History Webcomic / LightningMadeOfOwls

** WebOriginal/JennyEverywhere made a brief appearance in a [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/owls/?comic=323 two-]][[https://www.mezzacotta.net/owls/?comic=324 parter]]. She's not quite used to ''[=LMoO=]''[='=]s frequent {{Art Shift}}s.

* TheGlassesGottaGo: The trope all but lends its name to the title of [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/owls/?comic=540 this one.]] Holly abandons her NerdGlasses, and Delkin decides she looks great without them.

* NegativeContinuity: The ''only thing'' guaranteed to be the same between 2 strips is the cast. Even then, the only thing that's consistent about them are their names, their basic personality traits, and some identifying feature. Nothing else is guaranteed -- not even ''[[https://mezzacotta.net/owls/?comic=35 multicellularity.]]''

* SinisterShades: Parodied in [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/owls/?comic=888 "Slyness"]], where Delkin wonders to himself if his CoolShades let him be an emotionally distant jerk [[StepfordSnarker as long as he doesn't tell anyone that's what he's doing]]... then quips to Holly that he wonders if his cool shades let him be an emotionally distant jerk [[IllNeverTellYouWhatImTellingYou as long as he doesn't tell anyone that's what he's doing]].

* SixthRanger: Steve (originally Steve the Flamboyant Fairy) first appeared in [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/owls/?comic=387 comic #387]], about 3 years into the comic's run. He then came to be used mainly as a generic male character or an AlmostDeadGuy. Unlike the other characters, he doesn't have a distinct color, pattern, or identifying feature, though two identifying features were suggested in the author notes: [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/owls/?comic=403 "a big nose"]], and [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/owls/?comic=427 "someone trying to kill him."]]

* LightningCanDoAnything: Being made of owls helps.

* MetaphysicalFuel: The titular rocket of the "Holly's Rocket" series runs on ''the internet.'' It consumes random sites on the web and leaves behind SEO spam.

* StarfishAliens: Parodied in [[https://mezzacotta.net/owls/?comic=906 "Holly's Rocket Episode IV"]]. Holly and Meridien meet Delkin, who is a strange limbless creature with three mouths. This causes Meridien to instantly go on a WallOfBlather about how different conditions must be on his planet to favor trifold symmetry and an abundance of mouths... forcing Delkin to reveal that he's actually just a {{Human Alien|s}} with a HolographicDisguise.

* ScheduleSlip: Updates three times a week... ''allegedly''. The comic runs entirely on reader contributions, so days are skipped when there's nothing to upload. Throughout the entire year of 2021, only ''[[https://www.mezzacotta.net/owls/?comic=870 three]]'' [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/owls/?comic=871 comics]] [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/owls/?comic=872 aired]], all by the same author. Thankfully, activity picked up again around mid-2023. The inconsistent schedule was parodied in [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/owls/?comic=399 "Election Time"]].

* WordSaladTitle

** There was [[https://mezzacotta.net/owls/?comic=537 a very brief crossover]] with the other mezzacotta comic ''Comments on a Postcard''. Due to that comic's gimmick, that makes this crossover the second ever actual depiction of the ''[=CoaP=]'' universe.

** There was [[https://mezzacotta.net/owls/?comic=537 a very brief crossover]] with the other mezzacotta comic ''Comments on a Postcard''. Due to that comic's gimmick, that makes this crossover the second ever actual depiction of any ''CoaP'' character.

* StealthPun: In [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/owls/?comic=97 one comic]], Meridien has a clone named "The Other Meridien". Think about what that implies the original Meridien could be named. A [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/owls/?comic=490 later comic]] spells it out.