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* HasTwoMommies: Mia has two mothers, who very much worry for their daughter.
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* {{Transgender}}: Elliot is nonbinary.
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: [[spoiler:Elliot has this in The Staircase because they killed an EldritchAbomination alien who had in its turn killed their teacher. Since the inhabitants of The Staircase view protecting its unique lifeforms as a nearly sacred duty, Elliot is risking their life simply returning there, and sure enough, is attacked by an angry mob and very nearly killed in short order.]]
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* HatedByAll: [[spoiler:Elliot has this in The Staircase because they killed an EldritchAbomination alien who had in its turn killed their teacher. Since the inhabitants of The Staircase view protecting its unique lifeforms as a nearly sacred duty, Elliot is risking their life simply returning there, and sure enough, is attacked by an angry mob and very nearly killed in short order.]]
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Throughout the deepest reaches of space, shy captain Charlotte, team mom Alma, hot-headed Jules, and silent Elliot serve as a reconstruction crew, rebuilding beautiful and broken-down structures and painstakingly putting the past together. As Mia, the newest member, gets to know her team, the story flashes back to her pivotal year in boarding school, where she fell in love with a mysterious new student. But Mia hasn't forgotten her lost love, and the crew knows more than she thought about the girl from her past.
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Throughout the deepest reaches of space, shy captain Charlotte, Char, team mom Alma, hot-headed Jules, and silent Elliot serve as a reconstruction crew, rebuilding beautiful and broken-down structures and painstakingly putting the past together. As Mia, the newest member, gets to know her team, the story flashes back to her pivotal year in boarding school, where she fell in love with a mysterious new student. student named Grace. But Mia hasn't forgotten her lost love, and the crew knows more than she thought realizes about the girl from her past.
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* CastFullOfGay: Nearly every girl/woman in the cast has been shown to like women, and we never see any straight couples because [[https://www.onasunbeam.com/about there are no male characters.]]
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: [[spoiler:Elliot has this in The Staircase because they killed an EldritchAbomination alien who had in its turn killed their teacher. Since the inhabitants of The Staircase view protecting its unique lifeforms as a nearly sacred duty, Elliot is risking their life simply returning there, and sure enough, is attacked by an angry mob and very nearly killed in short order.]]
* CastFullOfGay: Nearly every girl/woman in the casthas been is shown to like women, and we never see any straight couples because [[https://www.onasunbeam.com/about there are no male characters.]]
* CastFullOfGay: Nearly every girl/woman in the cast
* GamerChick: Jules is by far the most competitive of the crew when they play video or tabletop games.
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* ImportantHaircut: [[spoiler: Mia cuts her hair very short right before their mission to find Grace.]]
* MamaBear: Alma can be this to Jules, [[spoiler: because she's her sister's daughter, and after losing her sister, doesn't want her niece to die as well.]]
* MamaBear: Alma can be this to Jules, [[spoiler: because she's her sister's daughter, and after losing her sister, doesn't want her niece to die as well.]]
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* ImportantHaircut: [[spoiler: Mia cuts gets her hair cut very short right before their mission to find Grace.]]
* MamaBear: Alma can be this to Jules, [[spoiler: becauseshe's Jules is her sister's daughter, niece, and after losing her sister, Alma doesn't want her niece Jules to die as well.]]]]
* NonchalantDodge / OffhandBackhand: Elliot does this to Jules & Mia during their first combat training session in order to get them to take it seriously.
* MamaBear: Alma can be this to Jules, [[spoiler: because
* NonchalantDodge / OffhandBackhand: Elliot does this to Jules & Mia during their first combat training session in order to get them to take it seriously.
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* OneDegreeOfSeparation: [[spoiler: Char, Alma, and Elliot were the crew that brought Grace from The Staircase to her school, where she met Mia.]]
* SceneryPorn: Tillie Walden's gorgeous illustrations of space can take up multiple pages.
* SceneryPorn: Tillie Walden's gorgeous illustrations of space can take up multiple pages.
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* OneDegreeOfSeparation: [[spoiler: OneDegreeOfSeparation:
**[[spoiler: Char, Alma, and Elliot were the crew that brought Grace from The Staircase to her school, where she met Mia.]]
**[[spoiler: The teacher at Cleary's School who later suggested Mia join the crew is Alma's oldest sister and Jules' other aunt.]]
* SceneryPorn:Tillie Walden's gorgeous illustrations of space can take up multiple pages.
**[[spoiler: Char, Alma, and Elliot were the crew that brought Grace from The Staircase to her school, where she met Mia.]]
**[[spoiler: The teacher at Cleary's School who later suggested Mia join the crew is Alma's oldest sister and Jules' other aunt.]]
