History YMMV / LookingForGroup

* SeasonalRot: [[spoiler: The Archmage]] was killed and Cale's party set out to deal with the aftermath. That was '''seven years ago'''.

%%* CrazyAwesome: Richard.

*** [[BrainBleach NOOOOOO... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!1!ONE!]]
** Also Richard/Cale. Cale ''set his arm on fire'' when Richard left. Also, he flies him on a kite during a trip on a ship.
*** And glomps him when he returns after the fire incident. And the reason he set his arm on fire was him fondly remembering when Richard ''possessed'' him (and used his fire powers while in Cale's body.)

* MoralEventHorizon: Richard invokes this to keep his powers and help his village and friends.

** For that matter, most of Richard’s signature BlackComedy becomes this [[spoiler: when it is revealed he despises what he has become and is desperately clinging on to what he was like before 24/7]].

* AuthorsSavingThrow: Much criticism has been levied on the comic's switch from easygoing fantasy-parody comedy to a more dramatic story with elements of humor. The main character, Cale, has had a recent extended flashback sequence that is working to fit the ludicrously light-hearted Cale of the very first strip into the full canon. The problem is that either of those alone would be fine. But a strip that switches between serious drama and gag a day doesn't work. Anything that might be a twist, you'll start expecting is merely the set up or punchline to a joke. [[spoiler: Richard was revealed to be turning human and losing his power around the same time that the comic showed what is assumed to be him as a ridiculously innocent looking child. When an npc came that appeared to people as their ideal of innocence, it didn't reference that at all in Richard-Vision, it was just a big rose. Then after a few pages he was slaughtering baby animals and throwing dolphins at Cale because his power apparently runs of destruction of innocence. Set up for a plot twist, or set up for a joke? Who the hell knows now?]]

---> [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid Excitement abounds\\

--> '''Peasants:''' Wait! We are innocents.
--> '''Richard:''' I know.
--> '''*FWOOOSH*'''

* MostAnnoyingSound: [[https://www.lfg.co/page/70 ...and how a nigh omnipotent warlock deals with it]].

* EarWorm: ♪You've nowhere to hide, nowhere to run. Your village will burn like the heart of the suuuuuun! With infinite glee, it's going to be me, that slaughters the wooooorld!♪

--> "Chicken need Squishy." "Chicken ''does'' need Squishy."

* FandomBerserkButton:
** Saying LFG is a [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft [=WoW=]]] story on the forums. DON'T DO IT FOR THE SAKE OF EVERYONE YOU'VE EVER LOVED, for the amount of flaming you'll be a victim to will likely kill them too. It actually started out as a ''Warcraft'' parody, but instantly shifted into its own world after the first page.

** Saying LFG is a [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft [=WoW=]]] story on the forums. DON'T DO IT FOR THE SAKE OF EVERYONE YOU'VE EVER LOVED, for the amount of flaming you'll be a victim to will likely kill them too.
** It actually started out as a ''Warcraft'' parody, but instantly shifted into its own world after the first page.
** The mention of that sets them off too, by the way.
* FanNickname: Felbunny (Richard's pet rabbit) and Commander Kickass (the general of the armies of Legaria).
** Cale's master in the flashback was dubbed Elven Sean Connery.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Quite a few, but it's Lampshaded in the [[http://lfgcomic.com/page/188 Boom de Yada]] comic.

** One of the highlights - [[http://www.lfgcomic.com/page/591/ "That'll do, pig]]. [[{{Film/Babe}} That'll do.]]"

* HarsherInHindsight: The random dead pirate in [[http://www.lfgcomic.com/page/181/ 181]] turns out to be [[spoiler: [[http://www.lfgcomic.com/npc/tale/4-23/ Tah'vraay's father]].]]
** Richard's nonsensical battlecry [[http://lfgcomic.com/page/42 For Pony!]] is revealed to be [[spoiler: [[http://www.lfgcomic.com/page/782/ in memory of his first pet]].]]
* HilariousInHindsight: [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic FOR]] [[http://lfgcomic.com/page/42 PONY!]]

* MostAnnoyingSound: [[http://www.lfgcomic.com/page/70 ...and how a nigh omnipotent warlock deals with it]].

* BrokenBase: There are three kinds of LFG fans: The fans who got into the comic after CerebusSyndrome set in, the kinds who think it JumpedTheShark after CerebusSyndrome set in, and the kind who like the comic either way.

