Line #112 Webcomic/NobodyScores


1	''[[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/ Nobody Scores!]]'' is, as the under title puts it, a little comic about inevitable disaster. Three roommates (and their downstairs neighbor) have "adventures" which frequently consist of at least one of them dying or being brutally injured in an extremely comic manner. [[NegativeContinuity Everything's back to the way it was]] in the next strip (unless it's a multi-parter).
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3	The characters are:
4	* '''Sara Peterson:''' the frequent straight person to Beans and Jane, Sara wants to be a CorruptCorporateExecutive.
5	* '''Jane Doe:''' the [[ComedicSociopathy funny sociopath]] of the group, she's often the instigator of their "wacky schemes."
6	* '''Beans Mulroney:''' the resident angsty artist.
7	* '''Raoul Walker:''' their downstairs neighbor and the true straight man. He's very smart and [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]]. Also, "he hates you very much."
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9	Other characters include:
10	* '''Biff:''' a meathead fratboy.
11	* '''Catface''' Sara/Jane/Bean's cat
12	* '''Fucking Julie:''' is Sara's workplace rival.
13	* '''Genghis Khan:''' works at as a copy editor in Sara's Office.
14	* '''Rafael:''' brings the fun.
15	* '''Skeleton Warrior:''' likes to shout "CREEEEEEE!" a lot.
16	* '''Summer:''' Granola Girl friend/acquaintance of the main cast
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18	As of April 2024, the comic has been on hiatus since 2012
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21	!!This comic provides examples of:
22	* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=352 Puckish Mr. Jack]], [[LampshadeHanging obviating the need for plot mechanics since 1957]].
23	* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: Bites Jane [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=98 here]]. Bites everyone else [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=374 there]].
24	* AnthropomorphicPersonification: A [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=383 plague of]] ''StrawmanPolitical''s.
25	* [[ArtisticLicenceBiology Artistic Licence: Anatomy]]: Neckbones don't work that way! But it looks [[VisualGag hilarious]].
26	* [[ArtisticLicensePhysics Artistic License: Physics]]: [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=552 Gliese 581d]] is 20.4 light years away, so a round trip of 1250 years would average 0.03c, slow enough that time dilation would only save about 8 months. On the other hand an average of 0.9c would take 45 years away (=2055) and 19.6 onboard.
27	* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=271 Shibamame]].
28	* AuthorAvatar: The most likely suspect is confirmed at the bottom of [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=301 this page]]. A more direct self-insertion appears [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=320 here]], [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=435 here]] and [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=465 there]]. A blink and you'll miss it appearance [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=536 here]].
29	* BadAssBoast: Upon being asked if she's entering [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=418 an illegal martial arts death match]]
30	--> '''Jane''': Oh me? Psh.\
31	I mean, don't get it twisted, I'ma fuck you up.\
32	[[spoiler: but [[ComedicSociopathy I'm entering my friend here]]]].
33	* BlackComedy: Almost every strip. The death of main characters is played for laughs on a regular basis.
34	* BloodKnight: Jane, [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=358 gleeful agent of chaos]] in a strip in which unusually [[spoiler: nobody dies]]. This is a fairly consistent element in her characterization.
35	* TheCaper: [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=382 Perpetrated]] [[spoiler: successfully]] by the three mains.
36	* CasanovaWannabe: [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=333 This guy]]. It doesn't end well.
37	* CelebrityParadox: Weirdly averted when the cast are surprised to discover evidence of [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=454 the existence of Superman]].
38	-->'''Sara:''' So... We live in a universe where Superman exists?\
39	That is stupid but kind of comforting.
40	* CloudCuckooLander: Jane, [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=310 again as always]]. Or perhaps ''NightmareFuelStationAttendant''.
41	* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Sara sometimes [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=330 achieves this]].
42	* {{Cosplay}}: Parodied [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=26 here.]]
43	* CowboyCop: Parodied.
44	* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: Or perhaps just your [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=347 autonomy]].
45	* DadaComics: Falls into this because of many, many surreal moments, including a black box [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=393 that ejects severed heads of celebrities]].
46	* DeadBabyComedy: With a side order of ''IAmAHumanitarian'' [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=309 here]].
