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6	->''"Hey, Mega Man! Wanna go do something stupid?"''
7	-->-- '''Bass'''
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9	''[[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/ Bob and George]]'' is quite possibly the [[TropeCodifier most influential]] SpriteComic of all time. It stands on three pillars: NoFourthWall, ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man\|Classic}}'', and stupidity. Originally, it was intended to just be {{filler\|Strips}} for a hand-drawn [[{{Webcomics}} comic]] the author was making, but the idiotic adventures of Mega Man and friends proved more popular, and the title characters were incorporated into the author's skewed vision of the Megaverse.
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11	The bulk of the comic can be boiled down to a basic format; once a year, there would be a parodic retelling of one of the 8-bit ''Mega Man'' games, and once a year, a villain would show up and try to kill everyone. Filling the gaps are a mind-boggling amount of TimeTravel, {{Alternate Universe}}s, stupid antics, meta-interactions with the comic's author, and, of course, the titular Bob and George, two brothers who were a {{supervillain}} and {{superhero}} respectively before getting [[TrappedInAnotherWorld warped into the Mega Man Universe]].
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13	Ran daily (mostly) from April 2000 to July 2007, [[TropeMakers making]], [[TropeCodifier codifying]], [[{{Troperiffic}} abusing]], [[LampshadeHanging lampshading]], and generally [[PlayingWithATrope making tropes into all sorts of funny shapes]] throughout its once-a-day, seven-year run.
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15	It was also known for hosting many sub-comics, of which only ''Webcomic/MSPaintMasterpieces'' is still known to update. [[ScheduleSlip Sometimes.]]
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17	!!Includes examples of:
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19	* AbortedArc:
20	** Not directly in the comic per se, but the 'Cataclysm' side-story referenced in-comic by X, Zero, Proto Man, and Bob. This was meant to explain the intentional gap between the ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic'' and ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' series, with the plot being that Dr. Wily's building and premature activation of Zero caused the Reploid to systematically kill and destroy every member of the Mega Man continuity. Originally planned to be [[AnimationBump animated multi-part flash movies]], according to Dave himself, they became "A lesson in frustration for everyone involved." Eight episodes were planned, but only three of them ever saw the light of day, due to the project stalling out and Anez's life progressing towards adulthood. Anez said he intended to finish them one day, but "I don't really know if that day will ever come."
21	** [[WordOfGod Anez's commentary]] on the comic mentions that he would occasionally seed comics with {{Foreshadowing}} for future plot developments, only to [[WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants decide to take the comic in a different direction]], leaving the foreshadowing elements to be re-purposed or discarded.
22	* AboveGoodAndEvil: Bob claims he and George are this. George doesn't agree.
23	* AchievementsInIgnorance: Mega Man, naturally, [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/041009c in this strip]]. He was also ([[RetCon temporarily?]]) too stupid to realize that he had fatal wounds.
24	%%* ActualPacifist: The aptly named Pacifist Man.
25	* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: One reason X can't get any friends. The other was that Dr. Light was shortsighted about X's programming and how X would interact with the other robots.
26	* AlternateUniverse: There are an infinite number of them, and Bob visits a lot of them.
27	%%* AmnesiacDissonance
28	* AmbidextrousSprite:
29	** Intentionally zig-zagged when George [[EyeScream loses an eye]]. [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/051112c The tools in Dr. Light's hands stay consistent]], partly to highlight how after George gets an eyepatch, [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/051118c it changes sides depending on which direction he's facing]]. And then parodied in a [[https://i.imgur.com/2qgIRZl.png fan edit]] on the forum, where the eyepatch switches sides, but his eye injury doesn't.
30	** [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/030511c Pointedly averted]] in the ''Mega Man 4'' storyline, as Mega Man attains more and more damage to his body.
31	* AmbiguouslyGay:
32	** Zero and X. Bob even calls them the "ambiguously gay duo".
33	** Sephiroth too, while Bob is hanging out in a null dimension and his GoodAngelBadAngel create ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' characters for him to hang out with.
34	%%* AnimatedAdaptation: [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/010405 Comics We Wanted to See Animated]].
35	%%* TheAnnotatedEdition: The [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/000401c on-site commentary]].
36	* {{Anticlimax}}: Mega Man's fight with Skull Man, [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/030606c after tons of fan speculation]]. (Skull Man got better.)
37	* ArcWelding: Within the final year of the comic, a lot of events, one-off antagonists, and self-contained arcs were tied together to create the finale, such as the (seemingly unrelated) ninja attacks.
38	* ArcVillain: Once a year, there's a story arc where a villain appears and attempts to murder the cast/take over the world/make bad stuff happen. Bob, Mynd, Evil Mega Man, The Helmeted Author, Non-Alternate Mynd, Mega Man X, and finally Bob once again.
39	* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Played with. [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/011212 "George can't use his blaster, I still have yours, and I just happen to be wearing my asbestos undies today."]][[note]]The last one is there to say "I'm immune to [[PlayingWithFire Bob's fire powers]]".[[/note]]
40	* ArtifactTitle: When the sprite comic essentially took over for the hand-drawn one (the second time), Dave Anez quickly realized how this could easily happen. Changing the name after it had already established itself so well was out of the question, so [[DefiedTrope he added the sprite versions of Bob and George to the comic]].
