History Webcomic / TheGamercat

* ArtShift: "Stylistic" has them parodying the trend of Film/DetectivePikachu and Film/{{Sonic The Hedgehog|2020}} to hyper-render their cartoon characters to make them 'realistic' by having Glitch and Gamercat do it too, with Gamercat going "Yes. This is the future".

* {{Gainaxing}}: When Gamercat plays Franchise/TombRaider, he finds himself as Lara Croft and her inconveniently large breasts. When he tries to move them out of the way they end up smacking him in the face.

* {{Meganekko}}: Pixel.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: One story arc, is with Sweet and Pixel fighting over what games Glitch should play, in which Gamercat asks Glitch what he personally wants to play. Cue them playing Monopoly, with their own rules, cards, and representative tokens due to missing pieces.

* AdjustingYourGlasses: When Pixel is getting ready to play Guitar Hero. One paw, complete with OpaqueLenses.

* OpaqueLenses: Pixel does this sometimes.
** Most prominently [[http://www.thegamercat.com/comic/guitar-zero/ when she's about to play Guitar Hero,]] in combination with AdjustingYourGlasses.

* FiveManBand:
** TheHero: Gamercat
** TheLancer: Glitch
** TheBigGuy: Sweet
** TheSmartGuy: Annoying Fairy
** TheChick: Pixel
** TheSixthRanger: Nano

* ArtEvolution: In the earlier strips, Gamercat was drawn in a more simplistic way and had a very chibi look. Later comics have a more detailed art style. Hilariously [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Pixel when Gamercat complains about the face lift that ''{{Anime/Pokemon}}'' received.

* BadassMustache: The white stripes on Sweet's muzzle look like one.

** Subverted by [[spoiler:Glitch]], who barely even glances at the spider [[spoiler:before squishing and eating it]].

"The [=GaMERCaT=]" is a {{Gaming Webcomic|s}} about [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a cat who is a gamer]]. The webcomic centers on the adventures of Gamercat, his sidekick the Annoying Fairy (a parody of [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Navi]]), and his protege Glitch, a stray kitten he brought home one day, to whom he wants to teach all about gaming. Later comics introduce a formed "gang" of gamer cats. Alongside Gamercat and Glitch are Sweet, the big tough guy, and Pixel, [[TheSmurfettePrinciple the only female gamer cat]] until Nano came along. When not simply hanging out with the others, Sweet & Pixel seem to fight over who should be the better influence for Glitch: Sweet wants him to play violent games to make him tough, while Pixel wants him to play cute friendly games to keep his innocence.

"The [=GaMERCaT=]" is created by artist Samantha Whitten a.k.a. Celesse. Many of the strips are parodies of popular video games. Others are centered on Gamercat's difficulty interacting with humans while getting and playing video games, or interactions between the cats.

It can be found on [[https://tapastic.com/episode/3403 Tapastic]] and [[http://thegamercat.com/ the official website]] (though Tapastic gets the new strips first, followed by the official website). The webcomic went on hiatus in March 2019 and around a year later the author confirmed the hiatus was indefinite.

It can be found on [[https://tapastic.com/episode/3403 Tapastic]] and [[http://thegamercat.com/ the official website]] (though Tapastic gets the new strips first, followed by the official website).

* {{Adorkable}}: Gamercat and Glitch mainly.

"The [=GaMERCaT=]" is a webcomic about [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a cat who is a gamer]]. The webcomic centers on the adventures of Gamercat, his sidekick the Annoying Fairy (a parody of [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Navi]]), and his protege Glitch, a stray kitten he brought home one day, to whom he wants to teach all about gaming. Later comics introduce a formed "gang" of gamer cats. Alongside Gamercat and Glitch are Sweet, the big tough guy, and Pixel, [[TheSmurfettePrinciple the only female gamer cat]] until Nano came along. When not simply hanging out with the others, Sweet & Pixel seem to fight over who should be the better influence for Glitch: Sweet wants him to play violent games to make him tough, while Pixel wants him to play cute friendly games to keep his innocence.

*** Even Gamercat himself isn't immune to this, though: In another ''Portal2'' parody, [=GLaDOS=] lures him into a trap with a laser pointer, and it works.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Sweet is a considerably bigger cat who is almost about to beat up Gamercat for snatching his UsefulNotes/XboxOne, except Glitch enters the room, causing an awkward standstill. Not only does Sweet refuse to harm Gamercat in front of a little kid, but he also takes up Glitch's offer to play Wii U with them, which calms him down enough that he simply shrugs Gamercat's actions off. Before you know it, he becomes one of GamerCat's friends and is part of the group.

* ArtShift: "Stylistic" has them parodying the trend of Film/DetectivePikachu and Film/SonicTheHedgehog to hyper-render their cartoon characters to make them 'realistic' by having Glitch and Gamercat do it too, with Gamercat going "Yes. This is the future".

** When we first meet Glitch, he's playing one of the classic ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' games on UsefulNotes/GameBoy. His entire team is Magikarps, because he likes fish.

--> '''Glitch:''' One time Gamercat threw up his dinner in his food bowl then ate it again.

* ImpactSilhouette: When confronted by a spider, [[spoiler:Sweet makes one of these in Gamercat's home's wall with 'nope' above it in perfectly-formed letter]]. Gamercat is left [[LampshadeHanging wondering how that happened]].

** Played with the Annoying Fairy. She worries that Gamercat is a bad influence on Glitch, but ignores the fact that she is much worse influence.

