History Webcomic / RPGWorld

Jim, The Guy who Plays RPG World, appearing mainly in FillerStrips or moments of SomethingCompletelyDifferent.

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* ContrivedCoincidence: Eikre's introduction led to a number of factors that made it look like he was obviously Galgarion in disguise such as him constantly hitting on Cherry, being overly suspicious and wearing a shirt that says ''EVIL'' on it. It turns out that he was just a pervert and EVIL is the name of his favorite band.

Jones-Quartey later posted Website/YouTube shorts called ''[=nockFORCE=]'' on his LiveJournal when his schedule permits. He currently works as a hired animator for such shows as ''TheVentureBrothers'' and ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' (even doing voicework i.e ''WesternAnimation/BravestWarriors''). It's [[OrphanedSeries very unlikely he'll be coming back to this any time soon]].

* CreatorBacklash:

Jones-Quartey later posted Website/YouTube shorts called ''[=nockFORCE=]'' on his LiveJournal when his schedule permits. He currently works as a hired animator for such shows as ''TheVentureBrothers'' and ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' (even doing voicework i.e WesternAnimation/BravestWarriors). It's [[OrphanedSeries very unlikely he'll be coming back to this any time soon]].

Jones-Quartey later posted Website/YouTube shorts called ''[=nockFORCE=]'' on his LiveJournal when his schedule permits. He currently works as a hired animator for such shows as ''TheVentureBrothers'' and ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' (even doing voicework i.e Western Animation/BravestWarrios). It's [[OrphanedSeries very unlikely he'll be coming back to this any time soon]].

Jones-Quartey later posted Website/YouTube shorts called ''[=nockFORCE=]'' on his LiveJournal when his schedule permits. He currently works as a hired animator for such shows as ''TheVentureBrothers'' and ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''. It's [[OrphanedSeries very unlikely he'll be coming back to this any time soon]].

Ian Jones right now is an animator and do voicework Pendleton Ward's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfW_6MgGRbY&feature=relmfu Bravest Warriors]].

* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler:Reka's death, proving that for all his goofiness and swooning over Cherry, Galgarion [[NotSoHarmless was really Evil]].]]

* UnluckyEverydude: Evil Soldier #347. How unlucky? [[spoiler: GALGARION MURDERED HIS WIFE. With a weapon that works by sucking the soul out of one person, and blasting firing it at another.]]

Ian Jones right now is an animator and do voicework Pendleton Ward's Bravest Warrior
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfW_6MgGRbY&feature=relmfu

* AnAdventurerIsYou - Hero and his party naturally.
* AerithAndBob - from Eikre and Galgarion to Diane and Jeff.
* AffectionateParody - ''FinalFantasy'', and most long-plot console roleplaying games.
* ArtifactOfDoom - The Mystical Keys, which are in the shape of four books. Two known books so far, the Phoenix Book and the Tiger Book, contain encyclopedic information on taking over the world and evil ethics/war tactics/strategy respectively.
* AttractiveBentGender - Ian polled readers to find out which character in the comic would win a swimsuit competition. After the results were tallied, it was revealed that character with the second highest number of votes ("Red Haired NPC Girl") was really just Hero, the lead male character, dressed like a girl.
* AuthorAppeal - Jones-Quartey was himself an avid console gamer, which is part of the reason he started the comic.
* AWizardDidIt - That's the in-game [[http://rpgworldcomic.com/d/20031219.html explanation for cheat codes]].
* {{Backstory}} - Everybody has one, and [[OneDegreeOfSeparation they're all interconnected!]]
* BerserkButton - As per usual for an IdiotHero, it's a bad idea to hurt Hero's friends in front of him. A DOUBLE bad idea since as an ex-soldier of SEVIL, he was injected with a SuperSerum that activates when he's angry.
* BetaBaddie - Jeff.
* BigBad - Galgarion.
* {{Bishonen}} - Eikre and Jeff.
* BrownNote - The Mystic Keys were quite possibly these. At least reading the Tiger Book made Jeff go crazy and turn evil.
* BunglingInventor - the [=NPC=] Machine Guy creates a time machine... when he tried to make a toaster.
* CannotSpitItOut - Cherry has come close several times to telling Hero how she feels about him. But his stupidity makes her question this feeling as much as circumstances prevent her from saying it.
* CaptainErsatz - The whole ''RPGWorld'' universe is CaptainErsatz of a ''FinalFantasy'' world, most closely resembling that of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''.

