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* EveryoneHasStandards: Brekt, the loony-sounding conspiracy theorist, is offered a place in Nogg's crew. She turns it down: "I may be nuts, but I'm not ''that'' crazy!"
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* ManipulativeBastard: Dimitri is ''piling'' on ranks of this [[http://spacetrawler.com/2012/10/02/spacetrawler-264/ quite recently]] through a mix of TheCharmer and HighSchoolHustler, in an effort to [[spoiler:seize control of the GOB]].
-->'''Dimitri:''' "What can I do in 20 minutes, right?"
-->'''Dimitri:''' "What can I do in 20 minutes, right?"
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* [[spoiler: {{Ultraterrestrials}}: The Eebs diverged from humanity a couple hundred thousand years ago and used their telekinesis to leave earth when they got tired of dealing with non-telekinetics. The obvious physical differences are due to Eebongbong's [[HeavyWorlder higher gravity]] and something in the food.]]
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* {{Irony}}: Of the Situational variety. Rickshaw Boans suspects that Krep is not sufficient committed to the cause, so he kicks Krep out of Interplanet Amity to prevent him from undermining the latest mission. This act finally convinces Krep that Rickshaw isn't such a great guy after all--and prompts him to go and deliberately undermine Rickshaw's mission.
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* BadassLongcoat: Emily. She even wears it over her [[LatexSpacesuit spacesuit]].
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* AsteroidsMonster: A Ditherker will spawn multiple copies of itself just before dying.
* BadassLongcoat: Emily. She even wears it over her [[LatexSpacesuitspacesuit]].
** It evenspacesuit]]. Later, she upgrades it so that it can turn into also be used as a ''hang glider'', when necessary.glider''.
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* BrokenPedastal: Rickshaw Boans, founder of Interplanet Amity, is a huge inspiration to Krep. When Rickshaw returns from parts unknown, he's even more zealous than he used to be, while Krep has undergone CharacterDevelopment and is no longer so gung-ho about Rickshaw's "shoot first, ask questions later, and take no prisoners" approach.
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* BrokenPedastal: BrokenPedestal: Rickshaw Boans, founder of Interplanet Amity, is a huge inspiration to Krep. When Rickshaw returns from parts unknown, he's even more zealous than he used to be, while Krep has undergone CharacterDevelopment and is no longer so gung-ho about Rickshaw's "shoot first, ask questions later, and take no prisoners" approach.
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** [[http://spacetrawler.com/2012/07/10/spacetrawler-240/ Shocking revelations]] on [[spoiler:shared heritage]] stun Dimitri;
-->'''Dimitri:''' "I mean... the implications... are..." *[[WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises blank stare]]*
-->'''Dimitri:''' "I mean... the implications... are..." *[[WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises blank stare]]*
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* JarPotty: The potty-bot's entire ''raison d'etre''.
* JustAMachine: Potty-bot himself will be the first to remind you that he's merely programmed to act in a way that maximizes empathy from his users.
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**At one stage in her ongoing upgrade sequence, Yuri had a pair of the in-place-of-hands variant, [[CounterAttack fueled by her opponents' laser fire]].
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* {{Catgirl}}: Yuri starts off with costume ears, but eventually surgically implants real cat cat-alien ears.
*CrapsackWorld: Ask any question about this verse. Imagine the most horrifying answer you can think of. Chances are, the real answer will be even worse.
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* PowerStrainBlackout: Eebs (or humans like (and Yuri with her Eeb brain implants) will black out if they strain their telekinesis by moving objects that are too massive. Too much of this strain can outright kill them. [[spoiler: It's later revealed that this limitation is a result of brain-clamping—we've yet to see an upper limit on how much matter an unclamped Eeb can move telekinetically.]]
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* WeaponsGradeVocabulary: A "Grwfl-grwfl" joke is so hilarious that, upon its first telling, it killed off an entire species.
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* WeaponsGradeVocabulary: A "Grwfl-grwfl" When some Eebs were asked to "tell us a joke", they built a computer to synthesize the funniest joke ever. The result is so hilarious that, upon its first telling, it killed off an that the punchline wiped out the asker's entire species.species. Fortunately, no one else gets it.
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* HumansAreWarriors: Shaix makes that [[http://spacetrawler.com/2012/04/08/spacetrawler-218/ assumption]].
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* OmnicidalManiac: The [[spoiler:unclamped Eebs]], apparently.
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* SetTheWorldOnFire: The [[spoiler:unclamped Eebs]] do this first to Carpsellon and then to every other inhabited planet they come across.
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* DyingRace: The Harlzoids, who briefly appear in the backstory. Nogg and Choan try to save them; [[Kuu-Drahc gives them an improperly-calibrated food synthesizer which poisons them all.]]
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* DyingRace: The Harlzoids, who briefly appear in the backstory. Nogg and Choan try to save them; [[Kuu-Drahc [[spoiler:Kuu-Drahc gives them an improperly-calibrated food synthesizer which poisons them all.]]
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** Major spoiler:[[hottip:The [[hottip:Major spoiler:The Eebs invented the brain clamp technology, and they were the ones who started using it on themselves.themselves. By the time the rest of the galaxy decided to enslave them, only a half-dozen of them remained unclamped.]]
