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** [[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.937.html Hope discovers that Ben was involved with Abraham Lincoln]] and says they'll start a club and make matching hats. [[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.1146.html 150 or so strips later, he seems awfully disappointed Hope didn't come.]]
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* ShoutOut: Check out the occupant of Suite A4 [[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.1116.html in this Brisbane office building]]. Wanna bet the address is [[FindingNemo 42 Wallaby Way]]?
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* TakeThat: To the StarWars prequels, when The Fed [[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.346.html mentions that he wants to finally see them]], as he loved the original trilogy.
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** After? How about this qoute from the beggining of the strip.
--> The Fed: "Oh good, the ghost of Benjamin Franklin has arrived. Now things can get back to normal. That's the sound of a mutant conservative koala bear in a screaming fight with an EXTREMELY pissed-off Liberal wanna-be journalist. To the best of my knowledge, it's a first for the record books."
** After? How about this qoute from the beggining of the strip.
--> The Fed: "Oh good, the ghost of Benjamin Franklin has arrived. Now things can get back to normal. That's the sound of a mutant conservative koala bear in a screaming fight with an EXTREMELY pissed-off Liberal wanna-be journalist. To the best of my knowledge, it's a first for the record books."
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** After [[spoiler:the chips are revealed to the public.]] In the earlier comics it's the {{Masquerade}} (see above).
** After? How about this qoute from the beggining of the strip.
--> The Fed: "Oh good, the ghost of Benjamin Franklin has arrived. Now things can get back to normal. That's the sound of a mutant conservative koala bear in a screaming fight with an EXTREMELY pissed-off Liberal wanna-be journalist. To the best of my knowledge, it's a first for the record books."
** After [[spoiler:the chips are revealed to the public.]] In the earlier comics it's the {{Masquerade}} (see above).
** After? How about this qoute from the beggining of the strip.
--> The Fed: "Oh good, the ghost of Benjamin Franklin has arrived. Now things can get back to normal. That's the sound of a mutant conservative koala bear in a screaming fight with an EXTREMELY pissed-off Liberal wanna-be journalist. To the best of my knowledge, it's a first for the record books."
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: The Fed asked George Washington - who had made his disapproval about the Agents' ongoing plans clear - what he would've done in his place. When Washington tries to duck the question, The Fed asks him point blank [[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.1093.html "Would you have run?]]
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: The Fed asked George Washington - who had made his disapproval about the Agents' ongoing plans clear - what he would've done in his place. When Washington tries to duck the question, The Fed asks him point blank [[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.1093.html "Would you have run?]]run?]] Washington, to his credit, answers honestly, "Yes."
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* FictionFiveHundred: The Girl has a ''lot'' of money from Ben going into the future and picking high-yield stocks. He believes his charges are able to focus better when they don't have to worry about feeding or sheltering themselves.
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* OurSloganIsTerrible: [[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.19.html Captain Tony's: "We Will Get You Drunk"]].
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[[caption-width-right:350: Yes, that is a glowing clownfish. It makes sense in context]]
An unnamed woman who works as a journalism intern finds she is on a terrorist watchlist. When she confronts the Fed who is set to watch her, things get seriously, fantastically weird. There's a good deal of humor thrown in. And did we mention the forty billion undead pixies? And the talking super-genius koala? Once the fantastic elements are accepted by the reader, we then see [[GovernmentConspiracy how deep the rabbit hole goes]]. Much, much better than it sounds.
[[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/ Read. Enjoy. Conspire.]]
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'''Contains these tropes:'''
* ABoyAndHisX
* ActionGirl: The girl. She's one of the best in the world at judo.
* AGodAmI: Clarice's eventual goal.
* ArbitrarySkepticism: Agent 146/Clarice deals with ghosts on a near-daily basis, but refuses to believe that [[spoiler: The Girl is an [[{{The Empath}} empath]]]].
** Also [[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.593.html averted]], sort of.
* ArtEvolution: Downright noddy at the start, until the occasional {{artshift}} shows the artist's potential. The comic is getting redrawn in colour and a brand new style.
** Notably, the first dramatic art shift happened after a significant meditation event undertaken by the girl. She opened her eyes and from that point on, the world is drawn in full color and with more details (including characters having visible eyes whereas before, it was a case of EyesAlwaysShut). [[BrokenBase Slightly undermined]] by the art style reboot...
