History Webcomic / Aware

[[caption-width-right:288:On the left: [[FourthWallObserver Két]], [[TheHero the protagonist]]. On the right: [[InteractiveNarrator Niv]], the AuthorAvatar.]]

-->'''Két''': If you don't shut up I will kick your ass when I get back there.

'''Aware''' is a SpriteComic made by [[http://www.smackjeeves.com/profile.php?id=9443 Shard]], which tells the story of Két, a [[FourthWallObserver wall-aware]] feline who travels around TheMultiverse at [[AuthorAvatar Niv's]] request in order to find a particular [[MacGuffin item.]] It can be read [[http://www.smackjeeves.com/comicprofile.php?id=132405 here.]]

In each world, Két must fulfill an "objective" before she can move on to the next one. However, she also has to deal with being chased around by [[TriggerHappy Damaru]] and [[AGodAmI Silverado]], as well as a multitude of other problems based on whatever world she happens to drop into.

* AmbidextrousSprite: Averted by [[FashionableAsymmetry Két]], who has different sprites based on which direction she's facing. Played straight by ''everyone else'', most noticeably Blair, whose {{BFS}} will swap the direction it's facing based on which way he's facing at the time.
* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: While Két's on World [6], Niv swaps the perspective to see what Damaru and Silverado are up to for a little bit.

* AsleepForDays: Damaru was out for three days after his fight with Blair. It's [[DiscussedTrope discussed]] in the comments. Két's out for a week after her run-in with Blair.

-->'''Két''': No, I don't know.

* BehindTheBlack: Happens relatively often, in part to catch Két off guard, and in part to help her disappear.
* BetterThanABareBulb: Két certainly seems to think so.

* BizarreAlienBiology: Két mentions [[http://aware.smackjeeves.com/comics/1985990/now-that-were-here-so-far-away/ here]] that she's a Tibian, which means she doesn't have any organs. She explains [[http://aware.smackjeeves.com/comics/1994958/arise/ here]], to the best of her ability, how her biology works.

-->'''Két''': Yes, I was.
* BoomHeadshot: Blair to one of Két's duplicates, [[http://aware.smackjeeves.com/comics/1977664/hit-em-right-between-the-eyes/ here.]]
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Két has, on more than one occasion, left the comic boundaries and hidden outside of the panels, or attacked from outside of them where her opponent can't see her. She is also constantly commenting on elements of the fourth wall.
* [[BreatherEpisode Breather World]]: World [7], Strato City, is one of these. Két takes full advantage of the fact that she has several hours to goof off before Phantom Thief Kiara (the assumed reason she's there) is supposed to show up to go shopping and take a nap. [[spoiler: As it turns out, Két herself is Phantom Thief Kiara, and her actual objective is to stop a fake.]]
* BrickJoke: [[http://aware.smackjeeves.com/comics/1947587/expressive/ Két does not have]] [[http://aware.smackjeeves.com/comics/1979476/you-still-dont-have-psychic-powers/ psychic powers.]]
* BriefcaseFullOfMoney: Well, bag full of valuable gemstones, but Két is able to ''triple'' Glandor's offer to Cendar using one of these.
* BringHimToMe: Silvena towards Két. Justified in that Silvena physically ''cannot'' leave World [O], and she seeks to invoke a GrandTheftMe on Két - in order to do this, Két has to be in World [O] with her.
* ButNowIMustGo: Két, whenever she completes her objective. Sometimes this happens in the presence of others, sometimes it doesn't. Két personally hates that she has to leave so suddenly like that.
* ByTheLightsOfTheirEyes: The room [[spoiler: Yamaha is being held in]] is like this when Két enters it. [[LampshadeHanging She immediately calls Niv out on it.]]
* TheCameo: Since a few of the worlds are submitted by fans, Két periodically runs into characters who are owned by other authors. So far we've seen:

-->'''Két''': Do you ''really'' have to call your attacks?

