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** He also [[ManOnFire spontaneously bursts into flames]] while claiming to be speaking for God.
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** He also [[ManOnFire [[SpontaneousHumanCombustion spontaneously bursts into flames]] while claiming to be speaking for God.
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I Ate What clean up. The trope is when a character eats something, unaware of what they are consuming, and then reacts in disgust after they find out what it is. Misuse will be deleted or moved to another trope when applicable. Administrivia.Zero Context Examples will be removed or commented out depending on the amount of context within the entry.
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* IAteWhat: Aram once sold Beriah some "special candy" for a hundred bucks, which turned out to be made of used batteries.
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Now defunct webcomic, located [[http://www.meninhats.com here]], by Aaron Farber. In his words, "Men in Hats is the gripping story of 6 guys who stand around in the desert... talking... sometimes they have breakfast."
Mysteriously [[ScheduleSlip stopped updating]], which is partially the reason for the {{Hatedom}} who hung (and possibly still hang) around its forums. The man in a black hat of ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' is based on (see alt text of [[http://xkcd.com/29/ this comic]]) one of Men in Hat's protagonists Aram, sadist and general {{Jerkass}}.
Mysteriously [[ScheduleSlip stopped updating]], which is partially the reason for the {{Hatedom}} who hung (and possibly still hang) around its forums. The man in a black hat of ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' is based on (see alt text of [[http://xkcd.com/29/ this comic]]) one of Men in Hat's protagonists Aram, sadist and general {{Jerkass}}.
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Mysteriously [[ScheduleSlip stopped updating]], which is partially the reason for the {{Hatedom}} who hung (and possibly still hang) around its forums. The man in a black hat of ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' is based on (see alt text of [[http://xkcd.com/29/ this comic]]) one of
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* BoltOfDivineRetribution: Visited upon Sam. For the third time that week. He still doesnt get the message.
--> '''Sam''': ''Test of faith, thank you very much!!''
--> '''Sam''': ''Test of faith, thank you very much!!''
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* BoltOfDivineRetribution: BoltOfDivineRetribution:
** Visited upon Sam. For the third time that week. He still doesnt get the message.
--> ---> '''Sam''': ''Test of faith, thank you very much!!''
** Visited upon Sam. For the third time that week. He still doesnt get the message.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Jeriah actually kills himself in one strip. Of course, given the Negative Continuity of the strip, he's fine the next time he appears.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Jeriah actually kills himself in one strip.strip when he finds a rose growing in the desert... and Aram immediately shows up with a rose larger than his entire body wrapped around his hat. Of course, given the Negative Continuity of the strip, he's fine the next time he appears.
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* FilmNoir: For a single page: [[http://meninhats.com/d/20021101.html]]
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* FilmNoir: For a single page: [[http://meninhats.com/d/20021101.html]]html For a single page.]]
-->'''Sam:''' Hello heathen!\\
'''Gamal:''' ... [[ContinuityNod Didn't we just do this last week?]][[note]] In said comic, Gamal reacted to Sam's "greeting" by saying his name was Gamal. Sam reflexively called Gamal a jackass, then turned around and said God forgives him. For being named Gamal? No, for being a jackass.[[/note]]\\
'''Sam:''' Possibly. I'm on a lot of medications right now.\\
'''Gamal:''' Well, I'll let you in on how it ends. You renounce religion and move on to something more healthy.\\
'''Sam:''' Really? Good to know.\\
'''Caption:''' Soon...\\
'''Sam:''' ''[dressed in S&M gear]'' Hello square!\\
'''Gamal:''' ''[walks off]'' [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Okay, I'm done here.]]
'''Gamal:''' ... [[ContinuityNod Didn't we just do this last week?]][[note]] In said comic, Gamal reacted to Sam's "greeting" by saying his name was Gamal. Sam reflexively called Gamal a jackass, then turned around and said God forgives him. For being named Gamal? No, for being a jackass.[[/note]]\\
'''Sam:''' Possibly. I'm on a lot of medications right now.\\
'''Gamal:''' Well, I'll let you in on how it ends. You renounce religion and move on to something more healthy.\\
'''Sam:''' Really? Good to know.\\
'''Caption:''' Soon...\\
'''Sam:''' ''[dressed in S&M gear]'' Hello square!\\
'''Gamal:''' ''[walks off]'' [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Okay, I'm done here.]]
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Aram has perfected this down to a science.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Aram has perfected this down to a science. In one strip, Gamal tries to tell him a story, and Aram loses all interest because it involves people who aren't him.
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* MinimalistCast: There are only 6 characters, and the strip very rarely has any other setting than the desert the characters wander around in.
