History WebVideo / StripSearch

** All in all, so far six losing contestants [[spoiler:(Monica, Lexxy, Abby, Maki, Amy and Tavis)]] have run Kickstarter or Indiegogo campaigns, and all six have succeeded. Many of the "loser's" Kickstarters wound up raising much more than the $15,000 that the winner received. While some are still ongoing, the largest so far is [[spoiler:Abby's]], having raised '''over $125,000'''. So many contestants cashed in so fast and in such large amounts that when the actual winner, []spoiler:Katie]], was taking a little too long in relocating to Seattle, viewers began to worry that [[spoiler:''she'']] might be the one missing out.

** Many of the "loser's" Kickstarters wound up raising much more than the $15,000 that the winner received. While some are still ongoing, the largest so far is [[spoiler:Abby's]], having raised '''over $125,000'''.

* GrassIsGreener: Part of the prize for the winner -- a year embedded in the Penny Arcade offices -- requires relocating to Seattle. Losing did not stop [[spoiler:Amy, Monica and Alex]] from moving to Seattle anyway before the season had even finished airing.

* EpicFail: Episode 17 all around. The contestants were taken to a go-kart track and, though everyone had a blast, they turned out to be terrible at go-karting. Several of them nearly wound up in a nearby lake. One skidded so hard their on-board camera flew off the kart. Two people wound up stuck under the barrier walls. One went ''through'' the barrier. Let's not get started on how many of them attempted to drift and failed miserably. The top qualifier, [[spoiler:Abby]], only did so by accidentally cutting the course. The overall first-place finisher, [[spoiler:Erika]], was disqualified after accidentally cutting the course to a particularly large degree in the midst of one off-roading excursion. Even the production crew found itself victimized, as the contestants' onboard microphones turned out to have failed to pick up anything and just about all the in-race audio was rendered unusable.

* ConfessionCam: Subverted. A proper ConfessionCam was set up, but was [[spoiler:apparently only used once, by Amy, after Lexxy was brought back. Mike and Jerry once commented on nobody using it in one of the elimination rounds.]]

* EpicFail: Episode 17 all around. The contestants were taken to a go-kart track and, though everyone had a blast, they turned out to be terrible at go-karting. Several of them nearly wound up in a nearby lake. One skidded so hard their on-board camera flew off the kart. Two people wound up stuck under the barrier walls. One went ''through'' the barrier. Let's not get started on how many of them attempted to drift and failed miserably. [[spoiler:The top qualifier, Abby, only did so by accidentally cutting the course. The overall first-place finisher, Erika, was disqualified after accidentally cutting the course to a particularly large degree in the midst of one off-roading excursion.]] Even the production crew found itself victimized, as the contestants' onboard microphones turned out to have failed to pick up anything and just about all the in-race audio was rendered unusable.

* FiveFingerDiscount: [[spoiler:During the convention sketch challenge, the artists lose lots of merchandise from their tables.]]

** In fact, many of them have stated that the best prize of the reality show was the bonds they gained with their fellow cartoonists. Special mention goes to [[spoiler:Erika who actually started crying after her elimination because of the experience of meeting everyone.]]

* YourMom: When Monica [[spoiler:went to elimination, in response to Mike's taunts and repetitive questions]]. It flusters [[spoiler:Mike]] and is repeatedly brought up jokingly through the rest of the episode.

* TheQuietOne: Mac's description in his [[http://penny-arcade.com/strip-search/artist/mschubert official bio.]]
* TheRunnerUpTakesItAll:
** Explicitly invoked by Mike and Jerry during the post-elimination pep talk given to fifth-place finisher [[spoiler:Tavis]], citing how often runner-ups on other talent-search shows succeed despite losing.
--->'''Jerry:''' Listen, when you get back, to the hotel, to the house, you've gotta bust your balls. Get ready for these [[spoiler:Tavis]] fans.\\
'''Mike:''' It's like on Series/AmericanIdol, like, when everyone buys the CD of the guy, you know, who was like third or whatever. Like, there's going to be people coming for you, and you gotta have shit ready for them.
** The fourth placer, [[spoiler: Lexxy]] ran a VERY successful Kickstarter to launch her projected comic. She also said that she would have been unable to [[spoiler:develop it on two months for the final challenge]].
** The actual runner-up, [[spoiler:Abby]], had her equivalent Kickstarter funded in just ''17 minutes.''
** Eighth-place finisher [[spoiler:Amy]] got her Kickstarter funded within four hours, and by the end of the day noted that she'd raised more money in one morning than she'd previously ever made in a year. ''Eighth.'' In a field of twelve.

** Eighth-place finisher [[spoiler:Amy]] got her Kickstarter funded within four hours, and by the end of the day noted that she'd raised more money in one morning than she'd previously ever made in a year.