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* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Inverted, sort of. There is one named male in the entire series, and he's a cat. One character is nonbinary, and every other character depicted is a girl/woman.
* TheVoiceless: Elliot doesn't speak [[spoiler: although they can, if necessary.]]
* {{Transgender}}: Elliot is nonbinary.
* TransTribulations: After [[spoiler: Char gets put on leave]], her replacement seems very stubborn in ''not'' learning Elliot's pronouns. Luckily, the crew is on Elliot's side, and Jules gives her hell for it later on.
* TheVoiceless: Elliot doesn't speak [[spoiler: although they can, if necessary.]]
* {{Transgender}}: Elliot is nonbinary.
* TransTribulations: After [[spoiler: Char gets put on leave]], her replacement seems very stubborn in ''not'' learning Elliot's pronouns. Luckily, the crew is on Elliot's side, and Jules gives her hell for it later on.
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* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Inverted, sort of. There is one named male in the entire series, and he's a cat. One character is nonbinary, and but every other character depicted is a girl/woman.
*TheVoiceless: SurprisinglyHappyEnding: [[spoiler:After all of the various troubles the crew encounter in The Staircase (Alma & Char imprisoned, Elliot doesn't speak [[spoiler: although they can, if necessary.attacked and nearly killed, Jules poisoned and in a coma), the story ends with one of these: Char & Alma quit working to live quietly in their home, Elliot & Jules both recover fully, Mia is named the new captain of the crew, and Grace decides to accompany them.]]
* TheVoiceless: Elliot doesn't speak [[spoiler: although as seen late in the story, this is by choice and they ''can'' speak if they want to.]]
* {{Transgender}}: Elliot isnonbinary.
nonbinary.
* TransTribulations: After [[spoiler: Char gets put on leave]], her replacement captain seems very stubborn in ''not'' learning Elliot's pronouns. Luckily, the crew is on Elliot's side, and Jules gives her hell for it later on.
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* TheVoiceless: Elliot doesn't speak [[spoiler: although as seen late in the story, this is by choice and they ''can'' speak if they want to.]]
* {{Transgender}}: Elliot is
* TransTribulations: After [[spoiler: Char gets put on leave]], her replacement captain seems very stubborn in ''not'' learning Elliot's pronouns. Luckily, the crew is on Elliot's side, and Jules gives her hell for it later on.
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* CastFullOfGay: Nearly every girl in the cast has been shown to like girls, and we see only one straight couple in the whole comic, that being Grace's parents.
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* CastFullOfGay: Nearly every girl girl/woman in the cast has been shown to like girls, women, and we never see only one any straight couple in the whole comic, that being Grace's parents.couples because [[https://www.onasunbeam.com/about there are no male characters.]]
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* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Inverted. There is one named human male in the entire series, Grace's father. One character is nonbinary, and every other named character is a girl.
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* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Inverted. Inverted, sort of. There is one named human male in the entire series, Grace's father. and he's a cat. One character is nonbinary, and every other named character depicted is a girl.girl/woman.
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Not that trope, which is more about characters written without a specified gender (like the characters in the Alien movies)
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* GenderNeutralWriting: Elliot is nonbinary, and uses they/them pronouns.
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* FictionalSport: The school sport of Mia and Grace's boarding school is Lux, where teams build their own mini spaceships and have to find colored orbs in pitch-black tunnels. Mia is a huge fan.
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* CultColony: The first project Mia works on with the crew was one of these, before the followers went to The Staircase to look for their missing leader, and never came back.
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* OneGenderSchool: Mia and Grace met at Clearly's School for Girls.
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* SpaceClouds: Walden's art style often depicts space like this.
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''[[http://www.onasunbeam.com On a Sunbeam]]'' is a 2016 webcomic by Tillie Walden.
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* MamaBear: Alma can be this to Jules, [[because she's her sister's daughter, and after losing her sister, doesn't want her niece to die as well.]]
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* MamaBear: Alma can be this to Jules, [[because [[spoiler: because she's her sister's daughter, and after losing her sister, doesn't want her niece to die as well.]]
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* CastFullOfGay: Nearly every girl in the cast has been shown to like girls, and we see only one straight couple in the whole comic, that being Grace's parents.
* FromBadToWorse: [[spoiler: First, the crew gets separated in The Staircase. Then, Elliot is severely wounded, Alma and Char are captured, and Jules is poisoned. They get better, though.]]
* FromBadToWorse: [[spoiler: First, the crew gets separated in The Staircase. Then, Elliot is severely wounded, Alma and Char are captured, and Jules is poisoned. They get better, though.]]
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* ImportantHaircut: [[spoiler: Mia cuts her hair very short right before their mission to find Grace.]]
