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* AdvancingWallOfDoom: Of course.Wall Face in Pandora Ruins, lifted straight out of the game.
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* AdaptationalGenderIdentity: Popoi's sex and gender are [[AmbiguousGender both]] [[AmbiguousGenderIdentity ambiguous]]. Autumn is cisgender female.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: '''Oh, boy.''' Where to even begin? For starters [[InUniverse In Universe Examples]] include, the ''Boy'' (Randi), named Seth in this rendition is almost TooStupidToLive, incredibly naïve, and has a bad case of AttentionDeficitOohShiny. ''The Girl'' (Primm), named Fawn is a SociopathicHero JerkWithAHeartOfGold, and ''The Sprite'' (Popoie), named ''Autumn'' is the OnlySaneMan.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: '''Oh, boy.''' Where to even begin? For starters [[InUniverse In Universe Examples]] include, the ''Boy'' (Randi), named Seth in this rendition is almost TooStupidToLive, incredibly naïve, and has a bad case of AttentionDeficitOohShiny. ''The Girl'' (Primm), named Fawn is a SociopathicHero JerkWithAHeartOfGold, and ''The Sprite'' (Popoie), (Popoi), named ''Autumn'' is the OnlySaneMan.
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* AmbiguousGender: Subverted. While Popoie is genderless in the game, here the author decided to simplify matters and just made Autumn a female.
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* AmbiguousGender: Subverted. While Popoie Popoi is genderless in the game, here the author decided to simplify matters and just made Autumn a female.
%%* * AndCallHimGeorge: Seymour calls his pet plant "Planty" though it would later take the name "Tropicallo" after maturing a bit.
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** [[spoiler: Stealing from him and lying to him are two other ways to effectively piss him off, too.]]
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* BoyfriendBlockingDad: Fawn's father. [[spoiler: He sent Dyluck on a SuicideMission to split the couple up.]] And we all know where this is leading.
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* BoyfriendBlockingDad: Fawn's father. [[spoiler: He [[spoiler:He sent Dyluck on a SuicideMission to split the couple up.]] And we all know where this is leading.
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* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler: Elinee and Seth.]]
** [[spoiler: In the original, Elinee is [[TheUnfought never fought]] and, after giving up her witchcraft ways, she's no longer important to the story. In this retelling, her role is expanded and she goes onto enslave the dwarves of ''Gaia's Navel'' into readying a ceremony to summon the Fire Gigas to attack Pandora Kingdom. Immediately following the success of the ceremony, she is literally stabbed InTheBack by Thanatos.]]
** [[spoiler: Seth, the hero, was killed by Thanatos when he tried to prematurely pick a fight with the EvilSorcerer.]]
** [[spoiler: In the original, Elinee is [[TheUnfought never fought]] and, after giving up her witchcraft ways, she's no longer important to the story. In this retelling, her role is expanded and she goes onto enslave the dwarves of ''Gaia's Navel'' into readying a ceremony to summon the Fire Gigas to attack Pandora Kingdom. Immediately following the success of the ceremony, she is literally stabbed InTheBack by Thanatos.]]
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* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler: Elinee [[spoiler:Elinee and Seth.]]
**[[spoiler: In [[spoiler:In the original, Elinee is [[TheUnfought never fought]] and, after giving up her witchcraft ways, she's no longer important to the story. In this retelling, her role is expanded and she goes onto enslave the dwarves of ''Gaia's Navel'' into readying a ceremony to summon the Fire Gigas to attack Pandora Kingdom. Immediately following the success of the ceremony, she is literally stabbed InTheBack by Thanatos.]]
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* ExcaliburInTheRust: The Mana Sword.
* {{Expy}}: Seymour is one of... [[Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors Seymour.]]
* FanWebComics: A very triumphant example.
* FireForgedFriends: A '''''lot''''' of relationships form this way in this 'comic.
* FluffyTheTerrible: Mittens the Spiked-Tiger.
* FreudianExcuse: The comic takes Elinee, a one-dimensional boss from the original game and fleshes her out to the point that people formerly indifferent to her now outright pity her. [[spoiler: She was ostracized by her fellow nobles back in Pandora for using her wealth to help out commoners. Said nobles then framed her entire family for being Empyreal spies and she was made to leave town by dawn after the night it happened, or else be arrested and executed along with the rest of her loved ones. Thanatos then chose that moment to meet up with her and win her over to his side.]]
* {{Expy}}: Seymour is one of... [[Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors Seymour.]]
* FanWebComics: A very triumphant example.
* FireForgedFriends: A '''''lot''''' of relationships form this way in this 'comic.
* FluffyTheTerrible: Mittens the Spiked-Tiger.
* FreudianExcuse: The comic takes Elinee, a one-dimensional boss from the original game and fleshes her out to the point that people formerly indifferent to her now outright pity her. [[spoiler: She was ostracized by her fellow nobles back in Pandora for using her wealth to help out commoners. Said nobles then framed her entire family for being Empyreal spies and she was made to leave town by dawn after the night it happened, or else be arrested and executed along with the rest of her loved ones. Thanatos then chose that moment to meet up with her and win her over to his side.]]
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* ExcaliburInTheRust: The Mana Sword.
Sword starts out as a rusty sword found under a waterfall. As the story goes on, the rust comes off.
* {{Expy}}: Seymour is one of... [[NamesTheSame well]], [[Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrorsSeymour.]]
*Seymour]].
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* %%* FireForgedFriends: A '''''lot''''' of relationships form this way in this 'comic.
* FluffyTheTerrible: Mittens theSpiked-Tiger.
Spikey Tiger, named by Seth after getting shrunken down to house cat size.
* FreudianExcuse: The comic takes Elinee, a one-dimensional boss from the original game and fleshes her out to the point that people formerly indifferent to her now outright pity her.[[spoiler: She [[spoiler:She was ostracized by her fellow nobles back in Pandora for using her wealth to help out commoners. Said nobles then framed her entire family for being Empyreal spies and she was made to leave town by dawn after the night it happened, or else be arrested and executed along with the rest of her loved ones. Thanatos then chose that moment to meet up with her and win her over to his side.]]
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* {{Grimmification}}: Believe or not, when not poking fun at the game it's based on, this 'comic can get outright sadistically dramatic.
* {{Grimmification}}: Believe or not, when not poking fun at the game it's based on, this 'comic can get outright sadistically dramatic.
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* HiveMind: Pancake, Seth's SpiritAdvisor.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Fawn, before CharacterDevelopment.
** She did have her reasons, but nothing that justifies some of her earlier actions.
** Elliot, through and though. This comic makes him an even bigger jerk than he was in the original game.
** Gnorm also counts.
** General Morie, too.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Fawn, in an earlier on appearance, when she gave Seth advice on how to survive.
