History Webcomic / FourCutHero

* DudeLooksLikeALady: Prince Ruda. Zeed has to remind himself several times that Ruda is a prince and not a princess, and even the caption for him in the prologue says "this girl is a guy." [[spoiler: Ruda's actual true identity is female, though.]]

* NominalImportance: Lampshaded with the first demon general that Roak fights (in a flashback before he switched sides.) The narration box for the panel introducing him reads "Since he's going to die soon, he has no name". The general, [[NoFourthWall side-eying it]], reacts with a "What?"

* HasTwoMommies: Zena's parent-figures are the Demon King Krodin and the fallen hero Roak.

** Zeed himself is seen as such by the kingdom, since he develops a FriendlyEnemy relationship with the defeated Demon Generals after the war.[[spoiler:season 2 has him become the new Demon Commander, although it isn't by his choice and at this point the demons aren't even really villians.]]

** Zeed himself is seen as such by the kingdom, since he develops a FriendlyEnemy relationship with the defeated Demon Generals after the war.

* RealityEnsues: Nobody believes the hero when he tells them he saved the world, and he has absolutely no useful skills, on top of having no motivation to accomplish anything else. So he ends up as a useless {{Hikikomori}}.

* YaoiFangirl: Zena is one, to the point where she views any interactions between male characters through ShippingGoggles.

* DudeLooksLikeALady: Prince Ruda. Zeed has to remind himself several times that Ruda is a prince and not a princess, and even the caption for him in the prologue says "this girl is a guy."

* MoodWhiplash: Unlike the rest of the story, the tragic backstory of the Black Dragon isn't humorous at all.

* DudeLooksLikeALady: Prince Ruda. Zeed has to remind himself several times that Zeed is a prince and not a princess, and even the caption for him in the prologue says "this girl is a guy."
* EasilyForgiven: Zeda forgives Zeed for killing the Demon King, who she viewed as a father, after hitting him on the chest a bit. (Even if it does nearly kill him.)

* FlatWhat: Roak's reaction when Fogue tells him that Zeda, who he viewed as a daughter, ran off with the ChivalrousPervert Zeed.
* FoeRomanceSubtext: Demon King Krodin and the hero Roak had a lot of this in the backstory (at one point, due to a complicated series of events, Krodin even ended up casting a GenderBender spell on Roak and presenting "her" as his wife.) This ultimately became a Foe Romance Text and serves as one of the reasons Roak switches sides; it's eventually explicitly stated that the two raised Zeda together as their child.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Fogue is a useless layabout and a pervert who forces his fetishes onto others. Just about everyone wants to ditch him. Zeed and Zeda (who were just trying to kill each other) leave him behind to be captured by the knights, Mirelle Veik, his captor, ''begs'' Roak to take him and escape just to get rid of him, and Roak makes it clear he doesn't really want him either.

* HasTwoMommies: Zeda's parent-figures are the Demon King Krodin and the fallen hero Roak.

* MaidCafe: Zeda, one of the Demon King's EliteFour, ends up working at one of these after he's defeated.

* {{Revenge}}: Zeda's desire for revenge on Zeed is what sets the plot in motion in the current day.

** The TrainingMontage of General Roak teaching Zeda how to fight is intercut with a fake screenshot from VideoGame/PrincessMaker showing her increasing stats.

* YaoiFangirl: Zeda is one, to the point where she views any interactions between male characters through ShippingGoggles.

'''4 Cut Hero''' is a comic take on the fantasy-hero genre. Years ago, Krodin, the Demon King, tried to take over the world, and was stopped by the hero Zeed.

!''4 Cut Hero'' contains examples of:

** To VideoGames/{{Diablo}}, when showing Zeed looting the Demon King's lair after beating him.

* CampingACrapper: This was how Zeed defeated General Roak, who was even stronger than the Demon King - he came across him while he was on the toilet.

* ChasteHero: An EnforcedTrope both inside and outside the universe. Zeed even points it out and weaponizes it when attacked by a succubus, pointing out that she can't succeed at seducing him because a shonen protagonist like him can never sleep with anyone outside of a DistantFinale. When she tries to force the issue, [[NoFourthWall the comic's publishers intercede to stop her]].

* StandardHeroReward: Zeed expected to receive this for saving the world. Unfortunately, it turns out the demon lord kidnapped the prince instead of the princess, and Zeed doesn't swing that way (much to the disappoint of parts of the in-universe audience.)

* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: Demon King Krodin averted this, and would teleport in a huge army, which he would lead personally, to crush up-and-coming heroes before they grew in power.

* FoeYay: Invoked; Demon King Krodin and the hero Roak had a lot of this in the backstory (at one point, due to a complicated series of events, Krodin even ended up casting a GenderBender spell on Roak and presenting "her" as his wife.) This is eventually a factor in Roak switching sides, and it's eventually explicitly stated that the two raised Zeda together as their child.

* FoeYay: Demon King Krodin and the hero Roak had a lot of this in the backstory (at one point, due to a complicated series of events, Krodin even ended up casting a GenderBender spell on Roak and presenting "her" as his wife.) This is eventually a factor in Roak switching sides, and it's eventually explicitly stated that the two raised Zeda together as their child.

* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: Demon King Krodin was DangerouslyGenreSavvy about averting this, and would teleport in a huge army, which he would lead personally, to crush up-and-coming heroes before they grew in power.