History Webcomic / TrueBelievers

* TheBigDamnKiss: The only kiss that Peter and MJ get to share in this whole story follows [[spoiler:MJ defeating Joe Quesadilla once and for all]]. It is accompanied by what looks like an aura surrounding the couple, and [[spoiler:cherry blossoms falling]], the latter much to the duo's confusion.

-->This was between two consenting adults!!!

* ContinuityReboot: After getting rid of Mary Jane, Joe Quesadilla also undoes the last 20 years of storylines to make Peter unemployed and living with his aunt.

* BigDamnKiss: The only kiss that Peter and MJ get to share in this whole story is accompanied by [[spoiler:cherry blossoms falling]], much to their confusion.

The 2008 Website/PlatypusComix miniseries [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/miscellaneous/index.php?issue=11&page=1 "True Believers"]] takes place while the characters from the website's flagship comics have gone on strike. The Head Executive tries to tide readers over with a Franchise/SpiderMan comic, hoping he could get away with featuring characters he doesn't own when the characters he does own won't cooperate. The resulting story became Platypus Comix's TakeThat against Creator/MarvelComics' reviled ''ComicBook/OneMoreDay'' comic, which had concluded two weeks earlier. In a 48-page, two-month-long, ''[[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Roger Rabbit]]''-ish storyline, Spidey and Mary Jane Watson fight to save their marriage from being wiped out by their own editor, Joe Quesadilla -- a vicious [[Creator/JoeQuesada Quesada]] [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed caricature]].

* DespairEventHorizon: After Spidey discovers that Quesadilla erased ''everything'' that happened in the last 30 years, he asks Dr. Octopus to kill him. He gets better, "five miniseries, three crossovers, and one apocalyptic battle later."

* ChekhovsGun: After turning down the offer to become Jackpot, Mary Jane carries a stamp out of Quesadilla's office. [[spoiler: During the climax of the comic, she presses the stamp against Quesadilla's forehead and {{Retcon}}s his existence.]]

* TheFinalTemptation: During the climax, Quesadilla offers Peter the revivals of Uncle Ben, Richard and Mary Parker, and/or Gwen Stacy if he lets him erase the marriage. [[spoiler: He nearly accepts, but after deciding [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy he wants MJ to be happy]], he asks her what to do, then follows her request to decline the temptation.]]

** Some panels of [[spoiler: the surprise party various comic characters hold at the end in honor of Peter's and MJ's anniversary]] closely resemble [[spoiler: the party held at the end of ''One More Day'']].

* [[spoiler: RetGone]]: [[spoiler: Joe Quesadilla and (unintentionally) [[ComicBook/ScarletSpider Ben Reilly]], after Mary Jane performs a retcon with the stolen stamp.]]

* AWizardDidIt: After [[spoiler: the RetGone of Joe Quesadilla drastically improves "the real world's continuity" '''and''' the comic book industry]], Peter remarks that he can't believe the afforementioned ChekhovsGun could cause such a great effect. MJ reminds him, "It's magic, Tiger," so Peter exclaims, "[[IronicEcho Yeah, it's magic! We don't have to explain it!]]"

* AWizardDidIt: After [[spoiler: Quesadilla's retcon drastically improves "the real world's continuity" '''and''' the comic book industry]], Peter remarks that he can't believe the afforementioned ChekhovsGun could cause such a great effect. MJ reminds him, "It's magic, Tiger," so Peter exclaims, "[[IronicEcho Yeah, it's magic! We don't have to explain it!]]"

--> "''This was between two consenting adults!!!''"

** In lieu of a wedding photo, MJ framed [[http://marvel.wikia.com/Amazing_Spider-Man_Annual_Vol_1_21?file=Amazing_Spider-Man_Annual_Vol_1_21_Variant.jpg one of the covers]] of the wedding issue of ''ComicBook/SpiderMan''.

** In lieu of a wedding photo, MJ framed the cover of the wedding issue of ''ComicBook/SpiderMan''.

** Some time after Peter and MJ secede from Marvel, MJ grows desperate for another acting gig, and tells Peter that she might go into fanfiction. Peter warns her that she'll end up "throwing away [her] decency" if she does so.

* TakeThat: In addition to all the potshots taken at Joe Quesada's ego and questionable business decisions, DC gets criticized for relying too heavily on generic and lengthy {{Crisis Crossover}}s. Additionally, Joe Quesadilla admits he felt surprised that Creator/KirstenDunst's treatment of Mary Jane in the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'' didn't cause MJ to lose any fans.

** In lieu of a wedding photo, MJ framed the of the wedding issue of ''ComicBook/SpiderMan''.

* BookEnds: The comic begins and ends with Spidey having to save MJ after getting kidnapped.

* ShoutOut:

* SmallSecludedWorld: Storagetown, where comic book characters go when their publishers don't want to use them anymore.

* BigDamnKiss: The only kiss that Peter and MJ get to share in this whole story is accompanied by cherry blossoms falling, much to their confusion.

* BigDamnKiss: The only kiss that Peter and MJ get to share in this whole story is accompanied by cherry blossoms falling, much to her confusion.

* EarnYourHappyEnding

* CerebusSyndrome: PlatypusComix author Peter Paltridge said that "True Believers" started out as a less dramatic story for the fourth week of the Character Strike. He first published the early chapters under the {{Self Deprecati|on}}ng title, "Peter Paltridge, The Amazing Spider-Hack."

** In a ShoutOut to ''{{Dallas}}'', Spidey wakes up in bed, walks into the bathroom, and finds [[spoiler: Venom]] in his shower.

* PrecisionFStrike: After Peter tears up the paper Joe Quesadilla used to brainwash MJ, she tells Peter to, "Kick his ass."

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The Website/PlatypusComix miniseries [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/miscellaneous/index.php?issue=11&page=1 "True Believers"]] takes place while the characters from the website's flagship comics have gone on strike. The Head Executive tries to tide readers over with a Franchise/SpiderMan comic, hoping he could get away with featuring characters he doesn't own when the characters he does own won't cooperate. The resulting story became Platypus Comix's TakeThat against Creator/MarvelComics' reviled ''ComicBook/OneMoreDay'' comic, which had concluded two weeks earlier. In a 48-page, two-month-long, ''[[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Roger Rabbit]]''-ish storyline, Spidey and Mary Jane Watson fight to save their marriage from being wiped out by their own editor, Joe Quesadilla -- a vicious [[Creator/JoeQuesada Quesada]] [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed caricature]].

* CerebusSyndrome: Peter Paltridge said that "True Believers" started out as a less dramatic story for the fourth week of the Character Strike. He first published the early chapters under the title, "Peter Paltridge, The Amazing Spider-Hack."

Website/PlatypusComix author Peter Paltridge called 2008's [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/miscellaneous/index.php?issue=11&page=1 "True Believers"]] his second favorite of the stories he wrote.[[note]]First place goes to the ''Guava Guava'' comic "Raiders of the Lost Arc".[[/note]] The characters from the flagship comics have gone on strike, so the Head Executive tries to tide readers over with a Franchise/SpiderMan comic, hoping he could get away with featuring characters he doesn't own when the characters he does own won't cooperate. The resulting story became Platypus Comix's TakeThat against MarvelComics' reviled ''ComicBook/OneMoreDay'' comic, which had concluded two weeks earlier. In a 48-page, two-month-long, ''[[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Roger Rabbit]]''-ish storyline, Spidey and Mary Jane Watson fight to save their marriage from being wiped out by their own editor, Joe Quesadilla -- a vicious [[Creator/JoeQuesada Quesada]] [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed caricature]].