41	* AscendedFanboy: A variation with George. He grew up playing the ''Mega Man'' and ''Mega Man X'' games in his home dimension. Now he gets to fight alongside the characters he used to control in the games.
42	* AtrociousAlias:
43	** George's superhero alterego, Blitz, was originally called "[[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/000610 Spark]]".
44	** Dr. Light has his own support unit, which, to keep with the ThemeNaming scheme, he calls Circus.
45	--->'''George''': Circus?\
46	'''Dr. Light''': Circus music is a type of music, too!
47	* AuthorGuestSpot: [[TropeCodifier Practically invented it]]. The Author is a repeated character in the story, and keeps showing up at critical moments.
48	%%* BabyTalk
49	* BackForTheFinale: The final arc eventually grows to involve just about every character that had ever had a role in the story, in increasingly improbable manners.
50	%%* BackFromTheDead: Almost everyone at one time or another.
51	%%* BackhandedApology
52	* BackToTheEarlyInstallment: While most of George's time travel involves events of 8-bit ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic'' era, George has also been involved in past arcs of the strips.
53	** "[[http://bobandgeorge.com/archives/030918 Another Bad Time]]" has George being sent back in time to investigate [[http://bobandgeorge.com/archives/020911 the arc Mega Man turned evil]] to find out what really was going on. It ultimately involved the Helmeted Author up to a nefarious scheme to destroy the comic.
54	** The last arc of the comic, "[[http://bobandgeorge.com/archives/061007 All Good Things]]", has George being shifting around the past, present and future. The past segment culminates in showing the original introduction of him and Bob arriving into the sprite comic portion in the first place.
55	* BaldOfEvil: In addition to the appearance of Sigma from ''VideoGame/MegaManX'', other original villains for the comic included Mynd (a purple palette-swap of Sigma) and Captain Kinesis.
56	* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:The ''whole plot'' was one by Bob and George's mom to toughen George up and to show Bob that he CantGetAwayWithNuthin.]]
57	* BatmanGrabsAGun: In the last five strips of the series, George [[spoiler: figures out how to work his PowerArmor's ArmCannon, and takes aim at Bob]].
58	* BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: Chadling manages to beat Nate because he has the ability to shapeshift into a Purple Demon similar to him being a Yellow Demon, but way bigger.
59	* BecauseDestinySaysSo: Alternate Mega Man and Crystal Man believe in this. Alternate Bass does not. Which is right seems to vary.
60	* BerserkButton: Bob displays two.
61	** The first was pressed when he made a big show on how Alternate Mega Man couldn't possibly get through his shield. Mega Man does exactly that and reduces Bob to incoherent rage.
62	** The second is triggered when Metool D2 threatens to do...[[NoodleIncident something]]...to [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas Bob's mother.]]
63	%%** [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/011022c Also, do not speak against ice cream]].
64	%% Nobody [[SoundEffectBleep [=*=]]]ing squashes Non-Alternate Mynd.
65	%%* BetterThanABareBulb: A good deal of the humor is driven by LampshadeHanging.
66	* BigRedButton:
67	** The control to George's [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/030923 time suit]] [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/030924 isn't red]], but it's big, and quite important according to Dr. Light.
68	** George gets back at Dr. Light by manipulating a big red button controlling X's pod, [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/050419 much to Dr. Light's astonishment]].
69	** Then there's one of these [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/051126 inside Mega Man's mind]] [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/051127 that activates his router]].
70	* BilingualDialogue: The Met unit Metoo can only communicate in beeps, which the other characters can understand. RepeatingSoTheAudienceCanHear is generally in use, but averted in one instance where Alternate Bass asks a nontrivial question, receives beeps in return, and only comments that he is satisfied with that answer.
71	%%* BlatantLies: Dr. Wily whenever he's interacting with Dr. Light.
72	%%* BloodyHilarious: [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/040307c Bloody Explanations]]
73	* BondVillainStupidity: [[spoiler: Played with, as the villain doesn't just wander away, and the trap worked. Mostly.]]
74	* {{Bowdlerization}}: A rare case where the author had to Bowdlerize ''himself'' by replacing a strip which was already censored to begin with ([[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/010513 Heat Man's Snack]] was originally [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/comics/2001-05/010513a.png this]] -- see [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/010512 Heat Man's Armor]] for the set up).
75	* BreakingTheFourthWall: The characters are very aware of being aware of being in a webcomic, with forums. Kinda hard not to since [[AuthorGuestSpot the Author is a semi-regular character.]]
76	* BrickJoke: While Bob was unconscious (during Mynd's arrival in the main universe), [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/011031 the 2001 Halloween comic]] occurred. [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/011210 40 strips later...]]
77	%%** Does "the slide" count?
78	** Characters not recognizing other characters because they've never met.
79	** NA Mynd stated that he would attack "midway through the next storyline". Unfortunately, the Author never broke away from the Fifth Megaman Game storyline, which is the reason the events are shown InMediasRes.
80	* BrilliantButLazy: Dr. Light, Dr. Wily, and Kalinka all do some impressive work to avoid working more. [[FridgeBrilliance Which is the point of making robots]].
81	** Kalinka's robot Ran is so fragile that she gave up on fixing him, instead inventing a machine that makes a new Ran every time he breaks, uploads the dead Ran's memories, and teleports him to where he died.
82	** Similarly, Dr. Light was so sick of repairing his robots that he built them to repair themselves when damaged.
