Line #60 Comicbook/Doom


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5	[[caption-width-right:260:RIP AND TEAR!]]
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7	->''"I do need a gun. I need a big gun. I need a really big gun..."''
8	-->-- '''Doomguy'''
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10	''Doom'' is a 1996 single-issue comic book based on the ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' videogame franchise, first released in 1996 as a convention giveaway and reprinted later that year as a bonus collectible for ''The id Anthology'', a bundle pack of Creator/IdSoftware's games.
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12	The hero, a [[QuadDamage berserker packin']] man-and-a-half with [[OnAScaleFromOneToTen a 12.0 on a 10.0 scale of badness]], is attempting to [[LudicrousGibs RIP AND TEAR]] a huge [[OurDemonsAreDifferent cyberdemon's]] huge guts with his [[MegatonPunch Night Train]], when his berserker pack runs out, leaving the demon [[UnusualEuphemism bonking]] unharmed.
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14	His UnstoppableRage over, he spends the rest of the comic communicating his desire to have guns (via a {{chainsaw\|Good}}) looking for [[{{BFG}} a gun big enough to blow the demon away]]. But even if he personally stops this alien invasion, what kind of planet will we be leaving to our children? And our children's children? [[GreenAesop How will they live with all the undisposed toxic waste that we left to them to deal with and]]... oh, the humanity, ''his big gun is out of bullets!''
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16	Farcical almost to the point of being nonsensical, it quickly became a CultClassic thanks to its sheer over-the-top absurdity, and its memetic dialogue has been referenced heavily in modern ''Doom'' games.
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18	You can read it for yourself [[http://www.doomworld.com/10years/doomcomic/comic.php here]] or with appropriate voiceover [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XZ1UECrRk0&feature=related here]] or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv4xLSj_pL8v here.]] [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] reviewed it in his best attempt at the Wrestling/UltimateWarrior voice [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv0VCvOqHgk here.]]
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20	Not not be confused with the villain ComicBook/DoctorDoom.
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23	!!This comic provides examples of:
24	* AdaptationDistillation: There are demons and an escalating armory of guns. The comic boils this down to near perfection.
25	* AdaptationExpansion: {{Averted}}. The comic is more-or-less a direct adaptation of ''Doom'''s gameplay.
26	* AdaptationPersonalityChange: In the game, Doomguy is a HeroicMime; the comic book version is a TalkativeLoon.
27	* AscendedMeme: The comic's berserker-packin' zaniness has lent itself to many of these:
28	** In the Platform/XboxLiveArcade release of ''Doom II'', most of the Achievements are named after several lines from this very comic, such as "Important Looking Door" being obtained by finding a secret, and "You Have Huge Guts" for killing a Cyberdemon with your fists.
29	** ''VideoGame/BrutalDoom'', a ''Doom'' mod that takes some inspiration from this comic book, gives player the ability to [[FinishingMove RIP]] [[{{Gorn}} AND]] [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe TEAR]] enemies with your bare hands upon grabbing a Berserk pack or Demon Strength Rune. Obtaining the latter even displays the "Rip and Tear" message onscreen!
30	** ''VideoGame/{{Doom 2016}}'' has nods to both the comic '''and''' ''VideoGame/BrutalDoom'', as it features the ability to perform over-the-top fatalities similar to the ones found in both media, albeit in a [[DarkerAndEdgier much more grotesque]] manner. It also uses the infamous "rip and tear" line in a far more sinister manner.
31	** ''VideoGame/DoomEternal'', the 2020 sequel to the 2016 game, doubles down and implies that [[spoiler: Doomguy lived the events of the comic before he was found by the Sentinels - the first thing out of his mouth is a partial quote from the comic.]]
32	* AxCrazy: Doom Guy when he's under the influence of a Berserk Pack, where he's dismembering demons with his hands and yelling incoherently even at nothing in particular. And when he's not, to a marginally lesser extent.
33	-->'''Doom Guy:''' I'M COOKIN' WITH GAS! [[LampshadeHanging I've gotta handful of vertebrae and a headful of mad!]] Yeah, that's your spinal cord, baby! Dig it! Who's the man? I'm the man! I'm a bad man! How bad? REAL BAD! I'M A 12.0 ON THE 10.0 SCALE OF BADNESS! Don't need a gun... GUNS ARE FOR WUSSES!
34	* TheBerserker: Doom Guy starts the comic under the effects of a Berserk Pack. When it wears off, he becomes a ''little'' more coherent.
