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* PoorCommunicationKills:
** When the Prince recieves a 'coded message' that he can't understand. Given the circumstances, you'd think that [[spoiler:Daisy would've written more than 'moos']], but they didn't, and as a result he doesn't know what he's getting into until it's spelled out for him.
** The King becomes a victim of this [[RunningGag several times in a row]], causing him to think that he's 'out of touch' and no longer needed.
** When the Prince recieves a 'coded message' that he can't understand. Given the circumstances, you'd think that [[spoiler:Daisy would've written more than 'moos']], but they didn't, and as a result he doesn't know what he's getting into until it's spelled out for him.
** The King becomes a victim of this [[RunningGag several times in a row]], causing him to think that he's 'out of touch' and no longer needed.
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* BeardOfSorrow: [[spoiler:{{Inverted}} when the King falls into a funk and shaves off all his facial hair.]]
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** The [[spoiler:Cow Planet 2]] arc begins with Michiru hearing the Cosmos once more and looking for the Prince so she can deliver the message she recieved.
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* TheBusCameBack: Michiru Hoshino, after her family's falling OutOfFocus following the original game, reappears in the UFO arc. During the Future!Prince arc, [[spoiler:the [=RoboKing=]]] reappears as well.
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* TheBusCameBack: TheBusCameBack:
** Michiru Hoshino, after her family's falling OutOfFocus following the original game, reappears in the UFOarc. arc and continues to be a supporting character when needed.
** During the Future!Prince arc, [[spoiler:the [=RoboKing=]]] reappears aswell.well.
** [[spoiler:After being PutOnABus at the end of the UFO arc, Daisy returns in the Journey to Cow Planet 2 arc.]]
** Michiru Hoshino, after her family's falling OutOfFocus following the original game, reappears in the UFO
** During the Future!Prince arc, [[spoiler:the [=RoboKing=]]] reappears as
** [[spoiler:After being PutOnABus at the end of the UFO arc, Daisy returns in the Journey to Cow Planet 2 arc.]]
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* DeliberatelyMonochrome: When the Prince and three of his cousins visit [[spoiler:Cow Planet 2]], the atmosphere is all black, white and greyscale, with only the Prince and his cousins providing a SplashOfColor to the landscape.
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* MonochromePast: When explaining to Ichigo, Macho and Odeko what happened at the end of the UFO arc, the panels are cast in sepia tones.
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* DidNotGetTheGirl: A story arc revolves around the prince trying to help a man reconcile with his girlfriend by making a katamari that shows off his affection for her. While she's touched by the gesture, she gently let's him down that she isn't interested in pursuing the relationship.
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* DidNotGetTheGirl: A story arc revolves around the prince trying to help a man reconcile with his girlfriend by making a katamari that shows off his affection for her. While she's touched by the gesture, she gently let's lets him down that she isn't interested in pursuing the relationship.
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* DidNotGetTheGirl: A story arc revolves around the prince trying to help a man reconcile with his girlfriend by making a katamari that shows off his affection for her. While she's touched by the gesture, she gently let's him down that she isn't interested in pursuing the relationship.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: The Opeo Quest mini-arc focuses on Opeo and his quest for milk.
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** The Opeo Quest mini-arc focuses on Opeo and his quest formilk.milk.
** This leads into an arc centered on Ace looking for more ways to stand out.
** The Opeo Quest mini-arc focuses on Opeo and his quest for
** This leads into an arc centered on Ace looking for more ways to stand out.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: The Opeo Quest mini-arc focuses on Opeo and his quest for milk.
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* StableTimeLoop: [[spoiler:After they successfully stop the Robo-Katamari, the Future!Prince uses the time gate to try and avert this, even if it means he'll be repeating the same small period of time over and over again.]]
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* StableTimeLoop: [[spoiler:After they successfully stop the Robo-Katamari, the Future!Prince uses the time gate to try and avert this, avoid a paradox, even if it means he'll be repeating the same small period of time over and over again.]]
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* StableTimeLoop: [[spoiler:After they successfully stop the Robo-Katamari, the Future!Prince uses the time gate to try and avert this, even if it means he'll be repeating the same small period of time over and over again.]]
