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* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: Discussed in the first panel of Strip #52:
-->'''Jame''': I'm not asking who would win in a fight, I'm asking if the Czar outranks the mayor.\\
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-->'''Jame''': I'm not asking who would win in a fight, I'm asking if the Czar outranks the mayor.\\
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* HypotheticalFightDebate: York was apparently engaged in one over whether the Czar could beat the mayor in a fight just before the start of Strip #52.
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''[[http://terrorisland.net Terror Island]]'' is a [[http://terrorisland.net/strips/139.html TV Tropes-aware]] (see notes below comic) webcomic about two {{Cloudcuckoolander}} roommates who try to [[ZanyScheme trick]] each other into buying groceries, and everyone else in their intellectual, subversive, and surreal world of board-game playing pieces. Written by Ben Heaton and Lewis Powell.
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''[[http://terrorisland.net Terror Island]]'' is a [[http://terrorisland.net/strips/139.html TV Tropes-aware]] (see notes below comic) webcomic about two {{Cloudcuckoolander}} roommates who try to [[ZanyScheme trick]] each other into buying groceries, and everyone else in their intellectual, subversive, and surreal world of board-game playing pieces. Written by Diane Heaton[[note]]Credited as Ben Heaton Heaton[[/note]] and Lewis Powell.
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* AuthorAvatar: According to the webcomic's official FAQ page, Gibbs and Lockley are avatars for Ben and Lewis.
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** From Ben's Diane's Notes in Strip #103:
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* RiddlingSphinx:
** Discussed. Sid ''almost'' manages to persuade Stephen to buy groceries by telling him that Sphinxes will accept groceries as a substitute for solving riddles. However, York convinces Sid to let him try a different plan, so Sid admits to Stephen that it was a trick.
** Discussed again later. When Demon-Jame attempts to trap Sid with a riddle, Sid points out to him that this kind of trap is supposed to be used by Sphinxes, not demons. This turns out to be the answer to the riddle.
** Discussed. Sid ''almost'' manages to persuade Stephen to buy groceries by telling him that Sphinxes will accept groceries as a substitute for solving riddles. However, York convinces Sid to let him try a different plan, so Sid admits to Stephen that it was a trick.
** Discussed again later. When Demon-Jame attempts to trap Sid with a riddle, Sid points out to him that this kind of trap is supposed to be used by Sphinxes, not demons. This turns out to be the answer to the riddle.
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* Gunpowder Jackson, M.D, Jame's stuntman. Got his position as a punishment for jaywalking, due to the doubly imaginary Law of Jame. Played by a red Pictionary cube.
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* Gunpowder Jackson, M.D, Jame's stuntman. Got his position as a punishment for jaywalking, due to the doubly imaginary Law of Jame. Played by a red Pictionary ''TabletopGame/{{Pictionary}}'' cube.
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** Also, Ned Q. Sorcerer is not a sorcerer.
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** Also, Ned Q. Sorcerer Sorcerer, a.k.a "The Obvious Dentist", is not neither a sorcerer.sorcerer nor a dentist.
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* PaperThinDisguise: Taken UpToEleven with Ally C's disguise as The Reportress. The only difference is that The Reportress doesn't wear glasses, whereas Ally C doesn't wear ''contacts''.
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* PaperThinDisguise: Taken UpToEleven Exaggerated with Ally C's disguise as The Reportress. The only difference is that The Reportress doesn't wear glasses, whereas Ally C doesn't wear ''contacts''.
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* UnusualPopCultureName: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Folio First Folio]]'s parents were obviously big Creator/WilliamShakespeare fans.
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* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: Jame, pronounced not like "Jay-me" but like "James" without the S[[note]]because there's only one of him[[/note]].
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* Omicron, Sid's cat. Used to be Sid and Stephen's, but Stephen lost his half in a bet about formica. Played by an actual cat, making it a much bigger character than anybody else. Because the actual cat Ray who played Omicron died during the strip's run, it didn't reappear.
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* Omicron, Sid's cat. Used to be Sid and Stephen's, but Stephen lost his half in a bet about formica. Played by Ray, an actual cat, making it a much bigger character than anybody else. Because the actual cat Ray who played Omicron died passed away during the strip's run, it didn't reappear.leading to Omicron's quiet disappearance from the story.
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** On the comic's website, the "Cast" page contains background information on the board game pieces used to represent the characters. "Cast" refers to the actors -- if you want to find information on the in-universe characters, you should go to the "Dramatis Personae" page.