* CatsHaveNineLives - Larry and Earl, they're down to 2.
* CerebusSyndrome - though arguably a subversion as the story went back to comedic after an extremely serious comic.

* ChekhovsGun - Ian J. created banner ads for a game called RetroMud where he put the ''RPG World'' characters in different outfits. Diane wore her mage outfit in these ads. Cherry was depicted as an archer, although her [[UnderBoobs underboob]]-displaying outfit never made it in. Detestai was seen in a loose skimpy robe/drape thing that was later donned by Feijoa.
* ChekhovsGunman - Early in the comic, Hero and Cherry encounter a viking named Olaf the Unspeakable, but flee. He later appears as part of a DualBoss fight, and is much tougher.
* ContrivedCoincidence - Eikre's introduction led to a number of factors that made it look like he was obviously Galgarion in disguise such as him constantly hitting on Cherry, being overly suspicious and wearing a shirt that says ''EVIL'' on it. It turns out that he was just a pervert and EVIL is the name of his favorite band.
* TheChosenOne - Actually three of them. Hero, Cherry and Diane. Long story.

* {{Cutscene}} - usually placed at the end of a story chapter, paralleled to the end of a disc on the game. There was an ArtShift to not only color but a more detailed style to ape the fact that console games go from sprites to more elaborate animation for such scenes in games.
* CutscenePowerToTheMax - Eikre's Top Cut manages to OHKO a boss character the group was having trouble with as his introduction but he hasn't used the move since, and it's acknowledged.
* CreatorBreakdown - The author seemed to turn against his own work based on what he expected from his fans vs. what he got. This inevitably lead to...
* CreatorBacklash
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass - Galgarion is a borderline example of this trope. He's not exactly a moron, but his tendency to be AffablyEvil makes it easy to be surprised by things like when he [[spoiler:raided the Mubble villiage and drained the souls out of most of them, including Howard's girlfriend.]]
* DanceBattler - Rabble Rouser.
* DeadpanSnarker - Cherry, usually.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome - The inconsistency between colored and uncolored comics is [[JustifiedTrope explained]] as the television set the game is being played on constantly switches between monochrome and color.

* TheDogWasTheMastermind - [[spoiler:The ''flower'' was Galarion!]]
* DuelBoss - Jeff was looking to be one of these for Eikre when the comic went on permanent hiatus.
* EasyAmnesia - Hero had it, and there was very little that happened to help him resolve that.
* EatTheDog - one of the filler pages.
* ExposedToTheElements - one of the VideogameTropes parodied by this comic.

* FantasticRacism - Humans v. Elves v. Monsters.
* ForebodingArchitecture - Galgarion's tower.
* GadgeteerGenius - Reka
* GeniusDitz - Hero
* GenreSavvy - Diane convinces Hero to escape the village when she tells him an [[OldMaster "Old Man NPC"]] wearing a mysterious cloak told them to.

* GirlOnGirlIsHot - [[http://rpgworldcomic.com/d/20010520.html Ask Eikre]]. But not Hero.
* GoodIsDumb - Hero
* HalloweenCosplay - ''RPGWorld'' was one of the first strips to start doing this, many others credit Ian J. for the idea.

* HiddenElfVillage - Langoria.
* HighAltitudeBattle - in Cherry's homeland, an elven city in the trees.
* {{Homage}} - well, sort of.
* KnightOfCerebus - Jeff, although Galgarion had a few DeadSerious moments.
* LampshadeHanging - A lot considering the comic's a parody, but most of it is done by Cherry.