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* SuddenlyVoiced: In the games, the Prince and his cousins are {{Heroic Mime}}s; they ''could'' talk, but the player couldn't understand/hear their voices. In the comic, their dialogue is readable.
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* SuddenlyVoiced: In the games, the Prince and his cousins are {{Heroic Mime}}s; they ''could'' talk, but the player couldn't understand/hear their voices.voices as more than PokemonSpeak. In the comic, their dialogue is readable.
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--> '''Future Prince:''' "The chances that something unexpected might interrupt our departure are essentially zero. Yes, it's so still and quiet out here in these woods. There's no way there's anyone around who might stop us from saving the world. To reiterate, we'll be leaving immediately, and I foresee us encountering no problems. Something would have to interrupt us ''right this second'' for our departure to be prevented. So, on that infallible note, let's-
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--> '''Future Prince:''' '''Future!Prince:''' "The chances that something unexpected might interrupt our departure are essentially zero. Yes, it's so still and quiet out here in these woods. There's no way there's anyone around who might stop us from saving the world. To reiterate, we'll be leaving immediately, and I foresee us encountering no problems. Something would have to interrupt us ''right this second'' for our departure to be prevented. So, on that infallible note, let's-
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* ChekhovsGun: Sharp-eyed readers may notice [[spoiler:the Present the Prince rolls up]] during the UFO arc; this comes into play later.
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* FailsafeFailure: [[spoiler:The Robo-Katamari can't be turned off because the [=RoboKing=] couldn't build a fully functional on-off switch.]]
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* PersonalRaincloud: June has one; thankfully, [[HappyRain she enjoys it]].
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* SkewedPriorities: The Future!Prince eventually reveals that [[spoiler:his father]] has these: turns out the way he found about about the crisis he had to TimeTravel to prevent was [[spoiler:a PS on the letter he sent him. The King spent more time talking about the Present than the [=RoboKing=]]].
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* CallingYourAttacks: "SUPER PATENTED ACE EVASION TECHNIQUE: ACTIVATE!" (Which turns out to be [[spoiler:the same sort of backflip the Prince used against him in the first arc]].)
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: The ever-cheery June is more concerned with chasing butterflies than paying any attention to a tense confrontation between cousins, and manages to entirely miss [[spoiler:being led through a hallway of lasers]].
* FinishingEachOthersSentences: Future!Prince, Ichigo and Prince do this in [[http://www.shiftylook.com/comics/katamari/face-to-face Face to Face]] as it dawns on them what just happened.
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* GoToYourRoom: The King starts to tell the Prince this, this right at the very start of the series, but gets interrupted.interrupted by the plot.
* GoneHorriblyRight: The BadFuture was caused by this: [[spoiler:the [=RoboKing's=] Automatic Katamari was meant to revolutionize katamari by drawing things to it, removing the need to roll around. Unfortunately, it turned out to be a tad too strong.]]
* GoneHorriblyRight: The BadFuture was caused by this: [[spoiler:the [=RoboKing's=] Automatic Katamari was meant to revolutionize katamari by drawing things to it, removing the need to roll around. Unfortunately, it turned out to be a tad too strong.]]
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* NotSoDifferent: The Prince tries to reason with the [=RoboKing=] by pointing out that he knows what it's like to be in the King of All Cosmos' shadow.
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-->[[spoiler:'''The [=RoboKing=]]]:''' YOU. WILL. NOT. STOP--
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* WalkingTechbane: [[spoiler:Surprisingly, Opeo]] turns out to be this for one simple reason: [[spoiler:he's somehow contracted a computer virus]].
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* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: Everyone's speech bubbles have different colored text and backdrops in order to make it easy to identify who's speaking. Even the Future!Prince has a very distinct shade of green, much lighter than the Prince's.
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* TheBusCameBack: Michiru Hoshino, after her family's falling OutOfFocus following the original game, reappears in the UFO arc. During the Future!Prince arc, [[spoiler:the [=RoboKing=]]] reappears as well.
* MyFriendsAndZoidberg:
-->'''Future!Prince:''' We recruited the powerful Macho! The fierce Ichigo! The mystical June! Also, Opeo was there.