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* ImportantHaircut: [[spoiler: Mia cuts her hair very short right before their mission to find Grace.]]]]
* MamaBear: Alma can be this to Jules, [[because she's her sister's daughter, and after losing her sister, doesn't want her niece to die as well.]]
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: [[spoiler: When Elliot talks, you know something is wrong.]]
* OneDegreeOfSeparation: [[spoiler: Char, Alma, and Elliot were the crew that brought Grace from The Staircase to her school, where she met Mia.]]
* SceneryPorn: Tillie Walden's gorgeous illustrations of space can take up multiple pages.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Inverted. There is one named human male in the entire series, Grace's father. One character is nonbinary, and every other named character is a girl.
* TheVoiceless: Elliot doesn't speak [[spoiler: although they can, if necessary.]]
* {{Transgender}}: Elliot is nonbinary.
* TrueCompanions: The crew of [[spoiler: Sunbeam]]
* MamaBear: Alma can be this to Jules, [[because she's her sister's daughter, and after losing her sister, doesn't want her niece to die as well.]]
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: [[spoiler: When Elliot talks, you know something is wrong.]]
* OneDegreeOfSeparation: [[spoiler: Char, Alma, and Elliot were the crew that brought Grace from The Staircase to her school, where she met Mia.]]
* SceneryPorn: Tillie Walden's gorgeous illustrations of space can take up multiple pages.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Inverted. There is one named human male in the entire series, Grace's father. One character is nonbinary, and every other named character is a girl.
* TheVoiceless: Elliot doesn't speak [[spoiler: although they can, if necessary.]]
* {{Transgender}}: Elliot is nonbinary.
* TrueCompanions: The crew of [[spoiler: Sunbeam]]
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Throughout the deepest reaches of space, shy captain Charlotte, Team Mom team mom Alma, hot-headed Jules, and silent Elliot serve as a reconstruction crew, rebuilding beautiful and broken-down structures and painstakingly putting the past together. As Mia, the newest member, gets to know her team, the story flashes back to her pivotal year in boarding school, where she fell in love with a mysterious new student. But Mia hasn't forgotten her lost love, and the crew knows more than she thought about the girl from her past.
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* List of tropes that are only seen in a single episode or a small handful of episodes.
* Tropes ''about'' episodes, like BottleEpisode, are prime examples.
* This list may also include tropes relating to a secondary or tertiary character or location.
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* [=TropeTitle=]: Any tropes in which the show is already cited can be retrieved from the Wiki if you text-search in a separate window on the program name.
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* The guidelines for listing show-level tropes apply to this list, too. Alphabetical by trope title.
* List of tropes that are only seen in a single episode or a small handful of episodes.
* Tropes ''about'' episodes, like BottleEpisode, are prime examples.
* This list may also include tropes relating to a secondary or tertiary character or location.
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* HasTwoMommies: Mia has two mothers, who very much worry for their daughter.
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find her and say goodbye.]]
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Throughout the deepest reaches of space, shy captain Charlotte, Team Mom Alma, hot-headed Jules, and silent Elliot serve as a reconstruction crew, rebuilding beautiful and broken-down structures and painstakingly putting the past together. As Mia, the newest member, gets to know her team, the story flashes back to her pivotal year in boarding school, where she fell in love with a mysterious new student. But Mia hasn't forgotten her lost love, and the crew knows more than she thought about the girl from her past.
Tillie Walden's 2016 webcomic was published as a single volume in 2018 by First Second.
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!! This show provides examples of:
* [=TropeTitle=]: List of tropes that are fixtures of the series.
* [=TropeTitle=]: Any tropes in which the show is already cited can be retrieved from the Wiki if you text-search in a separate window on the program name.
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!! Episodes of this series provide examples of:
* The guidelines for listing show-level tropes apply to this list, too. Alphabetical by trope title.
* List of tropes that are only seen in a single episode or a small handful of episodes.
* Tropes ''about'' episodes, like BottleEpisode, are prime examples.
* This list may also include tropes relating to a secondary or tertiary character or location.
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Tillie Walden's 2016 webcomic was published as a single volume in 2018 by First Second.
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!! This show provides examples of:
* [=TropeTitle=]: List of tropes that are fixtures of the series.
* [=TropeTitle=]: Any tropes in which the show is already cited can be retrieved from the Wiki if you text-search in a separate window on the program name.
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!! Episodes of this series provide examples of:
* The guidelines for listing show-level tropes apply to this list, too. Alphabetical by trope title.
* List of tropes that are only seen in a single episode or a small handful of episodes.
* Tropes ''about'' episodes, like BottleEpisode, are prime examples.
* This list may also include tropes relating to a secondary or tertiary character or location.
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