History Webcomic / VGCats

%% * AssShove: No Snake, think [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=87 harder]].

%% * ArtificialStupidity

* AnimatedAdaptation: A flash toon attempt, but only one episode exists: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qsp10efEvkk check it]].

* ArcWelding: [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=346 #334]] and [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=347 #335]] both take place in the same era (when Aeris and Leo were kids) but are unrelated. [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=348 #336]] ties them together and shows the aftermath of each story (Scott even says this was an arc weld as he hadn't set out to do a three-parter but changed his mind after writing the first comic).

* AttackBackfire: Used in [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=216 this]] comic for using fire as a weapon in cold weather; pleasant for obvious reasons. (Unless you were to set the clothes on fire... [[DoubleSubversion in which case you'd be setting yourself up to get arrested anyway]].)
* AuthorAvatar: As Pantsman became less prominent, Aeris has become Ramsoomair's megaphone.
%% ** Pantsman.

* BetterByADifferentName: In some AuthorTract, [[AuthorAvatar Pantsman]] [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=190 declares his hate for]] ''Manga/InuYasha'', saying it was better when it was ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'', then calling it "''[[Manga/DragonBall Dragon Ball Z]]'' for girls".
* BeyondTheImpossible: Aeris ''aborts Leo from time'' but that's not what qualifies for this. What qualifies for this is that he [[UnexplainedRecovery '''recovered from it'''.]]

%% ** His take on a certain episode of ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic]]''. [[FanDumb Some]] bronies were less than amused, and the comic has since been taken down.

All of these comics have consistently good artwork (a few instances of re-used backgrounds not withstanding), but not so much with the updating schedule. Recently ''claimed'' to have finally settled on a [[BlatantLies regular schedule]]. There were a grand total of nine strips in 2010, and eight in 2017. Add that in with Adventure Log being cancelled and Super Effective not seeing an update in years, you have some serious ScheduleSlip.

''[[http://www.vgcats.com/ VG Cats]] is a video game-themed FunnyAnimal webcomic by Scott Ramsoomair. Rather than directly emulating the TwoGamersOnACouch format that was popularized by ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'', this comic instead does humorous parodies of video games and anime, with the comic's characters -- {{Cloudcuckoolander}} Leo and SnarkKnight Aeris -- via DeepImmersionGaming.

A video game-themed FunnyAnimal webcomic by Scott Ramsoomair. Rather than directly emulating the TwoGamersOnACouch format that was popularized by ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'', this comic instead does humorous parodies of video games and anime, with the comic's characters -- {{Cloudcuckoolander}} Leo and SnarkKnight Aeris -- via DeepImmersionGaming.

Can be found [[http://www.vgcats.com/ here]].

In 2020, Scott popped back up and said the strip's downtime was due to a combination of other projects and depression. He is currently working on a new website, and has said ''VG Cats'' will eventually resume, but ''Super Effective'' is finished. He is currently working on a prequel story revolving around Leo and Aeris first moving in together on Patreon.

In 2020, Scott popped back up and said the strip's downtime was due to a combination of other projects and depression. He is currently working on a new website, and has said ''VG Cats'' will eventually resume, but ''Super Effective'' is finished. He is currently working on a prequel story revolving around Leo and Aeris first moving in together on Website/{{Patreon}}.

** Before that he created a Comic replacing [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Byakuya and Ichigo]] with Aeris and Leo, and recreated the scene where Ichigo first used his [[SuperMode Bankai]].[[note]][[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=223 strip number 224[[/note]]

--->'''Aeris''': Online [=RPGs=] are about social interaction, damn it!
--->'''Leo''': Yes, social interaction, of course.
--->'''Leo''': "SPARE MONIES FOR A NEWB?"
--->'''Leo''': "HEAL PLZ?"
--->'''Leo''': "HOW I MINE FOR FISH?"
--->'''Leo''': *turns to Aeris* "HAY A GRL LETS CYBER!"

** In the [[MilestoneCelebration 100th Comic]] [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/videos/100.php flash video]], one can access a scene where Pantsman does a mockup of WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail... [[spoiler: and since he's actually using Strong Bad's Compy, Strong Bad himself appears and tells him to get out.]]

