, this seems to be Tycho's main goal as a GameMaster, and he advises Gabe and other DM's on ways to achieve it. Averted with the real Jerry as a DM for [[Podcast/AcqusitionsIncorporated The "C" Team]], since if all the players are dead there's no audience for his intricately devised puzzles and lore poetry.

* FunWithAcronyms: [[http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2012/05/28 While presenting dynamic story-telling]] in ''VideoGame/{{Ghost Recon}} Future Soldier'', with the '''V'''ariable '''A'''utomated '''G'''lobal '''I'''ntrigue '''N'''arrative '''A'''gent.

* OverprotectiveDad: Anne's parents [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/07/06/ say]] she can't date boys [[UpToEleven until she's married]]. [[LogicBomb Wait, what?]] She also brings out the Overprotective Uncle in [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/02/13/ Tycho]].

** They've since presented another round of potential spinoffs like ''[[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/10/27/ Sand]]'' and ''[[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/11/01/ Queen of Bells]]''. One, ''[[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/10/29/ The New Kid]]'', has already been optioned for a movie.

* HeroicBSOD: Tycho goes into one when he sees an ad for a place called "[[XtremeKoolLetterz Gamez N Flix]]", which made the always elegant Tycho go mad.

* BareYourMidriff: Ann does this in the earlier strips. As have both Kara and Brenna.

** Gabe and Tycho [[https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2022/06/08/on-the-tl drive off a cliff Film/ThelmaAndLouise-style]] after a discussion of the various freemium currencies in Diablo Immortal.

** Gabe and Tycho drive off a cliff Film/ThelmaAndLouise-style after a discussion of the various freemium currencies in Diablo Immortal.

* DrivenToSuicide: [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2014/02/26 Apparently one shouldn't read the entirety of Gabe's thoughts for two years put down to writing]].

* [[LongRunners Long-Runner]]: Not the oldest still-updating webcomic, but nevertheless absolutely venerable by the standards of the medium, continuously running (without ScheduleSlip) since fall of 1998. A 2022 installment has Tycho talking about an interviewer who was shocked to discover he and Gabe were still making new comics.

Krahulic and Holkins were chosen for ''Magazine/TimeMagazine'''s list of Top 100 Influential People for their 2010 issue under the "Artists" category.

* Various video series, including ''Penny Arcade: The Series'', a documentary shot in the PA offices, ''DLC [=PodShow=]'', which shows Mike drawing the comics featured in the podcasts; ''Livescream'', which shows the office cowards playing scary games; ''You're Gonna Love It'', which is where employees show terrible games to each other; ''Play Date'', where employees show each other their favorite titles; and ''First 15'', which show Gabe and Tycho playing through the - you guessed it - first fifteen minutes of a game neither has played before. (As of 2022, most of the video series have been discontinued in favor of regular Twitch streams, with the [=PennyArcadeTV=] [=YouTube=] channel simply being used to host VOD's of recent streams.)

* ''Webcomic/TheTrenches'', a webcomic about video game quality assurance testers, originally created in collaboration with Scott Kurtz of ''Webcomic/PvP''. (On apparently-permanent hiatus since 2016.)

* ''Webcomic/TheTrenches'', a webcomic about employees working as video game quality assurance testers, originally created in collaboration with Scott Kurtz of ''Webcomic/PvP''. (On apparently-permanent hiatus since 2016.)

* ''Webcomic/TheTrenches'', another web comic originally created in collaboration with Scott Kurtz of ''Webcomic/PvP'' focused on employees working as video game quality assurance testers. (On apparently-permanent hiatus since 2016 and now disappeared from the PA website.)

* Various video series, including ''Penny Arcade: The Series'', a documentary shot in the PA offices, ''DLC [=PodShow=]'', which shows Mike drawing the comics featured in the podcasts; ''Livescream'', which shows the office cowards playing scary games; ''You're Gonna Love It'', which is where employees show terrible games to each other; ''Play Date'', where employees show each other their favorite titles; and ''First 15'', which show Gabe and Tycho playing through the - you guessed it - first fifteen minutes of a game neither has played before. (As of 2022, most of the video series have been discontinued in favor of regular Twitch streams, with the [=PennyArcadeTV=] YouTube channel simply being used to host VOD's of recent streams.)

* Various video series, including ''Penny Arcade: The Series'', a documentary shot in the PA offices, ''DLC [=PodShow=]'', which shows Mike drawing the comics featured in the podcasts; ''Livescream'', which shows the office cowards playing scary games; ''You're Gonna Love It'', which is where employees show terrible games to each other; ''Play Date'', where employees show each other their favorite titles; and ''First 15'', which show Gabe and Tycho playing through the - you guessed it - first fifteen minutes of a game neither has played before. (As of 2022, most of the video series have been discontinued in favor of regular Twitch streams, with the -=PennyArcadeTV=] YouTube channel simply being used to host VOD's of recent streams.)

* [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/patv/ Various video series]], including ''DLC [=PodShow=]'', which shows Mike drawing the comics featured in the podcasts; ''Livescream'', which shows the office cowards playing scary games; ''You're Gonna Love It'', which is where employees show terrible games to each other; ''Play Date'', where employees show each other their favorite titles; and ''First 15'', which show Gabe and Tycho playing through the - you guessed it - first fifteen minutes of a game neither has played before. (As of 2022, most of the video series have been discontinued in favor of regular Twitch streams, with the Penny Arcade TV YouTube channel simply being used to host VOD's of recent streams.)

* [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/patv/ Various video series]], including ''DLC [=PodShow=]'', which shows Mike drawing the comics featured in the podcasts; ''Livescream'', which shows the office cowards playing scary games; ''You're Gonna Love It'', which is where employees show terrible games to each other; ''Play Date'', where employees show each other their favorite titles; and ''First 15'', which show Gabe and Tycho playing through the - you guessed it - first fifteen minutes of a game neither has played before. (As of 2022, most of the video series have been discontinued in favor of regular Twitch streams, with the PennyArcadeTV YouTube channel simply being used to host VOD's of recent streams.

* [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/patv/ Various video series]], including ''DLC [=PodShow=]'', which shows Mike drawing the comics featured in the podcasts; ''Livescream'', which shows the office cowards playing scary games; ''You're Gonna Love It'', which is where employees show terrible games to each other; ''Play Date'', where employees show each other their favorite titles; and ''First 15'', which show Gabe and Tycho playing through the - you guessed it - first fifteen minutes of a game neither has played before.