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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Despite, as can be told by most of the rest of this page, having a reputation for being dangerous, in truth, all things considered, minus stops doing more negative things very quickly - by halfway through the comic she's almost entirely neutral: only doing negative things out of naivete rather than intentionally doing them, and she often adds things to her some of the less positive things she caused to make them bittersweet or even good. She never stops callously making synthetic sentient beings, however.

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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: ~~Despite, as can be told by most of the rest of this page,~~ Despite having a reputation for being dangerous, in ~~truth, all things considered,~~ truth minus stops intentionally doing ~~more~~ negative things very ~~quickly - by~~ quickly. By halfway through the comic she's almost entirely neutral: only doing negative things out of naivete rather than ~~intentionally doing them,~~ malice, and ~~she~~ often ~~adds things~~ working to mitigate or reduce any negative consequences of her ~~some of the less positive things she caused to make them bittersweet or even good.~~ actions. She never stops callously making ~~synthetic~~ and destroying sentient beings, however.

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** Various references to anime [[http://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus13.html here]]. In order of lines, the immortal who wants to be human is from ''Manga/SoulHunter'', the second one sounds vaguely like a quote about immortality from ''Manga/GalaxyExpress999'', the one about the witch giving up her powers is ''Anime/OjamajoDoremi'', and the quote about everything coming easy sounds similar to a lament made in ''Anime/MagicUsersClub'' by Takeo's gay friend.

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** Various references to anime [[http://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus13.html here]]. In order of lines, the immortal who wants to be human is from ~~''Manga/SoulHunter'',~~ ''Manga/HoshinEngi'', the second one sounds vaguely like a quote about immortality from ''Manga/GalaxyExpress999'', the one about the witch giving up her powers is ''Anime/OjamajoDoremi'', and the quote about everything coming easy sounds similar to a lament made in ''Anime/MagicUsersClub'' by Takeo's gay friend.

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* SceneryPorn: The backgrounds are positively beautiful, [[DoingItForTheArt particularly by webcomic standards]].

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* SceneryPorn: The backgrounds are positively beautiful, ~~[[DoingItForTheArt~~ particularly by webcomic ~~standards]].~~standards.

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* ExcitedShowTitle: Temporarily, when [[http://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus107.html minus becomes...wackier?]] TheRant for that comic is just a single exclamation point.

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** Strip 50 makes passing mention to the animal kingdom rising up against humanity in anger at the result of the boxing match conducted in Strip 39.

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Context has been added to the page! I tried my best to add the context to examples; if I couldn't think of that good of a description I got it from the descriptions in the actual trope lists where minus is listed. Also added an example or two, alphabetized a bit, removed Everythings Better With Dinosaurs because it's now a redirect, and moved the Bullying A Dragon example to Mugging The Monster, since the people didn't know about minus's powers.

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%% * AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler:By the green haired girl, of all people. And it stuck.]] minus does this on occasion.

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%% * AccidentalMurder: ~~[[spoiler:By the green haired girl, of all people. And it stuck.]]~~ minus does this on ~~occasion.~~occasion, most notably with [[spoiler:the woman in the magic show, who was cut in half and pieced back together, only for her to remain dead until minus revived her.]] There was also one by [[spoiler:the green-haired girl, who unwittingly made minus shatter into pieces by throwing a rock at her at the suggestion of the white-haired girl. And unlike the others, this one stuck.]]

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%% * AlternateUniverse: minus has made several. And then there are the extra strips, which appear to be all over the place.

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%% * AlternateUniverse: minus has ~~made several.~~ conjured various different universes with her powers, including the spirit world, which looks similar to Earth but with ghosts. And then there are the extra strips, which appear to be all over the ~~place.~~place, such as strips where minus is a deliberate {{Jerkass}} and strips where she speaks Japanese.

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%% * AmbiguousInnocence

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%% * ~~AmbiguousInnocence~~AmbiguousInnocence: minus has a lot of fun with her reality-warping powers and ultimately seeks to do no harm, but she doesn't understand the consequences that they may have on her environment.

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%% * AnnoyingArrows: [[http://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus23.html #23]]. That has got to hurt...

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%% * AnnoyingArrows: When minus plays cupid in [[http://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus23.html ~~#23]]. That has got~~ strip #23]], the arrows she shoots appear to ~~hurt...~~hurt people, but as soon as they fall in love with someone or something, they go on with their lives like nothing happened.