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* FinishingStomp: Twice an antagonist tries to crush Emily's head under their boot. Both times, someone rescues her before they can finish.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[hottip:Major spoiler:The Eebs have no free will because, generations ago, they brain clamped themselves. They initially developed the technology to deal with criminals, then they expanded the definition of "criminal", then they started using the brain clamps to solve all their problems, until the entire species had been clamped.]]
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[hottip:Major spoiler:The HoistByHisOwnPetard:
** When it becomes necessary to forcibly restrain Yuri, Martina uses a bomb that Yuri herself asked the Eebshave no free will because, generations ago, they to make.
**Major spoiler:[[hottip:The Eebs invented the brainclamped themselves. They initially developed the technology to deal with criminals, then clamp technology, and they expanded were the definition of "criminal", then they ones who started using the brain clamps to solve all their problems, until the entire species had been clamped.it on themselves.]]
** When it becomes necessary to forcibly restrain Yuri, Martina uses a bomb that Yuri herself asked the Eebs
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* PowerStrainBlackout: Eebs (or humans like Yuri with Eeb brain implants) will black out if they strain their telekinesis by moving objects that are too massive. Too much of this strain can outright kill them. [[spoiler: It's later revealed that this limitation is a result of brain-clamping—we've yet to see an upper limit on how much matter an unclamped Eeb can move telekinetically.]]
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* AntiAdvice: Dustin thoroughly establishes himself as a dumbass, so when he tries to warn Pierrot against trusting Curn, it convinces Pierrot to do exactly the opposite.
-->'''Pierrot:''' Dusty thinks it's a bad idea, it must be sensible.
-->'''Pierrot:''' Dusty thinks it's a bad idea, it must be sensible.
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* ApocalypseHow: [[ApocalypseHow/Class6 Planetary Extinction]]: The [[spoiler:unclamped Eebs]] melt the surface of planet Carpsellon to slag.
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* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:Dmitri]] uses holograms to convince the G.O.B. that their assassin succeeded in killing him.
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* ShootTheDog: ShootTheDog:
** When it becomes undeniable that [[spoiler:Dal]] is dangerous to Interplanet Amity and simply cannot be trusted, [[spoiler:Dmitri]] kills her.
** When the situation aboard the spacetrawler construction facility gets really bad, and all Martina's attempts to prevent further bloodshed fail, she realizes her best remaining option is to [[spoiler:blow up the station, killing everyone aboard]]. So she does it.
** When it becomes undeniable that [[spoiler:Dal]] is dangerous to Interplanet Amity and simply cannot be trusted, [[spoiler:Dmitri]] kills her.
** When the situation aboard the spacetrawler construction facility gets really bad, and all Martina's attempts to prevent further bloodshed fail, she realizes her best remaining option is to [[spoiler:blow up the station, killing everyone aboard]]. So she does it.
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* NoteToSelf: Pierrot finds out some important information about the Eebs just before he's scheduled to receive some LaserGuidedAmnesia, so he writes himself a letter summarizing it. [[spoiler:Post-amnesia, he reads the letter and almost immediately dismisses is.]]
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* NoteToSelf: Pierrot finds out some important information about the Eebs just before he's scheduled to receive some LaserGuidedAmnesia, so he writes himself a letter summarizing it. [[spoiler:Post-amnesia, he reads the letter and almost immediately dismisses is.it.]]
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* BlackBox: The spacetrawlers. How they work and how they're built are both carefully-guarded and politically volatile secrets.
** Pretty much everything else, too, though those aren't secret so much as just beyond everyone's understanding. The eebs build everything, and aren't very good at explaining how they work to others. Why learn how to build something when you can just order the nearest eeb to do it for you?
** Pretty much everything else, too, though those aren't secret so much as just beyond everyone's understanding. The eebs build everything, and aren't very good at explaining how they work to others. Why learn how to build something when you can just order the nearest eeb to do it for you?
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* BlackBox: The spacetrawlers. How they work and how they're built Eeb-derived technology is this to non-Eebs, almost without exception. Even if another species could understand the tech, the Eebs are both carefully-guarded and politically volatile secrets.
** Pretty much everything else, too, though those aren't secret so much as just beyond everyone's understanding. The eebs build everything, and aren't very goodterrible at explaining how they work it, and everyone else just relies on Eeb slave labor rather than bothering to others. Why learn how to build something when you can just order anything works. And in the nearest eeb specific case of spacetrawlers, the G.O.B. goes to do it for you?great lengths to hide the truth of their construction and functioning, because this information is very politically volatile.
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** Yuri's second therapy-bot speeds up her therapy by erasing Yuri's traumatic memories. Apparently he kept backups of the information, because he was later able to restore these memories.
** The [[spoiler:subterranean Mihrrgoots]] don't want the outside universe to know of their existence, so the few visitors they receive have to be mind-wiped before they leave.
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* LaserGuidedAmnesia:
**LaserGuidedAmnesia: It's a relatively trivial procedure to erase (or restore) memories. The [[spoiler:subterranean Mihrrgoots]] don't want make liberal use of this to prevent the outside universe to know from learning of their existence, so existence. And the few visitors they receive have therapy-bot (who used to be mind-wiped before they leave.
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* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Dmitri gives Dal many opportunities to sever her G.O.B. ties and prove her loyalty to him. Every single time, she uses the opportunity to try to kill Dmitri.