35	* {{BFG}}: The TropeNamer is the final gun Doom Guy finds, and it's ''the'' Big Gun he needed to defeat the Cyberdemon.
36	--> "Mine eyes can but weep as they bear witness to the majesty... The BFG 9000!"
37	* BigBad: The closest thing the comic has to an overarching antagonist is the Cyberdemon. [[{{OrcusOnHisThrone}} It doesn't do much.]]
38	* BoisterousBruiser: It's hard to tell if the Marine is just batshit insane or if he's enjoying himself a little too much, but he can kick ass like no one's business.
39	* BrokeTheRatingScale: The Doom Guy is a self-described "12.0 on the 10.0 scale of badness."
40	* BuffySpeak: "Sweet Christmas! Big-mouthed floating thingies! It's always something!"
41	* CaptainObvious:
42	** "You are ''huge''! '''THAT MEANS YOU HAVE HUGE GUTS!'''!" How almost Rabelaisian...
43	** "Now I'm radioactive! [[AndThatsTerrible That can't be good]]!"
44	** "Now I'm in a completely different place!"
45	* ChainsawGood: The first weapon Doom Guy finds. It's only used to kill some zombies so he can take their (insufficiently big) guns.
46	--> "Aaaah! Chainsaw! The great communicator!"
47	* ChewingTheScenery: You may not think this would be possible in a text based format. The Doomguy finds a way.
48	* CloudCuckoolander: The Doom Guy at his most lucid, spewing threats and pseudo-philosophical ramblings about radioactive waste and its effects on the environment. Give him a berserker pack and he abandons all pretense of sanity and...
49	--> '''Doomguy:''' '''''RIP AND TEAR YOUR GUTS! YOU ARE HUUUUUGE! THAT MEANS YOU HAVE HUGE GUTS!'''''
50	* CluelessAesop: Done on purpose (as far as we can tell, at least), where after being knocked into a random pit of radioactive waste, the Doomguy starts on a spiel about safe disposal of radioactive waste, but interrupts himself halfway through as he notices [[FelonyMisdemeanour a much worse problem: his big gun ran out of bullets]].
51	* CompanionCube: "At this particular moment in time, I don't think I have a healthier or more deeply-felt respect for any other object in the universe than this here Shotgun." Immediately {{subverted}} when he finds a better gun and immediately loses all respect for the shotgun.
52	--> [[MoreDakka "Hey, Chaingun!]] [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness The hell with respect!"]]
53	* ContentWarning: A banner warning about scenes of graphic violence is stretched over the cover... which proudly displays the Doomguy blowing out a Zombie's brains amidst a field of corpses. It's the thought that counts!
54	* MediaNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks: In many ways, this is really a parody of the kind of overly violent, overly angsty comics that were in vogue during the 1990s.
55	* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Subverted, more like "[[OhCrap did you just try to punch out Cthulhu]]?"
56	-->"[[GiantMook Cyberdemon]]? [[TemptingFate Big deal. He's slim pickens]]."
57	* DoesntLikeGuns: Doomguy, of all people, claimed that he didn't need a gun and that "guns are for wusses". As the GunPorn entry notes, he drops this attitude ''very'' quickly when a Cyberdemon [[NoSell No-Sells]] his punches after his Berserk pack expired and he realizes that they're actually something of a necessity, and even begins to fetishize some of the weapons he recovers. [[ZigzaggingTrope Then again]], he promptly discarded the Shotgun he professed his heartfelt respect for ([[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness and retracted that respect]]) when he finds the Chaingun.
58	* DynamicAkimbo: Combined with PunchPunchPunchUhOh when the Doomguy tries to kill the Cyberdemon with his bare hands. It just looks on and laughs in this pose.
59	* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The first panel is a full-frontal shot of Doomguy dismembering an Imp, with his bare hands, while ranting about how much of a man-and-a-half he is.
60	* ExcusePlot: The plot basically goes down to the Doomguy looking for the {{BFG}} because he couldn't rip and tear a cyberdemon's '''''[[SuddenlyShouting HUGE GUTS!]]'''''
61	* ExplodingBarrels: Wouldn't be ''Doom'' without 'em! He detonates a room full of them to get rid of an invisible Pinkie.
