History Webcomic / Nimona

* ArtificialLimbs: Ballister's right arm, which the Audio adaption makes clear he made himself. [[spoiler:Goldenloin shot it off after losing a joust. Though later on, it's revealed that The Institution forced Goldenloin to shoot Ballister.]]

* Jaderoot is an incredibly insidious magical substance used in DarkMagic and is a deadly bubbling green.
* Dr. Meredith Blitzmeyer's Anomalous Energy Enhancer, which harvests the same infinite omnipotent energy source used by the sorcerers of the mountains... and does nothing at the moment except glow green.

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Only the first three chapters of the comic are currently available on the website due to the comic being licensed to become a graphic novel, which was published in May 2015. An animated film adaptation by Creator/BlueSkyStudios was announced for release in 2022, but production was initially shuttered after the announcement that Creator/{{Disney}} was dissolving the studio in 2021, effectively cancelling the project despite it being far into production. However, it was [[NetworkToTheRescue eventually saved]] when it was picked up by Creator/AnnapurnaPictures, who will finish the film and release it on Creator/{{Netflix}} in 2023. Former Blue Sky staff members Nick Bruno and Troy Quane (''WesternAnimation/SpiesInDisguise'') have taken on the director roles and the animation will be handled by [[Creator/DoubleNegativeVFX DNEG]] (''WesternAnimation/RonsGoneWrong'').

Only the first three chapters of the comic are currently available on the website due to the comic being licensed to become a graphic novel, which was published in May 2015. An animated film adaptation by Creator/BlueSkyStudios was announced for release in 2022, but production was initially shuttered after the announcement that Creator/{{Disney}} was dissolving the studio in 2021, effectively cancelling the project despite it being far into production. However, it was eventually saved when it was picked up by Creator/AnnapurnaPictures, who will finish the film and release it on Creator/{{Netflix}} in 2023. Former Blue Sky staff members Nick Bruno and Troy Quane (''WesternAnimation/SpiesInDisguise'') have taken on the director roles and the animation will be handled by [[Creator/DoubleNegativeVFX DNEG]] (''WesternAnimation/RonsGoneWrong'').

Only the first three chapters of the comic are currently available on the website due to the comic being licensed to become a graphic novel, which was published in May 2015. An animated film adaptation by Creator/BlueSkyStudios was announced for release in 2022, but production was initially shuttered after the announcement that Creator/{{Disney}} was dissolving the studio in 2021, effectively cancelling the project despite it being far into production. However, it was eventually saved when it was picked up by Creator/AnnapurnaPictures, who will finish the film and release it on Creator/{{Netflix}} in 2023.

Only the first three chapters of the comic are currently available on the website due to the comic being licensed to become a graphic novel, which was published in May 2015. An animated film adaptation by Creator/BlueSkyStudios was announced for release in 2022, but production was shuttered after the announcement that Creator/{{Disney}} was dissolving the studio in 2021, effectively cancelling the project despite it being far into production.

* BeastOfTheApocalypse: Shows up in the finale, [[spoiler:Monster!Nimona is this as she burns every Institution facility and major government buildings to ash freeing the kingdom from their yoke but well on her way to destroying the entire city if not the kingdom]].

* ArtificialLimbs: Ballister's right arm. [[spoiler:Goldenloin shot it off after losing a joust. Though later on, it's revealed that The Institution forced Goldenloin to shoot Ballister.]]

* BarBrawl: A short one starting [[http://gingerhaze.com/nimona/comic/nimona-chapter-7-page-9 page 9 of chapter 7.]]
* BeardOfEvil: Ballister sports a goatee, while Goldenloin is clean-shaven. Although later in, Ballister don't trim it any more and it gets closer and closer to a full beard.

* BladeBelowTheShoulder: One of Goldenloin's soldiers is DualWielding such blade and quite skilled with them, [[spoiler:beheading Nimona's monster form]].

* ChestBlaster: One of Goldenloin's soldiers has such a weapon integrated in his armor.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Nimona's real backstory is very harsh and troubled, and leaves you perfectly understanding why she has no love for the self appointed good guys.

* DoomedHometown: Nimona's town was destroyed by raiders from the west. It's part of her backstory on how she became a shapeshifter. [[spoiler:This is later revealed as a lie, and while the her hometown was destroyed, the cause of events is significantly darker.]]

