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* : Being a squadmate of Frohman's, naturally he doesn't make it long enough to do either of those things.
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--> '''Frohman:''' [[{{Airbud}} There's no rule against having a Garg play soccer!]] This is gonna be the best season ''ever''!
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* BerserkButton / TranquilFury: "He's... got... ''my''... gravity... gun."
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* BerserkButton / TranquilFury: BerserkButton[=/=]TranquilFury: "He's... got... ''my''... gravity... gun."
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--> Roommate wanted for 2 bedroom, 2 bath home. Hardwood floors, tool shed. Close to church, schools, and public teleportation. Cats, robotic dogs okay. $325 a month. Ravenholm area. Contact F. Grigori.
-->Note: Non-smoker preferred. Must enjoy sermons and shotguns.
-->PS: Heh heh! Hah hah! '''HAH-HAH-HAH-HAH-HAH-HAH-HAH!'''
-->Note: Non-smoker preferred. Must enjoy sermons and shotguns.
-->PS: Heh heh! Hah hah! '''HAH-HAH-HAH-HAH-HAH-HAH-HAH!'''
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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin / [[WhatDidYouExpectWhenYouNamedIt What Did You Expect When I Named It?]]: There was a big outcry by fans when Gordon was KilledOffForReal. Christopher C. Livingston pointed out the name of the comic was ''Concerned: The Life and '''''Death''''' Of Gordon Frohman''.
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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin / [[WhatDidYouExpectWhenYouNamedIt ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin[=/=][[WhatDidYouExpectWhenYouNamedIt What Did You Expect When I Named It?]]: There was a big outcry by fans when Gordon was KilledOffForReal. Christopher C. Livingston pointed out the name of the comic was ''Concerned: The Life and '''''Death''''' Of Gordon Frohman''.
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--> '''Civil Protection Officer''': Pick up that can.
--> '''Frohman''': How the heck do I do that?
--> ''[Hot-tip appears: "'''E''' Pickup object"]''
--> '''Frohman''': Oh. Whoah! [[WreakingHavok I can pick up things in this game]]! [-I mean world.-] [[LampshadeHanging It's a little odd that I don't actually have to use my hands, though]].
--> '''Civil Protection Officer''': I was just thinking that myself.
--> '''Frohman''': How the heck do I do that?
--> ''[Hot-tip appears: "'''E''' Pickup object"]''
--> '''Frohman''': Oh. Whoah! [[WreakingHavok I can pick up things in this game]]! [-I mean world.-] [[LampshadeHanging It's a little odd that I don't actually have to use my hands, though]].
--> '''Civil Protection Officer''': I was just thinking that myself.
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'''Frohman''': Oh. Whoah! [[WreakingHavok I can pick up things in this game]]! [-I mean world.-] [[LampshadeHanging It's a little odd that I don't actually have to use my hands,
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* GenreSavvy: The Rebels in [[http://www.hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2006-06-12 strip 160]], before Frohman [[spoiler:accidentally vaporizes them with the pulse rifle's secondary fire.]]
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* GenreSavvy: The Rebels in [[http://www.hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2006-06-12 strip 160]], before Frohman [[spoiler:accidentally [[spoiler: accidentally vaporizes them with the pulse rifle's secondary fire.]]
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-->'''Gordon:''' ''(thinking)'' Same old Norman, still thinks he's some bitter, world-weary action hero, spitting out sardonic, overly dramatic responses and acting like a camera is doing close-ups on him. Maybe I can trip him up... ''(aloud)'' Golly! I've got terrible hemorrhoids all up my butt! What say you?
-->'''Norman:''' You think it's painful sitting down? '''''Try taking a stand!'''''
-->'''Gordon:''' ''(thinking)'' Damn he's good.
-->'''Norman:''' You think it's painful sitting down? '''''Try taking a stand!'''''
-->'''Gordon:''' ''(thinking)'' Damn he's good.
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-->'''Gordon:''' ''(thinking)'' Same old Norman, still thinks he's some bitter, world-weary action hero, spitting out sardonic, overly dramatic responses and acting like a camera is doing close-ups on him. Maybe I can trip him up... ''(aloud)'' Golly! I've got terrible hemorrhoids all up my butt! What say you?
-->'''Norman:'''you?\\
'''Norman:''' You think it's painful sitting down? '''''Try taking astand!'''''
-->'''Gordon:'''stand!'''''\\
'''Gordon:''' ''(thinking)'' Damn he's good.
-->'''Norman:'''
'''Norman:''' You think it's painful sitting down? '''''Try taking a
-->'''Gordon:'''
'''Gordon:''' ''(thinking)'' Damn he's good.
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--> I'm shifty-eyed and untrustworthy. I'll probably ditch you guys when the combat gets too intense, which is in keeping with my selfish, cowardly nature. Of course, I'll redeem myself later, after being wounded, and telling you to go on and leave you behind. Then I'll detonate a grenade, killing myself but taking out some Combine soldiers too, allowing you to escape safely.
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--> '''Townsperson''': You're not Gordon Freeman.
--> '''Frohman''': No.
--> '''Townsperson''': You're... Gordon Frohman.
--> '''Frohman''': Yes.
--> '''Townsperson''': The Sausage King of Chic--
--> '''Frohman''': '''''No.'''''
--> '''Frohman''': No.
--> '''Townsperson''': You're... Gordon Frohman.
--> '''Frohman''': Yes.
--> '''Townsperson''': The Sausage King of Chic--
--> '''Frohman''': '''''No.'''''
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'''Frohman''':
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'''Townsperson''': You're... Gordon
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'''Townsperson''': The Sausage King of
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'''Frohman''': '''''No.'''''
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--> '''G-Man''': Look out! An Archvile!
--> '''Frohman''': Archvile? Where? Where? Wait, an ''[[VideoGame/{{Doom}} Archvile]]''? [[BreakingTheFourthWall They aren't even in this--]] [[StealthHiBye hey, where'd you go]]?
--> '''Frohman''': Archvile? Where? Where? Wait, an ''[[VideoGame/{{Doom}} Archvile]]''? [[BreakingTheFourthWall They aren't even in this--]] [[StealthHiBye hey, where'd you go]]?
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--> '''Judith:''' What? What? I don't know Dr. Breen! Who told you I know him? I don't! I've never met him! I've never even heard of him! I don't sleep with a picture of him under my pillow!
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--->'''Frohman:''' No need to come here and look over my shoulder or anything! Even though it looks like I'm just slapping my hands randomly on the keyboard, I'm actually placing the order! For GUNS! You're not being duped or lied to like you might think! Ha ha! Hey, everyone, I think Barney here thinks I'm not actually placing the order for guns! Okie dokie, the real order is placed and isn't fake at all! If the guns never show up then I don't know who to blame except that it's not me because I ordered them and didn't fake-order them like you seem to think for some reason!
--->'''Computer:''' [[AC: Your real order for guns has been placed. Thank you for using Citadel purchasing.]]
--->''(GilliganCut)''
--->'''Barney:''' Wow! Sorry I doubted you, Gordon!
--->'''Computer:''' [[AC: Your real order for guns has been placed. Thank you for using Citadel purchasing.]]
--->''(GilliganCut)''
--->'''Barney:''' Wow! Sorry I doubted you, Gordon!
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--->'''Frohman:''' No need to come here and look over my shoulder or anything! Even though it looks like I'm just slapping my hands randomly on the keyboard, I'm actually placing the order! For GUNS! You're not being duped or lied to like you might think! Ha ha! Hey, everyone, I think Barney here thinks I'm not actually placing the order for guns! Okie dokie, the real order is placed and isn't fake at all! If the guns never show up then I don't know who to blame except that it's not me because I ordered them and didn't fake-order them like you seem to think for some reason!
--->'''Computer:'''reason!\\
'''Computer:''' [[AC: Your real order for guns has been placed. Thank you for using Citadel purchasing.]]
--->''(GilliganCut)''
--->'''Barney:''']] ''(GilliganCut)''\\
'''Barney:''' Wow! Sorry I doubted you, Gordon!
