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| 11 | ''[[http://www.awkwardzombie.com Awkward Zombie]]'' is a wacky weekly gaming webcomic by Creator/KatieTiedrich. While many of the strips are stand-alone gags from various games such as ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' or ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', the webcomic also features several recurring ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' characters living together in a building and dealing with various hijinks. |
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| 13 | It once could be described [[NeverTrustATitle as not actually having much to do with its title]],[[note]]Unless you see it as a metaphor for being a not so extrovert someone who is socially awkward.[[/note]] until [[https://awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/nicked this strip]] came out. |
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| 15 | The comic is hosted by Platform/{{Hiveworks}} and available to read [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com here.]] There are also some pages exclusive to the author's [[https://www.deviantart.com/hail-nekoyasha DeviantArt gallery.]] |
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| 17 | She has also started to illustrate (but not write) a brand new webcomic called ''Webcomic/{{Aikonia}}'', which can be found at [[http://www.aikoniacomic.com/ this site.]] |
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| 19 | In 2012, [[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/802102307/awkward-zombie-volume-one the author tried to raise money to print the comic book;]] the Website/{{Kickstarter}} was a runaway success, and ended at over ''a thousand'' percent funded. |
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| 22 | !!Provides examples of: |
| 23 | * AbhorrentAdmirer: Ruto, who was ''weaponized'' by Link [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/to-dodge-a-doppelganger here.]] |
| 24 | * AdaptationalCurves: Inverted for Samus, who is much more built than in the game and has [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/gun-show some rather impressive biceps.]] |
| 25 | * AdaptationalJerkass: |
| 26 | ** As noted below, Marth is much more of an arrogant snob than he is in canon. |
| 27 | ** VideoGame/ProfessorLayton is notably more aggressive than he is in the games as a result of viewing puzzles as SeriousBusiness. This ranges from [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/aggressor-layton angrily demanding a police officer to give him a puzzle he hasn't seen before]] to [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/strike-one slapping Luke]] for suggesting they use a hamster wheel to get a hamster to exercise instead of an elaborate puzzle. |
| 28 | * AdaptationalUgliness: |
| 29 | ** Done to [[Franchise/MassEffect Miranda]] and [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Tharja]], who are {{Ms Fanservice}}s in their home series. [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/buck-up The former]] is due to a [[TakeThat strong dislike]], [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/classy-part2 the latter]] to play up her [[StalkerWithACrush creepy stalker]] personality. |
| 30 | ** Occasionally Midna will look more like a frog in a helmet than the shapely imp she is in ''Twilight Princess''. Usually whenever the entirety of her helmet is shown in panel as a protest on how difficult it is to draw. |
| 31 | * AdaptationPersonalityChange: The comic portrays Marth from ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/disregard-that rather differently]] than the games do. The author was rather surprised when confronted with a game highlighting the difference, noting that "Sometimes I forget that I ''kinda sorta'' totally made up his characterization for the purposes of this comic." While not mentioned as often, the same thing applies to Roy. This is, surprisingly, kept in a sort of canon; any comic dealing with Marth and Roy in the settings of their own games keeps them more or less in-character, while appearances in the context of ''Smash Bros'' uses the made-up characterizations. |
| 32 | * AgeInappropriateDress: Nowi is Really700YearsOld, looks like a human girl who's still in elementary school, and wears {{Stripperific}} armor. The rest of Chrom's Shepherds are ''very'' uncomfortable around her. |
| 33 | * AllPowerfulBystander: Master Hand, sorta. He mostly just chews Roy out for sticking around after he was fired. He also brainwashed the Smashers (with Mewtwo's help) to fight for him. |
| 34 | * AlmightyJanitor: In ''{{VideoGame/Control}}'', being made the new Director of the Federal Bureau of Control doesn't automatically get top security clearance, leaving Jesse unable to open locked doors. Even the [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/leveling-up janitors]] have higher clearance than her. [[note]]The actual reason is that she was promoted during an emergency and couldn't be issued security clearance.[[/note]] |
| 35 | * AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Done in-universe with [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/disregard-that Marth]] especially, but also Link and a bunch of others as idiots/{{Jerkass}}es. |
| 36 | * AppliedPhlebotinum: Franchise/MassEffect is used for [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/mass-explanation lots of advanced technology]] from FasterThanLightTravel to ArtificialGravity; but not the [[TranslatorMicrobes translators]], [[AWizardDidIt that's magic]]. |
| 37 | * ArmorPiercingQuestion: |
| 38 | ** Katie makes [[Videogame/MassEffect2 Miranda]] burst into tears when [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/buck-up she asks]] why, if she was meant to be [[UltimateLifeform genetically perfect]] [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman in every way]], does she have buck teeth. |
| 39 | ** In [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/the-strong-silent-phenotype this comic]], Sniper Wolf asks why, if Liquid Snake has all the dominant genes, he is blonde. |
| 40 | * ArcWelding: In this version Ike is from 400 years into Marth's future, but their actual ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' games take place in separate universes. ''Awakening'' has playable descendants of both Ike and Marth, making this HilariousInHindsight. |
| 41 | * ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: |
| 42 | ** [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/eureka Magical lawyer superpowers]] from the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series include [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney psychic lie detection]], [[VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney hypersensitive tell spotting]]... and [[VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth basic logic]]. |
| 43 | ** [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/hourly-comic-day-comics-2019 "My two-months-late parts just came in and the vendors drilled the holes in the wrong locations. And they painted them the wrong color AGAIN."]] |
| 44 | * ArtisticLicense: |
| 45 | ** Katie did an [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/behind-the-table entire comic]] explaining the thought process behind an ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/under-the-table comic]], and explained two inaccuracies. It also showed that she was concerned about whether having an OutOfCharacterMoment would backfire, which is why she went with a more benign change. |
| 46 | ** In [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/defection-detection Defection Detection]] she draws Lyn trying to recruit Guy even though in their game the two will never meet until three chapters after Guy's recruitment. Her reason? Because she simply wants to draw both of them in a single comic. |
| 47 | * ArtisticLicenseStatistics: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/against-all-odds "Against All Odds"]] follows Marth complaining that one of his allies missed a 60% accurate attack, then failed to dodge a 40% accurate attack. If something happens 60% or 40% of the time, then expecting it to be a guaranteed occurrence because "the odds were in your favor" is obviously faulty logic. The blurb mentions that Katie actually ''has'' studied statistics, but when she plays ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' she conveniently forgets it all.[[note]]Also, the later Fire Emblem games already [[https://fireemblemwiki.org/wiki/True_hit play fast and loose with statistics]].[[/note]] |
| 48 | * ArtShift: |
| 49 | ** Used as a punchline in [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/stroke-of-genius this strip]]. After graduating from art school, [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 BLU Spy]] makes a sniper disguise that is much more detailed and differently shaded from the RED Soldier standing next to him, inadvertently giving him away. |
| 50 | ** Katie's ''Animal Crossing'' comics are drawn in a SuperDeformed style, to amp up the [[RuleOfCute cute]] and [[RuleOfFunny comedy]]. |
| 51 | * AscendedMeme: In [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/a-link-to-the-cast-part2 A Link to the Cast]], Katie references the silly tier lists meme that popped up around ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate''[='s=] development time, this one being social status of the fighters (where Marth ranks himself and the other royalty members [[BlasphemousBoast above the "divinity" tier]]). |
| 52 | * AssShove: [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/rabbit-hole Avoiding this]] is why [[Film/TheMatrix Neo opted for the red pill instead of the blue]]. |
| 53 | * AteHisGun: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/pocodex Snake found that preferable to Otacon droning on about Pokémon.]] |
| 54 | * AttackAttackRetreatRetreat: It's a bad idea to send into a battle a Pokémon in which you are still on [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/surf-strike-part1 its back.]] |
| 55 | * AuthorAppeal: Katie really, ''really'' likes ''VideoGame/MetalGear'', and had every other comic be a ''Metal Gear'' comic from 10/26/2015 to 12/4/2017 (that's 2 years, 1 month, and 8 days). |
| 56 | * AuthorAvatar: Appears when telling autobiographical vignettes or when she places herself in the role of the main character from the ''VideoGame/{{Pokemon}}'' and ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' games. |
| 57 | * AuthorTract: Katie has a strong dislike for [[Franchise/MassEffect Miranda Lawson]], and makes sure her audience knows it. |
| 58 | * AwesomeButImpractical: |
| 59 | ** The scoped shotgun, seen [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/beyond-the-scope-of-design here]]. A great long-distance scope is great... unless fitted onto a strictly close-quarters shotgun. |
| 60 | ** And [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/gunship this]] little beauty, a ship made entirely of guns that almost immediately crashes and burns. |
| 61 | * AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: Sort of. Remember when [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/hiatus Katie got accepted into college?]] Well, guess what? [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/gradual She graduated]] and is now a ''bona fide'' mechanical engineer, building spaceship parts. It's a glorious thing. |
| 62 | * AxCrazy: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/pluck-of-the-draw Kratos is willing to kill people just for giving him advice.]] |
| 63 | * BabyPlanet: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/exporting This comic]] shows why it would suck to live on one of these. When your planet is the size of a cottage and your food supplies consist of a single coconut, it's really easy for your ecosystem to be wrecked by [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros a passing plumber]] deciding to use your planet's entire food supply as ammunition. |
| 64 | * BackForTheDead: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/the-one-where-roy-comes-back-part6 Roy gets killed by Master Hand]]. A short time later, [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/stock-exchange-part1 he comes back]] and [[YankTheDogsChain is killed off again almost immediately]]. |
| 65 | * BagOfSpilling: |
| 66 | ** [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/team-drop-distance Sora got hit with it]], but Donald and Goofy didn't. |
| 67 | ** [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/the-sharpest-tool Aloy lost her stuff between]] ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'' and ''VideoGame/HorizonForbiddenWest'', and also the knowledge of how to make all that stuff. |
| 68 | * BambooTechnology: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/material-bads Deconstructed]]. Computers made out of wood and tin cans don't work too well. |
| 69 | * BarefootCartoonAnimal: Katie's Khajiit character in her ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'' comics is always barefoot. Presumably personal preference, since ''Oblivion'' and ''Skyrim'' Khajiit are perfectly capable of wearing shoes (as opposed to, say, those in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]''). |
| 70 | * BattleTrophy: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/fired-emblem-part3 Apparently]], Peach takes trophies from every kill she makes in ''Super Smash Bros'' -- her main reason for being excited about Dark Pit joining the roster is that now she can decorate her hat with his black feathers alongside Pit's white and Falco's blue. |
