History Webcomic / SturgeonsLaw

* FiveManBand: There are a few different configurations, but one possibility is:
** TheLeader: Pierce
** TheLancer: Marissa
** TheBigGuy: Max
** TheSmartGuy: Jenn
** TheChick: Rakesh

[[http://sturgeonslaw.net Sturgeon’s Law]], created in 2013 by William Lowenthal and Thomas Mack, is a webcomic about an adversarial group of up-and-coming supervillains (or at least just criminals) trying to take over the world. The main characters work at the eponymous law firm, which was originally created to defend supervillains in court; the company later decided to cut out the middleman and try to take over the world themselves. The comic shows the efforts of one particular group of [[DeadlyEuphemism “Troubleshooters”]] to achieve world domination, or at least deal with their corporate bureaucracy.

!! SturgeonsLaw contains examples of:

* Five Man Band: There are a few different configurations, but one possibility is:
** {{Leader}}: Pierce
** {{Lancer}}: Marissa
** BigGuy: Max
** SmartGuy: Jenn

* XMeetsY: WesternAnimation/{{Archer}} meets WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain.

* XMeetsY: {{Archer}} meets WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain.

* XMeetsY: {{Archer}} meets PinkyAndTheBrain.

[[http://sturgeonslaw.net Sturgeon’s Law]], created in 2013 by William Lowenthal and Thomas Mack, is a webcomic about an adversarial group of up-and-coming supervillains (or at least just criminals) trying to take over the world. The main characters work at the eponymous law firm, which was originally created to defend supervillains in court; the company later decided to cut out the middleman and try to take over the world themselves. The comic shows the efforts of one particular group of [[{{DeadlyEuphemism}} “Troubleshooters”]] to achieve world domination, or at least deal with their corporate bureaucracy.

* {{Big Eater}}: Max is apparently fond of [[http://sturgeonslaw.net/comic/with-apologies-to-australia/ koalasagna]].
* {{Comedic sociopathy}}: Marissa in a nutshell.
* {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}: There’s a possibility that some of [=PierceCorp’s=] [[http://sturgeonslaw.net/comic/40-technical-difficulties/ products]] may contain babies.
* {{Dirty Communists}}: The moon base project would have been successful if not for [[http://sturgeonslaw.net/comic/30-bought-on-craigslist/ communists]] (and Jane Fonda).

* {{Easter Egg}}: There’s a Lovecraftian reference in [[http://sturgeonslaw.net/comic/11-annex-r/ Comic #11]].
* {{Equal Opportunity Evil}}: The cast is quite diverse in terms of race and gender.
* {{Five Man Band}}: There are a few different configurations, but one possibility is:

** {{Big Guy}}: Max
** {{Smart Guy}}: Jenn
** {{The Chick}}: Rakesh
* {{Generic Name}}: Rakesh is from [[http://sturgeonslaw.net/comic/43-ethics/ College State University]]. Go fighting Mascots!
* {{Hair-Trigger Temper}}: Marissa has problems dealing with her anger [[http://sturgeonslaw.net/comic/32-how-many-is-in-minion/ constructively]].
* {{Man Child}}: Max.
* {{Morally Ambiguous Doctorate}}: Marissa has one, as she insists on pointing out at any [[http://sturgeonslaw.net/comic/37-mathematicals/ opportunity]].
* {{Mystery Meat}}: Sturgeon Farms Extruded-Slurry Meat Brick: So warm, so dank, so [[http://sturgeonslaw.net/comic/28-deliciousness/ delicious]].
* {{Naive Newcomer}}: Not only has Rakesh not figured out that the rest of the company [[http://sturgeonslaw.net/comic/44-soliloquy/ doesn’t share]] his altruistic streak, but he’s unaware that the company is anything more than a law firm.
* {{Noodle Incident}}: Whatever Marissa and Max need a [[http://sturgeonslaw.net/comic/turtle-sandwich/ wombat and a bone saw]] for, it probably isn’t safe. It’s also unclear what exactly happened at the [[http://sturgeonslaw.net/comic/15-cross-management-synergy-matrices/ Helen Keller Museum]].
* {{The Slacker}}: Jenn works at the company only to fund her anime habit, and she doesn’t work very [[http://sturgeonslaw.net/comic/18-all-those-internets-2/ hard]].
* {{Take That}}: New Jersey, Deepak Chopra, Caltech, Jane Fonda, Australia, and many others.
* {{Theme Naming}}: The names of missions are of the form Adjective + Animal: Luminous Ocelot, Falling Penguin, etc.
* {{X meets Y}}: {{Archer}} meets {{Pinky and the Brain}}.