--->'''Computer:'''
'''Computer:''' [[AC: Your real order for guns has been placed. Thank you for using Citadel purchasing.
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--->'''Barney:'''
'''Barney:''' Wow! Sorry I doubted you, Gordon!
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-->'''Rebel:''' And if you come across a huge cache of ammo, weapons, health packs, and armor chargers, what does that mean?
-->'''Frohman:''' That I'm about to get my ass kicked?
-->'''Rebel:''' Bingo.
-->'''Frohman:''' That I'm about to get my ass kicked?
-->'''Rebel:''' Bingo.
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-->'''Rebel:''' And if you come across a huge cache of ammo, weapons, health packs, and armor chargers, what does that mean?
-->'''Frohman:'''mean?\\
'''Frohman:''' That I'm about to get my asskicked?
-->'''Rebel:'''kicked?\\
'''Rebel:''' Bingo.
-->'''Frohman:'''
'''Frohman:''' That I'm about to get my ass
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'''Rebel:''' Bingo.
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-->'''Sandy:''' I feel like every time I around you're doing something stupid, like holding a live grenade while standing knee-deep in radioactive sludge and setting yourself on fire.
-->'''Frohman:''' [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne For the record, I'm only]] ''[[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne ankle]]'' [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne deep]].
-->'''Frohman:''' [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne For the record, I'm only]] ''[[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne ankle]]'' [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne deep]].
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-->'''Sandy:''' I feel like every time I around you're doing something stupid, like holding a live grenade while standing knee-deep in radioactive sludge and setting yourself on fire.
-->'''Frohman:'''fire.\\
'''Frohman:''' [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne For the record, I'm only]] ''[[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne ankle]]'' [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne deep]].
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'''Frohman:''' [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne For the record, I'm only]] ''[[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne ankle]]'' [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne deep]].
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-->'''Frohman:''' I don't have any idea about ''a lot'' of things.
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** He also once built a fully-operational Strider (though he never turned it on) because he didn't have enough dystopian oppression in his life in Ravenholm.
*** Although you have to wonder where he got an alien to modify for it.
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** He also once built a fully-operational Strider (though he never turned it on) because he didn't have enough dystopian oppression in his life in Ravenholm.
*** Although you have to wonder where he got anRavenholm. Which doesn't even make sense since Striders are modified alien to modify for it.creatures, and probably don't exist in their natural form on earth.
*** Although you have to wonder where he got an
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: The rebel Clay introduces himself thusly:
--> I'm shifty-eyed and untrustworthy. I'll probably ditch you guys when the combat gets too intense, which is in keeping with my selfish, cowardly nature. Of course, I'll redeem myself later, after being wounded, and telling you to go on and leave you behind. Then I'll detonate a grenade, killing myself but taking out some Combine soldiers too, allowing you to escape safely.
*: Being a squadmate of Frohman's, naturally he doesn't make it long enough to do either of those things.
--> I'm shifty-eyed and untrustworthy. I'll probably ditch you guys when the combat gets too intense, which is in keeping with my selfish, cowardly nature. Of course, I'll redeem myself later, after being wounded, and telling you to go on and leave you behind. Then I'll detonate a grenade, killing myself but taking out some Combine soldiers too, allowing you to escape safely.
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* ShoutOut: [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-05-07 To]] Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff.
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* ShoutOut: [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-05-07 To]] Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff.''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff''.
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** The entire Counter-Strike arc is one giant one at CS:S and its players - who, ironically, [[MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales were among the arc's biggest fans]].
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** Though he's managed to cause just as much of a mess for the other side as well, also through sheer incompetence.
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* BeenThereShapedHistory: Nearly everything that Gordon Freeman has to deal with in Half-Life 2 was directly or indirectly caused by Gordon Frohman.
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* BlackShirt: Frohman is staunchly pro-Combine and an avid fan of Dr. Breen, but is fortunately such a screw-up that he ends up helping the good guys by accident.
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* BlackShirt: Frohman is staunchly pro-Combine and an avid fan of Dr. Breen, but is fortunately such a screw-up that he ends up helping the good guys by accident. How big of a screw-up? He's so terrible at being pro-Combine that he's one of the Resistance's best assets.
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* AmusingInjuries: Happens a lot, although it's still usually fatal to people besides Frohman.
* BadLiar: Frohman, in spades.
* BlackComedyRape: Frohman [[http://www.screencuisine.net/hlcomic/index.php?date=2006-10-24 reminisces]] about a creepy old guy giving him the "Buddha" code then having Gordon take off his pants.
-->'''Gordon:''' Huh! Also forgot that guy totally molested me! Boy, was ''that'' awful!
** According to the comic note:
--->I had no intentions of including a joke about Frohman being molested in this comic until after I'd posed it and was putting it together in Photoshop, when it suddenly seemed a little creepy that some dude on a train was offering the glassy-eyed bumpkin a cheat code. If I'd planned it from the start I'd probably have use the old wrinkly guy model, 'cos he looks kinda weird (apologies to the actual human being the old wrinkly guy is based on).
-->'''Gordon:''' Huh! Also forgot that guy totally molested me! Boy, was ''that'' awful!
** According to the comic note:
--->I had no intentions of including a joke about Frohman being molested in this comic until after I'd posed it and was putting it together in Photoshop, when it suddenly seemed a little creepy that some dude on a train was offering the glassy-eyed bumpkin a cheat code. If I'd planned it from the start I'd probably have use the old wrinkly guy model, 'cos he looks kinda weird (apologies to the actual human being the old wrinkly guy is based on).
* BlatantLies:
** Used frequently by Frohman. See SuspiciouslySpecificDenial, below.
** Also in [[PropagandaMachine ''The Combine Advisor'' newspaper]]:
--->NOVA PROSPEKT - Everything is fine here in Nova Prospekt, according to everyone here in Nova Prospekt, sources inside Nova Prospekt said today. There is absolutely nothing about the situation in Nova Prospekt that is anything but totally fine. "There have been no unusual events or circumstances inside the former prison, now a theme park for humans, with rides and candy and cute puppy dogs and soft pillows," said Doctor Breen, the very handsome, smart, and kind administrator of City 17 and Nova Prospekt. "Really!"
** Used frequently by Frohman. See SuspiciouslySpecificDenial, below.
** Also in [[PropagandaMachine ''The Combine Advisor'' newspaper]]:
--->NOVA PROSPEKT - Everything is fine here in Nova Prospekt, according to everyone here in Nova Prospekt, sources inside Nova Prospekt said today. There is absolutely nothing about the situation in Nova Prospekt that is anything but totally fine. "There have been no unusual events or circumstances inside the former prison, now a theme park for humans, with rides and candy and cute puppy dogs and soft pillows," said Doctor Breen, the very handsome, smart, and kind administrator of City 17 and Nova Prospekt. "Really!"
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* DoubleStandardRapeMaleOnMale: Frohman [[http://www.screencuisine.net/hlcomic/index.php?date=2006-10-24 reminisces]] about a creepy old guy giving him the "Buddha" code then having Gordon take off his pants.
-->'''Gordon:''' Huh! Also forgot that guy totally molested me! Boy, was ''that'' awful!
** According to the comic note:
--->I had no intentions of including a joke about Frohman being molested in this comic until after I'd posed it and was putting it together in Photoshop, when it suddenly seemed a little creepy that some dude on a train was offering the glassy-eyed bumpkin a cheat code. If I'd planned it from the start I'd probably have use the old wrinkly guy model, 'cos he looks kinda weird (apologies to the actual human being the old wrinkly guy is based on).
-->'''Gordon:''' Huh! Also forgot that guy totally molested me! Boy, was ''that'' awful!
** According to the comic note:
--->I had no intentions of including a joke about Frohman being molested in this comic until after I'd posed it and was putting it together in Photoshop, when it suddenly seemed a little creepy that some dude on a train was offering the glassy-eyed bumpkin a cheat code. If I'd planned it from the start I'd probably have use the old wrinkly guy model, 'cos he looks kinda weird (apologies to the actual human being the old wrinkly guy is based on).