** The 'EyesAlwaysShut' bit was broken at various different points - the meeting with Mike, the flashbacks with the Fed and [[spoiler: Dixon's wife]], et cetera. The real art style change happened when the artist decided to do so for one reason or another...and the fact that she's bringing the whole strip into a more realistic style makes one wonder what it'll look like regarding those flashbacks.
* ArtificialLimbs: [[spoiler: Clarice]] has a [[SuperStrength super strong]] cybernetic arm and has apparently similar reinforcements planted to [[spoiler: her]] spine to supports its weight and lift capability. [[spoiler: However, apparently it's not designed to resist being ripped apart from her shoulder socket. See DisproportionateRetribution below]]
* BackFromTheDead: Ben gives a pretty good and short MotiveRant about it too.
--> Ben: "I came back from the dead for this Country. I will not sit passively by while what I fought to forge is CORRUPTED and DESTROYED!"
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: The Girl, in spades.
* BadassAbnormal: The Fed upgraded from BadassNormal once he [[spoiler: gains control of the chip]]
* BattleAura: Simulated in page [[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.604.html 604]].
* BattleCouple
* BrickJoke: [[http://agirlandherfed.com/1.426.html Sparky and the group use Ben as a relay to record a meeting.]] [[http://agirlandherfed.com/1.447.html Sparky meets his ghostly security detail and realizes they've watched him have sex with the Girl. Several times.]] [[http://agirlandherfed.com/1.467.html Sparky and the Girl have sex in an elevator with no ghosts watching.]] Whoops.
* [[spoiler: {{Broken Masquerade}}]]
* CharacterBlog: Speedy's Twitter
* CurbstompBattle: Planning an all-out assault really does make a difference, doesn't it?
* CyberneticsEatYourSoul
* DontExplainTheJoke: During a showdown with Clarice, Hope makes a joke about juggling MacGuffins, and how they are high calorie. She then explains "muffin? macguffin? geddit?"
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Fed, whom The Girl [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname refers to as "Sparky"]]
** [[spoiler:His real name is eventually revealed to be Agent Patrick "Pat" Mulcahy.]]
* EverythingIsOnline: Averted [[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.547.html here]].
* FurryDenial: [[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.96.html Speedy]].
* GentleGiant: The Fed, once the real him re-emerges.
* GeniusBruiser: The eponymous battle couple, who are a doctor and a lawyer, respectively.
* GhostlyGoals: Some are more malevolent than others.
* GodsNeedPrayerBadly: Ghosts gain power from how well and widely they are remembered.
* GovernmentConspiracy: involving [[spoiler:brain implants and ghosts]].
* GrievousHarmWithABody
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: But the Girl is a Judo master, and can handle him easily.
** ILetYouWin: ...But then again, it's revealed that he held back in their sparring matches.
*** He states outright that he knows its stupid, because she is still much, much better than him.
* ImTakingHerHomeWithMe: The Girl says this about one of the ''[[{{Mooks}} henchmen]]''. The Fed [[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.638.html vetoes the idea]], though. After all, [[DeadpanSnarker raising a villain is a big responsibility]].
* ISeeThemToo: [[strike:[[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/2.747.html Twice simultaneously]]]] [[RetCon Once, nonverbally]], [[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.748.html when The Girl meets The Fed.]]
* InsufferableGenius[=/=]IntellectualAnimal: Speedy
* InVinoVeritas: the Girl gets a lot less cynical after a fair amount of vodka.
* ISeeDeadPeople: But only if they want you to.
* ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime: [[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.459.html Verbatim.]]
* IWasQuiteALooker: [[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.585.html Rose]]
* KryptoniteFactor: [[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.639.html Lampshaded here.]] See {{Weaksauce Weakness}} below.
* LandDownunder: An ad for holidaying in Australia has a warning about the claws and teeth of anything not poisonous.
* LastSecondChance: [[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.643.html No]].
* {{MacGuffin}}: {{Lampshaded}} though here's to hoping that they're not what we'd traditionally call a [=MacGuffin=], as they had better explain some things. [[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.657.html Unless this is a hint from the writer that they won't...]]
