History Webcomic / CassToons

* AnythingThatMoves: Supergirl. Sometimes, much more than once.

While the original focus was on the supposed mistreatment of Cass, the strip soon widened up to make fun of events not just in ''Franchise/TheDCU'', but also in the ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse'' (especially the ''Civil War'' event) and comic books in general. From there the strips grew to encompass satires on real-world events and themes, movies, videogames, even creating satire on itself and its creators/illustrators/writors.

** Many of the characters have had their personalities exaggerated for comedic purposes. For example, ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'s then-obnoxious personality was blown up to HeroicComedicSociopath levels. As her canon personality mellowed, so did her depiction in Casstoons.

A [[FanWebComics Fan Webcomic]] based around the offstage life of Cassandra Cain, the second ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}.

In the spring of 2006, after ''[[CrisisCrossover Infinite Crisis]]'', most of Creator/DCComics' series jumped forward in time, in an event called "One Year Later." In the ''Robin'' series, Tim Drake suddenly found himself fighting a surprising villain, the former Batgirl, Cassandra Cain. Not that a FaceHeelTurn was out of the question, but the character had undergone other, more inexplicable changes.

Once near-mute and barely able to read, Cass was now loquacious and literate in Navajo. Her stated motivations directly contradicted the continuity of her own recently-ended series, and in general many fans felt unhappy with the sudden change in her character.

One such fan, codenamed Espanolbot, created what amounted to an editorial cartoon in which Cass herself complained about her treatment. This struck a chord with other fans, and similar strips were soon created. Eventually they became a running feature on several forums, known as ''[=CassToons=].''

While the original focus was on the supposed mistreatment of Cass, the strip soon widened up to make fun of events not just in Franchise/TheDCU, but also in the MarvelUniverse (especially the ''Civil War'' event) and comic books in general. From there the strips grew to encompass satires on real-world events and themes, movies, videogames, even creating satire on itself and its creators/illustrators/writors.

The art of the early "main" strips were created in Paint, resulting in the style's gradual transition to a Pixel Art style before Espanolbot changed to Free-Hand sketch and scanning. Other strips consist of varitable styles but most were made using the Free-Hand sketch and scanning method.

Unlike most webcomics, [=CassToons=] doesn't have its own website. Comics are made and posted to relevant threads in various forums, most of them presently dead. An "official" archive was maintained on deviantArt - available [[http://cass-cult.deviantart.com/ here]].

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Cassandra became pope by beating up the clergy. She eventually relinquished the title.
* BSideComics: Many people posted their own cartoons to the Cass Cain thread, and these are compiled at the Website/DeviantArt archive along with the "main" Casstoons. Usually, the side comic is named after the handle of the person who posts it, unless the series comes with a natural name.

* BigBad: Dan Didio, and to a lesser extent, his henchman Beechen.

** Then there was ComicBook/{{Batwoman}}. Her portrayal was well before she received her own series. At the time her HollywoodHypeMachine followed by her lack of appearances gave a perception that [[UnfortunateImplications she had no actual personality or character beyond being gay.]] Then her series came out, which quickly rectified the issue.

* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Cass's initial impression of the Marvel universe.

** ComicBook/DanDidio is usually drawn to resemble Krankor, the villain of Film/PrinceOfSpace. At one point, Cass even calls in the Prince to help fight "Dankor".

** The Sentry's method of stopping World War Hulk? Quote ''ComicBook/SupermanRedSon''.

* AnythingThatMoves: Jerkass!Supergirl. Sometimes, much more than once.

* DumbBlonde: Jerkass!Supergirl doesn't do thinking.

* InsaneTrollLogic: Jerkass!Supergirl manages to defeat Cass in an argument with this.
* {{Jerkass}}:
** Tim Drake.
** Hal Jordan and Oliver Queen.

* SmugSuper: Jerkass!Supergirl. One early strip has her gloating to Cass about how her series was selling better than Cass's had.

* TakeThat: Many, mostly directed at Dan Didio and other [[ExecutiveMeddling MeddlingExecutives]]

* BadassBeard: Creator/AlanMoore's Beard, present even when he was a child.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: When the Question reappears in no. 966, he's in a bathrobe... and so is the Huntress.