Line #110 WebComic/SweetBroAndHellaJeff


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2	[[caption-width-right:311:[[StylisticSuck Don't worry, this is perfectly normal for SBaHJ standards.]]]]
3	-> ''"Pfft you don't merely read 'Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff' you have to appreciate it like a fine wine."''
4	-->-- '''Mustang''', ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' forumite
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6	''[[https://www.homestuck.com/sweet-bro-and-hella-jeff Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff]]'' is a webcomic which is pretty much the [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools epitome]] of the StylisticSuck trope in its medium. Originally spawned by Creator/AndrewHussie from an exchange on the ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' forums in March 2009, it was some time thereafter integrated into ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' as a ShowWithinAShow, ostensibly written by [[Characters/HomestuckKids Dave Strider]]. It stars the eponymous Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff, as well as their TokenBlackFriend Geromy, as they get up to... well, plenty of things, none of which quite make sense.
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8	You can also buy a hardcover [=SBaHJ=] book, co-designed by Hussie, [[Webcomic/{{Gunshow}} KC Green]], and John Keogh, collecting the first 44 comics. Although more comics have since been uploaded to the site, the book contains several exclusive features such as author notes from Dave, an "ACTIGITY ZONE", and physical objects such as a "paperclop" and a "pocket edition" poster. Notably, when it was first released, there was a limited time offer to pay 50 dollars to get it signed by Dave himself (compared to the mere 5 dollar price for Andrew's signature).
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10	A second book, co-authored by Hussie, Creator/KCGreen and infamous Twitter shitposter Blog/{{Dril}}, has been announced via Website/{{Kickstarter}}. While not even remotely as successful as the ''VideoGame/{{Hiveswap}}'' version, it has also been funded. It seems to be completely original, involving the titular characters in the "Quest for the Missing Spoon".
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12	Now available [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL3XG8z7je8 read]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88CRL6vwSME by]] Music/ManOnTheInternet of ''WebVideo/UndertaleTheMusical'' fame in a [[SensoryAbuse fitting]] [[LargeHam style]].
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14	'''[[SelfDemonstrating/SweetBroAndHellaJeff clock hear for bettAR page (if your a bich)]]'''
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16	!!I WARNED YOU ABOUT TROPES BRO!!!!! I TOLD YOU DOG!
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18	* AbortedArc: The Nancho Party, although Dave had already planned on doing so in advance.
19	* AerithAndBob: One guy is called [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Sweet Bro]]. The other is called Hella... Jeff.
20	* AnachronicOrder: The first and second comics on the website are in reverse order to their original postings on the Penny Arcade forums.
21	* ArtEvolution: Hella Jeff's appearance [[https://www.homestuck.com/sweet-bro-and-hella-jeff/18 here]]. Actually, it's more like Art ''Devolution'' in this case. In addition, the comic's habit of saving in JPG and copying over parts from previous comics causes artifacts to gradually build up, meaning that each character pose gets ''worse'' the more it appears.
22	* AuthorAppeal: An in-universe example: Dave clearly emphasises the rumps of characters in ''[=SBaHJ=]''. Dave's Bro, whom Dave strives to emulate, appears to have an odd puppet-ass fetish.
23	%%* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:The sock ruse was a... DISTACTION]]
24	* BeatPanel: Considering how many panels are copied and pasted from earlier in the comic/earlier comics of the series, this [[ExaggeratedTrope can become ridiculous]].
25	%%* BigGame: Seen [[https://www.homestuck.com/sweet-bro-and-hella-jeff/6 here]]. (its sports)
26	* BloodyHilarious: The end of [[spoiler:[[https://www.homestuck.com/sweet-bro-and-hella-jeff/38 Ep. 38]], where Sweet Bro is turned into [[ChunkySalsaRule meat]] '''[[ChunkySalsaRule chunks]]''' by [[HelicopterBlender helicopter blades]]]]
27	* BoldInflation: Random words are in all caps and/or bigger font. They do not even reflect emphasis in places that would make euphonic sense.
28	-->i HAVE the car
29	%%* BondOneLiner: [[https://www.homestuck.com/sweet-bro-and-hella-jeff/42 check mate]]
30	* BrickJoke: A literal example. [[https://www.homestuck.com/sweet-bro-and-hella-jeff/25 This]] seems like a cut-off joke... until [[https://www.homestuck.com/sweet-bro-and-hella-jeff/33 this happens.]]