* MagicSkirt - Though in Reka's case, it's Magic Saggy Pants; nothing is actually holding them up.

* MoodWhiplash - Parodied. Just after [[spoiler:Reka dies]], the heroes have to play a minigame where they catch butterflies - but since they were extremely fond of [[spoiler:Reka and she happened to be a party member at the time of her plot-relevant death]], they're irritated, annoyed, sad, anything but enjoying themselves.
* MookFaceTurn - Evil Soldier #347, most badass CannonFodder guy to [[TookALevelInBadass become a main character]] without as much as getting a name, ever.
* MoralMyopia - Inverted.

* NeverSayThatAgain - Jim's friend often does this to Jim, in the form of, "If you ever ______ again, I will kill you."
* ObfuscatingStupidity - Galgarion, as seen in [[http://rpgworldcomic.com/d/20040616.html this comic]].
** And Jeff was hinted to be using a variation of it in [[http://rpgworldcomic.com/d/20040630.html this one]].
* OminousLatinChanting - The elevator up to Galgarion's suite before the comic was abandoned.

* OurElvesAreBetter - Especially when most of them present are Amazons.
* PantyShot - Averted with Diana's Mage outfit, it's actually [[http://rpgworldcomic.com/d/20040319.html her leotard]].
* PimpedOutDress - Cherry's dress in the Elf village arc, which impressed Hero... with the increased polygon count.
* PoweredByAForsakenChild - Galgarion has a weapon that works like this: he uses it to suck the soul out of one person, then launches the souls as a beam of energy. It does 9999 damage, although it can also cause instant death, or unfortunately, slow and agonizing death. His use of this weapon, and later boasting about having used it on innocent people, including one underling's wife, are the first signs of Galgarion's true nature.
* PluckyComicRelief - Reka's bots, and various one-shot characters, as well as the cast themselves on a rotating basis.
* PsychoForHire - Jeff.
* RedHerringMole - One of the most elaborate examples ever. The comic goes into so many ways Eikre could be Galgarion that it looks like it could be a parody of really, really obvious Moles, helped by the fact that Galgarion's ''real'' disguise is [[TheDogWasTheMastermind so incredibly subtle]].
* RunningGag - Hero's stupidity, Cherry questioning a lot of videogame tropes, Podder-head's [[ButtMonkey bad luck]] and his complaining about not having his arm repaired when asked to attack.
* ShapeShifting - [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Detestai, Earl, and Larry]] can change into cat monsters as their primary power, but Detestai can only perform partial transformations as she never learned how to control herself while fully transformed.
* SexySantaDress - For the Christmas strips.
* SheCleansUpNicely - Cherry in the ballroom scene, although Hero was [[MediumAwareness more impressed with the polygon count in the model for her]] for this particular {{cutscene}} than with her beauty.