* CharacterDevelopment: Certain events in the comics will cause Két to take certain actions later on down the line - for instance, Meta Knight informing her that it's better to keep a low profile when first arriving on any given world comes into play not only on World [3] - where she avoids giving out any personal information until she can come up with a good cover story - but in general, she tends towards using thought bubbles in her initial conversations with Niv when landing on a new world.
* ChekhovsGun: In World [3], Két mentions that she has a lot of money [[http://aware.smackjeeves.com/comics/1759016/bought-out/ because of her job.]] More than 100 comics later, in World [7], we find out [[http://aware.smackjeeves.com/comics/1942588/unmasked/ what her job]] [[PhantomThief is.]]
* ChekhovsSkill: Early on, Két sees Cream and Cheese deliver an [[http://aware.smackjeeves.com/comics/1716355/cream-and-cheese-scare-me/ offscreen beatdown]] on Dr. Eggman. Later on, she takes a page from their book and does the same to [[http://aware.smackjeeves.com/comics/1758227/lets-try-something-new/ a bunch of robots.]]

* CrosshairAware: A non-videogame example is used [[http://aware.smackjeeves.com/comics/1738064/caught-in-the-crosshairs/ here]]- when Cendar takes aim at Yamaha, Két sees the crosshairs and quickly directs him away from the line of fire.

* DemonicPossession: World [9] introduces inhabiting, which Niv likens to this. Két can "inhabit" AudienceSurrogate characters, effectively possessing them and taking control of their actions. This is more akin to ghostly possession than demonic possession, though.
* DerailedForDetails: Constantly and consistently as Niv tries to explain to Két [[spoiler: the details about rp!Két.]]

* EnemyMine: Két and Damaru are forced to team up in World [5] for two reasons. The first is that they're both stuck there until Két's objective is fulfilled. The second is that Damaru had become Két's Digidestined.

* EveryScarHasAStory: Alongside [[http://aware.smackjeeves.com/comics/1985990/now-that-were-here-so-far-away/ this update]], Niv has released a 'Scar Map' for Két that shows where all of her scars are and how she got them. [[http://i.imgur.com/2i8wFDC.png She has way more than she's willing to show off]], and each and every one of them has a story behind it.
* EverythingTryingToKillYou: The forest that Két and Muddy have to go through is supposedly filled with things that try to kill them. Két even references the trope by name.
* ExcusePlot: Niv flat-out admits that the entire story is one of these so Két can explore the multiverse.
* FairyCompanion: Két is accompanied by Navi while she's inhabiting Link.
* FemaleFelineMaleMutt: Két and Damaru. Két's parents also fit this trope, if [[http://aware.smackjeeves.com/comics/2213901/its-all-coming-back-to-me-now/ this page]] is any indication.
* FisherKingdom: Két changes form on occasion when world-hopping. She's not entirely happy about it. Damaru and Silverado occasionally suffer from it as well.

* FlatJoy: When Niv informs Két that she has to stay in any given dimension until she's fulfilled her objective, [[http://aware.smackjeeves.com/comics/1710421/conditional-requirements/ this is her response.]]
* FlatWhat: The basis of Két's reaction to Cream being able to fly with her ears. It also comes up a lot while she's interacting with [[FanNickname Edgar Allen Poe]].

** Sometimes, events in past worlds foreshadow events in future ones. For instance, Két being able to use her powers as a Gatomon is foreshadowed when she uses them as a Gaw Gaw.
** Niv periodically lets slip some details in her comments and responses, such as the fact that Két can revisit past worlds, and she periodically teases the audience with potential information, such as:
*** She let slip that Két would be visiting either the Mushroom Kingdom, world of Pokémon, Hyrule or Megaman's world in the future. World [9] is Hyrule. World [11] is Pokémon.

* FrameBreak: While Két hasn't broken the panel borders themselves (...yet), she has jumped between them and at one point uses this to effectively clone herself.
** [[spoiler: rp!Két steals the honor of being the first person to break the panel barriers... by making a DynamicEntry ''through'' them.]]
* GlobalCurrencyException: World [11], Treasure Town, uses the currency "Poke" because it's a Pokémon based world. This causes problems for [[spoiler: Silverado]], who wasn't aware of the exclusive currency until ''after'' purchasing and using something from there.

** And then it turns out that Silvena wants to do the same thing to Két.

* HearingVoices: Két has Niv; Damaru has Silverado. While Két and Damaru are spending time together, Két brings this up (and lampshades it).
-->'''Két''': Meh, you're not the only one who hears voices.

-->'''Két''': He tells you to do stupid things. He might as well be.

