History Webcomic / Transmission

%%* AmbiguouslyBi: Reggie.

** The homodical truck driver in 'Duel'.

%%* BaldOfAwesome: Randall.

* AmbiguouslyBi: Reggie.

* BaldOfAwesome: Randall.

* DarkChick: Sasha.

** Randall seemed to think a hiking site he was headed to with Reggie was east of the Mississippi. As Reggie points out, California (where they originated from), Oregon (which they pass through) and Washington State (where they are heading) are west of the Mississippi. Randall seems to have mixed up Washington State and Washington DC - you'd think an American wouldn't make this mistake.

* WeddingEpisode: "Hitched"

** Blanco Zapka, the tiger antagonist of 'Enter the Vulpine', ends up getting fat and has to be rescued from his house by the Los Angeles County Fire Department - including Jason, no less.

* BearsAreBadNews: Downplayed. When Reggie and Randall go hiking in Washington State, the guidebook mentions grizzly bears in the woods, which worries Reggie. After the duo actually get there, they are startled to find a bear roaring at them while ripping their tent and run, but it quickly turns out the bear is one of the anthropomorphic kinds and just wanted a word with them about camping them in 'his yard'. The bear later tracks them down to Puget Sound and [[PetTheDog returns their gear]] (minus Randall's last Honey-Nut bar).

* BearsAreBadNews: Downplayed. When Reggie and Randall go hiking in Washington State, the guidebook mentions grizzly bears in the woods, which worries Reggie. After the duo actually get there, they are startled to find a bear roaring at them while ripping their tent and run, but it quickly turns out the bear is one of the anthropomorphic kinds and just wanted a word with them about camping in 'his yard'. The bear later tracks them down to Puget Sound and [[PetTheDog returns their gear]] (minus Randall's last Honey-Nut bar).

* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: During "British Vacation", the twin's mother attempts to show off her sons' baby photographs, much to their horror.

** While on honeymoon in Hawaii, Russell and Linda lose their clothes to the tides and try to hide it, only to get their pictures taken in a car and end up on the news. [[HereWeGoAgain This happens again]] when they go on a cruise, only this time their bathing costumes are blown across the ship by a gust of wind.

** While on honeymoon in Hawaii, Russell and Linda lose their clothes to the tides and try to hide it, only to get their pictures taken in a car and end up on the news.

* RuleOfPool: During the second panel of a strip set during Zombie Korma's first tour of America, the band are shown near a swimming pool at a hotel in Cincinnati. A caption says that rock bands 'have a history with swimming pools'. The next panellist has the guitarist, Graham, trying to explain to hotel management why his bandmates drove a Lincoln Town Car into the pool - while apparently paying damages at the same time.

* GlobalIgnorance: Randall seemed to think a hiking site he was headed to with Reggie was east of the Mississippi. As Reggie points out, California (where they originated from), Oregon (which they pass through) and Washington State (where they are heading) are west of the Mississippi. Randall seems to have mixed up Washington State and Washington DC - you'd think an American wouldn't make this mistake.
** Randall was right on one thing, though - the natural range of the grizzly bear does not extend beyond the Mississippi.

* RuleOfPool: During the second panel of a strip set during Zombie Korma's first tour of America, the band are shown near a swimming pool at a hotel in Cincinnati. A caption says that rock bands 'have a history with swimming pools'. The next panellist has the guitarist, Graham, trying to explain to hotel management why his bandmates drove a Lincoln Town Car into the pool - while apparently paying damages at the same time.

* WholePlotReference: The 'Duel', 'Geraldine' and 'D-Fense' story arcs reference ''Film/{{Duel}}'', ''Literature/{{Christine}}'' and ''Film/FallingDown'', respectively. Lampshaded in 'Geraldine#, which references [[Creator/StephenKing the book's author]].

* WholePlotReference: The 'Duel' and 'Geraldine' story arcs reference ''Film/{{Duel}}'' and ''Literature/{{Christine}}'', respectively. Lampshaded in the latter arc, which references [[Creator/StephenKing the book's author]].

* {{Tomboy}}: Russ' girlfriend[=/=]wife Linda, to an extent, she's a computer engineer and wanted to build Battlebots when she was a kid. Tim's wife, Willow, is an even bigger one, they met when he pulled her over for street racing. Sasha, one of the antagonists, also qualifies.

* CombatPragmatist: Randall rarely fights fair: for example, shooting an enemy in what was meant to be a knife fight.

** When Zombie Korma stayed in Chicago, they were assigned a 'rockstar's suite' where the television and the furniture was bolted down, [[StealingFromTheHotel least anyone staying there got tempted]]. Bolting everything down can be seen as this on the part of the hotel staff.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Anti-mixed-species-marriage sentiments exist in some inhabitants of the ''Transmission'' world, as Linda's mother demonstrates. At least one commentator on that particatular strip's comments section compared it to the controversies about same-sex marriage.

* {{Tomboy}}: Russ' girlfriend Linda, to an extent, she's a computer engineer and wanted to build Battlebots when she was a kid. Tim's wife, Willow, is an even bigger one, they met when he pulled her over for street racing. Sasha, one of the antagonists, also qualifies.