%% -->'''Ms.Dipshits''': You don't need oxygen when you look [[FashionHurts this good]]...

'''Chopper''' (''holds up a colostomy bag'')''':''' This is going to be your new rectum.

--> '''Leo''': So I've secretly been [[IAteWhat peeing in her coffee]] ever since!
--> '''Aeris''': So I've been switching our coffees ever since.
--> '''Leo''': *drinks coffee* Mmmmm!

--> '''Leo''': [[CruelPlayerCharacterGod Do you think Sims feel pain?]]
--> '''Aeris''': You're a MONSTER, and you're going straight to hell.

---> '''Aeris''': Did you just feed him his '''[[VideoGame/VivaPinata parents]]'''? ... Yeah, I'm taking this for a '''while'''.

** Ditto: [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=248 This.]]

** In [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/images/100111.jpg this strip:]] [[Franchise/{{Halo}} Fullfillith Thine Fight]].

** To ''Film/ThreeHundred'', [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=229 here]].
** To ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'' in [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=304 this]] Series/PawnStars parody strip.

5% * {{Tsundere}}: Aeris.

* TwentyPercentMoreAwesome: Used very nearly by name in [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=306 #294]], [[VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution They'll Fix You.]] [[Film/RoboCop1987 They Fix Everything]].

* AerithAndBob: Or rather, Aeris and Leo. Both are named after real cats who were naturally named after ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Final]] [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI Fantasy]]'' characters.
* AIIsACrapshoot / ArtificialStupidity: [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=289 They don't call them "bots" for nothing.]] (#277 Cheeseburger Apocalypse)
* AffectionateParody
* AlternateUniverse: Years ago, Scott ran a brief (''very'' brief - like, not even into double digits) comic called [=VGKitties=], exploring the notion that Leo and Aeris were ordinary housecats interacting in housecatty ways, rather than a pair of funny animals.

* AmusingInjuries: Oh so painfully Deconstructed [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=207 here]].

* {{Animesque}}

* AssShove: No Snake, think [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=87 harder]].
* AtomicFBomb: [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=188 Literally.]]
** [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=300 And here, not quite so literally.]] Instead, it gives a ClusterFBomb immediately afterward.

* AuthorAvatar: Pantsman.
** Pantsman hasn't shown up in quite a while, and increasingly, Aeris is becoming Ramsoomair's megaphone.

* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=290 Dawwwwwww.]][[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=348 And again here.]]

* BeyondTheImpossible: Aeris ''aborts Leo from time'' but that's not what qualifies for this. What qualifies for this is that he '''recovered from it'''.
** ''"[[UnexplainedRecovery I got better]]."''

* BlackComedy: Quite common.
** In "[[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=269 The Comedian]]". Also, the [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=247 babysitting gun turret]] from ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}''.
** [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=137 This]] fits the trope, as well.
** His take on a certain episode of ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic]]''. [[FanDumb Some]] bronies were less than amused, and the comic has since been taken down.
** Remember ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot''? [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=320 Remember what happens when the user wins?]]
* BlackComedyRape: Many examples. [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=48 Here's one]].
* BlatantLies: "Updated every Monday!"
** [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=250 Lampshaded.]]
** [[Film/ManOfSteel IT'S TOO FAST,]] [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=328 I'M DONE FORE!]]
* BrainBleach: [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=24 Aeris hates Algorythms.]]

* CanadaEh: The special Canada Day strip.
* {{Cameo}}: [[Creator/BenCroshaw Yahtzee.]] [[note]][[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=304 Strip 292]][[/note]]

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Krug. His last appearance was between issues 269 & 270... which was a guest comic to parody ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}''. For the record, it has nothing to do with the outraged response to the all-female remake as it came out years before that. Krug's been gone a long time.
* CatSmile: [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=290 From Aeris]].
* ClusterFBomb:
** [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=190 By Popular Request]], in which Pantsman gives his opinion on ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}''.
** [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=300 Kinder Surprise]], to Aeris, quite expressively so.