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->'''Nogg:''' This is the bridge of the ''I.A. Star Banger''. As you can see, you are now in outer-space.
->'''Dustin:''' A spaceship in space. You aliens are just full of surprises, aren't you?
''[[http://spacetrawler.com/ Spacetrawler]]'' is a science fiction webcomic by Christopher Baldwin, maker of ''Webcomic/{{Bruno}}'' and ''Webcomic/LittleDee''.
Six humans from six continents get knocked out and abducted by a fish-like alien named Nogg. When they wake up aboard his ship, Nogg explains that he's [[PressGanged shanghaied them into Interplanet Amity]]--a galactic activist group aiming to [[SlaveLiberation end the exploitation of]] [[SlaveRace the Eebs]]. It won't be easy: the Eebs are the only species capable of understanding and building the technology on which the entire galaxy depends, so attempting to liberate them will quite literally tick off every single government in the Galactic Organizational Body.
In spite of the odds, five of the humans agree to fight the good fight for their own reasons... and the sixth sort of tags along anyway.
HilarityEnsues. [[BlackComedy As does some darker stuff.]]
You should start at [[http://spacetrawler.com/2010/01/01/spacetrawler-4/ the beginning]].
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* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: Dmitri is convinced that he can condition himself to be stun gun resistant... by repeatedly shooting himself with a stun gun. [[TheCuckoolanderWasRight It works.]]
* AlienNonInterferenceClause: The undoing of Nogg's Plan A. If the humans claim Earth's seat at the G.O.B., then Earth is no longer protected by the non-interference clause.
* AlwaysNeedWhatYouGaveUp: Yuri's therapist robot erases her memory of torture at Flineous's hand in order to bring her back to sanity. Not long afterwards, she runs into Flineous again, so the therapist is forced to restore Yuri's memories, causing her to revert to her scary, violent self.
* {{Anticlimax}}: [[spoiler:Kuu-Drahc is played up as a major antagonist and personal rival to Emily, culminating in the CombatByChampion scene described below. A random rockslide crushes Kuu-Drahc before the fight even begins. Even Emily is disappointed by this.]]
* ActionGirl: Emily is one from the get-go, while Yuri and Martina evolve into the role.
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:How Spacetrawlers are made.]]
* AnimalEaredHeadband: Yuri wears one, initially.
* AnimalWrongsGroup: Pierrot borders on a one-man version of this.
* ArmCannon: [[http://spacetrawler.com/2011/07/31/spacetrawler-157/ Emily has one of the arm-mounted wrist blaster types]].
* ArtificialLimbs: Yuri now has [[strike:six]] four of them.
* AssholeVictim: [[hottip:Major spoiler:The Eebs. Back when they had free will, they were violent and capricious; their own laziness was all that kept them from oppressing other planets.]]
* BadassLongcoat: Emily. She even wears it over her [[LatexSpacesuit spacesuit]].
** It even can turn into a ''hang glider'', when necessary.
* BerserkButton: Don't hurt animals around Pierrot. Don't talk about hurting animals near Pierrot. And don't try to force Pierrot to eat meat.
* BewareTheNiceOnes:
** Yuri seems sweet, but if you tick her off, she ''will'' mess you up. Just ask Flineous.
** Martina is morally conflicted about killing, even in self-defense--but she's not afraid to stun-gun her own captain to insure that NoOneGetsLeftBehind. [[spoiler:And, when backed into a corner, she is willing to kill if it's the only way to save more lives.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: Pierrot does this, capping it with a [[spoiler:BigDamnKiss]]. And it is EPIC.
* BioAugmentation: In addition to having her [[ArtificialLimbs limbs replaced with bionics]], Yuri has a cat-like alien's ears and Eeb brain tissue grafted to her. The latter of which allows her to use [[PsychicPowers telekinesis]] and understand Eeb technology.
* BlackBox: The spacetrawlers. How they work and how they're built are both carefully-guarded and politically volatile secrets.
** Pretty much everything else, too, though those aren't secret so much as just beyond everyone's understanding. The eebs build everything, and aren't very good at explaining how they work to others. Why learn how to build something when you can just order the nearest eeb to do it for you?
* BlownAcrossTheRoom: [[http://spacetrawler.com/2010/07/27/spacetrawler-62/ Here]], Pierrot is spacewalking and the recoil from a handgun sends him flying. In the comments below, Baldwin admits that he [[RuleOfFunny sacrificed realism for humor on that count.]]
* BoldlyComing: Dmitri.
-->'''Dmitri:''' ''[regarding a bug-alien he slept with]'' Pheromones and ventral revealing outfits. Way hot.
* BrainBleach: Yuri seem to give Dimitri reason to ask for some [[http://spacetrawler.com/2010/03/17/spacetrawler-24/ here]]. Or at least some... uncomfortable cleaning implements.
* BrainInAJar: Show up in the spacetrawler construction facility.
* BriarPatching: Played straight for a [[http://spacetrawler.com/2010/08/03/spacetrawler-60/ few]] [[http://spacetrawler.com/2010/08/03/spacetrawler-63/ pages]] when Yuri's being "tortured" by the bounty hunters, before being [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] [[http://spacetrawler.com/2010/08/03/spacetrawler-64/ here]].
* BrickJoke: Russian tea cookies. Also kind of Nogg's promise to Martina, but that isn't really funny...