** She did have her reasons, but nothing that justifies some of her earlier actions.
** Elliot, through and though. This comic makes him an even bigger jerk than he was in the original game.
** Gnorm also counts.
** General Morie, too.
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* KilledOffForReal: Autumn explains that this is what happens to anyone when a Cup of Wishes is not immediately used to revive them - their spirit is taken away by [[GrimReaper Death]]. [[spoiler: This [[spoiler:This is what happened to Elinee]].
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* NonIdleRich: You ''do not'' want to be this in the Kingdom of Pandora in [=SoMT=]. You do ''not.'' [[spoiler: Just ask Elinee.]]
* NoOntologicalInertia: [[spoiler: Elinee's spell on Dyluck is lifted the instant she's offed by Thanatos...who promptly abducts him.]]
* NoOntologicalInertia: [[spoiler: Elinee's spell on Dyluck is lifted the instant she's offed by Thanatos...who promptly abducts him.]]
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* NonIdleRich: You ''do not'' '''NOT''''' want to be this in the Kingdom of Pandora in [=SoMT=]. You do ''not.'' [[spoiler: Just [[spoiler:Just ask Elinee.]]
* NoOntologicalInertia:[[spoiler: Elinee's [[spoiler:Elinee's spell on Dyluck is lifted the instant she's offed by Thanatos...who promptly abducts him.]]
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* OhCrap: Several, but episode 279 comes to mind the most [[spoiler: especially since it's the audience giving that reaction.]]
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* OhCrap: Several, but episode 279 comes to mind the most [[spoiler: especially [[spoiler:especially since it's the audience giving that reaction.]]
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* PrisonEpisode: [[spoiler: In the latest episodes, Jema, Fawn, and Autumn have been imprisoned for being mistaken as Imperial spies. In reality, it was Potos's Elder's fault, because he blames Jema for taking his [[{{Squick}} beloved]] Seth away from him.]]
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* PrisonEpisode: [[spoiler: In [[spoiler:In the latest episodes, Jema, Fawn, and Autumn have been imprisoned for being mistaken as Imperial spies. In reality, it was Potos's Elder's fault, because he blames Jema for taking his [[{{Squick}} beloved]] Seth away from him.]]
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** The Scorpion Army counts even more than they did in the game this is based on, and that's...impressive.
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* {{Tsundere}}: Fawn. She likes Seth (not romantically, but as a friend), but she will not admit it. [[spoiler: At least, not until he's seemingly been killed by Thanatos.]]
* TheUnchosenOne: Seth.
* TheUnchosenOne: Seth.
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* {{Tsundere}}: Fawn. She likes Seth (not romantically, but as a friend), but she will not admit it. [[spoiler: At [[spoiler:At least, not until he's seemingly been killed by Thanatos.]]
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* UptownGirl: Fawn is this to Dyluck's UnluckyEverydude. Fawn's [[OverprotectiveDad father]] does not approve.
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* BoyfriendBlockingDad: Fawn's father. [[spoiler: He sent Dyluck on a SuicideMission to split the couple up.]] And we all know where this is leading.
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* OverprotectiveDad: Fawn's father. [[spoiler: He sent Dyluck on a SuicideMission to split the couple up.]] And we all know where this is leading.
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* TheChick: Seth and Autumn play this to Fawn's ActionGirl status a lot of times, but Seth's been catching up with her more recently.
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** Crosses over with DreamingOfTimesGoneBy, DreamingOfThingsToCome, and YourWorstNightmare.
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* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Being a woman will not save you from grievous bodily harm for the sake of a laugh.
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* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Being a woman will not save you {{Slapstick}}: No one is spared from grievous bodily harm for the sake of a laugh.
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* AbusiveParents: Fawn's father is implied to be one.
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* AdvancingWallOfDoom: Of course.
* AffectionateParody: Of ''VideoGame/SecretOfMana''.
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* BlatantLies: Too many to count.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: A few, mostly used for laughs or AudienceParticipation, or both.
* ButtMonkey: Everyone, to some extent, but especially Seth.
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* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Luka, though Seth still thinks she's hot.
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* ShoutOut: Let's see... Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors, Film/SaturdayNightFever, Film/MissionImpossible, and many, many other things.
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* SpiritAdvisor: Pancake. Don't ask.
* SpriteComic: More like sprite web show, though.
* StandardStatusEffects: Played straight, mostly for laughs. Autumn the Sprite appears to have been permanently Midged along with Mittens.
* TheStarscream: If you really don't know: Thanatos.
* SpriteComic: More like sprite web show, though.
* StandardStatusEffects: Played straight, mostly for laughs. Autumn the Sprite appears to have been permanently Midged along with Mittens.
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* TalkativeLoon: Grandma from Potos Village.
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* AdaptationalNameChange: Randi to Seth, Purim to Fawn, and Popoie to Autumn
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: '''Oh, boy.''' Where to even begin? For starters [[InUniverse In Universe Examples]] include, the ''Boy'', named Seth in this rendition is almost TooStupidToLive, incredibly naïve, and has a bad case of AttentionDeficitOohShiny. ''The Girl'', named Fawn is a SociopathicHero JerkWithAHeartOfGold, and ''The Sprite'', named ''Autumn'' is the OnlySaneMan.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: '''Oh, boy.''' Where to even begin? For starters [[InUniverse In Universe Examples]] include, the ''Boy'', ''Boy'' (Randi), named Seth in this rendition is almost TooStupidToLive, incredibly naïve, and has a bad case of AttentionDeficitOohShiny. ''The Girl'', Girl'' (Primm), named Fawn is a SociopathicHero JerkWithAHeartOfGold, and ''The Sprite'', Sprite'' (Popoie), named ''Autumn'' is the OnlySaneMan.
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* AmbiguousGender: Subverted. While the Sprite is genderless in the game, here the author decided to simplify matters and just made Autumn a female.
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* DeliveryGuyInfiltration: Fawn and Seth use this ploy to sneak into Elinee's castle. At first the guards refuse to let them in until told the flowers being delivered are from them.
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!!Examples of Tropes associated with ''Secret of Mana Theater:''
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A [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSRV2j8i5ybarJaJEtLd5uaGGKAvIhA4d dubbed adaptation]] of Secret Of Mana Theater is currently being made by WebVideo/TheWithVoicesProject.
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A [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSRV2j8i5ybarJaJEtLd5uaGGKAvIhA4d dubbed adaptation]] of Secret Of Mana Theater is currently being has been made by WebVideo/TheWithVoicesProject.
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* GenreSavvy: Fawn and Autumn.