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* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist[=/=]VillainProtagonist: It's easy to forget because he's such a lovable goofball, but Gordon Frohman is actively trying to be the best traitor-to-humanity he can be. He's just ''terrible'' at it.
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* VillainProtagonist: It's easy to forget because he's such a lovable goofball, but Gordon Frohman is actively trying to be the best traitor-to-humanity he can be. He's just ''terrible'' at it.
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* MagicallyRegeneratingClothing: [[http://www.screencuisine.net/hlcomic/index.php?date=2005-09-07 Lampshaded]]
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* TakeThat: Chris made more than one jab at ''DonnieDarko'' during the comic's run.
** The entire Counter-Strike arc is one giant one at CS:S and its players.
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* TakeThat: Chris made more than one jab at ''DonnieDarko'' ''Film/DonnieDarko'' during the comic's run.
run, both in-comic and in the [[TheRant notes]].
** The entire Counter-Strike arc is one giant one at CS:S and itsplayers.players - who, ironically, [[MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales were among the arc's biggest fans]].
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** Due to the deserved death of Frohman and [[spoiler:him taking Dr.Breen with him]] the ending could be seen as a subversion.
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** Due to the Given [[TheQuisling Frohman]] and [[spoiler:Dr. Breen]] both pretty well deserved death of Frohman and [[spoiler:him taking Dr.Breen with him]] to die, the ending could be seen as a subversion.
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** The entire Counter-Strike arc is one giant one at CS:S and its players.
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* FelonyMisdemeanor: "There's nothing worse than having to pose the same scene twice. Well, maybe genocide. But posing the same scene twice is pretty lame, too."
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* OwMyBodyPart: [[http://www.screencuisine.net/hlcomic/index.php?date=2005-12-19 Ow! My health points!]]
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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin / [[WhatDidYouExpectWhenYouNamedIt What Did You Expect When I Named It?]]: There was a big outcry by fans when Gordon was KilledOffForReal. Christopher C. Livingston pointed out the name of the comic was ''Concerned: The Life and '''''Death''''' Of Gordon Frohman'''''.
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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin / [[WhatDidYouExpectWhenYouNamedIt What Did You Expect When I Named It?]]: There was a big outcry by fans when Gordon was KilledOffForReal. Christopher C. Livingston pointed out the name of the comic was ''Concerned: The Life and '''''Death''''' Of Gordon Frohman'''''.Frohman''.
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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin / [[WhatDidYouExpectWhenYouNamedIt What Did You Expect When I Named It?]]: There was a big outcry by fans when Gordon was KilledOffForReal. Christopher C. Livingston pointed out the name of the comic was ''Concerned: The Life and '''''Death''''' Of Gordon Frohman'''''.
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* WalkingDisasterArea: Gordon, in spades. Everyone, ''everyone'' who comes in contact with him ends up ruined or killed. A rebel he's interested in, the entire town of Ravenholm, ''his brother''...
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* DoubleStandardRapeMaleOnMale: Frohman [[http://www.screencuisine.net/hlcomic/index.php?date=2006-10-24 reminisces]] about a creepy old guy giving him the "Buddha" code then having Gordon take off his pants.
-->'''Gordon:''' Huh! Also forgot that guy totally molested me! Boy, was ''that'' awful!
** According to the comic note:
--->I had no intentions of including a joke about Frohman being molested in this comic until after I'd posed it and was putting it together in Photoshop, when it suddenly seemed a little creepy that some dude on a train was offering the glassy-eyed bumpkin a cheat code. If I'd planned it from the start I'd probably have use the old wrinkly guy model, 'cos he looks kinda weird (apologies to the actual human being the old wrinkly guy is based on).
-->'''Gordon:''' Huh! Also forgot that guy totally molested me! Boy, was ''that'' awful!
** According to the comic note:
--->I had no intentions of including a joke about Frohman being molested in this comic until after I'd posed it and was putting it together in Photoshop, when it suddenly seemed a little creepy that some dude on a train was offering the glassy-eyed bumpkin a cheat code. If I'd planned it from the start I'd probably have use the old wrinkly guy model, 'cos he looks kinda weird (apologies to the actual human being the old wrinkly guy is based on).
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And Not My Desk is back up. Hooray.
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* MythologyGag: Frohman, at the beginning of Sandtraps, states that "jumping puzzles are for effeminate [[SuperMarioBros Italian plumbers]]". This is a reference to the author's original site, Not My Desk, where he once did an article suggesting that Mario was gay.
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* MythologyGag: Frohman, at the beginning of Sandtraps, states that "jumping puzzles are for effeminate [[SuperMarioBros Italian plumbers]]". This is a reference to the author's original site, Not My Desk, where he once did [[http://www.screencuisine.net/nmd/features/vision/donkeykong.html an article suggesting that Mario was gay.gay]].
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** [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Boy, that's a pretty bad cough. Hope you get better!]]
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** To the point where even his picture on the ''character page'' is broken, so you still can't see his face!
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** To the point where even his picture on the ''character page'' character page is broken, so you still can't see his face!a broken jpeg.
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* HopeSpot: In the final comic, two medics revive one of the rebels - but it's not Frohman, who's lying dead on top of Dr. Breen.
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** Due to the deserved death of Frohman and [[spoiler: Dr.Breen]] the ending could be seen as a subversion.
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** Due to the deserved death of Frohman and [[spoiler: [[spoiler:him taking Dr.Breen]] Breen with him]] the ending could be seen as a subversion.
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: [[http://www.screencuisine.net/hlcomic/index.php?date=2006-03-03 #120 will leave you in tears.]]
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* BeserkButton / TranquilFury: "He's... got... ''my''... gravity... gun."
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--> '''Frohman''': [[PaintingTheFourthWall Oh]]. Whoah! [[WreakingHavok I can pick up things in this game]]! [-I mean world.-] [[LampshadeHanging It's a little odd that I don't actually have to use my hands, though]].
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--> '''Frohman''': [[PaintingTheFourthWall Oh]].Oh. Whoah! [[WreakingHavok I can pick up things in this game]]! [-I mean world.-] [[LampshadeHanging It's a little odd that I don't actually have to use my hands, though]].
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Despite the fact that Frohman did [[KilledOffForReal actually die]] at the end; an unofficial sequel titled [[http://aconcernedrip-off.webs.com/ ''Concerned 2: A Concerned Rip-Off-The Continuing Adventures of Gordon Frohman'']] by Norman N. Black demonstrates that our loveable dumbass survived due to a lack of {{Gameplay and Story Segregation}}.
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Despite the fact that Frohman did [[KilledOffForReal actually die]] at the end; an unofficial sequel titled [[http://aconcernedrip-off.webs.com/ ''Concerned 2: A Concerned Rip-Off-The Continuing Adventures of Gordon Frohman'']] by Norman N. Black demonstrates that our loveable dumbass survived due to a lack of {{Gameplay and Story Segregation}}.GameplayAndStorySegregation.
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* DumbassHasAPoint: Used [[http://www.hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-05-10 here]], [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-10-10 here,]] [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2006-02-06 and here]]. Made all the more jarring considering Frohman's utter dumbassery.
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* DumbassHasAPoint: Used [[http://www.hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-05-10 here]], [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-10-10 here,]] [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2006-02-06 and here]]. Made all the more jarring considering Frohman's utter dumbassery.
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--> '''Frohman''': Archvile? Where? Where? Wait, an ''[[{{Doom}} Archvile]]''? [[BreakingTheFourthWall They aren't even in this--]] [[StealthHiBye hey, where'd you go]]?
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--> '''Frohman''': Archvile? Where? Where? Wait, an ''[[{{Doom}} ''[[VideoGame/{{Doom}} Archvile]]''? [[BreakingTheFourthWall They aren't even in this--]] [[StealthHiBye hey, where'd you go]]?