* NegativeContinuity: Among other things, the house, which is rarely shown, is burned down or destroyed multiple times, and several characters die at least once. None of these things are mentioned in the next strip. Rarely, however the strip will have a minor storyline. But none of the details will be mentioned again once the story is over.
** Gamal did grow a moustache that stuck around for a while before disappearing, but that's about it.
* NegativeContinuity: Among other things, the house, which is rarely shown, is burned down or destroyed multiple times, and several characters die at least once. None of these things are mentioned in the next strip. Rarely, however the strip will have a minor storyline. But none of the details will be mentioned again once the story is over.
** Gamal did grow a moustache that stuck around for a while before disappearing, but that's about it.
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* MinimalistCast: There are only 6 six characters, and the strip very rarely has any other setting than the desert the characters wander around in.
* NegativeContinuity: Among other things, the house, which is rarely shown, is burned down or destroyed multiple times, and several characters die at least once. None of these things are mentioned in the next strip. Rarely, however the strip will have a minor storyline. But none of the details will be mentioned again once the story isover.
**over. Gamal did grow a moustache that stuck around for a while before disappearing, but that's about it.
* NegativeContinuity: Among other things, the house, which is rarely shown, is burned down or destroyed multiple times, and several characters die at least once. None of these things are mentioned in the next strip. Rarely, however the strip will have a minor storyline. But none of the details will be mentioned again once the story is
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* OneShotCharacter: Ramath, the owner of the sandwich store only appears once, and is in fact the only other character EVER to appear in the strip other than the main 6 characters.
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* OneShotCharacter: Ramath, the owner of the sandwich store store, only appears once, and is in fact the only other character EVER to appear in the strip other than the main 6 six characters.
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* BlackComedyPetDeath: Aram compares shredding Beriah's report to [[MercyKill "putting a dog to sleep instead of letting it run around with a tumor in its brain."]] Beriah asks Aram if that's what happened to Scruffy, and Aram replies, "No, that dog was just ugly."
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* MostAnnoyingSound: Aram bought a pair of tap shoes in an attempt at reinventing himself. He quickly discovers they are not intended for walking around in and ends up burning them.
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* BoltOfDivineRetribution: Visited upon Sam.
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* BoltOfDivineRetribution: Visited upon Sam. For the third time that week. He still doesnt get the message.
--> '''Sam''': ''Test of faith, thank you very much!!''
** He also [[ManOnFire spontaneously bursts into flames]] while claiming to be speaking for God.
--> '''Sam''': ''Test of faith, thank you very much!!''
** He also [[ManOnFire spontaneously bursts into flames]] while claiming to be speaking for God.
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* ContemplateOurNavels: Parodied.
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* ContemplateOurNavels: Parodied.Parodied when Beriah enthusiastically tells Gamal he's thinking about sandwiches, when it was actually the last, hunger-inspired thought at the end of a complex philosophical pondering about the nature of evil.
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* MostAnnoyingSound: Aram bought a pair of tap shoes in an attempt at reinventing himself. He quickly discovers they are not intended for walking around in and ends up burning them.
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Moved Creator Breakdown to Trivia.
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* CreatorBreakdown: Farber reached the point where he '''really''' didn't want to do the comic anymore. The current message explaining the strip's demise is much less ''detailed'' than the original...
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* SuicideDare: When Jeriah asks Aram for an opinion on a {{wangst}}y poem he wrote, [[http://meninhats.com/d/20020904.html Aram holds out a knife and tells him to put it in his stomach]].
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* PrematurelyMarkedGrave: In [[http://meninhats.com/d/20040721.html one strip]], Aram leads Beriah on a 3-hour walk. Beriah wonders what this "adventure" will lead to, which turns out to be an empty grave with his name on it and the epitaph, "Frankly he was rather annoying."
-->'''Aram''': This is where the adventure ends.
-->'''Aram''': This is where the adventure ends.
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Mysteriously [[ScheduleSlip stopped updating]], which is partially the reason for the {{Hatedom}} who hung (and possibly still hang) around its forums. The man in a black hat of ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' is [[http://xkcd.com/29/ based on]] one of Men in Hat's protagonists Aram, sadist and general {{Jerkass}}.
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Mysteriously [[ScheduleSlip stopped updating]], which is partially the reason for the {{Hatedom}} who hung (and possibly still hang) around its forums. The man in a black hat of ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' is based on (see alt text of [[http://xkcd.com/29/ based on]] this comic]]) one of Men in Hat's protagonists Aram, sadist and general {{Jerkass}}.
