History Webcomic / PrincessPi

** "Princess Pi vs. The Land Shark From ''SaturdayNightLive''", the [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/princesspi/index.php?issue=7&pageType=index&seriesID=12 first comic drawn]], runs ''shorter'' than the usual comic, and boasts [[WholePlotReference a more unoriginal plot]].

* Irony: In "Sam Adams vs. True Love", Sam's campaign to free Zahari succeeds. However, when she and the other Totally Nazis fight over him, [[spoiler:[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/princesspi/index.php?issue=15&page=13 they accidentally trample him dead.]]]]

* DramaticIrony: In "Sam Adams vs. True Love", Sam's campaign to free Zahari succeeds. However, when she and the other Totally Nazis fight over him, [[spoiler:[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/princesspi/index.php?issue=15&page=13 they accidentally trample him dead.]]]]

* IThoughtItMeant: Pi [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/princesspi/index.php?issue=8&page=8 misinterprets]] the title of "Princess Pi vs. The Alpha Bitch" in-universe.

** In "Princess Pi vs. Cerebus Syndrome," Pi meets [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/princesspi/index.php?issue=11&page=9 Cheery Girl]] (Creator/EllenDeGeneres), [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/princesspi/index.php?issue=11&page=10 Jonah Mound]] (Creator/JonahHill), and [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/princesspi/index.php?issue=11&page=14 Gilbert Gotfreak]] (GilbertGottfried).

* DramaticIrony: In "Sam Adams vs. True Love", Sam's campaign to free Zahari succeeds. However, when she and the other Totally Nazis fight over him, [[spoiler:they accidentally trample him dead.]]

* LaserGuidedKarma: Strikes Sam in "Sam Adams vs. True Love". [[spoiler:She loses Zahari, almost gets knifed by the girl she frames of killing him, and breaks some of her limbs after becoming trapped in a collapsing building.]]

** "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/princesspi/index.php?issue=5&pageType=index&seriesID=12 Princess Pi vs. Princess Ip]]" follows Pi's efforts to protect [[TheSocialNetwork Mark Zuckerberg]] from Princess Ip.

* GodwinsLaw: [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/princesspi/index.php?issue=8&page=10 Practiced]] in "Princess Pi vs. The Alpha Bitch", when Sam's attorney says anyone who arrests her would be Hitler.

* HopelessSuitor: Sam desires classmate Ty Chiselbottom, but [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/princesspi/index.php?issue=8&page=5&seriesID=12 he already has a girlfriend]]. She looks fatter and frumpier than Sam does, but she does share Ty's love of anime, and his belief in ThePowerOfLove.

* TomboyishName: Two of the Totally Nazis, Sam and Alex, have the same name as girls from ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'', while the third, Butch, as a masculine-sounding name for consistency's sake. Peter admittedly hates it when girls have names that sound boyish.
** "Princess Pi vs. The Alpha Bitch" says Sam's [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/princesspi/index.php?issue=8&page=18 full name]] is Samuel Lewinsky [[Creator/SamuelLJackson Jackson]] Adams.

* AlphaBitch: Sam, Alex, and Butch, also known as the Totally Nazis. The story "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/princesspi/index.php?issue=8&pageType=index&seriesID=12 Princess Pi vs. The Alpha Bitch]]" even uses this trope's name in reference to Sam.
** Not only that, [[http://www.toonzone.net/forums/platypus-comix/288774-princess-pi-vs-alpha-talkback.html#post3927980 the comic was originally named "Princess Pi vs. The Libby]] (after the former [[TropeNamer Trope]] [[Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch Namer]]), [[spoiler: who appeared at the end of the comic]].

* CelebrityVoiceActor[=/=]HypotheticalCasting: Sometimes Peter draws text boxes next to characters, saying who he imagines him or her to sound like (eg, Opposite Guy has the "Voice of [[Film/TheRoom Tommy Wiseau]]").

