History Webcomic / TheFAN

* FiveManBand: In a way, The Juniors' League.

* CharacterBlog: [[TBAbrams Tom has his own Troper Page]].

* '''[[TBAbrams Tom]]''': [[ThisLoserIsYou A less than glamorous]] character and so far, the closest the comic has to a protagonist.

* '''Marsha''': This girl is somewhat of a {{Fundamentalist}} suffering from a serious case of self loathing.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: There actually is an [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWWL NWWL]] character with the exact same [[http://www.shastrix.com/thefan/index.php?comic=333 background]], but why does Tom know that?

** The Administrator's entry is taken almost directly from KnightsOfTheOldRepublic 2.

** Xeletor bears a superficial resemblance to [[{{Blood}} Caleb]]. His name is meant to sound a lot like [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983 Skeletor]].

** Xeletor bears a superficial resemblance to [[{{Blood}} Caleb]]. His name is meant to sound a lot like [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse Skeletor]].

* PlanetEris: That doppelganger that assumed Tom's appearance seems nothing out of the ordinary. The fact that he's a mercenary hired by a shady organization is much more unnerving. Telepathy is also a mundane trait.

* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Blake has both HairOfGold and gold eyes.

* PaintingTheFourthWall: Speech bubbles are actually just the text with a very thick white stroke and a black outline. the stroke gets a different color when the character uses telepathy, becomes more transparent when the character is talking in the background, or disappears completely and is replaced with a white glow, when the character is on the other end of a phone line or some other communication device, and on one instance, it turns into a red splatter whith a different font when a character gets [[LetsGetDangerous really pissed off]]. Some characters also have custom speech bubbles: SK-49 has red text with a black stroke and red outline (along with an Arial font), General Zarro had white lines with black stroke and white outline, Captain Nil uses a distinct, edgyer font with a grainy black cloud, and the Mastermind uses green lines in a transparent black box with magenta outline.

* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Blake has both HairOfGold and EyesOfGold.

** The Vengador shares it's gimmick with a "monster from Tom's favorite anime show". That show is {{Bleach}}, the monster is called Allon, and the gimmick consists of their deceptive facial features.

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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: There actually is an [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWWL NWWL]] character with the exact same [[http://www.shastrix.com/thefan/index.php?comic=333 origin]], but why does Tom know that?

* MundaneUtility: Dot finds out the hard way, that [[spoiler: being able to control wind]], won't make dusting easier.

* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Demons are creatures born of "a person's dark side".
** In a more detailed explanation, in a World-Setting-Study-Week strip, it is explained that demons are a form of psychic parasites that are born out of negative emotions, and drain their host of magical an psychic energy, which allows them to grow more powerful, and eventually self-aware, then proceed to completely take over the host's body.

* '''Hajime''': mysterious {{MIB}} working for a somewhat JidaiGeki themed organization that is somehow connected to Yuki.
* '''The Agents''': A trio of {{MIB}} working for a different organization called Meta Net Corporation.

** Xeletor bears a superficial resemblance to [[{{Blood}} Caleb]]. His name is meant to sound a lot like [[HeMan Skeletor]].

A webcomic by Tropers/BTIsaac, about the adventures of some misfit high school kids. Also includes the Sheyleron Saga, a side-comic that is so far independent from the main story. The comic has been launched on the 23'rd of July 2007, and is currently running it's fourth episode. The FAN is hosted at Shastrix.com, and can be found on the other side of [[http://www.shastrix.com/thefan/index.php this link]].

* {{Expy}}: Maelstrom was roughly modeled after Eddie the Head, IronMaiden's mascot. Professor Zweistein is ... uh, you can figure this one out.

* GoNagaiSideburns: Three characters have them so far. Two high-schoolers and one adult, though only the last one comes anywhere near to having the associated personality.

* MoralEventHorizon: General Zarro [[spoiler: destroying the Pathfinder]] is meant to be this.

* '''Adelheid''': A... [[{{Understatement}} not too slender]] girl, who nevertheless seems to be quite strong physically. She can also heal people due to an unlikely incident.

** This is later revealed to be the result of [[Bob getting empowered by the Hermit]]

* PlanetEris: That doppelganger that assumed Tom's appearance? He's a mercenary hired by Meta Net Corporation. And he's asking for his paycheck. And telepathy isn't as special as one would expect.
* PowerMakesYourHairGrow: [[spoiler: Pete's hair grows ridiculously long when his powers are activated.]] And then, it falls out when his powers are deactivated.

* TouchedByVorlons: The Gifted. This may have happened to [[spoiler: The Juniors' League]].

* CoolSpaceship: The Sheyleron saga has a [[OneShotCharacter single appearance]] from the Pathfinder.