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-> I don't have a quote. Hey, remember the Air Buddies franchise? I mean what was that all about, right?

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[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/meet_the_characters_1.png]]

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[[http://softies.net/ Softies]] is an episodic Sci-fi comedy webcomic. [[EarthShatteringKaboom When the Earth just kind of explodes]], the sole human survivor, Kay, becomes the world’s youngest space debris. She’s rescued from the vacuum by Arizona, an alien space-waste collector, and Euclid, his erudite cybernetic pet. Stumbling through a galaxy full of alien life together, they meet new faces, get in trouble, and say big words.

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~~[[http://softies.~~''[[http://softies.net/ ~~Softies]]~~ Softies]]'' is an episodic Sci-fi comedy webcomic. [[EarthShatteringKaboom When the Earth just kind of explodes]], the sole human survivor, Kay, becomes the world’s youngest space debris. She’s rescued from the vacuum by Arizona, an alien space-waste collector, and Euclid, his erudite cybernetic pet. Stumbling through a galaxy full of alien life together, they meet new faces, get in trouble, and say big words.

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* CollectorOfTheStrange: Kay ends up keeping any Earth trinkets the group recovers in their salvage. Eventually her collection takes up too much room on the ship, prompting Arizona to bring her to his family's home on Squambal so they can store it in his old room.
-->'''Kay:''' Like an Earth museum.\\
'''Arizona:''' Sure, but without the plaques or the curation or the funding

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* LizardFolk: Arizona's species are called "lisques". He sleeps on a flat rock with a heat lamp.

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* ObviouslyNotFine: ~~Hinted at occasionally in Book One, but comes~~ [[http://softies.net/comic/book1-9/everybody-wants-to-have-a-world-page-12/ Obvious to a head in "Everybody Wants to Have a World": [[spoiler:Kay has a ''lot'' of unresolved baggage about losing her home, but refuses to acknowledge any of it and quickly changes the subject whenever it comes up. Arizona has failed to pick up on this because he's spent most of his life bottling up all of ''his'' feelings and keeping all of his friends and family at arm's length. His sisters point this out to him, and he doesn't take it well.everyone except Arizona.]]

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'''Arecibo:''' That... makes me worry more. You never mentioned what ''happened'' to her.\\

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'''Arecibo:''' [[NotHelpingYourCase That... makes me worry more. ]] You never mentioned what ''happened'' to her.\\

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'''Arizona:''' You would think that but she always says she's doing fine\\
'''Skute:''' ...Sometimes people lie bro.

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'''Arizona:''' You would think ~~that~~ that, but she always says she's doing ~~fine\\~~
fine.\\
'''Skute:''' ...Sometimes people ~~lie~~ ''lie'' bro.

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* StepfordSmiler: Hinted at occasionally in Book One, but comes to a head in "Everybody Wants to Have a World": [[spoiler:Kay has a ''lot'' of unresolved feelings about losing her home, but refuses to acknowledge any of it and quickly changes the subject whenever it comes up. Arizona has failed to pick up on this because he's spent most of his life bottling up all of ''his'' feelings and keeping all of his friends and family at arm's length. His sisters point this out to him, and he doesn't take it well.]]

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[[http://softies.net/ Softies]] is an episodic Sci-fi comedy webcomic. When the Earth just kind of explodes, the lone human survivor Kay becomes the world's youngest space debris. Adrift in the void, she's picked up by Arizona, an alien space-waste collector, and Euclid, his erudite pet. Together in a galaxy full of alien life, they get into stressful situations, tell jokes, and fall down sometimes.

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[[http://softies.net/ Softies]] is an episodic Sci-fi comedy webcomic. [[EarthShatteringKaboom When the Earth just kind of ~~explodes,~~ explodes]], the ~~lone~~ sole human ~~survivor Kay~~ survivor, Kay, becomes the ~~world's~~ world’s youngest space debris. ~~Adrift in~~ She’s rescued from the ~~void, she's picked up~~ vacuum by Arizona, an alien space-waste collector, and Euclid, his erudite cybernetic pet. ~~Together in~~ Stumbling through a galaxy full of alien ~~life,~~ life together, they meet new faces, get ~~into stressful situations, tell jokes,~~ in trouble, and ~~fall down sometimes.~~
say big words.