83	** Dr. Wily stopped building Robot Masters himself, instead building a machine that makes them for him with little effort.
84	%%* BurningWithAnger: Bob. Unsurprising since he has fire powers.
85	%%* TheButlerDidIt
86	* ByTheLightsOfTheirEyes: [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/020305 "Cool! I'm just a pair of glowing floating eyeballs!"]]
87	* CainAndAbel: Bob and George on a few occasions. Interestingly, Bob is the villainous one, despite being the younger brother.
88	* CallingYourAttacks
89	-->'''Ran''': COSSACK BUSTER!!!
90	* CameBackWrong: Mega Man's very hasty reassembling of Skull Man:
91	-->'''Skull Man''': Would someone please remove my arm from what is ''not'' an arm socket?
92	%%* CampGay: Top Man and Very Alternate Bob.
93	%%* CanineCompanion: Rush and Treble both fall into this category. Sadly, neither spends much time in the limelight.
94	* CardCarryingVillain: "What? I'm evil. ILied." - Mynd.
95	* CatsAreMean: Tango, a robot cat, spends several comics screwing with Rush and Treble.
96	%%* TheCavalry
97	%%* CerebusSyndrome, to some extent.
98	* ChainedToARailway: Alternate Mega Man in the fifth game parody.
99	%%* CharacterDevelopment: Mostly averted with the Mega Man characters, but George is an example who goes through subtle, but important, character development through the comic's run.
100	%%* {{Chiaroscuro}}
101	%%* CirclingBirdies
102	* ClusterBleepBomb: There are a [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/030115 few]] [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/041201 censored]] [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/060624 ones]] as well.
103	%%* ClusterFBomb: Zero in the first Cataclysm Movie.
104	* ColdBloodedTorture: Mynd gets Mike to subject Bob to some. Then Bob turns the tables on Mike and tortures him.
105	** The Helmeted Author also ''tries'' to do this to a volunteer named Veemon in one of the blurbs, but leaves when he discovers there's no fire ants. The author completely forgot about that, so Veemon dies.
106	* CommonalityConnection: Ice cream!
107	* ConservationOfNinjutsu: The infinite army of Robot Masters in the fifth game are each individually far weaker than the originals, with a single charged shot enough to kill several of them. Also used literally in George's homeworld, where ninjas are so common you can barely walk down the street without tripping over a couple of ninjas, and none of them are particularly dangerous.
108	%%* ContemplateOurNavels
109	* ContinuityPorn: Somehow, David has managed to tie up as many loose ends up as possible using only this technique. ''And it worked!''
110	%%* ContractualGenreBlindness
111	* ContractualImmortality: [[invoked]] Used by George at several points to survive situations that should have killed him. He can occasionally use it to shield whoever is closest.
112	%%* ContrivedCoincidence
113	%%* CoolGate: The original dimensional portal in Bob and George's home dimension.
114	%%* CoolShades: Proto Man and all his recolors.
115	%%* CowerPower: [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/001222c How Mega Man Faces Danger]]
116	%%* CrazyPrepared: Proto Man. Occasionally the villains, particularly in later years.
117	* CreatorBreakdown: [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/010628 Parodied]] InUniverse. When The Author breaks down, the comic literally falls apart until he's placated with explosions.
118	* {{Crossover}}: During his journey through parallel dimensions, Bob ends up as a guest on [[http://maccshq.rpgclassics.com/farts/index.shtml Fairly Aimless RPG Talk Show]] or [[FunWithAcronyms FARTS]] (click on episode 5 to see their half of the crossover, or you can just [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/010309 click here]] to see the [=BnG=] webcomic's cross-post of the relevant bit).
119	** Almost every anniversary party chapter can be seen as a crossover between the main Bob and George comic and the many comics that are hosted on the site.
120	* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Mega Man; ordinarily an idiot, but he often develops quite clever strategies whenever he heads into battle. His programming states that stupidity is a secondary objective, and he ignores it while performing his primary task - fighting stuff.
121	** Bass is this too, stupider in the second program, more powerful and smarter in the first program.
122	%%* CryingIndian: Tomahawk Man from the sixth game.
123	* CutHimselfShaving: After the Shadowy Author revives dead characters in the Rockman Universe. Bob tells Rock and Dr. Light that they fell down. Rock then questions if Roll fell ''up'', as she's tied to the ceiling. Bob responds that he put her up there to prevent her from falling down.
124	* CutLexLuthorACheck: The recurring Wily Beers are the result of Dr. Wily taking over a Heineken plant. The resulting beer is so good that Dr. Light let him keep it.
125	%%* DamselInDistress: Kalinka in the fourth game parody.
126	* DeadlyDodging: Proto Man fires at the Helmeted Author, who phases out. The shot hits and kills [[spoiler:George]].
127	%%* DeadlyForcefield: The Helmeted Author [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/040216c loves]] this [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/040226c trope]].
128	%%* DeadpanSnarker: Helmut, Roll, the Author. And, of course, Dave Anez himself in the commentary.
129	* DeathTrap: Stone Man, Charge Man, and Wave Man try one on Alternate Mega Man in the fifth game. The plan is to tie Mega Man to railroad tracks suspended over a pool of robot eating robot sharks, have Charge Man run over him, and drop a giant rock on him at the same time. Then the tracks break under the weight of the rock, and Mega Man is eaten.
