History Webcomic / Concerned

* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: By virtue of [[OnlySixFaces one in every nine citizens of the city sharing their features]], Gordon asks this of his twin brother Norman regarding his birthday. Gordon, [[TheDitz being Gordon]], then decides Norman needs to ask ''him'' a question to verify he's really Gordon.
-->'''Norman''': Fine. When's ''my'' birthday.\\
'''Gordon''': June sixth! Uh, no! It's in May, right? March? I know it's on a Thursday... damn, ask me something else!\\
'''Norman''': No needs. [[TooDumbToLive It's definitely you]].

*** Of note is that the obituaries run from pages 14 to ''38''.

* ContinuityNod: Several jokes in ''Concerned 2.''

* DeadlyDoctor: [[http://www.screencuisine.net/hlcomic/index.php?date=2006-06-28 When he starts impersonating one]], Frohman ''definitely'' is.

* HealThyself: Medkits are capable of not only healing everything and anything, but also instantly removing any blood stains from clothing. They are also Eco-Friendly and will completely and instantly biodegrade upon use. This doesn't stop Frohman from trying (and failing) [[DeadlyDoctor to use surgery instead]], only giving out medkits when he gets impatient because his favorite show is about to start.

* IsThisThingOn: See Evil Laugh above.

-->'''Frohman''': Heh heh. That'd be awesome. (''{{Beat}}'') I mean '''bad'''! That'd be '''bad'''!\\
'''Ravenholm Resident''': Good save. But we gotta trim those pauses down a bit.

--->'''Ravenholm Citizen''': My god. You... you're worse than the Combine!\\
'''Frohman''': Oh! [[InsultBackfire That is SO sweet]]!

-->'''Barney''': Okay, Frohman. Get ready to start a new chapter in your life. It's called "Point Insertion" and it features this stunstick in an unforgettable starring role!

--->'''Frohman''': Man. Even '''I''' know this is a bad idea.

---> 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!'''

-->'''Dr. Kleiner''': No, but you '''are''' [[LampshadeHanging making spooky shadow faces with your flashlight]], and it's a bit troubling.

--->'''Laszlo''': Uhh... Frohman? If you're having a flashback you've got to narrate it for us. We can't just see it in your head. I... I don't think he can hear me.

-->'''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''': Let me rephrase that... he took all our ammo and '''then''' left us to die.\\
'''NPC''': [[WhatTheHellHero What a dickweed]]!

--> '''Frohman:''' He's using my Gravity Gun to punt a ''car'' out of our way. But a wooden door, ''well''. Let's just run 8 miles through soldier infested, mine-littered streets to avoid it.

-->'''Sandy''': I'm ditching you, idiot, before you get me killed.\\
'''Frohman''': At least I ''think'' it's broken. Or did it always bend this way?

* NewAbilityAddiction: When Frohman gets hold of [[WreakingHavok the Gravity Gun]], he starts using it for everything (parodying the way a lot of players became obsessed with it). Eventually, everyone at Black Mesa East gets sick of this and takes it away. [[spoiler: This becomes a BrickJoke when it turns out that he was the one who caused it to become the dark gravity gun near the end of the game (because he tried to stop a confiscation field from deleting it).]]

-->'''Dr Breen:''' Headcrab Rockets? Now ''there's'' an idea.

* NotTheFallThatKillsYou: It's evidently [[spoiler: the ruptured organs and internal bleeding]].

-->'''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. Hm... bet I can trip him up. ''(aloud)'' Golly! I've got terrible hemorrhoids! All up my butt! What say you?\\

'''Gordon:''' ''(thinking)'' Damn he's good!

-->'''Guard''': "[[BuffySpeak Stick-to-it-iveness]]" isn't a word.\\
'''Frohman''': Irregardless, can I set up an interview?
* PreMortemOneLiner: Frohman ''nearly'' succeeds in [[spoiler: assassinating Gordon Freeman and saving Dr. Breen]], but takes so long coming up with one of these that their battle is over by the time he's ready.

--->'''Frohman''': I said '''Froh'''man.\\
'''Bystander''': [[LampshadeHanging Do I detect the birth of a recurring gag]]?\\
'''Frohman''': [[http://www.screencuisine.net/hlcomic/index.php?date=2005-05-06 I'm sure it won't come up again]].

* ShoutOut: [[http://www.screencuisine.net/hlcomic/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.'''''

-->'''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?]]

--> '''Kleiner''': What choice do we have? I hardly expect some dim-witted dolt will show up and volunteer to test our highly unstable teleporter!\\
({{beat}})\\
'''Kleiner''': Hmmm. I was sort of expecting some dim-witted dolt to show up and volunteer to test our highly unstable teleporter.

'''Computer:''' [[AC: Your real order for guns has been placed. Thank you for using Citadel purchasing.]] ''(GilliganCut)''\\

* TemptingFate: When Frohman leads a CP to Kleiner's hideout.
-->'''Frohman''': Now if you'll excuse me, I believe I hear a stun stick warming up...\\
''(CP removes helmet, revealing himself as Barney)''\\
'''Frohman''': And for once, ''I'' won't be the one getting hit by it!

--->'''Dr. Breen''': Then it's over. Sheez, that was easy. Take the men off high alert.\\
'''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.

* TooDumbToLive: Frohman, who [[http://www.screencuisine.net/hlcomic/index.php?date=2005-10-17 bypasses a puzzle by flinging him and his boat over an obstacle by shooting 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 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]].

--->'''Rebel:''' Well, I spent the morning lugging a chest of infinite rockets up these stairs. Do you have any idea how much those things ''weight?''\\

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: ''Constantly'', though of particular note is the fact that Frohman [[spoiler: http://www.screencuisine.net/hlcomic/index.php?date=2006-08-04 caused the events of the original, and by extension, second Half-Life]].

-->'''Laszlo''': [[http://www.screencuisine.net/hlcomic/index.php?date=2006-03-29 No, it isn't]]... it can't be. It '''couldn't''' be! It '''might''' be! '''''IT IS'''''! We can't go with ''him''! There's gotta be someone else!

* ZombieInfectee: Frohman actually becomes one, but survives thanks to [[spoiler: Buddha mode]], so he just waits till the headcrab dies of Malnutrition and heals himself with health packs

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 [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration Frohman reloading a save point from before he died]]. Unfortunately, the unofficial sequel has gone without update as of late 2010.

''[[http://www.screencuisine.net/hlcomic/ Concerned: The Half-Life and Death of Gordon Frohman]]'' is a {{Machinomic}} by Christopher C. Livingston based on VideoGame/HalfLife2. An AffectionateParody, it blurs the line between {{machinima}} and {{webcomics}}: all images are in-game screenshots taken from ''VideoGame/GarrysMod'', 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://www.screencuisine.net/hlcomic/index.php?date=2005-06-07 the comic provides an explanation of]].

* WhatMeasureIsAMook: [[AccidentalAesop Unintentionally]] {{deconstructed|Trope}} with the [[http://www.screencuisine.net/hlcomic/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]]. The [[http://www.screencuisine.net/hlcomic/index.php?date=2006-05-22 final strip of the tangent]] doubles as a MookHorrorShow.

* {{Flashback}}: Nicely {{lampshade|Hanging}}d [[http://www.screencuisine.net/hlcomic/index.php?date=2006-04-03 by a very confused Laszlo]].

* {{Flashback}}: Nicely {{lampshade|Hanging}}d. See the page quote on its page.

** 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. Which doesn't even make sense since Striders are modified alien creatures, and probably don't exist in their natural form on earth.

** And Frohman again.

--->'''Frohman''': Man. Even ''I'' know this is a bad idea.