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The webcomic has a forum that can be found [[http://somtbackup.freeforums.org/ here]].
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A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWyyOYj5bJA com/playlist?list=PLSRV2j8i5ybarJaJEtLd5uaGGKAvIhA4d dubbed adaptation]] of Secret Of Mana Theater is currently in production being made by WebVideo/TheWithVoicesProject.
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* CloudCuckooLander: This webcomic basically takes place in ''Cloud Cuckooland'' almost on AnsemRetort levels. ''Almost.''
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* CloudCuckooLander: This webcomic basically takes place in ''Cloud Cuckooland'' almost on AnsemRetort ''Webcomic/AnsemRetort'' levels. ''Almost.''
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* SelfDeprecation: The Author to himself in the ''Specials'' he appears in. Often crosses right into TakeThatMe.
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* SelfDeprecation: The Author to author frequently makes jabs at himself in during the ''Specials'' he appears in. Often crosses right into TakeThatMe.Special Edition episodes.
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* TimTaylorTechnology: At one point, the Cannon Travel Guys try out a new setting on customers. The results were the stuff episodes of [[HomeImprovement Tool Time]] are made of.
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* TimTaylorTechnology: At one point, the Cannon Travel Guys try out a new setting on customers. The results were the stuff episodes of [[HomeImprovement [[Series/HomeImprovement Tool Time]] are made of.
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[[http://www.manatheater.com/ Ah, mittens!]] Welcome to ''Secret of Mana Theater'', a [[WebcomicOfTheGame webcomic adaptation]] of [[SquareEnix Square's]] classic game, ''VideoGame/SecretOfMana'', but with a few twists, created by Sprite Monkey. Updates, instead of coming in the form of comic pages, are short videos created using sprites from the game. Its also generally an AffectionateParody rife with twisted {{alternate character interpretation}}s, but it has the flexibility to be serious when needed. The author also takes just enough liberties with the plot for those who have played the original game to be kept on their toes by unexpected events.
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[[http://www.manatheater.com/ Ah, mittens!]] Welcome to ''Secret of Mana Theater'', a [[WebcomicOfTheGame webcomic adaptation]] of [[SquareEnix [[Creator/SquareEnix Square's]] classic game, ''VideoGame/SecretOfMana'', but with a few twists, created by Sprite Monkey. Updates, instead of coming in the form of comic pages, are short videos created using sprites from the game. Its also generally an AffectionateParody rife with twisted {{alternate character interpretation}}s, but it has the flexibility to be serious when needed. The author also takes just enough liberties with the plot for those who have played the original game to be kept on their toes by unexpected events.
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* CreatorBreakdown: Sprite Monkey put the series on a 2-1/2 year hiatus when he realized that, by [[spoiler:killing off Seth]], he had [[OffTheRails broken free of the game's story]], but couldn't figure out what direction to take the series in afterwards.
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* ScheduleSlip: If you're a fan of this series, learn to be very patient.
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* ShoutOut: Let's see... Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors, SaturdayNightFever, MissionImpossible, and many, many other things.
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It began back in May 15th, 2002 and sporadically updates to this very day.
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It began back in May 15th, 2002 and sporadically updates to this very day.
last updated in 2012.
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[[http://www.manatheater.com/ Ah, mittens!]] Welcome to ''Secret of Mana Theater'', a [[WebcomicOfTheGame webcomic adaptation]] of [[SquareEnix Square's]] classic game, [[SecretOfMana Secret Of Mana]], but with a few twists, created by Sprite Monkey. Updates, instead of coming in the form of comic pages, are short videos created using sprites from the game. Its also generally an AffectionateParody rife with twisted {{alternate character interpretation}}s, but it has the flexibility to be serious when needed. The author also takes just enough liberties with the plot for those who have played the original game to be kept on their toes by unexpected events.
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[[http://www.manatheater.com/ Ah, mittens!]] Welcome to ''Secret of Mana Theater'', a [[WebcomicOfTheGame webcomic adaptation]] of [[SquareEnix Square's]] classic game, [[SecretOfMana Secret Of Mana]], ''VideoGame/SecretOfMana'', but with a few twists, created by Sprite Monkey. Updates, instead of coming in the form of comic pages, are short videos created using sprites from the game. Its also generally an AffectionateParody rife with twisted {{alternate character interpretation}}s, but it has the flexibility to be serious when needed. The author also takes just enough liberties with the plot for those who have played the original game to be kept on their toes by unexpected events.
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* AffectionateParody: Of [[SecretOfMana Secret Of Mana]].
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[[http://www.manatheater.com/ Ah, mittens!]] Welcome to ''Secret of Mana Theater'', a [[WebcomicOfTheGame webcomic adaptation]] of [[SquareEnix Square's]] classic game, [[SecretOfMana Secret Of Mana]], but with a few twists, created by Sprite Monkey. Updates, instead of coming in the form of comic pages, are short videos created using sprites from the game. Its also generally an AffectionateParody rife with twisted {{alternate character interpretation}}s, but it has the flexibility to be serious when needed. The author also takes just enough liberties with the plot for those who have played the original game to be kept on their toes by unexpected events.
It began back in May 15th, 2002 and sporadically updates to this very day.
The webcomic has a forum that can be found [[http://somtbackup.freeforums.org/ here]].
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!!Examples of Tropes associated with ''Secret of Mana Theater:''
* AbusiveParents: Fawn's father is implied to be one.
* ActionGirl: Fawn.
* AdaptationExpansion: Like no one else's business! The author isn't even halfway though the game's story, and we're already up to 303 videos, each of which is about five minutes long!
* AdvancingWallOfDoom: Of course.
* AffectionateParody: Of [[SecretOfMana Secret Of Mana]].
* AlphaBitch: Those spiteful witches in Pandora who ruined Elinee's life.
* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: '''Oh, boy.''' Where to even begin? For starters [[InUniverse In Universe Examples]] include, the ''Boy'', named Seth in this rendition is almost TooStupidToLive, incredibly naïve, and has a bad case of AttentionDeficitOohShiny. ''The Girl'', named Fawn is a SociopathicHero JerkWithAHeartOfGold, and ''The Sprite'', named ''Autumn'' is the OnlySaneMan.
** Oh, and the Village Elder back in Potos village is a [[{{Squick}} pedophile.]]
* AmbiguousGender: Subverted. While the Sprite is genderless in the game, here the author decided to simplify matters and just made Autumn a female.
* AndCallHimGeorge: Paco from episode 141. ''Burr...''
* AscendedExtra: Somewhat, with Elinee the witch and Neko the Salescat. Both are featured in the game, but their roles have been increased in one form or another in ''Theater''.