130	-->'''Alternate Mega Man:''' Won't this plan kill Charge Man, too?
131	-->'''Stone Man:''' You would think, but considering this whole plan was his idea, we're guessing he won't mind too much.
132	* DelayedRippleEffect: Any time time travel is used, the effects in other time zones are delayed.
133	%%* DidntSeeThatComing
134	* DidntWeUseThisJokeAlready: Used repeatedly, [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/000614 even to the point of going meta]] where, after Dr. Wily points out that they have already done the Rock and Roll joke, and Dr. Light questions his claim, Dr. Wily points out that they also have done the "DidntWeUseThisJokeAlready" joke already.
135	%%* DimensionLord: Mynd claims to be one.
136	* DistressedDude: George, during the plot of Megaman 3. He's tied to the ceiling by Doctor Wily for six months.
137	* TheDitz: Bass, most of the time. Even Mega Man needs someone stupider than him (he can be smart, but Dr. Wily prefers to leave him in idiot mode so that his plans aren't constantly criticized).
138	%%* DividedWeFall
139	%%* DoAndroidsDream
140	%%* DodgeTheBullet
141	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: In the comments for a battle between Snake Man and Ring Man in the 6th games Robot Tournament, Anez admitted that he ran out of amusing filler robots with some relation and just threw in the two least quirky robots for that day's comic. The next day he commented on how many e-mails he got explaining "the obvious relationship between snakes and rings."
142	%%* DoNotTauntCthulhu:
143	%%* DontExplainTheJoke: [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/011207 "It's funny... laugh dammit!!"]]
144	* DoomedByCanon: Even though most of the cast get killed during major storylines (such as in "The Attack of Mynd") and get better once they're over, it seems as if the Cataclysm would make them DeaderThanDead. [[spoiler:Then it turns out that they merely faked their deaths, making this trope a subversion.]]
145	%%* DramaticThunder
146	%%* DramaticWind, heavily {{lampshade\|Hanging}}d.
147	* DrunkenMaster: Dr. Cossack, apparently. "While I am an excellent programmer while sober, I am a programming MASTER when tanked."
148	%%* {{Duck}}: [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/061016 Both definitions apply here]].
149	%%* DumbassHasAPoint
150	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Early on there was a RunningGag about the characters complaining about having to take part in the comic. This was slowly dropped as the comic went on since Dave Anez felt having the joke would just get more and more stale.
151	* EinsteinHair: Dr Wily, naturally. Proto Man lampshades this when he is first activated, as does X.
152	* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Bob. He nearly drops into berserk rage when Mettoo Deetoo insults her.
153	* EvilCounterpart: As in the games, Bass to Mega Man. Though in this case, Wily went a little too far in having Bass one-up Mega Man in everything. Yes, he's stronger and faster...but he's also ''stupider''.
154	* EvilIsNotWellLit: Played with. Mynd is unable to find the lightswitch in his lair. The Non-Alternate version has a similar problem.
155	%%* EvilOverlordList: Used quite a lot with Mynd.
156	%%** [[http://bobandgeorge.com/archives/0111/011107a.html This]] was supposed to be how he found out about it.
157	%%* EvilSmellsBad
158	%%* EvilTowerOfOminousness: Wily's fortresses.
159	%%* ExpectingSomeoneTaller
160	* ExploitingTheFourthWall: There is a RunningGag where [[ContractualImmortality the eponymous characters can't die due to their names being in the title]]. During the "Helmeted Attack" storyline, however, the [[EvilTwin Helmeted Author]] uses his AuthorPowers to change the title of the comic, [[HeroKiller allowing him to]] kill George. [[StatusQuoIsGod This doesn't last long, of course.]]
161	* ExpendableAlternateUniverse: The Rockman Universe and the alternates in the final battle, who are sent out in droves. Averted in the case of George himself, who does care what happens to the Mega Man universe despite not being from it.
162	%%* FalselyReformedVillain: Dr. Wily, a few times.
163	* AFateWorseThanDeath: The Author claims that being a subcomic reviewer is this, which is why he forces this on Helmut after he's beaten.
164	%%* FieryRedHead: Bob, often literally when he decides to light his head on fire.
165	%%* FillerStrips: A rare (if not unique) case of the FillerStrips becoming the actual strip.
166	%%* FireForgedFriends
167	%%* FlawExploitation: Mega Man does these to Robot Masters.
168	%%* FollowTheLeader: Inspired hundreds, if not ''thousands'' of copycat sprite comics.
169	* {{Foreshadowing}}:
170	** When Mega Man tries to use Knight Man's power against Centaur Man, George shows up at the top of the panel (the Author's normal spot for addressing the audience) to complain that Mega Man stole his colors. [[spoiler:At the very end of the comic, George fused with the Shadowy Author, giving him author-like powers]].
171	** In the last arc, when George is thrust forwards and backwards in time, he is friends with the future X, Zero, and Prometheus, and X calls him a 137-year-old demigod. [[spoiler:This foreshadows that the 'Epilogue' isn't as it seems, because it claimed that George returned to his world shortly after the end of the run and never left. The true Epilogue shows him happily in Acapulco with everyone else]].
172	* ForgotICouldFly: Note: do not point out to a character who has spent six months suspended by his arms in Dr. Wily's fortress that he has superpowers and could have escaped. George takes it... poorly. Mega Man also often forgets he can teleport, although subverted in one occasion he is badly injured and forced to crawl to his base due to the fact it was broken.