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--->'''Frohman:''' No need to come here and look over my shoulder or anything! Even though it looks like I'm just slapping my hands randomly on the keyboard, I'm actually placing the order! For GUNS! You're not being duped or lied to like you might think! Ha ha! Hey, everyone, I think Barney here thinks I'm not actually placing the order for guns! Okie dokie, the real order is placed and isn't fake at all! If the guns never show up then I don't know who to blame except that it's not me because I ordered them and didn't fake-order them like you seem to think for some reason!
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--->'''Frohman:''' No need to come here and look over my shoulder or anything! Even though it looks like I'm just slapping my hands randomly on the keyboard, I'm actually placing the order! For GUNS! You're not being duped or lied to like you might think! Ha ha! Hey, everyone, I think Barney here thinks I'm not actually placing the order for guns! Okie dokie, the real order is placed and isn't fake at all! If the guns never show up then I don't know who to blame except that it's not me because I ordered them and didn't fake-order them like you seem to think for some reason! reason!
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* TooDumbToLive: Frohman, who [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-10-17 bypasses a puzzle by flinging him and his boat over an obstacle by shooting exploding barrels]], [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2006-04-05 nails boards to his feet to cross sandtraps]], and [[http://hlcomic.com/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]]. Also done with the first ''Counter-Strike'' server Frohman's accidentally launched into. And again, surviving zombification 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://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-10-17 bypasses a puzzle by flinging him and his boat over an obstacle by shooting exploding barrels]], [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2006-04-05 nails boards to his feet to cross sandtraps]], and [[http://hlcomic.com/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]]. Also done with the first ''Counter-Strike'' server Frohman's accidentally launched into. And again, surviving zombification 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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* YourBrainWontBeMuchOfAMeal: After Gordon walks away with a headcrab on a head for the better part of a chapter, it eventually [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2006-01-04 falls off]], having died of malnutrition. Gordon provides a {{Lampshading}} in the background.
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* YourBrainWontBeMuchOfAMeal: After Gordon walks away with a headcrab on a head for the better part of a chapter, it eventually [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2006-01-04 falls off]], having died of malnutrition. Gordon provides a {{Lampshading}} in the background.
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[[caption-width:285:''No, '''Froh'''man.'']]
''[[http://hlcomic.com/ Concerned: The Half-Life and Death of Gordon Frohman]]'' is a {{Machinomic}} by Christopher C. Livingston based on HalfLife 2. An AffectionateParody, it blurs the line between {{Machinima}} and a traditional comic: all images are in-game screenshots taken from Garry's Mod, which allows the user to pose ragdolls and play around with the scripted events of the game, that have had speech bubbles and whatnot added. The name of the strip comes from a letter from "A Concerned Citizen" read in the game by the administrator of Earth, Dr. Breen, which [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-06-07 the comic provides an explanation of]].
The (concluded!) story follows the misadventures of Gordon Frohman, [[DumbIsGood happy-go-lucky if none-too-bright resident]] of City 17 and former file clerk at Black Mesa, as he precedes/follows in Gordon ''Free''man's footsteps and attempts to ingratiate himself to the Combine overlords, catch Dr. Breen's latest show, cleanse the city of evil Vortigaunts, find an apartment, survive the horrifyingly friendly residents of Ravenholm, get his trans-human surgical upgrade, and stop that crowbar-wielding jerk from ruining everything. [[ForegoneConclusion As the comic's name suggests, Frohman dies at the end]]. What? It's right there in the title!
If you're at all familiar with ''HalfLife 2'', or even if you're not, you may want to [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-05-01 check it out]]. Expect some spoilers, though.
Despite the fact that Frohman did [[KilledOffForReal actually die]] at the end; an unofficial sequel titled [[http://aconcernedrip-off.webs.com/ ''Concerned 2: A Concerned Rip-Off-The Continuing Adventures of Gordon Frohman'']] by Norman N. Black demonstrates that our loveable dumbass survived due to a lack of {{Gameplay and Story Segregation}}.
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'''Provides examples of:'''
* AccidentalAimingSkills: Frohman manages to take out three metrocops early on with three shots from a pistol, blind-firing from behind cover.
* ActionGirl: Sandy, Frohman's unfortunate temporary traveling companion.
* AmbiguouslyJewish. Gordon Frohman, {{lampshaded}}.
* AnimalAthleteLoophole: In a flashback to the first ''HalfLife'', for Frohman's pet [[MiniBoss Gargantua]]:
--> '''Frohman:''' [[{{Airbud}} There's no rule against having a Garg play soccer!]] This is gonna be the best season ''ever''!
* AnyoneCanDie: Well, almost everyone.
* AuthorAppeal: The reason the strip exists is precisely because the creator loves a great deal of the things Half-Life 2 does. Read his notes for more in-depth information.
* BattleCouple: Frohman thinks of Sandy as his girlfriend. Sandy thinks of Frohman as [[TheLoad a liability]].
* BilingualBonus: Froh means happy in German.
* BlackComedy
* BlackShirt: Frohman is staunchly pro-Combine and an avid fan of Dr. Breen, but is fortunately such a screw-up that he ends up helping the good guys by accident.
* BossRoom: Confused for "a perfect place to rest" by our hero.
* BrickJoke: In the very first comic, two members of Civil Protection comment that the train is running late. In the very last comic, the rebels comment that the train to Episode Two is running late, with one of the group commenting "again?"
** [[spoiler:The T.G.I. Friday's, but it doesn't come up 'till the unofficial sequel.]]
* CallBack: A lot, but especially [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-11-07 here.]]
** Don't forget how at the beginning when Frohman leaves the train station, he cannot find any TGI Fridays. Then, in the sequel, he passes by a TGI Friday as he's evacuating the city. Too bad it would explode even if Frohman got to stop in.
* CardCarryingVillain: Wallace Breen fulfills this role basically.
* {{Catchphrase}}: You got Frohwned!!!
* ChekhovsGun: Described [[http://www.hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2006-03-24 here]]. Or lampshaded. Or both.
* CigarFuseLighting: When Frohman meets his squadmates at the start of the revolt (who all introduce themselves by their character archetypes), one of them claims to be a demolitions expert who'll do exactly this.
* ContinuityNod: Several jokes in ''Concerned 2.''
* CompanionCube: Gordon's *ahem* ''forward'' relationship with the gravity gun, coming to a head *ahem again* in strip #77.
** In Concerned 2, a "Breen Idol" and a Lawn Gnome play this role.
* CoolShip: G-Man's magical hovercraft.
* CrapsackWorld: It wasn't great to begin with, and then Frohman helped make things worse...''especially'' Ravenholm.
** Heck, before our hero got there, Ravenholm was nicer than most of the real world.
* DownerEnding: Read the title.
** Due to the deserved death of Frohman and [[spoiler: Dr.Breen]] the ending could be seen as a subversion.
* DumbassHasAPoint: Used [[http://www.hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-05-10 here]], [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-10-10 here,]] [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2006-02-06 and here]]. Made all the more jarring considering Frohman's utter dumbassery.
* EleventhHourSuperPower: The truth behind the blue gravity gun [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2006-09-12 revealed]]!
* EverythingFades: Played straight.
* EvilLaugh
--> Roommate wanted for 2 bedroom, 2 bath home. Hardwood floors, tool shed. Close to church, schools, and public teleportation. Cats, robotic dogs okay. $325 a month. Ravenholm area. Contact F. Grigori.
-->Note: Non-smoker preferred. Must enjoy sermons and shotguns.
-->PS: Heh heh! Hah hah! '''HAH-HAH-HAH-HAH-HAH-HAH-HAH'''!
** Also:
---> Welcome. Welcome to City 17... also known as... '''HELL! HELL! YOU'RE ALL GONNA DIE! YOU'RE ALL''' '''''DEAD!!!''''' '''HA HA HA HA HA HA!'''
*** Followed by IsThisThingStillOn
* EvilTwin: Subverted with Norman Frohman, a former special ops agents working for the Resistance and who is actually effective in combat--the total opposite of his twin.