62	* FirearmsAreCowardly: The story opens up with Doomguy tearing through demons with his fists and cries out he doesn't need guns because guns are for wussies. The trope is subverted when he gets to a Cyberdemon and his punches suddenly do nothing because his Berserker Pack wore off. He runs away with second thoughts, thinking maybe he does need a big gun after all, leading to the page quote.
63	* FelonyMisdemeanor: The crime for which the Doomguy seeks to obliterate the Cyberdemon? Standing there and letting the Marine punch him.
64	* FoeTossingCharge: At the story's climax, with a horde of monsters between the hero and the BFG.
65	* GreenAesop: Doom Guy gives a speech about the improper disposal of radioactive waste at one point, although he gets sidetracked by his gun's lack of bullets. Although he [[DumbassHasAPoint does raise a good point]]. Why the hell is there a giant vat of radioactive sludge lying out in the open?
66	* {{Gorn}}: The entire "plot" of the comic is nothing but Doom Guy killing monsters with increasingly big guns.
67	* GunPorn: Sort of. After claiming "Guns are for wusses!" and [[TemptingFate promptly needing one]], "Doomguy" effectively fetishizes the guns he finds; so much that at one point, much in the manner of a classical pick-up artist, he claims he's "All about that plasma rifle" (and baby, it's all about him!)
68	* HeroicMime: Considering the actual games, an aversion of [[SoBadItsGood epic proportions.]]
69	* HeroicComedicSociopath: Let's see. He's got a "positive goal,"[[note]]killing demons[[/note]] he performs over-the-top grisly deeds,[[note]]killing demons,[[/note]] he loves what he's doing,[[note]]killing demons[[/note]] and it's all PlayedForLaughs.[[note]]killing de- I mean, "yes, most probably" [[/note]] The Doom Marine in this story most likely qualifies.
70	* ImmediateSelfContradiction: "At this particular moment in time, I don't think I have a healthier or more deeply-felt respect for any other object in the universe than this here Shotgun." Next panel: "Hey, Chaingun! The hell with respect!"
71	* IncomingHam: ''The very first panel'' depicts Doomguy [[{{DeadlyEuphemism}} "fixing" an Imp]] with his bare hands, screaming "DYNAMITE!" This occurs while he's in the midst of an internal monologue about how he is, in fact, a "berserker-packin' man-and-a-half." It sets the tone for the rest of the comic.
72	* LameComeback: "Stupid, stupid Imp! You're ''stupid''! And you're gonna be stupid and ''dead''!"
73	* LargeHam: The Doomguy. Whenever he isn't ripping and tearing, he's taking healthy bites out of the scenery.
74	-->''"Yeah, that's your spinal cord, baby! DIG IT!"''
75	-->'''''"DYNAMITE!"'''''
76	* TheLegionsOfHell: Doomguy kills scores of demons practically per panel.
77	* LineageLadder: After an unfortunate run-in with radioactive waste, Doomguy laments that even if he personally stops this alien invasion, what kind of planet will they be leaving to their children, and their children's children? And OhTheHumanity His big gun is out of bullets!
78	* MadeOfPlasticine: Pretty much everything except Doomguy and that Cyberdemon.
79	* ManlyTears: The Doomguy can't help but be teary-eyed as he acquires the BFG 9000.
80	* MuzzleFlashlight: "Might makes light! '''blamm''' And I feel ''mighty!''"
81	* NinetiesAntiHero: He's a bit more [[BoisterousBruiser exuberant]] and [[LargeHam hammy]] than usual for the trope, but Doomguy probably counts as one of these.
82	* NoEnding: Alongside AndTheAdventureContinues. Doomguy shoots the Cyberdemon dead and them continues his journey, looking for more ''stupid demons'' to kill. Not really surprising given that the comic was already a case of [[NoPlotNoProblem lacking a real plot]] and was mostly a excuse for Doomguy to find big guns to shoot bigger demons with them.
83	* NoFourthWall: The berserker packin' ''MAN AND A HALF'' is generally conversant with the non-spoken internal monologue boxes. Either he's crazy or there's no fourth wall. Or both.
84	* NoIndoorVoice: Despite this being a comic book, you can only imagine Doomguy speaks this way due to all the exclamation points.
85	* NoOSHACompliance: {{Lampshade\|Hanging}}d when Doomguy finds himself in a random vat of radioactive waste.
86	* NoPlotNoProblem: Well, the game had an ExcusePlot, after all...
87	* NoSell: The Marine's berserker pack runs out just as he punches the Cyberdemon. Said Cyberdemon merely grins at the now [[OhCrap suddenly-not]]-AxeCrazy Marine.