47	* DieForOurShip: In-Universe Parody: [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=35 "Hermione loves Snape!" "Hermione loves me!"]]
48	* DigitalPiracyIsEvil: Satirized, Beans is "wanted dead or alive for [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=372 aggravated file sharing]]".
49	* DrivenToSuicide: [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=378 I guess]]?
50	* DrunkenMaster: [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=421 Parodied]].
51	* EvenEvilHasStandards: Uncharacteristically, Sara is uncomfortable with profiting by selling [[spoiler: severed human heads]] on eBay.
52	** For Jane, [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=461 child human trafficing]].
53	* ExtremeOmnivore: Jane Doe. Actually played about as realistically as you could expect, for a NegativeContinuity Gag A Day strip: she apparently gets her stomach pumped a ''lot''. By age eight, she has had at least ''fifteen'' pumpings, the latest (at the time) being a [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=278 can opener]]. This [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=21 didn't]] [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=4 stop]] in childhood, either. On [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=15 occasion]], it even [[NegativeContinuity results]] [[DeathIsCheap in death]].
54	* ForInconveniencePressOne - Seen [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=78 here]].
55	* FunetikAksent
56	* GrammarNazi: Mr. Tarquin is [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=538 a real spelling Roman]]. Complete with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salting_the_earth#Destroying_cities a shout-out to the Third Punic War]].
57	* HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: Sara [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=397 here]].
58	* HiddenDepths:
59	** Sara has a weakness for poetry that she attempts to repress [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=375 by any means necessary]].
60	** Jane, generally an ''IdiotHero'', once drops the word [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syncretism syncretic]] into her usual slacker babble.
61	** Beans, as a complete artiste, leaves no depths unrevealed if he can help it, being more likely to have Hidden Shallows. The whole concept is visited [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=106 here]].
62	* {{Homage}}: To many things, including family comics and ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet''.
63	* [[HurlItintoTheSun Hurl It Into The Sun]]: ...or [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=475 the next best thing]].
64	* InsaneTrollLogic: Sara [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=445 this time]].
65	* ItsAWonderfulPlot: For [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=452 Beans]].
66	* JadeColoredGlasses: Sara as ''EvilOverLord''.
67	* JawDrop: Jane, for the first 5 panels [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=293 here]].
68	* KafkaKomedy
69	* LeParkour: An [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=350 interest of Jane's]]. It goes badly.
70	* LocalHangout: Coffee Snout. Many appearances, central role in [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=375 this tragedy]].
71	* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Jane. More like crazy insane girl though.
72	** In "[[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=429 Nobody Scores with Pixie Chicks]]", Jane resents being a trophy quirky girlfriend and decides to adopt respectability as a quirk.
73	** "[[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=518 Nerf]]" ends with her date assuming her sudden inability to walk is also a quirk.
74	* MarySue: Raoul [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=474 explains]] the concept in-universe.
75	* MediumAwareness: Raoul comments on the title of [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=424 the strip]].
76	* MonsterClown: The cast is too horribly jaded even for [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=145 this]].
77	* NegativeContinuity: Or, as the FAQ states, "There's no continuity in ''Nobody Scores!'' Unless specified by a handy sign that says "Part One" or "Part Two." So when the world gets overrun by wombats or Sara becomes a vampire or Beans dies of consumption, everything goes rewind before the next comic, exposing our beloved cast to more horrible, horrible fates. Imagine ''Film/GroundhogDay'' [[AndIMustScream without a victory condition]]."
78	* NightmareFetishist: Not who you expect [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=337 this time]].
79	* NinjaPirateRobotZombie: "[[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=16 Pirates vs. Ninjas: The Worsening]]" and "[[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=438 Nobody Scores with Awesome]]".
80	* OldShame: In-universe in [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=274 Open Mic Shame Night]].
81	* ParallelParking: Provides the [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=290 page image]].
82	* PrecisionFStrike: Sara and her nemesis Julie [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=338 preface each other's names]] with this.
83	* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: The conclusion of [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=400 this strip]].
84	* {{Retool}}: During one of the sporadic hiatuses he contemplated replacing the entire cast and setting. During the latest hiatus he's now just contemplating replacing the setting.