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* Aorist, who is unemployed. Friendly, and participates in other peoples' schemes, often putting crazy twists on them. Killed by a resurfaced Demon-Jame, and eventually [[BackFromTheDead resurrected by]] [[AssPull Bartleby]]. Played by a green Icehouse pyramid.
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* Aorist, who is unemployed. Friendly, and participates in other peoples' schemes, often putting crazy twists on them. Killed by a resurfaced Demon-Jame, and eventually [[BackFromTheDead resurrected by]] [[AssPull Bartleby]].Bartleby. Played by a green Icehouse pyramid.
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* Omicron, Sid's cat. Used to be Sid and Stephen's, but Stephen lost his half in a bet about formica. Played by an actual cat, making it a much bigger character than anybody else. Because the actual cat Ray who played Omicron [[RealitySubtext died during the strip's run]], it didn't reappear.
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* Omicron, Sid's cat. Used to be Sid and Stephen's, but Stephen lost his half in a bet about formica. Played by an actual cat, making it a much bigger character than anybody else. Because the actual cat Ray who played Omicron [[RealitySubtext died during the strip's run]], run, it didn't reappear.
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** There are also two CotEU graduates named Sidra and Stephanie who have been indulging in {{Zany Scheme}}s similar to those of Sid and Stephen, except their argument is over who has to do the dishes.
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** There are also two CotEU [=CotEU=] graduates named Sidra and Stephanie who have been indulging in {{Zany Scheme}}s similar to those of Sid and Stephen, except their argument is over who has to do the dishes.
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''[[http://terrorisland.net Terror Island]]'' is a now-concluded [[http://terrorisland.net/strips/139.html TV Tropes-aware]] (see notes below comic) webcomic about two {{Cloudcuckoolander}} roommates who try to [[ZanyScheme trick]] each other into buying groceries, and everyone else in their intellectual, subversive, and surreal world of board-game playing pieces. Written by Ben Heaton and Lewis Powell.
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''[[http://terrorisland.net Terror Island]]'' is a now-concluded [[http://terrorisland.net/strips/139.html TV Tropes-aware]] (see notes below comic) webcomic about two {{Cloudcuckoolander}} roommates who try to [[ZanyScheme trick]] each other into buying groceries, and everyone else in their intellectual, subversive, and surreal world of board-game playing pieces. Written by Ben Heaton and Lewis Powell.
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* Jame Palrose, a restaurateur. Decidedly [[StraightMan the least 'zany' of the bunch]]. [[spoiler:Gets possessed by a (rather incompetent) demon.]] Played by a blue Tiddlywink.
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* Jame Palrose, a restaurateur. Decidedly [[StraightMan the least 'zany' of the bunch]]. [[spoiler:Gets Gets possessed by a (rather incompetent) demon.]] demon. Played by a blue Tiddlywink.
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* Aorist, who is unemployed. Friendly, and participates in other peoples' schemes, often putting crazy twists on them. [[spoiler: Killed by a resurfaced Demon-Jame, and eventually [[BackFromTheDead resurrected by]] [[AssPull Bartleby]].]] Played by a green Icehouse pyramid.
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* Aorist, who is unemployed. Friendly, and participates in other peoples' schemes, often putting crazy twists on them. [[spoiler: Killed by a resurfaced Demon-Jame, and eventually [[BackFromTheDead resurrected by]] [[AssPull Bartleby]].]] Bartleby]]. Played by a green Icehouse pyramid.
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* Omicron, Sid's cat. Used to be Sid and Stephen's, but Stephen lost his half in a bet about formica. Played by an actual cat, making it a much bigger character than anybody else. [[spoiler:Because the actual cat Ray who played Omicron [[RealitySubtext died during the strip's run]], it didn't reappear.]]
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* Omicron, Sid's cat. Used to be Sid and Stephen's, but Stephen lost his half in a bet about formica. Played by an actual cat, making it a much bigger character than anybody else. [[spoiler:Because Because the actual cat Ray who played Omicron [[RealitySubtext died during the strip's run]], it didn't reappear.]]
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* Gibbs and Lockley, [[AuthorAvatar author avatars]]. Played by two trains from the railroad version of the game Rush Hour.
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* Gibbs and Lockley, [[AuthorAvatar author avatars]].{{Author Avatar}}s. Played by two trains from the railroad version of the game Rush Hour.
