History Webcomic / DamagedGoods

* CreepyCute: Scarie is a four-eyed MadScientist supervillain with a violent temper. She's also a 12 year old girl who constantly has a CatSmile.

* LongTitle: Damaged Goods' full title is a [[IntentionallyAwkwardTitle tongue in cheek]] one.

* ContraltoOfDanger: Belfor's all lowercase text and low murmuring laugh give this impression.

The story follows its original troll cast in a region of [[CrapsackWorld Alternia]] called Dolore, along the Tyrian Northwest. All in all, it’s a pretty okay place to live. Unfortuately, a war has been instigated following the attempted assassination of the region's current ruling Prince. Several trolls are conscripted into battle without really being told of the stakes, including Alternia's hyper-violent militarized postal service, the courieradicators.

!! Damaged Goods contains examples of:

* {{Acrofatic}}: Keddie is very fat, but she’s absolutely no slouch when it comes to dexterity in war.

* AmbiguousGender: While many of the cast are explicitly nonbinary, their gender tags in their introductions are more abstract than typical nonbinary terminology. Sicely’s simply says “none”and Belfor’s says “crone”, whereas Keddie’s and Scarie’s seem as though they filled out the tags themselves, with “I HARDLY KNOW ‘ER!” and “GROSS!!!!” respectively.

* BadBoss: Keddie means well, but she’s so abrasive, dismissive, and self-centered that she’s more of an imposition to her employees than an effective mentor.

* BatmanGambit: Anthea and Belfor have conflicting ones. Anthea provokes Belfor into attacking Sicely, firmly entrenching Sicely into Belfor’s conflict on a personal level. Belfor’s manipulative tendencies and clairvoyance means she has her fingers in a lot of different pies.

* BlackAndGreyMorality: One side of the war effort includes Belfor, Scarie, and AA, warmongering highblood aristocrats. Another side of the war feature the couieradicator company, who while trying to stop Belfor from destroying their home, still mention that serving in the military of an oppressive war state isn’t all that much better. That’s not even getting into independent players like Anthea or Tricar, whose motives are partially or wholly unknown.
* BlindSeer: If the stained glass depictions can be believed, Belfor’s Ancestor the Cathedra Revelate covered her eyes and was also responsible for writing the clown version of the Literature/{{Book of Revelation}}.

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: The comic asks the question about why wars are fought, and what brings a character to the battlefield. The characters’ motives run the gamut of morality, from the realistic to the nonsensical to the comical to the revolutionary.

* BrokenAce: This is the conceit of Sicely. They’re a competent, intelligent cowboy who can keep pace with a purpleblood in a fight. They also have an incredibly low opinion of themself, blame themself for their own death, and cover up their flaws with their hypercompetence.

* ButtMonkey: Jotzen is constantly the punchline to everyone’s jokes and she can’t seem to have anything go her way.

* ClusterFBomb: Belfor speaks like this, sometimes saying “fuck” up to three times per sentence.

* ContraltoOfDanger: Belfor’s all lowercase text and low murmuring laugh give this impression.

* CreepyCute: Scarie is a four-eyed MadScientist supervillain with a violent temper. She’s also a 12 year old girl who constantly has a CatSmile.
* CreepyGood: Anthea is trying to stop Belfor’s plans, but she tends to weird out and alienate her peers through incessant nagging and farcical anodyne politeness, DissonantSerenity and menacing habits.

* DamselOutOfDistress: Anthea plays up her Damsel role, but she’s privately a major player in the conflict and is possibly orchestrating a lot of the events that occur, for [[WildMassGuessing whatever reason]].

* DarkIsNotEvil: Cheron is a troll with creepy cursed eyes and is a potential Hero of Void. However her employ to Belfor is through blackmail and extortion and she’s not a bad person.

* DirtyBusiness: Keddie points outright to Sicely that the job sucks, but it’s got to get done.

* DoubleMeaningTitle: “Damaged Goods” refers to the deliveries made by many of the postal worker characters, as well as all of the characters facing physical or psychological damage at some point in their adolescence.

* EatingOptional: Sicely can eat normal food, but it just stops their HorrorHunger for a little bit, it doesn’t stop their rotting.
* EvilHand: AA’s ArmCannon is RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver and is nearly the size of her entire body.
* ExpressiveHair: Belfor’s already spiky and long hair gets even more deadly when agitated, and to a lesser extent Sicely’s hair has been seen to do the same.

