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3	A comic strip by Nam Nguyen for the campus newspaper ''The Daily Texan'', Psychobevo parodies the University of Texas' already-fanatical school spirit up to eleven. In the comic's universe, UT's longhorn steer mascot Bevo exists in two incarnations: one a terrifying demigod that devours anything in sight, the other an AxCrazy psycho killer. Both work in unison to terrorize the campus with massive amounts of meticulously-drawn violence. If students appear, they're usually about to be slaughtered.
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5	Although there isn't usually an obvious plot or continuity, the topics in each strip tend to line up with current events at the university (nightmarishly exaggerated, of course). High-profile football games are portrayed as epically violent affairs, and Student Government elections are loaded with conspiracy. But none of these things can compare to the simple horror of seeing a beloved mascot turned into a world-destroying abomination. Once you get a dose of Psychobevo, you'll never look at burnt orange the same way again.
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8	!!''Psychobevo'' provides examples of:
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10	* AffectionateParody: It's hard to tell. The artist may go to the school, but everything about it is outrageously skewered.
11	* AnAesop: A lot of strips give helpful reminders to vote in the Student Government elections or "clear your registration bars." No telling how seriously these were meant to be taken.
12	* AncientConspiracy: The Eyes of Texas, whose members wear masks emblazoned with giant eyeballs and hypnotize the students into worshiping Student Government.
13	** Amusingly, they're based on a real organization at UT.
14	* AxCrazy: "Hook 'em," the cartoonishly-drawn Bevo. He's even holding bloodied axes in a few strips.
15	* EldritchAbomination: Bevo
16	* HypnoticEyes: The Eyes of Texas
17	* MindScrew: And how!
18	* [[OurOrcsAreDifferent Orcs]]: The football players of UT's rivals, A&M and OU, seem to be portrayed this way.
19	* WardingGestures: UT's "Hook 'Em Horns" gesture (which fittingly resembles "devil horns") is constantly and hilariously used by every character, ''even when they're in agony or dying.''

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