* HighOnCatnip: When Gamercat and Glitch start playing with cat toys containing catnip, [[http://tapastic.com/episode/92736 things go exactly like you'd expect]].

* {{Irony}}: The comic jokes that the reason Captain Toad can't jump is because his backpack is too heavy. This is actually the canon reason, though not stated in-game.

* NearlyNormalAnimal: Gamercat is of the "Largely Normal Animal" variety. He's smart enough to play video games but whenever he tries to speak, humans only hear a bunch of "meows". Though, cats in this universe are capable of [[http://tapastic.com/episode/25613 writing]] [[http://tapastic.com/episode/74698 on paper]] and [[http://tapastic.com/episode/5296 running a online videogame support chatroom]]

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Pixel attempts to snap Gamercat from his addictive holiday gaming frenzy spurred by the Fairy by giving him some ToughLove in the form of telling him that he'd never be able play all the games. The result is the above-mentioned BSOD.

* ParentalAbandonment: In one comic Glitch goes to the store to get an Xbox One when a snowstorm starts. He starts to freeze when a female cat that looks a fair bit like him saves him and leads him to a trashcan to stay warm in. The cat stays with him, but mysteriously vanishes right as the light from Malcolm's flashlight shines on the two of them implying that she wasn't real. Glitch asked for a "miracle" in a letter to Santa intending to get lucky and get a Xbox One for Gamercat, but his miracle was instead being saved by the female cat and being found by Malcolm and Gamercat. In a later comic, the female cat is shown hugging Glitch with the words "Happy Mother's Day" above the two of them. This implies that she was Glitch's mother and that she is dead, but continues to watch over him and protect him.

* ShipTease: Quite a bit between Gamercat and Pixel, most notably on [[http://tapastic.com/episode/62880 Privy-See]] and [[http://tapastic.com/episode/237544 Enabler]].

** Subverted by [[spoiler:Glitch]], who barely even glances at the spider [[spoiler:before grabbing it and stuffing it in his mouth]].

* RealMenWearPink: When playing SuperMario3DWorld, Sweet chooses to play as Peach.

** When we first meet Glitch, he's playing one of the classic ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' games on GameBoy. His entire team is Magikarps, because he likes fish.

** When Gamercat and Glitch want Malcolm to preorder the UsefulNotes/PS4 & UsefulNotes/XboxOne, they try to motivate him the only way cats know how - by bringing him the latest dead thing they found and shove it into his mouth. While he's asleep. For some reason, he doesn't appreciate it as much as a cat might have.

** When Gamercat and Glitch want Malcolm to preorder the UsefulNotes/PS4 & UsefulNotes/XboxOne, they try to motivate him the only way cats know how - by bringing him the latest dead thing they found and shove it into his mouth. While he's asleep. [[CaptainObvious For some reason]], he doesn't appreciate it as much as a cat might have.

* CallBack: Gamercat reflects on his purchase of a [=PlayStation=] Vita when Sony announces two new colors for the system and Glitch asks if Sony gave up on the Vita too long ago for it to matter. For his part, Gamercat shoved his Vita into a drawer somewhere not long after buying it, but [[spoiler:it was also the thing he had just walked out of the store with when he first met Glitch, so if he hadn't bought it at all, the two might never have met]]. Gamercat concludes that although it was expensive and he barely played the thing, [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming it wasn't a wasted purchase]].

** When Gamercat shows Glitch and Nano the classic videogame {{VideoGame/Pong}}, both instinctively run to the TV screen and try to catch the moving dot with their paws. Made even funnier by Sweet and Gamercat commenting on how today's "kids" have no self-control.

* JerkassWithAHeartOfGold: Sweet is a considerably bigger cat who is almost about to beat up Gamercat for snatching his UsefulNotes/XboxOne, except Glitch enters the room, causing an awkward standstill. Not only does Sweet refuse to harm Gamercat in front of a little kid, but he also takes up Glitch's offer to play Wii U with them, which calms him down enough that he simply shrugs Gamercat's actions off.

* HeroicBSOD: Let's just say telling Gamercat he'll never be able play every videogame in existence isn't a good idea.

* MassivelyNumberedSiblings: Sweet has eight sisters, and who knows how many brothers he has as well? Justified that he is a cat after all.

* MySisterIsOffLimits: When Gamercat tries to hit on a female cat, Sweet angrily comes to her rescue explaining she's his sister and makes it very clear that he'd better back off and give up on trying to date his seven other sisters as well.

* PerpetualFrowner: Sweet.

* TheComicallySerious: Sweet is always grumpy no matter what. It's especially hilarious when he's shown running around dressed as Peach. Though his character seems to be evolving into a stoic badass.

** When Gamercat and Glitch want Malcolm to preorder the UsefulNotes/PS4 & UsefulNotes/XboxOne, they try to motivate him the only way cats know how - by bringing him the latest dead thing they found. [[CaptainObvious For some reason]], he doesn't appreciate it as much as a cat might have.

** When Gamercat and Glitch want Malcolm to preorder the PS4 & UsefulNotes/XboxOne, they try to motivate him the only way cats know how - by bringing him the latest dead thing they found. [[CaptainObvious For some reason]], he doesn't appreciate it as much as a cat might have.

** When we first meet Glitch, he's playing one of the classic ''{{Pokemon}}'' games on GameBoy. His entire team is Magikarps, because he likes fish.