* ExplodingBarrels: And Frohman, being Frohman...
* TheFaceless: The shots are always taken so that Gordon ''Free''man's face is never seen.
** To the point where even his picture on the ''character page'' is broken, so you still can't see his face!
* FauxtivationalPoster: [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-06-29 Frohman made a few in an attempt to liven up the Combine Citadel]]. Incidentally, if you save the comic JPG and crop them right, you can make some kickass custom sprays.
* {{Flashback}}: Nicely {{lampshade|Hanging}}d. See the page quote on the {{Flashback}} entry.
* FourthWallObserver: [[http://www.hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-05-10 Early on]] in the comic, Frohman occasionally makes it clear that he's aware he's in a video game.
--> '''Civil Protection Officer''': Pick up that can.
--> '''Frohman''': How the heck do I do that?
--> ''[Hot-tip appears: "'''E''' Pickup object"]''
--> '''Frohman''': [[PaintingTheFourthWall Oh]]. Whoah! [[WreakingHavok I can pick up things in this game]]! [-I mean world.-] [[LampshadeHanging It's a little odd that I don't actually have to use my hands, though]].
--> '''Civil Protection Officer''': I was just thinking that myself.
* GeniusDitz: When Frohman suddenly comes across something that does not make sense in terms of game logic, [[http://www.hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2006-02-06 he suddenly launches into a long-winded explanation of what is wrong and how it could be fixed,]] and goes back to picking his nose in the next comic. [[AuthorFilibuster Author Filibusters]] [[SarcasmMode have never been so subtle.]]
** He also once built a fully-operational Strider (though he never turned it on) because he didn't have enough dystopian oppression in his life in Ravenholm.
*** Although you have to wonder where he got an alien to modify for it.
* GenreSavvy: The Rebels in [[http://www.hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2006-06-12 strip 160]], before Frohman [[spoiler:accidentally vaporizes them with the pulse rifle's secondary fire.]]
* HellishCopter: Some time in ''Bike Lane 17'', Frohman attempts to discreetly dispose of his Combine disguise by tossing it off a cliff. The body [[ContrivedCoincidence gets caught in the rotors of a passing Combine Gunship]], which then proceeds to cause a [[CrossesTheLineTwice hilarious]] case of DisasterDominoes.
* HereWeGoAgain: The series' bookends are snide comments on Valve's missed release dates.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Frohman has a kill-on-sight response to the friendly Vortigaunts and wants to join the Combine.
* ICallItVera: Gordon becomes quite... ''[[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-11-16 attached]]'' to the Gravity Gun...
-->'''Frohman:''' There ''is'' no Gordon, Judith...There is only...''The Claw.''
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Norman.
* ImprovisedWeapon: As Freeman had his crowbar, Frohman wields a shovel.
* InformalEulogy: "I'll never forget the day I met him. It was today. About a minute ago, when my head collided with his neck, breaking it. His ''neck'', I mean. Not my head. My head is fine, not that anyone asked. Anyway. He seemed like a great guy with a lot of strong traits. Except for his neck, which was as brittle as glass. Amen."
* InsurmountableWaistHighFence: [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2006-07-17 Lampshaded, of course]].
* IsThisThingOn: See Evil Laugh above.
* LampshadeHanging: Damn near everything.
-->'''Frohman:''' [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2006-09-21 Glad I waited until I was fully in uniform to finish that sentence, even though it took several minutes to get dressed.]]
* TheMillstone: Frohman tries to help the Combine at every turn, but fails at all of said turns - and ''more besides''.
* MyEyesAreUpHere: Frohman is fascinated by the Combine Elite outfit that somehow renders everything in 2D. He then exclaims things are 3D again when he stares at Judith Mossman's breasts, causing Judith to state the trope.
* MythologyGag: Frohman, at the beginning of Sandtraps, states that "jumping puzzles are for effeminate [[SuperMarioBros Italian plumbers]]". This is a reference to the author's original site, Not My Desk, where he once did an article suggesting that Mario was gay.
* NamesTheSame: Subverted, as described above.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Where to begin...?
** Ravenholm is a good place to begin. It used to be a peaceful sunny community, with only one whackjob priest who is ignored as a loon. Then Frohman comes by...
** He takes a short break from thoroughly screwing up the world of Half-Life to [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2006-02-13 ruin the only good Counter-Strike server.]]
* NoAnimalsWereHarmed: Subverted.
-->''"[[http://www.hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2006-03-29 Working with live seagull spawns]] is no picnic, either, as they're very fragile. [[OneHitPointWonder Brush them with the physics gun beam or an object and they squawk and die immediately]]. Many, many seagulls were killed in the making of this comic."''
* NoKillLikeOverkill: [[http://aconcernedrip-off.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoid=28580413 Referred to by name]]
* NotTheFallThatKillsYou: It's evidently [[spoiler: the ruptured organs and internal bleeding]].
** Although {{Justified|Trope}}, as [[spoiler:Frohman saved himself from the fall due to having [[NighInvulnerability Buddha Mode]] enabled, but due to [[TooDumbToLive inadvertently disabling it]] he ends up suffering CriticalExistenceFailure due to his injuries from the fall.]]
* OfCorpseHesAlive: [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-09-05 Well, he tried]].
* OrphanedPunchline: [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-08-29 "So anyway, I said to Tony, 'Strider? I hardly KNOW 'er!'"]]
* PatrickStewartSpeech: Gordon's brother Norman [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2006-08-16 is an expert]].
-->'''Gordon:''' ''(thinking)'' Same old Norman, still thinks he's some bitter, world-weary action hero, spitting out sardonic, overly dramatic responses and acting like a camera is doing close-ups on him. Maybe I can trip him up... ''(aloud)'' Golly! I've got terrible hemorrhoids all up my butt! What say you?
-->'''Norman:''' You think it's painful sitting down? '''''Try taking a stand!'''''
-->'''Gordon:''' ''(thinking)'' Damn he's good.
* PreMortemOneLiner: Frohman ''nearly'' succeeds in [[spoiler: assassinating Gordon Freeman and saving Dr. Breen]], but takes so long coming up with one the battle is over by the time he's ready.
* ProductPlacement: Parodied in the notes for [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-11-23 this comic]].
* PunchClockVillain: Most of the Combine. As is Gordon while he's working for them.
* QuipToBlack: Gordon's brother Norman is fond of doing these.
* RunningGag: Whenever Frohman orders in bulk, he ends up ordering far more of the item in question than needed, usually 100,000. He blames the keys being stuck.
* ShootTheMedicFirst: Tired of being shot at by both sides, Frohman attempts to adopt neutrality by dressing as a medic. [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2006-06-23 It doesn't work]].
* ShoutOut: [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-05-07 To]] Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff.
--> '''Townsperson''': You're not Gordon Freeman.
--> '''Frohman''': No.
--> '''Townsperson''': You're... Gordon Frohman.
--> '''Frohman''': Yes.
--> '''Townsperson''': The Sausage King of Chic--
--> '''Frohman''': '''''No.'''''
** [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-06-03 Another one]]:
--> '''G-Man''': Look out! An Archvile!
--> '''Frohman''': Archvile? Where? Where? Wait, an ''[[{{Doom}} Archvile]]''? [[BreakingTheFourthWall They aren't even in this--]] [[StealthHiBye hey, where'd you go]]?
* ShovelStrike: Frohman's trusty shovel.
* ShurFineGuns: [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-06-20 Mr. Henderson's pulse rifle.]]
* SpannerInTheWorks: From the abundance of medpacks to aid the resistance, to the surplus supply of ExplodingBarrels the Combine is forced to take cover behind, Frohman is his enemies' greatest ally.
* SprintMeter: [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-06-22 Lampshaded]] along with the TenSecondFlashlight.
* StealthHiBye: Sometimes Frohman [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-05-22 gets the better of the G-Man]], and [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-06-03 sometimes he doesn't]].
