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** [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page472.html This strip]] claims that the ''The German Guns'' recitation [[Series/{{Blackadder}} ("BOOM BOOM BOOM...") is copyrighted by a certain S. Baldrick, 1917]].

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** [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page472.html This strip]] claims that the ''The German Guns'' recitation [[Series/{{Blackadder}} ("BOOM BOOM BOOM...") is copyrighted by a certain S. Baldrick, 1917]].
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Responses tend to be polarized: Some enjoy it for [[AnAesop the message]] and food for thought the webcomic provides in ample amounts, others find Winston's [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools sermonizing]] and/or [[{{Anvilicious}} ethics]] to be just a tad too much, especially given the amount of text.

In fact, in ''Subnormality'' you do just as much reading as you would if you were reading a book, except it's illustrated - making it something of a LightNovel, except the art style is more reminiscent of western comic books than Japanese Manga.
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* ForWantOfANail: The trope-namer is referenced [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page556.html in the background of the last panel]].
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** After a pair of friends discuss how small changes can change the timeline in [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page556.html "Consequences"]], one of them pokes her head through the side of a panel to look at the rest of the strip where the aftereffects of her actions are mapped out.

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** After a pair of friends discuss how small changes can change the timeline in [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page556.html "Consequences"]], one of them pokes her head through the side of a panel to look at the rest of the strip where the aftereffects of her actions action of throwing an apple core into the bushes are mapped out.



* ButterflyOfDoom: Present in [http://www.viruscomix.com/page556.html "Consequences"]] literally as the mark of possibilities. Also along one of the pathways; if the apple core distracts them then a typhoon is averted for now.

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* ButterflyOfDoom: Present in [http://www.viruscomix.com/page556.html "Consequences"]] literally as the mark of possibilities. Also along one of the pathways; if the apple core distracts them the butterfly then a typhoon is averted for now.
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** After a pair of friends discuss how small changes can change the timeline in [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page556.html "never do anything"]], one of them pokes her head through the side of a panel to look at the rest of the strip where the aftereffects of her actions are mapped out.

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** After a pair of friends discuss how small changes can change the timeline in [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page556.html "never do anything"]], "Consequences"]], one of them pokes her head through the side of a panel to look at the rest of the strip where the aftereffects of her actions are mapped out.



* ButterflyOfDoom: Present in [http://www.viruscomix.com/page556.html "never do anything"]] literally as the mark of possibilities. Also along one of the pathways; if the apple core distracts them then a typhoon is averted for now.

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* ButterflyOfDoom: Present in [http://www.viruscomix.com/page556.html "never do anything"]] "Consequences"]] literally as the mark of possibilities. Also along one of the pathways; if the apple core distracts them then a typhoon is averted for now.

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** After a pair of friends discuss ForWantOfANail, one of them... [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page556.html well...]] pokes her head through the side of a panel to look at the rest of the strip where the aftereffects of her actions are mapped out.

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** After a pair of friends discuss ForWantOfANail, one of them... how small changes can change the timeline in [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page556.html well...]] "never do anything"]], one of them pokes her head through the side of a panel to look at the rest of the strip where the aftereffects of her actions are mapped out.


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* ButterflyOfDoom: Present in [http://www.viruscomix.com/page556.html "never do anything"]] literally as the mark of possibilities. Also along one of the pathways; if the apple core distracts them then a typhoon is averted for now.
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* CurseCutShort: The damned soul in "[[http://www.viruscomix.com/page518.html This Job Is Hell]]" displays one of these on his ''shirt'', which shows what he's currently thinking.

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* CurseCutShort: The damned soul in "[[http://www.viruscomix.com/page518.html This Job Is Hell]]" displays one of these on his ''shirt'', which shows what he's [[OhCrap currently thinking.thinking]].
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** The time machine in [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page451.html this]] comic. Do the math and you'll see that 142 kilometers per hour equal [[Film/BackToTheFuture 88 mph]], and that's if you didn't see the flux capacitor.