31	** Towards the end of the Nancho Saga, [[https://www.homestuck.com/sweet-bro-and-hella-jeff/15 Hella Jeff takes the nachos into the bathroom]]... for whatever reason. 27 comics later, when [[https://www.homestuck.com/sweet-bro-and-hella-jeff/42 Sweet Bro goes to flush a pawn down the toilet]]... for whatever reason... the nachos are still there.
32	* BuffySpeak: All over the place, even for ''common words''.
33	** "TURD THE SPOON FLATWAYS"
34	** "AHA, the sport pile doesnt stop from getting taller."
35	%%* ButtMonkey: Sweet Bro.
36	%%* CallBack: [[https://www.homestuck.com/sweet-bro-and-hella-jeff/33 Sweet Bro here]] to [[https://www.homestuck.com/sweet-bro-and-hella-jeff/13 Hella Jeff here.]]
37	* CartoonyEyes: The eyes of the animals are ''more human-like than the human characters''.
38	* CatchPhrase: "And there he goe's.....". Usually said by Hella Jeff, and more often than not referring to Sweet Bro.
39	* CatchphraseSpoutingDuo: ''Everything'' out of the boys' mouths is some kind of meme. ''[[FountainOfMemes Everything.]]''
40	* CerebusSyndrome: [[https://mspaintadventures.fandom.com//wiki/Sweet_Bro_and_Hella_Jeff MSPA Wiki]] [[BlatantLies states]] that issue 18 was seen as the beginning of this.
41	* CharacterBlog: {{UsefulNotes/Barack Oba\|ma}}na had a [[http://twitter.com/BarackObana Twitter account]] (but according to WordOfGod [[http://mspandrew.tumblr.com/post/13616968606/i-do-not-have-a-deviant-art-account it's not his]]). It got suspended at some point anyway.
42	%%* ChristmasEpisode: Which was written on ''May 1st''.
43	* CluelessAesop: Parodied in [[https://www.homestuck.com/sweet-bro-and-hella-jeff/19 strip 19]]. "he wants that us all to keep it real about............... '''[+AIDS+]'''"
44	%%* ClusterFBomb: The [[http://twitpic.com/beobnx magnetic poetry set]] speaks for itself.
45	* ConspicuousConsumption: Possibly one of the strangest uses of this trope appears during [[https://www.homestuck.com/sweet-bro-and-hella-jeff/36 Ep. 36]]...
46	--> '''Hella Jeff:''' ''[[AttentionDeficitOohShiny Dude. Dude]]. Chech out this fuckin squirrelt! [[PetTheDog I'm giving him my momey]].''
47	--> '''Sweet Bro:''' ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis GOD. DAMN!]]''
48	* CutAndPasteComic: For StylisticSuck purposes, of course; chunks of ''Photoshop windows'' get caught in the cutting and pasting!
49	%%* DadaComic: As the rest of the page can attest.
50	* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: ''SWEET BRO AND HELLA JEFF goes shoping (in "[=SBahHJ=] go shopping)''
51	** "THE SOCK RUSE WAS A........... DISTACTION"
52	* DisorganizedOutlineSpeech: [[https://www.homestuck.com/sweet-bro-and-hella-jeff/22 and with the prince of this shirt ready to SKYKROCKET]], i forogot the point i was making?
53	* DistractedByTheSexy: "it was at that point when i got distracted by his moms HOT ASS..."
54	** [[https://www.homestuck.com/sweet-bro-and-hella-jeff/25 dufe, are you SCOPING this bipches CHOICE ASS. .]]
55	* TheDitz: Sweet Bro is so inept that he can't even do the simple act of putting on a boot correctly.
56	* DontExplainTheJoke: [[https://www.homestuck.com/sweet-bro-and-hella-jeff/38 "THIS IS WHAT THE REFRANCE"]]
57	* DogPileOfDoom: Hella Jeff watches a football match that ends with both teams dogpiling each other. And then the dogpile somehow keeps getting bigger, with more players jumping in.
58	-->[[https://www.homestuck.com/sweet-bro-and-hella-jeff/31 "AHA, the sport pile doesnt stop from getting taller."]]
59	* DramaticEllipsis: Pretty much everywhere.
60	** "ERR............... UH BRO....? WHERE ARE YOURE PANTS .. ...?"
61	* DreamSequence: Hella Jeff dreams of sports in a fantasy game with The Big Man. Sweet Bro crashes his dream and HilarityEnsues.
62	* DynamicEntry: '''''[[https://www.homestuck.com/sweet-bro-and-hella-jeff/33 BAOOOAM!!!]]'''''
