History Webcomic / Flipside

* TheBusCameBack: Regina gets put on the bus near the end of Book 0, and comes back only after they reach Eschelon.

* KnightsTemplar: The Knights Of La-Shoar, though they are slightly subverted in that their reaction to being directly proven wrong is "ok then" or at least "maybe we were mistaken".

* OrphanedPunchline: Maytag delivers one of these.

* CallingTheOldManOut: Crest calling out Oransong over why he abandoned nis knight training

* SelectiveObliviousness: Maytag's displayed grasp of human nature vs. her displayed inability to understand modesty or embarassment in others.

!Tropes related to both Book Zero and the main comic:

* BodyHorror: The Thin Man & Melter's experiments are full of this for their victims.

** HorrorHunger: Bloody Mary is forced into cannibalism by the painful demands of her body.

* FunctionalMagic
** MagicAIsMagicA: The intermission segments expand on the world's formalized rules for sorcery and spellcasting.
** UtilityMagic. There are spells for everything from regrowing limbs, to raising the dead (though the author says the circumstances of death are important, brain death or similar is impossible to raise), to very mundane activities, like keeping clothing clean and such. This is lampshaded in one scene, where two of the wizards are doing things like chopping wood with their hands, and setting fires.
** UtilityBelt magic. Spells can be packaged and prepared in advance by another caster, so even someone without magic, like Maytag can use them.
** WordsCanBreakMyBones. Basically how all magic works, except purely mental.

* BetterThanSex: Maytag knows a restaraunt with food so good, it gives you figurative orgasms. She also knows one with food so good it gives you ''literal'' ones.

* AbsurdlyCoolCity: Eschelon. [[http://flipside.keenspot.com/comic.php?i=1026 From it's outskirts]] [[http://flipside.keenspot.com/comic.php?i=1027 to]] [[http://flipside.keenspot.com/comic.php?i=1028 the city]] [[http://flipside.keenspot.com/comic.php?i=1031 itself]].

* KaleidoscopeHair: Crest's wizard girlfriend can change her hair's color and style based on her emotions.

* AllDeathsFinal: Subverted. There are a set list of rules for resurrection magic. First, it's very expensive, so not everyone can do it. Second, the body returns in a similar state when they died (minus a few wounds), meaning some curses and diseases will almost immediately kill the body again. Third, not said, but implied, this means old age and having had a few years to decay are both comditions that probably invalidate the effect. Fourth, the brain must be in good shape (brain damage is not really recoverable by resurrection). And fifth, there has to be an actual body to come back to, so a body cut into sections or burned/disintegrated is not an option.

* Regina, a [[TheApprentice wizard in training]].


Together, the three of them take on the challenges of a world ruled almost entirely by sorcerers, where dark magic and abuses of power run rampant. Their greatest obstacle, however, may end up being their conflicting natures.

* BrickJoke: Literally, in the intermission strips, which often have variations on Bernadette throwing a brick at Maytag. later the brick got thrown at other characters that stole the show, and once it was a Toaster instead. Bernadette claimed she was out of bricks

The comic is about three characters and their quests:

* Bernadette, a LadyOfWar and Maytag's long-time companion and friend.

* SingleTargetSexuality: [[http://flipside.keenspot.com/comic.php?i=1583 This]].

* SinglePersonSexuality: [[http://flipside.keenspot.com/comic.php?i=1583 This]].

* [[spoiler: HeteronormativeCrusader]]: Orransong.

* ExpressiveHair: Suspiria has literally magic hair that changes with her moods.

* BetterThanSex: Maytag knows a restaraunt with food so good, it gives you figurative orgasms. She alos knows one with food so good it gives you ''literal'' ones.

* BadassNormal: Bernardette, who does not use any sorcery, but can stand up to various sorcery-enhanced opponents. The knights seem to strive to be this.

* AbsurdlyCoolCity: Eschelon. [[http://flipside.keenspot.com/comic.php?i=1026 Just]] [[http://flipside.keenspot.com/comic.php?i=1027 look]] [[http://flipside.keenspot.com/comic.php?i=1028 at]] [[http://flipside.keenspot.com/comic.php?i=1031 it]].

* AuthorAppeal: It seems that the author has a dismemberment fetish. First Maytag [[spoiler:cuts off her own finger]]. Then later she [[spoiler:gets her arm ''eaten off'']]. And the villain is a scar-covered girl who can [[HealingFactor regenerate any severed limb]], which means that her limbs are ''frequently'' severed during battle. He lampshades it in [[http://www.flipsidecomics.com/comic.php?i=664 this intermission comic]].

Due to the nature of the comic, treat every link as '''NSFW'''.