** Gurf's aptitude for fleet commanding. Mentioned by Gurf's mom in [[http://spacetrawler.com/2010/10/26/spacetrawler-88/ #88]]. Comes up again in [[http://spacetrawler.com/2011/09/27/spacetrawler-172/ #172]], squeaking in at ''just'' under a year later. Not bad, eh?
* CatchAFallingStar: Emily and Growp fall out a several-story window together; they both steal passing hover-bikes on the way down.
* CatsAreMean: Flienous the Rhilzzan, then Yuri.
* {{Catgirl}}: Yuri starts off with costume ears, but eventually surgically implants real cat ears.
* CentipedesDilemma: Krep is great at multi-wielding laser guns... [[http://spacetrawler.com/2012/01/03/spacetrawler-197/ as long as he doesn't think too hard about what each of his tentacles is doing]].
* CombatByChampion: When Emily realizes that her side is outgunned in the space dogfight with the G.O.B., she goads Kuu-Drahc into halting the battle so the two of them can fight one-on-one and hand-to-hand.
* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: Possibly more symbolic than literal, but Yuri's descent into PTSD is accompanied by her cyborg implants becoming less human and more monstrous.
* DidYouGetANewHaircut: Some people take longer than others to notice Yuri's aforementioned transformation.
* DontThinkFeel: Martina's approach to space combat during the fight with the Bollycks.
* TheDragon: The AffablyEvil [[IntelligentGerbil lizardlike]] bodyguard Growp.
* DumbMuscle: Gurf.
-->'''Nogg:''' He's kind of like a mascot, but can lift things.
* EmbarrassingOldPhoto: Gurf's mom is armed with one of these.
* EvilLaugh:
** [[http://spacetrawler.com/2011/01/30/spacetrawler-115/ Kuu-drahc.]]
** [[http://spacetrawler.com/2011/10/23/spacetrawler-179/ Yuri.]]
* ExactEavesdropping: [[JustifiedTrope Deliberately employed]], so that "prisoners" can think they're "escaping" when they're actually being set free.
* ExtremeDoormat: The Eebs.
** Also Qiyemps, due to being {{Actual Pacifist}}s.
* FakeWeakness: Easy to pull off when one's torturer knows nothing of human physiology. "No! Dear God, don't make me eat chocolate! It burns!" [[spoiler: Until they decide to start cutting off limbs instead...]]
* FantasticRacism: In the ''Spacetrawler'' universe, grounds for legally declaring a species non-sentient include lack of willpower and bad fashion sense. (On paper, at least. Political expediency seems to be the real reason: non-sentient species are easier to exploit.)
* FasterThanLightTravel: Spaceships travel at [[http://spacetrawler.com/2011/06/21/spacetrawler-148/ greased light speed]], whose technobabble may be some of the silliest ever written.
* AFateWorseThanDeath: What happens to the Eebs involved in spacetrawler construction.
* ForegoneConclusion: In the [[FramingDevice framing story]], Nogg says that Martina has died.
* FramingDevice: The entire story is being related by Nogg to Mr. Zorilla after the fact.
* GadgeteerGenius: The Eebs, good ''lord''.
* GeniusDitz: Gurf may act and sound like an idiot most of the time, but he has a [[http://spacetrawler.com/2011/09/27/spacetrawler-172/ hidden talent for space combat]].
* TheHedonist: Choan's a self-admitted one.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[hottip:Major spoiler:The Eebs have no free will because, generations ago, they brain clamped themselves. They initially developed the technology to deal with criminals, then they expanded the definition of "criminal", then they started using the brain clamps to solve all their problems, until the entire species had been clamped.]]
* HumanoidAliens
* HyperspaceArsenal / WalkingArmory: [[http://spacetrawler.com/2011/07/31/spacetrawler-157/ Emily.]]
* ILied
--> '''Flineous''': Wait a second. How is that '''sporting''' ?
--> '''Yuri:''' It's not. I lied.
* ImStandingRightHere: King, [[http://spacetrawler.com/2011/06/12/spacetrawler-145/ here]].
* IntelligentGerbil
* InterspeciesRomance:
** Shuar genuinely loves Dmitri; Dmitri doesn't care.
** Dmitri loves Dal, and she might reciprocate, [[spoiler:but she's more committed to the GOB]].
** Curn and Oohlooh.
* ItTastesLikeFeet: Dmitri points out that the coffee tastes like asteroids. After all, it was synthesized from space debris.
* JustAMachine: The robots themselves [[http://spacetrawler.com/2011/01/25/spacetrawler-114/ admit as much.]]
* KlingonsLoveShakespeare: Dmitri licenses his recipe for Russian tea cookies. It becomes wildly popular on multiple planets, and Dmitri makes a fortune.
* LampshadeHanging: Mr. Zorilla calls out Nogg for the way his narrative jumps between plot threads willy-nilly, and for the gratuitous cliffhangers.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia:
** The [[spoiler:subterranean Mihrrgoots]] don't want the outside universe to know of their existence, so the few visitors they receive have to be mind-wiped before they leave.
** Yuri's second therapy-bot speeds up her therapy by erasing Yuri's traumatic memories. Apparently he kept backups of the information, because he was later able to restore these memories.
* LatexSpacesuit
* LaughingMad: Yuri, with her psychotic persona.
* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:Qwahntoo]] is the real brains behind the GOB, and [[spoiler:Kuu-Drahc, the apex speaker]] is just the public face. Amusingly, in his first appearance [[spoiler:Qwahntoo]] is ''literally'' standing behind [[spoiler:Kuu-Drahc]].
* MilitaryMashupMachine: The [[http://spacetrawler.com/2011/07/10/spacetrawler-152/ Purfin M-32]], coolest all-terrain boat-jet ever.
* MomentKiller: Pierrot manages to do it to ''himself'', [[spoiler:by taking a break from smooching with Emily to apologize for the love triangle that he just ended]].
* MoodDissonance: The style is a colorful, classic "space-adventure"-look, but the world and events are rather darker.
* MoodWhiplash: Frequently.
* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: The humans mostly feel this way. Nogg thinks this attitude will get them all killed.
* NoTranshumanismAllowed: Cyborg prosthesis is treated as normal, though not apparently common. But when Choan asks Yuri about her bioaugmentation, Nogg's indignant response suggests that bioaugmentation isn't well-regarded by some folks.
* OhCrap: Panel eight, [[http://spacetrawler.com/2012/02/14/spacetrawler5/ here]]. Somewhat literal, in this case.
-->'''[[spoiler:Eeb]]:''' As an example of our power, we will rain down fire on the nearby planet of Carpsellon and melt every last thing on the surface to slag simply by using our minds. From the information we now have, this "rain of fire" will be analogous to one's morning poo after enjoying a really satisfying spicy meal.
-->'''Everyone on the planet's surface:''' O.O
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Growp's thoughts on Emily. [[LoveMakesYouEvil It's his twisted way of saying that he loves her.]]
* PatrioticFervor: Dustin.
-->'''Dustin:''' Long live the Australian federal constitutional monarchy under a parliamentary democracy!
* PlanetOfHats:
** The Eebs are a species of telekinetic gadgeteers with zero willpower. [[hottip:(Major spoilers):Eventually justified--Eebs are artificially brain-clamped at birth, which completely destroys their willpower.]]
** The Tornites all have terrible fashion sense.
** It's implied that the Bollycks are all violent and ill-tempered.
** Qiyemps are all pacifists, to the extent of being completely spineless.
* PlayfulHacker: Yuri.
* PoweredByAForsakenChild: How spacetrawlers work, and the real reason why details on their construction are so carefully guarded.
* PressGanged: Nogg's recruitment drive.
* PsychicPowers: Eebs have telekinesis (as does Yuri after having one's brain tissue implanted), though [[http://spacetrawler.com/2010/09/26/spacetrawler-79/ they pass out and risk dying.]]
-->"Plus it's boring."
* RaisedByWolves: Or coyotes, in Emily's case. As a result, coyotes are the only creature she feels any kinship towards, and she prefers a loner's life.
* RecursiveCreators: The [[spoiler:Mihrrgoots]] mastered nanotechnology by building robots, who built smaller robots, who built even smaller robots...
* RestrainingBolt: Brain clamps, capable of robbing the clampee's free will and reducing any psychic powers they may have.
* SarcasticDevotee: Krep has nothing but disdain for everyone around him, but he's 100% committed to the cause.
* ShootOutTheLock: [[InvokedTrope "Hmm. No luck. That always works in movies."]]
* ShootTheDog: When the situation aboard the spacetrawler construction facility gets really bad, and all Martina's attempts to prevent further bloodshed fail, she realizes her best remaining option is to [[spoiler:blow up the station, killing everyone aboard]]. So she does it.
* SlaveLiberation
* SlaveRace: The Eebs.
* SlapSlapKiss: [[spoiler:Emily and Pierrot.]]
* SpaceOpera
* StaticStunGun
* StupidSacrifice: Played for laughs when Gurf intercepts a laser blast to protect Emily. Emily then [[LampshadeHanging points out]] that it was a stun-ray, and that the now-unconscious Gurf is the heaviest member of their squad.
* TakeAThirdOption: Emily [[http://spacetrawler.com/2010/07/05/spacetrawler-55/ in her fight]] against Growp.
* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler:Growp]] dies protecting Emily this way. Then Gurf gets knocked out, also protecting Emily this way.
* ThereAreNoTherapists: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged.]] Nogg ''does'' have a Therapy-bot for his crew, but it's terrible at the job. Later, Martina recognizes that the crew needs a good therapist, so she replaces Therapy-bot with Bartender-bot.
* ToiletHumor: The potty-bot.
* TooDumbToLive: Dustin. [[http://spacetrawler.com/2010/09/19/spacetrawler-77/ Trust in the authorities can be taken too far]].
* {{Transhuman}}: Yuri.
* TranslatorMicrobes: A brain-implanted language chip.
* TrashTalk: [[http://spacetrawler.com/2011/10/02/spacetrawler-173/ Emily]], but that should hardly come as a surprise given her YouFightLikeACow antics with Growp.
* VodkaDrunkenski: Dmitri.
* WeaponsGradeVocabulary: A "Grwfl-grwfl" joke is so hilarious that, upon its first telling, it killed off an entire species.
* WorthyOpponent: Emily becomes one for Growp. [[spoiler:That's why he fell in love with her.]]
* YouFightLikeACow: Every fight between Emily and Growp involves much back-and-forth quipping.
