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* AerithAndBob: Character names are an unexplained mix of ordinary-human-sounding names like Robert or Linda and geometric names like Triangle or Trapezium.
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* SoapWithinAShow: Mention is made of a soap opera called ''All Our Vertices'', with over-the-top plotlines.
-->'''Robert:''' Recapulon, what happened on last week's All Our Vertices?\\
'''Recapulon:''' Trapezium discovered that Polly was lying about Charles's pregnancy. Todd used the talisman to raise Concave Heptagon's evil twin as a zombie. An explosion shut down the airport, but Lois kept the pretzel factory running.
-->'''Robert:''' Recapulon, what happened on last week's All Our Vertices?\\
'''Recapulon:''' Trapezium discovered that Polly was lying about Charles's pregnancy. Todd used the talisman to raise Concave Heptagon's evil twin as a zombie. An explosion shut down the airport, but Lois kept the pretzel factory running.
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* MediumAwareness: Everyone knows whether or not they're on-panel (and some plans hinge on the Cartoonist not looking). Robert takes this UpToEleven.
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* MediumAwareness: Everyone knows whether or not they're on-panel (and some plans hinge on the Cartoonist not looking). Robert takes this UpToEleven.up to eleven.
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* ReadingAheadInTheScript: There's a running gag where if Triangle goes to visit one of the supporting characters to ask for help or advice, there's a good chance they'll say they already know what he wants because they've been reading the webcomic.
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* ReadingAheadInTheScript: ReadingAheadInTheScript:
** There's a running gag where if Triangle goes to visit one of the supporting characters to ask for help or advice, there's a good chance they'll say they already know what he wants because they've been reading thewebcomic.webcomic.
** In one story arc, Triangle and Robert are hired to help with a cover-up. Robert comes up with a plan that's unusually sensible for him, and it would have worked except that the police read the webcomic and find out what they were hired for.
** There's a running gag where if Triangle goes to visit one of the supporting characters to ask for help or advice, there's a good chance they'll say they already know what he wants because they've been reading the
** In one story arc, Triangle and Robert are hired to help with a cover-up. Robert comes up with a plan that's unusually sensible for him, and it would have worked except that the police read the webcomic and find out what they were hired for.
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* TimmyInAWell: Robert falls down a hole and sends their pet Inverted Capital G (a [[AllAnimalsAreDogs doglike creature]]) to fetch help. The person Inverted Capital G doesn't understand Inverted Capital G's barking, but fortunately it's in the middle of a Franchise/ScoobyDoo parody so he also has the option of mangled but comprehensible English to fall back on ("Rust forrow me already!").
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* TimmyInAWell: Robert falls down a hole and sends their pet Inverted Capital G (a [[AllAnimalsAreDogs doglike creature]]) to fetch help. The person Inverted Capital G finds doesn't understand Inverted Capital G's barking, but fortunately it's in the middle of a Franchise/ScoobyDoo parody so he also has the option of mangled but comprehensible English to fall back on ("Rust forrow me already!").
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* DetectivePatsy: In one story arc, Triangle and Robert are hired to investigate a Lovecraftian monster threat. Robert immediately deduces that their client is faking the threat as part of a ScoobyDooHoax and is only hiring them to give the threat an appearance of legitimacy -- and decides to take the job anyway because it's a great opportunity for wacky misadventures.
* IsTheAnswerToThisQuestionYes: Played with. After Robert falls down a hole and discovers a factory making shoddy bootleg action figures:
-->'''Triangle:''' Do you want me to pull you up now?\\
'''Robert:''' Does Yogi Bear breathe fire?\\
'''Triangle''': Is that a sarcastic way of saying no?\\
'''Robert:''' No, I needed my memory refreshed. These toys down here make no sense.
-->'''Triangle:''' Do you want me to pull you up now?\\
'''Robert:''' Does Yogi Bear breathe fire?\\
'''Triangle''': Is that a sarcastic way of saying no?\\
'''Robert:''' No, I needed my memory refreshed. These toys down here make no sense.
* ScareQuotes: Triangle and Robert are hired to pretend to investigate a mystery that they know their client is really responsible for.
-->'''Robert:''' Hi. We're the "detectives" you hired to "investigate" the "monster" and the "zombies" that have been causing all this "trouble".\\
'''Client:''' You don't need the quotes. I know what you really mean.\\
'''Robert:''' "Sorry".
* ScoobyDooHoax: As a breather after the big story arc where they save the world from the Time of the Oval, there's a series of shorter adventures in which Robert insists on assuming that the threat is just somebody faking a supernatural danger to cover up their own misdeeds. He's right eventually.