-->Girl: Damn, we're juggling a load of [=MacGuffins=]. And I've heard [=MacGuffins=] are insanely high in calories... [[{{Incredibly Lame Pun}} Get it? Muffin? MacGuffin?]]
* ManicPixieDreamGirl
* {{Masquerade}}: At least until [[spoiler:the chips are revealed to the public]] between parts one and two. The ghosts are probably going to remain hidden for a while, though.
* NoNameGiven: Both title characters, initially. WordOfGod had this was intentional. Their real names are eventually revealed as [[spoiler: Hope Blackwell and Patrick Mulcahey]] respectively.
*** NamesTheSame: As [[spoiler: the priest in Series/{{MASH}}.]]
* NoodleIncident: The first time she made a serial killer cry.
** Also, whatever happened in the Fed's college days with a walrus. Mentioned a few times, so it's a BrickJoke.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent
* PlanetEris: After [[spoiler:the chips are revealed to the public.]] In the earlier comics it's the {{Masquerade}} (see above).
** After? How about this qoute from the beggining of the strip.
--> The Fed: "Oh good, the ghost of Benjamin Franklin has arrived. Now things can get back to normal. That's the sound of a mutant conservative koala bear in a screaming fight with an EXTREMELY pissed-off Liberal wanna-be journalist. To the best of my knowledge, it's a first for the record books."
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: So, so much. A Girl, her Fed, the ghost of Ben Franklin, a talking koala....
* RansackedRoom: [[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.41.html Here.]]
* RedRightHand: Clarice Finch with her arm.
* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: The girl. She has a day job, albeit a really sucky one.
-->"Sometimes when we're bored, the ghost of Ben Franklin and I get hammered on old scotch and he goes five hours into the future to cherry-pick high-yield stocks for day trading."
* StopHelpingMe: Bitty Bush. Played horribly straight.
* SunglassesAtNight: [[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/comic/?177 They even wear them in their sleep.]] See WeaksauceWeakness below.
* TakeThat: To the StarWars prequels, when The Fed [[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.346.html mentions that he wants to finally see them]], as he loved the original trilogy.
* TalkAboutThatThing: [[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.878.html Here.]]
--> '''Girl''': ''We're gonna... go to the restroom and check on our drinks.''
--> '''Mako''': ''Great! Get me a for god's sake, separate your sentences. [[DeadpanSnarker With a twist of lime]].''
* TalkToTheFist: "[[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.620.html Probably not what they mean when they say good manners make good opportunities...]]"
* [[spoiler:{{Technopath}}]]
* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted. Hope went to one and "blew twenty grand" when Ben first popped up. Also played straight and subverted with Abraham Lincoln. In the afterlife he has completely lost his mind due to stress from the Civil War, but no one has been able to help him- partially because he seals himself off from almost everyone, Frederick Douglass being one known exception. But apparently getting somebody in hasn't been tried, or if it has been tried, it has...not worked.
* TheUnReveal: The identity of the ghost who [[spoiler: set the Pocket President program in motion]]. Further plot developments suggest that 99% of the audience wouldn't have recognized him by name anyway.
* TimeSkip
* TookALevelInBadass: Lampshaded [[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.894.html here]].
* VerbalBackspace: [[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.671.html Smithback talks about his nephew Mike.]]
* WeaksauceWeakness: Agents in the program get instant, debilitating migraines when exposed to bright light.
* YaoiFangirl: "I'LL GIVE YOU BOTH A MILLION DOLLARS IF YOU MAKE OUT!"
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[[caption-width-right:350: Yes, that is a glowing clownfish. It makes sense in context]]
An unnamed woman who works as a journalism intern finds she is on a terrorist watchlist. When she confronts the Fed who is set to watch her, things get seriously, fantastically weird. There's a good deal of humor thrown in. And did we mention the forty billion undead pixies? And the talking super-genius koala? Once the fantastic elements are accepted by the reader, we then see [[GovernmentConspiracy how deep the rabbit hole goes]]. Much, much better than it sounds.
[[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/ Read. Enjoy. Conspire.]]
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'''Contains these tropes:'''
* ABoyAndHisX
* ActionGirl: The girl. She's one of the best in the world at judo.