173	%%* ForgottenSuperweapon
174	* FreudWasRight: Wood Man... Hard Man... Air Man, the one who "blows"... As Mega Man puts it, "[[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/010501 Is it just me? Is it? Am I the pervert here?]]"
175	-->'''Dust Man:''' Well I suck, I blow, and I shoot out wads of junk.
176	-->'''Mega Man:''' ... There's one of you in every game, isn't there?
177	%%* AFriendInNeed
178	%%* FriendshipMoment: [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/011110c Why Chadling can't kill Mega Man and Bass.]]
179	* FunnyBackgroundEvent: [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/020825c Played straight the "Something Different arc".]] He's also subverted this in a few comics where the funny background events would be given their own panel(s) in the foreground.
180	* FunWithAcronyms: The [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/010310 Fairly Aimless RPG Talk Show]]
181	* FusionDance: Nate and Chadling can do this with other characters, resulting in combinations like Charge (Geo'''rge''' + '''Cha'''dling) and Bate ('''Ba'''ss and Na'''te''').
182	* GainaxEnding: Par for the course with the rest of the plot. [[spoiler:George actually tries to shoot Bob. Though it fails, it causes the Helmeted Author to stop possessing him. It's then revealed that the entire episode was a bet between the two authors, and the comic was being run by Bob and George's mom as a BatmanGambit to toughen George up. Afterwards, Mom takes Bob and George back home while the Shadowy Author ends the comic on an epilogue where all the other characters seemingly die in the Calamity, but in fact faked their own deaths to prevent a time paradox and move to Acapulco, where they lived HappilyEverAfter.]]
183	* GambitIndex: Practically every trope involving plots that are contorted, nonsensical, retconned or impossibly complicated.
184	* GeniusDitz: Mega Man, when fighting Robot Masters and Dr. Light with his inventions.
185	** Fanon figured that since his [[EpilepticTrees primary mission is to defeat robot masters and secondary mission is to be stupid]], he would "smarten up" during fights. [[AscendedFanon Author took this and ran with it.]]
186	** At [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/040830 one]] point, Mega Man actually frightened his intelligent alternate self with his sudden battle brilliance.
187	* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: George and Proto Man stumble across a VHS tape of the First Annual Robot Tournament (the events leading to Mega Man 6). Turns out, it's just a documentary. But George really wants to find out what happened:
188	-->'''George:''' There's only one way to find out what really happened! We have to go back in time!\
189	''[Proto Man slaps George across the face]''\
190	''[{{Beat}}]''\
191	'''George:''' ...did you just bitch-slap me?\
192	'''Proto Man:''' Yes. You needed it.\
193	'''George:''' Yes I did. Thanks.
194	%%* GetItOverWith
195	* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: [[spoiler:Gamma from the VideoGame/MegaMan3 storyline made a reappearance at the climax of the VideoGame/MegaMan4 storyline, only to get stepped on by a colossal Eddie]].
196	* GlassCannon: Ran's a OneHitPointWonder to the extreme, but his Cossack Buster is one of the most destructive in the entire comic.
197	* AGlitchInTheMatrix: Happens when the author went to retcon a mistake [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/020212c here]]
198	* AGodAmI: X, during his run as the Sixth Annual Villain, gets a few of these. He's the ultimate master of his virtual world, and isn't afraid to show it. The only problem is that George, a living bolt of lightning, is even ''more'' powerful in the virtual world.
199	* GodzillaThreshold: Alternate Bass and Mega Man eventually resort to attempting to drop an asteroid on Bob, figuring the collateral damage of the event would be lesser than what he was planning to do.
200	* GogglesDoSomethingUnusual: Both Bob's and Proto Man's sunglasses allow them to see on different frequencies. [[MundaneUtility They also shield against bright light]].
201	* GoMadFromTheIsolation: George has issues about being hung from ceilings after a stint of six months when he was strung up by Wily.
202	%%* GoodAngelBadAngel: Bob has them. His mother sent them.
203	%%* GoodIsDumb: [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/020722c Why George forgot]]
204	%%* GossipyHens: [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/010819c Here]]
205	* GrandfatherClause: Gets away with sprite comic clichés because it started most of them.
206	%%* GrandfatherParadox: Played with extensively using various examples.
207	%%* GuestStrip: [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/0007spc A Special Comic By Someone Else]].
208	* HalfHumanHybrid: [[WordOfGod The commentary]] mentions that Bob and George's mom is actually a [[spoiler:succubus]].
209	%%** [[spoiler:AntiAntiChrist]]: Naturally, George is this.
210	%%* HandWave: Explicitly stated in the commentary [[http://bobandgeorge.com/archives/051128c here]]
211	* HappilyEverAfter: Thanks to Zero spilling the beans about the Cataclysm to Doctor Wily, the DownerEnding that most of the cast got is averted. They fake their deaths and move to Acapulco.
212	%%* HarmlessVillain: Wily turns into one pretty quickly, and has been part of at least one EnemyMine.
213	%%* HeelFaceTurn: Crash Man turns against Wily during the second game's storyline. It doesn't last long, though.
214	%%* HelpingHands
215	* HeroAntagonist: In the 6th Mega Man game storyline, all the bosses were trying to stop a rampaging Mega Man, who had undergone a FaceHeelTurn after being reprogrammed by Vic.
