Line #27 Blog/AliceAndBob


1	''Alice and Bob'' (obviously named after a certain couple you always see here) is a blog story running on Platform/{{Tumblr}} on the account "thealiceandbobstory" ("aliceandbob" was already taken), written by our very own Panctice Squad Cutterback, the author of ''Webcomic/AllenTheAlien''. The story mainly concerns Bob and his powers of the world around him changing.
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3	!!This work provides examples of:
4	* AliceAndBob: The source of the title.
5	* AllMenArePerverts: Lampshaded but averted.
6	* AttackItsWeakPoint: How Bob defeats the '''Dark Truck'''.
7	* BigEater: Bob eats a 51-gallon tub of popcorn. ("High blood pressure, my ass")
8	* BlandNameProduct
9	* BoldInflation: Lampshaded. "Man, I use bold '''way''' too much."
10	* CaptainObvious: After Bob gets moved three spaces back in a board game.
11	-->'''Alice:''' Bob, you just got moved three spaces back. I think we're in a board game.\
12	'''Bob:''' 'Yeah, I kinda figured.' (People love to state the obvious)
13	* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Done here and lampshaded.
14	-->"Anyway, I was about to be killed and murdered in my murderous killing bed. And I was going to be murdered. (I want to use redundancy for emphasis.)"
15	* EdibleBludgeon: The characters used rotten food (technically edible) to fight in chapter 2.
16	* EvilIsCool[[invoked]]: "Right now villain stuff looks tempting."
17	* GiganticGulp: Bob drinks a 51-gallon tub of soda. ("High blood pressure, my ass")
18	* GreenRocks: The Amy trophy, which was made of "phlebotinum". It's invoked by Phlebotinum Inc.
19	-->"I watched a documentary on the Unnatural Channel. They said that it was constructed by "Phlebotinum Inc." to serve many purposes. Including superpowers, apparently."
20	* [[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming Idiosyncratic Chapter Naming]]: "Holy X, Batman!"
21	* {{iPhony}}: The iBone.
22	* ItWasADarkAndStormyNight: Parodied. "It was a Bulwer-Lytton night..."
23	* LesserStar: Bob considers Alice to be this. "[She] isn't all that important. She's a supporting character at most."
24	* LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading: Bob's iBone is only a fourth of the way finished loading even after a full hour.
25	* MathematiciansAnswer: Double subverted. "We are in a place. Well, that’s not a good answer. We are actually in a '''place'''."
26	* MurphysBed: Bob is in one in chapter 2.
27	* NintendoHard: InUniverse Bob says that ''[[VideoGame/TwistedMetal Metal Grinder]]'' "was as hard as an [[Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NEC]] game."
28	* NobodyPoops: While the diarrhea from the rotten food is an aversion, this trope is lampshaded.
29	-->"Surprisingly, nobody really seems to have to take a dump in fiction. Like, I used to play ''[[VideoGame/DwarfFortress Elf Forest]]'', which was overly realistic. You could pretty much do anything '''but''' relieve bodily wastes. The only game I recall in which you can do that is ''[[VideoGame/TheSims Simmy Buddies]]'' which I think had that toilet meter.
30	* PottyEmergency: Due to rancid food, both Alice and Bob have to run for the toilet. Bob still has the runs in chapter 3.
31	* PowerIncontinence: Bob can't control his world-changing powers.
32	* PrecisionFStrike: Quoth Alice, "For the last fucking time, nuclear power '''does not''' give you superpowers."
33	-->"Oh, crap, she used a swear word, it '''must''' be serious."
34	* RadiationInducedSuperpowers: Defied. "For the last fucking time, nuclear power '''does not''' give you superpowers."
35	* RealityWarper: Bob. The world can change at his will. Too bad he can't control it.
36	* ReferenceOverdosed: If not, then it's certainly getting there. Even early after creation.
37	* RevealingCoverup: The strikethroughs are clearly meant in-universe to cover words up.
38	* SaidBookism: Zigzagged in chapter 2, with attempts at avoiding "said" and then just settling on that word.
39	* SophomoreSlump[[invoked]]: Discussed.
40	-->"I was watching my favorite anime of all time, ''[[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya The Sadness of Hurai Shoujo]]''. Well, it’s mainly just the first season that I fancy. The second season is just the same episode several times. For some reason, the second installment of anything good seems to suck. Like, when I played ''Franchise/{{Dragon\|Age}} [[VideoGame/FireEmblem Emblem]] II'', it was way too underwhelming for my tastes, compared to that first game."
41	* WaxingLyrical: [[Music/{{CAKE}} I was reluctantly crouched at the starting line. With the engines pumping and starting in time...]]

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