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3	''Too Much Coffee Man'' is a self-published {{alternative comic\|s}} written and drawn by Shannon Wheeler. It began life as a Xeroxed series of "mini-comics", and due to its popularity grew into a standard-sized, professionally printed comic book.
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5	The tone of ''Too Much Coffee Man'' is satiric. Sometimes it follows the titular hero as he engages in battles with villains (that devolve into conversations), but more often it shows the daily, banal routines of his humdrum life. He spends much of his time brewing and drinking coffee--and weathering the manic ups and depressive downs that go with caffeine addiction.
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7	Too Much Coffee Man, (often referred to as TMCM in-universe and by fans) is soon joined by a whole team of café-inspired superheroes, like Too Much Espresso Guy and [[OverlyLongName Too Much German White Chocolate Woman With Almonds]].
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9	Too Much Coffee Man was animated for a [[DerangedAnimation wild]] Converse sneakers commercial in the mid [[TheNineties '90s]] by a.k.a. Cartoons of ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' fame, though his speech is rendered as unintelligible barking, à la Creator/BobcatGoldthwait.
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11	A player model of Too Much Coffee Man was released for ''VideoGame/HalfLife1'' in 1999 as part of the free ''Half-Life: Further Data'' companion discs. As part of the game's [[MilestoneCelebration 25th Anniversary Update]] on Steam, the model has since been integrated into the multiplayer modes.
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14	!!''Too Much Coffee Man'' provides examples of:
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16	* ClicheStorm:[[invoked]] One story has Too Much Coffee Man facing off against the supervillain Cliché in a battle composed entirely of clichéd dialogue.
17	* {{Crossover}}: He has a very brief appearance in one issue of ''ComicBook/CerebusTheAardvark''
18	* DeadpanSnarker: Too Much Espresso Guy tends to blow holes in TMCM's various ramblings.
19	* DisneyOwnsThisTrope: One epic battle has Too Much Coffee Man, aka TMCM, squaring off against ™©M, AKA Trademark Copyright Man, a lawyer/supervillain who is suing TMCM for copyright infringement.
20	* TheMusical: Yes. There was one. It was an opera.[[note]]It was staged in Portland, Oregon.[[/note]]
21	* MustHaveCaffeine: The name says it all. TMCM drinks truly ''ludicrous'' amounts of coffee. The one time he tried giving up superheroing and getting a regular job, being offered free coffee at the job interview sent him right back OffTheWagon.
22	* SliceOfLife: Despite the fantastic elements of superhero comics it parodies, the comic spends more time exploring the daily lives of its characters as they do things like drink coffee, talk philosophy, drink coffee, make ends meet, drink coffee, shop for groceries, drink -- well, you get the idea.
23	* SomethingPerson: Every one of the heroes' names in the book is just a menu item with the appropriate sex attached.

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