63	* EdgyBackwardsChairSitting: Lampshaded in [[CluelessAesop strip 19]], where The Big Man does this in a chair with "backways chair" [[ExpoLabel written on it]] in tiny, hard-to-see text.
64	* EldritchAbomination: According to the wiki, stairs are all of the evil in this world.
65	-->'''Sweet Bro''': [[PrecisionFStrike FUCK!]] I'M FALLING DOWN ALL THESE STAIRS!
66	* EyeAwaken: [[https://www.homestuck.com/sweet-bro-and-hella-jeff/26 Here.]]
67	* FanDisservice: If it's even vaguely intended to be sexual, it's this ''in spades''; sexualising anything with this much StylisticSuck makes it infintely more disturbing to regard. Even stuff that isn't presented in a sexual light but is nonetheless emphasised is this; we're talking a comic which put heavy focus on an [[https://www.homestuck.com/sweet-bro-and-hella-jeff/36 elelephant's HUGE BUTT and GREY MUTANT PENIS]].
68	** And issue 44 features a close up on a bull's ass. Then it takes a shit.
69	** Issue 47 features a close up on ''Hella Jeff's'' ass taking a shit. ''Into Sweet Bro's pipe''.
70	---> [[https://www.homestuck.com/sweet-bro-and-hella-jeff/47 (like it was a tiny toilet)]]
71	* FunnyAnimal: The boys become these [[https://www.homestuck.com/sweet-bro-and-hella-jeff/40 here]]. The comic being named "bube just no" suggests that they don't like it.
72	* UsefulNotes/{{Fonts}}: It's lettered in Comic Sans, which, true to form, is considered pretty terrible to read.
73	* FountainOfMemes: InUniverse. The whole reason it was brought into ''Homestuck'' was to provide a source of memes that would be original to the comic and exclusive to the characters. (It's also one in real life, of course.)
74	* GagPenis: The elelephant, with its GREY MUTANT PENIS.
75	* GambitRoulette: "the short... GLOWNS IN THE DARK / the short acutally DOES NOT GLOWN IN THE DARK / too find out watch thing is true...... BUY THE SHIRT????" The first run did not glow in the dark. The second run did. Then the same thing happened ''again'' with the second and third [=SBaHJ=] shirts.
76	-->"... The thing is, some of those new shirts got mixed in the the old ones. So I guess if you order one there is still a CHANCE you will get one that doesn't glow in the dark? So really the offer stands as the wild card originally advertised."
77	%%* HalloweenEpisode: Which was written on ''Christmas Day''.
78	%%* HeterosexualLifePartners
79	* HelicopterBlender: Played spectacularly straight for laughs in a CrossesTheLineTwice kind of way, after Sweet Bro litfofs into a whirlybird.
80	** [[WackySoundEffect PHHPPPBBB]]
81	*** bbthb...
82	* IBangedYourMom: The very first comic to be made (but the second in the archives) has Hella Jeff saying that he banged Sweet Bro's mom. [[ParentalIncest And that Sweet Bro is currently doing the same thing himself.]]
83	* IdTellYouButThenIdHaveToKillYou: Hella Jeff pulls this trope when Sweet Bro asks him about his gaming stunts. Sweet Bro's response?
84	-->'''GOD'''\
85	'''''[[https://www.homestuck.com/sweet-bro-and-hella-jeff/9 DAAAAAAMMNN]]'''''
86	* IFellForHours: The nanchos, and apparently Sweet Bro on the stairs.
87	* InASingleBound: "im telling you...air like that is UNREAL, it doens't even HAPPEN. [-most of the time-]"
88	** "[[https://www.homestuck.com/sweet-bro-and-hella-jeff/25 and there he goe's]]...WE HAVE. '''LIFDOFF'''"
89	* IWarnedYou: "I TOLD YOU MAN I [++TOLD++] YOU ABOUT STAIRS!"
90	* {{Jerkass}}: Hella Jeff, who loves screwing around with Sweet Bro as much as he can, usually for his own amusement.
91	* KarmaHoudini: Hella Jeff. He steals the car, bangs Sweet Bro's mother[[note]]something Sweet Bro has also done[[/note]], and is an all-around douchebag.
92	** His punishment is having to put up with Bro's incompetence.
93	* LampshadeHanging: There's now a space for advertisements on [=SBaHJ=], which feature the remark below "(i hope the ad is for some ponography!", seemingly hanging a lampshade on the fact that most of the ads on ''Webcomic/MSPaintAdventures'' proper end up being for porn comics.
