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2 | [[caption-width-right:284:Few can.]] |
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4 | [[DadaComics Oh dear lord, what have I gotten myself into?]] |
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6 | ''[[http://mountaincomics.com/ Mountain Time]]'' is a very strange StickFigureComic by Chris Combs. It consists mainly of non sequiturs, deriving much of its humour from such bizarre events as [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mountain-time-306/ a man removing his heart and turning it into macaroni salad]], [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mt643/ a woman whose silverware keeps getting stolen by ghosts]], [[RuleOfThree and]] [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mt934/ a salesman peddling hills as the latest new thing]]. The comic is often completely incomprehensible, but the author claims that [[MindScrew it always has a symbolic meaning]]. [[TheWalrusWasPaul He's probably making it up]]. We hope. |
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9 | !! This comic provides examples of: |
10 | * TheAlcoholic: Chimneyfoot drinks more than humanly possible, but then again, he isn't a human. |
11 | * AlienGeometries: Most notably in the Crypt. |
12 | * AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Chimneyfoot. His character page even compares him to Rudolph. |
13 | * AnachronismStew: Computers have flat-screen monitors, but all the televisions are tube (complete with rabbit ears). Interstellar travel is apparently such a trivial matter that any pair of idiots can go on a mission to an exoplanet, but everyone still uses rotary phones. Knights interact with cowboys interact with robots sophisticated enough to have emotions. At least one person still has a beeper. |
14 | * ArtisticLicenseBiology: Used in-universe by [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mt747/ two characters arguing nonsense pregnancy rules]]. |
15 | * AudienceParticipation: The author regularly responds to comments... in ways that make as much sense as the comic itself. |
16 | * BilingualBonus: [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mountain-time-447/ TORTHOS]], [[NoIndoorVoice EMPEROR OF THE INFERNAL REALM OF IUCUNDUM PRATI]]. "Iucundum Prati" is slightly mangled Latin for [[spoiler: Pleasant Meadows]]. |
17 | ** The comic also contains fair amounts of French and Spanish. |
18 | * BizarroUniverse: By flipping the Mountain Time logo upside down, [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mountain-time-375/ River Valley Time was born]]. Much unease followed. |
19 | * BleepDammit: Censor bars over [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mountain-time-493/ stick-figure nudity]] don't actually accomplish much. |
20 | * BreadEggsBreadedEggs: Attorney, architect, doctor, cop, doctor cop, attornitect, lava puncher, [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mountain-time-408/ etc.]] |
21 | * BreakTheCutie: Agoraphobic Hamster has been ripped from his comfort zone, spooked in his own house, and ''killed'' multiple times. |
22 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: Chimneyfoot is an unemployed, raging alcoholic, but he's also an extraordinar mathematician. The Great One collects hot dogs, but almost single-handedly keeps the world from ending. |
23 | * CaptainObvious: Raoul has a... condition. |
24 | * CatchPhrase: Self Aware Dinosaur's [[CaptainObvious "I'm a dinosaur!"]] |
25 | ** It may not count as a catch phrase exactly, but Agoraphobic Hamster has "Eep!" |
26 | * CloudCuckooLander: A ''very'' large percentage of the characters. |
27 | ** Marvin even has a cloud on top of his head. |
28 | * ComicallyMissingThePoint: Dr. Dee Mented [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mt647/ can't quite figure out why she feels so sick]]. |
29 | * DadaComics: To varying degrees. [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mountain-time-172/ Here]] is a strong example. |
30 | * DidYouDie: [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mountain-time-345/ three times.]] |
31 | * DrinkingGame: A very easy game was described in the notes under [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/the-sink-that-destroyed-fear-but-was-not-a-sink/ this comic]], the rules simply being: drink any time you're reading Mountain Time. |
32 | * ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Agoraphobic Hamster, Archery Buoy, Pelican Cello, Surf Rat... |
33 | * FateWorseThanDeath: Dave tricks someone into trapping himself in the five (but not fifth) dimension, where he faces a [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mountain-time-280/ very long]] and [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment cruel punishment]]. |
34 | * FauxlosophicNarration: Any time the [[MixAndMatchCritter snailbear]] appears. |
35 | * FourthWallObserver: Agoraphobic Hamster interacts with the narrator on a regular basis. Some of the other characters do as well, but not nearly as frequently. |
36 | * FinishDialogueInUnison: Regarding what appears to be a faulty [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin crime]] [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/shorts-blaster/ ring]]. |
37 | * GargleBlaster: Drinking [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mt731/ bearshine]] is sure to put you in a hallucinogenic blackout state and leave you with a fair bit of missing time. |
38 | * GreekChorus: The penguins. They seem to know about, and comment on, everything going on in the strip, but they're almost never ''involved'' in the slightest. |
39 | * GrimReaper: The Great One, god of death and hot dogs. |
40 | * HammerSpace: The onions' swords are larger than the onions themselves, but we never see them until they're drawn. |
41 | * HurricaneOfPuns: [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mountain-time-455/ Pillow Cop]] is good at causing them. He's soft, but not on crime. But that's just the cop side of him -- his other side is really cool. |
42 | * InsistentTerminology: A submarine is a ''boat'', not a ''ship''. This comes up more than once. |