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Added link for reference
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Mysteriously [[ScheduleSlip stopped updating]], which is partially the reason for the {{Hatedom}} who hung (and possibly still hang) around its forums. The man in a black hat of ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' is based on one of Men in Hat's protagonists Aram, sadist and general {{Jerkass}}.
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Mysteriously [[ScheduleSlip stopped updating]], which is partially the reason for the {{Hatedom}} who hung (and possibly still hang) around its forums. The man in a black hat of ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' is [[http://xkcd.com/29/ based on on]] one of Men in Hat's protagonists Aram, sadist and general {{Jerkass}}.
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: Mayor Jeb is an incompetent, corrupt hick, but he IS good at playing the politics game.
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* EasyAmnesia: Mayor Jeb got amnesia after Aram hit him in the head with a brick to make him forget his plans for an invasion of the Middle East to throw peoples attention off his incompetent leadership.
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* IAteWhat: Aram once sold Beriah some "special candy" for a hundred bucks, which turned out to be made of used batteries.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Aram has perfected this down to a science.
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* ContemplateOurNavels: Parodied.
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* ConsolationBackfire:
** [[http://www.meninhats.com/d/20040507.html Jeriah tells Gamal a story]] about finding a quarter and losing his book of poems that only gets worse despite Gamal's attempts to reassure him:
--->'''Jeriah''': Actually, the quarter turned out to be a worthless iron shard.\\
'''Gamal''': Oh, well... At least you still have your health.\\
'''Jeriah''': The shard gave me tetanus.
** In [[http://meninhats.com/d/20031231.html this strip]], Gamal talks about fantasy novels. After Aram gets bored and leaves him, he tells the fantasy novel at least it still likes him. "Actually I don't," the novel says.
* ContemplateOurNavels: Parodied.
** [[http://www.meninhats.com/d/20040507.html Jeriah tells Gamal a story]] about finding a quarter and losing his book of poems that only gets worse despite Gamal's attempts to reassure him:
--->'''Jeriah''': Actually, the quarter turned out to be a worthless iron shard.\\
'''Gamal''': Oh, well... At least you still have your health.\\
'''Jeriah''': The shard gave me tetanus.
** In [[http://meninhats.com/d/20031231.html this strip]], Gamal talks about fantasy novels. After Aram gets bored and leaves him, he tells the fantasy novel at least it still likes him. "Actually I don't," the novel says.
* ContemplateOurNavels: Parodied.
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* LeftHanging: The final strip leaves off with Aram trying to get Sam to switch back to his original Fundamentalist persona, because his current BondageIsEvil personality is even more grating.
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* LeftHanging: The final strip leaves off with Aram trying to get Sam to switch back to his original Fundamentalist persona, because his current BondageIsEvil BondageIsBad personality is even more grating.
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* OneShotCharacter: Ramal, the owner of the sandwich store only appears once, and is in fact the only other character EVER to appear in the strip other than the main 6 characters.
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* OneShotCharacter: Ramal, Ramath, the owner of the sandwich store only appears once, and is in fact the only other character EVER to appear in the strip other than the main 6 characters.
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* TheHedonist: The last storyline of the comic involved Sam abandoning religion and instead turning towards more healthier pursuits. Which turned out to be BDSM.
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* LeftHanging: The final strip leaves off with Aram trying to get Sam to switch back to his original Fundamentalist persona, because his current BondageIsEvil personality is even more grating.
* MinimalistCast: There are only 6 characters, and the strip very rarely has any other setting than the desert the characters wander around in.
* MinimalistCast: There are only 6 characters, and the strip very rarely has any other setting than the desert the characters wander around in.
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* OneShotCharacter: Ramal, the owner of the sandwich store only appears once, and is in fact the only other character EVER to appear in the strip other than the main 6 characters.
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Heroic Sociopath has been split between Heroic Comedic Sociopath and Sociopathic Hero, examples and misuse without context are being removed.
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* HeroicSociopath: Aram, who's basically a prototype of the Black Hat Guy from Webcomic/{{xkcd}}.
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* HeroicSociopath: Aram, who's basically a prototype of the Black Hat Guy from {{xkcd}}.
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* HeroicSociopath: Aram, who's basically a prototype of the Black Hat Guy from {{xkcd}}.Webcomic/{{xkcd}}.
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Is it really that difficult to differentiate between \"then\" and \"than\"?
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* AuthorFilibuster: More often then you'd think.
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* AuthorFilibuster: More often then than you'd think.
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* TheDitz: Beriah, again. Subverted in one strip [[http://meninhats.com/d/20021025.html here]]
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* RalphWiggum: Beriah, again. Subverted in one strip [[http://meninhats.com/d/20021025.html here]]