-->'''Robert:''' Hi. We're the "detectives" you hired to "investigate" the "monster" and the "zombies" that have been causing all this "trouble".\\
'''Client:''' You don't need the quotes. I know what you really mean.\\
'''Robert:''' "Sorry".
* ScoobyDooHoax: As a breather after the big story arc where they save the world from the Time of the Oval, there's a series of shorter adventures in which Robert insists on assuming that the threat is just somebody faking a supernatural danger to cover up their own misdeeds. He's right eventually.
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* TemptingFate: Robert attempts to invoke the trope by declaring loudly that business opportunities don't just fall out of the sky. Nothing happens... until Robert gives up and repeats the sentiment, sincerely this time, at which point a plot device immediately falls out of the sky.
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* TemptingFate: TemptingFate:
** Robert attempts to invoke the trope by declaring loudly that business opportunities don't just fall out of the sky. Nothing happens... until Robert gives up and repeats the sentiment, sincerely this time, at which point a plot device immediately falls out of thesky.sky.
** During Robert's attempt to turn their current adventure into a Scooby-Doo-like mystery, Triangle starts to tell him that he thinks they've taken "this Scooby-Doo thing" as far as it'll go, but only gets partway through the sentence before being interrupted by the arrival of their pet Inverted Capital G (a large, unnaturally-intelligent [[AllAnimalsAreDogs doglike creature]]).
--->'''Inverted Capital G:''' Rerro!
** Robert attempts to invoke the trope by declaring loudly that business opportunities don't just fall out of the sky. Nothing happens... until Robert gives up and repeats the sentiment, sincerely this time, at which point a plot device immediately falls out of the
** During Robert's attempt to turn their current adventure into a Scooby-Doo-like mystery, Triangle starts to tell him that he thinks they've taken "this Scooby-Doo thing" as far as it'll go, but only gets partway through the sentence before being interrupted by the arrival of their pet Inverted Capital G (a large, unnaturally-intelligent [[AllAnimalsAreDogs doglike creature]]).
--->'''Inverted Capital G:''' Rerro!
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* TimmyInAWell: Robert falls down a hole and sends their pet Inverted Capital G (a [[AllAnimalsAreDogs doglike creature]]) to fetch help. The person Inverted Capital G doesn't understand Inverted Capital G's barking, but fortunately it's in the middle of a Franchise/ScoobyDoo parody so he also has the option of mangled but comprehensible English to fall back on ("Rust forrow me already!").
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* SkewedPriorities: In one strip, Robert decides to turn down a wacky scheme invitation involving a wind tunnel, and Triangle remarks that it must be ''really'' dangerous if even Robert doesn't want to do it. Robert replies that he's not concerned about the danger, but he's worried it will mess up his hair.[[note]]Even though, as he immediately lampshades, neither of them has any hair.[[/note]]
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* BreadMilkEggsSquick: Triangle lists the assets of an amusement park he and Robert have been hired as PR consultants for: "a nice broad walkway... concession stands highly visible... low-hanging gondola that could easily hit someone... pack of feral cats..."
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* IndianBurialGround: Parodied. Triangle and Robert investigate an amusement park built over an isoceles burial ground (from the days, Robert explains, when isoceles triangles were a persecuted demographic). Robert assumes this means they'll be encountering vengeful ghosts sooner or later.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: When Triangle and Robert investigate a run-down theme park, Robert assumes that they're heading into a ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' parody, and starts acting accordingly. The Cartoonist and Triangle quickly rule out that option, and the threat turns out instead to be [[spoiler:a hazardous materials containment disaster inadvertantly caused by Robert in an attempt to create a comedic mishap]].
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* NinjaProp: During a dramatic fight scene, Robert is apparently hit by a powerful attack and killed, but the next strip reveals that he survived by using the sound effect of the attack as a shield. He continues to shield himself with his own speech bubbles, pointing out that as a sidekick he has a MotorMouth ability and can keep it up indefinitely.
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* MindControl: One story arc involves the Ovalnaut taking over the world using mind control. At the climax of the arc, after Robert proves to be immune to the mind control, the Ovalnaut forces Triangle to try and kill him.
* NinjaProp: During a dramatic fight scene, Robert is apparently hit by a powerful attack and killed, but the next strip reveals that he survived by using the sound effect of the attack as a shield. He continues to shield himself with his own speech bubbles, pointing out that as a wacky sidekick he has a MotorMouth ability and can keep it up indefinitely.
* NinjaProp: During a dramatic fight scene, Robert is apparently hit by a powerful attack and killed, but the next strip reveals that he survived by using the sound effect of the attack as a shield. He continues to shield himself with his own speech bubbles, pointing out that as a wacky sidekick he has a MotorMouth ability and can keep it up indefinitely.