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** The time machine in [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page451.html this]] comic. Do the math and you'll see that 142 kilometers per hour equal [[Film/BackToTheFuture [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture 88 mph]], and that's if you didn't see the flux capacitor.
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** The file name[[note]]"youcantfightinhere.jpg"[[/note]] of [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page581.html this comic]], as well as Ethel's subconscious having a war room, a shirking president, a British captain and an ex-Nazi adviser, as well as the fact [[TalkingToHimself that they're all the same person]], are all allusions to ''Film/DrStrangelove''.

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** The file name[[note]]"youcantfightinhere.jpg"[[/note]] of [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page581.html this comic]], as well as Ethel's subconscious having a war room, a shirking president, a British captain and an ex-Nazi adviser, as well as the fact [[TalkingToHimself [[SplitPersonality that they're all the same person]], are all allusions to ''Film/DrStrangelove''.
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* OnlyUsefulAsToiletPaper: The No-Bullshit Emporium sells copies of L. Ron Hubbard's ''Dianetics' pre-printed on rolls of toilet paper, available in both regular and quilted.
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* AngryChef: In [[https://viruscomix.com/page424.html comic 424]], the waitress describes the restaurant's cook as a huge skinhead with a hair-trigger temper and a tendency to headbutt people and throw kitchen appliances at waiters who get on his nerves.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: this fitness center owner is [[https://viruscomix.com/page464.html bothered by the Sphynx's mass killing spree]] - because it's ruining his business.
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* {{Textplosion}}: Several instances go beyond WallOfText and straight into this trope.

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''Subnormality'' is a webcomic with [[SpeechCentricWork a whole lot of words]] created by Winston Rowntree. Created in 2007, this comic is a [[DeconstructorFleet Deconstruction parade,]] where the author deconstructs everything from video game characters to tropes themselves, such as CannotSpitItOut. Most of the events appear to take place in the city of Toronto, although other locales are used, such as Hell or some undefined time in the past. Some of his works are hilarious, some are depressing, and others are somewhere in the middle where you can't figure out what you're supposed to gain from it.

Reader responses are rather subjective; many enjoy it for [[AnAesop the messages]] they receive from it, and others dislike it for [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools how hard]] Winston tries to [[{{Anvilicious}} hammer in his morality]]. In this comic, you do just as much reading as you would if you were reading a book, it just has pictures to go with it. Somewhat of a LightNovel, except the art style is more reminiscent of western comic books than Japanese Manga.

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''Subnormality'' is a webcomic with [[SpeechCentricWork a whole lot of words]] created by Winston Rowntree. Created in 2007, this comic is a [[DeconstructorFleet Deconstruction parade,]] where the author deconstructs everything from video game characters to tropes themselves, such as CannotSpitItOut. Most of the events appear to take place in the city of Toronto, although other locales are used, such as Hell or some undefined time in the past. Some of his works are hilarious, some are depressing, and others are somewhere in all over the middle spectrum, where you can't figure out what you're supposed the comic and your reactions change by the panel.

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Reader responses are rather subjective; many
be polarized: Some enjoy it for [[AnAesop the messages]] they receive from it, message]] and food for thought the webcomic provides in ample amounts, others dislike it for find Winston's [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools how hard]] Winston tries to sermonizing]] and/or [[{{Anvilicious}} hammer ethics]] to be just a tad too much, especially given the amount of text.

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in his morality]]. In this comic, ''Subnormality'' you do just as much reading as you would if you were reading a book, except it's illustrated - making it just has pictures to go with it. Somewhat something of a LightNovel, except the art style is more reminiscent of western comic books than Japanese Manga.
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** The first panel of ''Monsters Playing Poker'' is ArtImitatesArt of C.M. Coolidge's "''Dogs Playing Poker''".