* FauxAffablyEvil: AA has “affable” in her trolltag, but it’s made incredibly evident that it’s farcical.
* FlowerMotifs: Flowers surround Anthea especially, from her MeaningfulName to her environment. She’s most strongly associated with [[SomethingAboutARose roses]], but she’s been seen with hydrangeas and azaleas, representing heartlessness and temperance respectively.
* FluffyTheTerrible: Scarie’s monster is named Marshmallow.

* GenkiGirl: Kirbey is an incredibly cheerful and excitable girl, even when war is going on all around him. There’s implication that he’s not as unfettered as he lets on, however.
* GivenNameReveal [[spoiler: Belfor’s first name is Comfey]].

* IAmAHumanitarian: Anthea’s “tea” looks a lot like blood. And given what we know of her caste’s tendencies... [[spoiler: turns out she’s undead.]]

* ImprobableWeaponUser: Belfor uses a gymnast’s ribbon that’s sharp enough to slice Sicely’s cheek.

* LastNameBasis: Several of the characters. Belfor is only known by her last name, and exclusively refers to everyone else by last name only. Keddie’s first name is Lyseez, but almost everyone simply just calls her Keddie, probably as a result of her being their senior officer. AA tries to keep a last name basis on the principle of formality expected of her blood caste.
* LesbianJock: Keddie counts. Her introduction describes her as loving sports, and she’s a rowdy girl who repurposed part of the post office’s front lawn to be a sport’s field of some sort.

* LightIsNotGood: Belfor is a potential Hero of Light, but she’s the main antagonist and uses her Lightbound powers for control and evil.
* LiteralMetaphor: Sicely and Anthea call each other “dead trolls”, seemingly about having been dead to each other for a while. [[spoiler: turns out their joke is more literal.]]
* LittleBitBeastly: Keddie has a [[NonstandardCharacterDesign visible nose]], claws, and a tail. When shown, Her ears are also shorter and more catlike than the other trolls’.
* LongTitle: Damaged Goods’ full title is a [[IntentionallyAwkwardTitle tongue in cheek]] one.
* MadonnaWhoreComplex: Anthea has one forcibly placed upon her due to her caste. No one can tell if she’s a well-meaning pacifist that’s fulfilling her duty as a jadeblood, or a conniving betrayer and former friend out for revenge.
* MadOracle: Belfor’s ancestor seemed to be one, given the excerpt from her journal going from King James Bible WordSaladHorror to... Music/{{BarenakedLadies}}.

** Sicely’s name is derived from Sicily, an island in the meditteranean. Nohell could come from the fact that they’ve had a brush with death. (No-hell, [[DontExplainTheJoke get it?]])

** Jotzen’s last name Wiswah probably comes from “wishywashy”. As for her first, she wants to be a writer- always jotting things down.
** Anthea means “flower” in greek and is also an epithet for Hera, queen of the gods. Tenjou means “above heaven”.

** Belfor’s first name [[spoiler: is Comfey, referencing the comfrey plant and possibly the pokemon.]]
* MissingReflection: [[spoiler: Anthea doesn’t cast a reflection, implying her undead nature.]]

* PaperThinDisguise: Kirbey’s Argonaut alter ego doesn’t cover his horns and he doesn’t try to change his voice or speaking patterns. Somehow it still works on Scarie.
* PreAsskickingOneLiner: “I’m fucking talking about fucking culling.”

* RedEyesTakeWarning: Well, pink eyes, but Belfor’s eyes are a hot pink compared to the trolls’ usual orange.

** Sicely’s gun is named A Light Shining In Darkness, the same as Joshua Graham’s. UT’s is named Victor, after the securitron.

** Keddie recites lyrics from the Mountain Goats’ album Beat The Champ.

** Kirbey’s wand is the Star Rod from- you guessed it- Kirby.

* SwordCane: Kirbey’s wand can turn into an umbrella and a sword.
* TarotMotifs: A subtle one is the AltText for Anthea’s [[spoiler: death panel]] reads “Three of Swords” and the panel itself mimics the common imagery of that card. The card itself refers to betrayal and heartbreak.
* TranquilFury: Anthea’s specialty is this, though she struggles to keep a straight face when Belfor taunts her.
* TheUnReveal: Sicely’s blood is spilled... during a neon fight scene where no color is as it seems.

* ExpressiveHair: Belfor’s already spiky RapunzelHair gets even more deadly when agitated, and to a lesser extent Sicely’s hair has been seen to do the same.