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* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: minus tends to get easily distracted and then seems to... forget about her creations, or absent-mindedly [[FridgeHorror wipes them out of existence]].

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* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: A giant octopus attacks a city at one point, and it gets captured by a giant net.
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: minus tends to get easily distracted and then seems to... forget about her creations, or absent-mindedly [[FridgeHorror wipes them out of existence]].

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* BlackKnight: [[http://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus74.html #74]]
-->"[[YouFool Fool]] ! Do you think you can withstand the power of the Black Knight ?"
* BodyHorror: minus turns a balloon selling guy into a balloon himself when he yells at her for popping all his balloons. Then he pops.

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* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Technically minus is a child, so doesn't have the same concept of moral responsibility an adult does, so does things which might seem like [[invoked]]FridgeHorror or DisproportionateRetribution to adult readers. Possibly also justified given her reality-warping powers are pretty limitless and that she can also see ghosts (hence, death probably isn't a big deal). The closest it comes to any sense of logic is: minus just likes to have fun regardless of the consequences, and doesn't like it when things get in the way of that.

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* BlackKnight: A mysterious knight clad in black armor appears in [[http://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus74.html #74]] to lead one of the red-haired girls away from the castle in minus's fantasy world. He is also called by this trope's name.
-->"[[YouFool Fool]] ! Do you think you can withstand the power of the Black Knight ?"
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Technically minus is a child, so she doesn't have the same concept of moral responsibility an adult does, so and does things which might seem like [[invoked]]FridgeHorror or DisproportionateRetribution to adult readers. Possibly also justified given her reality-warping powers are pretty limitless and that she can also see ghosts (hence, death probably isn't a big deal). The closest it comes to any sense of logic is: minus just likes to have fun regardless of the consequences, and doesn't like it when things get in the way of ~~that.~~that.
* BodyHorror: minus turns a balloon selling guy into a balloon himself when he yells at her for popping all his balloons. Then he pops.

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%% * BullyingADragon: A few kids in the early comics.

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%% * CarnivoreConfusion : This [[http://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus5.html strip]].

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%% * CarnivoreConfusion : This [[http://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus5.html ~~strip]].~~strip]], where minus turns into food right before a man's eyes. She doesn't appear to turn into human meat, but this may count due to the man knowing that the human is the food.

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%% * CheerfulChild: minus, of course.

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%% * CheerfulChild: minus, of ~~course.~~course. Most of the time she isn't downcast in the slightest and generally has fun with her powers.

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%% * ChildrenAreInnocent: Innocent, yes. She sets the bar for AmbiguousInnocence.
%% * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}
%% * ContinuityCreep: Strip [[http://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus50.html #50]]. Apparently minus's actions have consequences after all...

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%% * ChildrenAreInnocent: Innocent, ~~yes.~~yes. minus doesn't realize that her powers can affect the real world drastically. She sets the bar for AmbiguousInnocence.
%% * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}
%% {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: The eponymous character would normally qualify, dubbing herself Warrior Queen of the Ant People and wanting to grow up to be an elephant, if she weren't an omnipotent RealityWarper (with a dash of NightmareFuelStationAttendant) who ensures all her fantasies become reality.
* ContinuityCreep: Strip [[http://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus50.html #50]]. Apparently minus's actions have consequences after ~~all...~~all; the aliens from the "minus the alien" arc, the outbreak of smiles, and a guy's boxing match with a lion which was triggered by minus's powers have all come back as a set of two invasions (by the aliens and animal kingdom) and an epidemic, posing a threat to Earth.

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%% * CrystalSpiresAndTogas: The alien world.
* DeusExMachina: An InUniverse version in minus herself, who tends to solve any problems or requests with a somewhat [[CloudCuckooLander tangential application]] of her powers. Anyone who doesn't know about minus is usually some form of terrified or curious at the seemingly illogical and irrational things that occur around her (that tend to really be... well... [[SelfDemonstratingArticle illogical]]).
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu:

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%% * CrystalSpiresAndTogas: The alien ~~world.~~
world features a lot of crystal-shaped buildings, and the aliens all wear robes.
* DeusExMachina: An InUniverse version in minus herself, who tends to solve any problems or requests with a somewhat [[CloudCuckooLander tangential application]] of her powers. Anyone who doesn't know about minus is usually some form of terrified or curious at the seemingly illogical and irrational things that occur around her (that tend to really be... well... [[SelfDemonstratingArticle ~~illogical]]).~~
illogical]]).
* ~~DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu:~~ DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu: What adult humans who have been involved with one of minus's reality-warping events realise. For the children she plays with, it's more PalsWithJesus.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu:

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%% ** The green-haired girl also pulls this off, accidentally.
* DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu: What adult humans who have been involved with one of minus's reality-warping events realise. For the children she plays with, it's more PalsWithJesus.

