History Webcomic / SketchComedy

** Wiki/TVTropes: Specific tropes get name-dropped on a regular basis.

* WriteWhoYouKnow: the cartoonist's friends and coworkers have been known to ''[[http://thesketchy.com/ic/2010/12/28/look-what-youve-started insert themselves]]'' into the comic.

[[http://thesketchy.com/ic/2014/05/02/still-comics twice]].

* CreatorBreakdown: [[http://thesketchy.com/ic/2013/06/13/thinking Parodied]] [[http://thesketchy.com/ic/2014/05/02/still-comics twice]].

* BlackBestFriend, BlackAndNerdy: Paul from the Devastator Babies.

* '''Karen''', a carryover from Jackson's previous strip Pungirls!. StraightMan and a bit of a worrywart.

** [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife TVTropes]]: Specific tropes get name-dropped on a regular basis.
** VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}
* BeatPanel: [[IncrediblyLamePun beaten]] to [[http://thesketchy.com/ic/tag/beat-panel absolute death]].

* TropesAreTools: invoked by Becky [[http://thesketchy.com/ic/2011/01/21/tropes-are-not-bad-2 here]].

** {{Minecraft}}

* '''[[CaptainErsatz Independent Music James]]''': He's not a [[DieselSweeties hipster]], he's an ''elitist''. James is the critical voice the world needs--if only he could get the world to listen.

* CaptainErsatz: Independent Music James began as a quasi-parody of [[DieselSweeties Indie Rock Pete]], but developed into more of an angry critic than hipster. They're both music snobs, but for different reasons.

* MediumAwareness: fricking ''everyone''.

* WallOfText: [[http://thesketchy.com/ic/2012/11/29/oh-great-another-hot-tub-comic parodied]] (getting in a jab at {{Cerebus}} in the same breath, no less).

* WriteWhoYouKnow: the cartoonist's friends and coworkers have been known to ''[[http://thesketchy.com/ic/2010/12/28/look-what-youve-started insert themselves]]'' into the comic.

Generally [[{{Absurdism}} absurdist]] in tone, whether it's running on RuleOfFunny and playing with {{discontinuity}} or getting serious with ongoing plotlines and CharacterDevelopment. Just what the heck the author is trying to do here is an ongoing question for all of the characters.

** The author is clearly an avid {{webcomic}}s reader. Just look at the Webcomics section of the strip's [[ShoutOut/SketchComedy Shout Outs page]].
** [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife TVTropes]]: Tropes are often referenced by name.

* GeniusBruiser: professional wide receiver [[http://thesketchy.com/ic/312 Ubiquitus Moss]].

* RageAgainstTheAuthor: Howard and the cartoonist [[http://thesketchy.com/ic/1289 refuse to play nice]].
* StylisticSuck: Rene Descartes' comic strip "[[http://thesketchy.com/ic/1047 School of Thought]]."
* TropesAreTools: invoked by Becky [[http://thesketchy.com/ic/280 here]].
* WallOfText: [[http://thesketchy.com/ic/1687 parodied]] (getting in a jab at {{Cerebus}} in the same breath, no less).

* WriteWhoYouKnow: the cartoonist's friends and coworkers have been known to ''[[http://thesketchy.com/ic/229 insert themselves]]'' into the comic.

* NoFourthWall

* WhoWritesThisCrap: Karen predominantly, but at one point or another pretty much every member of the cast gets in on the complaining.

* WallOfText: [http://thesketchy.com/ic/1687 parodied] (getting in a jab at [[Cerebus]] in the same breath, no less).

* CentipedesDilemma/WritersBlock: When faced with the boundless potential of creating a new webcomic, Jackson Ferrell can't decide what strip to draw.

[[http://thesketchy.com ''Sketch Comedy'']] is a {{metafiction}}al, NoFourthWall webcomic about a cartoonist's interactions with his characters and the comic world he creates. Said characters include:

''Sketch Comedy'' is a {{metafiction}}al, NoFourthWall webcomic about a cartoonist's interactions with his characters and the comic world he creates. Said characters include:

* '''Teri''', James' snarky friend who enjoys teasing him about everything he takes seriously ([[NoSenseOfHumor which is everything]]). Prone to flights of [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Cloudcoocoolandishness]].
* '''René Descartes'''

You, too, can become a part of the Sketch Comedy universe [[http://thesketchy.com right here]], as a reader.

* '''Teri''', James' snarky friend who enjoys teasing him about everything he takes seriously ([[NoSenseOfHumor which is everything]]). Prone to flights of [[Cloudcuckoolander Cloudcoocoolandishness]].

'''[[AuthorAvatar The strip's creator]]''', prone to deranged abuses of power and bouts of self-consciousness about his comic.
'''Howard''', the comic's resident wizard, called into being to provide it with a central character. Promptly wandered off in search of a sandwich.
'''Karen''', a carryover from Jackson's previous strip Pungirls!. StraightMan and a bit of a worrywart.
'''Becky''', Karen's carefree, enthusiastic roommate, and also a carryover from Pungirls!.
'''[[CaptainErsatz Independent Music James]]''': He's not a [[DieselSweeties hipster]], he's an ''elitist''. James is the critical voice the world needs--if only he could get the world to listen.
'''Teri''', James' snarky friend who enjoys teasing him about everything he takes seriously ([[NoSenseOfHumor which is everything]]). Prone to flights of [[Cloudcuckoolander Cloudcoocoolandishness]].
'''René Descartes'''

Generally [[{{Absurdism}} absurdist]] in tone, whether it's running on RuleofFunny and playing with {{discontinuity}} or getting serious with ongoing plotlines and CharacterDevelopment. Just what the heck the author is trying to do here is an ongoing question for all of the characters.