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->'''Nogg:''' This is the bridge of the ''I.A. Star Banger''. As you can see, you are now in outer-space.
->'''Dustin:''' A spaceship in space. You aliens are just full of surprises, aren't you?
''[[http://spacetrawler.com/ Spacetrawler]]'' is a science fiction webcomic by Christopher Baldwin, maker of ''Webcomic/{{Bruno}}'' and ''Webcomic/LittleDee''.
Six humans from six continents get knocked out and abducted by a fish-like alien named Nogg. When they wake up aboard his ship, Nogg explains that he's [[PressGanged shanghaied them into Interplanet Amity]]--a galactic activist group aiming to [[SlaveLiberation end the exploitation of]] [[SlaveRace the Eebs]]. It won't be easy: the Eebs are the only species capable of understanding and building the technology on which the entire galaxy depends, so attempting to liberate them will quite literally tick off every single government in the Galactic Organizational Body.
In spite of the odds, five of the humans agree to fight the good fight for their own reasons... and the sixth sort of tags along anyway.
HilarityEnsues. [[BlackComedy As does some darker stuff.]]
You should start at [[http://spacetrawler.com/2010/01/01/spacetrawler-4/ the beginning]].
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!! Provides examples of:
* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: Dmitri is convinced that he can condition himself to be stun gun resistant... by repeatedly shooting himself with a stun gun. [[TheCuckoolanderWasRight It works.]]
* AlienNonInterferenceClause: The undoing of Nogg's Plan A. If the humans claim Earth's seat at the G.O.B., then Earth is no longer protected by the non-interference clause.
* AlwaysNeedWhatYouGaveUp: Yuri's therapist robot erases her memory of torture at Flineous's hand in order to bring her back to sanity. Not long afterwards, she runs into Flineous again, so the therapist is forced to restore Yuri's memories, causing her to revert to her scary, violent self.
* {{Anticlimax}}: [[spoiler:Kuu-Drahc is played up as a major antagonist and personal rival to Emily, culminating in the CombatByChampion scene described below. A random rockslide crushes Kuu-Drahc before the fight even begins. Even Emily is disappointed by this.]]
* ActionGirl: Emily is one from the get-go, while Yuri and Martina evolve into the role.
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:How Spacetrawlers are made.]]
* AnimalEaredHeadband: Yuri wears one, initially.
* AnimalWrongsGroup: Pierrot borders on a one-man version of this.
* ArmCannon: [[http://spacetrawler.com/2011/07/31/spacetrawler-157/ Emily has one of the arm-mounted wrist blaster types]].
* ArtificialLimbs: Yuri now has [[strike:six]] four of them.
* AssholeVictim: [[hottip:Major spoiler:The Eebs. Back when they had free will, they were violent and capricious; their own laziness was all that kept them from oppressing other planets.]]
* BadassLongcoat: Emily. She even wears it over her [[LatexSpacesuit spacesuit]].
** It even can turn into a ''hang glider'', when necessary.
* BerserkButton: Don't hurt animals around Pierrot. Don't talk about hurting animals near Pierrot. And don't try to force Pierrot to eat meat.
* BewareTheNiceOnes:
** Yuri seems sweet, but if you tick her off, she ''will'' mess you up. Just ask Flineous.
** Martina is morally conflicted about killing, even in self-defense--but she's not afraid to stun-gun her own captain to insure that NoOneGetsLeftBehind. [[spoiler:And, when backed into a corner, she is willing to kill if it's the only way to save more lives.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: Pierrot does this, capping it with a [[spoiler:BigDamnKiss]]. And it is EPIC.
* BioAugmentation: In addition to having her [[ArtificialLimbs limbs replaced with bionics]], Yuri has a cat-like alien's ears and Eeb brain tissue grafted to her. The latter of which allows her to use [[PsychicPowers telekinesis]] and understand Eeb technology.
* BlackBox: The spacetrawlers. How they work and how they're built are both carefully-guarded and politically volatile secrets.
** Pretty much everything else, too, though those aren't secret so much as just beyond everyone's understanding. The eebs build everything, and aren't very good at explaining how they work to others. Why learn how to build something when you can just order the nearest eeb to do it for you?
* BlownAcrossTheRoom: [[http://spacetrawler.com/2010/07/27/spacetrawler-62/ Here]], Pierrot is spacewalking and the recoil from a handgun sends him flying. In the comments below, Baldwin admits that he [[RuleOfFunny sacrificed realism for humor on that count.]]
* BoldlyComing: Dmitri.
-->'''Dmitri:''' ''[regarding a bug-alien he slept with]'' Pheromones and ventral revealing outfits. Way hot.
* BrainBleach: Yuri seem to give Dimitri reason to ask for some [[http://spacetrawler.com/2010/03/17/spacetrawler-24/ here]]. Or at least some... uncomfortable cleaning implements.
* BrainInAJar: Show up in the spacetrawler construction facility.
* BriarPatching: Played straight for a [[http://spacetrawler.com/2010/08/03/spacetrawler-60/ few]] [[http://spacetrawler.com/2010/08/03/spacetrawler-63/ pages]] when Yuri's being "tortured" by the bounty hunters, before being [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] [[http://spacetrawler.com/2010/08/03/spacetrawler-64/ here]].
* BrickJoke: Russian tea cookies. Also kind of Nogg's promise to Martina, but that isn't really funny...
