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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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