43 | %%* JerkAss: Dave |
44 | * KonamiCode: [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mountain-time-141/ The Contra Waltz.]] |
45 | * LiteralMinded: The guy who isn't Dave in [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mountain-time-1/ the very first comic]], and many others. |
46 | ** And then Dave [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mountain-time-394/ here]]. |
47 | * LongList: Pelican Cello is apparently good at making them. |
48 | * MeatOVision: Happens to [[ItMakesSenseInContext George Washington]] in the [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mountain-time-516/ 26th century]]. |
49 | * MindScrew: Quite often, really, but especially [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mountain-time-346/ here]]. |
50 | ** [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/destroy-all-mountain-time-242s/ This one]] also stands out. |
51 | * MixAndMatchCritters: The lirus, the snailbear, Pelican Cello, Burrito Squid... |
52 | * NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Dave, who seems to have a new power every time he appears. |
53 | * {{Ninja}}: The onions. Yes, literally. |
54 | * NonindicativeName: It doesn't have terribly much to do with mountains or time. |
55 | ** Also, Joe's Pool Hall. It's not a hall, it doesn't have a pool table, and there's no one called Joe there. |
56 | ** Joe's Pool Hall is located in the Mystic Woods, in which there are no trees. |
57 | * NonSequiturThud: [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mt731/ Beefsmoke 4: The Smokening]] gives us two in a row. |
58 | --> '''Haywood:''' How is [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]] fat? Dude runs everywhere and only eats mushrooms!\ |
59 | '''Marv:''' Italy is shaped like a boot. AND JAPAN, IF YOU LOOK AT IT RIGHT, ISN'T! |
60 | * NotWhatItLooksLike: played straight, and then, [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mountain-time-390/ um...]] |
61 | * OneManArmy: Adios Taco and Surf Rat have both resolved wars almost singlehandedly. |
62 | * PokemonSpeak: Soup-of-the-day Steve has a weird variant of this, where he can only say whatever the soup of the day is. |
63 | * PoliticalCartoon: Parodied in [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mt617/ this]] comic, which touches on NAFTA, Quebecois sovereignty, and Church's Chicken. |
64 | * PlanetOfSteves: Or, more accurately, Universe of Pauls. |
65 | * PrecisionFStrike: The comic has almost no swearing, but one recurring character is called Lenny the Fuck You Zebra. |
66 | * PreviouslyOn: Parodied in [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/lima/ this comic]]. |
67 | * PullARabbitOutOfMyHat: Dave [[http://mountaincomics.com/2013/09/26/mountain-time-483/ plays with]] this one [[http://mountaincomics.com/2013/11/21/mountain-time-495/ now and then]]. |
68 | * RealityIsOutToLunch: Reality only shows up for work a few hours a week. The sky is full of ham, settings change mid-conversation, and people suddenly discover they've recently robbed a bank. |
69 | * RealityWarper: Probably the best way to explain Dave's powers. |
70 | * RunningGag: Luther was right! |
71 | ** Well, I'm not working in '''this''' coal mine any more. |
72 | ** That really bends my sea lion. |
73 | * ShoutOut: There are many, but [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mountain-time-474/ this one]] to [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]] is among the most notable. |
74 | ** To say nothing of a [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mountain-time-401/ surprisingly detailed]] [[Series/DoctorWho Dalek]] in a stick figure comic. |
75 | ** ''Film/TheFly1958'' gets an absurd homage in [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mt741/ this comic]]. |
76 | * SnapBack: Otherwise everyone would be dead, like, thrice. There was even a time when Helen Hunt [[BeyondTheImpossible killed more people than live on Earth]]. [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/the-unstartled-giraffe-12/ Traffic was still bad.]] Afterward, the world was no worse for the wear. |
77 | * SplitPersonality: Donna the Bears. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Her personalities are all bears.]] |
78 | * StealthPun: [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mountain-time-425/ David Tennant's chewing gum]] is [[ChewingTheScenery scenery-flavoured]]. |
79 | * SurrealHumor: Basically the whole point. Heck, the comic's tagline is "surreal comics for real people." |
80 | * StandardHeroReward: The White Knight's motivation for slaying the Dreadful Dragon is the hand of Princess Online Dating in marriage. |
81 | * StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Frequently. |
82 | * TheMagazineRule: ''Are You Thinking About Cows?,'' ''Tumbleweed Enthusiast,'' ''I Don't Know Myself,'' and ''Toxic Landfill'' are all magazines available in the Mountain Time universe. |
83 | * TinTyrant: [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mountain-time-447/ TORTHOS]], [[NoIndoorVoice EMPEROR OF THE INFERNAL REALM OF IUCUNDUM PRATI]]. |
84 | * TitleDrop: [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mountain-time-333/ No, it's Mountain Time.]] |
85 | * TotemPoleTrench: [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mt958/ This strip]] features Bottom, a squat little...thing who was ''genetically engineered'' to be the lower half of one of these. |
86 | * UnsoundEffect: [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mt791/ Detach! Be affected by gravity!]] |
87 | * XDaysSince: [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mountain-time-329/ Being a supervillain.]] |
88 | * VerbalTic: AAAAH! Troper! Burrito Squid has one. |
89 | * WavingSignsAround: [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mountain-time-414/ Branching off]] from the the whole "John 3:16" idea. |
90 | * WordSaladTitle: Comics tend to have titles like ''Immortality Through Unremarkable Yellow Stickers'' or ''Fascism's Belly Button.'' |
91 | * WorldOfWeirdness |
92 | * WorstNewsJudgementEver: A running gag. |
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