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-->'''Red/Blue Unity''': We are one plumber, not three.
-->'''Blue/Yellow Unity''': And we are not a plumber.
-->'''Blue/Yellow Unity''': And we are not a plumber.
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-->'''Red/Blue Unity''': We are one plumber, not three.
-->'''Blue/Yellowthree.\\
'''Blue/Yellow Unity''': And we are not a plumber.
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-->''Fun Fact: If Sid's story wins a Newbery, it will be the first time the committee has given the award to a made-up work mentioned in a webcomic.''
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-->''Many people may not know this, but Aorist is actually based on a person Ben and I made up.''
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-->'''Liln''': It's been a long time since you guys went shopping. Why haven't you starved to death yet?\\
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** Sid and Stephen's morality is a strange example of this, in that the blueness and ornateness comes pretty much exclusively from one notion: buying groceries is the ultimate evil. Anything short of murder can be justified in their minds if it means that someone else will buy groceries for them, from demon-summoning to declaring yourself Czar and arresting random people.
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** Sid and Stephen's morality is a strange example of this, in that the blueness and ornateness weirdness comes pretty much exclusively from one notion: buying groceries is the ultimate evil. Anything short of murder can be justified in their minds if it means that someone else will buy groceries for them, from demon-summoning to declaring yourself Czar and arresting random people.
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* AuthorAvatar: According to the webcomic's official FAQ page, Gibbs and Lockley.Lockley are avatars for Ben and Lewis.
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* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Bartleby brings Aorist back from the dead in Strip #300.]]
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* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Bartleby brings Aorist back from the dead dead]] in Strip #300.]]
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** Also, the Unity, who considers "preserving the balance" to be the only good. Which things it is balancing against each other is never made clear.
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** Also, the Unity, who considers "preserving the balance" to be the only good. Which things it is What exactly it's balancing against each other is never made clear.
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** The Green Grocer fits this so well that he could be considered a [[DeconstructedTrope deconstruction]].
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** The Green Grocer fits this so well that he could be considered a [[DeconstructedTrope deconstruction]]. Almost everything he does is motivated by his desire to act like a supervillain.
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* ChewToy / ButtMonkey: Jame.Jame tends to suffer the most consequences from everyone else's schemes.
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* CreepyTwins: Triplets, actually.
* DarkHorseVictory: When Sid's reelection for Geography City's Czar comes up, York campaigns against him and seems to have much more public support. The votes are counted, and the winner is... Aorist's ghost (aka Blueteen). Because Czar isn't an elected position, so votes don't matter.
* DarkHorseVictory: When Sid's reelection for Geography City's Czar comes up, York campaigns against him and seems to have much more public support. The votes are counted, and the winner is... Aorist's ghost (aka Blueteen). Because Czar isn't an elected position, so votes don't matter.
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* CreepyTwins: Triplets, actually.
The Unity is portrayed using three game pieces that are identical aside from their colours, and who act as a HiveMind in-universe.
* DarkHorseVictory: When Sid's reelection for Geography City's Czar comes up, York campaigns against him and seems to have much more public support. The votes are counted, and the winner is... Aorist's ghost (aka Blueteen). Because Czar isn't an elected position, so votes don't matter.
* DarkHorseVictory: When Sid's reelection for Geography City's Czar comes up, York campaigns against him and seems to have much more public support. The votes are counted, and the winner is... Aorist's ghost (aka Blueteen). Because Czar isn't an elected position, so votes don't matter.
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** "Aorist's ghost" wins the election for Czar. No, this isn't the bodiless spirit of the recently-deceased Aorist--this is a ghost named Blueteen who used to be Aorist's pet.
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** "Aorist's ghost" [[spoiler:"Aorist's ghost"]] wins the election for Czar. No, this isn't the [[spoiler:the bodiless spirit of the recently-deceased Aorist--this is a ghost named Blueteen who used to be Aorist's pet.pet]].
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* MistakenForSpecialGuest: By the unlikely name of "Ned Q. Sorcerer, D.D.S.", no less.
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* MistakenForSpecialGuest: By When Stephen visits Center of the unlikely name of "Ned Earth University, he ends up getting mistaken for Ned Q. Sorcerer, D.D.S.", no less.Sorcerer and having to deliver a presentation on himself.