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%% * EgomaniacHunter: [[http://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus39.html Ends up boxing the lion he shot]].
%% * EndOfTheWorldSpecial
%% * EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: [[http://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus46.html #46]].

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%% * EgomaniacHunter: [[http://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus39.html ~~Ends~~ In strip 39]], there is a hunter who seems to hunt a lion just for the fun of it. Thanks to minus, he ends up boxing the lion he shot]].
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* EndOfTheWorldSpecial
%% * EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: [[http://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus46.html #46]].EndOfTheWorldSpecial: [[spoiler: The eponymous character [[https://kiwisbybeat.net/minus/part-119 simultaneously resurrects every human and beast to have ever walked the earth]], crushing both the current inhabitants and the freshly-risen dead. Through a conference of the Smartest People Who Ever Lived, it is decided that everyone should just stay in the afterlife. The [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien extraterrestrial creators of human life]] decide to turn the newly empty Earth into a theme park showing what Earth was like right before everyone died, which is then visited by ghosts. And that's the end of the comic.]]

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%% * FieryRedHead: [[JerkAss The red-haired ghost.]]

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%% * FieryRedHead: [[JerkAss The red-haired ~~ghost.]]~~ghost]] shows signs of a hot-blooded personality, most notably in three specific instances towards the end: the first when [[spoiler:she instantly snaps at her mother, who, according to her, contributed to her death]], the second when [[spoiler:she, as the green-haired woman she was reincarnated as, gets furious when a man either gets in the way or acts rudely towards the waitress she wants to befriend]], and the third when, [[spoiler:once again in her recarnation, she tackles a red-haired girl who she appears to be familiar with and hold a grudge towards]].

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%% * GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul: [[http://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus40.html To her credit, she isn't the originator of this]].
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%% * GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul: [[http://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus40.html To In strip #40]], after being inspired by a man to smile more, she smiles at a stranger, who smiles back, but when he smiles to other people, they smile too, whether they wanted to or not.
* GodIsFlawed: minus has godlike powers, but she doesn't know what her ~~credit,~~ actions may result in, leading to some consequences.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: [[http://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus73.html #73]]: during the medieval segment, minus is the queen, and when one of the knights bring the main red-haired girl to her, she ~~isn't~~ proclaims "Off with her head!" and sentences her to execution.
* GreatGazoo: minus uses her powers to affect the ~~originator~~ world around her, often causing some sort of this]].
%% * GreatGazoomayhem in the process, and she is quite the eccentric one.

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%% * GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: [[http://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus73.html #73]]
%% * GodIsFlawed: minus
%% * HumanoidAbomination

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%% * GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: [[http://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus73.html #73]]
%% HumanoidAbomination: minus can be considered one, but "abomination" is a huge stretch. She looks like a normal human girl, but has reality-warping powers that no normal human being could have.
* GodIsFlawed: minus
%% * HumanoidAbominationHumongousMecha: minus summons a giant blue robot to defeat a giant red robot in [[https://kiwisbybeat.net/minus/part-55 strip 55]].

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%% * IJustWantToBeNormal: Subverted in [[http://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus13.html #13]].
%% * ImaginaryFriend: Only in minus' case, they really aren't that imaginary for long.

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%% * IJustWantToBeNormal: ~~Subverted~~ Amusingly deconstructed in [[http://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus13.html #13]].
%% #13]]. Several kids talk about this sort of plot, and all agree it's the best way to go... right up until [[RealityWarper minus]] floats by on a cloud. At that point, we're reminded that they're kids: they immediately decide they want to ride clouds as well.
* ImaginaryFriend: ~~Only~~ minus can make up various entities in ~~minus' case,~~ her mind, though they ~~really aren't that~~ don't stay imaginary for ~~long.~~long, as she often brings them to life.