** In "Princess Pi vs. Cerebus Syndrome," Pi meets [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/princesspi/index.php?issue=11&page=9 Cheery Girl]] (Creator/EllenDeGeneres), [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/princesspi/index.php?issue=11&page=10 Jonah Mound]] (Jonah Hill), and [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/princesspi/index.php?issue=11&page=14 Gilbert Gotfreak]] (GilbertGottfried).

->''Everybody loves Pi, including you. She is the ethnic ruler BarackObama only wishes he could be.''

** "Princess Pi vs. The Alpha Bitch" says Sam's [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/princesspi/index.php?issue=8&page=18 full name]] is Samuel Lewinsky [[SamuelLJackson Jackson]] Adams.

** Not only that, [[http://www.toonzone.net/forums/platypus-comix/288774-princess-pi-vs-alpha-talkback.html#post3927980 the comic was originally named "Princess Pi vs. The Libby]] (after the former [[TropeNamer Trope]] [[SabrinaTheTeenageWitch Namer]]), [[spoiler: who appeared at the end of the comic]].

* [[spoiler: ComicallyMissingThePoint]]: Nick Carville from "Nick and MORE!" gets [[spoiler: [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/princesspi/index.php?issue=10&page=2 turned]] [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/princesspi/index.php?issue=10&page=3 into]] [[AnthropomorphicFood a potato]]]] as punishment for neglecting his son. What does he do after enduring days of embarrassment? [[spoiler: [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/princesspi/index.php?issue=10&page=6 Tap the power of Zeus]] from his son's magic teddy bear]].

* [[spoiler: SaveTheVillain]]: What Pi does to Ip at [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/princesspi/index.php?issue=10&page=14 the end of "Nick and MORE!"]]

Peter Paltridge, the host of Website/PlatypusComix, created ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/princesspi/index.php?seriesID=12 Princess Pi]]'' in 2011. The main character is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin an invincible Egyptian princess named, "Princess Pi,"]] who reigns over the kingdom of Piscataway. This comic follows Pi's efforts to protect her kingdom from conquerors, such as a [[VictorGainsLosersPowers superpower-stealing]] American dictator named Princess Ip. Peter planned for ''Princess Pi'' to become one of his weirdest comics ever, so Pi's adventures tend to rely on nonsensical logic.

* UnsoundEffect: "Dan vs. Chuck vs. The Tick vs. Princess Pi" has "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/princesspi/index.php?issue=14&page=5 Wacky Hijinks]]" as the sound that the protagonists of ''Series/PerfectStrangers'' make when they fight.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: Princess Pi gets over a hangover in "Princess Pi vs. Cerebus Syndrome" by [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/princesspi/index.php?issue=11&page=2 drilling herself in the head]]. Doctors in ancient Egyptian times would really do this to patients.

* CardCarryingVillain: Princess Ip, such that the phrase, "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/princesspi/index.php?issue=5&page=2 Princess Ip!® Princess Pi's greatest enemy!™]] bears [[TradeSnark two trademarks]].

* AlliterativeName: Princess Pi has one if you count her royal title as part of her name. Played perfectly straight by Bottle Blonde the genie.

* BraggingThemeTune: The [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/princesspi/index.php?issue=1&pageType=index&seriesID=12 lyrics]] are written on the cover to the first comic.
* BrokenAesop: In "Princess Pi vs. The Totally Nazis," Pi [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/princesspi/index.php?issue=3&page=8 learns]] to believe in herself so bullies' insults don't bring her down. The Aesop breaks when she starts believing her most mediocre attempts at fulfilling her royal duties actually suffice, and doesn't let her subjects' complaints bring her down until they [[TarAndFeathers try to tar and feather]] her.

* CerebusSyndrome: Princess Pi caught this in "Princess Pi vs. Cerebus Syndrome", after a [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/princesspi/index.php?issue=11&page=3 marriage]] to the TropeNamer, Comicbook/{{Cerebus}}, caused her to speak only in [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/princesspi/index.php?issue=11&page=5&seriesID=12 depressing stories]].