* SnarkyNonHumanSidekick - Howard.
* SomethingCompletelyDifferent - In between "discs" of the game, there would be photocomics of the real-life "player" of the game musing on what he'd just played, switching the disc, or making run-of-the-mill "two gamers on a couch" jokes with his friend. These were less popular than the comic proper, and it's theorized that this was a contributing factor in Ian's CreatorBreakdown.
* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil - Cherry is of course the only member of the party to wonder why the monsters are getting progressively stronger as the party travels.
* SplitPersonality - Detestai, whose glasses seem to give her a more evil personality then when she has them off. When she has them on she's hell bent on revenge, when she has them off, she only wants cuddles.
* StalkerWithACrush - Galgarion for Cherry. He turned himself into a rose so he could travel in her back pocket and spy on the party.
* {{Stripperiffic}} - Diane, despite literally starting out as a harlot, isn't as stripperiffic as many fantasy genre females. Like, say, [[http://rpgworldcomic.com/d/20021120.html Feijoa]]. The elven warriors as a whole probably count too.
* SummonMagic - Cherry.
* TemporalParadox - Averted with Donald's Time Machine, which does not trigger a paradox when messing with time, as it's explained in [[TechnoBabble some irrationally conflicted explanation that makes no sense whatsoever]]. Podder-head is just amazed that he won't even question it.
* TerribleTrio - Detestai, Larry, and Earl. There's also a group {{Expy}} of the actual [[{{Pokemon}} Team Rocket]] in one arc.
* ThemeNaming - All Cherry's family are named after fruit. Bet you didn't know there was a kind of fruit called [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherimoya Cherimoya]], did you?
* ThePowerOfFriendship - Although the mechanics were never fully explained, Hero gets his power from this.
* TimeTravelEscape - Built up to by [[spoiler:Reka's robots and Donald]] to try and save [[spoiler:Reka]].
* UnConfession: '''literally''' uses the ResetButton for this trope. Cherry admitted her feelings for the hero, and then an enemy attacked, TotalPartyKill, Game Over. The player loaded the last save file, and all progress in their love life was lost.
* UndergroundMonkey - The TropeNamer!
* UnluckyEverydude - Evil Soldier #347. How unlucky? [[spoiler: GALGARION MURDERED HIS WIFE. With a weapon that works by sucking the soul out of one person, and blasting firing it at another.]]

* WelcomeToCorneria - The guy who appears in every bar they visit, and only ever says "*sigh* Times are tough."

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic - [[http://rpgworldcomic.com/d/20050602.html parodied]]
* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy - Eikre
* WhamEpisode - [[spoiler:Reka's death, proving that for all his goofiness and swooning over Cherry, Galgarion [[NotSoHarmless was really Evil]].]]
* YuppieCouple - The "Times Are Tough" guy.

Jones-Quartey later posted {{YouTube}} shorts called ''[=nockFORCE=]'' on his {{LiveJournal}} when his schedule permits. He currently works as a hired animator for such shows as ''TheVentureBrothers'' and ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''. It's [[OrphanedSeries very unlikely he'll be coming back to this any time soon]].

* '''Eikre:''' The Lvl 46 Outlaw; The enigmatic.
* '''Reka:''' The Lvl 42 Science Pirate; The [[WrenchWench girl]] [[GadgeteerGenius genius]].

* ...and a CastHerd of {{NPC}}s.

* AffectionateParody - ''FinalFantasy'', and most long-plot console roleplaying games.

* CanNotSpitItOut - Cherry has come close several times to telling Hero how she feels about him. But his stupidity makes her question this feeling as much as circumstances prevent her from saying it.
* CaptainErsatz - The whole ''RPGWorld'' universe is CaptainErsatz of a ''FinalFantasy'' world, most closely resembling that of ''FinalFantasyVII''.

* {{Cutscene}} - usually placed at the end of a story chapter, paralleled to the end of a disc on the game. There was an ArtShift to not only color but a more detailed style to ape the fact that console games go from sprites to more elaborate animation for such scenes in games.

* CreatorBreakdown - The author seemed to turn against his own work based on what he expected from his fans vs. what he got. This inevitably lead to...

* DistractedByTheSexy

* EasyAmnesia - Hero had it, and there was very little that happened to help him resolve that.

* GeniusDitz - Hero

* {{Homage}} - well, sort of.

* OminousLatinChanting - The elevator up to Galgarion's suite before the comic was abandoned.

* ShapeShifting - [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Detestai, Earl, and Larry]] can change into cat monsters as their primary power, but Detestai can only perform partial transformations as she never learned how to control herself while fully transformed.

* YuppieCouple - The "Times Are Tough" guy.

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* EvilIsStylish - Galgarion

Jones-Quartey later posted {{YouTube}} shorts called ''[=nockFORCE=]'' on his {{LiveJournal}} when his schedule permits. He currently works as a hired animator for such shows as ''TheVentureBrothers'' and ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''. It's [[AttentionDeficitCreatorDisorder very unlikely he'll be coming back to this any time soon]].