** Henry and Doir the lullabuds, spring to mind.
* AuthorAvatar: The Author, but he only shows up in Specials.
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Seth. Full stop.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Seth. Easy-going, dull-witted, fun-loving, and extremely amiable. Do something to harm innocents, though, and watch out.
** [[spoiler: Stealing from him and lying to him are two other ways to effectively piss him off, too.]]
* BlankWhiteEyes: Primarily seen in anyone who's been brainwashed.
* BlatantLies: Too many to count.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: A few, mostly used for laughs or AudienceParticipation, or both.
* ButtMonkey: Everyone, to some extent, but especially Seth.
* CatGirl: Well, ''Cat Man'', actually: Neko.
* CatapultNightmare: Induced on the party by Thanatos at one point to [[MindRape get into their heads]].
** Crosses over with DreamingOfTimesGoneBy, DreamingOfThingsToCome, and YourWorstNightmare.
* CerebusSyndrome: Started to set in with Thanatos's first appearance in episode 168. ''Boy'' has it taken off since 279.
* CharacterDevelopment: In spite of the generally light-hearted nature of the comic, the characters are well-rounded enough to experience all kinds of this.
* TheChick: Seth and Autumn play this to Fawn's ActionGirl status a lot of times, but Seth's been catching up with her more recently.
* ClicheStorm: InUniverse, the original game's tendency towards this is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded.]]
* CloudCuckooLander: This webcomic basically takes place in ''Cloud Cuckooland'' almost on AnsemRetort levels. ''Almost.''
** Grandma in Potos Village comes to mind right off the bat.
* ComedicSociopathy: The Series just absolutely thrives on this. Just look no further than the couch gags.
* ConMan: The Dwarf Village Elder and Autumn, but unlike the original game, the Elder does not relent.
** Neko, as well.
* ContrivedCoincidence: Lampshaded. Unlike in the game, when Seth first used Cannon Travel, he just wanted to go far away and just happened to land near the location he was told to go to.
* CoolOldGuy: Jema, of course, whether he likes it or not.
* CouchGag: At the beginning of every episode [[VideoGame/ChronoTrigger Marle]] casts a spell with often different results.
** Since the beginning of the series, she's been crushed, fried, crushed some more, set on fire, mocked, [[DrivenToSuicide hanged herself]], been replaced a few times, been electrocuted, crushed some more, shrunk, exploded, atomized, chased, run over, been eaten, and has been stripped naked.
** When not being mutiliated beyond recognition, Marle has also engaged in riding the title card like a horse or walking on a giant ball, circus-style.
** Lucca and Magus from the same game have also appeared in openings.
* CreatorBreakdown: Sprite Monkey put the series on a 2-1/2 year hiatus when he realized that, by [[spoiler:killing off Seth]], he had [[OffTheRails broken free of the game's story]], but couldn't figure out what direction to take the series in afterwards.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Sometimes.
* DeadpanSnarker: Fawn and Autumn. Unfortunately for Seth, his own bumbling nature gives them tons of ammo to work with.
* DealWithTheDevil: How Elinee got her powers in this version.
* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler: Elinee and Seth.]]
** [[spoiler: In the original, Elinee is [[TheUnfought never fought]] and, after giving up her witchcraft ways, she's no longer important to the story. In this retelling, her role is expanded and she goes onto enslave the dwarves of ''Gaia's Navel'' into readying a ceremony to summon the Fire Gigas to attack Pandora Kingdom. Immediately following the success of the ceremony, she is literally stabbed InTheBack by Thanatos.]]
** [[spoiler: Seth, the hero, was killed by Thanatos when he tried to prematurely pick a fight with the EvilSorcerer.]]
* DepravedHomosexual: Potos's Village Elder, no description can do him justice, so perhaps we should just let the series speak for itself:
** In Episode 299: P.O.P.:
-->'''Jema''': (of being wrongfully imprisoned) ''"Why have you done this to us?"''
-->'''Potos Elder:''' ''"You--you took all my little boys away from me!"''
-->'''Jema:''' ''"I did it in the name of... Wait, what?"''
-->'''Potos Elder:''' ''"All the sexy young boys have left town. One by one they all ran off. And it all started when you showed up! You made the villagers mad at Seth.
-->'''Autumn:''' ''"Seth?"''
-->'''Potos Elder:''' ''"And his pink, supple ass!"''
-->'''(Autumn and Fawn exchange shocked expressions.)'''
-->'''Jema:''' ''"You're insane!"''
-->'''Potos Elder:''' ''"Hmm. Maybe, but I'm in charge. I can't let you take away my sexy soldier boys. Toodles."''
-->'''(Elder exits.)'''
-->'''Autumn:''' ''"That's one pissed off pedophile."''
* DisproportionateRetribution: What the nobles of Pandora did to Elinee for telling them off. What Elinee was about to do to Pandora in return.
* DistressedDude: Dyluck. This should come as no surprise to anyone who played through the original game.
* DrowningMySorrows: Fawn, at one point.
* DueToTheDead: Seth does this for [[spoiler:Elinee]], digging a proper grave instead of leaving the body behind in the Underground Palace to rot.
* [[EasterEgg Easter Eggs]]: Left in a lot of episodes for the viewer to find either for added humor or to advance the plot.
* EvilDetectingCat / ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Mittens absolutely ''refuses'' to accompany the gang to the Pandoran ruins, even going so far as to claw Seth and [[ShooOutTheClowns take off.]]
* EvilEmpire: Played completely straight with Vandole. Frighteningly so, in fact.
* EvilSorcerer: If you don't know, we're not telling.
* ExcaliburInTheRust: The Mana Sword.
* {{Expy}}: Seymour is one of... [[Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors Seymour.]]
* FanWebComics: A very triumphant example.
* FireForgedFriends: A '''''lot''''' of relationships form this way in this 'comic.
* FluffyTheTerrible: Mittens the Spiked-Tiger.
* FreudianExcuse: The comic takes Elinee, a one-dimensional boss from the original game and fleshes her out to the point that people formerly indifferent to her now outright pity her. [[spoiler: She was ostracized by her fellow nobles back in Pandora for using her wealth to help out commoners. Said nobles then framed her entire family for being Empyreal spies and she was made to leave town by dawn after the night it happened, or else be arrested and executed along with the rest of her loved ones. Thanatos then chose that moment to meet up with her and win her over to his side.]]
* GenreBlind: Seth and Dyluck.
* GenreSavvy: Fawn and Autumn.
* GenderFlip: The Sprite child, who has no gender in the original game (and is male in the English translations) is female here, and her name is Autumn.
* GoldfishPoopGang: The Scorpion Army.