| 71 | %%* BeatPanel: Or even three. |
| 72 | * BeautyEqualsGoodness: Lampshaded in [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/defection-detection Defection Detection]] when Lyn is looking for an enemy bandit that could possibly defect to their side. Take a guess at who. As commented by Katie, "[[InterfaceSpoiler he's also the only person in that army not named Bandit]]". |
| 73 | * BerserkButton: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/hired-emblem-part1 DON'T call Roy "Lord Eliwood".]][[note]]For those unfamiliar with ''Franchise/FireEmblem'', Eliwood is Roy's father.[[/note]] |
| 74 | * BewareTheMindReader: Mewtwo is seen using his psychic powers to induce embarrassing nightmares in other people. |
| 75 | * BilingualBonus: The broken Russian dialogue on [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/lost-in-translation this]] strip. Approximate translation |
| 76 | -->'''Soldier 1:''' All patrols are of good quality [softreturn] '''Soldier 1:''' I saw a dog today.\ |
| 77 | '''Soldier 2:''' Cute it was? ("это", which means "it" or "this", is never used as a pronoun for living things)\ |
| 78 | '''Soldier 1:''' Yes- |
| 79 | * BirdsOfAFeather: Katie and many of her friends are gamers, and several comics just show Katie hanging out with her friends to play/talk about ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', ''VideoGame/GuitarHero'', and many others. A good number of comics are written by her husband, Norrin, as well. |
| 80 | * BlackComedy: In practically every other comic. [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/ctrlc-ctrld This one]] manages to combine it with DisappearsIntoLight. |
| 81 | * BlasphemousBoast: In Marth's ranking system for the social status of the members of the ''Smash'' cast, the "royalty" tier -- including, of course, himself -- is ranked above the "divinity" tier. Given that "divinity" in this context means actual deities like Palutena, Marth evidently feels himself as more important than gods. |
| 82 | * BlockPuzzle: [[LampshadeHanging A lampshade is hung]] on how absurd it is this [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/sliding-scale sort of puzzle]] some how is effective at keeping Ganon away from anything. |
| 83 | * BloodyMurder: Parodied [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/bloodshot here]], in a reference to ''Franchise/DragonAge''. The character ends up dying from blood loss. |
| 84 | * BodyHorror: [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/pipe-down This strip]] posits what impact a Rabbid using the [=SupaMerge=] to cause chaos might actually have. |
| 85 | * BoomerangComeback: [[Franchise/{{Castlevania}} Richter]] slugs an [[VideoGame/{{Splatoon}} Inkling]] with his boomerang. He celebrates his victory, and forgets to [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/what-goes-around catch it]]. |
| 86 | * BoringButPractical: In ''VideoGame/AceAttorney'', most of the defense attorneys use flashy supernatural or superhuman abilities to crack cases or find the truth. [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/eureka Not Miles Edgeworth]] though, he gets things done with... basic deductive reasoning. [[SurroundedByIdiots Everyone else still remarks on how]] [[MundaneMadeAwesome amazing this ability is though]]. |
| 87 | * BrickJoke: When [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/farcissism Marth meets Lucina]], she tells him she's his [[OverlyLongGag great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great grandaughter]].[[note]]Yes, that is exactly how many times she says great.[[/note]] Then when she [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/hired-emblem-part2 meets Roy]] and does it again, Marth interrupts her, shortening it to descendant. |
| 88 | * ButtMonkey: |
| 89 | ** Odds are that if Apollo Justice is in a strip, he'll be mixing this trope with OnlySaneMan. |
| 90 | ** Roy becomes one after getting kicked out of Smash. Heck, even after he's [[http://youtu.be/w8XIj05irtU invited back into Smash]], he ''still'' [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/hired-emblem-part1 gets no respect]]. |
| 91 | ** Ignatz fulfills this role in the ''Three Houses'' comics. So far, he has been [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/down-to-the-wire choked by Edelgard with his own bow]] and [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/morale-high-ground lost his inhaler, with Byleth having no plans to return it soon.]] |
| 92 | * CaliforniaDoubling[[invoked]]: Amusingly, it's [[InvertedTrope California being doubled for by Japan]] in [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/culture-schlock this strip]]. [[VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney Apollo]] is not amused. |
| 93 | * CatFolk: Katie seems to prefer playing as these in ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' -- her characters in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'' and ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' are both Khajiit, the franchise's playable race of humanoid felines. |
| 94 | * ChainOfDeals: The subject of [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/transaction-packed-adventure this comic.]] |
| 95 | * CharacterizationMarchesOn: Marth went from an OnlySaneMan and DeadpanSnarker in the early strips to an egotistical and condescending snob in the later ones. |
| 96 | * CheatedAngle: "Aw, you know me! I had my own game? [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade Sword Of Seals]], BlahBlahBlah? My hair [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/the-one-where-roy-comes-back-part3 points to the left]] no matter what direction I'm facing?" Rather than directly referencing the game, however, [[DontExplainTheJoke this seems to be]] [[SelfDeprecation a minor jab at the artist's way of drawing Roy.]] |
| 97 | * TheChewToy: |
| 98 | ** Marth, often the butt of the strip's joke. He becomes a literal chew toy [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/once-bitten in a strip]] where he's eaten and spit out in rapid succession by Yoshi, Kirby, Wario, Bowser, King Dedede... and Samus, who cites being part Metroid as her excuse. |
| 99 | ** Roy, starting with a RunningGag revolving around his removal from the roster for ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl Brawl]]'' and continuing even after he finally got added back into ''Smash 4''. |
| 100 | * ChocolateBaby: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/family-resemblance-2 Two Dartrix]] are awaiting the hatching of their baby, but instead of a Rowlet, it's a Ditto. The parents then look suspiciously at each other.[[note]]A Ditto breeding with another Pokémon will always give the other Pokémon, the only way for a pair of Dartrix to have a Ditto for a child is for [[HypocriticalHumor both of them]] to be Ditto in disguise.[[/note]] |
| 101 | * ColorCodedForYourConvenience: |
| 102 | ** [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/green-is-good Link wears his red tunic]] instead of his green one, and gets beaten up because it's St. Patrick's Day. |
| 103 | ** [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/bluetooth Pac-Man is eating all of his blue opponents]], just like he would eat the ghosts when they turn blue in his own games. Rosalina sees what's going on and changes into a red dress. |
| 104 | * ComicallyMissingThePoint: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/grudge-match When Samus reveals that Ridley killed her parents,]] he protests it was only "''one'' time!". |
| 105 | * TheComicallySerious: |
| 106 | ** Marth doesn't change his demeanor much no matter how wild things get. [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation Most of the time.]] |
| 107 | ** There's also Kiryu, who always maintains his trademark stoicism right down to his iconic scowl while [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/dragon-of-digestion shoveling more food than anyone can consume in a single sitting down his throat]]. |
| 108 | * ComplexityAddiction: Professor Layton, as seen under AdaptationalJerkass. |
| 109 | * ConvenientQuesting: The ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' games are laid out with wild Pokémon having strength proportional to their distance from the starting town; very convenient for any aspiring trainers living out there, bad news for anyone starting out from the [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/level-playing-field last city.]] |
| 110 | * CowTipping: In "[[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/pro-tipping Pro Tipping]]", two boys get more then they bargained for when they go Miltank-tipping and start its RollingAttack (even though the Miltank is still asleep!). |
| 111 | * CrossoverPunchline: [[VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn Aloy]] [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/a-spore-to-settle punches a fungus to hide in the spore cloud]] and as a consequence [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/TheLastOfUs becomes a Clicker]]]]. |
| 112 | * {{Crossplayer}}: |
| 113 | ** If Katie's AuthorAvatar using the male trainer's outfit during Pokémon strips is any indication. Interestingly [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/525169088692224021/679234538425155621/pokes3.png a bonus strip]] shows her with a full-pants variant of the RSE female, while [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/pocket-monsters later comics]] based on their Gen VI remakes depict Katie once again wearing the male trainer's outfit. |
| 114 | ** As well as Norrin (her husband) wearing a full-pants version of the female player character, starting with B&W. And if you get to the forums, some users have shopped Norrin into wearing the cutoffs version. And hairy legs. |
| 115 | * DamnYouMuscleMemory: After Katie [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/vwingtone sets her ringtone]] to be the "enemy spotted" noise from ''Metal Gear'', she reflexively ducks and covers whenever she hears it. |
| 116 | * TheDandy: Marth is always well groomed, and enjoys the futuristic luxuries of Smash Mansion, like hot showers or Peach's shampoo. |
| 117 | * DarkWorld: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/world-weary One strip]] features Link from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds'' getting lost amid a series of parallel worlds -- in order, [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleOfSeasons Subrosia]], [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess the Twilight Realm]], the Dark World from ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast A Link to the Past]]'', and [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword the Silent Realm]] -- while trying to get from Lorule to Hyrule, in a parody of the franchise’s tendency to invent [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute a seemingly new but functionally identical]] version of this trope whenever a game needs one. |
| 118 | -->''There are many parallel universes out there, and it turns out a lot of them are slightly darker and blurrier.'' |
| 119 | * DeconstructiveParody: Katie's specialty is pointing out the logical holes in her favorite games, often using them as the punchline. |
| 120 | ** "[[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/it-seemed-like-a-good-idea-at-the-time It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time]]" points out that in ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime'', the Space Pirates have doors in their facilities that are openable by beams that seemingly only Samus has. |
| 121 | --->''There are doors on the Space Pirate frigate Orpheon only accessible with some of Samus's'' unique ''weaponry, which the Pirates only develop later in the game (conveniently, right after you acquire it yourself)... but what I want to know is why they built doors they knew they couldn't open. Then again, the frigate was probably designed by the same Science Team that decided it was a good idea to engineer Pirate armor that leaves a gaping hole in front of what looks like a very large and vulnerable vital organ. [[https://metroid.fandom.com/wiki/Space_Pirate?file=Pirate_Trooper_Echoes.png#Gallery Um, seriously.]] But maybe, if you punch a Space Pirate square in the heart, he becomes all huge and strong for like thirty seconds.'' |
| 122 | ** "[[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/missing-link Missing Link]]" points out how the technology in the ''Metal Gear'' series seems to always be improving, even when the games are set before ones with worse technology: |
| 123 | --->''The hard part about releasing [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain a game in 2015 set in 1984]] that's a prequel to [[VideoGame/MetalGear1 a game released in 1987 and set in 1995]] while yet itself a sequel to several games set further in the past is that you've bracketed yourself into a narrow band of available technology. I love that Kojima couldn't help himself from putting iPhones and Franchise/{{Gundam}}s into MGSV, and then I guess all of the futuristic scifi eighties stuff exploded before the events of the original Metal Gear and they all had to go back to using radios.'' |