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** The first panel of ''Monsters Playing Poker'' is ArtImitatesArt of C.M. Coolidge's "''Dogs Playing Poker''"."Art/DogsPlayingPoker".
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* PeriodPieceModernLanguage: Discussed; the comic points out that all the characters in fantasy and historical films tend to speak in FloweryElizabethanEnglish... except the [[TokenMinority token black sidekick]], who always talks like they're from Atlanta circa 1995.
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* StaticCharacter: "Character Evolution" illustrates CharacterDevelopment [[https://viruscomix.com/abno30.html by medium]], depicting Comic Strip characters as so unchanging that they're gathering cobwebs.
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''Subnormality'' is a webcomic with [[WallOfText a whole lot of words]] created by Winston Rowntree. Created in 2007, this comic is a [[DeconstructorFleet Deconstruction parade,]] where the author deconstructs everything from video game characters to tropes themselves, such as CannotSpitItOut. Most of the events appear to take place in the city of Toronto, although other locales are used, such as Hell or some undefined time in the past. Some of his works are hilarious, some are depressing, and others are somewhere in the middle where you can't figure out what you're supposed to gain from it.

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''Subnormality'' is a webcomic with [[WallOfText [[SpeechCentricWork a whole lot of words]] created by Winston Rowntree. Created in 2007, this comic is a [[DeconstructorFleet Deconstruction parade,]] where the author deconstructs everything from video game characters to tropes themselves, such as CannotSpitItOut. Most of the events appear to take place in the city of Toronto, although other locales are used, such as Hell or some undefined time in the past. Some of his works are hilarious, some are depressing, and others are somewhere in the middle where you can't figure out what you're supposed to gain from it.

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* BaitAndSwitch: [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page529.html This strip]] begins by focusing on a suave, James Bond-esque figure while the narration describes the life of a spy. The ending shows that the man being focused on is just some guy, and the spy is a very forgettable man in the background.

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[[http://www.viruscomix.com/page529.html This strip]] begins by focusing on a suave, James Bond-esque figure while the narration describes the life of a spy. The ending shows that the man being focused on is just some guy, and the spy is a very forgettable man in the background.

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* AdamWesting: Cited [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page434.html here]], as "The Emperor has no clothes - and he knows it. But he's not pretending to have clothes, and he plays to the crowd, who appreciate his honesty."
* AffablyEvil: The Sphynx is ''usually'' rather polite. (And she [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page467.html got upset once]] because [[WantsAPrizeForBasicDecency no-one appreciated it]].)

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\n* AdamWesting: Cited [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page434.html here]], as "The Emperor has no clothes - -- and he knows it. But he's not pretending to have clothes, and he plays to the crowd, who appreciate his honesty."
* AffablyEvil: The Sphynx is an unapologetic man-eater, but is ''usually'' rather polite. (And she [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page467.html got upset once]] because [[WantsAPrizeForBasicDecency no-one appreciated it]].)



* AltText: Occasionally.
* AlternateHistory: Various popular counterfactual scenarios are displayed in the [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page533.html Museum of the Theoretical]].

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* %%* AltText: Occasionally.
* AlternateHistory: Various popular counterfactual scenarios are displayed in the [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page533.html Museum of the Theoretical]].Theoretical]], such as what humans would look like if Neanderthals had become Earth's dominant species or a map of Operation Downfall, a land invasion of Japan that in real life was scrapped in favor of the atomic bombs.



* AuthorAppeal: Most of his women are drawn with hairy arms and legs.
* AssholeVictim: In [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page430.html this strip]], one wonders why ''anyone'' would agree to pay five dollars for a snow removal service that will heavily damage the property in the process - then you see who the house ''belongs'' to.

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* AuthorAppeal: Most of his the comic's women are drawn with hairy arms and legs.
* AssholeVictim: In [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page430.html this strip]], one wonders why ''anyone'' would agree to pay five dollars for a snow removal service that will heavily damage the property in the process - -- then you see who the house ''belongs'' to.



* BaitAndSwitch: [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page529.html This strip]], as detailed under OvertOperative, and [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page558.html this strip]] which starts out looking like it's about how society turns a blind eye to the homeless, but is actually about how it's LonelyAtTheTop.