* JumpTheShark: Some parts of the BrokenBase think it did this after the switch to a more serious story. This isn't helped by the consistent-yet-slow schedule of the comic, although [[ArchiveBinge Archive Binging]] takes the sting out of most pacing problems. Some other readers think that its added silliness is the Shark Jumping over the serious story as of the 600 or so mark.
* MagnumOpusDissonance: Sohmer's first work, ''Webcomic/LeastICouldDo'', is far more divisive than LFG, which started out as a goofy AffectionateParody of ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' and ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' he did for fun. LFG has become far and away the most popular of his works.

* CounterpartComparison: Richard is sometimes compared to Deadpool; both are wise-cracking, kill-happy, morally ambiguous, masked characters who frequently break the fourth wall.
* CrazyAwesome: Richard.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Has a [[Awesome/LookingForGroup separate page]].
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome:
** Richard, right [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcbazH6aE2g here]].
--> [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid Excitement abounds\\
I almost can't wait\\
Relax, I don't want your baby\\
I already ate!]]
** You've been [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piW2RVZR7q4 Dick Roll'd]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piW2RVZR7q4 This is war!]]
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Has a [[Funny/LookingForGroup separate page]].

** Saying LFG is a [[WorldOfWarcraft [=WoW=]]] story on the forums. DON'T DO IT FOR THE SAKE OF EVERYONE YOU'VE EVER LOVED, for the amount of flaming you'll be a victim to will likely kill them too.
** It actually started out as a Warcraft parody, but instantly shifted into its own world after the first page.

* GrowingTheBeard: When the comic stopped being a ''WorldOfWarcraft'' parody and developed its own universe.

* MagnumOpusDissonance: Sohmer's first work, ''LeastICouldDo'', is far more divisive than LFG, which started out as a goofy AffectionateParody of ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' and ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' he did for fun. LFG has become far and away the most popular of his works.

* MagnumOpusDissonance: Sohmer's first work, ''LeastICouldDo'', is far more [[LoveItOrHateIt divisive]] than LFG, which started out as a goofy AffectionateParody of ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' and ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' he did for fun. LFG has become far and away the most popular of his works.

* AssPull: For a lot of people, the [[spoiler:pairing of Cale and Benny]] came right out of nowhere. Other has been calling it since the war in the North arc, even showing the hints in how the character's perception of each other changed around the war in the north arc (and [[http://www.lfg.co/page/270/ the character in-universe spelling it out]]).

* FandomRivalry: Pella being named as TheScrappy by a few outspoken Richard fans lead to the formation of the first major character-specific fan group, the Pella Admirers' Indefatigable Nation (''[=P.A.I.N.=]'') followed mere hours later by one for Richard, then one for Cale, one for Felbunny and on and on. Subverted somewhat since the fans aren't actually arguing over real actors but different cartoon characters drawn by the same man.

* TheScrappy: See FandomRivalry above, also note the reference to Fandom Rivalries in the description of TheScrappy.

* FetishFuel: [[http://lfgcomic.com/page/210 Pella, in a low cut top and an apron, working over a forge, sweat running down her densely muscled arms]].
** Whoever thinks dwarf women are all fat and ugly has never seen her. Yum.
** Also the prison scenes.
** [[http://www.lfgcomic.com/page/272 No one mentioned page 272? For shame]].
*** [[http://lfgcomic.com/page/332 332]]
** Cale spends a whole book without a shirt on. [[http://www.lfgcomic.com/page/730/ Even Richard gets tired of it.]]

* AssPull: For a lot of people, the [[spoiler:pairing of Cale and Benny]] came right out of nowhere. Other has been calling it since the war in the North arc, even showing the hints in how the character'S perception of each other changed around the war in the north arc.

* AssPull: For a lot of people, the [[spoiler:pairing of Cale and Benny]] came right out of nowhere.

* JerkassWoobie: [[spoiler: Richard, surprisingly enough. If he doesn't continually kill innocents, he loses his powers. All of his powers. His undeath (i.e. his immortality, inability to feel pain, and ease of regeneration) and his magic. His insane actions are shown to be a bit of a facade, as he's aware he's doing evil things, but he is doing them in hope for the Greater Good. The crazier he acts the less responsibility he has to take for his actions, and the less clearly he remembers his old self.]]

** It actually started out as a Warcraft parody, but instantly shifted into it's own world after the first page.

* MagnumOpusDissonance: Sohmer's first work, ''LeastICouldDo'', is far more [[LoveItOrHateIt divisive]] than LFG, which started out as a goofy AffectionateParody of ''WorldOfWarcraft'' and ''DungeonsAndDragons'' he did for fun. LFG has become far and away the most popular of his works.