88	* OffScreenTeleportation: Shortly after acquiring the Plasma Rifle and obliterating some "big-mouthed floating thingies," Doomguy inexplicably finds himself in another room with no indicator of how he got there. Naturally, he proceeds to lampshade it.
89	-->'''Doomguy:''' ''"Wow! Now I'm in a completely different place!"''
90	* OhCrap: The Marine's reaction to his punch failing to harm the Cyberdemon. Can't really blame the guy.
91	--> '''Marine''': ''"CHOO CHOO CHA BOOGIE! CHOO CHOO CHA... CHOO CH... CHOO CHA... oh my."''
92	* OhTheHumanity: Doomguy is in the midst of contemplating what sort of world we're leaving to our children when we're disposing of radioactive waste in a place where it's easy for people to randomly fall into it, then interrupts himself by quoting this trope by name when he realizes [[SkewedPriorities the much bigger issue]] that his chaingun is out of bullets.
93	* OpenSaysMe: "Knock knock, who's there? '''ME!'''"
94	* OrcusOnHisThrone: The Cyberdemon who Doomguy attempts to RIP AND TEAR. Rather than blast the puny human who just ineffectually punched it in the gut, it [[{{IShallTauntYou}} prefers to laugh at him.]] It then spends the rest of the comic waiting in one spot for the Doomguy to finally get his hands on the BFG 9000.
95	* PunchPunchPunchUhOh: Doomguy tries to punch out a Cyberdemon while under the influence of a Berserker Pack, but it wears off just as he throws the punch.
96	* RougeAnglesOfSatin: He praises the power of the plasma rifle by referring to the "sugar-sweet kiss of heavy ordinance"; it should be "ordnance".
97	* ShoutOut:
98	** [[ComicBook/LukeCage "Sweet Christmas!"]]
99	** [[Franchise/EvilDead "Groovy."]]
100	** [[Music/JamesBrown "Papa's got a brand new bag!"]]
101	** [[Music/HowlinWolf "Hoy, hoy, I'm the boy... packin' 80 pounds of heavenly joy!"]]
102	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwAnNzfZ7H0 CHOO CHOO CHA BOOGIE!!!]]
103	* SortingAlgorithmOfWeaponEffectiveness: Pretty much the plot - Doomguy kills stuff, and gets a weapon better then his last one. Lampshaded when he soliloquizes about his vast respect for his shotgun, then instantly discards it in the next panel to pick up a chaingun.
104	* StealthParody: It's kind of subtle, but...
105	* TalkativeLoon: Doomguy's as crazy as they get, and won't stop yelling about it.
106	* TearsOfJoy: Doomguy's reaction to acquiring the BFG 9000.
107	* TestosteronePoisoning: '''"WHO'S A MAN AND A HALF? I'M A MAN AND A HALF! A BERSERKER PACKIN' MAN AND A HALF!"'''
108	* ThoughtCaption: All captions reflect Doomguy's thoughts. The odd one out is "Scant seconds later...", which either isn't a thought, or a sign that Doomguy is even crazier than previously thought.
109	* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: Doomguy is the protagonist/narrator, and it's very clear that he's a few bullets short of a full magazine. This is also one possible explanation for why the comic is so OffModel, and why it appears to take place in some kind of horrifying negative space realm where the basic laws of architecture do not apply. To wit, Doomguy comes upon a Plasma Rifle sitting in plain view; the very next panel shows it suddenly sitting on top of a ''ledge,'' complete with walls on either side that definitely were not there before.
110	* TitleDrop: The subtitle anyway:
111	-->"As I stride knee deep through the dead, all is clear. I know what must be done..."
112	* {{Understatement}}: "Now I'm radioactive! That can't be good."
113	* UnsoundEffect: Happens when Doomguy's berserk pack wears off just before he can hit the Cyberdemon.
114	--> [[SoundOfNoDamage Bonk.]]
115	* UnstoppableRage: "Doomguy" while he has the berserker pack, in particular:
116	-->"[[MadnessMantra Rip and tear RIP AND TEAR]] '''[[MadnessMantra RIP AND TEAR!]] [[AxCrazy RIP AND TEAR YOUR GUTS!]] [[CaptainObvious YOU ARE HUGE!]] [[ShapedLikeItself THAT MEANS YOU HAVE HUGE GUTS!!!]] RIP AND TEAR!'''"
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119	''Amen to that.''

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