216	%%* HeroicSacrifice
217	%%* HeroicSecondWind
218	%%* HighClassGlass: "But why the top hat?" "[[ItMakesSenseInContext Well, we already had the monocle....]]"
219	%%* HighlyVisibleNinja: [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/index.php?date=050105 Very visible.]]
220	%%* HighPressureBlood: Pretty much everybody, but Helmut takes the cake.
221	* HonoraryUncle: Mega Man attempts to make Helmut this for no apparent reason beyond getting to call him "Uncle [[spoiler: Fisty]]".
222	* HowMuchDidYouHear: Not only is it a RunningGag, but the monologuing character complaining about the Running Gag has become a part of said Running Gag.
223	* HurricaneOfPuns: Many times. Later, it's defied by a third party in the Guts Man vs. Stone Man fight.
224	-->'''Bob:''' Who will triumph when these two behemoths square off?\
225	'''Stone Man:''' I will, cause you ain't got no ''guts''!\
226	'''Guts Man:''' Pssh! You're ''stoned''!\
227	'''Bob:''' One more pun and I will kill you both myself, understand?\
228	'''Both:''' Yessir.
229	* ImThinkingItOver: "[[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/041230 George's Decision]]":
230	-->'''Mynd:''' Will you stand aside and let me deal with the imposter, or do you want to die too?\
231	''[BeatPanel]''\
232	'''Mike'''/'''Proto Man:''' George!\
233	'''George:''' What?! I'm thinking!
234	* IceCreamKoan: Shadow Man is full of these.
235	* {{Identical Twin ID Tag}}s: The alternate future and alternate far-future versions of Bass and Mega Man wear nametags, thanks to the Author's intervention. Then the alternate far-far-future versions of Bass and Mega Man arrive with similar name tags...[[spoiler:and then take them off, revealing themselves to be the ''present-day'' alternate Bass and Mega Man.]]
236	%%* IDidWhatIHadToDo: An inversion is parodied [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/070419c here]].
237	* IdiotBall: The [=MM4=] Robot Masters in [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/030421 the April 21, 2003 comic]].
238	-->'''Commentary:''' Wow, who would've thought that all of the Robot Masters would just be standing around in a big field together in the middle of nowhere where Mega Man could just conveniently run into them? I mean, seriously, aren't they supposed to be out trying to TakeOverTheWorld or something?
239	%%* IgnoredAesop: [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/000428c "[V]iolence is never the answer."]]
240	* ILied: Oh, ''[[RunningGag god]]''. Every single villain does this at least one. "What? I'm evil. ILied." The first instance even has a JustForFun/NotableReferencesToTVTropes example.
241	* ImmuneToDrugs: Dr. Light has an alcohol tolerance that could rival that of Wrestling/AndreTheGiant. His response to being told he "must've consumed enough to take down a bull elephant"?
242	-->'''Dr. Light:''' Bull elephant? Pssh... lightweights.
243	%%* ImplausibleDeniability
244	* ImplausibleFencingPowers: Mynd. He can swat missiles out of the air, which should be impossible.
245	* IndyPloy: Pretty much the entire comic, according to the author. In the comments section he admits that he was basically winging the entire thing, and whenever he created a plot hole, he was willing to go to absurd lengths to fix them, introducing time travel, clones, etc... rather than just let the hole remain.
246	%%* TheInfiltration: Several, both villainous and heroic.
247	* InjuredSelfDrag: After getting beaten up by the Cossack Bots, Mega Man crawls [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/030720c eighty miles to Dr. Cossack's lair]] with a hole in his chest and stumps for arms; one of his legs fell off along the way. He's incredibly annoyed when he discovers that it was all for nothing; not only did Proto Man basically lie that Cossack was behind everything, Proto Man and the Cossack Bots saved the day without him. Being a robot, though, he gets better.
248	* InMediasRes: The Attack of [[spoiler:Non-Alternate Mynd]] starts off this way. [[spoiler: While previous events had lead up to this, the actual series of comics starts off with George, Proto Man and Mike standing on a pile of corpses, fighting, with no explanation as to how they got there. Mynd asks George to explain HowWeGotHere.]]
249	* IntentionalEngrishForFunny: In some of the fan comics.
250	* InTheBack: Often. Both heroes and villains will shoot each other in the back frequently, such as when Megaman fired an EMP into the back of a Robot Master, or how Mega Man[=/=]Helmut took out Protoman.
251	* InvincibleVillain: Mynd is this. He's so powerful that outside of Bob and George, no one can actually hurt him and even then, he's only inconvenienced at best.
252	%%* IronicEcho: [[ChekhovsGag "Jesus, Dr. Light, it's only one button!"]]
253	* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: In [[http://bobandgeorge.com/archives/000508c this]] strip, the [[AuthorGuestSpot Author]] calls Proto Man a "smelly, idiotic goon"; Proto Man objects to being called "smelly."
254	* IWasToldThereWouldBeCake: During "The Attack of X", X lures the other robots to the Training Room with the promise of ice cream. It's a trick to get them within close enough range so that X can assimilate them.
255	* IWorkAlone: One reason Bob gives for turning down Mynd's offer.
256	* JediMindTrick: Mynd uses this on Chadling to force the disobedient minion to obey him. Unfortunately for Mynd, after a certain point it stops working....