* AGodAmI: Clarice's eventual goal.
* ArbitrarySkepticism: Agent 146/Clarice deals with ghosts on a near-daily basis, but refuses to believe that [[spoiler: The Girl is an [[{{The Empath}} empath]]]].
** Also [[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.593.html averted]], sort of.
* ArtEvolution: Downright noddy at the start, until the occasional {{artshift}} shows the artist's potential. The comic is getting redrawn in colour and a brand new style.
** Notably, the first dramatic art shift happened after a significant meditation event undertaken by the girl. She opened her eyes and from that point on, the world is drawn in full color and with more details (including characters having visible eyes whereas before, it was a case of EyesAlwaysShut). [[BrokenBase Slightly undermined]] by the art style reboot...
** The 'EyesAlwaysShut' bit was broken at various different points - the meeting with Mike, the flashbacks with the Fed and [[spoiler: Dixon's wife]], et cetera. The real art style change happened when the artist decided to do so for one reason or another...and the fact that she's bringing the whole strip into a more realistic style makes one wonder what it'll look like regarding those flashbacks.
* ArtificialLimbs: [[spoiler: Clarice]] has a [[SuperStrength super strong]] cybernetic arm and has apparently similar reinforcements planted to [[spoiler: her]] spine to supports its weight and lift capability. [[spoiler: However, apparently it's not designed to resist being ripped apart from her shoulder socket. See DisproportionateRetribution below]]
* BackFromTheDead: Ben gives a pretty good and short MotiveRant about it too.
--> Ben: "I came back from the dead for this Country. I will not sit passively by while what I fought to forge is CORRUPTED and DESTROYED!"
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: The Girl, in spades.
* BadassAbnormal: The Fed upgraded from BadassNormal once he [[spoiler: gains control of the chip]]
* BattleAura: Simulated in page [[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.604.html 604]].
* BattleCouple
* BrickJoke: [[http://agirlandherfed.com/1.426.html Sparky and the group use Ben as a relay to record a meeting.]] [[http://agirlandherfed.com/1.447.html Sparky meets his ghostly security detail and realizes they've watched him have sex with the Girl. Several times.]] [[http://agirlandherfed.com/1.467.html Sparky and the Girl have sex in an elevator with no ghosts watching.]] Whoops.
* [[spoiler: {{Broken Masquerade}}]]
* CharacterBlog: Speedy's Twitter
* CurbstompBattle: Planning an all-out assault really does make a difference, doesn't it?
* CyberneticsEatYourSoul
* DontExplainTheJoke: During a showdown with Clarice, Hope makes a joke about juggling MacGuffins, and how they are high calorie. She then explains "muffin? macguffin? geddit?"
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Fed, whom The Girl [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname refers to as "Sparky"]]
** [[spoiler:His real name is eventually revealed to be Agent Patrick "Pat" Mulcahy.]]
* EverythingIsOnline: Averted [[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.547.html here]].
* FurryDenial: [[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.96.html Speedy]].
* GentleGiant: The Fed, once the real him re-emerges.
* GeniusBruiser: The eponymous battle couple, who are a doctor and a lawyer, respectively.
* GhostlyGoals: Some are more malevolent than others.
* GodsNeedPrayerBadly: Ghosts gain power from how well and widely they are remembered.
* GovernmentConspiracy: involving [[spoiler:brain implants and ghosts]].
* GrievousHarmWithABody
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: But the Girl is a Judo master, and can handle him easily.
** ILetYouWin: ...But then again, it's revealed that he held back in their sparring matches.
*** He states outright that he knows its stupid, because she is still much, much better than him.
* ImTakingHerHomeWithMe: The Girl says this about one of the ''[[{{Mooks}} henchmen]]''. The Fed [[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.638.html vetoes the idea]], though. After all, [[DeadpanSnarker raising a villain is a big responsibility]].
* ISeeThemToo: [[strike:[[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/2.747.html Twice simultaneously]]]] [[RetCon Once, nonverbally]], [[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.748.html when The Girl meets The Fed.]]
* InsufferableGenius[=/=]IntellectualAnimal: Speedy
* InVinoVeritas: the Girl gets a lot less cynical after a fair amount of vodka.