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* BaitAndSwitch: [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page529.html This strip]], as detailed under OvertOperative, strip]] begins by focusing on a suave, James Bond-esque figure while the narration describes the life of a spy. The ending shows that the man being focused on is just some guy, and the spy is a very forgettable man in the background.
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[[http://www.viruscomix.com/page558.html this This strip]] which starts out looking like it's about how society turns a blind eye to the homeless, but is actually about how it's LonelyAtTheTop.



* BeneathNotice: The actual spy that subverts the OvertOperative trope below.
-->And I don't [[HiddenInPlainSight hide in plain sight]]. I don't hide at all. I just live in the blind spots that everyone has — the places you would never look because you assume — you '''know''' — nothing could be there. You can fit quite the little career in a blind spot.

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* BeneathNotice: One strip begins by focusing on a glamorous James Bond-like man while the narration describes the lifestyle of a spy. The ending reveals that the actual spy is a very plain, forgettable man that subverts the OvertOperative trope below.
nobody really pays attention to, aiding him in his job.
-->And I don't [[HiddenInPlainSight hide in plain sight]]. I don't hide at all. I just live in the blind spots that everyone has -- the places you would never look because you assume -- you '''know''' -- nothing could be there. You can fit quite the little career in a blind spot.spot.
* BeliefMakesYouStupid: Let's just say that Winston is definitely one of ''those'' atheists, though it doesn't come up much.



* BlackComedy: Pretty much the whole idea of the strip.
* BlatantLies: [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page517.html The Sphynx, after saving a woman's life]], tries to pass it off as...
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: The Sphynx, apparently. It's fine for her to kill and eat people since she's not human, whereas a human cannibal is shown to have ended up in Hell. Her "reasoning" [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page517.html is that she's simply higher on the food chain.]] Of course, the Sphynx isn't actually dead yet.
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: Seen [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page403.html here]], panel two. Go through the wrong door in a spa, they sacrifice you to a god.

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* %%* BlackComedy: Pretty much the whole idea of the strip.
* BlatantLies: [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page517.html The Sphynx, after saving a woman's life]], tries to pass it off as...
as an attempt to show that she's evil after all because she, uh, can recognize the value of human life and just chooses to ignore it when she's hungry. The woman doesn't buy it.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: The Sphynx, apparently. It's fine for her to kill and eat people since she's not human, whereas a human cannibal is shown to have ended up in Hell. Her "reasoning" [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page517.html is that she's simply higher on the food chain.]] chain]]. Of course, the Sphynx isn't actually dead yet.
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: Seen [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page403.html here]], panel two. Go In one strip]], a spa employee is giving a new visitor an introductory speech in which she quickly slips in a mention that, if you through the wrong door in a the spa, they sacrifice you to a dark god.



** [[GratuitousNinja The Truth Ninja]] [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page455.html helps a couple avoid a serial killer]].
** After a pair of friends discuss ForWantOfANail, one of them... [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page556.html well...]]

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** [[GratuitousNinja The Truth Ninja]] [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page455.html helps a couple avoid a serial killer]].
killer]] by tossing a throwing star at a sign the killer is using to lure people. This forms an asterisk, creating a footnote beneath the comic that says what the killer is doing and alters the passers-by.
** After a pair of friends discuss ForWantOfANail, one of them... [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page556.html well...]]]] pokes her head through the side of a panel to look at the rest of the strip where the aftereffects of her actions are mapped out.



* HitlersTimeTravelExemptionAct: Hitler gets frequent attempts on his life from time travelers-all fail.
-->[[http://www.viruscomix.com/page382.html "I mean, you kind of have to wonder!!"]]

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* HitlersTimeTravelExemptionAct: Hitler gets frequent attempts on his life from time travelers-all fail.travelers -- all fail. However, the guard assigned to his chambers starts to wonder if maybe this is a sign that they aren't on the side of good after all.
-->[[http://www.viruscomix.com/page382.html "I mean, you kind of have to wonder!!"]]wonder!"]]