257	** The Author once attempts to use the Jedi Mind Trick on the ''audience'' in a literal attempt to HandWave a plot hole. It doesn't work.
258	%%* JerkAss: Doctor Light.
259	* JustAFleshWound: Most of the characters are robots, after all. And it wasn't like Mega Man really needed that arm anyway...
260	%%* JustEatHim
261	%%* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown
262	%%* KillItWithFire: Bob is very fond of this trope.
263	%%* KnightsAndKnaves: Parodied with Gemini Man.
264	* LampshadeHanging: They do this so often that they hang lampshades on their habit of lampshade hanging.
265	-->'''Dr. Light:''' [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/000614 Want to know why his name's Rock?]]\
266	'''Dr. Wily:''' I know, I know, [[ThemeNaming Rock and Roll]]. I got it. [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/000513 We did this joke before]], remember?\
267	'''Dr. Light:''' We did?\
268	'''Dr. Wily:''' Yes. In fact, [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/000525 we've done this joke before as well]].
269	* LaserGuidedAmnesia: What Wily fakes in order to infiltrate Dr. Light's lab and set up the events of the third game after trying to take over the world twice.
270	** Subverted during a time travel mishap, when everyone's too distracted to remember they're '''supposed''' to do this to two of the characters to prevent a paradox.
271	%%* LectureAsExposition
272	* LetsSeeYouDoBetter: The commentary [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/000815c here.]] (The actual comic, too, but mostly the commentary)
273	** Not the actual comic, but the Custom Comic (and glue factory) thread on the official forums lives off this trope.
274	* LightningCanDoAnything: One of the titular characters manipulates lightning.
275	* LightningFireJuxtaposition: The titualar Bob and George have fire and electrical powers respectively. For the sake of plot, they cannot affect each other.
276	* LiteralDisarming: The only way to stop Non-Alternate Mynd was literally cutting his limbs off. [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/050226 First arm]], [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/050227 second arm]], [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/050228 legs]]. The last comic also features a reference to ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' because there is NoFourthWall.
277	%%* LostAesop
278	* LukeIAmYourFather:
279	** Parodied with Bob (Darth Volcanus) in the 4th game.
280	---> '''Mega Man:''' Ring Man, I am your father.\
281	'''Ring Man:''' No you're not.\
282	'''Mega Man:''' You win this argument.
283	** Also used in the third game with [[PaperThinDisguise Break Man]] aka Proto Man. He can't pass up the opportunity to tell Mega Man they're brothers.
284	* IAmNotLeftHanded: Mynd says this in [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/050227c this strip]] when Charge sliced off his left hand. Charge responds to this by slicing his right hand.
285	* MadeOfPlasticine: Kalinka Cossack's robot, Ran. Lampshaded. Then extremely exaggerated over the course of the series. Ran is built so cheaply ''a finger poke'' and even a ''slight breeze'' can kill him. Though, thanks to being cheaply built, Ran also has a replacement generator waiting, [[WeHaveReserves so a new body is already ready to replace him]] anytime he "dies".
286	* MaliciousMisnaming: Roll's nickname for Mike is Ninja Ned, which he hates. Though it may not be malicious because Mike's counterpart in the main universe is Edward the Destroyer, who is also known as Ninja Ned.
287	%%* MaliciousSlander
288	%%* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane
289	%%* MediumAwareness: ''Everyone''.
290	* MilestoneCelebration: [[invoked]] {{Averted\|Trope}} in the [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/010828 500th Comic]], [[NoFourthWall much to the characters' chagrin]].
291	* AMillionIsAStatistic: George doesn't really care about [[spoiler: killing hundreds of ninjas, even if he does insist they're unconscious.]]
292	* MirrorUniverse: The alternate universe has all characters swapping their core personality traits. So Proto Man becomes stupid, Mega Man is a genius and George is super-violent. WordOfGod states that they're physically identical, though.
293	%%* TheMole
294	* MonsterOfTheWeek: In every year of the comic, somebody attacks and the heroes defeat him. The "monsters of the year" are, in order: [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/000621 The Yellow Demon]], [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/001230 Bob]], [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/011102 Mynd]], [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/020911 "evil Mega Man"]], [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/040205 Helmut]], [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/041224 Non-alternate Mynd]], [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/050614 X]], and finally [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/070510 Bob again]].
295	* MookFaceTurn: Blame the ice cream.
296	* MoralityDial: All of Dr. Light's robots have one. Bass, on the other hand, has a switch whose two options are "evil" and "stupid".
297	%%* MoreHeroThanThou
298	* MotorMouth: Quick Man, since he's constantly hyped up on sugar.
299	* MundaneMadeAwesome: Inverted. [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/030610 Skull Man's Skull Barrier]] is hyped by Skull Man as an "ultimate weapon", but subsequent strips have Mega Man pointing out how it's anything but.
300	* MundaneUtility: The initial purpose of all the robots created in the first game. After all, why have a fridge when you can have a robot that produces cold standing in a box?
301	* MushroomSamba: Needle Man's needles cause hallucinations.
302	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone:
303	** Doctor Light has a rare moment of this after he realizes he stranded George in the past with no way to return.
304	** Doctor Light again, when he sacrificed his support unit Circus to fight against Mynd, powered up with two Demons.
305	* MyNameIsInigoMontoya: Parodied, with the villain/hero roles reversed, [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/index.php?date=060808 in this comic]].