85	* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder:
86	--> '''Sara''': Do you feel safer with like [[Characters/{{SupermanRoguesGalleryAToL}} Lex Luthor]] having a million dollars\
87	or with that cool million resting in the bank account of this girl right here?
88	* RuleThirtyFour: [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=468 Name-checked]].
89	* SeriousBusiness: [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=323 Hula Hooping]].
90	* SexIsViolence: Sara is enjoying this [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=416 way too much]].
91	* ShoutOut - ''Several'' in-jokes based on ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' and ''Film/{{Serenity}}'', such as in the margin notes on the bottom of [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=19 these]] [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=98 two]] comics, and the pilot's name in [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=53 this comic]]. Gee, I think he's a fan!
92	** Of course, there are ''other'' {{Shout Out}}s, such as the one [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=63 here]] to [[Film/SnakesOnAPlane another]] cult movie, and [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=88 here]] to a less-cult, [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade but still pulpy movie]].
93	** Multiple ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes references [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=94 here]].
94	** To ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies'' [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=280 here]].
95	** To ''Film/JurassicPark'' for [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=400 Beans]].
96	** To ''Film/AFishCalledWanda'' in the marginalia [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=138 here]], and quite possibly another [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=468 here]].
97	** To ''Film/ThePrincessBride'' [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=139 here]].
98	** An arc referencing Franchise/StreetFighter with a helping of Film/KillBill starts [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=425 here]].
99	** An homage to ''Film/PansLabyrinth'' in [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=171 this strip]].
100	** To ''WesternAnimation/DuckAmuck'' [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=385 here]] with a helping of {{TooKinkyToTorture}}.
101	** To ''Literature/AtlasShrugged'' with a bonus of ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=470 here]].
102	** An homage to ''Film/TheRing'' and ''Film/LetTheRightOneIn'' [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=483 here]].
103	** To ''Film/ANewHope'' [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=485 here]] with a generous side of {{Deconstruction}}.
104	** Jane's bookmark toolbar links to [[http://www.fool.com The Motley Fool]] financial site and [[http://althouse.blogspot.ca Ann Althouse]]. Possibly a shared login with Sara and Beans?
105	** ''Webcomic/{{Xkcd}}'' gets a shout out [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=160 in the marginalia]].
106	* SinisterSurveillance: The [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=405 Panopticon arc]] is one of the longest to date.
107	* SlapSlapKiss: Both teased and consummated in [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=265 this one]].
108	* SmallNameBigEgo: Observe the catastrophic results of [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=386 external validation]]!
109	* SnakesAreSexy: Jane [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=399 knows the score]]. For Sara it's ''WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes''
110	* SufficientlyAdvancedAliens: Appear [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=524 here]].
111	* TakeThat: To ''ComicStrip/{{FunkyWinkerbean}}'' with a helping of [[MediumAwareness Medium Awareness]].
112	* TechnicianVersusPerformer: Beans sees himself as a performer to Sara's technician in [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=511 this]] swordfight. [[spoiler:It doesn't end well for him. Jane does better, through sheer insanity]].
113	* TheFairFolk: Well, [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=270 yes]].
114	* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted, but [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=292 unheeded]].
115	* ThisIsMyBoomstick: Subverted.
116	* [[AltText Tilt Text]]: Notes and doodles often appear in the margins of the strip, forcing the reader to turn their head.
117	* TooDumbToLive: Everyone, [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=248 it seems]].
118	* TooKinkyToTorture: A variant [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=337 here]], where [[spoiler:Sara turns vampire and tries to feed on Beans, but she's put off when she find out he's into it]].
119	* TrueArt: In-Universe Parody, most often with Beans. [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=450 For example]].
120	* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Frequently, but [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=488 a prize example]].
121	* TheVamp: Jane can [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=340 quite effectively]] solicit male interest. It usually ends badly for them. Sometimes she takes a more [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=353 direct approach]]. This also ends badly for them.
122	* VitriolicBestBuds: Sara and Jane. The horrors inflicted on Beans are more an afterthought.
123	* WomanScorned: A two-for, for [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=459 double the fun]].
124	* WouldHurtAChild: [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=444 And that's terrible]]. Realistic consequences follow.
125	* YourHeadAsplode: [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=335 This guy]].
126	* ZombieApocalypse: "She's now a newly viable member of the workforce!"

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