* ImplausibleHairColor: The pink haired girl... unless she's working at a soul-crushing job in which case it spontaneously shifts to a dull brown.

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* ImplausibleHairColor: The pink haired pink-haired girl... unless she's working at a soul-crushing job in which case it spontaneously shifts to a dull brown.



* InnocentFanserviceGirl: There's a recurring female character (later revealed to be named Justine) who is both incredibly attractive and tends to wear very tight-fitting clothing, low-cut tops, daisy dukes, etc. However, she seems to be [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page429.html largely oblivious to the effect she has on men]], who are usually so gob-smacked by her geeky interest that they [[SpontaneousHumanCombustion spontaneously expode]].
* IronicHell: He's been known to play with this one. On one occasion a misfile causes a guy to be signed up for the wrong ironic punishment, which is immediately corrected when [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne he takes offense to being buried in dog feces]] (having always made it a point to clean up after his dog, even if he did kill five people). In another one, Hell's latest tenant frustrates the demon assigned to him for orientation because here, yet again, is some dipshit who thinks a single lifetime of being a dull little guy has given him the guile to outwit millenia-old beings who have honed the craft of eternal suffering; then his attempt to prove his point ends up seriously screwing his pooch.

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* InnocentFanserviceGirl: There's a recurring female character (later revealed to be named Justine) who is both incredibly attractive and tends to wear very tight-fitting clothing, low-cut tops, daisy dukes, etc. However, she seems to be [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page429.html largely oblivious to the effect she has on men]], who are usually so gob-smacked by her geeky interest interests that they [[SpontaneousHumanCombustion spontaneously expode]].
* IronicHell: He's been known to play with this one. On one occasion a misfile causes a guy to be signed up for the wrong ironic punishment, which is immediately corrected when [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne he takes offense to being buried in dog feces]] feces (having always made it a point to clean up after his dog, even if he did kill five people). In another one, Hell's latest tenant frustrates the demon assigned to him for orientation because here, yet again, is some dipshit who thinks a single lifetime of being a dull little guy has given him the guile to outwit millenia-old beings who have honed the craft of eternal suffering; then his attempt to prove his point ends up seriously screwing his pooch.



-->'''General Pete:''' So yeah, cheers! Fuckin' cheers. Here's to karma. And here's to the bullied. Because they don't need to inherit the Earth - it's already theirs.
-->'''Redheaded Fan:''' Man... I fully came over here to just intensely hit on you, but now I'm too distracted by that story.
-->'''General Pete:''' [[LampshadeHanging So much karma...]]

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-->'''General Pete:''' So yeah, cheers! Fuckin' cheers. Here's to karma. And here's to the bullied. Because they don't need to inherit the Earth - -- it's already theirs.
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* OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions / BeliefMakesYouStupid: Let's just say that Winston is definitely one of ''those'' atheists, though it doesn't come up much.
* OvertOperative: Subverted [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page529.html here]], in which [[spoiler: the actual spy is sitting behind the Franchise/JamesBond {{expy}}]].

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* OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions / BeliefMakesYouStupid: Let's just say that Winston OurSphinxesAreDifferent: The Sphinx is definitely one about three thousand and four hundred years old, and around the size of ''those'' atheists, though it a small elephant. She also eats people -- she doesn't come up much.
seem to eat anything else -- and gets very prickly when people object.
* OvertOperative: Subverted [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page529.html here]], in which [[spoiler: the [[spoiler:the actual spy is sitting behind the Franchise/JamesBond {{expy}}]].



** Played with in [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page473.html this strip]].
** [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page505.html This one plays the Trope straight]], but what the guy's reasons [[ShellShockedVeteran are far from normal.]] At the end they ''say'' they're going to have sex though.