** Gurf's aptitude for fleet commanding. Mentioned by Gurf's mom in [[http://spacetrawler.com/2010/10/26/spacetrawler-88/ #88]]. Comes up again in [[http://spacetrawler.com/2011/09/27/spacetrawler-172/ #172]], squeaking in at ''just'' under a year later. Not bad, eh?
* CatchAFallingStar: Emily and Growp fall out a several-story window together; they both steal passing hover-bikes on the way down.
* CatsAreMean: Flienous the Rhilzzan, then Yuri.
* {{Catgirl}}: Yuri starts off with costume ears, but eventually surgically implants real cat ears.
* CentipedesDilemma: Krep is great at multi-wielding laser guns... [[http://spacetrawler.com/2012/01/03/spacetrawler-197/ as long as he doesn't think too hard about what each of his tentacles is doing]].
* CombatByChampion: When Emily realizes that her side is outgunned in the space dogfight with the G.O.B., she goads Kuu-Drahc into halting the battle so the two of them can fight one-on-one and hand-to-hand.
* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: Possibly more symbolic than literal, but Yuri's descent into PTSD is accompanied by her cyborg implants becoming less human and more monstrous.
* DidYouGetANewHaircut: Some people take longer than others to notice Yuri's aforementioned transformation.
* DontThinkFeel: Martina's approach to space combat during the fight with the Bollycks.
* TheDragon: The AffablyEvil [[IntelligentGerbil lizardlike]] bodyguard Growp.
* DumbMuscle: Gurf.
-->'''Nogg:''' He's kind of like a mascot, but can lift things.
* EmbarrassingOldPhoto: Gurf's mom is armed with one of these.
* EvilLaugh:
** [[http://spacetrawler.com/2011/01/30/spacetrawler-115/ Kuu-drahc.]]
** [[http://spacetrawler.com/2011/10/23/spacetrawler-179/ Yuri.]]
* ExactEavesdropping: [[JustifiedTrope Deliberately employed]], so that "prisoners" can think they're "escaping" when they're actually being set free.
* ExtremeDoormat: The Eebs.
** Also Qiyemps, due to being {{Actual Pacifist}}s.
* FakeWeakness: Easy to pull off when one's torturer knows nothing of human physiology. "No! Dear God, don't make me eat chocolate! It burns!" [[spoiler: Until they decide to start cutting off limbs instead...]]
* FantasticRacism: In the ''Spacetrawler'' universe, grounds for legally declaring a species non-sentient include lack of willpower and bad fashion sense. (On paper, at least. Political expediency seems to be the real reason: non-sentient species are easier to exploit.)
* FasterThanLightTravel: Spaceships travel at [[http://spacetrawler.com/2011/06/21/spacetrawler-148/ greased light speed]], whose technobabble may be some of the silliest ever written.
* AFateWorseThanDeath: What happens to the Eebs involved in spacetrawler construction.
* ForegoneConclusion: In the [[FramingDevice framing story]], Nogg says that Martina has died.
* FramingDevice: The entire story is being related by Nogg to Mr. Zorilla after the fact.
* GadgeteerGenius: The Eebs, good ''lord''.
* GeniusDitz: Gurf may act and sound like an idiot most of the time, but he has a [[http://spacetrawler.com/2011/09/27/spacetrawler-172/ hidden talent for space combat]].
* TheHedonist: Choan's a self-admitted one.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[hottip:Major spoiler:The Eebs have no free will because, generations ago, they brain clamped themselves. They initially developed the technology to deal with criminals, then they expanded the definition of "criminal", then they started using the brain clamps to solve all their problems, until the entire species had been clamped.]]
* HumanoidAliens
* HyperspaceArsenal / WalkingArmory: [[http://spacetrawler.com/2011/07/31/spacetrawler-157/ Emily.]]
* ILied
--> '''Flineous''': Wait a second. How is that '''sporting''' ?
--> '''Yuri:''' It's not. I lied.
* ImStandingRightHere: King, [[http://spacetrawler.com/2011/06/12/spacetrawler-145/ here]].
* IntelligentGerbil
* InterspeciesRomance:
** Shuar genuinely loves Dmitri; Dmitri doesn't care.
** Dmitri loves Dal, and she might reciprocate, [[spoiler:but she's more committed to the GOB]].
** Curn and Oohlooh.
* ItTastesLikeFeet: Dmitri points out that the coffee tastes like asteroids. After all, it was synthesized from space debris.
* JustAMachine: The robots themselves [[http://spacetrawler.com/2011/01/25/spacetrawler-114/ admit as much.]]
* KlingonsLoveShakespeare: Dmitri licenses his recipe for Russian tea cookies. It becomes wildly popular on multiple planets, and Dmitri makes a fortune.
* LampshadeHanging: Mr. Zorilla calls out Nogg for the way his narrative jumps between plot threads willy-nilly, and for the gratuitous cliffhangers.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia:
** The [[spoiler:subterranean Mihrrgoots]] don't want the outside universe to know of their existence, so the few visitors they receive have to be mind-wiped before they leave.
** Yuri's second therapy-bot speeds up her therapy by erasing Yuri's traumatic memories. Apparently he kept backups of the information, because he was later able to restore these memories.
* LatexSpacesuit
* LaughingMad: Yuri, with her psychotic persona.
* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:Qwahntoo]] is the real brains behind the GOB, and [[spoiler:Kuu-Drahc, the apex speaker]] is just the public face. Amusingly, in his first appearance [[spoiler:Qwahntoo]] is ''literally'' standing behind [[spoiler:Kuu-Drahc]].
* MilitaryMashupMachine: The [[http://spacetrawler.com/2011/07/10/spacetrawler-152/ Purfin M-32]], coolest all-terrain boat-jet ever.
* MomentKiller: Pierrot manages to do it to ''himself'', [[spoiler:by taking a break from smooching with Emily to apologize for the love triangle that he just ended]].
* MoodDissonance: The style is a colorful, classic "space-adventure"-look, but the world and events are rather darker.
* MoodWhiplash: Frequently.
* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: The humans mostly feel this way. Nogg thinks this attitude will get them all killed.
* NoTranshumanismAllowed: Cyborg prosthesis is treated as normal, though not apparently common. But when Choan asks Yuri about her bioaugmentation, Nogg's indignant response suggests that bioaugmentation isn't well-regarded by some folks.
* OhCrap: Panel eight, [[http://spacetrawler.com/2012/02/14/spacetrawler5/ here]]. Somewhat literal, in this case.
-->'''[[spoiler:Eeb]]:''' As an example of our power, we will rain down fire on the nearby planet of Carpsellon and melt every last thing on the surface to slag simply by using our minds. From the information we now have, this "rain of fire" will be analogous to one's morning poo after enjoying a really satisfying spicy meal.
-->'''Everyone on the planet's surface:''' O.O
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Growp's thoughts on Emily. [[LoveMakesYouEvil It's his twisted way of saying that he loves her.]]
* PatrioticFervor: Dustin.
-->'''Dustin:''' Long live the Australian federal constitutional monarchy under a parliamentary democracy!
* PlanetOfHats:
** The Eebs are a species of telekinetic gadgeteers with zero willpower. [[hottip:(Major spoilers):Eventually justified--Eebs are artificially brain-clamped at birth, which completely destroys their willpower.]]
** The Tornites all have terrible fashion sense.
** It's implied that the Bollycks are all violent and ill-tempered.
** Qiyemps are all pacifists, to the extent of being completely spineless.
* PlayfulHacker: Yuri.
* PoweredByAForsakenChild: How spacetrawlers work, and the real reason why details on their construction are so carefully guarded.
* PressGanged: Nogg's recruitment drive.
* PsychicPowers: Eebs have telekinesis (as does Yuri after having one's brain tissue implanted), though [[http://spacetrawler.com/2010/09/26/spacetrawler-79/ they pass out and risk dying.]]
-->"Plus it's boring."
* RaisedByWolves: Or coyotes, in Emily's case. As a result, coyotes are the only creature she feels any kinship towards, and she prefers a loner's life.
* RecursiveCreators: The [[spoiler:Mihrrgoots]] mastered nanotechnology by building robots, who built smaller robots, who built even smaller robots...
* RestrainingBolt: Brain clamps, capable of robbing the clampee's free will and reducing any psychic powers they may have.
* SarcasticDevotee: Krep has nothing but disdain for everyone around him, but he's 100% committed to the cause.
* ShootOutTheLock: [[InvokedTrope "Hmm. No luck. That always works in movies."]]
* ShootTheDog: When the situation aboard the spacetrawler construction facility gets really bad, and all Martina's attempts to prevent further bloodshed fail, she realizes her best remaining option is to [[spoiler:blow up the station, killing everyone aboard]]. So she does it.
* SlaveLiberation
* SlaveRace: The Eebs.
* SlapSlapKiss: [[spoiler:Emily and Pierrot.]]
* SpaceOpera
* StaticStunGun
* StupidSacrifice: Played for laughs when Gurf intercepts a laser blast to protect Emily. Emily then [[LampshadeHanging points out]] that it was a stun-ray, and that the now-unconscious Gurf is the heaviest member of their squad.
* TakeAThirdOption: Emily [[http://spacetrawler.com/2010/07/05/spacetrawler-55/ in her fight]] against Growp.
* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler:Growp]] dies protecting Emily this way. Then Gurf gets knocked out, also protecting Emily this way.
* ThereAreNoTherapists: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged.]] Nogg ''does'' have a Therapy-bot for his crew, but it's terrible at the job. Later, Martina recognizes that the crew needs a good therapist, so she replaces Therapy-bot with Bartender-bot.
* ToiletHumor: The potty-bot.
* TooDumbToLive: Dustin. [[http://spacetrawler.com/2010/09/19/spacetrawler-77/ Trust in the authorities can be taken too far]].
* {{Transhuman}}: Yuri.
* TranslatorMicrobes: A brain-implanted language chip.
* TrashTalk: [[http://spacetrawler.com/2011/10/02/spacetrawler-173/ Emily]], but that should hardly come as a surprise given her YouFightLikeACow antics with Growp.
* VodkaDrunkenski: Dmitri.
* WeaponsGradeVocabulary: A "Grwfl-grwfl" joke is so hilarious that, upon its first telling, it killed off an entire species.
* WorthyOpponent: Emily becomes one for Growp. [[spoiler:That's why he fell in love with her.]]
* YouFightLikeACow: Every fight between Emily and Growp involves much back-and-forth quipping.
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