* HighAltitudeBattle: In World [3], Rupph vs Két takes place in the sky so that stray attacks won't hit Cendar and Yamaha while ''they're'' fighting.
* HowDoIShotWeb: Played with- Két notes that when her form changes, she gains the abilities of whatever form she's in. The problem is that she has no idea how to use them. However, she also retains her normal powers, so she often doesn't bother with the new ones.

* HyperspaceArsenal: [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda Link]] has access to one of these, so Két gets access to it while she's borrowing his body. It causes some problems for her; see RummageFail.

* INeedYouStronger: Silverado wants Két to become stronger so that, when the inevitable final encounter between himself, Damaru and her occurs, she'll be able to repel them so that Silvena won't win.

* InfiniteCanvas: Not usually used, but does show up in page 100 and other special pages like the Q&A special. Also comes into play whenever Két leaves the comic boundaries and floats around off-panel.
** Tends to happen a lot when [[spoiler:rp!Két and Jax]] appear.
* InterfaceSpoiler: Blair's presence on the Important Faces page indicated that he was a recurring character even before Két encountered him.
* LamePunReaction: Niv hits Két with a speech bubble after the latter, a cat, says she's going to take a catnap.
** It later gets reversed when, after Két hits Blair with a speech bubble and scolds him on his behavior, he says that her words "hurt him so." Két immediately calls Niv out on it, and she whines that she honestly didn't intend for that to happen.
* LethalJokeItem: Két quickly discovers that the Cane of Pacci is one of these when accidentally using it on the Poe renders him unable to move.
* LimitedWardrobe: Két decides this trope is stupid and goes shopping for new outfits in World [7].

* LostInTransmission: When Két arrives in World [6], she and Niv have issues with this since [[spoiler: World [6] isn't her comic.]]
* MacGuffin: The scarf that Két is supposed to be looking for. [[spoiler: Turns out Silvena has it.]]
* MadLove: Két and Blair. Két ''repeatedly'' tells Blair she's not interested. He doesn't seem to understand.
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Két receives a few potentially lethal injuries during her fight with Blair. Her reaction basically amounts to 'ow' and 'not again'. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that she has BizarreAlienBiology, meaning it probably doesn't actually hurt as much as it would if she were human.

* MorphicResonance: On [[{{VideoGame/Kirby}} Pop Star]], Két becomes a Gaw Gaw, but still has her fur colors, fur pattern, and bow. [[spoiler:Which allows Meta Knight to recognize that she's not from their universe in the first place.]] This turns out to be a recurring thing, as when she goes to the [[{{Anime/Digimon}} Digital World]], she turns into a Gatomon, again retaining her fur color, pattern, and bow.

* MrExposition: Niv is this at the beginning of the comic, to explain the basic plot and how Két's world-traveling will work.
** Damaru becomes this in World [5] when it comes to dimensional hijinks. Later, he explains to Blair why he's going after Két and how he and Silverado wound up together. The latter ends up becoming a flashback.

* MurderTheHypotenuse: When Blair (wrongly) determines that Aqua is trying to steal Két (who is not interested) away from him, he decides that this is the obvious solution.

* NinjaProp: Két periodically uses speech bubbles as weapons or shields. This tends to confuse the people around her, so she only does it if she feels she needs to use her wall-powers to win a fight.
* NoFourthWall: Only in application to Két- she's perfectly aware of the fact that she's in a comic and is constantly looking at elements of the comic (such as speech bubbles and world boxes) to get information. However, everyone else- sans Niv, who is the AuthorAvatar- is unaware of the fourth wall.
* NoIndoorVoice: Damaru's Digivice is at such a high volume that Két has to cover her ears constantly when they're interacting with it. It's implied that this is because Damaru accidentally turned the volume on it up, though.

* OhCrap: Két has one [[http://aware.smackjeeves.com/comics/1777255/those-who-walk-before-us/ here.]] It tuns out to be because Blair is in the comic.
** And then another one when she first lands [[http://aware.smackjeeves.com/comics/2005184/climbing-out-the-back-door-didnt-leave-a-mark/ in World [O].]] It's because Silvena's there, and Silvena seeks to make Két's body her own.
** When she's finally safe and sound in World [9], Niv reveals the message she was trying to deliver but Két was refusing to listen to while in World [O] - [[spoiler: Silvena has the [[MacGuffin scarf.]]]]