94	* LivingProp: Geromy, despite getting a formal introduction in big letters. He doesn't even ''move''.
95	* LongPants: Hella Jeff and Geromy are always wearing these. Sweet Bro actually had differentiated pants at first, but is now always drawn with these.
96	* LoopholeAbuse: After being corrected during a chess game, Sweet Bro throws a pawn in the toilet and declares checkmate.
97	* LudicrousGibs[=/=]{{Gorn}}: [[https://www.homestuck.com/sweet-bro-and-hella-jeff/38 PHHPPPBBBbbthb]]
98	* MaleGaze: "dufe, are you SCOPING this bipches CHOICE ASS.."
99	* MalevolentArchitecture: Sweet Bro just can't stop falling down stairs.
100	* ManHug: The boys do possibly the most dramatic man hug ever in the [[https://www.homestuck.com/sweet-bro-and-hella-jeff/5 fifth comic]].
101	* MarijuanaIsLSD: SUDDENLY WEED DREAMS. poof!
102	* MindYourStep / StaircaseTumble: [[MemeticMutation "FUCK IM FALLING DOWN ALL THESE STAIRS"]]
103	* {{Minimalism}}: "that's the comic fuckmunch, its't just a wall."
104	* MisaimedFandom: In-universe- Dave mentions he has tons of fans who think the comic is hilarious and played totally straight, when it's meant to be ironic. However, that's just the way he likes it.
105	* MoreDakka: Sweet Bro kills vampire Jeff with "deudly firearms".
106	* TheMovie: Several in ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''[='s=] B2 universe, starring Creator/BenStiller, Creator/OwenWilson and Creator/DonaldGlover ([[Webcomic/ProblemSleuth sorry,]] [[Film/StarskyAndHutch no]] Music/SnoopDogg).
107	** A "movie" actually exists in real life. It's ostensibly [[https://www.homestuck.com/storydata/sweet/movies/SBAHJthemovie1.html this]], but it's more of a TitleThemeTune.
108	** There's an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAg2HGPrjWs unofficial]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvevsXfDxzk movie]] now that's nearly two hours long, complete with all the SoBadItsGood effects that the comic has.
109	* MsFanservice: Sweet Bro's mom and the beautiful wonan.
110	* MundaneMadeAwesome: Virtually everything the boys do.
111	* NameAndName
112	* NoEnding: Most of the comics.
113	* PantsFree: [[https://www.homestuck.com/sweet-bro-and-hella-jeff/2 The second comic.]]
114	* ParentalIncest: The punchline of the second comic (which was actually the first one made). The psychological repercussions are not explored.
115	* PoesLaw: An in-universe example: in ''Homestuck'', it's [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/326 described as]] "a webcomic ironically maintained through a satirical cipher" with "legions of devoted fans, most of whom are totally convinced" of Dave's sockpuppet persona's sincerity.
116	* {{Punchline}}: They're there occasionally, usually complete non-sequiturs or [[OrphanedPunchline orphaned.]]
117	* RageQuit: [[https://www.homestuck.com/sweet-bro-and-hella-jeff/42 checkmate]]
118	* RealityIsUnrealistic: Quoth Creator/AndrewHussie:
119	-->'''AH:''' Ironically, I couldn't make it anywhere near as terrible looking if I used Paint.
120	** Older versions of UsefulNotes/MSPaint have no antialiasing at all, which would prevent the anti-aliasing vs. aliasing conflicts that make the edges that horrible.
121	** UsefulNotes/MSPaint doesn't allow to set the quality parameter of a JPEG image.
122	* RougeAnglesOfSatin: [[{{StylisticSuck}} Intentionally]]. It's very common, but fanwork has a tendency to [[{{Flanderization}} flanderize]] it to near-unintelligible levels (see the start of this very page).
123	* RuleThirtyFour: Tongue-in-cheek, thankfully.
124	* SatireParodyPastiche
125	* SensoryAbuse: Arguably the entire point of the comic, but [[https://www.homestuck.com/storydata/sweet/movies/SBAHJthemovie1.html the theme song]] in particular stands out.
126	* ShoutOut: To [[{{ComicStrip/Peanuts}} Chorlie Brown]].
127	-->[[LampshadeHanging "THIS IS WHAT THE REFRANCE"]]
128	* ShowWithinAShow: The story behind the comic is that it's made by Dave Strider of ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''.