* GoshDangItToHeck: "Fugging" and "mittens" are just a few choice exclamatories in place of actual swearing the author uses. "Damn" and "hell" are still used, though.
* GrandTheftMe: What Thanatos is planning with Dyluck.
* [[spoiler: TheHeroDies]]
* {{Grimmification}}: Believe or not, when not poking fun at the game it's based on, this 'comic can get outright sadistically dramatic.
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: Just about every soldier presented thus far has been this. Hell, you can enter just about every location just by asking nicely.
* HilarityEnsues: Just about every time Seth is left to his own devices.
* HiveMind: Pancake, Seth's SpiritAdvisor.
* HonestJohnsDealership: Neko's whole business plan, basically.
* HumanCannonball: Anyone who gets around by Cannon Travel. The results are played for laughs quite often.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Seth. He's got the weight of the world on his shoulders, and all he wants to someone to help him ease it up a bit.
* InTheBack: [[spoiler: Thanatos to Elinee.]]
* IncrediblyLamePun: Seth is the master of these. Fawn sometimes dabbles as well.
* InterfaceScrew: Some of the Easter eggs will affect the replay screens at the end of various episodes causing either the replay buttons to not work or removing the ability to view other Easter eggs if [[GuideDangIt you click the wrong Easter egg first]] until you replay the episode.
* ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne: Seth's attitude towards his status as the Mana Knight. He learns to cope with it better in time (having two companions helps), but initially he had an outright temper tantrum about it at one point.
* ItsUpToYou: Completely subverted. As much as Jema would love to do this, he's been pulled into the plot much more prominently than in the game.
* {{Jerkass}}: Fawn, before CharacterDevelopment.
** She did have her reasons, but nothing that justifies some of her earlier actions.
** Elliot, through and though. This comic makes him an even bigger jerk than he was in the original game.
** Gnorm also counts.
** General Morie, too.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Fawn, in an earlier on appearance, when she gave Seth advice on how to survive.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Fawn, after CharacterDevelopment.
* JustLikeRobinHood: Choppin Hood, eventually.
* KickTheDog: Thanatos, again, does this quite a bit, especially [[spoiler:killing Elinee when she was [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness no longer useful]] to him]].
* KilledOffForReal: Autumn explains that this is what happens to anyone when a Cup of Wishes is not immediately used to revive them - their spirit is taken away by [[GrimReaper Death]]. [[spoiler: This is what happened to Elinee]].
* LetsGetDangerous: Seth, for the same reasons as BewareTheNiceOnes.
* LighterAndSofter: Other times.
* LightningGlare: Between Fawn and Phanna, upon the latter's first appearance.
* [[ManEatingPlant Dwarf Eating Plant]]: Tropicallo.
* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:Fawn steals Seth's sword and claims Elinee stole it so he would go after her to save Dyluck]].
* MassHypnosis: As if you don't know.
* TheMultiverse: Used as a gag in one episode.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: '''Thanatos.'''
* NonActionGuy: Seth. He gets better.
* NonIdleRich: You ''do not'' want to be this in the Kingdom of Pandora in [[SecretOfManaTheater SoMT]]. You do ''not.'' [[spoiler: Just ask Elinee.]]
* NoOntologicalInertia: [[spoiler: Elinee's spell on Dyluck is lifted the instant she's offed by Thanatos...who promptly abducts him.]]
* NotHisSled: Quite a few parts of the game will go very differently, often leading to an innocuous scene turning into a WhamEpisode. One of the earliest examples is Seth forgetting the crystal dropped by the Mantis Ant and having to go retrieve it.
* ObviouslyEvil: This is an adaptation of SecretOfMana. [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Guess who.]]
* OhCrap: Several, but episode 279 comes to mind the most [[spoiler: especially since it's the audience giving that reaction.]]
* OnlySaneMan: A few. Luka, Jema, and Autumn all come to mind.
* OurZombiesAreDifferent: They're just brain-washed Pandoran citizens, but they sure do fill the role.
* OverprotectiveDad: Fawn's father. [[spoiler: He sent Dyluck on a SuicideMission to split the couple up.]] And we all know where this is leading.
* PointAndClick: Implemented a few times.
* PrisonEpisode: [[spoiler: In the latest episodes, Jema, Fawn, and Autumn have been imprisoned for being mistaken as Imperial spies. In reality, it was Potos's Elder's fault, because he blames Jema for taking his [[{{Squick}} beloved]] Seth away from him.]]
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Luka, though Seth still thinks she's hot.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Mittens, after being Midged.
* ScheduleSlip: If you're a fan of this series, learn to be very patient.
* SelfDeprecation: The Author to himself in the ''Specials'' he appears in. Often crosses right into TakeThatMe.
* ShoutOut: Let's see... Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors, SaturdayNightFever, MissionImpossible, and many, many other things.
** In episode 1, we have [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark "Oh my God, you killed Timmy!"]]
* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Being a woman will not save you from grievous bodily harm for the sake of a laugh.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: Mittens the Spiked-Tiger. In the game, he's just a WakeUpCallBoss who the party kills. In this series, he's instead [[BroughtDownToNormal midged into an ordinary-looking kitten]] and goes on to be Seth's pet.
* SpiritAdvisor: Pancake. Don't ask.
* SpriteComic: More like sprite web show, though.
* StandardStatusEffects: Played straight, mostly for laughs. Autumn the Sprite appears to have been permanently Midged along with Mittens.
* TheStarscream: If you really don't know: Thanatos.
* StraightGay: Potos Village Elder, though the portrayal is hardly flattering and strays right into {{Squick}} territory, considering he seeks ''intimacy'' with young teen-twenties guys. He's hit on everyone from the seventeen-year-old Seth to a Military Captain.
* SuddenlyVoiced: Most of the time, viewers have to read the word and thought bubbles. Every once in a while, though, voice acting will be supplied.
* SuicideMission: Given to Dyluck and his men by the King and Queen of Pandora [[ParentalMarriageVeto on the request of Fawn's father]], who wanted him out of the way so that his daughter would have to marry a suitor of his choice.
* SweatDrop: Whenever anyone (usually Seth, but some other characters too) says anything particularly stupid and/or just plain weird.
* TakeThatAudience: In one of the specials, Elliot claims that every one of the viewers is "a friggin' moron", prompting the author to try to defend them. In response, Elliot says that [[SelfDeprecation morons can smell their own]].
* TalkativeLoon: Grandma from Potos Village.
* TimTaylorTechnology: At one point, the Cannon Travel Guys try out a new setting on customers. The results were the stuff episodes of [[HomeImprovement Tool Time]] are made of.
* ThreatBackfire: The author threatens to fire Elliot if he doesn't watch his attitude.