* {{Cliffhanger}}: [[AvertedTrope Actually]], Peter doesn't plan to write as many for this series as he does for his other comics. One shows up on occasion, though.

** The crew accompanying Pi on her journey to the Frizzies' planet in "The Princess Pi Holiday Special" [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/kristmas/frizzies2.php includes]] WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers, a Facehugger from ''{{Franchise/Alien}}'', Creator/AdamWest, and [[TheSilenceOfTheLambs Hannibal Lecter]], [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/kristmas/frizzies8.php plus]] {{Series/Alf}}, [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime Finn]], and [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Toph]].

* EverythingTryingToKillYou: Pi suffers this in her first story, "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/princesspi/index.php?issue=1&pageType=index&seriesID=12 Princess Pi vs. Everything]]."
* ExtremeOmnivore: Princess Pi. One example of this occurred when "Princess Pi vs. Bottle Blonde" began with [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/princesspi/index.php?issue=9&page=1 Pi eating a pencil]].

* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Princess Pi would have died all the way back on [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/princesspi/index.php?issue=1&page=5 page 5 of the first comic]] if that weren't the case, never mind all the dangerous exploits she survives during the rest of the series.

** Pi performed [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/princesspi/index.php?issue=9&page=10 a riskier ploy]] in "Princess Pi vs. Bottle Blonde", when having to remove Bottle Blonde's bottle from a concrete block.

* MeaningfulName / PunnyName: Bottle Blonde, a LiteralGenie, lives in a bottle and [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/princesspi/index.php?issue=9&page=6 acts]] like a DumbBlonde.

** "Princess Pi vs. Everything" had [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/princesspi/index.php?issue=1&page=20&seriesID=12 another example]].

* SugarBowl: Gertie and Bottle Blonde turned [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/princesspi/index.php?issue=9&page=3&seriesID=12 Piscataway]] into one in "Princess Pi vs. Bottle Blonde".

** Princess Pi once deemed [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/princesspi/index.php?issue=9&page=4 genies]] responsible for talentless hacks unexpectedly becoming celebrities.
** At the end of "Princess Pi vs. Bottle Blonde", [[spoiler:Bottle Blonde [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/princesspi/index.php?issue=9&page=12 turns herself into a sandwich]], which then gets eaten by Pi.]] To Pi's surprise, she comes back [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/princesspi/index.php?issue=14&page=3 alive and well]] in "Dan vs. Chuck vs. The Tick vs. Princess Pi".
* XanatosGambit: The WitchDoctor Mojo Nixon tries to pull several. The first shown in his debut comic, "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/princesspi/index.php?issue=2&seriesID=12 Princess Pi vs. Mojo Nixon]]", involved switching the contract for a deal between Piscataway and Canadavania with one that would declare him ruler if Pi signed it, but blast Pi into space if she didn't.

* YouMeanXmas: Pi celebrates Life Day in "The Princess Pi Holiday Special", but the traditions shown in ''The Star Wars Holiday Special'' apparently became replaced with fighting the Frizzies at 11; the name refers to the fact the winner gets to live a longer life than the dead loser. Any assumptions that Peter used the phrase "Life Day" to avoid Christian references become negated when Pi explained they fight the Frizzies "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/kristmas/frizzies2.php to honor Jesus]]".

* AlliterativeName: Princess Pi has one if you count her royal title as part of her name.

* BroughtDownToNormal: With help from a GenieInABottle, a girl named Gertie takes away Princess Pi's throne and invincibility in "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/princesspi/index.php?issue=9&seriesID=12 Princess Pi vs. Bottle Blonde]]".

* XanatosGambit: The WitchDoctor Mojo Nixon tries to pull several. The first shown in his debut comic, "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/princesspi/index.php?issue=2&seriesID=12 Princess Pi vs. Mojo Nixon]]", involved switching the contract for a deal between Piscataway and Canadavania with one that would declare him ruler if Pi signed it, but kill the prime minister of Canadavania in an explosion if she didn't.