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%% * JackassGenie: [[http://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus60.html The end of this strip and most of the next]], although like everything else minus does it's JustForFun.
%% * JerkAss:
%% ** minus can be this a lot.
%% ** Also the red haired ghost girl. At least minus' is out of childish naivete and immaturity.
%% * JerkJock: These show up occasionally.
* KaleidoscopeHair:

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%% * JackassGenie: [[http://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus60.html The end of this strip]], where a genie denies a man power and shoves him into a mud puddle. Then he toys with two more people in the next strip ~~and most of the next]],~~ by flinging them away after they say their wish, although like everything else minus does it's JustForFun.
%% JustForFun.
* JerkAss:
%% ** minus can be this a lot.
%% lot by messing around with people, thought normally she doesn't mean it and just wants to have fun.
** Also the red haired ghost ~~girl.~~ girl, who often messes with others like minus. At least minus' is out of childish naivete and immaturity.
%% immaturity; the ghost girl is full aware of her actions.
* JerkJock: These show up ~~occasionally.~~
occasionally, such as two sports-playing boys who bully minus in strip 1, a rude, self-centered football player in strip 10, and a tall one who (temporarily) gets the court to himself and is rude to minus and the green-haired girl in strip 15.
* ~~KaleidoscopeHair:~~ KaleidoscopeHair:

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%% * KarmaHoudini: minus.

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%% * KarmaHoudini: ~~minus.~~A non-malicious kind for minus. She doesn't receive that much punishment for messing with people or accidentally wrecking the environment.

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%% * LivingToys: variations on a theme for minus.
%% * LoveAtFirstSight: minus plays cupid in [[http://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus23.html #23]].
%% * MagicRealism: To an extent.
%% * MagicalCamera: It captures souls.
%% * MoodWhiplash
%% * MoralityPet: The green-haired girl with the pigtails. Better things and happy endings happen to minus's newly-sentient lifeforms when she's around.
* MuggingTheMonster: More specifically, Bullying A RealityWarper. Happens in [[https://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus1.html the first strip]] and several others, such as [[https://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus15.html #15.]]

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%% * LivingToys: ~~variations on~~ minus makes the toys in a ~~theme~~ claw machine sentient, leading the girl using the machine to feel sorry for minus.
%% trying to grab one of them, letting it go and apologizing.
* LoveAtFirstSight: minus plays cupid in [[http://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus23.html #23]].
%% #23]], causing the people she strikes to fall in love with the first thing they see, including inanimate objects.
* MagicRealism: To an extent.
%% extent; minus exercises her powers in a rather normal society. Some of the people around her don't seem to be bothered by the things she conjures.
* MagicalCamera: It minus uses a camera to take a picture of a tour guide, who brought up the fact that some used to believe that it captured souls. However, thanks to minus's powers, it indeed captures souls.
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* MoodWhiplash
%% MoodWhiplash: At a few points, the comic can switch from a lighthearted tone to a darker tone. The most notable example of this is the ending, when [[spoiler: the bright tone of minus bringing people to life is cut short by her ''accidentally ending the world''.]] The mood does remain more lighthearted for the rest of the strips, though.
* MoralityPet: The green-haired girl with the pigtails. ~~Better things and happy endings happen to minus's newly-sentient lifeforms~~ While minus isn't inherently mean or villainous, the green-haired girl is the only person she really considers her friend, so she exercises more caution with her powers when she's ~~around.~~
around, usually leading to better things and happier endings for her newly-sentient lifeforms.
* MuggingTheMonster: More specifically, Bullying A ~~RealityWarper. Happens~~ RealityWarper:
** A few kids in [[https://kiwisbybeat.net/minus/part-1 the very first strip]] bully minus, not knowing about her reality-warping powers. She proceeds to tangle them with tree roots.
** In [[https://alopex.~~li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus1.html the first strip]] and several others, such as [[https://alopex.~~li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus15.html ~~#15.]]~~ #15]], a JerkJock decides to take the court all for himself and tease minus and the green-haired girl about it. He learns the hard way not to mess with minus, as he gets shrunken down and chased by an ant ridden by the 2 girls.

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%% * NoNameGiven: Everyone except minus, Larry, Lem McNole, and a couple ghost characters.

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%% * NoNameGiven: ~~Everyone except~~ Most people in the story are never called by their name (and as such are descrbed by their traits in outside sources). The most notable characters with names given are minus, Larry, Lem ~~McNole,~~ [=McNole=], and a couple ghost characters.

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%% * ~~OurGhostsAreDifferent~~OurGhostsAreDifferent: Ghosts in this story are represented as the person they used to live as, but with a ghostly tail in place of legs.