-->'''Author''': I could have you fired.
-->'''Elliot''': [[SarcasmMode Oh no! Please don't fire me from this crappy job]]!
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Fawn and Autumn, respectively.
* TooStupidToLive: Seth early on, the dwarves of ''Gaia's Navel'', and several authority figures.
** The Scorpion Army counts even more than they did in the game this is based on, and that's...impressive.
** Seth dies twice against the [[WarmUpBoss Mantis Ant]] while trying to learn how to fight.
* TookALevelInBadass: Seth has come a long way from the nigh useless twit he used to be.
* TraumaInducedAmnesia: Autumn. she was taken from her home by a flood, which caused her to lose her memories.
* {{Tsundere}}: Fawn. She likes Seth (not romantically, but as a friend), but she will not admit it. [[spoiler: At least, not until he's seemingly been killed by Thanatos.]]
* TheUnchosenOne: Seth.
* TheUnpronounceable: Tropicallo, for Seth.
* UnreliableNarrator: ''Both'' Seth and Fawn when they were recounting how they first met to Autumn.
* UpperClassTwit: The King of Pandora. Just... Just the King of Pandora.
* UptownGirl: Fawn is this to Dyluck's UnluckyEverydude. Fawn's [[OverprotectiveDad father]] does not approve.
* UselessUsefulSpell: So far averted... Though that one spell that turns people's hair green raises questions.
** Magic Rope is this in this retelling.
* VillainSong: [[Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors Feed Me, Seymour.]]
* VitriolicBestBuds: Anybody and Fawn would count.
* WakeUpCallBoss: All of 'em so far, but Thanatos in particular.
* WebcomicOfTheGame
* WhatTheHellHero: Fawn gets one for [[spoiler:stealing Seth's sword and claiming Elinee stole it]] so that he would help her go after Elinee ini an attempt to save Dyluck. To a lesser extent, she gets this for Midging the Spiky Tiger, thus costing Autumn an opportunity to return to normal size.
* WideEyedIdealist: Seth. Assumes the best of just about everyone he first meets, often with hilarious results in which he usually ends up brutalized, swindled, robbed, or all the above before they're done with him.
** However, his big heart has also worked in his favor as his good nature charmed two very cynical individuals (Autumn and Fawn) into joining his quest.
* WhamEpisode: Episode 235-237, as well as 279.
* WhamShot: During the fight with the Spiky Tiger, when Fawn [[spoiler:draws the sword that she claimed Elinee had stolen from Seth]].
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Elinee]].
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[-"Heroism. Unrequired love. Pancakes."-]
It began back in May 15th, 2002 and sporadically updates to this very day.
The webcomic has a forum that can be found [[http://somtbackup.freeforums.org/ here]].
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!!Examples of Tropes associated with ''Secret of Mana Theater:''
* AbusiveParents: Fawn's father is implied to be one.
* ActionGirl: Fawn.
* AdaptationExpansion: Like no one else's business! The author isn't even halfway though the game's story, and we're already up to 303 videos, each of which is about five minutes long!
* AdvancingWallOfDoom: Of course.
* AffectionateParody: Of [[SecretOfMana Secret Of Mana]].
* AlphaBitch: Those spiteful witches in Pandora who ruined Elinee's life.
* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: '''Oh, boy.''' Where to even begin? For starters [[InUniverse In Universe Examples]] include, the ''Boy'', named Seth in this rendition is almost TooStupidToLive, incredibly naïve, and has a bad case of AttentionDeficitOohShiny. ''The Girl'', named Fawn is a SociopathicHero JerkWithAHeartOfGold, and ''The Sprite'', named ''Autumn'' is the OnlySaneMan.
** Oh, and the Village Elder back in Potos village is a [[{{Squick}} pedophile.]]
* AmbiguousGender: Subverted. While the Sprite is genderless in the game, here the author decided to simplify matters and just made Autumn a female.
* AndCallHimGeorge: Paco from episode 141. ''Burr...''
* AscendedExtra: Somewhat, with Elinee the witch and Neko the Salescat. Both are featured in the game, but their roles have been increased in one form or another in ''Theater''.
** Henry and Doir the lullabuds, spring to mind.
* AuthorAvatar: The Author, but he only shows up in Specials.
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Seth. Full stop.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Seth. Easy-going, dull-witted, fun-loving, and extremely amiable. Do something to harm innocents, though, and watch out.
** [[spoiler: Stealing from him and lying to him are two other ways to effectively piss him off, too.]]
* BlankWhiteEyes: Primarily seen in anyone who's been brainwashed.
* BlatantLies: Too many to count.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: A few, mostly used for laughs or AudienceParticipation, or both.
* ButtMonkey: Everyone, to some extent, but especially Seth.
* CatGirl: Well, ''Cat Man'', actually: Neko.
* CatapultNightmare: Induced on the party by Thanatos at one point to [[MindRape get into their heads]].
** Crosses over with DreamingOfTimesGoneBy, DreamingOfThingsToCome, and YourWorstNightmare.
* CerebusSyndrome: Started to set in with Thanatos's first appearance in episode 168. ''Boy'' has it taken off since 279.
* CharacterDevelopment: In spite of the generally light-hearted nature of the comic, the characters are well-rounded enough to experience all kinds of this.
* TheChick: Seth and Autumn play this to Fawn's ActionGirl status a lot of times, but Seth's been catching up with her more recently.
* ClicheStorm: InUniverse, the original game's tendency towards this is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded.]]
* CloudCuckooLander: This webcomic basically takes place in ''Cloud Cuckooland'' almost on AnsemRetort levels. ''Almost.''
** Grandma in Potos Village comes to mind right off the bat.
* ComedicSociopathy: The Series just absolutely thrives on this. Just look no further than the couch gags.
* ConMan: The Dwarf Village Elder and Autumn, but unlike the original game, the Elder does not relent.
** Neko, as well.
* ContrivedCoincidence: Lampshaded. Unlike in the game, when Seth first used Cannon Travel, he just wanted to go far away and just happened to land near the location he was told to go to.
* CoolOldGuy: Jema, of course, whether he likes it or not.
* CouchGag: At the beginning of every episode [[VideoGame/ChronoTrigger Marle]] casts a spell with often different results.
** Since the beginning of the series, she's been crushed, fried, crushed some more, set on fire, mocked, [[DrivenToSuicide hanged herself]], been replaced a few times, been electrocuted, crushed some more, shrunk, exploded, atomized, chased, run over, been eaten, and has been stripped naked.
** When not being mutiliated beyond recognition, Marle has also engaged in riding the title card like a horse or walking on a giant ball, circus-style.
