Line #3 Webcomic/AmericanBarbarian


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3	''[[http://www.ambarb.com/ American Barbarian]]'' is a comic-book-style webcomic featuring rather [[Creator/JackKirby Kirby]]-esque adventures set in an extremely strange United States, apparently in the far future.
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5	The creator of the webcomic, Tom Scioli, would later make the comic books ''ComicBook/TransformersVsGIJoe'' and ''ComicBook/{{Gobots}}'' for Creator/IDWPublishing.
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8	!!Tropes included:
9	* AfterTheEnd: The world-ending catastrophe is referenced as the "Great Clusterfuck"
10	%%* AncestralWeapon: The Starsword
11	* BadassFamily: The Yoosamon family are formidable strongmen who have been guards of the Castle Lionheart for generations.
12	* BarbarianHero: Rick is the hero of the story and a barbarian.
13	* BaseOnWheels: The Moving Fortress, a city built inside a massive tank-like vehicle..
14	%%* BattleInTheRain
15	* BigBad: Two-Tank Omen, a gigantic "satanic pharaoh" who has full-sized tanks for feet. Rick takes it upon himself to stop Two-Tank Omen both to avenge his family and to stop him from hurting others.
16	* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler:Rick ends up fighting his brother Gunthor when the latter turns out to have sided with Two-Tank Omen.]]
17	%%* CoolHorse
18	%%* {{Curse}}
19	%%* DeliberatelyMonochrome
20	%%* DistressedDude
21	%%* DividedWeFall
22	* FakeDefector: Rick pretends to join Two Tank Omen's army in an effort to get "R-E-V-E-N-G-E-!-!-!"
23	%%* FearlessFool
24	%%* FieldPromotion
25	* FlippingTheBird: Rick goes out giving the middle finger to Two-Tank Omen.
26	%%* {{Forgiveness}}
27	%%* FriendOrFoe
28	* GetItOverWith: [[spoiler:Gunthor]] to Rick, once he gets the sword.
29	* GiveMeASword: Uli gets back Rick's sword and throws it to him.
30	* GoGoEnslavement: Uli at one point gets captured by Two-Tank Omen and forced to wear a very revealing costume.
31	* GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler: the protagonist's brother betrays him because he lost the Tangle of Swords.]]
32	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Rick sacrifices himself to kill Two-Tank Omen.]]
33	* HumanSacrifice: "Meet god!" (actually a [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Beholder]]-like entity)
34	* {{Immortality}}: Two-Tank Omen is stated to be immortal.
35	%%* KillItWithWater
36	%%* {{Leader}}
37	* LeaveNoSurvivors: Two-Tank-Omen's ''modus operandi''
38	* LoveTriangle: Averted and lampshaded: Rick is glad that Uli turns out to be the sister of the other man.
39	%%* MadOracle
40	%%* MobileMaze
41	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Rick is horrified by how his attempt to win Two-Tank Omen's trust give Omen a chance to wreak destruction.
42	%%* NewEraSpeech
43	%%* NonActionGuy
44	* NumberOfTheBeast: Two-Tank Omen has a stylized triple-six emblem on his headdress.
45	%%* OddShapedPanel
46	* OneManArmy: Rick can kick tons of ass even though he's just one man.
47	* OneWayVisor: Greylock, the Climber and Gali-Leo all wear opaque visors.
48	%%* OurDragonsAreDifferent
49	%%* {{Pride}}
50	* ProtagonistTitle: This comic's title also happens to be the name of the main character.
51	* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: The inhabitants of the Moving Fortress reveal that they are much older than they appear and have lived since before the Great Clusterfuck.
52	* {{Revenge}}: Rick wants to kill Two-Tank Omen to avenge the slaughtering of his father and brothers.
53	* {{Retraux}}: In spite of being made in the 2010's, the comic is drawn in a style as if it were published decades earlier than that.
54	* RuleOfSeven: Rick is the youngest of seven sons.
55	* SmoochOfVictory: Uli gives Rick one after [[spoiler:Gunthor]] flees and the battle is over.
56	* SoleSurvivor: Rick is the last surviving member of the Yoosamon family, [[spoiler:at least until Gunthor is also revealed to have survived.]]
57	* SpitefulSpit:
58	** One man makes the suicidal decision to spit at Two-Tank Omen and insult him to his face. Two-Tank Omen responds by gesturing his men to slit the man's throat.
59	** American Barbarian spits at Bad-Azz before fighting him.
60	* StableTimeLoop: The first Time Machine test caused Rick to become the strange rainbow-humanoid explorer who gave himself cryptic advice. He also takes the Medusa Bolas with him, because that's what the explorer did.
61	%%* TakeMyHand
62	%%* TakenForGranite
63	* TemporalParadox: Rick refuses to undo the apocalypse, since it would erase everyone who lived in his post-apocalypse world. [[spoiler:Well, almost everyone.]]
64	%%* ThisIsNotADrill
65	* TwoLinesNoWaiting: Two-Tank Omen's arrival and the city plotlines were displayed in parallel.
66	%%* WhatHaveIDone
67	%%* WrittenSoundEffect
68	%%* YouAlreadyChangedThePast
69	* YouDidEverythingYouCould: Uli assures Rick of this after one attempt on Two-Tank Omen failed entirely.
70	* YoungestChildWins: Rick is the youngest of Pa Yoosamon's sons and ends up inheriting their family's destiny.

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