1 | ''[[http://allenthealien.webcomic.ws/ Allen the Alien]]'' is a strip by Platform/ComicFury users [[Tropers/PancticeSquadCutterback ataeaf]] and [[Webcomic/ZachMannAndSD zachdewd]] (for the most part, respectively the writer and artist). In it, a man named Allen is taken in an AlienAbduction. Meanwhile, his wife Bonnie is trying to write "the greatest novel ever"... |
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3 | The comic goes through two successions, the "main" strip, which is slightly more plot based, and the {{B Side Comic|s}} ''Poorly Drawn Allen'', which is slightly more comedic. |
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5 | !!Tropes in this webcomic include: |
6 | * AlcoholInducedIdiocy: Allen's is what sets the plot in motion. |
7 | * AlienAbduction: The beginning of the plot. |
8 | * AliensAreBastards[=/=]HumansAreBastards: RR-TWTTW says that neither are true (it's just he has anger issues and that everyone's just lazy). |
9 | * AliensSpeakingEnglish: Subverted. They actually speak Czech. |
10 | * AliensStealCattle: Discussed and averted. "[T]hat's only in your stupid earth movies." |
11 | * AllThereInTheManual: The character page reveals some things that aren't mentioned in the actually story (either of them). |
12 | * AlphabeticalThemeNaming: The character's names (including the aliens' "human" names) are in alphabetical order (not necessarily in chronological introduction order, though). '''A'''llen, '''B'''onnie, '''C'''had, '''D'''avid, '''E'''lanis. |
13 | * ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: |
14 | ** Bonnie says that when she finishes her book, she'll get the "Nobel Peace Prize For The Best Book In The World", she'll be a "world idol", and she'll be talked about on a "um... daytime progrum?" |
15 | ** A superhero says, "I'll rape your babies, and murder you, and spoil ''Theatre/TheMousetrap''." '''Technically''' it's this trope. We think they're all equal. |
16 | * ArtEvolution: Zig-zagged. The artwork can be in varying degrees of quality. Though there has been something of a downward trend, because they artist is busy with outside conflicts and doesn't really have time to focus on the strip. However, it's starting to improve, cut-and-pasted strips and ''Poorly Drawn Allen'' aside. |
17 | * BreadEggsBreadedEggs: Bonnie says she's unironic, vain, unironivain, vainunironic. |
18 | * BringMyBrownPants: Bonnie in one strip when she notices an alien ship. |
19 | * BSideComics: ''Poorly Drawn Alien'', which is very much StylisticSuck. |
20 | * ChewBubblegum: Parodied. |
21 | * ClarkesLawForGirlsToys: Disscused; Bonnie points out this trope, then 565-14 remarks, "So magic was invented by a woman?" |
22 | * ComicallyMissingThePoint: 565-14 remarks, "So magic was invented by a woman?", when Bonnie refernces Clarke's Law for Girls Toys. |
23 | * CutAndPasteComic: Not normally, but one of the main strips did rip the art from an earlier strip. This did not go without {{lampshad|e Hanging}}ing. |
24 | * [[CuteMonsterGirl Cute Alien Girl]]: 565-14, but she is too young to be a GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe. |
25 | * DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: There is a sign saying "ER Room". |
26 | -->'''Allen (who is being rolled into the room)''': '''[[LampshadeHanging THAT'S REDUNDANT!!!]]''' |
27 | * DudeLooksLikeALady: The aliens mistake Allen for a girl; RR-TWTTW somehow think he resembles his daughter. |
28 | * DudeNotIronic: Bonnie says that she is so "ironic". Somebody offscreen points out that that's not what irony is. She says instead that she's "unironic, vain, unironivain, vainunironic". |
29 | * {{Fanservice}}: Allen is often shirtless/nude (no frontals though). |
30 | * GamerChick: Averted by Bonnie. Her character profile says she likes video games, but it also says she dislikes this character type. |
31 | * GoofyPrintUnderwear: The heart-covered boxers in this case. |
32 | * HumanoidAliens: They look like humans with antennae. |
33 | * [[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming Idiosyncratic Chapter Naming]]: It's always an allusion to a lyric in a song. Not the case with the strip titles, though. |
34 | * IResembleThatRemark: RR-TWTTW comments that humans and aliens are just "not wanting to do stuff", commenting that he's too lazy to think of the right word. |
35 | * ItRunsOnNonsensoleum: Apparently, the English the aliens speak is translated Czech. It's entirely played for laughs. |
36 | * MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Bonnie and Allen, according to the characters sheet, anyway. |
37 | * MediumAwareness: When Chad gives 565-14 back to RR-TWTTW, he comments that "the writer couldn't think up of a good subplot for her." [''sic''] |
38 | * MeaningfulEcho: The Father's Day strip. |
39 | * NonIndicativeName: Allen is actually a human. |
40 | * OlderThanTheyLook: Allen is about 51 and Bonnie is about 47 (as the characters page says). They don't look it |
41 | * PottyEmergency: Subverted. Allen comments that he needs to use the restroom, but he finds one really quickly. |
42 | * ProgressivelyPrettier: Inverted with Allen, who started off ''really'' attractive. Sadly, it wouldn't last. |
43 | * SelfDeprecation: In a caption, we get this gem: |
44 | -->"Yeah, MORE exposition. [[SlowPacedBeginning It gets better, we swear.]] [--[[ScheduleSlip If zachdewd can hurry it up already.]]--] |
45 | * ShirtlessScene: The very first panel. |
46 | * ShoutOut: |
47 | ** The character page reveals that Allen's full name is "[[Manga/DGrayMan Allen Walker]] Jericho", and Bonnie's is "[[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Bonnie Swanson]] Jericho". |
48 | ** Allen's phone alarm plays [[Music/ThePolice "Every Breath You Take"]]. |
49 | ** The strip names are often this to songs. |
50 | ** Allen mangles the infamous ChewBubblegum speech. |
51 | ** "The Scarlet Ibis" is directly referenced. |
52 | ** Bonnie is seen holding a ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'' book. |
53 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' is referenced in one strip. Specifically, "blackjack and hookers" are mentioned to be part of Bonnie's book. |
54 | ** When Bonnie wants to try Allen's gun, she comments "''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto GTA]]'' won't suffice." |
55 | * StartMyOwn: Bonnie references the trope namer (''Futurama'') when her book choices is commented on by 565-14. This is why she's trying to write her own book. |
56 | * StickFigureComic: ''Poorly Drawn Allen''. |
57 | * StunnedSilence: Allen is at a loss for words after RR-TWTTW comments that the aliens actually speak translated Czech. |
58 | * StylisticSuck: The {{B Side Comic|s}} ''Poorly Drawn Allen''. |
59 | * SuperDickery: Parodied. On the cover of a comic book, a superhero says "I'll rape your babies, and murder you, and spoil ''The Mousetrap''." In tiny font, [--*He's really doing this to help him.--] |
60 | * TheTreacheryOfImages: In the Father's Day strip, a younger Allen says to his father he made him a cake. It's a drawing. (He likes it, though). Cut to the same with Chad and older Allen. |
61 | * ThumbtackOnTheChair: Defied; Bonnie thinks about doing this to RR-TWTTW, but decides "it'd be too messy". |
62 | * TheUnpronouncable: How ''would'' you pronounce "RR-TWTTW" or "565-14" [[note]]Aside from spelling them out, of course[[/note]] They just get called David and Jill (but according to the character sheet, the latter prefers to be called "Elanis"), respectively. |
63 | * TrivialTitle: Disscused; Elanis complains about these types of titles. |
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