-->'''Future!Prince:''' We recruited the powerful Macho! The fierce Ichigo! The mystical June! Also, Opeo was there.
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* NoTimeToExplain: Rather than immediately explain what big threat to the Great Cosmos is arriving in three hours, the Future!Prince rushes his past counterpart off to start recruiting help. (He won't explain on the way, either.)) It's not until they've gathered their party that he's willing to InfoDump.
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* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: This is the Future!Prince's goal in his arc.
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* TinyTyrannicalGirl: Ichigo only comes up to the Prince's waist, yet easily bosses around her cousins.
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* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:The [=RoboKing=]]] made one, leading to the BadFuture the Future!Prince is trying to prevent.
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* FunSize: {{Kawaiiko}} Ichigo invokes this by staying even smaller than her already tiny cousins.
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** He also recaps the plot of ''Katamari Forever'' as they're flying off to save the world... [[spoiler:until he gets to the part they ''aren't'' aware of: that TheBusCameBack for [=RoboKing=], and he is NOT happy.]]
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** Ace's entire TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to the Prince and Future!Prince would be better applied to Ace himself.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Ace tries to give the Prince and Future!Prince one in [[http://www.shiftylook.com/comics/katamari/called-out Called Out]], but it doesn't work too well given how he doesn't understand the situation or his cousin's nature at all.
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* TemptingFate: [[ExaggeratedTrope Exaggerated.]]
--> '''Future Prince:''' "The chances that something unexpected might interrupt our departure are essentially zero. Yes, it's so still and quiet out here in these woods. There's no way there's anyone around who might stop us from saving the world. To reiterate, we'll be leaving immediately, and I foresee us encountering no problems. Something would have to interrupt us ''right this second'' for our departure to be prevented. So, on that infallible note, let's-
--> [[spoiler:'''Ace:''' "Hold it, Prince!"]]
--> '''Future Prince:''' "The chances that something unexpected might interrupt our departure are essentially zero. Yes, it's so still and quiet out here in these woods. There's no way there's anyone around who might stop us from saving the world. To reiterate, we'll be leaving immediately, and I foresee us encountering no problems. Something would have to interrupt us ''right this second'' for our departure to be prevented. So, on that infallible note, let's-
--> [[spoiler:'''Ace:''' "Hold it, Prince!"]]
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* AsYouKnow: For some reason, the Future!Prince feels he has to explain to himself how their cousins hang out on the Space Mushroom.
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* BadFuture: Future!Prince claims to be from one that's just three hours after his arrival.
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* HugeGuyTinyGirl: {{Invoked}} with [[http://www.shiftylook.com/comics/katamari/tough-cousins Macho and Ichigo's introduction]], where she's small enough to jump all over him and hang off the top of his head like a jaunty little hat.
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* RaceAgainstTheClock: While the Prince is no stranger to {{Timed Mission}}s, learning something horrible's apparently going to happen in just three hours comes as a major shock.
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* AbusiveParents:
-->'''King of All Cosmos:''' Shame. Resentment. An inferiority complex. These are feelings any good father instills in his son.
-->'''King of All Cosmos:''' Shame. Resentment. An inferiority complex. These are feelings any good father instills in his son.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Ace would sooner see the UFO escape entirely than let the Prince save the day.
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* CoolShades: Ace has a pair of these, which he randomly whips out to try and look cooler.
* EasilyForgiven: After learning the aliens' motives, the King is inspired to use the Prince's katamari to help them, and even [[spoiler:lets them keep everything they stole]]!
* HumongousMecha: Jumboman.
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* SomethingWeForgot: After the aliens are dealt with, the King mentions how everyone's ended up right where they should be. [[spoiler:Save for Daisy, still stuck with all the cows.]]
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* MotiveDecay: The aliens freely acknowledge this when explaining their actions, as by the time they realized [[spoiler:they weren't rescuing other survivors]], they were too caught up in collecting everything cow-related to care.
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* ThePowerOfFriendship: [[spoiler:Jumboman]] makes a big speech about this upon arriving to help with the UFO.