** Lucca and Magus from the same game have also appeared in openings.
* CreatorBreakdown: Sprite Monkey put the series on a 2-1/2 year hiatus when he realized that, by [[spoiler:killing off Seth]], he had [[OffTheRails broken free of the game's story]], but couldn't figure out what direction to take the series in afterwards.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Sometimes.
* DeadpanSnarker: Fawn and Autumn. Unfortunately for Seth, his own bumbling nature gives them tons of ammo to work with.
* DealWithTheDevil: How Elinee got her powers in this version.
* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler: Elinee and Seth.]]
** [[spoiler: In the original, Elinee is [[TheUnfought never fought]] and, after giving up her witchcraft ways, she's no longer important to the story. In this retelling, her role is expanded and she goes onto enslave the dwarves of ''Gaia's Navel'' into readying a ceremony to summon the Fire Gigas to attack Pandora Kingdom. Immediately following the success of the ceremony, she is literally stabbed InTheBack by Thanatos.]]
** [[spoiler: Seth, the hero, was killed by Thanatos when he tried to prematurely pick a fight with the EvilSorcerer.]]
* DepravedHomosexual: Potos's Village Elder, no description can do him justice, so perhaps we should just let the series speak for itself:
** In Episode 299: P.O.P.:
-->'''Jema''': (of being wrongfully imprisoned) ''"Why have you done this to us?"''
-->'''Potos Elder:''' ''"You--you took all my little boys away from me!"''
-->'''Jema:''' ''"I did it in the name of... Wait, what?"''
-->'''Potos Elder:''' ''"All the sexy young boys have left town. One by one they all ran off. And it all started when you showed up! You made the villagers mad at Seth.
-->'''Autumn:''' ''"Seth?"''
-->'''Potos Elder:''' ''"And his pink, supple ass!"''
-->'''(Autumn and Fawn exchange shocked expressions.)'''
-->'''Jema:''' ''"You're insane!"''
-->'''Potos Elder:''' ''"Hmm. Maybe, but I'm in charge. I can't let you take away my sexy soldier boys. Toodles."''
-->'''(Elder exits.)'''
-->'''Autumn:''' ''"That's one pissed off pedophile."''
* DisproportionateRetribution: What the nobles of Pandora did to Elinee for telling them off. What Elinee was about to do to Pandora in return.
* DistressedDude: Dyluck. This should come as no surprise to anyone who played through the original game.
* DrowningMySorrows: Fawn, at one point.
* DueToTheDead: Seth does this for [[spoiler:Elinee]], digging a proper grave instead of leaving the body behind in the Underground Palace to rot.
* [[EasterEgg Easter Eggs]]: Left in a lot of episodes for the viewer to find either for added humor or to advance the plot.
* EvilDetectingCat / ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Mittens absolutely ''refuses'' to accompany the gang to the Pandoran ruins, even going so far as to claw Seth and [[ShooOutTheClowns take off.]]
* EvilEmpire: Played completely straight with Vandole. Frighteningly so, in fact.
* EvilSorcerer: If you don't know, we're not telling.
* ExcaliburInTheRust: The Mana Sword.
* {{Expy}}: Seymour is one of... [[Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors Seymour.]]
* FanWebComics: A very triumphant example.
* FireForgedFriends: A '''''lot''''' of relationships form this way in this 'comic.
* FluffyTheTerrible: Mittens the Spiked-Tiger.
* FreudianExcuse: The comic takes Elinee, a one-dimensional boss from the original game and fleshes her out to the point that people formerly indifferent to her now outright pity her. [[spoiler: She was ostracized by her fellow nobles back in Pandora for using her wealth to help out commoners. Said nobles then framed her entire family for being Empyreal spies and she was made to leave town by dawn after the night it happened, or else be arrested and executed along with the rest of her loved ones. Thanatos then chose that moment to meet up with her and win her over to his side.]]
* GenreBlind: Seth and Dyluck.
* GenreSavvy: Fawn and Autumn.
* GenderFlip: The Sprite child, who has no gender in the original game (and is male in the English translations) is female here, and her name is Autumn.
* GoldfishPoopGang: The Scorpion Army.
* GoshDangItToHeck: "Fugging" and "mittens" are just a few choice exclamatories in place of actual swearing the author uses. "Damn" and "hell" are still used, though.
* GrandTheftMe: What Thanatos is planning with Dyluck.
* [[spoiler: TheHeroDies]]
* {{Grimmification}}: Believe or not, when not poking fun at the game it's based on, this 'comic can get outright sadistically dramatic.
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: Just about every soldier presented thus far has been this. Hell, you can enter just about every location just by asking nicely.
* HilarityEnsues: Just about every time Seth is left to his own devices.
* HiveMind: Pancake, Seth's SpiritAdvisor.
* HonestJohnsDealership: Neko's whole business plan, basically.
* HumanCannonball: Anyone who gets around by Cannon Travel. The results are played for laughs quite often.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Seth. He's got the weight of the world on his shoulders, and all he wants to someone to help him ease it up a bit.
* InTheBack: [[spoiler: Thanatos to Elinee.]]
* IncrediblyLamePun: Seth is the master of these. Fawn sometimes dabbles as well.
* InterfaceScrew: Some of the Easter eggs will affect the replay screens at the end of various episodes causing either the replay buttons to not work or removing the ability to view other Easter eggs if [[GuideDangIt you click the wrong Easter egg first]] until you replay the episode.
* ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne: Seth's attitude towards his status as the Mana Knight. He learns to cope with it better in time (having two companions helps), but initially he had an outright temper tantrum about it at one point.
* ItsUpToYou: Completely subverted. As much as Jema would love to do this, he's been pulled into the plot much more prominently than in the game.
* {{Jerkass}}: Fawn, before CharacterDevelopment.
** She did have her reasons, but nothing that justifies some of her earlier actions.
** Elliot, through and though. This comic makes him an even bigger jerk than he was in the original game.
** Gnorm also counts.
** General Morie, too.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Fawn, in an earlier on appearance, when she gave Seth advice on how to survive.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Fawn, after CharacterDevelopment.
* JustLikeRobinHood: Choppin Hood, eventually.
* KickTheDog: Thanatos, again, does this quite a bit, especially [[spoiler:killing Elinee when she was [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness no longer useful]] to him]].
* KilledOffForReal: Autumn explains that this is what happens to anyone when a Cup of Wishes is not immediately used to revive them - their spirit is taken away by [[GrimReaper Death]]. [[spoiler: This is what happened to Elinee]].
* LetsGetDangerous: Seth, for the same reasons as BewareTheNiceOnes.
* LighterAndSofter: Other times.
* LightningGlare: Between Fawn and Phanna, upon the latter's first appearance.