* CrateExpectations: Played with [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=300 here]].
** This is taken straight from the source game, where this happens with 90% of the crates you open.
* CuteAndPsycho: Aeris
* CuteLittleFang: Aeris, most often.

* DarkerAndEdgier:
** [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=120 Leo explains the origins of the Tooth Fairy and Chocolate Milk]].
** Their explanation of WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=275 here]].
* DeclarativeFinger: Parodied [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=141 here.]]
* DeadForReal: Doctor Hobo, mayherestinpeace.
--> ''"[[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Dr. Hobo is dead. He's no longer here! But on my head, and in my spoon...]] '''he continues to live on!'''"''
** [[spoiler:[[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=327 He got better.]]]] (#327 That Show that's not Bob's Burgers)
* DeepImmersionGaming
** Spoofed in one issue ([[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=323 #311 "Dress Rehersal"]]) where Aeris and Leo, who are already dressed as Princess Peach and Luigi, are asked to put on the cat suits from ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld'' over top their existing costumes.

* DigitalPiracyIsEvil: [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=76 Parodied here]], at least before it disappears into complete incoherence.
* DistantReactionShot
* DontExplainTheJoke: Aeris's response to Leo when he makes an incredibly misogynistic joke about why girls like stories about vampires and feels the need to spell out what he's talking about. Leo does this a lot. "'''[[IncrediblyLamePun Recurring]]''', [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=284 if you will.]]"

* EasterEgg: That password in [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=280 "Nerd Rage"]] really works for ''VideoGame/MegaMan2'', all bosses, full e-tanks.

* FaceFullOfAlienWingWong: Trope namer and page image.
* FantasticRacism: [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=163 Turtle Power!]]
* FingertipDrugAnalysis: Parodied in a strip about ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney''.
* ForScience: Leo used it as an excuse [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=192 to do what he did with]] Franchise/WinnieThePooh. [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=271 And his past self]].
* FridgeHorror: [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=207 Their version]] of WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry. [[invoked]]
* FunnyAnimal

* GagBoobs: [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=260 This strip]].
* GeoEffects: Parodied in [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=150 "High Ground"]].

* GoodAngelBadAngel: Or rather, [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=137 Bad Angel and Clown]].

* GrammarNazi: [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=171 Yes]].
* HeroicComedicSociopath: Aeris often resorts to rather ''extreme'' methods when dealing with idiots.
* HighClassGlass

** [[BrainBleach Aeris's reaction is also priceless]].
* {{Homage}}: Leo's reaction to [[spoiler:Dr. Hobo's death]] is an homage to ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''.

* HulkSpeak: Anything said by Krug.

* ICannotSelfTerminate: Oh '''''god''''', [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=192 this strip]]. And worse, [[Franchise/WinnieThePooh Pooh begs piglet]] to kill him!
* IdenticalPanelGag: ''Very'' frequent, usually doubled as {{Beat Panel}}s. Notably used [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=188 just before]] Aeris's AtomicFBomb.
* IncrediblyLamePun: [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=181 Lampshaded.]]

* InNameOnly: At times. Some comics have only gaming, others have only cats, and still others have ''neither''. Lampshaded in [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=71 #77 (I'm gonna get sued for this..)]], at least as far as it not being relevant to gaming goes.

* JackassGenie: [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=296 What happens when you ask the Monkey's Paw for]] VideoGame/DukeNukemForever. Three wishes left...
** Two if you include Leo's wish for a [[IncrediblyLamePun large]] wiener.

* LampshadeHanging: [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=312 Why are you a cat?]]
* [[LetsMockTheMonsters Let's Mock The Monsters]]: [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=1 You know, maybe we shouldn't be jamming the helpless critters into airtight balls]] and [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=45 hemorrhoids]].
* LightFlickerTeleportation: [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=17 Here.]]
* [[LionsandTigersandHumansOhMy Lions and Tigers and Humans... Oh, My!]]: [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=346 Funny animals, regular animals, ]] [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=345 and humans]] exist together in this webcomic.
* MagicSkirt: Leo as Link apparently [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=228 doesn't have one]].
* ManEatingPlant: [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Fullpetal Botanist]].