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* PerspectiveMagic [[http://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus95.html #95]]. Also [[http://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus14.html #14]].
%% * PetTheDog: minus [[http://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus61.html has her moments.]]
* PhysicalGod: minus doesn't just seem to be a god -- she kind of seems to be ''the'' god. She runs the afterlife, at any rate.
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* ~~PerspectiveMagic~~ PerspectiveMagic:
** Strip [[http://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus14.html #14]], where minus picks up a star from the sky and brings it directly to her and the green-haired girl.
** Strip [[http://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus95.html #95]]. Also [[http://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus14.html #14]].
%% #95]], where minus flings a house from far away as if she were directly next to it.
* PetTheDog: minus isn't villainous but can get quite mischevious with her powers, but sometimes she shows that she has a good heart, such as in [[http://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus61.html ~~has~~ strip 61]], where she allows a genie to grant a young girl's wish so her ~~moments.]]~~
mother can be healthy, which is coming after the genie denying people of their wishes.
* PhysicalGod: minus doesn't just seem to be a god -- she kind of seems to be ''the'' god. She runs the afterlife, at any rate.
%% rate.
* {{Pirates}}
%% {{Pirates}}: At one point, minus imagines herself as a pirate captain, forming a brand new adventure in the open seas where her crewmates are people from the library.
* ~~PortalPicture~~PortalPicture: In [[https://kiwisbybeat.net/minus/part-66 one strip]], minus enters are painting and interacts with the people there, which continues with another painting in the next strip.

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%% * RealityWarpingIsNotAToy: Well, for minus it is.
%% * RecurringCharacter: Larry.

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%% * RealityWarpingIsNotAToy: ~~Well, for~~ This trope is usually played with, with minus it is.
%% either letting havoc break loose or controlling her environments. The biggest example comes at the very end with innocent little minus [[spoiler:accidentally killing everyone on the planet by, ironically, resurrecting everybody who ever died (mass suffocation ensues as the earth is covered in layers of people and animals)]]. It's played for laughs, though, because [[spoiler:everybody decides to just create a utopia in the afterlife, and eventually the ghosts turn Earth into a theme-park [[ResetButton based on how things used to be]]]].
* RecurringCharacter: There are various characters that make various appearances throughout the strips, most notably the green-haired girl, minus's mother, the white-haired girl, Terry (the red-haired ghost), and Larry.

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%% * LaResistance: [[http://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus74.html #75]]

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%% * LaResistance: [[http://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus74.html ~~#75]]~~In #75]], the white-haired girl joins a rebel team lead by a BlackKnight to put in an end to the reign of minus, who is playing as an [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen evil queen]].

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* RewritingReality: [[http://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus21.html here]] and anywhere else in the comic. Continuously.

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* RewritingReality: Occurs [[http://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus21.html here]] when minus writes down in her notes, which changes history by bringing character "Sergeant Davy" into play and ~~anywhere else~~ causing the teacher to correct themselves in the ~~comic. Continuously.~~ middle of speaking as the story keeps changing.

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* TheSlowPath: [[http://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus25.html #25]] and [[http://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus26.html #26]]. Slight subversion as [[spoiler: she wouldn't make it back at all; minus brings her back in her old age to say good bye.]]
* SilenceIsGolden: While there are a few strips that have talking in it, many strips are pantomime.

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* TheSlowPath: [[http://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus25.html #25]] and [[http://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus26.html #26]]. [[spoiler:When the long-haired red-haired girl is gone, she lives an entire lifetime, whereas minus and the other children wait for a few minutes until the elderly version of her returns.]] Slight subversion as [[spoiler: she wouldn't make it back at all; minus brings her back in her old age to say good bye.]]
* SilenceIsGolden: While there are a few strips that have talking in it, many strips are pantomime.

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%% * SpiritWorld: One of the many things minus creates on a whim.
%% * StarfishAliens: Some amorphous "alien sprits" seen in the afterlife.

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%% * SpiritWorld: One of the many things minus creates on a whim.
%% whim. She takes a man through the world of ghosts, which looks a lot like modern society. However, the man doesn't believe that's what a spirit world really looks like, so minus changes the setting to an ancient cave, and then to a field of flowers connected by rainbow bridges.
* StarfishAliens: Some amorphous "alien sprits" seen in the ~~afterlife.~~afterlife in [[https://kiwisbybeat.net/minus/part-101 strip 101]], which barely resemble any normal lifeform. The look vaguely octopus-like, resemble clouds, have horns sticking out of their body, and are cyclopses.

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%% * TookALevelInBadass: [[http://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus75.html The ponytail girl.]]