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* TheNothingAfterDeath: After getting killed by the demon, Aorist winds up in a featureless blue plane, with just a disembodied voice to keep him company.
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* TheNothingAfterDeath: After [[spoiler:After getting killed by the demon, Aorist winds up in a featureless blue plane, with just a disembodied voice to keep him company.]]
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* Aorist, whose job we don't know. Friendly, and participates in other peoples' schemes, often putting crazy twists on them. [[spoiler: Killed by a resurfaced Demon-Jame, and eventually [[BackFromTheDead resurrected by]] [[AssPull Bartleby]].]] Played by a green Icehouse pyramid.
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* Aorist, whose job we don't know.who is unemployed. Friendly, and participates in other peoples' schemes, often putting crazy twists on them. [[spoiler: Killed by a resurfaced Demon-Jame, and eventually [[BackFromTheDead resurrected by]] [[AssPull Bartleby]].]] Played by a green Icehouse pyramid.
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* LiteraryAgentHypothesis: In the form of the actor being a representation of the character. The authors are fairly clear that Sid, for example, is not a purple ''TabletopGame/{{Clue}}'' piece, he is simply represented by it.
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* First Folio, one of York's classmates at Center of the Earth University (which, again, is on the moon), who keeps kosher, wants to find out more about Omicron, and is experienced with supernatural creatures. Played by a green {{Cranium}} piece.
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* First Folio, one of York's classmates at Center of the Earth University (which, again, is on the moon), who keeps kosher, wants to find out more about Omicron, and is experienced with supernatural creatures. Played by a green {{Cranium}} TableTopGame/{{Cranium}} piece.
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* Sid, a privateer wordsmith who refuses to buy groceries. Stephen's roommate. Played by Professor Plum from Film/{{Clue}}.
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* Sid, Sid Byrahk, a privateer wordsmith who refuses to buy groceries. Stephen's roommate. Played by Professor Plum from Film/{{Clue}}.
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* BeyondTheImpossible: Sid somehow managed to get elected Czar of Geography City, which is both an unelected position and one he made up.
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* BeyondTheImpossible: Sid Stephen somehow managed to get elected Czar of Geography City, which is both an unelected position and one he made up.
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* EarlyBirdCameo: The Unity appear in the background of [[http://www.terrorisland.net/strips/043.html Strip #43]], six strips before [[http://www.terrorisland.net/strips/049.html their official introduction.]]
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* ExplainExplainOhCrap: [[http://www.terrorisland.net/strips/075.html Strip 75]] has Liln, York and First Folio attempting to banish Demon-Jame. They have everything they need except toothpaste when he traps them in a force-field, leading to this:
-->'''Liln''': OK, this isn't too bad. We just need to call Sid and Stephen, and have them get the toothpaste...at the grocery store.\\
'''First Folio''': We're doomed!
-->'''Liln''': OK, this isn't too bad. We just need to call Sid and Stephen, and have them get the toothpaste...at the grocery store.\\
'''First Folio''': We're doomed!
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* ObstructiveBureaucrat: When Sid becomes Czar, he immediately tries to create a law requiring Stephen to buy the groceries. But the Czar's laws don't go into effect unless the Public Notary signs off on them. And the Public Notary turns out to be Stephen.
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* ObstructiveBureaucrat: When Sid Stephen becomes Czar, he immediately tries to create a law requiring Stephen Sid to buy the groceries. But the Czar's laws don't go into effect unless the Public Notary signs off on them. And the Public Notary turns out to be Stephen.Sid.
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* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Sid and Stephen's morality is a strange example of this, in that the blueness and ornateness comes pretty much exclusively from one notion: buying groceries is the ultimate evil. Anything short of murder can be justified in their minds if it means that someone else will buy groceries for them, from demon-summoning to declaring yourself Czar and arresting random people.
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* BlueAndOrangeMorality: BlueAndOrangeMorality:
** Sid and Stephen's morality is a strange example of this, in that the blueness and ornateness comes pretty much exclusively from one notion: buying groceries is the ultimate evil. Anything short of murder can be justified in their minds if it means that someone else will buy groceries for them, from demon-summoning to declaring yourself Czar and arresting randompeople.people.
** Also, the Unity, who considers "preserving the balance" to be the only good. Which things it is balancing against each other is never made clear.