* OrphanedPunchline: Done [[http://aware.smackjeeves.com/comics/2000867/construct/ here]], revealing that Két literally cannot know the context behind these due to the fact that she can't see the rest of the joke.

* PercussiveMaintenance: Niv attempts this on her computer when she loses contact with Két in World [6].

* PictorialSpeechBubble: Két's speech bubbles have had pictures in them on two separate occasions - [[http://aware.smackjeeves.com/comics/1740653/ambush/ here]] and [[http://aware.smackjeeves.com/comics/1826120/that-didnt-last-long/ here.]]
* PlayAlongPrisoner: Két allows herself to be captured by Rupph in World [3] so she can get more information on what's going on. While captive, she talks to the guy in charge, tricks him into revealing information about himself, casually frees herself, then makes a break for it while he's distracted with exposition.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Franchise/{{Kirby}} attacks Két because of her [[BalefulPolymorph appearance]], as she'd changed forms to look like a common enemy to better fit in on Pop Star.
* PsychicBlockDefense: Két has one of these, as seen [[http://aware.smackjeeves.com/comics/1749837/block/ here.]] She doesn't seem to know the cause of it, though, indicating that someone else put it there.

* ReadingAheadInTheScript: Done in reverse - due to the WebComic format, Két can't read ahead. However, she can read ''back'' and look at updates she's not in to get an idea of what's going on. This comes in handy when she's absent for 40 pages.

** While on World [6], Két notes that the residents should have had trust issues with the current antagonist due to the whites of his eyes being red.

* RuleOfPerception: Thanks to her powers, Két can take advantage of these.
* RummageFail: Két has difficulty accessing Link's inventory properly, resulting in her pulling out the Cane of Pacci, Bombs, the Cane of Pacci ''[[RunningGag again]]'', and the Boomerang while trying to get to Link's sword.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Silverado wisely dispels himself when Blair insists on having a sparring match against Damaru. Két later pulls it when Aqua confronts Blair, leaving a sign that says "Dude, you're on your own."
* SeparateSceneStorytelling: Két tricks Twisted!Glandor into telling her about why he wears a cloak with one of these. She uses the fact that she's off-panel during it to run away.

** When Muddy tells Két that everything tries to kill you in the forest he's trying to get through, Két asks, [[VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy "Even the delicious fruit?"]]

* SilentSceneryPanel: There's basically always one or two of these at the start of each world as Két appears in it, but World [O] takes the cake with ''five'' of them.
* SlidingScaleOfFourthWallHardness: Varies based on who's around. When Két and Niv are talking it's at its softest, Két on her own is a bit harder, and when Két's not around there isn't much in the way of wall-breaking at all.

* SnarkToSnarkCombat: The basics of Két and Damaru's interaction when they're not attacking each other.
* SoWhatDoWeDoNow: Niv runs into this problem when [[spoiler: Két lands in The Dark Age of Mobius.]] She can't just progress the storyline freely since [[spoiler: it's not her comic]], but skipping ahead would be awkward to work with. She ends up [[NoFourthWall turning to the audience for advice.]]
* SpeechBubblesInterruption: Happens on occasion, often to cover swearing. At one point in time, Niv actually covers Két's speech bubbles due to how enraged the latter is about landing in World [8].
* SpeedEchoes: Thanks to her powers as an aware, Két can use this effect to clone herself. She does it [[http://aware.smackjeeves.com/comics/1963276/k-t-intensifies/ here]], then promptly [[http://aware.smackjeeves.com/comics/1964834/lets-bounce/ adjusts her transparency]] so she's no longer an 'afterimage'.
* SpitTake: Két has one [[http://aware.smackjeeves.com/comics/1927935/news-to-me/ here.]] Niv admits that the entire reason she had Két get coffee was to do this.
* TakeAThirdOption: When presented with a hostage situation, Két prefers to remove the "hostage" variable.
* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Played with. Két will often talk or make comments during a battle, but maintain actually fighting her opponent while doing so. However, she sometimes forgets to do the "continue fighting her opponent" part, leading to [[http://aware.smackjeeves.com/comics/1966386/its-all-in-the-perspective/ some frustration from other parties.]]
** Comes to a head [[http://aware.smackjeeves.com/comics/1981308/talking-is-not-a-free-action/ when Két, one of her duplicates, and Aqua talk while Blair sets up his next attack off panel.]] He promptly calls them out on it.
* TechnicolorEyes: Since Aware is highly based in fantasy, several characters have oddly colored eyes, such as Damaru who has PurpleEyes and Blair who has pink eyes. In fact, Két herself appears to be an odd one out amongst the main cast, as she simply has blue eyes. Niv having brown eyes is an exception due to her being an AuthorAvatar.
* {{Telepathy}}: Glandor has it. Két seems to be immune to it, though she's not entirely sure why so it's likely because of some outside source.
* TemptingFate: Despite her genre-savviness, there are times when Két tempts fate due to frustration or annoyance. Niv lampshades that she should really know better.
** Muddy does it when Két agrees to escort him on Starlo. [[spoiler: Damaru's first official appearance happens three comics later.]]
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Két's reaction to the fact that Damaru has become her Digidestined in World [5].
-->'''Két''': ...Someone out there hates me.
* TitleDrop: Niv manages to get one in while Két's in World [9].