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%% * TookALevelInBadass: [[http://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus75.html The ponytail ~~girl.]]~~girl,]] who joins LaResistance to fight against the rule of [[ItMakesSenseInContext minus, who is an evil queen that ordered her execution earlier]].

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%% * WalkingTheEarth: Larry. Not even [[spoiler: TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt]] can stop him.
%% * WhatMeasureIsANonHuman
%% * WhoWantsToLiveForever: [[http://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus123.html This strip]], though it's meant to make fun of TrueArtIsAngsty.
%% * WithGreatPowerComesGreatPerks: Indeed, that's ''all'' they're used for.

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%% * WalkingTheEarth: ~~Larry.~~Larry. He just wanders around the world, remaining unharmed every time. Not even [[spoiler: TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt]] can stop him.
%% * WhatMeasureIsANonHuman
%% WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Subverted in [[https://kiwisbybeat.net/minus/part-38 strip 38]]. A girl heads to a claw machine to win a prize. Due to minus's powers affecting it earlier, one of the plushes is sentient and starts screaming for help. Instead of not paying mind to it, the girl is freaked out by it, putting the plush down and apologizing to it.
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Discussed twice:
** [[https://kiwisbybeat.net/minus/part-13 This]] strip, where three kids are glad to be human because magic would make things too easy and living forever can take out the passion for life, until they see minus riding on a cloud and drop their previous notions.
** [[http://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus123.html This strip]], where an art instructor is disappointed that death will just lead to another life and finds everything meaningless as a result, though it's meant to make fun of TrueArtIsAngsty.
%% * WithGreatPowerComesGreatPerks: ~~Indeed, that's ''all'' they're used for.~~minus only uses her powers to have fun. This is {{Justified|Trope}} in that she is an immature child with no ambitions or long-term plans.

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%% * YouAndWhatArmy: ''[[http://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus98.html This]]'' army.

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%% * YouAndWhatArmy: ~~''[[http://alopex.~~This line is said by the man who took minus's frisbee away in strip [[http://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus98.html ~~This]]'' army.~~98]]. He is then surrounded by an entire army pointing guns at him, courtsey of minus, and he gives it back.

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* ZombieApocalypse: [[http://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus109.html Here]] and [[http://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus110.html here]]. It's more of a childish prank than a full-blown apocalypse, though.

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* ZombieApocalypse: [[http://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus109.html Here]] and [[http://alopex.li/mirrors/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus/minus/www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus110.html ~~here]].~~here]], where minus revives all of the people at the hospital, making them act like zombies. It's more of a childish prank than a full-blown apocalypse, though.

Phys101

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minus [[note]]No, that's not a grammar error; [[AllLowercaseLetters her written name actually starts with a lowercase m]][[/note]] is an elementary school girl. She is sometimes [[LadyLooksLikeADude mistaken for a boy]]. [[RealityWarper She has a very powerful imagination and can do anything she wants]]. The things she does are [[NightmareFuelStationAttendant fickle and whimsical]], as well as [[{{Jerkass}} mischievous and vindictive]]. She is, after all, [[KidsAreCruel a child]].

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The protagonist minus [[note]]No, that's not a grammar error; [[AllLowercaseLetters her written name actually starts with a lowercase m]][[/note]] is an elementary school girl. She is sometimes [[LadyLooksLikeADude mistaken for a boy]]. [[RealityWarper She has a very powerful imagination and can do anything she wants]]. The things she does are [[NightmareFuelStationAttendant fickle and whimsical]], as well as [[{{Jerkass}} mischievous and vindictive]]. She is, after all, [[KidsAreCruel a child]].

Malady

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%% * ExtraordinarilyEmpoweredGirl

Yindee

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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: And Green hair, and red hair, depending on minus' mood it seems. Some of the normal characters have green or (bright) red hair regardless of minus. Interestingly, no character ever has yellow hair, and the color yellow is rarely used in the comic, so [[HairColorDissonance perhaps the green-haired characters are meant to be blonde]]. minus is the only character who ever has blue or pink hair.

Vandagyre

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** When minus brings the red-haired ghost back to life, her hair inexplicably changes from red to [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair green]], presumably to distinguish her from her (living) identical twin who was just introduced.

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** When minus brings the red-haired ghost back to life, her hair inexplicably changes from red to ~~[[YouGottaHaveBlueHair green]],~~ green, presumably to distinguish her from her (living) identical twin who was just introduced.

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