| 124 | ** In [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/24-hour-comic-2017 24-Hour Comic 2017]], Norrin [[https://s3.amazonaws.com/AZComics/24hour9-5.jpg wonders why Bowser]], when he went on vacation in ''VideoGame/MarioPlusRabbidsKingdomBattle'', didn't take Bowser Jr. with him. All Katie can think of is that Bowser doesn't like his son. |
| 125 | ** [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/deposit-limit Deposit Limit]] is about how it's weird that the wallets in the ''Zelda'' series have a hard cap on how much money you can hold, given that the currency in most games consists of Rupees of the same size in different colors -- Midna has a problem with Link leaving behind a purple Rupee worth 50 Rupees because he "can't carry any more", when from a logical perspective he should be able to discard a green Rupee worth just 1 and replace it. |
| 126 | ** In a ''VideoGame/TheOuterWorlds'' strip, the fate of the Halcyon gets decided on the basis of whether or not Katie is wearing a top hat, which gives her just enough persuasion to change the outcome. [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/fashion-police Fashion Police]], a ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'' strip, points out a similar weirdness: the police detective wears [[RainbowPimpGear a ridiculous-looking straw hat and springy eye glasses combination]] to boost his logic stat. |
| 127 | ** [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/miner-inconveniences Miner Inconveniences]] points out how that, realistically, Commander Shepard can't instantly get resources by sending mining probes onto planets, since it would be buried behind a lengthy bureaucratic process from the intergalactic government in the ''Franchise/MassEffect'' universe. |
| 128 | ** In ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'', certain Pokémon evolve by walking around. [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/larval-marvel "Larval Marvel"]] points out how, realistically, this would result in those Pokémon hardly lasting longer than a day in the wild before evolving. |
| 129 | ** The ''VideoGame/LikeADragon[=/=]Yakuza'' series features a minigame where Kiryu has to race a toy car around a small track, with more advanced tracks only being unlocked after Kiryu beats easier ones. [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/part-and-parcel This strip]] points out how weird it is that the company is building its track design specifically to fit the learning curve of the one grown man playing with children's toys. |
| 130 | ** Also in ''VideoGame/LikeADragon'', eating every food is a OneHundredPercentCompletion objective. The most efficient way to do this is to visit every restaurant, order every food in one sitting, and then move on to the next. [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/dragon-of-digestion "Dragon of Digestion"]] shows Kiryu doing exactly that, painting him as a deranged goblin for downing all that food in one sitting. |
| 131 | --->"At least that waiter can rest easy knowing Kiryu has already eaten everything on their menu and will therefore never be back." |
| 132 | *** Majima from ''VideoGame/Yakuza0'' runs into a similar issue in "[[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/dine-and-clash Dine and Clash]]", since hunger is tied to your health and you can't eat if you have a full health bar, meaning he has to demand a random street thug to punch him. |
| 133 | ** ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice'' follows [[TwoLinesNoWaiting two plots that happen simultaneously on opposite sides of the world]], which are prosecuted by one guy. [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/frequent-flier "Frequent Flier"]] concludes that Nahyuta Sahdmadhi must get an extreme case of jetlag. |
| 134 | ** In ''VideoGame/HorizonForbiddenWest'', lighting up pre-placed campfires function as your {{Save Point}} system through the game. It's fun and diegetic, but stops making sense when thought through. [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/misfire "Misfire"]] has Aloy saving at a campfire before taking on a rebel fortress at night, which [[SoMuchForStealth completely blows her stealth]]. [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/toast-of-the-town "Toast of the Town"]] features Aloy wondering why the rebels keep building and leaving behind so many campfires in close proximity to one another, when a moving group should only need to set up camp once a night and far from their previous stop; the rebels apparently have a crippling addiction to s'mores and keep stopping just to prepare some. |
| 135 | ** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' and ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTearsOfTheKingdom Tears of the Kingdom]]'', Link can acquire various forms of PowerUpFood, many of which are simply normal Hylian dishes that are enjoyed by average people. [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/fruit-force "Fruit Force"]] concludes that the average Hylian has superpowers, with the focus being on two children going on a hyperactive rampage after eating their favorite dish. |
| 136 | ** In ''VideoGame/DaveTheDiver'', Dave can find tins of cat food while exploring, which can then be fed to the cat of the sushi restaurant he works at. This is the only kind of food Momo can eat. [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/limited-menu "Limited Menu"]] points out how weird it is that Dave can't feed Momo anything else by having him apologize for having no food for Momo... while simultaneously carrying three fish for the sushi restaurant. |
| 137 | *** There's also "[[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/feedback Feedback]]", which shows what happens when you start a fish farm without putting all your fish in their own enclosures, especially if one of them is a ''tiger shark''. [[note]] Nevermind how shark farming by itself can already be considered AwesomeButImpractical. [[/note]] |
| 138 | ----> ''Maybe instead of a restaurant we can just sell admission to see the world's most well-fed shark.'' |
| 139 | ** In ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'', feeding your Pokémon some sandwiches can restore their HP and heal any status conditions they might have. "[[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/thyme-heals-all-wounds Thyme Heals All Wounds]]" shows how awkward that would look, eating a sandwich while your party members are either fainted or otherwise immobilized[[note]] Like Katie's frozen Appletun[[/note]], thus unable to enjoy a sandwich. |
| 140 | * DeconstructedTrope: Many strips regard the consequences of some gaming events and abilities in real life. [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/pain-train One example]] is what using a move like [[DishingOutDirt Earthquake]] in the Battle Subway would logically lead to. |
| 141 | * DefeatMeansFriendship: Big Boss makes [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/now-hiring prolific enough]] use of Fulton Recovery Devices in ''Peace Walker'' for every soldier in his army to be a former enemy henchman that tried to kill him and got knocked out, tied to a balloon and sent off to his base. |
| 142 | * DemonicSpiders: The reprehensible behavior of Clamberjaws in ''VideoGame/HorizonForbiddenWest'' is [[InvokedTrope referenced to be intentional]] in [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/monkey-see-monkey-subdue "Monkey See, Monkey Subdue":]] |
| 143 | -->'''Aloy:''' "Gaia, why did you make Clamberjaws?"\ |
| 144 | '''Gaia:''' ''[Grinning with a SlasherSmile]'' "For evil." |
| 145 | * DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: When [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/classy-part1 Katie reclasses]] the characters in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', she has a dragon (presumably Nowi, Nah, or Tiki the shape-shifting manaketes) riding around on another dragon. |
| 146 | * DesperationAttack: Exploited [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/sacrifice-play by Lucario]], who uses a Smart Bomb to damage himself and thus gain increased power (in reference to ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros''). |
| 147 | * {{Determinator}}: |
| 148 | ** [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/a-berry-important-job The villager]] from ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpiresII''. |
| 149 | ** Roy will never give up trying to get back into Smash Bros. [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/hired-emblem-part1 He eventually succeeds]], to the astonishment and attention of [[ButtMonkey absolutely no one]]. |
| 150 | * DistractedByMyOwnSexy: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/farcissism Marth is initially stunned by Lucina's beauty]] when she's introduced for ''Smash Bros. 4''. His reaction to learning she's his [[IdenticalGrandson distant descendant]] is "[[LampshadeHanging that would certainly]] [[{{Narcissist}} explain it]]". |
| 151 | * DoppelgangerReplacementLoveInterest: {{Invoked}} by Link when ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime OoT]]'' [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/to-dodge-a-doppelganger Link]] cannot defeat [[MirrorBoss Dark Link]], so he makes a loud proclamation of his love for [[FishPeople Princess Ruto]], then hides, leaving Dark Link to deal with the [[ChildhoodMarriagePromise amorous Zora]]. Navi thinks this is a [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment bit mean]]. |
| 152 | * DoWellButNotPerfect: [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/counterproductive "Counterproductive"]] shows off a rather infamous ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' situation: the line of defense is jeopardized because Hector is too strong to not OneHitKill whatever he hits, exposing himself to a steady stream of ScratchDamage from all the enemy soldiers coming in to fight him. |
| 153 | * DramaticWind: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/billow-fight Ricken]] from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' asks Chrom how his [[LampshadeHanging cape is fluttering]] like that, when there's no wind around. Chrom doesn't want to be seen around such unmajestic people and orders everyone to make their capes/cloaks billow in the wind too. |
| 154 | * DriverFacesPassenger: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/out-of-scope Fox]] is so impressed with the [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny new targeting system]] in ''VideoGame/StarFoxZero'' that he's not paying attention to where he's actually flying. |
| 155 | * DumbBlonde: ''Ocarina''/''Melee'' Link, in a gender-inverted example. At least he's [[GeniusDitz good at]] [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/rubix-rubes puzzles]]. |
| 156 | * EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Much of the early comic was more focused on ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' than games in general, and the characters often [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation had their characters completely twisted]] for the sake of a joke. (I.e: Link being a DumbBlond, Marth being a prissy bitch, Roy being a ButtMonkey) Later comics would begin to focus on video games in general, with the characters often being written more closer to their game counterparts. |
| 157 | * EasterEgg: Clicking on the "O" in the site's title lets you change the color scheme of the webpage, at least for your computer. |
| 158 | * EveryoneHasStandards: Marth may be a narcissistic prick, but [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/the-legacy hearing about how he'll screw up his country in the future]] triggers a HeroicBSOD for him. Good thing Ike made the whole thing up. |
| 159 | * EvilCounterpart: Parodied in [[http://awkwardzombie.com/comic/headcanon this comic]]. [[VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising Dark Pit]] and [[Franchise/StarFox Wolf]] speculate about what [[VideoGame/MetroidPrimeTrilogy Dark Samus]] looks like under her helmet, imagining that she looks just like Zero Suit Samus with stock dark counterpart traits (such as an eyepatch, black hair, and red eyes). To their horror when they ask her to [[LosingYourHead remove her helmet]], they learn that unlike other dark counterpart characters, what makes Dark Samus different from [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus]] is that instead of just being a DarkerAndEdgier version of her, [[HumanoidAbomination the armor is where the similarities begin and end]]. |
| 160 | * ExhaustedEyeBags: A notable feature of Katie's AuthorAvatar. |
| 161 | * ExpendableClone: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/ctrlc-ctrld Played for black comedy]] in a ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheMinishCap Minish Cap]]'' comic, where Link creates a clone to help him with a task. The new clone spends several panels coming to grips with his status as a newly living being and enjoying the world around him... until he runs into a tree and shatters moments after his birth, at which point Ezlo casually tells Link to just make another clone. |
| 162 | * ExplodingCloset: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/return-to-sender How Katie plays]] the ''Franchise/{{Fallout}}'' games. |
| 163 | * EyeScream: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/socket-to-me In this comic]], a [[OurMinotaursAreDifferent Tauren]] from ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' puts stamina gems in every socket of his armor, as well as his eye sockets. |