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** Played with in In [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page473.html this strip]].
strip]], a man hires a woman to write a short horror story on commission in a manner otherwise written exactly like streetwalking prostitution.
** Downplayed [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page505.html This one plays htmlin strip 505]]. The client visits a "sex stop" for precisely the Trope straight]], but what the guy's reasons [[ShellShockedVeteran are far from normal.]] At one would expect and he and the worker there end they ''say'' they're going to have sex though.up doing the deed at the end, but he spends most of the strip venting about a very traumatic tour of duty.

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Too Dumb To Live specifically refers to situations where a person's stupidity directly causes their death.


* PersonalRaincloud: Played with in [[https://viruscomix.com/page528.html one strip]]. One panel, labeled "how fortunate you might feel", shows a morose monster sitting under a small localized raincloud, and being drenched in rain. The next, labeled "how fortunate you might be", shows that the monster is surrounded by fire and being kept safe by the cloud.



* TooDumbToLive: A two-fer [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page527.html here]].
--> '''Pink-haired woman:''' Am I gonna watch your dog that's locked in a safe to prevent it from being stolen, which was ''itself'' stolen, by you, from a store you forgot you owned, when you were trying to rob a bank, and you [[RuleOfFunny for some reason]] don't know the combination, and you say you'll be gone five minutes but that could probably mean almost anything at this point?
--> '''Joleco Pet Store robber:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Yeah!]]
--> '''Pink-haired woman:''' ''*After nightfall*'' Okay I have '''got''' [[ExtremeDoormat to learn to say no.]]
--> '''Safe:''' [[TheStinger Meow]].
* ToServeMan: The monsters - most notably the Sphinx - have a taste for people and are not remorseful about it. The weirdest part is, human witnesses seem to take this in stride; one guy who gets angry at the Sphynx is mad ''not'' because he thinks it's evil, but because she's hurting his business by preying on his customers! (Still, that ''would'' be kind of bad for business...)

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* TooDumbToLive: A two-fer [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page527.html here]].
--> '''Pink-haired woman:''' Am I gonna watch your dog that's locked in a safe to prevent it from being stolen, which was ''itself'' stolen, by you, from a store you forgot you owned, when you were trying to rob a bank, and you [[RuleOfFunny for some reason]] don't know the combination, and you say you'll be gone five minutes but that could probably mean almost anything at this point?
--> '''Joleco Pet Store robber:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Yeah!]]
--> '''Pink-haired woman:''' ''*After nightfall*'' Okay I have '''got''' [[ExtremeDoormat to learn to say no.]]
--> '''Safe:''' [[TheStinger Meow]].
* ToServeMan: The monsters - -- most notably the Sphinx - -- have a taste for people and are not remorseful about it. The weirdest part is, human witnesses seem to take this in stride; one guy who gets angry at the Sphynx is mad ''not'' because he thinks it's evil, but because she's hurting his business by preying on his customers! (Still, that ''would'' be kind of bad for business...)
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* DominanceThroughFurniture: In a comic, an average joe goes to multiple job interviews, but keeps getting turned down. These constant failures wear him down and his posture gets worse with each new interview until he's finally so slumped over that the last manager uses him as a footrest.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The Covid-19 epidemic causes the Pink-Haired Girl to lose her job as a stewardess as airlines cut back.
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Reader responses are rather subjective; many enjoy it for [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped the messages]] they receive from it, and others dislike it for [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools how hard]] Winston tries to [[{{Anvilicious}} hammer in his morality]]. In this comic, you do just as much reading as you would if you were reading a book, it just has pictures to go with it. Somewhat of a LightNovel, except the art style is more reminiscent of western comic books than Japanese Manga.

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Reader responses are rather subjective; many enjoy it for [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped [[AnAesop the messages]] they receive from it, and others dislike it for [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools how hard]] Winston tries to [[{{Anvilicious}} hammer in his morality]]. In this comic, you do just as much reading as you would if you were reading a book, it just has pictures to go with it. Somewhat of a LightNovel, except the art style is more reminiscent of western comic books than Japanese Manga.

