History WhatMeasureIsAMook / WebComics

* In one of the ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' based ''Dark Legacy'' webcomics strip, a gnome is killing kobolds and gathering their ears for a quest. Upon killing a kobold, the gnome checks the kobold's wallet, and sees a picture of his wife and kid. The gnome seems heartwrenched to learn that he just killed a family man... but then he kills the wife and the kid for ''their'' ears.

* Webcomic/AFairytaleForTheDemonLord: Plays with and Deconstructs it. The Knights are all nameless, sometimes unthinking, cannon fodder, and if they perform heroic deeds, [[NominalImportance they get an name and identity]]. The main character is a knight who rejected the mindset and a name after saving the princess. As time goes on, he shows no remorse killing knights who get in his way, or are even witnesses. In one of the backup stories, a random soldier is seen digging up the remains of dozens of nameless knights under his command to bury them properly, with blank tombstones reflecting their nature. [[spoiler: It's really [[NotQuiteDead Balder]] who seeks to go out and kill the protagonist, and give them names on their tombstones written in his blood to honor them.]]

%%* Lampshaded in [[http://www.gocomics.com/tomthedancingbug/2009/02/28 this]] ''Tom the Dancing Bug''.
%%-->ARG! My hopes and dreams!

* [[spoiler:Bowser]] sings about the tragic plight of the minion in ''Webcomic/BrawlInTheFamily'' [[http://brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/comic/200-odetominions/ strip 200]].
--> [[PunchClockVillain These minions clock in from 9 to 5]]// to provide for their wives// not knowing' it'd be the last day// of their liiiives!
%%** An earlier strip [[http://brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/2009/03/17/148-stomp1/ with multiple endings]] also featured this trope.
* In one of the ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' based ''Dark Legacy'' webcomics strip, a gnome is killing kobolds and gathering their ears for a quest. Upon killing a kobold, the gnome checks the kobold's wallet, and sees a picture of his wife and kid. The gnome seems heartwrenched to learn that he just killed a family man... but then he kills the wife and the kid for ''their'' ears.
* [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0784.html In this strip]] of ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', Elan celebrates when the Allosaurus eats the {{Mooks}} instead of two JerkAss bounty hunters. "Hooray! [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality The people whose names I know are saved]]!"

* In ''Webcomic/{{Sonichu}}'', especially during the final two issues, the characters are more than happy to mow down hundreds of Jerkops and Decepticlones. However, during the ninth issue, it's revealed that the Jerkops were actually ''brainwashed people''. But, for Chris, Sonichu and the like, that's okay, because they were in his way of Chris' great Love Quest.
%%* ''Webcomic/MushroomGo'' shows the nature of a mook in a flashback. [[spoiler:Too bad the mook in question is Captain Martello's father.]]
* Analyzed by characters in ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'', chapter "Aylee", when Torg and Aylee are hiding in an alternative dimension where Earth has been overrun by mysterious, fairly mindless-seeming "ghouls". They spend some time killing them practically for fun in creative ways, until Aylee starts feeling bad about it and mentions it to Torg, who says he just felt like taking a break from previous moral ambiguity by messing with straight-up bad guys, but they should probably stop. It all causes additional guilt later when it's finally revealed just what the ghouls are.
* Touched on in {{Webcomic/Guidestuck}} when Jaspers [[spoiler: prototypes Bec's pet dog, forcing the imps to take on the appearance of his dog Jade.]]
* Webcomic/AFairytaleForTheDemonLord: Plays with and Deconstructs it. The Knights are all nameless, sometimes unthinking, cannon fodder, and if they perform heroic deeds, [[NominalImportance they get an name and identity]]. The main character is a knight who rejected the mindset and a name after saving the princess. As time goes on, he shows no remorse killing knights who get in his way, or are even witnesses. In one of the backup stories, a random soldier is seen digging up the remains of dozens of nameless knights under his command to bury them properly, with blank tombstones reflecting their nature. [[spoiler: It's really [[NotQuiteDead Balder]] who seeks to go out and kill the protagonist, and give them names on their tombstones written in his blood to honor them.]]
%%* Lampshaded, in the context of ''VideoGame/Doom2016'', in [[http://nonadventures.com/2016/06/04/soldier-of-misfortune/ this]] ''Webcomic/TheNonAdventuresOfWonderella'' strip.
* ''Webcomic/{{Concerned}}'' had [[http://www.screencuisine.net/hlcomic/index.php?date=2006-05-17 The Frank Tangent]], a quartet of strips in which [[VideoGame/HalfLife2 a group of Combine soldiers]] bemoan the loss of Frank at the hands of Gordon Freeman. The author ''meant'' it to be PlayedForLaughs, but a number of readers viewed it through this trope's lens.
%%* In ''{{Webcomic/Sarilho}}'' there are several casualities on both sides of the first battle.
* In ''WebComic/TheLastDaysOfFoxHound'', The Sorrow is downright ''irate'' with Liquid Snake for thoroughly enjoying re-experiencing all the times he killed enemy soldiers and focusing on wanting to re-learn his forgotten techniques as opposed to reflecting on all the lives he had ended.
--> '''The Sorrow:''' You are ''completely'' missing the point here! Instead of taking notes on how to be a butcher, you should be reflecting on the consequences of taking that man's life!
--> '''Liquid:''' Dude, he's just a goon.
--> '''The Sorrow:''' Tell that to Mr. and Mrs. Goon!!!
* Parodied in [[https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/the-lord-of-all-evil this]] ''Magazine/TheNewYorker'' comic. A fantasy hero fights his way to a demon lord, having slain his minions along the way. When the demon lord hears this, he starts wondering aloud about how to deal with the aftermath.
-->'''Demon Lord:''' Like, what's the process here? Do I contact their families? This is going to be, like, a whole thing, isn't it? Y'know, I gotta say, man, they call me the lord of all evil, but I've never killed fifty people....