| 164 | * TheFaceOfTheSun: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/subtlety Seen here.]] |
| 165 | * FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Katie sees taking out bosses non-lethally in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' as this, pointing out in [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/worth-a-shot Worth a Shot]] that even if the player does it, the following cutscene will invent a reason for the boss to die. |
| 166 | * FanonDiscontinuity: Katie seems to have adopted an "I haven't played it, therefore it didn't happen" attitude toward ''VideoGame/AdvanceWars: Days of Ruin.''[[invoked]] |
| 167 | * FelonyMisdemeanor: The police are [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/rules-of-engagement more strict about laws]] to not send out more than one Pokémon at a time in a Single Battle than they are in stopping a crime boss from trying to kill most of Earth's population. |
| 168 | * FesteringFungus: In [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/mushroom-kingdom one]] ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' comic, mushroom growth starts to get a tad out of hand as thick carpets of shrooms start growing under every tree, all over the player's house, all over the player... |
| 169 | -->''I know that the mushroom spread rate has increased, but they have a tendency to completely overtake any patch of darkness they can wedge into. It's entirely unsettling.'' |
| 170 | * FlatEarthAtheist: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/gnostic Fox mocks the Fantasy-based Smash cast for believing in gods]], only for [[PhysicalGod Palutena]] to show up. |
| 171 | * FlatWhat: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/rank Katie is a fan of this.]] |
| 172 | * ForcedTutorial: [[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY No, Shauna]], I already have a team full of Pokémon, and collected all the gym badges, and caught the [[OlympusMons legendary]], and I've been doing this since before you were born. I don't need a tutorial on how to [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/the-catch catch a Pokémon]]. |
| 173 | * ForebodingArchitecture: [[Franchise/MassEffect Katie Shepard]] knows what a room with [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/cover-story waist high walls]] means. |
| 174 | * ForTheEvulz: GAIA admits to Aloy in [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/monkey-see-monkey-subdue this comic]] that she designed the Clamberjaws for this purpose when other machines were supposed to heal the damaged Earth. |
| 175 | --> ''There is a "combat" machine category, but the Clamberjaw isn't even part of it. Gaia just wanted to make some evil little guys, and I respect that.'' |
| 176 | * FreakyIsCool: |
| 177 | ** The Horde may be this to Katie. Almost all of the [=WoW=] comics are of the Horde, with [[OurMinotaursAreDifferent Tauren]], [[OurTrollsAreDifferent Trolls]], and the [[OurZombiesAreDifferent Forsaken]] being prominent; the only comic that is about the Alliance is about the [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Worgen]], and [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/flairwolf Katie]] wishes they were a Horde race. |
| 178 | ** Her ''[[Franchise/TheElderScrolls Elder Scrolls]]'' comics use a [[CatFolk Khajiit]] main character. |
| 179 | * FurryConfusion: |
| 180 | ** [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/please-explain-this-anomaly As seen in]] ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'', where two dog citizens react with horror to seeing Katie's AuthorAvatar walking a regular dog on a leash. |
| 181 | ** Having people around who fall all over the SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism can lead to confusion, [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/faux-paw as Ganondorf finds]] when he starts to absentmindedly scratch someone lying next to his armchair, before looking up to find that the ''VideoGame/DuckHunt'' dog is at the other end of the room and he's been petting Fox's head. |
| 182 | ** [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/not-a-dog-person When Isabelle meets]] the ''Duck Hunt'' dog for the first time, she greets it as she would any other FunnyAnimal from her franchise. The dog's reaction is to scratch itself, bark and wander away. |
| 183 | --->'''Isabelle (thinking):''' What a freak. |
| 184 | ** [[http://awkwardzombie.com/comic/got-your-tongue Incineroar gets subject to this too by Roy]], thinking he's a sapient animal person like the ''Star Fox'' characters instead of a Pokemon. |
| 185 | --->'''Incineroar:''' meow\ |
| 186 | ''[Roy buries his face in his hands]'' |
| 187 | * FurryReminder: Even with the Animal Crossing folks' near-human status, the [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/bam-boo deer scare]] still does its job. |
| 188 | * GangUpOnTheHuman: "[[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/priorities Everyone stop fighting!]] There's a [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots weird old man]] on the roof!" |
| 189 | * GeniusDitz: Link, as mentioned under DumbBlonde. |
| 190 | * GiftGivingGaffe: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/old-hat When Corrin gives Charlotte a new hat]], Keaton asks if he can have an accessory too. Corrin says sure, and steals back the hat to give it to Keaton. |
| 191 | * GladIThoughtOfIt: [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV Ignis]] [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/cooking-the-books isn't the most innovative chef around]]. When presented with a recipe book, he immediately hides it behind his back and states that he has invented a new recipe. |
| 192 | * GoKartingWithBowser: Discussed and defied in [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/grudge-match this]] comic as why [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Ridley]] isn't part of the playable roster in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU'' (or any game in the series until ''Ultimate''). As said in the blurb underneath: |
| 193 | --> '''Katie:''' Ridley is kind of the only Nintendo villain who's ever done anything really awful -- Bowser's a jerk and Ganondorf tends to make everyone anxious for a while, but both are still probably easily forgiven. |
| 194 | * GoodLawyersGoodClients: The ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series' use of this trope is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/whats-in-a-name here]]. Athena asks Phoenix what his secret to winning so many cases is, but he tells her all she has to do is trust in her client. We then see an office memo with a list of PunnyNames of potential clients, most of which are either NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast or otherwise suggest they're guilty. Phoenix is then seen offering his services to the lone exception, Mr. Inne Nocent. |
| 195 | * GrossUpCloseUp: Mana using classes in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' use water to replenish their mana supply, which also has [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/dehydrated other benefits]]. |
| 196 | * TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: The Fire Emblem series has [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/negative-reinforcement its reinforcement system poked at]] with how easy it can be to thwart it. |
| 197 | * GuestStrip: Katie did [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=262 a guest comic]] for ''Webcomic/VGCats'' and [[http://www.fanboys-online.com/index.php?id=183 one]] for ''Webcomic/{{Fanboys}}''. |
| 198 | * GuideDangIt: [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/teambuilding-exercise This comic]] ridicules some of the silly recruitment methods in ''Franchise/FireEmblem''. It goes so far that other characters start questioning the [[MissionControlIsOffItsMeds sanity of the people giving orders]]. |
| 199 | * GuiltyUntilSomeoneElseIsGuilty: {{Parodied}} in the strip "[[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/guilty-until-proven-guilty Guilty Until Proven Guilty]]." The judge accepts that Athena's client couldn't have possibly committed the crime. However, since she did not bring up a possible suspect, the judge decides to declare Athena's client guilty anyway because "someone should go to jail." |
| 200 | * HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/below-the-belt The hedgehog insists on crafting pants]] despite other Animal Crossing denizens not wearing them at all. |
| 201 | * HandsInPockets: Katie Tiedrich admits in the description of [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/a-lick-of-sense this]] page that she hates drawing the top of [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Midna's]] helmet, and thus always puts her at the top of panels in this page and subsequent comics including her. |
| 202 | * HeroicBuild: Fox asks where Samus' guns are -- [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/gun-show she just flexes her bicep]]. |
| 203 | * HiddenDepths: Yen Sid, [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/man-of-the-cloth as it turns out]], has a bachelor's degree in fashion design and still tailors clothing, and is a bit put out at people not realizing this. According to the strip's description, he ''also'' has a master's in theater arts. |
| 204 | * HighPressureBlood: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/blood-loss As seen here,]] in parody of ''Franchise/DragonAge'', where a blood mage stabs his hand and sprays a hose-like jet of blood over a team of soldiers. |
| 205 | ** And [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/bloodshot here]], where Katie's character does the same move with both hands, only to die of blood loss. |
| 206 | * HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/nort-of-appeals The entire plot]] of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'' is soundly mocked when Eraqus introduces the ObviouslyEvil Xehanort as his best friend and truest ally, and Terra falls for it hook line and sinker. |
| 207 | * HotSkittyOnWailordAction: When a Pokémon breeder gives Katie an egg that her Pokémon had, and says he has no idea where it came from. Katie calls him out on this, as a breeder he should know where eggs come from. The breeder then points to the [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/egging-the-question very different Pokémon]] that Katie left at the day care, and asks if ''she'' knows where an egg would come from. |
| 208 | * HypocriticalHumor: Possibly unintentional, but when Marth congratulates Breath of the Wild Link on being a royal knight, he dismissively refers to previous Links as "orphans, peasants and goat farmers". This despite Marth ''himself'' being an orphan. |
| 209 | * ImpactSilhouette: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/of-a-feather Samus turns down Captain Falcon's advances]] by throwing him through several walls, leaving holes the size and shape of Captain Falcon's tumbling body. |
| 210 | * ImplacableMan: In old ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' games, the characters didn't visibly block attacks and would just say "[[NoSell no damage]]", whether they just took an axe to the face, or got [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impaled with a spear]]. In [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/the-best-defense this comic]], the victim of said impaling then [[PullYourselfDownTheSpear walks down the spear]] to [[OhCrap stare at point blank range with the spearman]]. |
| 211 | * ImprobableAge: Franchise/AceAttorney's [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/dark-age-of-the-law prosecutors]] are apparently prodigies -- most seem to have begun prosecuting in their early twenties and late teens, and one became chief prosecutor at twenty-seven. Given that it takes four years of law school to be even ''eligible'' for a bar exam -- ''after'' regular college -- these ages are rather improbable to say the least. |
| 212 | * IncendiaryExponent: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/oh-the-excitement "My truck is going so fast it burst into flames? Awesome!"]] |
| 213 | * InfernalRetaliation: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/bat-out-of-hell-part1 Happens to Link]] [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/bat-out-of-hell-part2 twice]] in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime''. |
| 214 | ** The first time, he fires a fire arrow at a [[BatOutOfHell keese]]... which comes back to strafe him as a flaming variant of itself. |
| 215 | ** In the second time, he uses Din's Fire to engulf a room in flame and quickly light several torches at once. As it turns out, there were also several keese in the darkness, all of which become fire keese and start dive-bombing him at once. |
| 216 | * InfiniteCanvas: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/subtlety This strip]], which uses an extra-long panel to convey a VisualPun about Marth missing the romantic undertones in Caeda's comment. |
| 217 | * InformedAbility: ''VisualNovel/TheGreatAceAttorney'' makes a big deal about how advanced the British judiciary system was during the early 1900's, but doesn't go into specifics about what makes it so advanced. [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/weight-of-the-world "Weight of the World"]] has Ryunosuke remark that the only apparent advancement it had was the set of big scales it used to give visual indication on how the jury felt. |