* LesYay - There's a bunch of Cherry/Reka stuff. [[http://rpgworldcomic.com/d/20021103.html Big time]]. And here's [[http://rpgworldcomic.com/d/20030926.html some more]]. Subverted in [[http://rpgworldcomic.com/d/20010520.html this comic]]. The girls aren't happy, but Eikre is.
** Not to mention that Reka has [[http://rpgworldcomic.com/d/20030702.html become flustered by the suggestion]], and [[http://rpgworldcomic.com/d/20021106.html protested a bit too directly]] when questioned whether she had past boyfriends.

* HoYay - Galgarion and Jeff get this a lot. Jeff being a bit of a {{Bishonen}} doesn't help at all. It's {{lampshaded}} in a couple of strips where the two are [[NotWhatItLooksLike caught in]] [[MistakenForGay compromising positions.]]

* CompleteMonster - Galgarion seems like an ineffectual villain for most of the comic's run, only to become exceedingly evil. If read as an ArchiveBinge, it's surprising to see the silly guy in the mask from the early pages brag about murder in a completely unfunny fashion.

* OrphanedSeries

* OurElvesAreBetter - Especially when most of them present are [[HotAmazon Hot Amazons.]]

Jones-Quartey later posted {{YouTube}} shorts called ''[=nockFORCE=]'' on his {{LiveJournal}} when his schedule permits.He currently works as a hired animator for such shows as ''TheVentureBrothers'' and ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''. It's [[AttentionDeficitCreatorDisorder very unlikely he'll be coming back to this any time soon]].

[[http://rpgworldcomic.com/d/20000827.html ''RPG World'']], now hosted on {{Keenspot}}, is an award-winning webcomic by Ian Jones-Quartey, part AffectionateParody, part TakeThat, part {{Homage}} and part original spin on the idea of a ''FinalFantasy'' style console [=RPG=] and the characters who dwell in them, as well as the VideogameTropes encountered in such games. Also full of {{Anime Trope}}s.It once crossed over with ''Webcomic/{{Adventurers}}'', in a StoryArc titled "Eh It Had To Happen". ''RPG World'' was abandoned shortly before the FinalBattle with the BigBad; as a result of CreatorBacklash against a rather vocal HateDom.

[[http://rpgworldcomic.com/d/20000827.html ''RPG World'']] is an award-winning webcomic by Ian Jones-Quartey, part AffectionateParody, part TakeThat, part {{Homage}} and part original spin on the idea of a ''FinalFantasy'' style console [=RPG=] and the characters who dwell in them, as well as the VideogameTropes encountered in such games. Also full of {{Anime Trope}}s.

''RPG World'' was abandoned shortly before the FinalBattle with the BigBad, so readers get no payoff after an ArchiveBinge. Back around September 2009, Jones-Quartey asked for interested fans to continue the series. Nothing ever came of that though, and in January 2010, he wrote for people to just let the series die already, and that he didn't want it to continue. As of August 2010, he has apparently deleted all the actual comics from the site, although the site itself is still intact. However some fans have preserved the series, you can download it [[http://www.mediafire.com/?ydjjho4rzqh here]], [[http://www.mediafire.com/?q4zqnhqdy0l here]] and [[http://www.mediafire.com/?24xeyywzotm here]].

It once crossed over with ''Webcomic/{{Adventurers}}'', in a StoryArc titled "Eh It Had To Happen".

Jones-Quartey later posted {{YouTube}} shorts called ''[=nockFORCE=]'' on his {{LiveJournal}} when his schedule permits. He stopped doing that since September 2009.

Jones-Quartey now works as a hired animator for such shows as ''TheVentureBrothers'' and ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''. So yeah its [[AttentionDeficitCreatorDisorder very unlikely he'll be coming back to this any time soon]].