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* ClicheStorm: [[invoked]] Frohman's squad of rebels seems to be full of archetypal war movie characters whose character arcs reference various clichés of the genre. Said clichés never end up happening, because Frohmanaccidentally kills them.

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* ClicheStorm: [[invoked]] Frohman's squad of rebels seems to be full of archetypal war movie characters whose character arcs reference various clichés of the genre. Said clichés never end up happening, because Frohmanaccidentally Frohman accidentally kills them.
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* TheMillstone: Frohman tries to help the Combine at every turn, but fails at all of said turns - and ''more besides''.

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* TheMillstone: Frohman tries to help the Combine at every turn, but fails at all of said turns - and ''more besides''. Him helping the Combine inadvertently helps the resistance score victories against them (how the Advisors and Breen didn't sent Frohman to Nova Prospekt is anyone's guess).
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-->'''Sandy:''' I feel like every time I turn around you're doing something stupid, like holding a live grenade while standing knee-deep in radioactive sludge and setting yourself on fire.\\

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-->'''Sandy:''' [[http://www.screencuisine.net/hlcomic/index.php?date=2005-09-26 I feel like like]] every time I turn around you're doing something stupid, like holding a live grenade while standing knee-deep in radioactive sludge and setting yourself on fire.\\
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-->'''Frohman:''' Let me rephrase that... he took all our ammo and '''then''' left us to die.\\

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-->'''Frohman:''' Let me rephrase that... [[ItWorksBetterWithBullets he took all our ammo ammo]] and '''then''' left us to die.\\



* LampshadeHanging: Damn near everything.

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* LampshadeHanging: [[LampshadeHanging/{{Concerned}} Damn near everything.]]
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'''Henderson:''' Is that such a good idea, sir?\\
'''Dr. Breen:''' Freeman is clearly an idiot, Henderson. How long do complete idiots usually survive? ''[{{Beat}} as both look at [[IdiotHero Frohman]] babbling semi-coherently about nicknames for things]'' ...Keep the men on high alert.

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'''Henderson:''' Is [[AC:Is that such a good idea, sir?\\
sir?]]\\
'''Dr. Breen:''' Freeman is clearly an idiot, Henderson. How long do complete idiots usually survive? ''[{{Beat}} as both look at [[IdiotHero Frohman]] babbling semi-coherently about his nicknames for things]'' ...Keep the men on high alert.



* TooDumbToLive: Frohman, who [[http://www.screencuisine.net/hlcomic/index.php?date=2005-10-17 bypasses a puzzle by flinging himself and his boat over an obstacle via exploding barrels]], [[http://www.screencuisine.net/hlcomic/index.php?date=2006-04-05 nails boards to his feet to cross sandtraps without alerting antlions]], and [[http://www.screencuisine.net/hlcomic/index.php?date=2005-09-23 gets the "take pictures of you" and "chop you up with a whirling blade of death" flying drones mixed up at every turn]]. Also done with the first ''Counter-Strike'' server Frohman's accidentally launched into. And again, surviving zombification [[http://www.screencuisine.net/hlcomic/index.php?date=2006-01-04 by having the headcrab starve to death on his head]]. He only stays alive due to [[spoiler:a cheat code.]] He even ''literally'' fulfills this trope [[spoiler:by being so dumb he turns off the code because he thinks "Buddha" is a funny word. And even that wouldn't be enough if he hadn't screwed his last chance by shooting at the Vortigaunts, who quickly give up on saving his life. Frohman dies soon after]].

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* TooDumbToLive: Frohman, who [[http://www.screencuisine.net/hlcomic/index.php?date=2005-10-17 bypasses a puzzle by flinging himself and his boat over an obstacle via exploding barrels]], [[http://www.screencuisine.net/hlcomic/index.php?date=2006-04-05 nails boards to his feet to cross sandtraps without alerting antlions]], and [[http://www.screencuisine.net/hlcomic/index.php?date=2005-09-23 gets the "take pictures of you" and "chop you up with a whirling blade of death" flying drones mixed up at every turn]]. Also done with the first ''Counter-Strike'' server Frohman's accidentally launched into. And again, surviving zombification [[http://www.screencuisine.net/hlcomic/index.php?date=2006-01-04 by having the headcrab starve to death on his head]]. He It's revealed late in the comic that he's only stays alive survived to the end of the game due to [[spoiler:a cheat code.]] He even ''literally'' fulfills this trope [[spoiler:by being so dumb he turns off the code because [[InherentlyFunnyWords he thinks "Buddha" is a funny word. word]]. And even that wouldn't be enough if he hadn't screwed have been enough, since the Vortigaunts make an attempt to save his last chance by shooting at the Vortigaunts, who life... only for him to screw it up because he is completely incapable of realizing they're not still hostile, causing them to quickly give up on saving his life.him. Frohman dies soon after]].

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