* EmeraldPower: Dr. Meredith Blitzmeyer's Anomalous Energy Enhancer, which harvests the same infinite omnipotent energy source used by the sorcerers of the mountains... and does nothing at the moment except glow green.

* InTheHood: Along with a fake beard, Ballister wears a hooded cloak as a disguise at the Science Expo.

* LoonyFan: Nimona joins Ballister because she is a fan of his work. She's much more competent than the usual version of this trope.

* RunningGag: Nimona has a long running gag of responding to something said about her with "NO, I'M A SHARK!" complete with often shapeshifting into a shark. [[spoiler:It returns at the end of the story, when Nimona leaves behind a message about a shark to let Ballister know that she survived the climax of the story, despite Ballister's belief that she had died.]]

* SchizoTech: See AnachronismStew. There's bows and arrows and {{Death Ray}}s; a knight's armor has built-in radio.

* WalkingTheEarth: Nimona, was doing this in her [[spoiler:fake]] backstory, exploring forests and eating whenever she got hungry.

* ArtEvolution: Easily seen from the first few pages and well into the last few chapter color composition and more all blossom and refine as the story goes on which hel the characters really shine.

* LeaveHimToMe: Blackheart says this to Nimona, referring to Goldenloin.

* MirrorCharacter: In the end, [[spoiler:Nimona and Ballister. Both were abused by organizations that study magic scientifically and emotionally manipulate others to their own ends. Both were taken in by said organizations as children and told that these organizations were the good guys for doing so. Both define themselves by how these organizations defined them. The difference is that while growing up Ballister thought he was being groomed as a hero and continues to behave heroically, while Nimona was told she was "sick" and "dangerous" and as such decided ThenLetMeBeEvil.]]

* MundaneUtility: For the ChristmasEpisode, Nimona offers Ballister a red scarf. She then tells him she turned into a sheep and knitted it with her own wool. (She might be pulling his leg, though.)

* ShoutOut: The above Funny Background Event entry contains numerous shout outs, mostly to fantasy and science fiction franchises.

* The director seems to be wearing light chainmail too.

* BlessedWithSuck: It's revealed that [[spoiler:Nimona actually hates her powers and what she is. While shapeshifting is cool and she can heal fast while surviving lethal attacks-- such as losing her head-- it comes with a lifetime of being seen as a monster and experimented on by the Institute. Even though Nimona survives when Ballister is forced to shoot her SuperpoweredEvilSide, she disappears after revealing to him that she's alive, showing that either she doesn't forgive herself for hurting her OnlyFriend or that she doesn't want him to worry about her]].

* {{Permashave}}: Goldenloin, unlike Ballister, keeps himself smooth as a babies bottom. Even when recovering from horrible injuries.

* PuppetKing: It's implied that the realm's king is one, and the Institution, (specifically, the Director) is the true power. [[spoiler:The king being killed off panel while the Director gets a much more significant climax with Nimona all but confirms it.]]

* MorphicResonance: Nimona is a redhead, and many of her alternate forms have red or pink tones. Unlike many examples of this trope, she actually plays with it once by using a rat painted pink as a diversion. Subverted when she turns into a human however, as she is perfectly able to change herself into form with different hair colors. She even changes both the color and style of her haircut in her default form.

* TwentyFourHourArmor:

* AnachronismStew: The series' main character is a knight with a robotic arm. In several other instances, medieval and technological themes combine, so smoothly that readers have confessed to not even registering that anything was off for several chapters.

** [[http://gingerhaze.com/nimona/comic/nimona-christmas-special Nimona sets up for Christmas,]] and uses the "orphan" card to get Ballister to make jolly.
** And [[https://web.archive.org/web/20140805033058/http://gingerhaze.com/nimona/comic/nimona-christmas-special-2013-page-1 another one in 2013,]] this time featuring young Ballister and Goldenloin.

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%%* FilkSong: A surprising number in the comments.

%%* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler:The Director's demise.]]

%%* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Goldenloin.

%%* {{Permashave}}: Goldenloin.

* PowerGlows: Any technology created by Dr. Blitzmeyer seems to have this, for example the Device that is able to interrupt Nimona's shpeshifting.
%%* PrettyBoy: Goldenloin

%%** [[spoiler:Nimona]] is a darker variant.

