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1	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/generic-title-tvt_7662.jpg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:250:And misquoted it to boot.]]
3	->''"[[RunningGag Cookies]]!"''
4	-->-- '''[[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Bubbles]]'''
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6	A relatively recent webcomic, ''Generic Title'' (subtitled ''The Quest for Grøn'') was inspired by ''Webcomic/DMOfTheRings'' and ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids''. As opposed to either of those, ''Generic Title'' was not a screencap comic, though - the images were 3D renders. The story was that of a fictional party of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' players in just as fictional a campaign.
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8	The distinguishing trait was that during writing, when the script called for a roll, a die (or several if needed) was rolled. As a result, the story is relatively unpredictable.
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10	Unfortunately the author put the work on [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160122185459/http://gt-comic.net/2015/12/02/enough/ indefinite hiatus]] in December 2015 and the domain expired in 2016. The comic can now only be accessed via the Internet Archive [[https://web.archive.org/web/20151227142136/http://gt-comic.net/2012/04/05/generic-title-01/ here.]]
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12	!!''Generic Title'' provides examples of:
13	* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Gerod beheads a goblin sniper in a single blow.
14	* ActingForTwo: The GM when speaking for multiple [=NPCs=]. Discussed in-universe.
15	* ArtEvolution: Rather rapidly from undefined blobs to humanoids, and early on to boot. As of strip #78, the characters have faces.
16	* AuthorAppeal: Two of the four main characters are metalheads.
17	* BeatPanel: Used on occasion.
18	* BlindIdiotTranslation: A strip features German dialogue that is quite obviously copied and pasted from Google Translate. [[spoiler:Most definitely intentionally, considering the author ''is'' German]]
19	* CallingYourAttacks: Bubbles does it, often, loudly and gleefully.
20	--->''"[[Franchise/StarWars May the force]] [[ShoutOut be with you...]] the'' '''''Phantasmal Force!'''''"
21	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Bubbles. WordOfGod states his alignment is "chaotic chaotic".
22	* ColorCodedCharacters: The [=PCs=]' speech bubbles. Gerod is gray, Sarto orange, Bubbles pink. The [=GM=] is a light yellow (and so are all [=NPCs=])
23	* CriticalFailure: Rolling a 1 when jumping down somewhere would result in... missing the ground. You'd land on something less comfortable instead. Like a hedgehog. Or a jagged rock.
24	* CutShort: Since the author's reasons for creating the comic are for the most part no longer relevant and their own admission that it had become a chore to do it's unlikely that the story will ever be finished.
25	* DeadpanSnarker: Everyone to some extent, but Gerod takes the cake.
26	* DeepImmersionGaming
27	* DoomedHometown: Not a town, but the inn the comic starts in gets sacked, thus kicking off the adventure.
28	* {{Duck}}: In one strip, surprisingly not done by Bubbles.
29	* FailedASpotCheck: After [[CriticalFailure rolling a 1]], Sarto walks headfirst into a city wall.
30	* FunetikAksent: All the guards (and the King).
31	* GenreSavvy: All players to a certain extent.
32	* GoneHorriblyRight: Gerod [[spoiler:assaults a guard to get arrested and taken before the king to be judged... well, they get arrested and are supposed to be taken to the king. Sometime a lot later, it seems.]]
33	* {{Hammerspace}}: The characters wear tiny backpacks in which not even the starting equipment would fit, let alone the book and bottle Sarto picks up rather early on.
34	* HeyThatsMyLine: In "Guesswork":
35	--> '''Sarto:''' 'Does it matter, as long as it's good stuff?'\
36	'''Bubbles:''' '"Good stuff" is my job!'
37	* InAndOutOfCharacter: Used. Abused.
38	* ItMakesSenseInContext:
39	--> '''Bubbles:''' 'River. Fell in. [...] I thought I saw a cookie at the bottom.'
40	* LawfulStupid: The party is arrested and put in a dungeon cell because (drum roll) [[spoiler:Gerod kicked a guard in the shins.]]
41	* TheLawOfConservationOfDetail: Discussed, with a pinch of RedHerring for flavour.
42	* MacGuffin: The Grøn, whatever it may be.
43	* {{Malaproper}}: Bubbles calls the one spell he uses by several different names, only one of which is right.
44	* MindRape: Essentially what ''Phantasmal Force'', the aforementioned spell, does.
45	* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: The annotation to "Break a Leg":
46	--> ''The worst bit? That is a real medical procedure.''
47	* NotTheFallThatKillsYou: It's the landing on a hedgehog. Or a jagged rock. Or the drawn sword of an enemy who stands there. Or the gaping maw of a dragon. [[OverlyLongGag Or a cauldron of boiling oil.]] Or maybe [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment another jag-]] well, you get the idea.
48	* OffWithHisHead: The King, referring to Gerod.
49	* OverlyLongGag: All of "Low Roller".
50	* PrecisionFStrike:
51	--> '''Sarto:''' '[[Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy Belgium!]]'
52	* PrisonEpisode: The party spends some five episodes in a dungeon cell.
53	* {{Railroading}}: Mostly averted because the GM is making up stuff as he goes along anyway.
54	* RealLifeWritesThePlot: More like influences it: Probably the most distinguishing trait of the comic are the real random dice rolls, after all.
55	* RedEyesTakeWarning: Gerod's eyes glow red when Sarto claims not to know who [[Music/{{Motorhead}} Lemmy]] is. Or [[Music/IronMaiden Bruce Dickinson]].
56	* {{Retcon}}: In-Universe - Gerod [[BlatantLies totally always had that muttonstache]].
57	* RuleOfCool: Why Grøn is spelled with an ''ø''.
58	* RunningGag: Cookies!
59	* ShopliftAndDie: The innkeeper early on throws the party out (after generally being rather rude) because they did not have money for mead.
60	* ShoutOut: Yep.
61	** One strip is named after (and contains a line from) an Music/IronMaiden song.
62	** Bubbles quotes ''Franchise/StarWars'' when fighting a Goblin (quote seen above).
63	** Sarto using [[Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy Belgium]] as a cuss word.
64	** To VideoGame/{{Zork}}:
65	--> '''GM:''' 'It is pitch black. You are likely to be--'\
66	'''Gerod:''' 'Shut it.'
67	** WebAnimation/RedVsBlue:
68	--> '''Bubbles:''' 'They'll never see us coming!'\
69	'''Sarto:''' 'That's because we ''won't'' be coming!'\
70	'''GM:''' 'Thank you, Simmons.'
71	* YouAllMeetInAnInn: Played with. The adventure actually starts in the basement of the inn.
72	--> '''Bubbles:''' It's an inn!'\
73	'''Sarto:''' 'An inn?'\
74	'''Gerod:''' 'I act surprised.'\
75	'''GM:''' 'Make a bluff roll.'

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