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* [[TheAllegedCar The Alleged Spaceship]]: The Stylish Carriage has seen better days. When Arizona brings it in for repairs in "The Experiencer", he mentions that he hasn't had anything fixed up in a couple years.

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* CasualInterstellarTravel: Arizona is essentially an interstellar garbage man.
* CatsHateWater: Scrabatha's mum warns Kay to keep it away from her.

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* CasualInterstellarTravel: Arizona is essentially an interstellar garbage man.
* CatsHateWater: Scrabatha's mum warns Kay to keep it away man, collecting junk from ~~her.~~various planets and cleaning up space debris, occasionally finding useable salvage that he can resell on other planets.

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* IdenticalPanelGag: The BrickJoke variant shows up in "Who's Minding the Print?" when Arizona explains to Kay [[http://softies.net/comic/20 why]] [[http://softies.net/comic/32 they're]] [[http://softies.net/comic/49 called Hardies.]]
* InexplicableCulturalTies: Inevitable, given the variety of settings.

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* IdenticalPanelGag: The BrickJoke variant shows up in "Who's Minding the Print?" when Arizona explains to Kay [[http://softies.~~net/comic/20~~ net/comic/book1-2/whos-minding-the-print-page-4/ why]] [[http://softies.~~net/comic/32~~ net/comic/book1-2/whos-minding-the-print-page-16/ they're]] [[http://softies.~~net/comic/49~~ net/comic/book1-2/whos-minding-the-print-page-33/ called Hardies.]]
* InexplicableCulturalTies: ~~Inevitable, given~~ Interplanerary jargon aside, a lot of the ~~variety~~ planets Kay visits aren't all that unfamiliar compared to Earth.
-->'''Kay:''' I'm in outer space with aliens and the first place I go is the public library?
* LastOfHerKind: As far as anyone can tell, Kay is the last survivor from Earth.
* LittleStowaway: In "The Experiencer", it's discovered that Scrabatha (the possum-like girl from "The Third One") hid on the ship to see other worlds and spend some time away from her overbearing mother.
-->'''Arizona:''' Di-- did you stow away in my engine?\\
'''Scrabatha:''' Well that's not the most ''diplomatic'' way of ~~settings.~~phrasing it, but yah. Your generator runs really hot by the way. Gets hard to sleep in there.

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* MonumentalDamage: In the first episode, the characters dodge impact from the Eiffel Tower as it hurtles through space.

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* MonumentalDamage: In the first episode, the characters dodge impact from the Eiffel Tower as it hurtles through space. [[spoiler:TheStinger from the end of Book One shows it crashing on Liphibi.]]

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* ObviouslyNotFine: Hinted at occasionally in Book One, but comes to a head in "Everybody Wants to Have a World": [[spoiler:Kay has a ''lot'' of unresolved baggage about losing her home, but refuses to acknowledge any of it and quickly changes the subject whenever it comes up. Arizona has failed to pick up on this because he's spent most of his life bottling up all of ''his'' feelings and keeping all of his friends and family at arm's length. His sisters point this out to him, and he doesn't take it well.]]
-->'''Arecibo:''' Is she okay?\\
'''Arizona:''' Oh don't worry, she's always like this.\\
'''Arecibo:''' That... makes me worry more. You never mentioned what ''happened'' to her.\\
'''Skute:''' She's doing bad dude.\\
'''Arizona:''' You would think that but she always says she's doing fine\\
'''Skute:''' ...Sometimes people lie bro.

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* ProphetEyes: Characters like Scrabatha and Thestrich have no apparent pupils.
* SilentSceneryPanel: In "Twilight Revue" when Thestrich dares Kay not to talk for a minute, it's represented with [[http://softies.net/comic/80 an entire page of these.]]