* YouGotSpunk: Said word-for-word by GoldenLoin about Nimona, given that she's largely the motive force in her partnership with Ballister.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: There's a few hints that [[spoiler:Nimona's backstory is fake.]]

* MacGuffinSuperPerson: The Director considers Nimona to be this.

** And [[http://gingerhaze.com/nimona/comic/nimona-christmas-special-2013-page-1 another one in 2013,]] this time featuring young Ballister and Goldenloin.

* CreatorCameo: ND is visible in the background of [[http://gingerhaze.com/nimona/comic/nimona-chapter-6-page-17 one page]].

* DestinationDefenestration: [[http://gingerhaze.com/nimona/comic/nimona-chapter-7-page-10 As part of the Bar Brawl above.]]

* FruitCart: [[spoiler:While locked in cat form,]] [[http://gingerhaze.com/nimona/comic/nimona-chapter-8-page-12 Nimona runs into one.]]

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: In the background of [[http://gingerhaze.com/nimona/comic/nimona-chapter-6-page-17 one page]], the extras include [[ComicBook/TheAvengers Hawkeye and Black Widow]]; [[Literature/TheHobbit Gandalf and Bilbo]]; [[Franchise/StarWars Obi-Wan, Luke Skywalker, and Han Solo]]; [[Literature/TheHungerGames Katniss]]; [[WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove Pacha]]; [[Series/BreakingBad Heisenberg]]; [[CreatorCameo ND themselves]]; and someone in a [[Series/{{Sherlock}} shock blanket]].

* GirlsAreReallyScaredOfHorrorMovies: Nimona is, which Ballister points out make no sense considering her powers.

* HolographicTerminal: This trope is surprisingly commonplace considering the medieval motif that dominates the story. Given that they also have laser and super science despite said medieval motif, perhaps it's not so surprising.

* TalkToTheFist: [[http://gingerhaze.com/nimona/comic/nimona-chapter-7-page-9 After Blackheart decides he's heard enough of Goldenloin.]]

* ThoseTwoGuys: The two women who frequently appear in crowd scenes and share a speaking role on [[http://gingerhaze.com/nimona/comic/nimona-chapter-9-page-7 chapter 9, page 7.]] Referred to by fans as the Cute Lesbians.

%%* WalkingTheEarth: Nimona, in her [[spoiler:fake]] backstory.

* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:Nimona's head gets chopped off by a guard. She gets better. Sort of. She turns into a giant fire-monster and incinerates all of them.]]

''[[https://web.archive.org/web/20141227090339/http://gingerhaze.com/nimona/comic/page-1 NIMONA]]'' is a webcomic (and later a ComicBook) by [[Creator/NoelleStevenson ND Stevenson]], about a shapeshifter girl, Nimona, who joins a supervillain knight, Lord Ballister Blackheart, as his sidekick. Cue Ballister's surprisingly orderly villainy; he seems to just have more of a rivalry with the "hero" of the series and his antagonist: Sir Ambrosius Goldenloin, who's actually much more of a jerk than Ballister.

Only the first three chapters of the comic are currently available on the website due to the comic being licensed to become a graphic novel, which was published in May 2015. An animated film adaptation by Creator/BlueSkyStudios had been announced for release in 2022, but production was shuttered after the announcement that Creator/{{Disney}} was dissolving the studio in 2021, effectively cancelling the project despite it being far into production.

''[[https://web.archive.org/web/20141227090339/http://gingerhaze.com/nimona/comic/page-1 NIMONA]]'' is a webcomic (and later a ComicBook) by Creator/NoelleStevenson, about a shapeshifter girl, Nimona, who joins a supervillain knight, Lord Ballister Blackheart, as his sidekick. Cue Ballister's surprisingly orderly villainy; he seems to just have more of a rivalry with the "hero" of the series and his antagonist: Sir Ambrosius Goldenloin, who's actually much more of a jerk than Ballister.

* CreatorCameo: Noelle is visible in the background of [[http://gingerhaze.com/nimona/comic/nimona-chapter-6-page-17 one page]].

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: In the background of [[http://gingerhaze.com/nimona/comic/nimona-chapter-6-page-17 one page]], the extras include [[ComicBook/TheAvengers Hawkeye and Black Widow]]; [[Literature/TheHobbit Gandalf and Bilbo]]; [[Franchise/StarWars Obi-Wan, Luke Skywalker, and Han Solo]]; [[Literature/TheHungerGames Katniss]]; [[WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove Pacha]]; [[Series/BreakingBad Heisenberg]]; [[CreatorCameo Noelle themselves]]; and someone in a [[Series/{{Sherlock}} shock blanket]].