* Lampshaded in [[http://www.gocomics.com/tomthedancingbug/2009/02/28 this]] ''Tom the Dancing Bug''.
-->ARG! My hopes and dreams!

** An earlier strip [[http://brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/2009/03/17/148-stomp1/ with multiple endings]] also featured this trope.

* ''Webcomic/MushroomGo'' shows the nature of a mook in a flashback. [[spoiler:Too bad the mook in question is Captain Martello's father.]]

* Lampshaded, in the context of ''VideoGame/Doom2016'', in [[http://nonadventures.com/2016/06/04/soldier-of-misfortune/ this]] ''Webcomic/TheNonAdventuresOfWonderella'' strip.

* In ''{{Webcomic/Sarilho}}'' there are several casualities on both sides of the first battle.

* ''Webcomic/{{Concerned}}'' had [[http://www.screencuisine.net/hlcomic/index.php?date=2006-05-18 The Frank Tangent]], a trio of strips in which [[VideoGame/HalfLife2 a group of Combine soldiers]] bemoan the loss of Frank at the hands of Gordon Freeman. The author ''meant'' it to be PlayedForLaughs, but a number of readers viewed it through this trope's lens.

* ''Webcomic/{{Concerned}}'' had [[http://www.screencuisine.net/hlcomic/index.php?date=2006-05-18 The Frank Tangent]], a trio of strips in which [[VideoGame/HalfLife2 a group of Combine soldiers]] bemoan the loss of Frank at the hands of Gordon Freeman. The author had ''meant'' to have it be PlayedForLaughs, but a number of readers viewed it through this trope's lens.

* ''Webcomic/{{Concerned}}'' had [[http://www.screencuisine.net/hlcomic/index.php?date=2006-05-18 The Frank Tangent]], a trio of strips in which [[VideoGame/HalfLifeTwo a group of Combine soldiers]] bemoan the loss of Frank at the hands of Gordon Freeman. The author had ''meant'' to have it be PlayedForLaughs, but a number of readers viewed it through this trope's lens.

* [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0784.html In this strip]] of ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', Elan celebrates when the Allosaurus eats the {{Mooks}} instead of two JerkAss bounty hunters. "Hooray! The people whose names I know are saved!"

--> These minions clock in from 9 to 5// to provide for their wives// not knowing' it'd be the last day// of their liiiives!

** This comic, "[[http://www.dorkly.com/comic/2727/the-price-of-koopa-heroism The Price Of Koopa Heroism]]" also addresses the same theme.