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial
--> '''Judith:''' What? What? I don't know Dr. Breen! Who told you I know him? I don't! I've never met him! I've never even heard of him! I don't sleep with a picture of him under my pillow!
** Frohman does this. [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2006-06-09 A lot.]]
--->'''Frohman:''' No need to come here and look over my shoulder or anything! Even though it looks like I'm just slapping my hands randomly on the keyboard, I'm actually placing the order! For GUNS! You're not being duped or lied to like you might think! Ha ha! Hey, everyone, I think Barney here thinks I'm not actually placing the order for guns! Okie dokie, the real order is placed and isn't fake at all! If the guns never show up then I don't know who to blame except that it's not me because I ordered them and didn't fake-order them like you seem to think for some reason!
--->'''Computer:''' [[AC: Your real order for guns has been placed. Thank you for using Citadel purchasing.]]
--->''(GilliganCut)''
--->'''Barney:''' Wow! Sorry I doubted you, Gordon!
* SuspiciousVideogameGenerosity: Lampshaded.
-->'''Rebel:''' And if you come across a huge cache of ammo, weapons, health packs, and armor chargers, what does that mean?
-->'''Frohman:''' That I'm about to get my ass kicked?
-->'''Rebel:''' Bingo.
* TakeThat: Chris made more than one jab at ''DonnieDarko'' during the comic's run.
* ThatCloudLooksLike: [[http://www.hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-10-14 Hmm, that thing in the canal looks like a guy in a little boat..]]
* ThrowItIn: In one of the very first strips, the creator "paused" things just as he'd cued everyone to look at Gordon. He just so happened to take the screenshot when the video of Doctor Breen on the wall had his mouth closed and appeared to be looking right at Gordon as well, creating an unintended but hilarious impression that even Doctor Breen had stopped to stare, ''despite the screens not being two-way''.
* TooDumbToLive: Frohman, who [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-10-17 bypasses a puzzle by flinging him and his boat over an obstacle by shooting exploding barrels]], [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2006-04-05 nails boards to his feet to cross sandtraps]], and [[http://hlcomic.com/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]]. Also done with the first ''Counter-Strike'' server Frohman's accidentally launched into. And again, surviving zombification 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.]]
-->'''Sandy:''' I feel like every time I around you're doing something stupid, like holding a live grenade while standing knee-deep in radioactive sludge and setting yourself on fire.
-->'''Frohman:''' [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne For the record, I'm only]] ''[[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne ankle]]'' [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne deep]].
** Lampshaded [[http://www.hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2006-03-24 here]].
-->'''Frohman:''' I don't have any idea about ''a lot'' of things.
* TranquilFury. "[[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2006-07-12 He's [Freeman] got. My. Gravity. Gun.]]"
* UnhandThemVillain: In Concerned 2, Frohman threatens a barnacle with a lawsuit unless it lets go of his [[CompanionCube Breen Idol]]. Upon finding out that it's inedible, the Barnacle complies by dropping the bust...on Frohman's head.
* VerticalKidnapping: [[http://www.hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-09-30 Poor Sandy]]
* VillainProtagonist: It's easy to forget because he's such a lovable goofball, but Gordon Frohman is actively trying to be the best traitor-to-humanity he can be. He's just ''terrible'' at it.
* WebcomicOfTheGame: Though according to the comic, the events of ''Half-Life 2'' are happening in Frohman's wake.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous: "There's nothing worse than having to pose the same scene twice. Well, maybe genocide. But posing the same scene twice is pretty lame, too."
* WhatMeasureIsAMook: [[AccidentalAesop Unintentionally]] {{deconstructed|Trope}} with the [[http://www.hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2006-05-17 "Frank Tangent"]] quartet of comics. Giving a faceless mook a life, family, goals and dreams, and a sympathetic point-of-view was intended for comedy, due to "the ludicrous concept of it all". It, uh, [[MoodWhiplash didn't really work out as expected]].
* WreakingHavok: There's a reason Frohman loves the Gravity Gun so much.
* YouALLLookFamiliar: Lampshaded repeatedly.
** In a meta-example, the same character model used for Frohman (male_07) was also used in the machinima of [[FanFic/HalfLifeFullLifeConsequences Full Life Consequences]] as John Freeman who was Gordon Freeman's brother.
*** ''And'' as the AuthorAvatar of Das Bo Schitt, the creator of TheGmodIdiotBox.
**** As well as the recurring citizen in ''{{Civil Protection}}''.
* YouHaveFailedMe: As much as Dr. Breen ''wants'' to, [[http://www.hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2006-09-05 he doesn't actually have this power]].
-->'''Frohman:''' Well, ''my'' throat is sorta scratchy. [[ItMakesSenseInContext But it could be all those SunChips I just ate.]]
* YourBrainWontBeMuchOfAMeal: After Gordon walks away with a headcrab on a head for the better part of a chapter, it eventually [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2006-01-04 falls off]], having died of malnutrition. Gordon provides a {{Lampshading}} in the background.
* ZombieApocalypse: The idea of shelling beautiful, isolated Ravenholm with headcrab-filled artillery came from, you guess it...
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[[caption-width:285:''No, '''Froh'''man.'']]
''[[http://hlcomic.com/ Concerned: The Half-Life and Death of Gordon Frohman]]'' is a {{Machinomic}} by Christopher C. Livingston based on HalfLife 2. An AffectionateParody, it blurs the line between {{Machinima}} and a traditional comic: all images are in-game screenshots taken from Garry's Mod, which allows the user to pose ragdolls and play around with the scripted events of the game, that have had speech bubbles and whatnot added. The name of the strip comes from a letter from "A Concerned Citizen" read in the game by the administrator of Earth, Dr. Breen, which [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-06-07 the comic provides an explanation of]].
The (concluded!) story follows the misadventures of Gordon Frohman, [[DumbIsGood happy-go-lucky if none-too-bright resident]] of City 17 and former file clerk at Black Mesa, as he precedes/follows in Gordon ''Free''man's footsteps and attempts to ingratiate himself to the Combine overlords, catch Dr. Breen's latest show, cleanse the city of evil Vortigaunts, find an apartment, survive the horrifyingly friendly residents of Ravenholm, get his trans-human surgical upgrade, and stop that crowbar-wielding jerk from ruining everything. [[ForegoneConclusion As the comic's name suggests, Frohman dies at the end]]. What? It's right there in the title!
If you're at all familiar with ''HalfLife 2'', or even if you're not, you may want to [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-05-01 check it out]]. Expect some spoilers, though.
Despite the fact that Frohman did [[KilledOffForReal actually die]] at the end; an unofficial sequel titled [[http://aconcernedrip-off.webs.com/ ''Concerned 2: A Concerned Rip-Off-The Continuing Adventures of Gordon Frohman'']] by Norman N. Black demonstrates that our loveable dumbass survived due to a lack of {{Gameplay and Story Segregation}}.
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'''Provides examples of:'''
* AccidentalAimingSkills: Frohman manages to take out three metrocops early on with three shots from a pistol, blind-firing from behind cover.
* ActionGirl: Sandy, Frohman's unfortunate temporary traveling companion.
* AmbiguouslyJewish. Gordon Frohman, {{lampshaded}}.
* AnimalAthleteLoophole: In a flashback to the first ''HalfLife'', for Frohman's pet [[MiniBoss Gargantua]]:
--> '''Frohman:''' [[{{Airbud}} There's no rule against having a Garg play soccer!]] This is gonna be the best season ''ever''!
* AnyoneCanDie: Well, almost everyone.
* AuthorAppeal: The reason the strip exists is precisely because the creator loves a great deal of the things Half-Life 2 does. Read his notes for more in-depth information.
* BattleCouple: Frohman thinks of Sandy as his girlfriend. Sandy thinks of Frohman as [[TheLoad a liability]].
* BilingualBonus: Froh means happy in German.
* BlackComedy
* BlackShirt: Frohman is staunchly pro-Combine and an avid fan of Dr. Breen, but is fortunately such a screw-up that he ends up helping the good guys by accident.