* NWordPrivileges: [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=191 Taking "pretending to be racist" just a little bit too far.]]
* NoDeadBodyPoops: [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=240 Averted.]]
* NotRareOverThere: Used as part of a rant by Ash, [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=258 here]].
* NotWhatItLooksLike: [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=131 Good game, Leo.]]
* OfCorsetHurts: [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=71 Parodied]].
-->'''Ms.Dipshits''': You don't need oxygen when you look [[FashionHurts this good]]...

* OrwellianEditor: Not all of Ramsoomair's rejected comics are in the "Misc Other Comics" archive. In particular, two are just flat-out ''gone''. In the first, Aeris & Leo had their own table at a convention, and Aeris commented nastily on the attendees. Apparently, some interpreted this as a swipe at convention-goers in general and it seems Ramsoomair responded by removing it without a word. Next was the aforementioned ''Friendship Is Magic'' strip which some fans took the wrong way despite Ramsoomair making it clear from that very news update that he is a fan of the show himself. He's also worked in other references to the show in the comic in later issues, so it's safe to say that was just a joke taken the wrong way and he felt bad about it (he did warn that he would do it, though he didn't exactly say why). In both cases, UnfortunateImplications won the day.

* PooledFunds: [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=300 Meanwhile, at Valve...]]
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: ''Film/ThreeHundred'' is parodied [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=229 here]].
* QuintessentialBritishGentleman: Leo's dad, Leo Leonardo The Second.
* RapidFireComedy: A rare webcomic example.

* SeriousBusiness: [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=267 "Waiting"]], for one. [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/images/090423.jpg "Nerd Rage"]], for another. And don't even ask about [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=111 this guy]]...
** Plus Aeris' love for Jean Luc Picard and ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. And, conversely her hate for ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''.
* ShipTease: [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/images/100111.jpg This comic.]]
** Also [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=201 this comic]].
* ShockSite: A pixellated Goatse appears on a TV in [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=294 this comic.]]

* ShowerOfAngst: [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus]] after realizing she slept with [[Franchise/{{Halo}} Master Chief]].
* SkywardScream: [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=296 MONKEY PAAAAAW!]]
* {{Squick}}: [[VideoGame/Left4Dead Hunter and Boomer's]] reaction to Smoker's new [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=283 girlfriend]].
* StayInTheKitchen: [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=252 Get back to cooking, Mama]]
* TakeThat: To Manga/{{InuYasha}} [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=190 here]].
* TakeThatCritics: In response to complaints over an abortion joke, we got [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=270 this]].
* TertiarySexualCharacteristics:
** Aeris's color and "hair" style are the only real indicators that she's female. There was ''one'' comic, years ago, where both she and Leo were more humanly proportioned. This is the only recorded incidence of Aeris having breasts of any sort.
** These days, it shows better that she's just 'small'. There's even a [[http://mayuzane.deviantart.com/art/VGcats-and-the-VGC-01-17-68673183 fancomic]] on-site that shows her as [[ACupAngst a bit self-conscious about it]] when she hears that a fictional Japanese adaptation gives her character a bigger bust. So much so that she tells Leo to bring his Pyro suit.
** The most recent [[ArtEvolution art style]] portrays Aeris with more [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=363 obvious]] [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=368 curves]].

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: An in-universe subversion [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=296 here.]] Leo starts to do this, but then decides it's for the best.
* ThickLineAnimation: Especially prominent during 2004-2006. Almost nowhere to be seen in later comics.
* TooAwesomeToUse: Parodied [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=358 here]].
* TooDumbToLive: Leo is this very, very often. Or maybe Leo is too stupid to ''die''.
* {{Troll}}ing: [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=300 Spy Leo does this to Scout Aeris.]]
* {{Tsundere}}: Aeris, if [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=290 this strip]] can be considered indicative of a deredere side.
* UnexplainedRecovery: Leo, after Aeris "Aborted [him]... from '''time'''". Blatantly [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]], to boot.