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* ProphetEyes: ~~Characters~~ Most characters have eyes with normal-looking pupils, but certain species like ~~Scrabatha~~ Scrabatha's and ~~Thestrich~~ Thestrich's do not.
* SandInMyEyes: Kay makes an offhand remark about Arizona getting emotional about visiting home, only for him to retort that he doesn't cry [[http://softies.net/comic/book1-9/everybody-wants-to-have-a-world-page-6/ because his species doesn't have ~~no apparent pupils.~~
tear ducts.]] [[spoiler:Later on she sees his sister cry, [[http://softies.net/comic/book1-9/everybody-wants-to-have-a-world-page-21/ and quickly realizes that he was lying.]]]]
* SilentSceneryPanel: In "Twilight Revue" when Thestrich dares Kay not to talk for a minute, it's represented with [[http://softies.~~net/comic/80~~ net/comic/book1-4/twilight-revue-page-11/ an entire page of these.]]

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* UnsoundEffect: "[[http://softies.net/comic/38 High Five]]" and "[[http://softies.net/comic/51 High Five Again]]", among others.

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* UnsoundEffect: "[[http://softies.~~net/comic/38~~ net/comic/book1-2/whos-minding-the-print-page-22/ High Five]]" and "[[http://softies.~~net/comic/51~~ net/comic/book1-2/whos-minding-the-print-page-35/ High Five Again]]", among others.

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* AmbiguousGender: With Arizona and Euclid's long eyelashes and Kay's lack thereof and androgynous style, it would be easy to get their genders confused on first look.

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* IdenticalPanelGag: The BrickJoke variant shows up in "Who's Minding the Print?" when Arizona explains to Kay [[http://softies.net/comic/20 why]] [[http://softies.net/comic/32 they're]] [[http://softies.net/comic/49 called ~~Hardies]].~~
Hardies.]]
* ~~InexplicableCulturalTies~~InexplicableCulturalTies: Inevitable, given the variety of settings.

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* AllThereInTheManual: The [[http://softies.net/cast/ Cast page]] has a bunch of info that isn't mentioned in the comic, such as each character's species and homeworld.

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* {{Cyborg}}: Euclid's brain is integrated with spaceship parts, which is why he knows so much.

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* MessyHair: Kay is the main example.

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* MessyHair: Kay is the only one in the main ~~example.~~cast with regular hair, and it's about the size of the rest of her head.

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* SilentSceneryPanel: When Thestrich dares Kay not to talk for a minute, it's represented with [[http://softies.net/comic/80 an entire page of these.]]

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* SilentSceneryPanel: ~~When~~ In "Twilight Revue" when Thestrich dares Kay not to talk for a minute, it's represented with [[http://softies.net/comic/80 an entire page of these.]]

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* AliensSpeakingEnglish

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* ~~AliensSpeakingEnglish~~AliensSpeakingEnglish: Kay is the only human in the setting and Earth is entirely unheard of by the broader universe, but everyone speaks in English (barring specific alien terms and Thestrich's use of "[[GratuitousFrench pardonnez]]").

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* ThirdEye: Euclid.

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* ThirdEye: ~~Euclid.~~Euclid, who is even called "The One With Three Eyes" by the Cast page.

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Softies is an episodic Sci-fi comedy webcomic. When the Earth just kind of explodes, the lone human survivor Kay becomes the world's youngest space debris. Adrift in the void, she's picked up by Arizona, an alien space-waste collector, and Euclid, his erudite pet. Together in a galaxy full of alien life, they get into stressful situations, tell jokes, and fall down sometimes.

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~~Softies~~ [[http://softies.net/ Softies]] is an episodic Sci-fi comedy webcomic. When the Earth just kind of explodes, the lone human survivor Kay becomes the world's youngest space debris. Adrift in the void, she's picked up by Arizona, an alien space-waste collector, and Euclid, his erudite pet. Together in a galaxy full of alien life, they get into stressful situations, tell jokes, and fall down sometimes.

