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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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