| 218 | * InsertPaymentToUse: [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/pay-n-slay Pay-N-Slay]]parodies the Magic Armor from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', where the question is raised of how such armor would even work. |
| 219 | --> '''Magic Armor:''' INSERT RUPEE TO CONTINUE |
| 220 | --> '''Link:''' [[AssShove ...Insert rupee where?]] |
| 221 | * InsistentTerminology: |
| 222 | ** The ''Super Smash Bros.'' games are spelled with a colon separating the title and subtitle (i.e. ''Super Smash Bros.: Melee''), which has never been used officially. |
| 223 | ** [[CallARabbitASmeerp "Oh, you mean Blackjack."]] [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/gambling-problem "NO. It's the FUTURE. It's called QUASAR."]] |
| 224 | * InstantFlightJustAddSpinning: Has a take on how Doduo, a flying Franchise/{{Pokemon}} with no wings, can fly using this trope. |
| 225 | * InstantlyProvenWrong: Marth in [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/rubix-rubes Rubix Rubes]], after failing to solve a Rubix Cube which Link then steals. |
| 226 | -->'''Marth:''' No offense intended, Link, but if ''I'' couldn't solve it, there just isn't a chance that ''you''-\ |
| 227 | [=*=]Link slams the completed Rubix Cube on the desk* |
| 228 | * InterchangeableAntimatterKeys: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/all-keyed-up One strip]] parodies how Link can't seem to open a locked door without breaking the key he used to do it. |
| 229 | * InterfaceScrew: Jensen gets so used to his implants highlighting important items with yellow outlines [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/securing-the-perimeter he goes nuts trying to interact with a bedspread that has a yellow trim.]] |
| 230 | --> '''Jensen:''' Tell me your secrets. |
| 231 | * InterfaceSpoiler: Katie has a hearing problem, and turns on subtitles on everything. [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/to-the-victim-go-the-spoilers This causes problems]] when the subtitles run ahead of the actual audio. |
| 232 | * InternetJerk: [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/the-flames-of-war This comic]] about ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'' shows a lategame plot development: Raiden's attack on the US base at Pakistan gets leaked online, driving the masses to anger. Raiden is certain that this will cause a new war; Kevin isn't impressed, sending Raiden a link to a video of a dog playing in leaves, and the comments section is plagued with a similar level of indescribable hate for no reason. People are just like that on the net. |
| 233 | * ISOStandardUrbanGroceries: [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/situational-gravity This comic]] shows [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Lydia]] bringing home groceries, which includes a long loaf of bread and carrots. |
| 234 | * ItsAllUpstairsFromHere: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/training-montage Bowser puts his infite stairs to good use]] by using them as a vertical treadmill to get in shape for an upcoming fight with Mario. |
| 235 | * ItsALongStory: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/pet-peeves Solid Snake]] asks [[VideoGame/MetalGear2SolidSnake Master Miller]] where he learned so much about wildlife. Cut to [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain Venom Snake]] surrounding Kaz with a zoo's worth of animals in Mother Base, then saying the trope name. |
| 236 | * ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime: The title of [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/it-seemed-like-a-good-idea-at-the-time this]] ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime''-based strip. The "good idea" in question is [[BenevolentArchitecture a Space Pirate facility that has doors that can only be opened by weapons that only Samus owns]]. |
| 237 | * JabbaTableManners: [[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Effie]] [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/hunger-pains swipes a loaf of bread]] meant for someone else and [[BigEater stuffs the thing into her face]]. |
| 238 | * JerkassGods: [[VideoGame/{{Hades}} Zagreus]] [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/its-greek-to-me expresses dismay to Achilles]] over being asked to pick a favorite between Aphrodite and Poseidon only for the loser to try killing him. Achilles gives Zagreus a book titled "Myth/GreekMythology", and the final panel is of Zag gawking in disbelief over all the petty stunts the gods did get up to in their original canon. |
| 239 | -->''Look, just...don't say anything they might take the wrong way. Or say anything, really. Also, [[DoubleStandardRapeDivineOnMortal try not to be too hot]], or not hot enough. Honestly, maybe you're better off in hell.'' |
| 240 | * JustEatGilligan: Or [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/recipe-for-success Just Eat the Pikmin]], in this case, as the protagonists of ''VideoGame/Pikmin3'' figure that eating the plant-based pikmin themselves is a better way to gather food than scrounging for fruit. |
| 241 | * KarmaHoudini: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/just-in-case Two hundred years of community service]] turned out to be really useful for getting Twinrova into Heaven despite having been unrepentant villains in life. |
| 242 | * KickTheDog: All part of [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/a-brief-interlude Plan B]]. Katie figures that she must become a colossal jerk for people to actually criticize her, so she starts riding a motorcycle while punting people's dogs over the horizon. |
| 243 | * KlingonPromotion: In ''{{VideoGame/Control}}'', one gets [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/leveling-up higher security clearance]] by finding someone with higher clearance than you and [[AltText besting them in single combat]], or threatening them with a gun, whichever works. |
| 244 | * LampshadeHanging: A good portion of the comics hang lampshades on all aspects of games from mechanics to story points usually by following them through to their absurd conclusion. |
| 245 | * LargeHam: |
| 246 | ** Katie, in her author notes at the bottom of the page. |
| 247 | ** Master Hand, with his NoIndoorVoice. |
| 248 | ** Roy, with his over-exaggerated expressions. |
| 249 | * LastPlaceYouLook: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/please-dont-rob-me One strip]] has Katie talking about how if she can't feel her possessions in her pockets she gets paranoid. Even if she's holding the item she's worried about and is in the process of using it. |
| 250 | --> ''Look, I'll call you back. I think I lost my phone.'' |
| 251 | * LiteralMinded: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/blending-in Apparently]], Naked Snake did not get what they meant by "Blend in with your surroundings". |
| 252 | * LiterallyShatteredLives: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/dragon-drop One]] Pokémon strip has a Noivern be frozen solid by an Ice Beam... in midair, causing it to fall to the ground and shatter like glass. |
| 253 | * LogicalFallacies: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/blood-loss You SURE you don't have any blood to track him down with?]] |
| 254 | * LookBehindYou: In the text underneath [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/dual-scarred this strip]]: |
| 255 | --> "...How did Virion get stabbed in the back if he leapt face-first into danger, you ask? Well, there's a rational LOOK A BEAR" |
| 256 | * LuckyCharmsTitle: Technically the title of the comic is Δwkward Zombie, as Katie tends to write capital As as Δs. |
| 257 | * MajorInjuryUnderreaction: |
| 258 | --> '''Katie, [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/gradual while being blasted in the face with a rocket thruster]]:''' Hmm yes |
| 259 | * MaleGaze: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/buck-up "Buck Up"]], especially through its commentary, lampshades ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''[='=]s tendency to focus on Miranda's posterior. Some other comics feature Miranda's butt as a {{parod|iedTrope}}y, such as [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/miranda-dead-to-rights "Miranda Dead to Rights"]] where it's very gratuitous, and [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/space-race "Space Race"]], where her butt manages to be visible in the panel despite her body only being shown from the waist up. |
| 260 | * ManInAKilt: Link, to Midna's displeasure. |
| 261 | -->[[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/shady "As much as I love hanging in your shadow, you REALLY need to start wearing pants."]] |
| 262 | * MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: In the ''Pokémon'' comics, Katie usually wears the male trainer's outfit (though for RSE she had a pants variant of May's outfit), and Norrin wears a variation of the female trainer's outfit (with pants instead of [[BrainBleach shorts or skirts]]). In the short-lived Nuzlocke comic he wears Leaf's outfit, skirt and all, after losing in rock-paper-scissors. |
| 263 | * MeaningfulName: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/whats-in-a-name How Phoenix picks his clients.]] |
| 264 | * MindScrew: Ike does this to Marth for kicks. Same for Mewtwo, only more literally. |
| 265 | * MinMaxing: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/classy-part1 When Katie]] played through ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' the second time, she played it on [[NintendoHard Lunatic]] [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard Mode]], which required min-maxing all the characters into unstoppable killing machines, resulting in some [[SquareRaceRoundClass unusual character builds]]. [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/classy-part2 This is followed]] by [[BureaucraticallyArrangedMarriage abusing the relationship system]] to get [[SuperBreedingProgram particular skills on their children]]. |
| 266 | * MistakenForFlatulence: In one comic, Katie, while riding in an airplane, scrapes her foot on the ground and it makes a fart sound, causing Katie to fear that people will do this. She ends up trying to recreate the sound in order to make herself not look weird and gross, and while she succeeds, she also makes herself look weird anyway. |
| 267 | * MistakenForPedophile: Nowi, from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', is a [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld thousand year old dragon, who looks like a prepubescent girl]] and [[AgeInappropriateDress wears an absolutely scandalous outfit]]. [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/minor-setback Everyone else avoids her]] explicitly because of this, and even Katie says she [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone needs to go to jail]] just for drawing the comic. |
| 268 | * MistakenForRacist: [[Franchise/MassEffect Miranda's Dad]] in [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/space-race this comic,]] due to his idea of a "[[UltimateLifeForm perfect human being]]" apparently being a white woman. Once this is pointed out to him, he looks shocked at his own implications, before jumping out a window to escape the awkward situation. |
| 269 | -->'''Author note:''' Oh man, I would never have expected racism from a dude who values the lives of one group of beings over all the others in the galaxy! WHAT'S THE DEAL, MIRANDA'S DAD |
| 270 | * MoneyForNothing: The description of [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/carry-on "Carry On"]] explains how Katie plays video games not to defeat the BigBad but to sell things for money that she won't spend. But it's totally worth it. |
| 271 | * MoreDakka: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/gunship "This possibly could have been avoided if you hadn't BUILT THE SHIP ENTIRELY OUT OF GUNS."]] |
| 272 | -->"[[LargeHam I...]] [[PunctuatedForEmphasis REGRET...]] [[IRegretNothing NOTHING!]]" |
| 273 | * MundaneUtility: |
| 274 | ** [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/no-use-crying In one comic]], [[VideoGame/GhostTrick Lynne]] blows her own brains out to make use of Sissel's time travel powers to unspill a glass of soda. |
| 275 | ** In [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/a-steep-price this comic]], [[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Byleth]] demands Sothis rewind time after she bores Dorothea during a tea party. Sothis refuses to play ball, however. |
| 276 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: PlayedForLaughs when Miranda's dad [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/space-race freaks out]] rather hilariously when it's pointed out to him that the "genetically perfect being" he made happens to be white. It's either due to this or massive awkward discomfort at the thought of being seen as racist when that had never even crossed his mind driving him to leap out the window to spare himself from the awkward situation. |
| 277 | * NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Katie and Norrin's cats are named Tom Servo and Crow, after two of the robots from ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''. |
| 278 | * {{Narcissist}}: Marth. PlayedForLaughs in one strip where [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/farcissism the only other person he would be willing to describe as beautiful]]... is his 32nd-great-granddaughter from the future who looks almost exactly like him, just with longer hair. |