* [[ManEatingPlant Dwarf Eating Plant]]: Tropicallo.
* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:Fawn steals Seth's sword and claims Elinee stole it so he would go after her to save Dyluck]].
* MassHypnosis: As if you don't know.
* TheMultiverse: Used as a gag in one episode.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: '''Thanatos.'''
* NonActionGuy: Seth. He gets better.
* NonIdleRich: You ''do not'' want to be this in the Kingdom of Pandora in [[SecretOfManaTheater SoMT]]. You do ''not.'' [[spoiler: Just ask Elinee.]]
* NoOntologicalInertia: [[spoiler: Elinee's spell on Dyluck is lifted the instant she's offed by Thanatos...who promptly abducts him.]]
* NotHisSled: Quite a few parts of the game will go very differently, often leading to an innocuous scene turning into a WhamEpisode. One of the earliest examples is Seth forgetting the crystal dropped by the Mantis Ant and having to go retrieve it.
* ObviouslyEvil: This is an adaptation of SecretOfMana. [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Guess who.]]
* OhCrap: Several, but episode 279 comes to mind the most [[spoiler: especially since it's the audience giving that reaction.]]
* OnlySaneMan: A few. Luka, Jema, and Autumn all come to mind.
* OurZombiesAreDifferent: They're just brain-washed Pandoran citizens, but they sure do fill the role.
* OverprotectiveDad: Fawn's father. [[spoiler: He sent Dyluck on a SuicideMission to split the couple up.]] And we all know where this is leading.
* PointAndClick: Implemented a few times.
* PrisonEpisode: [[spoiler: In the latest episodes, Jema, Fawn, and Autumn have been imprisoned for being mistaken as Imperial spies. In reality, it was Potos's Elder's fault, because he blames Jema for taking his [[{{Squick}} beloved]] Seth away from him.]]
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Luka, though Seth still thinks she's hot.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Mittens, after being Midged.
* ScheduleSlip: If you're a fan of this series, learn to be very patient.
* SelfDeprecation: The Author to himself in the ''Specials'' he appears in. Often crosses right into TakeThatMe.
* ShoutOut: Let's see... Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors, SaturdayNightFever, MissionImpossible, and many, many other things.
** In episode 1, we have [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark "Oh my God, you killed Timmy!"]]
* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Being a woman will not save you from grievous bodily harm for the sake of a laugh.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: Mittens the Spiked-Tiger. In the game, he's just a WakeUpCallBoss who the party kills. In this series, he's instead [[BroughtDownToNormal midged into an ordinary-looking kitten]] and goes on to be Seth's pet.
* SpiritAdvisor: Pancake. Don't ask.
* SpriteComic: More like sprite web show, though.
* StandardStatusEffects: Played straight, mostly for laughs. Autumn the Sprite appears to have been permanently Midged along with Mittens.
* TheStarscream: If you really don't know: Thanatos.
* StraightGay: Potos Village Elder, though the portrayal is hardly flattering and strays right into {{Squick}} territory, considering he seeks ''intimacy'' with young teen-twenties guys. He's hit on everyone from the seventeen-year-old Seth to a Military Captain.
* SuddenlyVoiced: Most of the time, viewers have to read the word and thought bubbles. Every once in a while, though, voice acting will be supplied.
* SuicideMission: Given to Dyluck and his men by the King and Queen of Pandora [[ParentalMarriageVeto on the request of Fawn's father]], who wanted him out of the way so that his daughter would have to marry a suitor of his choice.
* SweatDrop: Whenever anyone (usually Seth, but some other characters too) says anything particularly stupid and/or just plain weird.
* TakeThatAudience: In one of the specials, Elliot claims that every one of the viewers is "a friggin' moron", prompting the author to try to defend them. In response, Elliot says that [[SelfDeprecation morons can smell their own]].
* TalkativeLoon: Grandma from Potos Village.
* TimTaylorTechnology: At one point, the Cannon Travel Guys try out a new setting on customers. The results were the stuff episodes of [[HomeImprovement Tool Time]] are made of.
* ThreatBackfire: The author threatens to fire Elliot if he doesn't watch his attitude.
-->'''Author''': I could have you fired.
-->'''Elliot''': [[SarcasmMode Oh no! Please don't fire me from this crappy job]]!
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Fawn and Autumn, respectively.
* TooStupidToLive: Seth early on, the dwarves of ''Gaia's Navel'', and several authority figures.
** The Scorpion Army counts even more than they did in the game this is based on, and that's...impressive.
** Seth dies twice against the [[WarmUpBoss Mantis Ant]] while trying to learn how to fight.
* TookALevelInBadass: Seth has come a long way from the nigh useless twit he used to be.
* TraumaInducedAmnesia: Autumn. she was taken from her home by a flood, which caused her to lose her memories.
* {{Tsundere}}: Fawn. She likes Seth (not romantically, but as a friend), but she will not admit it. [[spoiler: At least, not until he's seemingly been killed by Thanatos.]]
* TheUnchosenOne: Seth.
* TheUnpronounceable: Tropicallo, for Seth.
* UnreliableNarrator: ''Both'' Seth and Fawn when they were recounting how they first met to Autumn.
* UpperClassTwit: The King of Pandora. Just... Just the King of Pandora.
* UptownGirl: Fawn is this to Dyluck's UnluckyEverydude. Fawn's [[OverprotectiveDad father]] does not approve.
* UselessUsefulSpell: So far averted... Though that one spell that turns people's hair green raises questions.
** Magic Rope is this in this retelling.
* VillainSong: [[Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors Feed Me, Seymour.]]
* VitriolicBestBuds: Anybody and Fawn would count.
* WakeUpCallBoss: All of 'em so far, but Thanatos in particular.
* WebcomicOfTheGame
* WhatTheHellHero: Fawn gets one for [[spoiler:stealing Seth's sword and claiming Elinee stole it]] so that he would help her go after Elinee ini an attempt to save Dyluck. To a lesser extent, she gets this for Midging the Spiky Tiger, thus costing Autumn an opportunity to return to normal size.
* WideEyedIdealist: Seth. Assumes the best of just about everyone he first meets, often with hilarious results in which he usually ends up brutalized, swindled, robbed, or all the above before they're done with him.
** However, his big heart has also worked in his favor as his good nature charmed two very cynical individuals (Autumn and Fawn) into joining his quest.
* WhamEpisode: Episode 235-237, as well as 279.
* WhamShot: During the fight with the Spiky Tiger, when Fawn [[spoiler:draws the sword that she claimed Elinee had stolen from Seth]].
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Elinee]].
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[-"Heroism. Unrequired love. Pancakes."-]