* TournamentArc: World [10], Freefire Square, hosts the Freefire Tournament. Két gets roped into being the judge.
* TranslationPunctuation: Any language is translated with the use of value signs (<Like so>) with a note about what it's translated from. This allows [[FourthWallObserver Két]] to essentially understand any language, and even speak it if she puts her own text into brackets.
* TreeCover: Meta Knight first appears hiding like this. Since it's [[MediumAwareness Két]] he's hiding from, it's not a very effective hiding spot.

-->'''Két''': Do you solve ''all'' of your problems by shooting them?

* WrongContextMagic: Két retains her wall-awareness and her [[BlowYouAway aerokinesis]] no matter what world she's on. This gives her an explicit advantage in places like the Digital World, where her aerokinesis gave her the edge over an Ultimate level Digimon - an opponent that an ordinary Gatomon, whose form she'd taken to fit in, would have a lot of difficulty fighting.

* FemaleFelineMaleMutt: Két and Damaru.

-->'''Niv''': Y'know, [[GenreSavvy you]] of ''all'' people should [[TemptingFate really know better than to]]-

* FeminineFelineMaleMutt: Két and Damaru.

*** She let slip that Két would be visiting either the Mushroom Kingdom, world of Pokémon, Hyrule or Megaman's world in the future. World [9] is Hyrule.

* ShoutOut: When Muddy tells Két that everything tries to kill you in the forest he's trying to get through, Két asks, [[VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy "Even the delicious fruit?"]]

* HyperspaceArsenal: [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda Link]] has access to one of these, so Két gets access to it while she's borrowing his body. She's not very good at pulling things out of it, having pulled out the Cane of Pacci, Bombs, the Cane of Pacci ''[[RunningGag again]]'', and the Boomerang while trying to get to Link's sword.

* PoorCommunicationKills: {{Kirby}} attacks Két because of her [[BalefulPolymorph appearance]], as she'd changed forms to look like a common enemy to better fit in on Pop Star.

''[[EvolvingCredits Except,]] [[CerberusSyndrome it's not that easy anymore.]]'' [[note]]"[[DidYouActuallyBelieve It can't really be that simple,]] [[AllBlueEntry can it...?]]"[[/note]]

''[[EvolvingCredits Except,]] [[CerberusSyndrome it's not that easy anymore.]]'' [[note]]Formerly "It can't really be that simple, can it...?[[/note]

''[[EvolvingCredits Except,]] [[CerberusSyndrome it's not that easy anymore.]]'' [[note]]Formerly "[[DidYouActuallyBelieve It can't really be that simple,]] [[AllBlueEntry can it...?]]"[[/note]

''[[DidYouActuallyBelieve It can't really be that simple,]] [[AllBlueEntry can it...?]]''

* DerailedForDetails: Constantly and consistently as Niv tries to explain to Két [[spoilers: the details about rp!Két.]]

* AltText: Starting on the [[http://aware.smackjeeves.com/comics/2051322/let-the-tournament-begin/ first update of 2015.]]

** Sanctum either [[AvertedTrope averts]] this or plays it straight. It seemed that he was averting it initially, what with his friendly disposition and love of science, but then [[http://aware.smackjeeves.com/comics/2070111/that-which-does-not-belong/ this page]] happened.

Character-specific tropes are in the process of being moved. Take a look at them [[{{Characters/Aware}} here.]]