*** She shapeshifted into a dragon after a witch gave her powers, but the witch didn't know how to change her back. Turns out appearing in your hometown as a dragon who can't speak means your friends and family won't recognize you, and then spending a long period of time mastering your powers on your own means [[spoiler:you won't actually be there during the raider's next attack and kill everyone.]]
*** When a six-year old girl [[spoiler:transforms into a dragon, it doesn't matter that she saved the village from raiders: everyone she knows and loves becomes terrified of her. Her own parents deliver her to the Institution and she begs to see them again as the scientists callously discuss that she was abandoned]].

* WishFulfillment: In-universe example, [[spoiler:the fake backstory Nimona tells to Blackheart. While it acknowledges that her parents are dead, raiders were involved, and her first transformation involved a dragon when she was six, it removes all of the most painful elements.]]

* UngratefulTownspeople: In [[spoiler:the true and fake versions of]] Nimona's backstory, she talks about this bitterly with Ballister.

*** When a six year old girl [[spoiler:transforms into a dragon, it doesn't matter that she saved the village from raiders: everyone she knows and loves becomes terrified of her. Her own parents deliver her to the Institution and she begs to see them again as the scientists callously discuss that she was abandoned]].

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Goldenloin and the Institution. The Institution likes to bill itself as the top force for law and order in the Kingdom, a group of protectors who watch over the people and keep them safe, with Goldenloin as its foremost champion and hero. In reality it's a ruthless organization intent on amassing power and influence, perfectly willing to risk the health and safety of the common citizen, and Goldenloin is a naive and well meaning patsy. Notably, the good publicity gradually wears off during the course of the story, as Ballister's effort make people increasingly suspicious of the Institution and its actions.

* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:Nimona is willing to hurt and kill people because her parents gave her up to the Institution after she [[UngratefulBastard saved the village from raiders]] and burned the invaders to the ground. This single moment defined her life and identity. Meanwhile, at the Institution she was treated as a monster and a lab pet, perhaps a weapon to replicate. Of course, when they recapture her, the attempt to study her blood goes wrong when she lashes out completely and starts wiping ''everyone'' out]]. Ballister discusses this; he says that anyone who went through something like that would be broken. andtraumatized.

* {{Deconstruction}}: ''Nimona'' takes a look at stories that set villains as the protagonists and cast traditional heroes as antagonists. While most fanfics or original stories note that the villains are right and go that route, [[spoiler:Ballister is not actually a villain. Instead, he was painted as one and merely decides to play the part. In addition, Ballister says he would cross the line if he ever hurt innocents and gets captured by the Institute when delivering a cure for a plague he caused. Nimona shows what would happen if a superpowered fangirl of a villain would do with immense powers and no moral code, leading to more destruction than before]].

* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:Nimona is willing to hurt and kill people because her parents gave her up to the Institution after she [[UngratefulBastard saved the village from raiders]] and burning the invaders to the ground. Meanwhile, at the Institution she was treated as a monster and a lab pet, perhaps a weapon to replicate. Of course, when they recapture her, the attempt to study her blood goes wrong when she lashes out completely and starts wiping ''everyone'' out]].

* RiddleForTheAges: We never do learn how exactly Nimona's powers work, or [[spoiler:what caused them in the first place.]]

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Fiction often tends to treat weapons, or at least weapons of the same kind, as more or less interchangeable, and characters can use different weapons with zero change in their performance. (So for example if someone is an expert with using [[BladeOnAStick a spear]], then you can give them all kinds of different spears with different designs, lengths, and weights and the character in question will wield them all with equal proficiency). In Goldenloin's joust with Ballister, he found out the hard way that this wasn't true. The Institution supplied Goldenloin with what was more or less a rocket lance that could be used either as a normal lance or have the head fired at an opponent. Sounds cool, but having only been given the lance moments before the joust, and no time to familiarize himself with it, and then having to face an expert knight while trying to manage the weight and position of the lance, his shield, and control of his horse all at once threw Goldenloin off, and Ballister took advantage of the hole in his defense and easily defeated Goldenloin.