* ISeeDeadPeople: But only if they want you to.
* ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime: [[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.459.html Verbatim.]]
* IWasQuiteALooker: [[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.585.html Rose]]
* KryptoniteFactor: [[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.639.html Lampshaded here.]] See {{Weaksauce Weakness}} below.
* LandDownunder: An ad for holidaying in Australia has a warning about the claws and teeth of anything not poisonous.
* LastSecondChance: [[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.643.html No]].
* {{MacGuffin}}: {{Lampshaded}} though here's to hoping that they're not what we'd traditionally call a [=MacGuffin=], as they had better explain some things. [[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.657.html Unless this is a hint from the writer that they won't...]]
-->Girl: Damn, we're juggling a load of [=MacGuffins=]. And I've heard [=MacGuffins=] are insanely high in calories... [[{{Incredibly Lame Pun}} Get it? Muffin? MacGuffin?]]
* ManicPixieDreamGirl
* {{Masquerade}}: At least until [[spoiler:the chips are revealed to the public]] between parts one and two. The ghosts are probably going to remain hidden for a while, though.
* NoNameGiven: Both title characters, initially. WordOfGod had this was intentional. Their real names are eventually revealed as [[spoiler: Hope Blackwell and Patrick Mulcahey]] respectively.
*** NamesTheSame: As [[spoiler: the priest in Series/{{MASH}}.]]
* NoodleIncident: The first time she made a serial killer cry.
** Also, whatever happened in the Fed's college days with a walrus. Mentioned a few times, so it's a BrickJoke.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent
* PlanetEris: After [[spoiler:the chips are revealed to the public.]] In the earlier comics it's the {{Masquerade}} (see above).
** After? How about this qoute from the beggining of the strip.
--> The Fed: "Oh good, the ghost of Benjamin Franklin has arrived. Now things can get back to normal. That's the sound of a mutant conservative koala bear in a screaming fight with an EXTREMELY pissed-off Liberal wanna-be journalist. To the best of my knowledge, it's a first for the record books."
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: So, so much. A Girl, her Fed, the ghost of Ben Franklin, a talking koala....
* RansackedRoom: [[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.41.html Here.]]
* RedRightHand: Clarice Finch with her arm.
* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: The girl. She has a day job, albeit a really sucky one.
-->"Sometimes when we're bored, the ghost of Ben Franklin and I get hammered on old scotch and he goes five hours into the future to cherry-pick high-yield stocks for day trading."
* StopHelpingMe: Bitty Bush. Played horribly straight.
* SunglassesAtNight: [[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/comic/?177 They even wear them in their sleep.]] See WeaksauceWeakness below.
* TakeThat: To the StarWars prequels, when The Fed [[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.346.html mentions that he wants to finally see them]], as he loved the original trilogy.
* TalkAboutThatThing: [[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.878.html Here.]]
--> '''Girl''': ''We're gonna... go to the restroom and check on our drinks.''
--> '''Mako''': ''Great! Get me a for god's sake, separate your sentences. [[DeadpanSnarker With a twist of lime]].''
* TalkToTheFist: "[[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.620.html Probably not what they mean when they say good manners make good opportunities...]]"
* [[spoiler:{{Technopath}}]]
* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted. Hope went to one and "blew twenty grand" when Ben first popped up. Also played straight and subverted with Abraham Lincoln. In the afterlife he has completely lost his mind due to stress from the Civil War, but no one has been able to help him- partially because he seals himself off from almost everyone, Frederick Douglass being one known exception. But apparently getting somebody in hasn't been tried, or if it has been tried, it has...not worked.
* TheUnReveal: The identity of the ghost who [[spoiler: set the Pocket President program in motion]]. Further plot developments suggest that 99% of the audience wouldn't have recognized him by name anyway.
* TimeSkip
* TookALevelInBadass: Lampshaded [[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.894.html here]].
* VerbalBackspace: [[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.671.html Smithback talks about his nephew Mike.]]
* WeaksauceWeakness: Agents in the program get instant, debilitating migraines when exposed to bright light.
* YaoiFangirl: "I'LL GIVE YOU BOTH A MILLION DOLLARS IF YOU MAKE OUT!"
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