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* TheResenter: Ace thinks the Prince always gets to save the day and get all the glory for it, so when the King calls him in to help with the UFO problem, he's eager to outshine the heir and be hailed as the hero instead.
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** UnknownRival: Not to his cousin, but to the public at large... at least, that's what Ace believes.
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* MeaningfulName: Ace's debut clearly invokes TheAce and AlwaysSomeoneBetter.
* NeverLiveItDown: {{Invoked}} by the King constantly harping about and reminding the Prince about the broken lamp.
* TheRival: During the UFO incident, the King brings in Ace as backup and extra insurance 'just in case'. The deck's also stacked in his favor via a much bigger starting katamari.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial:
-->'''King of All Cosmos:''' Ace is here as insurance. It's not that We expect you to fail. Why would you think that?
* NeverLiveItDown: {{Invoked}} by the King constantly harping about and reminding the Prince about the broken lamp.
* TheRival: During the UFO incident, the King brings in Ace as backup and extra insurance 'just in case'. The deck's also stacked in his favor via a much bigger starting katamari.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial:
-->'''King of All Cosmos:''' Ace is here as insurance. It's not that We expect you to fail. Why would you think that?
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* AliensStealCattle: Seems to be the UFO's plan, but for what purpose?
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* SuddenlyVoiced: In the games, the Prince and his cousins are {{Heroic Mime}}s; they ''could'' talk, but the player couldn't understand/hear their voices. In the comic, their dialogue is readable.
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* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: When the Prince knocks over a lamp, the King's right behind him and immediately starts guilt-tripping him over it.
* DontExplainTheJoke: The King feels he has to clarify his guilt-trip in "[[http://www.shiftylook.com/comics/katamari/down-to-earth Down to Earth]]" this way.
* DontExplainTheJoke: The King feels he has to clarify his guilt-trip in "[[http://www.shiftylook.com/comics/katamari/down-to-earth Down to Earth]]" this way.
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Part of ''Creator/NamcoBandai''[='s=] ''Webcomic/ShiftyLook'' Project, ''[[http://www.shiftylook.com/comics/katamari Katamari]]'' is based off the quirky game series ''VideoGame/KatamariDamacy''. Written and illustrated by ''Webcomic/{{Buttersafe}}'''s Ray Castro and Alex Culang, the comic continues the adventures of the Prince, the KingOfAllCosmos, and his many cousins and friends. It updates every Monday and Wednesday.
The series' CharacterSheet is [[Characters/KatamariDamacy right over here]].
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This {{Webcomic}} contains examples of:
* FlyingSaucer: One's heading toward Earth at the start of the strip.
* GoToYourRoom: The King starts to tell the Prince this, but gets interrupted.
* HypocriticalHumor: The [[http://www.shiftylook.com/comics/katamari/princely-problems very first thing]] the King of All Cosmos does in the comic is criticize the Prince for breaking a star-shaped lamp.
-->'''King of All Cosmos:''' We cannot imagine being so reckless around something so precious.
* WellDoneSonGuy: As always, the poor Prince finds himself being compared unfavorably to his cousins.
* YourSizeMayVary: The King's ability to change size depending on his mood and atmospheric conditions is still present. As a result, he doesn't look that much bigger than the Prince when [[spoiler:the UFO passes overhead]].
The series' CharacterSheet is [[Characters/KatamariDamacy right over here]].
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This {{Webcomic}} contains examples of:
* FlyingSaucer: One's heading toward Earth at the start of the strip.
* GoToYourRoom: The King starts to tell the Prince this, but gets interrupted.
* HypocriticalHumor: The [[http://www.shiftylook.com/comics/katamari/princely-problems very first thing]] the King of All Cosmos does in the comic is criticize the Prince for breaking a star-shaped lamp.
-->'''King of All Cosmos:''' We cannot imagine being so reckless around something so precious.
* WellDoneSonGuy: As always, the poor Prince finds himself being compared unfavorably to his cousins.
* YourSizeMayVary: The King's ability to change size depending on his mood and atmospheric conditions is still present. As a result, he doesn't look that much bigger than the Prince when [[spoiler:the UFO passes overhead]].