129	* StaircaseTumble: "Oh fuck I'm falling down all these stairs"
130	* StraightManAndWiseGuy: Normally, Sweet Bro (the Straight Man) takes everything seriously as he struggles to accomplish basic tasks, while Hella Jeff (the Wise Guy) is a prankster who is constantly laughing at Sweet Bro's stupidity and playing tricks on him. Occasionally this is reversed.
131	* SurrealHumor
132	* TheStoner: Sweet Bro is so HIGH, he puts JELLY on this hot god.
133	** Everybody was high when the nancho party went down. EVERYBODY
134	* StylisticSuck: It's the usual poster boy for the trope.
135	* TakeThat: The comic started as a lighthearted one from [[http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=85435 this thread]] in the ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' forums. The first comic appears in [[http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showpost.php?p=9385938&postcount=71 this post.]]
136	** The banner ad block is somewhat less lighthearted, riffing on the number of advertisements for porn comics which are an inexplicable regular feature on the main ''Webcomic/MSPaintAdventures'' website (well, and ''Webcomic/{{Oglaf}}''...).
137	* TakeOurWordForIt: [[https://www.homestuck.com/sweet-bro-and-hella-jeff/11 AHAHAHA omfg i cant BELIEVE what he made take place]]
138	* TeamPet: "staring the 'newd dog'..... peaches"
139	* ThanksgivingEpisode
140	* ToiletHumor: Sweet Bro gets shat upon by a bull in issue 44.
141	* TokenBlackFriend: "intoducing, the new friend..., GEROMY"
142	* TokenMinority: Geromy (despite being the ''third'' black character to be introduced, after Barack Obana and The Big Man).
143	* TookALevelInBadass: '''[[https://www.homestuck.com/sweet-bro-and-hella-jeff/41 IT.S TIME TO GET:]]''' '''RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIPPPPPPPPPED!'''
144	** [[AllLowercaseLetters fucking incredible]]
145	* TotallyRadical: A substantial portion of their speech is a rather garbled version of this, as do some of their activities of choice, particularly Bro being God's gift to grinds.
146	* TwistEnding: [[https://www.homestuck.com/sweet-bro-and-hella-jeff/48 He was lookind]]
147	* TwoGamersOnACouch: It initially sells itself as such, but quickly descends into madness. Very few comics have to do with video games, and even then only tangentially, and the only comic where Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff are actually on a couch playing video games quickly turns to... [[{{I Banged Your Mom}} something else]].
148	* UnsoundEffect: ''Griiiiinb''
149	* VerySpecialEpisode: [[https://www.homestuck.com/sweet-bro-and-hella-jeff/19 Strip 19]]. "he wants that us all to [[CluelessAesop keep it real about...............]] [[spoiler:'''[+AIDS+]''']]"
150	* VitriolicBestBuds: [[http://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/sweet-bro-and-hella-jeff-show "OKAY SO THERE'S THESE TWO GUYS/THEY'RE TOTALLY THE BEST OF FRIENDS/AND THEY'RE TWO PIECES OF SHIT ALL THE TIME/WELL THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT WORKS"]]
151	* WhamLine: "i was banging your mom for a minute there...... AND NOW YOU ARE BANGING HER"
152	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: InUniverse: Dave originally planned to make [[http://tinyurl.com/CDandSL Cool Dude and Stoner Lou]] despite regretting the fact that it looked too much like his brother's stuff. [[spoiler:As part of her trolling and a stable time loop, Terezi's artwork inspires him to make SB&HJ.]]
153	* WingedHumanoid: The first [=SBAHJifier=]-produced Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff comic: [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/1846 time to fly up away to the sun you fucknig piece of gargbage]].
154	* WordSaladHumor: "WHAT'S IS that guys even his PROBLEM? is like heg got BROAD SIDE SCHOOL FED up the BONE BULGE"
155	** This is revealed eventually in ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' to be something Dave quoted ad verbatim from Tavros's early trolling attempts, presumably not knowing what it meant (he uses it out of context and incorrectly) but thinking it sounds funny. At the time he said it, Tavros was adopting a TotallyRadical rapper persona in the hope of besting Dave, which was making him harder to understand. It also later turns out "schoolfed" is the [[CallARabbitASmeerp ordinary troll term for 'schooled']], and a "bone bulge" is a phallic troll sex organ [[SexyDiscretionShot of some kind]].
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158	-->[-[[TheStinger dufe]], are you SCOPING this arpicles-] [[AC:[[red:CHOICE ASS]]]]..

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