History Webcomic / FreeSpirit

* GroinAttack: Winnie arranges for [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/freespirit/index.php?issue=9&page=13 the Crotch-Kick Fairy]] to strike Robb in "A League of Robb's Own".

* TemporaryBlindness: Winnie develops this in "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/freespirit/index.php?issue=12&seriesID=13 Robb's Not Dead]]" after playing too much UsefulNotes/VirtualBoy.

* ObviousBeta: "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/freespirit/index.php?issue=4&page=1&seriesID=13 Song of the Siren]]" looks cruder than most comics, at least for the first nine pages. Peter explained that this was one of the first ''Free Spirit'' comics he started drawing, and that editing the April 2014 issue of ''BANG! The Entertainment Paper'' didn't leave him with enough time to refine it.

-->--'''Peter Paltridge''', "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/freespirit.html Dark TV Vault: Free Spirit]]"

* TimeMarchesOn: The original sitcom had an episode titled, "Love That Winnie", which contained some {{Imagine Spot}}s placing Winnie and the Harpers in a sitcom from TheFifties. The comic has a story with the same name, except Winnie [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/freespirit/index.php?issue=7&page=3&seriesID=13 imagines]] herself and the Harpers in a show from TheEighties / TheNineties instead.

* {{Homage}}: The [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/freespirit/index.php?issue=5&seriesID=13 cover page]] of "Wish Gone Amiss" redraws Winnie and the Harper kids in the styles of Creator/MikeJudge's cartoons.

* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: Winnie has a few powers that she didn't have in the original TV show, such as the ability to create MindControlMusic. Inversely, she insists a number of times that "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/freespirit/index.php?issue=3&page=6 Magic can't control love!]]", which contrasts with the fact that the TV show had an episode in which Winnie brainwashed a quarterback's girlfriend into developing SingleTargetSexuality for Robb instead of the quarterback.

* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: Winnie has a few powers that she didn't have in the original TV show, such as the ability to create MindControlMusic. Inversely, Winnie insists a number of times that "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/freespirit/index.php?issue=3&page=6 Magic can't control love!]]", which contrasts with the fact that the TV show had an episode in which Winnie brainwashed a quarterback's girlfriend into developing SingleTargetSexuality for Robb instead of the quarterback.

* AdaptationalBadass: Not a traditional example, but Winnie has a few powers that she didn't have in the original TV show, such as the ability to create MindControlMusic.
* AdaptationalWimp: Again, not a traditional example, but Winnie insists a number of times that "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/freespirit/index.php?issue=3&page=6 Magic can't control love!]]" Contrast this with the fact that the TV show had an episode in which Winnie brainwashed a quarterback's girlfriend into developing SingleTargetSexuality for Robb instead of the quarterback.

* [[ProfessionalButtKisser Professional Butt-Kissers]]: The first vignette in "Junkyard Stories", which begins after Winnie and Gene [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/freespirit/index.php?issue=10&page=2 touch a bowl]], takes place in a workplace in which all of the employees deliver extraneous and insincere flattery to their StupidBoss. [[spoiler:The bowl is used by a "Mr. Wu" to serve a slice of birthday cake to the boss. Since Mr. Wu seems like the only employee who didn't need a reminder of the boss' birth date, this sincere act of respect earns him a promotion, prompting all of the surviving employees to kiss up to ''him''.]]

* ContinuityNod: Liz Lolly [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/freespirit/index.php?issue=8&page=17 makes use]] of a ForcedMeme from the Platypus Comix article "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/kidzone/errorsinjudgment.html Errors of Corporate Judgment]]" in "Abnormal Science".
-->Just...completely FROGGY!

* {{Tagline}}: The fake ''Magazine/TVGuide'' advertisements that open comics from "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/freespirit/index.php?issue=9&pageType=index&seriesID=13 A League of Robb's Own]]" onwards use the tagline, "The web's most bewitching new comedy!"

* MundaneObjectAmazement: In "Skyway to the Danger Zone", [[spoiler:Jessie excitedly unwraps the first birthday present Winnie gives her, but finds nothing but [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/freespirit/index.php?issue=3&page=3&seriesID=13 a Wooly Willy]]]].
-->'''Winnie:''' Isn't it fascinating? The possibilities are endless! I was playing with it myself for three hours before the drugstore closed on me!

* FourTemperamentEnsemble: One in which at least three members have "combo" temperaments:
** Winnie Goodwin: The Guardian (Phlegmatic and Sanguine)
** Gene Harper: The Artisan (Sanguine and Choleric)
** Jessie Harper: The Idealist (Melancholic and Phlegmatic)
** Robb Harper: [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Leukine]]

* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Winnie becomes guilty of this in "Wish Gone Amiss", after Gene asks her, [[spoiler:"[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/freespirit/index.php?issue=5&page=17 ...why can't you bring my mother back??]]"]]

'''Winnie:''' [[spoiler:[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/freespirit/index.php?issue=5&page=18&seriesID=13 Because magic can't control love...]]]]\\
'''Gene:''' Are you saying [[spoiler:[[DramaticallyMissingThePoint she didn't love me??]]]]\\

* EpisodeTitleCard: Each comic has its title written on the top of its cover page, with red font and an exclamation point at the end. The pilot's cover page differed by having the tagline, "Now this exists!" written where the story name would later go.

* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:The Harper kids [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/freespirit/index.php?issue=7&page=24 barely survive a car crash]] in "Love That Winnie".]]

* MundaneObjectAmazement: [[spoiler:In "Skyway to the Danger Zone", Jessie excitedly unwraps the first birthday present Winnie gives her, but finds nothing but [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/freespirit/index.php?issue=3&page=3&seriesID=13 a Wooly Willy]]]].

->''"... she's a magical character who -- whoda thunk -- actually makes stuff happen! Frequently! And it's not generic crap like fireballs or electricity (that makes you [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender a bender]], not a magician) -- it's geniunely unpredictable phemonena." ''

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/freespirit/index.php?issue=9&pageType=index A League of Robb's Own]]" follows Robb's efforts to steal the so-called "most beautiful girl in the world", Becky, from her boyfriend, Buford. After Robb wins her heart through dishonest means, Jessie [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/freespirit/index.php?issue=9&page=17 warns]] him that Becky's other suitors might jealously attempt to steal her from him. Robb [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/freespirit/index.php?issue=9&page=19 fends off those suitors]], but eventually [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/freespirit/index.php?issue=9&page=21 decides]] that Becky makes too bland a girlfriend for him.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/freespirit/index.php?issue=9&pageType=index A League of Robb's Own]]" follows Robb's efforts to steal the so-called "most beautiful girl in the world", Becky, from her boyfriend, Buford. After Robb wins her heart through dishonest means, Jessie [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/freespirit/index.php?issue=9&page=17 warns]] him that Becky's other suitors might jealously attempt to steal her from him.

* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: In "Song of the Siren", Winnie blatantly hints that [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/freespirit/index.php?issue=4&page=7 she might give Gene a dragon]] for his birthday. He becomes pretty excited, but Jessie tries to warn Winnie that it might prove too dangerous.

** ''Boss of the World'' originally showed up in a ''Mulberry'' comic.

** The ''Webcomic/{{Keiki}}'' story "Haole Berry" has [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/keiki/index.php?issue=19&page=6 a scene]] where Beefer throws rocks at Winnie, Jessie, and Gene. He admits to Keiki that he doesn't know who any of them are, but has an inexplicable hatred for them.[[note]]The reason probably relates to Peter's announcement that ''Free Spirit'' will displace ''Keiki'' as a flagship comic.[[/note]]