* BossRoom: Confused for "a perfect place to rest" by our hero.
* BrickJoke: In the very first comic, two members of Civil Protection comment that the train is running late. In the very last comic, the rebels comment that the train to Episode Two is running late, with one of the group commenting "again?"
** [[spoiler:The T.G.I. Friday's, but it doesn't come up 'till the unofficial sequel.]]
* CallBack: A lot, but especially [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-11-07 here.]]
** Don't forget how at the beginning when Frohman leaves the train station, he cannot find any TGI Fridays. Then, in the sequel, he passes by a TGI Friday as he's evacuating the city. Too bad it would explode even if Frohman got to stop in.
* CardCarryingVillain: Wallace Breen fulfills this role basically.
* {{Catchphrase}}: You got Frohwned!!!
* ChekhovsGun: Described [[http://www.hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2006-03-24 here]]. Or lampshaded. Or both.
* CigarFuseLighting: When Frohman meets his squadmates at the start of the revolt (who all introduce themselves by their character archetypes), one of them claims to be a demolitions expert who'll do exactly this.
* ContinuityNod: Several jokes in ''Concerned 2.''
* CompanionCube: Gordon's *ahem* ''forward'' relationship with the gravity gun, coming to a head *ahem again* in strip #77.
** In Concerned 2, a "Breen Idol" and a Lawn Gnome play this role.
* CoolShip: G-Man's magical hovercraft.
* CrapsackWorld: It wasn't great to begin with, and then Frohman helped make things worse...''especially'' Ravenholm.
** Heck, before our hero got there, Ravenholm was nicer than most of the real world.
* DownerEnding: Read the title.
** Due to the deserved death of Frohman and [[spoiler: Dr.Breen]] the ending could be seen as a subversion.
* DumbassHasAPoint: Used [[http://www.hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-05-10 here]], [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-10-10 here,]] [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2006-02-06 and here]]. Made all the more jarring considering Frohman's utter dumbassery.
* EleventhHourSuperPower: The truth behind the blue gravity gun [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2006-09-12 revealed]]!
* EverythingFades: Played straight.
* EvilLaugh
--> Roommate wanted for 2 bedroom, 2 bath home. Hardwood floors, tool shed. Close to church, schools, and public teleportation. Cats, robotic dogs okay. $325 a month. Ravenholm area. Contact F. Grigori.
-->Note: Non-smoker preferred. Must enjoy sermons and shotguns.
-->PS: Heh heh! Hah hah! '''HAH-HAH-HAH-HAH-HAH-HAH-HAH'''!
** Also:
---> Welcome. Welcome to City 17... also known as... '''HELL! HELL! YOU'RE ALL GONNA DIE! YOU'RE ALL''' '''''DEAD!!!''''' '''HA HA HA HA HA HA!'''
*** Followed by IsThisThingStillOn
* EvilTwin: Subverted with Norman Frohman, a former special ops agents working for the Resistance and who is actually effective in combat--the total opposite of his twin.
* ExplodingBarrels: And Frohman, being Frohman...
* TheFaceless: The shots are always taken so that Gordon ''Free''man's face is never seen.
** To the point where even his picture on the ''character page'' is broken, so you still can't see his face!
* FauxtivationalPoster: [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-06-29 Frohman made a few in an attempt to liven up the Combine Citadel]]. Incidentally, if you save the comic JPG and crop them right, you can make some kickass custom sprays.
* {{Flashback}}: Nicely {{lampshade|Hanging}}d. See the page quote on the {{Flashback}} entry.
* FourthWallObserver: [[http://www.hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-05-10 Early on]] in the comic, Frohman occasionally makes it clear that he's aware he's in a video game.
--> '''Civil Protection Officer''': Pick up that can.
--> '''Frohman''': How the heck do I do that?
--> ''[Hot-tip appears: "'''E''' Pickup object"]''
--> '''Frohman''': [[PaintingTheFourthWall Oh]]. Whoah! [[WreakingHavok I can pick up things in this game]]! [-I mean world.-] [[LampshadeHanging It's a little odd that I don't actually have to use my hands, though]].
--> '''Civil Protection Officer''': I was just thinking that myself.
* GeniusDitz: When Frohman suddenly comes across something that does not make sense in terms of game logic, [[http://www.hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2006-02-06 he suddenly launches into a long-winded explanation of what is wrong and how it could be fixed,]] and goes back to picking his nose in the next comic. [[AuthorFilibuster Author Filibusters]] [[SarcasmMode have never been so subtle.]]
** He also once built a fully-operational Strider (though he never turned it on) because he didn't have enough dystopian oppression in his life in Ravenholm.
*** Although you have to wonder where he got an alien to modify for it.
* GenreSavvy: The Rebels in [[http://www.hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2006-06-12 strip 160]], before Frohman [[spoiler:accidentally vaporizes them with the pulse rifle's secondary fire.]]
* HellishCopter: Some time in ''Bike Lane 17'', Frohman attempts to discreetly dispose of his Combine disguise by tossing it off a cliff. The body [[ContrivedCoincidence gets caught in the rotors of a passing Combine Gunship]], which then proceeds to cause a [[CrossesTheLineTwice hilarious]] case of DisasterDominoes.
* HereWeGoAgain: The series' bookends are snide comments on Valve's missed release dates.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Frohman has a kill-on-sight response to the friendly Vortigaunts and wants to join the Combine.
* ICallItVera: Gordon becomes quite... ''[[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-11-16 attached]]'' to the Gravity Gun...
-->'''Frohman:''' There ''is'' no Gordon, Judith...There is only...''The Claw.''
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Norman.
* ImprovisedWeapon: As Freeman had his crowbar, Frohman wields a shovel.
* InformalEulogy: "I'll never forget the day I met him. It was today. About a minute ago, when my head collided with his neck, breaking it. His ''neck'', I mean. Not my head. My head is fine, not that anyone asked. Anyway. He seemed like a great guy with a lot of strong traits. Except for his neck, which was as brittle as glass. Amen."
* InsurmountableWaistHighFence: [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2006-07-17 Lampshaded, of course]].
* IsThisThingOn: See Evil Laugh above.
* LampshadeHanging: Damn near everything.
-->'''Frohman:''' [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2006-09-21 Glad I waited until I was fully in uniform to finish that sentence, even though it took several minutes to get dressed.]]
* TheMillstone: Frohman tries to help the Combine at every turn, but fails at all of said turns - and ''more besides''.
* MyEyesAreUpHere: Frohman is fascinated by the Combine Elite outfit that somehow renders everything in 2D. He then exclaims things are 3D again when he stares at Judith Mossman's breasts, causing Judith to state the trope.
* MythologyGag: Frohman, at the beginning of Sandtraps, states that "jumping puzzles are for effeminate [[SuperMarioBros Italian plumbers]]". This is a reference to the author's original site, Not My Desk, where he once did an article suggesting that Mario was gay.
* NamesTheSame: Subverted, as described above.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Where to begin...?
** Ravenholm is a good place to begin. It used to be a peaceful sunny community, with only one whackjob priest who is ignored as a loon. Then Frohman comes by...
** He takes a short break from thoroughly screwing up the world of Half-Life to [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2006-02-13 ruin the only good Counter-Strike server.]]
* NoAnimalsWereHarmed: Subverted.
-->''"[[http://www.hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2006-03-29 Working with live seagull spawns]] is no picnic, either, as they're very fragile. [[OneHitPointWonder Brush them with the physics gun beam or an object and they squawk and die immediately]]. Many, many seagulls were killed in the making of this comic."''
* NoKillLikeOverkill: [[http://aconcernedrip-off.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoid=28580413 Referred to by name]]
* NotTheFallThatKillsYou: It's evidently [[spoiler: the ruptured organs and internal bleeding]].
** Although {{Justified|Trope}}, as [[spoiler:Frohman saved himself from the fall due to having [[NighInvulnerability Buddha Mode]] enabled, but due to [[TooDumbToLive inadvertently disabling it]] he ends up suffering CriticalExistenceFailure due to his injuries from the fall.]]