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* NinjaProp: During a dramatic fight scene, Robert is apparently hit by a powerful attack and killed, but the next strip reveals that he survived by using the sound effect of the attack as a shield. He continues to shield himself with his own speech bubbles, pointing out that as a sidekick he has a MotorMouth ability and can keep it up indefinitely.
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** In one strip, Robert picks a lock using a toupee, a lithograph of a pony, and a penny. Triangle comments that they're getting away with not explaining to the reader how that's possible, and Robert claims that he intended to explain but they ran out of panels.
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''Triangle and Robert'' is a [[LongRunner long-running]] {{webcomic}} by Patrick Shaughnessy about the antics of a band of geometric shapes. It is [[StylisticSuck deliberately poorly drawn]] and utterly [[WorldOfWeirdness absurd]]. Due to its length, LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters and use of TwoLinesNoWaiting, there are numerous plotlines, but it has a central arc focusing on the heroes' struggle to SaveTheWorld.
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''Triangle and Robert'' is a [[LongRunner long-running]] {{webcomic}} by Patrick Shaughnessy about the antics of a band of geometric shapes. It is [[StylisticSuck deliberately poorly drawn]] and utterly [[WorldOfWeirdness absurd]]. Due to its length, LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters many characters and use of TwoLinesNoWaiting, there are numerous plotlines, but it has a central arc focusing on the heroes' struggle to SaveTheWorld.
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* LuckBasedSearchTechnique: Triangle attempts to invoke the trope when he and Robert are trying to find a secret entrance into the Cornersheep's lair, instructing Robert to "stumble aimlessly" in the hope that he'll trip over the entrance. It doesn't work until Robert gets genuinely distracted by a conversation with Triangle about the cartoonist's shortcomings, whereupon he immediately falls down a secret access shaft.
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* BondVillainStupidity: Averted when the Meat Sentry is captured by the Cornersheep. He starts monologuing about how her situation is hopeless and she will be forced to reveal everything, but a couple of sentences in he remembers that he doesn't actually have anything he needs her to reveal, and has her summarily killed. (Fortunately it's already been established that death in this setting isn't necessarily permanent.)
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* OrphanedSetup: In strip #1122, Mr Disease is explaining what he's doing, and Triangle, realizing that the explanation is leading up to a pun that he's not in the mood for, cuts him off with a request that he not finish the explanation.
-->'''Mr Disease:''' Okay, but then we won't have a third panel.\\
'''Triangle:''' Fine by me.
-->'''Mr Disease:''' Okay, but then we won't have a third panel.\\
'''Triangle:''' Fine by me.
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* PaintingTheMedium: Several moments imply that in-universe sheep really are just black rectangles with the words "Insert Sheep" on them, such as when Robert disguises himself as a sheep by painting himself black and adding the words "Insert Sheep" at a slant matching his angles. On another occasion, the Meat Sentry punches a hole right through a sheep during a fight, and the results are represented by a sheep (black rectangle, etc.) with a neat circle missing from the middle next to a matching black circle with the word "Haggis" on it.
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* OutOfFocus: From time to time, the strip would follow supporting characters like Cube or Prozac the Bear or the Food Sentries instead of the title characters. Acknowledged in #1087, part of a sequence featuring the Food Sentries, where the usual title logo is replaced by a title (in much smaller font) reading 'Strip Which Is Still Titled "Triangle and Robert" Despite Have Increasingly Little Focus On Those Two Characters".
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* OutOfFocus: From time to time, the strip would follow supporting characters like Cube or Prozac the Bear or the Food Sentries instead of the title characters. Acknowledged in #1087, part of a sequence featuring the Food Sentries, where the usual title logo is replaced by a title (in much smaller font) reading 'Strip Which Is Still Titled "Triangle and Robert" Despite Have Having Increasingly Little Focus On Those Two Characters".
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* CountingSheep: In one strip, Robert watches a battle between the Food Sentries and the minions of the Cornersheep. While trying to keep track of how many villainous sheep have been defeated, he falls asleep and misses the rest of the battle. He asks how many sheep they defeated in the end, and is told that they're not sure because the Dairy Sentry also fell asleep when he tried counting them.
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* OutOfFocus: From time to time, the strip would follow supporting characters like Cube or Prozac the Bear or the Food Sentries instead of the title characters. Acknowledged in #1087, part of a sequence featuring the Food Sentries, where the usual title logo is replaced by a title (in much smaller font) reading 'Strip Which Is Still Titled "Triangle and Robert" Despite Have Increasingly Little Focus On Those Two Characters".