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* ModelScam:
** [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page421.html This]] strip, which ''does'' feature a deserted warehouse. The girl in question is turned into a figurine for the Franklin Mint.
** Played with [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page456.html here]], though it turns out it's not about a modeling job. It's actually [[IAmAHumanitarian much worse]].
** And the Sphynx, of all beings, [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page579.html is approached by a painter]] for this... [[spoiler: he opted to paint her as a human]].



* YouWouldMakeAGreatModel:
** [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page421.html This]] strip, which ''does'' feature a deserted warehouse. The girl in question is turned into a figurine for the Franklin Mint.
** Played with [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page456.html here]], though it turns out it's not about a modeling job. It's actually [[IAmAHumanitarian much worse]].
** And the Sphynx, of all beings, [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page579.html is approached by a painter]] for this... [[spoiler: he opted to paint her as a human]].

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** A subtle one- [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page440.html the letters hanging from Princess Washburn's skirt]] (IEAIAIO) is the title of a song by Music/SystemOfADown.
** Her skirt itself is very reminiscent of [[ExpressiveShirt The]] [[NewspaperComics Yellow]] [[OlderThanTelevision Kid]]

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** A subtle one- [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page440.html the letters hanging from Princess Washburn's skirt]] (IEAIAIO) is the title of a song by Music/SystemOfADown.
**
Music/SystemOfADown. Her skirt itself is very reminiscent of [[ExpressiveShirt The]] [[NewspaperComics Yellow]] [[OlderThanTelevision Kid]]



* StrawCharacter: Saturates the entire comic. If Rowntree has an Anvil to drop, it will usually be dropped on a misrepresented effigy of that which he dislikes.



* TheWarOnStraw: Saturates the entire comic. If Rowntree has an Anvil to drop, it will usually be dropped on a misrepresented effigy of that which he dislikes.

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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Characters that are meant to embody an archetype, many, many names of businesses and products in the background signage, and the awards in [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page482.html this comic]].

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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin:
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Characters that are meant to embody an archetype, many, many names of businesses and products in the background signage, and the awards in [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page482.html this comic]].



* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: In [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page522.html this strip]], the pink-haired girl's decision to quit her soul-crushing waitressing job results in her instantly getting her pink hair back.

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* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: ExpositoryHairstyleChange:
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In [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page522.html this strip]], the pink-haired girl's decision to quit her soul-crushing waitressing job results in her instantly getting her pink hair back.



* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: The entire point of "[[http://www.viruscomix.com/page518.html Can't Win]]", where a sinner insists he'll be the one to best Hell, much to the annoyance of Devil #76. [[spoiler:He doesn't.]]

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* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: FailureIsTheOnlyOption:
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The entire point of "[[http://www.viruscomix.com/page518.html Can't Win]]", where a sinner insists he'll be the one to best Hell, much to the annoyance of Devil #76. [[spoiler:He doesn't.]]



%%* HitlersTimeTravelExemptionAct: [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page382.html "I mean, you kind of have to wonder!!"]]

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%%* * HitlersTimeTravelExemptionAct: [[http://www.Hitler gets frequent attempts on his life from time travelers-all fail.
-->[[http://www.
viruscomix.com/page382.html "I mean, you kind of have to wonder!!"]]
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* DespairEventHorizon: Aside from "Not Worth It!", [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page452.html the Sphynx]] opts to use this as a means of calming her meals, making them DrivenToSuicide. Those poor baby chicks... And she [[[[http://www.viruscomix.com/page467.html gave up this tactic]] because people [[ConditionedToAcceptHorror no longer found her stories depressing]].

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* DespairEventHorizon: Aside from "Not Worth It!", [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page452.html the Sphynx]] opts to use this as a means of calming her meals, making them DrivenToSuicide. Those poor baby chicks... And she [[[[http://www.[[http://www.viruscomix.com/page467.html gave up this tactic]] because people [[ConditionedToAcceptHorror no longer found her stories depressing]].

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