| 279 | %%* NeatFreak: Marth. |
| 280 | * NaughtyBirdwatching: Subverted [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/birdwatching here]] with a mix of FurryConfusion when Link goes birdwatching, gets caught covertly photographing Saki (who is a [[BirdPeople Rito]]) and is subsequently stranged by her husband Teba. |
| 281 | * NiceGuy: Granted, we don't see it that often, but much like in ''[[VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising Uprising]]'', Pit shows this by being one of the only two people to actually recognize AND congratulate Roy. Especially when you consider that Pit was considered Roy's SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute. |
| 282 | * NightmareFuelStationAttendant: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/hotspital This comic will never allow you to see Pokémon Centers the same way ever again.]] |
| 283 | * NoFaceUnderTheMask: Dark Samus, as seen in [[http://awkwardzombie.com/comic/headcanon this comic]], has absolutely nothing beneath her helmet. |
| 284 | * NoIndoorVoice: Master Hand. ''"FOOOOOOOOOOOLS!!"'' Or in one comic, where he finds out Roy is back. [[BigNo "NO"]] |
| 285 | * NoJustNoReaction: "[[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/disney-backwards Disney Backwards]]" has Sora warp into ''Film/SongOfTheSouth'' and see Br'er Rabbit coming down the path, but then Yen Sid slaps Sora out of that world. |
| 286 | --> '''Yen Sid:''' ''SOME WORLDS STAY SLEEPING FOR A REASON''. |
| 287 | * NoodleImplements: In the [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=2&fnum=3 Mythbusters]] flash cartoon: |
| 288 | --> '''Adam:''' To bust this myth, I'll need four owls, a dog skull, and seven gallons of pudding! |
| 289 | * NotBloodSiblings: [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/brothers-in-arms This strip]] shows how ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' allowed for this -- prompting the main character to [[TakeAThirdOption join a monastery]]. |
| 290 | -->''Fire Emblem is here to offer you whatever form of cursed romance upsets you the least.'' |
| 291 | * NotEvilJustMisunderstood: In [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/grudge-match "Grudge Match,"]] numerous charcaters try to convince Samus that Ridley may be this, citing how they have made up with their enemies. Then Samus points out that Ridley killed her parents. |
| 292 | -->'''Ridley:''' One time! |
| 293 | * NotTheIntendedUse |
| 294 | ** In "[[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/down-to-the-wire Down to the Wire]]", Edelgard uses a bow to strangle Ignatz and win an archery tournament. |
| 295 | ** Snake [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/conserving-ammo uses a riot control gun to knock out animals]] instead of the tranq darts -- Ocelot admonishes him because it's demoralizing the animal conservation team. |
| 296 | * NotProven: Katie takes a jab at ''Franchise/AceAttorney'''s court system [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/guilty-until-proven-guilty where the defendant can still go to jail even when proven to be not guilty]] because the real perpetrator is still unknown. |
| 297 | * NotWhatItLooksLike: |
| 298 | ** [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/nicked The zombie's not grabbing his ass. Really!]] |
| 299 | ** [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney Phoenix Wright]] employs a suspicious number of teenaged girls, [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/hambulance-part1 which Miles comments on]]. |
| 300 | * NoYou |
| 301 | -->'''Norrin:''' [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/24-hour-comic-2014 Boo-Berry is back in season!]]\ |
| 302 | '''Katie:''' You're pathetic\ |
| 303 | '''Norrin:''' '''YOU'RE''' pathetic |
| 304 | * ObviouslyEvil: Parodied with Katie's first depiction of [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep Master Xehanort]] in [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/nort-of-appeals "Nort of Appeals"]], where he is depicted in StylisticSuck to make him look even more gremlin-y. Aqua and Ventus react appropriately, and [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter Terra, well...]] |
| 305 | * ObliviousGuiltSlinging: When Alm is sent to the world of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'', he exclaims that he doesn't have time to be fighting there, since he has his own kingdom to protect. After asking Anna "Don't you think the heroes you've summoned have better things to do than fighting for someone else's amusement?", a [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros certain group of warriors]] are looking pretty guilty. Well, most of them anyway. |
| 306 | * ObliviousToTheirOwnDescription: In "[[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/double-take Double Take]]", Pokémon Trainer shows off his latest catch: [[TheDividual a pair of Tandemaus, which count as a single Pokémon]]. Byleth questions this line of logic, asking "How can two guys be one guy?" Male Byleth agrees with her. |
| 307 | * OddCouple: Marth and Roy. One is a narcissistic prick, the other is an immature pyromaniac. They're almost always together, because the contrast is hilarious. |
| 308 | * OneSizeFitsAll: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/one-size-fits-all Or not.]] |
| 309 | * OnlySaneMan: |
| 310 | ** Apollo Justice tends to find himself in this position in ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' strips. |
| 311 | ** In the later ''Ace Attorney'' strips, Athena Cykes takes on the spot as the only sane one. Exemplified [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/guilty-until-proven-guilty here]]. |
| 312 | ** In the earlier ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' strips, [[VideoGame/FireEmblem Marth]]. Since then, he has deviated towards being the {{Narcissist}}, and [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus]] has taken his place, mostly because seeing the bounty hunter's reactions (or, rather, lack of them due to her TwentyFourHourArmor) is [[RuleOfFunny inherently funny]]. |
| 313 | ** Generally, this role will drop into the lap of the person who is [[RuleOfFunny most likely to make the gag funnier.]] For instance, [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade Hector]] taking issue with [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/unnerving-conserving Eliwood's irrational supply hoarding]] and, well, [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/rank other player-driven antics.]] |
| 314 | ** The ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' comics pass around the SanityBall regularly, but the one who holds it most of the time is Kaz. |
| 315 | * OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions: In [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/gnostic one comic]] where several characters are having a heated debate over their religious differences, Fox--the only one from a ScienceFiction space age setting rather than a HighFantasy world--drops in to mock the whole concept of religion. |
| 316 | -->'''Fox:''' Oh, you ''primitive cultures'' and your god-worship. How ''quaint''. |
| 317 | * OutOfCharacterMoment: Or, considering the nature of this comic, more like "In-Character Moment", thanks to the comic's [[AdaptationalJerkass made-up characterization for Marth]]; [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/subtlety this]] strip features him showing a surprising amount of humility and even ''self-depreciation''. |
| 318 | * OverlyGenerousTimeLimit: [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/feed-speed "Feed Speed"]] lampshades the very generous 10 minutes to make a sandwich in ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet''; Arven gets befuddled by the prospect of making a two-ingredient sandwich quickly. |
| 319 | * PalsWithJesus: "[[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/gnostic Gnostic]]" has the characters start feuding over their respective religious beliefs (Zelda's a polytheist, Marth's a monotheist, Fox has OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions) -- and then [[VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising Palutena]] walks through the door, shutting them all up while leaving her confused. |
| 320 | * PerpetualFrowner: Marth, which comes as no surprise considering what he's putting up with. |
| 321 | * ThePerryMasonMethod: Poked fun at with ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney Phoenix Wright]]'', in which the defense [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/guilty-until-proven-guilty provides an airtight alibi for the client]] -- but since they didn't suss out the ''real'' culprit, the Judge states "[[ArtisticLicenseLaw Well, SOMEONE should go to jail, shouldn't they?]]" and proclaims the Defendent guilty. Katie's comic description points out that all a person needs to avoid getting caught is to not be in the courtroom at the time of trial. |
| 322 | * PetTheDog: A literal example with Ganondorf [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/faux-paw here.]] |
| 323 | * PoorCommunicationKills: The whole mess in ''VideoGame/BravelyDefault'' could've been avoided if the heroes and villains had just stopped and talked everything out. When Edea's father tries to get his point across, and Edea is willing to listen to what he has to say, he grabs the IdiotBall and [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/reason-for-the-treason doesn't tell them a damn thing]]. |
| 324 | * PopularityPolynomial: [[invoked]]Lampshaded in "[[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/the-pokemon-effect The Pokemon Effect]]", which is about how ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' was extremely popular when the Katie was in grade school, unpopular in high school, and became popular again in college. |
| 325 | * PowerupLetdown: Several strips have Link's iron boots ''tear off his feet'', and one strip has a freshly-found pair crush his skull when he drops them on his face. Another strip has a newly-found pair of hover boots fly away. |
| 326 | * PullYourselfDownTheSpear: [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/the-best-defense Hector]] somehow takes [[NoSell no damage]] from a spear going right through his shoulder, so he walks down the spear to come face-to-face with [[OhCrap his attacker]]. |
| 327 | * PunctuationChangesTheMeaning: [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/give-up-the-ghost Give Up, the Ghost]] adds a comma to the saying "give up the ghost", turning it from a figure-of-speech about dying to a commentary about how the ghost from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening'' can't get Link to take him seriously. |
| 328 | * PunnyName: [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/whats-in-a-name Phoenix Wright picks his clients]] based on how innocent their name is. |
| 329 | * PuppyDogEyes: [[https://i.chzbgr.com/full/7975237888/hED5E9EFC/no-more-tutorials-please Shauna uses these]] to get Katie to sit through the ForcedTutorial on how to catch a Pokémon. |
| 330 | * PreemptiveShutUp: After Link [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/rubix-rubes solves a Rubik's Cube in two panels flat]] and takes off with a small key above his head, we have this "exchange". |
| 331 | -->'''Roy:'''\ |
| 332 | '''Marth:''' ''Don't.'' |
| 333 | * PrettyBoy: Katie's version of Marth is a parody of the character type. |
| 334 | --> [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/rubix-rubes I don't know what it is]], but I can no longer draw faces that are the least bit feminine. Marth almost looks like a man and ''[[FelonyMisdemeanor that should not be]]''. |
| 335 | * ProductPlacement: |
| 336 | ** Parodied and taken up to eleven in [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/mass-explanation this comic]] where all the ''Franchise/MassEffect'' characters are wearing the Runaway Entei t-shirt for no reason and TheRant hyperlinks to the store page. |
| 337 | ** Done again in [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/hands-on-experience this comic]] with a "Have You Ever Tried To Punch a Bird" shirt. |
| 338 | ** The last frame [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/tech-support here]] alternates between the punchline and an over-exaggeratedly blatant plug for the Awkward Zombie book. |
| 339 | ** Apparently [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening the Shepherds]] [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/billow-fight can buy t-shirts online]]. |
| 340 | * PsychicNosebleed: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/mind-games Happens to Ness]] when [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros a bomb goes off in Magicant]]. |
| 341 | * QuipToBlack: Done [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/six-feet-under here.]] |
| 342 | * RaisedByWolves: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/instinct To Marth's annoyance]]. [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus]] and [[VideoGame/StarFox Falco]] share a morning ritual of [[FurryReminder crowing at the sun]]. |
| 343 | -->'''Marth:''' ''What'', you too?\ |
| 344 | '''Samus:''' I was... I was raised by [[BirdPeople birds]]... |
| 345 | * RandomNumberGod: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/against-all-odds The RNG is not kind]] to Katie in Fire Emblem. |