* CatchPhrase: Monica: "When [something] I shit my pants!"

* TrueCompanions: To everyone's utter shock and delight, and in brazen violation of everything people know about reality shows, the ''entire house'' wound up immediately sprinting full-speed to this trope and never looked back. Case in point, in the elimination challenge, Mike will often ask contestants which other artist they'd like to go to their birthday party (or some other such occasion), and which one they'd like to die. Not a single artist will name any other artist to die, even as a joke answer. They will name themselves, Mike and Jerry, the rightful owners of the house they're living in, ''anyone but a fellow artist.'' (They have no problem naming birthday party guests.)
** Amy [[https://twitter.com/AmyTFalcone/status/349648685937876992 sums it up.]]

* [[SirSwearsALot Lady Swears-A-Lot]]: Monica is a tiny adorable anime enthusiast who draws herself with little pink roses in her hair... and has by far the foulest mouth of anyone on the show. And keep in mind that Mike and Jerry make a comic strip heavy on penis jokes.

* TheStrategist: Amy is notable for being the *only* contestant to approach the show from a strategic standpoint (as one would do for, say, Series/{{Survivor}}). [[spoiler: She eventually gives up because it's too stressful to keep doing, especially when nobody else is playing the same way.]]

* TheStrategist: Amy is notable for being the *only* contestant to approach the show from a strategic standpoint (as one would do for, say, {{Survivor}}). [[spoiler: She eventually gives up because it's too stressful to keep doing, especially when nobody else is playing the same way.]]

* ConfessionCam

* UnexpectedGameplayChange: In a rare non-videogame example, invoked by [[spoiler:Katie in the finale. As part of the final challenge, which had just asked the artists to spend two months crafting a new comic strip, they were then asked to, under elimination-challenge conditions, create a three-comic story arc for that strip in four hours using any two of the three topics selected from the Wastebasket of Broken Dreams. A little less than halfway through the time, Katie, who had been using a computer to draw her comic to what she felt was underwhelming effect, suddenly asked to switch to pen and paper. The request was granted. It paid off; she won.]]

* ItMakesSenseInContext: A favorite pastime of the trailers. "Next time on Strip Search" will frequently be followed by something such as "It's gonna be dicks on dicks on dicks" or "Robert Khoo is totally inappropriate."

* ItMakesSenseInContext: A favorite pastime of the trailers. "Next time on Strip Search" will often be followed by something such as "It's gonna be dicks on dicks on dicks" or "Robert Khoo is totally inappropriate."

* UnexpectedGameplayChange: In a rare non-videogame example, invoked by [[spoiler:Katie in the finale. As part of the final challenge, which had just asked the artists to spend two months crafting a new comic strip, they were then asked to, under elimination-challenge conditions, create a three-comic story arc for that strip in four hours using any two of the three topics selected from the Wastebasket of Broken Dreams. A little less than halfway through the time, Katie, who had been using a computer to draw her comic to what she felt was underwhelming effect, suddenly asked to switch to pen and paper. The request was granted.]]

** The fourth placer, [[spoiler: Lexxy]] ran a VERY successful kickstarter to launch her projected comic. She also said that she would have been unable to [[spoiler:develop it on two months for the final challenge]].

[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/strip_search_white-e1358536833657_9107.jpg]]''Strip Search'' is a reality/talent search web show created by PennyArcade and Bionic Trousers Media (the same folks behind ''LoadingReadyRun''), set to find a new great webcomic creator. Twelve artists compete for the grand prize: $15,000, and a year integrated into the ''Penny Arcade'' machine. It was described by the creators in the first episode as being "for all intents and purposes, [[Series/AmericasNextTopModel America's Next Top Web Cartoonist]]".

[[Webcomic/CampWeedonwantcha '''WINNER!''' All tropes can be seen on it's new page!]]

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* BlackComedy
* HorribleCampingTrip
* ParentalAbandonment
* SmallSecludedWorld
* SummerCampy
* WorldLimitedToThePlot
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* GrassIsGreener: Part of the prize for the winner- a year embedded in the Penny Arcade offices- requires relocating to Seattle. Losing did not stop [[spoiler:Amy, Monica and Alex]] from moving to Seattle anyway before the season had even finished airing.

* GrassIsGreener: Part of the prize for the winner- a year embedded in the Penny Arcade offices- requires relocating to Seattle. Losing did not stop [[spoiler:Amy and Monica]] from moving to Seattle anyway, and [[spoiler:Alex]] from checking out apartments, all before the season had even finished airing.

--->'''[[spoiler:Lexxy:]]''' How does car?

--->''During the doubles match ping-pong challenge''\\

** The fourth placer, [[spoiler: Lexxy]] ran a VERY successfull kickstarter to launch her projected comic. She also said that she would have been unable to [[spoiler:develop it on two months for the final challenge].