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* IdenticalPanelGag: The BrickJoke variant. When Arizona explains to Kay [[http://softies.net/comic/20 why]] [[http://softies.net/comic/32 they're]] [[http://softies.net/comic/49 called Hardies]]

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* IdenticalPanelGag: The BrickJoke ~~variant. When~~ variant shows up in "Who's Minding the Print?" when Arizona explains to Kay [[http://softies.net/comic/20 why]] [[http://softies.net/comic/32 they're]] [[http://softies.net/comic/49 called ~~Hardies]]~~Hardies]].

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* PaintingTheMedium: The text in Euclid's speech bubbles is in a unique font.

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* SilentSceneryPanel: When Thestrich dares Kay not to talk for a minute, it's represented with [[http://softies.net/post/154533868007/episode-4-twilight-revue-page-11-episode-1 an entire page of these.]]

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* SilentSceneryPanel: When Thestrich dares Kay not to talk for a minute, it's represented with [[http://softies.~~net/post/154533868007/episode-4-twilight-revue-page-11-episode-1~~ net/comic/80 an entire page of these.]]

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* UnsoundEffect: "High Five" and "High Five Again", among others.

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* UnsoundEffect: ~~"High Five"~~ "[[http://softies.net/comic/38 High Five]]" and ~~"High~~ "[[http://softies.net/comic/51 High Five ~~Again",~~ Again]]", among others.

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* IdenticalPanelGag: When Arizona explains to Kay [[http://softies.net/post/133112157202/episode-2-page-4-read-episode-1-here-special why]] [[http://softies.net/post/137791594952/episode-2-page-16-read-episode-1-read-this they're]] [[http://softies.net/post/142047906701/episode-2-page-33-read-episode-1-read-this called Hardies]]

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* IdenticalPanelGag: The BrickJoke variant. When Arizona explains to Kay [[http://softies.~~net/post/133112157202/episode-2-page-4-read-episode-1-here-special~~ net/comic/20 why]] [[http://softies.~~net/post/137791594952/episode-2-page-16-read-episode-1-read-this~~ net/comic/32 they're]] [[http://softies.~~net/post/142047906701/episode-2-page-33-read-episode-1-read-this~~ net/comic/49 called Hardies]]

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* UnsoundEffect: "High Five" and "High Five Again", among others.
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* UnsoundEffect: "High Five" and "High Five Again", among others.
[[/index]]others.

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* UnsoundEffect: "High Five" and "High Five Again", among others.

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* ProphetEyes: Characters like Scrabatha and Thestrich have no apparent pupils.

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* ThirdEye: Euclid.

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* CatsHateWater: Scrabatha's mum warns Kay to keep it away from her.

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* NoSeatBelts: The Stylish Carriage doesn't even have a chair for the driver.

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* CasualInterstellarTravel: Arizona is essentially an interstellar garbage man.

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Softies provides examples of:

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~~\nSofties provides~~ ----
!!This webcomic contains examples ~~of:~~of:

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* ~~MonumentalDamage~~MonumentalDamage: In the first episode, the characters dodge impact from the Eiffel Tower as it hurtles through space.

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\n-> I don't have a quote. Hey, remember the Air Buddies franchise? I mean what was that all about, right?

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~~[[quoteright:350: address ]]~~
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xSofties is an episodic Sci-fi comedy webcomic. When the Earth just kind of explodes, the lone human survivor Kay becomes the world's youngest space debris. Adrift in the void, she's picked up by Arizona, an alien space-waste collector, and Euclid, his erudite pet. Together in a galaxy full of alien life, they get into stressful situations, tell jokes, and fall down sometimes.

Softies provides examples of:
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* AliensSpeakingEnglish
* InexplicableCulturalTies
* MessyHair: Kay is the main example.
* TeamPet: Euclid.
[[/index]]

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being reconstructed

Softies is a webcomic.

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being reconstructed

Softies is a webcomic.

Softies provides examples of:
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* AliensSpeakingEnglish
* InexplicableCulturalTies
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