| 346 | * TheRant: One appears in almost every Author comment. |
| 347 | * ReactionShot: Mocks ''VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn'''s use of this in [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/express Express]]. It didn't help that, as Katie admits, she picked up the game without knowing it was a sequel and, having not played the previous games she had no attachment to most of the things the characters were reacting to. |
| 348 | * ReadTheFinePrint: Marth tried to do this when signing up for ''Smash Bros''. Too bad Master Hand had Mewtwo nearby just in case. |
| 349 | * Really700YearsOld: Throughly mocked [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/minor-setback here]], where all the characters refuse to interact with Nowi because a prepubescent girl in a {{Stripperific}} outfit is creepy no matter how old she claims she is -- to say nothing of starting a canonically sexual relationship. |
| 350 | * RememberedICouldFly: After getting captured in [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/grounded this comic]], [[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Est]] either forgot or was just being polite. |
| 351 | * RemixComic: A popular activity on the forums. Usually, the Dominion Rod, Katie's Dad, and Entei come up at least once. Nowi has appeared as well, overshadowing Entei and Katie's Dad...until the edits escalated to almost NSFW levels and were greatly reduced in appearance as a result. The Entei t-shirts are on the rise as well. Shortly after the release of the comic, a number of forum members shopped a shirt onto their avatars. The same happened on the forums with the Troubadourable shirts after the comic where most of the Shepherds wore one. |
| 352 | * RequiredSecondaryPowers: |
| 353 | ** Link's power bracelets [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/hambulance-part1 let him lift a boar]], but doesn't reinforce his legs. |
| 354 | ** Being a [[Franchise/DragonAge Blood Mage]] [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/bloodshot has its downfalls]]. Like self-exsanguination. |
| 355 | ** [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/the-root-the-root-the-root-is-on-fire Don't pick flowers using your fire hand.]] |
| 356 | * ResurrectionSickness: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/in-tow This comic]] reveals why ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' players suffer from this if they resurrect at a graveyard. |
| 357 | * RoommateCom: The basis for most of the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' comics, where the series' ever-increasing roster of characters live together in a giant apartment complex. HilarityEnsues. |
| 358 | * RuleOfThree: Katie in [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/hourly-comic-day-comics-2021 Hourly Comic Day Comics 2021]]. |
| 359 | -->''Status meeting with my engineering team''\ |
| 360 | '''Katie:''' Do this thing\ |
| 361 | ''Status meeting with my production team''\ |
| 362 | '''Katie:''' Do this thing\ |
| 363 | ''Status meeting with my test team''\ |
| 364 | '''Katie:''' Do this thing\ |
| 365 | ''Leftover dim sum for lunch''\ |
| 366 | '''Katie:''' nom |
| 367 | * RunningGag: |
| 368 | ** "[name] wrote this comic. It is about [something]." |
| 369 | ** Whenever the topic of Pokémon comes up, Katie's character will always be dressed as the male player character, while Norrin will be dressed as the female player character. |
| 370 | ** Katie's hourly comics always tend to mention "Today's Podcast", in reference to the podcasts she listens to during certain hours. |
| 371 | ** The hourly comics also frequently have panels dedicated to the birds Katie sees around her house. |
| 372 | ** In [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/24-hour-comic-2020 24-Hour Comic 2020]]: Katie wondering when her cats laid on her. |
| 373 | * ScaryStingingSwarm: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/bee-seeing-you As seen here]], where Katie is set upon by angry swarms lurking in trees, drawers, mailboxes, rivers... |
| 374 | * ScienceMarchesOn: Lampshaded InUniverse in [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/unearthed a comic]] about ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'', where the planets associated with the four elements match classical pairings -- and, because Earth wasn't always considered a planet, earth doesn't go with Earth and is instead paired with Venus. |
| 375 | --> And, naturally, the planet that best embodies the characteristics of the [[DishingOutDirt earth]]: Venus! |
| 376 | * SeenItAll: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/taking-a-beading Phoenix Wright.]] |
| 377 | -->'''Nahyuta:''' ''[hits Phoenix with his beads]'' He's... He's totally unaffected by my beads of constriction... This is no ordinary defense attorney -- He must have had years of combat training--!\ |
| 378 | '''Phoenix:''' ''[recalls being tazed, whipped, having hot coffee thrown at him, and getting scratched up by a hawk]'' |
| 379 | * SelectiveMagnetism: [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/deep-in-the-moron-mines This comic]] portrays ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'''s use of this trope more realistically to the extreme. |
| 380 | * SelfDeprecation: Loads, but [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/a-brief-interlude it might get better.]] Not to mention many of the blurbs on the early comics are her constantly complaining and apologizing for her quality of artwork. |
| 381 | * ShipperWithAnAgenda: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/classy-part2 This strip]], in which the Avatar from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' is depicted as one of these. For context, Galeforce is a GameBreaker skill exclusive to a female-only class. Via some complex rules of inheritance and gender-exclusivity, a daughter fathered by Gaius can get that class. Panne, who Gaius was about to ask out in the first panel, always has a son. Tharja, on the other hand, always has a daughter. |
| 382 | * SchmuckBait: Defied in [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/unteach-a-man-to-fish Unteach a Man to Fish]]. The Fisherman actually listens to the Mayor's warnings to not fish at night. |
| 383 | --> '''Mayor''': Er... really? You haven't been tempted to unravel any ''macabre secrets of the deep?'' |
| 384 | --> '''Fisherman''': No way, that sounds scary. |
| 385 | * ShoutOut: |
| 386 | ** [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater The Boss]] has EyesAlwaysShut, like in the webcomic ''Webcomic/{{Hiimdaisy}}''. |
| 387 | ** One of the kids in the first panel of [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/the-pokemon-effect this comic]] looks like [[WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor Numbuh Four.]] |
| 388 | ** [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/24-hour-comic-2017 24-Hour Comic 2017]] drops a reference to the "Back at it again at Krispy Kreme" meme. |
| 389 | ** [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/rocky-road This comic]] has Link attach a Zonai Controller to a boulder and [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants ride that baby for miles]]. |
| 390 | * SidetrackedByTheGoldSaucer: |
| 391 | ** [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/no-pokemon-allowed-in-my-pokemon-game Katie has a bit of a problem with this.]] [[invoked]] |
| 392 | ---> ''I have turned the game on, played Voltorb Flip for like an hour, and then turned the game off without actually looking at any Pokémon. TEAM ROCKET'S INSIDIOUS PLOT WAS A SUCCESS.'' |
| 393 | ** This also applies to [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/unteach-a-man-to-fish fishing]] [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/business-before-treasure games]]. Note that both comics are ''back-to-back'', which rather deliberately highlights how much Katie has a habit of getting way into the fishing before she ever actually bothers with the plot (and in the case of ''{{VideoGame/Dredge}}'' it causes her to be functionally overleveled when she actually does get around to dealing with the horrors of the deep). This ''baffles'' the NPC characters in both cases. |
| 394 | * SilenceIsGolden: Quite a few strips rely solely on the visuals for the joke, with the only words being {{written sound effect}}s. |
| 395 | * SingleBiomePlanet: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/fired-emblem-part1 According to Wolf]], there's a beach planet. |
| 396 | * SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism: [[VideoGame/StarFox Fox]] seems to edge between different tiers of this scale. He looks like a furry human with a fox's head and tail… [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/haunch-hunch until he takes off his boots]] to reveal fully digitigrade legs, making Samus very confused about how he can possibly seem plantigrade when he's wearing pants and shoes and digitigrade when he isn't. |
| 397 | -->''I have no idea if Fox is maybe just a normal-proportioned human dude with way too much hair or instead a weird dog that has crushed its horrible body into the vague shape of a man. Someone needs to ask Nintendo these tough and important questions??'' |
| 398 | * SoapWithinAShow: The first part of [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/the-legacy this comic]] has one from the Mushroom Kingdom. Peach is obviously into it, while Marth is not impressed. |
| 399 | * SomethingWeForgot: One strip for ''Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker'' has Kaz turning Mother Base into a tortilla chip factory, when Big Boss pipes up. |
| 400 | -->'''Big Boss:''' Weren't we supposed to be doing something in Costa Rica? |
| 401 | * SoMuchForStealth: [[VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution Adam Jensen]] [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/sound-the-alarm is surprised]] when this ''doesn't'' happen after he knocks down a pile of oil drums. But then he tries tiptoeing away and is immediately noticed and shot. |
| 402 | * SpaceWhaleAesop: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/ink-before-you-speak These must be those dangers of eating paint I've heard so much about.]] |
| 403 | * SphereEyes: How Katie usually draws eyes. |
| 404 | * SquareRaceRoundClass: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/classy-part1 Katie switches]] [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Miriel]] from a [[SquishyWizard mage]] to a [[MagicKnight war cleric]], giving her a [[{{BFS}} battle axe]], which she [[SwordDrag can't even lift]]. |
| 405 | * StraightMan: In the comics based on ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'', Ellie plays the sensible one who reacts with anything from exasperation to anger whenever Joel does stupid shit. |
| 406 | * StrippedToTheBone: Master Hand does it to Roy [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/the-one-where-roy-comes-back-part6 here]]. Later, Katie announces her new job building rocket parts, and shows her performing tests while [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/gradual standing too close]]. |
| 407 | * StupidSacrifice: [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Virion]], [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/dual-scarred you're not supposed to block for someone in a heavy suit of armor.]] |
| 408 | * SuperDeformed: This is the way the characters are drawn in Katie's ''Animal Crossing'' comics. |
| 409 | * SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: |
| 410 | ** Johnny Silverhand forcibly takes over V's body and wakes up the next day with no memory, assuming he went on a wild drug fuelled rampage. But thanks to their bodies having differences in drug tolerances, he really just ended up drinking two beers and passing out. |
| 411 | ** Edelgard learns that conquest isn't just the battles themselves, it's a massive logistical nightmare to take care of. This is not helped by the fact she quit the Officer's Academy to launch said campaign. |
| 412 | ---> '''Edelgard:''' I knew I should have finished my conquering degree before I started conquering... |
| 413 | ** Because Majima only has the one eye, he has no depth perception and thus is terrible at darts, meaning it doesn't take much for Kiryu to switch to karaoke. |
| 414 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Pit for Roy. Foreshadowed in an early comic after it was announced that some characters wouldn't be returning to ''Brawl'', made official after the game was released, Roy was kicked out of the house by Master Hand and Pit started taking his place in the jokes, though Pit annoys the others a lot less. |
| 415 | ** Lampshaded [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/the-brawlening-part1 here]], where Roy voices his suspicion that Pit -- who shares his spiky hair, general looks and overall attitude -- was brought in explicitly to replace him. |
| 416 | ** Even more similar, ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'' Link is replaced with [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]] Link; due to Katie's drawing style, they are almost indistinguishable. In that case, ''OOT'' Link murdered ''TP'' Link and [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/the-brawlening-part2 took his clothes and gear]]. [[WhatTheHellHero While Mario, Fox and Pikachu were watching in horror.]] He was later replaced by the ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Skyward Sword]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]]'' Links in any case. |