*** And just in case you think this was just a one-off to spoof ''Family Guy'', [[spoiler:Dr. Hobo reappears in [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=329 #316]]]].

* UnsoundEffect: FACE!
** [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=190 *MONOCLE*]]
** [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=91 *Quietly* *Storm* *Off*]]

** Dr. Hobo CassandraTruth 's this way back in [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=58 the 58th strip]].

** Aeris's ID in the ([[OneEpisodeWonder very brief]]) AnimatedAdaptation simply reads "Legal".
** She looks like she's going to college, given [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=290 this strip]].

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: The subject of many comics, as seen in this [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=122 strip]] about ''VideoGame/TheSims''.
** Also happens in this [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=198 comic]] for VideoGame/{{Spore}}.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Aeris and Leo, for all her antagonism and his dim-bulb moments, do care for each other. Doubtful? [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=290 Look and see]].

* WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong: [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=282 This strip]]. Entrusting [[OlympusMons unfathomable power]] to a bunch of kids. What could possibly go wrong?

* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=164 This strip]] spoofing ''[[WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers Captain Planet]]'' inspired the meme.
* JustForFun/XMeetsY:[[invoked]] [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=287]] Film/InglouriousBasterds meets VideoGame/TeamFortress2
* YaoiFangirl:
** [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=126 Aeris]] [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=221 it]] [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=288 sems]].
* YourMom: One of Leo's favourite forms of joke. He suffered for it in the end.
** Or rather, SHE suffered for it [[DoubleEntendre in the end]].
* YouHaveResearchedBreathing: The trope article's picture.

--> '''Aeris''': Did you just feed him his '''[[VideoGame/VivaPinata parents]]'''? ... Yeah, I'm taking this for a '''while'''.

* DifferentWorldDifferentMovies: [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=243 This comic]] shows a world were Aeris and Leo are dogs with swapped personalities (Leo is now the exasperated straight-man and Aeris is the excitable simpleton) who play games such as ''[[MortalKombat Minor Konflict]]'' and the ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog''-esque ''Yoshi the Dinosaur''.

* ShipTease: [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/images/100111.jpg This comic.]] It also counts as a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.

All of these comics have consistently good artwork (a few instances of re-used backgrounds not withstanding), but [[ScheduleSlip not so much with the updating schedule]]. Recently ''claimed'' to have finally settled on a [[BlatantLies regular schedule]]. There were a grand total of nine strips in 2010. Add that in with Adventure Log being cancelled, you have some serious ScheduleSlip.

* FingertipDrugAnalysis: Parodied in a strip about ''PhoenixWrightAceAttorney''.

* PunctuatedForEmphasis: [[Film/ThreeHundred 300]] is parodied [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=229 here]].

** To [[ThreeHundred 300]], [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=229 here]].

** Aeris's shelf in [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=290 this]] strip is home to ''[[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Gurren Lagann]]'', [[{{Pokemon}} Lucario]], and ''VideoGame/{{Spore}}'' creature figurines. On the wall is a ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' poster.

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: The subject of many comics, as seen in this [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=122 strip]] about ''TheSims''.

* ShowerOfAngst: [[{{Metroid}} Samus]] after realizing she slept with [[Franchise/{{Halo}} Master Chief]].

* WhatDidIDoLastNight?: [[{{Metroid}} Samus Aran]] gets this after a [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=128 Christmas party]]. The answer is "[[Franchise/{{Halo}} Master Chief]]."

A video game-themed FunnyAnimal webcomic by Scott Ramsoomair. Rather than directly emulating the TwoGamersOnACouch format that was popularized by ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'', this comic instead does humorous parodies of video games and anime, with the comic's characters -- CloudCuckooLander Leo and SnarkKnight Aeris -- via DeepImmersionGaming.

* ThatOneLevel: In-universe, [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=389 this comic]] has Aeris going through her old games and remembering why [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII she]] [[VideoGame/CrashBandicoot3Warped never]] [[VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}} finished]] [[VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine them]].

* XMeetsY: [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=287]] Film/InglouriousBasterds meets VideoGame/TeamFortress2