* OfCorpseHesAlive: [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-09-05 Well, he tried]].
* OrphanedPunchline: [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-08-29 "So anyway, I said to Tony, 'Strider? I hardly KNOW 'er!'"]]
* PatrickStewartSpeech: Gordon's brother Norman [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2006-08-16 is an expert]].
-->'''Gordon:''' ''(thinking)'' Same old Norman, still thinks he's some bitter, world-weary action hero, spitting out sardonic, overly dramatic responses and acting like a camera is doing close-ups on him. Maybe I can trip him up... ''(aloud)'' Golly! I've got terrible hemorrhoids all up my butt! What say you?
-->'''Norman:''' You think it's painful sitting down? '''''Try taking a stand!'''''
-->'''Gordon:''' ''(thinking)'' Damn he's good.
* PreMortemOneLiner: Frohman ''nearly'' succeeds in [[spoiler: assassinating Gordon Freeman and saving Dr. Breen]], but takes so long coming up with one the battle is over by the time he's ready.
* ProductPlacement: Parodied in the notes for [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-11-23 this comic]].
* PunchClockVillain: Most of the Combine. As is Gordon while he's working for them.
* QuipToBlack: Gordon's brother Norman is fond of doing these.
* RunningGag: Whenever Frohman orders in bulk, he ends up ordering far more of the item in question than needed, usually 100,000. He blames the keys being stuck.
* ShootTheMedicFirst: Tired of being shot at by both sides, Frohman attempts to adopt neutrality by dressing as a medic. [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2006-06-23 It doesn't work]].
* ShoutOut: [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-05-07 To]] Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff.
--> '''Townsperson''': You're not Gordon Freeman.
--> '''Frohman''': No.
--> '''Townsperson''': You're... Gordon Frohman.
--> '''Frohman''': Yes.
--> '''Townsperson''': The Sausage King of Chic--
--> '''Frohman''': '''''No.'''''
** [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-06-03 Another one]]:
--> '''G-Man''': Look out! An Archvile!
--> '''Frohman''': Archvile? Where? Where? Wait, an ''[[{{Doom}} Archvile]]''? [[BreakingTheFourthWall They aren't even in this--]] [[StealthHiBye hey, where'd you go]]?
* ShovelStrike: Frohman's trusty shovel.
* ShurFineGuns: [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-06-20 Mr. Henderson's pulse rifle.]]
* SpannerInTheWorks: From the abundance of medpacks to aid the resistance, to the surplus supply of ExplodingBarrels the Combine is forced to take cover behind, Frohman is his enemies' greatest ally.
* SprintMeter: [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-06-22 Lampshaded]] along with the TenSecondFlashlight.
* StealthHiBye: Sometimes Frohman [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-05-22 gets the better of the G-Man]], and [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-06-03 sometimes he doesn't]].
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial
--> '''Judith:''' What? What? I don't know Dr. Breen! Who told you I know him? I don't! I've never met him! I've never even heard of him! I don't sleep with a picture of him under my pillow!
** Frohman does this. [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2006-06-09 A lot.]]
--->'''Frohman:''' No need to come here and look over my shoulder or anything! Even though it looks like I'm just slapping my hands randomly on the keyboard, I'm actually placing the order! For GUNS! You're not being duped or lied to like you might think! Ha ha! Hey, everyone, I think Barney here thinks I'm not actually placing the order for guns! Okie dokie, the real order is placed and isn't fake at all! If the guns never show up then I don't know who to blame except that it's not me because I ordered them and didn't fake-order them like you seem to think for some reason!
--->'''Computer:''' [[AC: Your real order for guns has been placed. Thank you for using Citadel purchasing.]]
--->''(GilliganCut)''
--->'''Barney:''' Wow! Sorry I doubted you, Gordon!
* SuspiciousVideogameGenerosity: Lampshaded.
-->'''Rebel:''' And if you come across a huge cache of ammo, weapons, health packs, and armor chargers, what does that mean?
-->'''Frohman:''' That I'm about to get my ass kicked?
-->'''Rebel:''' Bingo.
* TakeThat: Chris made more than one jab at ''DonnieDarko'' during the comic's run.
* ThatCloudLooksLike: [[http://www.hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-10-14 Hmm, that thing in the canal looks like a guy in a little boat..]]
* ThrowItIn: In one of the very first strips, the creator "paused" things just as he'd cued everyone to look at Gordon. He just so happened to take the screenshot when the video of Doctor Breen on the wall had his mouth closed and appeared to be looking right at Gordon as well, creating an unintended but hilarious impression that even Doctor Breen had stopped to stare, ''despite the screens not being two-way''.
* TooDumbToLive: Frohman, who [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-10-17 bypasses a puzzle by flinging him and his boat over an obstacle by shooting exploding barrels]], [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2006-04-05 nails boards to his feet to cross sandtraps]], and [[http://hlcomic.com/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]]. Also done with the first ''Counter-Strike'' server Frohman's accidentally launched into. And again, surviving zombification 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.]]
-->'''Sandy:''' I feel like every time I around you're doing something stupid, like holding a live grenade while standing knee-deep in radioactive sludge and setting yourself on fire.
-->'''Frohman:''' [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne For the record, I'm only]] ''[[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne ankle]]'' [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne deep]].
** Lampshaded [[http://www.hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2006-03-24 here]].
-->'''Frohman:''' I don't have any idea about ''a lot'' of things.
* TranquilFury. "[[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2006-07-12 He's [Freeman] got. My. Gravity. Gun.]]"
* UnhandThemVillain: In Concerned 2, Frohman threatens a barnacle with a lawsuit unless it lets go of his [[CompanionCube Breen Idol]]. Upon finding out that it's inedible, the Barnacle complies by dropping the bust...on Frohman's head.
* VerticalKidnapping: [[http://www.hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-09-30 Poor Sandy]]
* VillainProtagonist: It's easy to forget because he's such a lovable goofball, but Gordon Frohman is actively trying to be the best traitor-to-humanity he can be. He's just ''terrible'' at it.
* WebcomicOfTheGame: Though according to the comic, the events of ''Half-Life 2'' are happening in Frohman's wake.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous: "There's nothing worse than having to pose the same scene twice. Well, maybe genocide. But posing the same scene twice is pretty lame, too."
* WhatMeasureIsAMook: [[AccidentalAesop Unintentionally]] {{deconstructed|Trope}} with the [[http://www.hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2006-05-17 "Frank Tangent"]] quartet of comics. Giving a faceless mook a life, family, goals and dreams, and a sympathetic point-of-view was intended for comedy, due to "the ludicrous concept of it all". It, uh, [[MoodWhiplash didn't really work out as expected]].
* WreakingHavok: There's a reason Frohman loves the Gravity Gun so much.
* YouALLLookFamiliar: Lampshaded repeatedly.
** In a meta-example, the same character model used for Frohman (male_07) was also used in the machinima of [[FanFic/HalfLifeFullLifeConsequences Full Life Consequences]] as John Freeman who was Gordon Freeman's brother.
*** ''And'' as the AuthorAvatar of Das Bo Schitt, the creator of TheGmodIdiotBox.
**** As well as the recurring citizen in ''{{Civil Protection}}''.
* YouHaveFailedMe: As much as Dr. Breen ''wants'' to, [[http://www.hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2006-09-05 he doesn't actually have this power]].
-->'''Frohman:''' Well, ''my'' throat is sorta scratchy. [[ItMakesSenseInContext But it could be all those SunChips I just ate.]]
* YourBrainWontBeMuchOfAMeal: After Gordon walks away with a headcrab on a head for the better part of a chapter, it eventually [[http://hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2006-01-04 falls off]], having died of malnutrition. Gordon provides a {{Lampshading}} in the background.
* ZombieApocalypse: The idea of shelling beautiful, isolated Ravenholm with headcrab-filled artillery came from, you guess it...
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