| 417 | * TakeAThirdOption: |
| 418 | ** How to get people to criticize you: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/a-brief-interlude become the biggest jerk in the world.]] |
| 419 | ** Most Pokémon games have the Professor character offer you your choice of starter Pokémon, except for [[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Ruby and Sapphire]] where the Professor is being attacked by wild Pokémon and he tells you to take one from his bag to fight them off. [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/pocket-monsters Katie]] abuses the scenario to take all three and run. |
| 420 | * TakeThat: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/dead-and-polygon this comic]] calls out ''Hurdle Hijinx'' and Playtonic (specifically for ''VideoGame/YookaLaylee'') for making retro games that copy many of the same hardware limitations that frustrated players of their era, making them NintendoHard not by gameplay, but by poor design. Despite this, Katie says she actually liked the latter game a lot, at least. |
| 421 | * TakeYourTime: [[VideoGame/DeathStranding Sam]] is given a mission to deliver medicine to the Elder within [[TimedMission 30 minutes]], but he has other deliveries to do and the Elder is not on the same route. Because the timer doesn't start until he accepts the medicine; he [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/someday-shipping leaves the medicine behind]], saying he'll do it tomorrow. |
| 422 | * TalkativeLoon: [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/esprit-de-corps How Katie plays]] ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium''. |
| 423 | * TheTetrisEffect: Katie [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/vwingtone sets her ringtone]] to be the ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' "enemy spotted" tone... and freaks herself out whenever the tone actually sounds. |
| 424 | * TheresNoKillLikeOverkill: In [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/done-like-dinner this strip]], [[VideoGame/HorizonForbiddenWest Aloy]] blows up a duck by accident because she used the wrong arrow. |
| 425 | -->'''Aloy:''' Wrong quiver... |
| 426 | * TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Roy has apparently been camping out in front of the ''Smash Bros.'' house since he was kicked out, determined to get back on the roster. |
| 427 | * ThisAintRocketSurgery: "[[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/gradual And then Katie became a rocket scientist.]]" |
| 428 | * ThousandYardStare: Phoenix Wright does an impressive one when Nahyuta Sahdmadhi tries to use his "beads of constriction" on him. Nahyuta thinks he's being stoic and unaffected, but Phoenix is just flashing back to all the other times he's been assaulted in court. |
| 429 | * ThrowTheDogABone: After constantly being ignored or unrecognized by his peers, one is given to Roy [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/hired-emblem-part4 in this strip]], when someone actually takes the time to congratulate him on his re-entry into ''Smash''. |
| 430 | * TimeyWimeyBall: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/hired-emblem-part2 The Smash House]] has characters from different time periods, like Marth and his great great great great great great great... descendant, Lucina. When Roy comes back to the house after a long hiatus, he wonders just [[YearInsideHourOutside how long he was gone for]]. |
| 431 | * TitleDrop: A ''veeeeery'' subtle one [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/nicked here]]. |
| 432 | * {{Tomboy}}: Katie's AuthorAvatar often takes the place of video game protagonists, and is almost always shown wearing the male outfit (when there are multiple options). |
| 433 | * TooAwesomeToUse: |
| 434 | ** Katie has a bad case of this, as seen in [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/unnerving-conserving this comic]] where Eliwood refuses to lend a Vulnerary to Hector because they might need it later, even when he has a lot of them in storage. Later on, they retrieved another Vulnerary from a chest but since they don't have another room for one more Eliwood then throws one of them away much to Hector's disappointment. |
| 435 | ** Taken even further in [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/rank this comic]], where Hector points out the absurdity of increasing his secondary weapon rank when he already gets a legendary axe and is in the middle of fighting the FinalBoss. |
| 436 | ** Katie is very much a self-admitted packrat, and it took ''VideoGame/{{Deathloop}}'' [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/getloop of all games to temporarily break this habit.]] Naturally, the comic right after that one is about how Aloy in ''VideoGame/HorizonForbiddenWest'' [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/priority-shipping can now pick up an infinite number of rocks]], which is only notable because in ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'' Katie's packrat tendencies caused her to "regularly see things on the ground to pick up that [she] could not pick up". |
| 437 | * TooDumbToLive: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/dual-scarred As seen here]]. |
| 438 | * TrademarkFavouriteFood: Garlic is this for Katie, if the hourly comics are to be believed. |
| 439 | --> ''[[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/24-hour-comic-2014 [making lo mein for dinner]]]''\ |
| 440 | '''Norrin:''' Is this enough garlic?\ |
| 441 | '''Katie:''' No\ |
| 442 | '''Norrin:''' You didn't even look\ |
| 443 | '''Katie:''' ''(angry face)'' It will '''never''' be enough garlic |
| 444 | * UndeadAuthor: Lampshaded in [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/storied-past Storied Past]] where Old Snake asks Drebin how he knows Laughing Octopus's past when she's the only survivor and lost her mind. Turns out, Drebin made it up. |
| 445 | * UnexplainedRecovery: The first time Master Hand killed Roy, Roy [[BackFromTheDead came back to life]] by taking a stock from Marth, only to be almost immediately killed by Master Hand a second time. He later appeared alive and well in other comics without any explanation for how it's the case. [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/hired-emblem-part3 Lampshaded in one strip.]] |
| 446 | * [[invoked]] UnfortunateImplications: |
| 447 | ** [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/space-race Miranda's dad made her to be the perfect human in all respects.]] Jacob is a bit miffed that this includes being white. The implied accusation of racism makes Miranda's dad so uncomfortable that he literally ''jumps out of a window''. |
| 448 | ** [[http://awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/disney-backwards Yen Sid]] absolutely refuses to let Sora wake a world based on ''Film/SongOfTheSouth''. |
| 449 | --->''SOME WORLDS STAY SLEEPING FOR A REASON.'' |
| 450 | * UnreliableNarrator: Katie's bio smacks of this. |
| 451 | * UnsoundEffect: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/iced BELAY!]] and [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/subtlety ANGST!]], among others. |
| 452 | * UriahGambit: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/miranda-dead-to-rights Katie tries to kill off Miranda in the suicide mission.]] |
| 453 | --> ''The ending of Mass Effect 1 conditioned me to expect one of my teammates to die at the end of Mass Effect 2, and I made as much of an effort as I could to make sure it would be Miranda.'' |
| 454 | * VerbalTic: [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/forges-all-the-way-down Forges All The Way Down]] deconstructs this trope, pointing out how if someone or a whole {{group|IdentifyingFeature}} were to constantly make puns about forging and metalworking it'd get grating fast. |
| 455 | * WarHasNeverBeenSoMuchFun: Subverted at the last second in [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/no-fighting-in-the-war-room this]] ''VideoGame/AdvanceWars'' strip. Also an example of BreadEggsMilkSquick. |
| 456 | * TheWarOnStraw: |
| 457 | ** Carefully read the journalist's shirt in the first panel of "[[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/a-brief-interlude A Brief Interlude]]". For those whose prescription isn't good enough: [[spoiler:I am made of straw.]] Okay, not subtle, but subtle in its own illegible way. |
| 458 | ** The [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/behind-the-table follow up]] to "Under the Table" likewise has the punchline delivered by a "[=StrawGuy2009=]" criticizing Katie's strips. |
| 459 | * WhatTheHellHero: |
| 460 | ** [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/to-dodge-a-doppelganger According to Navi]], Link using Ruto's crush on him to trick her into [[AndCallHimGeorge hugging Dark Link into immobility]] seems like a mean way to win a fight. |
| 461 | ** [[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Alm]] is more direct in calling out [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/super-slack-brothers Anna]] over the whole concept of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes''. Summoning heroes from other worlds to help them fight off an invasion, and keeping them around for various tournaments and festivities afterwards, while those heroes might have their own problems back home. |
| 462 | * WhatMeasureIsANonCute: ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' characters [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/survival-of-the-cutest will accept evictions]] if they know the character moving in is going to be far cuter than they are. |
| 463 | * WildTake: Alyx goes bugeyed when she realises that [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/watch-your-back she doesn't have a backpack and she's been dropping ammo clips behind her this whole time.]] |
| 464 | * WithCatlikeTread: [[VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution Jensen]] completes a stealth mission undetected, but Sarif sends a ''[[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/hell-is-other-copters helicopter]]'' to extract him. [[OnlySaneMan Jensen]] is the only one to realize how stupid this is. |
| 465 | * WorthIt: "[[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/hair-of-the-cat Hair of the Cat]]" discusses that Katie and Norrin are allergic to cats, a fact they learned only when moving to a dorm that doesn't allow pets. When they got their own place, they ''immediately'' decided to get a pair of cats despite the allergy. The final panel shows them grinning in unmitigated glee even as their eyes water and noses run. |
| 466 | -->''I like cats a lot more than I like being able to breathe.'' |
| 467 | * WoundedGazelleGambit: [[http://awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/suckerpunch Used by Isabelle in Smash Bros Ultimate.]] Despite being a combatant in a fight; [[PlayingTheVictimCard she acts like an innocent little girl]] and screams "Ow!" when Little Mac hits her, causing the other fighters to gang up on him. |
| 468 | * WreakingHavok: Seen in [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/situational-gravity this]] ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'' comic. |
| 469 | -->''If something gets knocked to the floor, you may as well just resign yourself to its new permanent location.'' |
| 470 | * YouBastard: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/tricks-of-the-trade-part1 This one goes out to all you Pokemon trainers in X and Y that did nothing but Wonder Trade.]] |
| 471 | ** [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/tricks-of-the-trade-part2 ...and also those who raised and showed love to a Pokemon just to get it to evolve, and then simply let it rot forever in the PC box afterwards]]. |
| 472 | * YouCantGoHomeAgain: Roy tries to break back into the Smash Bros. house, and is confronted by Master Hand who says no one is allowed to return, except Dr. Mario... and a couple Links... and Mewtwo. |
| 473 | --> '''Marth:''' [[LampshadeHanging Nobody actually left, did they?]] |
| 474 | * YouKeepUsingThatWord: Katie's rather peeved about how ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'' described the Clickers' targeting ability as "[[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/a-sound-theory echolocation]]". |
| 475 | * YouKilledMyFather: While many of the antagonists in Nintendo's universe live in the Smash Bros. house alongside their rivals, [[http://awkwardzombie.com/comic/grudge-match Samus refuses to let Ridley join]] because he killed her parents. That may be a [[MoralEventHorizon line too far crossed]]. There's an extra joke in that his excuse of "One time!" isn't even true. He killed her biological ''and'' adoptive parents! |
| 476 | * YouShouldntKnowThisAlready: |
| 477 | ** Averted disastrously when Link accidentally plays the "Aria of Sun" and [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/warped teleports himself into the sun.]] |
| 478 | ** Played straight in [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/trying-my-patience this comic]] where Apollo's deduction is denied by the judge because he hasn't reached a certain point in the witness' testimony yet, only for Athena to provide the obvious hint when he gets the opportunity to present his deduction to the court. |
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