** Sid and Stephen's morality is a strange example of this, in that the blueness and ornateness comes pretty much exclusively from one notion: buying groceries is the ultimate evil. Anything short of murder can be justified in their minds if it means that someone else will buy groceries for them, from demon-summoning to declaring yourself Czar and arresting random
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* HeroOfAnotherStory: The AltText for Strip #35 says that Omicron went on many adventures in-between strips 33 and 35 which we may one day learn of.
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** The AltText for Strip #35 says that Omicron went on many adventures in-between strips 33 and 35 which we may one day learnof.of.
** There are also two CotEU graduates named Sidra and Stephanie who have been indulging in {{Zany Scheme}}s similar to those of Sid and Stephen, except their argument is over who has to do the dishes.
** The AltText for Strip #35 says that Omicron went on many adventures in-between strips 33 and 35 which we may one day learn
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* VoodooShark: Parodied and {{Lampshaded}} in [[http://www.terrorisland.net/strips/057.html one strip]].
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* VoodooShark: Parodied VoodooShark:
** PlayedForLaughs and {{Lampshaded}} in [[http://www.terrorisland.net/strips/057.html one strip]].
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** Another PlayedForLaughs example occurs in Strip #37, when Jame asks how Center of the Earth University doesn't melt from the heat at the centre of the earth. York explains that "Center of the Earth University" is a NonIndicativeName -- the university is actually located on the surface of the Moon.
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* FutureSlang: Parodied; everyone talks like this when Stephen imagines the future, even if he's imagining ''less than a day'' into the future. Considering he also imagines people in the past [''five years ago''] talking in weird antique English, [[CloudCuckooLander this isn't out of character...]]
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* FutureSlang: Parodied; everyone talks like this when Stephen imagines the future, even if he's imagining ''less than a day'' into the future. Considering he also imagines people in the past [''five (''five years ago''] ago'') talking in weird antique English, [[CloudCuckooLander this isn't out of character...]]
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* DistinctionWithoutADifference: From [[http://www.terrorisland.net/faq.html the FAQ page]]:
-->''Why don't you look like your avatars, Gibbs and Lockley?''\\
Actually, we do look like them, they just don't look like us.
-->''Why don't you look like your avatars, Gibbs and Lockley?''\\
Actually, we do look like them, they just don't look like us.
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* SpellingBee: Includes the archaic "Camelopard", the word "iufjeme" (the definition of which is "contains a silent f before the j"), and the "null word".
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* SpellingBee: York gets Sid and Stephen to compete in a spelling bee to determine who has to buy groceries. Includes the archaic "Camelopard", the word "iufjeme" (the definition of which is "contains a silent f before the j"), and the "null word". word".
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: The AltText for Strip #3 says "Sid's plan is not a statement about American consumerism."
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: The AltText for Strip #3 says "Sid's plan is not a statement about American consumerism."
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* MistakenForSpecialGuest: by the unlikely name of "Ned Q. Sorcerer, D.D.S.", no less.
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ParodySue: Bartleby. Every time he shows up, he instantly solves all the problems the other characters are dealing with. His only weakness is that [[spoiler:he only exists when the current strip number is a multiple of 100.]]
* PhotoComic: The strips all consist of photos of board game pieces with dialogue tags added.
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* {{Smurfing}}: Yorkdoes this tries replacing random words with his own name in his sentences for a while, starting [[http://www.terrorisland.net/strips/293.html here]]
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* {{Smurfing}}: York
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* StuffedIntoTheFridge: [[spoiler:Aorist]]
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* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: The Obvious Dentist. His power is that people know that he's a dentist. He's ''not'' a dentist, but people still know he is. We later find out he actually also has the ability to teleport, but that's presumably not considered a power in his home universe, or it might just be sleight-of-hand.
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* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: The Obvious Dentist. His power is that people know that he's a dentist. He's ''not'' a dentist, but people still know he is. We later find out he actually also has the ability to teleport, but that's presumably either sleight-of-hand or is not considered a power in his home universe, or it might just be sleight-of-hand.universe.
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* ZanyScheme: Obviously.
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* AsymmetricDilemma: The Unity refuses to be complicit in Stephen's scheme in [[http://terrorisland.net/strips/147.html theorem 147]] because:
-->'''Red/Blue Unity''': We are one plumber, not three.
-->'''Blue/Yellow Unity''': And we are not a plumber.
-->'''Red/Blue Unity''': We are one plumber, not three.
-->'''Blue/Yellow Unity''': And we are not a plumber.