306	** Played straight [[http://bobandgeorge.com/archives/index.php?date=040914 here]]
307	* MythologyGag: Centaur Man's status as a trans woman robot is either this or a case of meta-level StrangeMindsThinkAlike, given that Centaur Man is [[SweetPollyOliver secretly female]] in the Rockman 6 manga.
308	* NameAndName: The title of the comic is of the two brothers, Bob and George.
309	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Dr. Light's entire pathos with X is this. [[spoiler:He meddles with X's programming to the point where he makes him an antisocial wuss who is pacifistic (resulting in a botched plan by Proto Man and Roll to steal his blaster) and hates ice-cream (making it impossible to make friends with people, ''especially'' George, Chadling and Mega Man). After a off-handed remark by George that he can't force people to be his friend, X goes nuts and does exactly that... with a little help from the wireless router Dr. Light used to build X's brain.]]
310	* NobodyCanDie: At least, [[DeathIsCheap not permanently]].
311	* NoFourthWall: The Author keeps arguing with the characters.
312	* NonverbalMiscommunication: Nate [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/011029 tries to inform]] Mega Man and Bass about Mynd's evil plans, but they think he's reminding them about the upcoming Halloween strip. However, Proto Man gets it.
313	* NoodleImplements: Proto Man's plan to get X's blaster required car batteries, cinder blocks, iced tea and the city's ENTIRE supply of yogurt.
314	* NormalFishInATinyPond: George's lightning powers are strong, sure, but there are other elemental manipulators back home. In the world of Cyberspace, though, where everything is electrical? He's all but omnipotent.
315	%%* TheNoseKnows
316	* NonHumanNonBinary: Wind Man reveals that Centaur Man identified as a woman. Then gets into the confusing nature of robot genders and how even more confusing it is for a robotic half-man/half-horse built to resemble a man but thinks like a woman. Amusing in that in the Rockman 6 Manga, Centaur Man appeared to be a woman, [[SweetPollyOliver dressed as a man]].
317	* NotNowKiddo: George runs into this problem when inside X's head. He ''tries'' to tell the other characters that since he's a being of pure electricity, he's basically a god, but gets interrupted every single time. X even lampshades it.
318	* JustForFun/NotableReferencesToTVTropes: [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/011103c This]] commentary, which also brings up the propensity for ILied.
319	* NothingExcitingEverHappensHere: In [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/000607 this comic]], George says these exact words (minus "here"). Bob immediately proves him otherwise by blowing up a building.
320	* ObfuscatingStupidity: Though Mega Man is a genuine idiot, he has feigned stupidity in battle to cause his opponents to drop their guard. Most famously against Ring Man.
321	** [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/020618 This comic]], as revealed [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/020803c here]]. Also note the commentary.
322	** [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/040929c And the bad guys will do it too]].
323	%%* OddShapedPanel
324	%%* OffhandBackhand: [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/020711 They're still sunglasses, you stupid bastard...]]
325	** [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/021228 Did I mention I really hate clones?]]
326	* OnceASeason: Every year has some common elements: One villain will try to kill the entire cast, one Mega Man game will be adapted, and one year-ending party will be held. This is common for the first six years, the seventh being the exception.
327	* OneDimensionalThinking: Defied. Bob gets the short end twice, first when he charges straight at Proto Man, who jumps over him, and second when [[spoiler:he attacks everyone to the left and right of him, leaving him vulnerable to Nate's attack from above]].
328	* OneHitPointWonder: The Cameo character Ran, for whom DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist.
329	* OneTwoPunchline: After [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/011209 Bob revives from unconciousness off panel]], when he actually appears in the penultimate panel of [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/011210 the next comic]], he is wearing a ridiculous girly costume. The final panel has him making a reference to [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/011031 the prior Halloween comic]], which is where the costume originated.
330	* OnlySaneMan: Proto Man, and also Ring Man, to the point where it's considered the latter's character quirk.
331	* OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank: "For Christ's sake! Doesn't this room have a drain?!"
332	%%* OverclockingAttack
333	* OverusedRunningGag: Wily complaining about him never seeing people are around to hear his plans. In the case of WordOfGod, he admits that this is most of his jokes and a large part of the humor.
334	* PaintItBlack: Bob's outfit is literally a Proto Man costume charred black (fanart depicts his scarf in rags for extra effect).
335	* PaintingTheMedium: Whenever story lines change, the background color changes too. [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/001213 This, like many tropes, gets lampshaded]].
336	* ParentalFavoritism: Dr Light, towards X.
337	* PeopleJars:
338	** One for X and one for Zero, in the present day, anyway. It's to store their bodies while their creators work on them.
339	** In the final arc, George finds [[spoiler:the Author]] trapped inside tubes in all three eras. [[spoiler: The Author is fine. He can get out any time that he wants, but stays to maintain the illusion that Bob has successfully captured him.]]
340	* PlayingWithFire: Bob has fire powers.
341	* PlotArmor: Lampshaded in [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/index.php?date=010107 this strip]], double subverted in [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/index.php?date=010108 the next strip]] and seemingly used straight with a prior LampshadeHanging in [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/index.php?date=020731 this strip]] and [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/index.php?date=020730 the previous one]].
342	** Later, it's given a DoubleSubversion. Bob and George can't die because they're in the title of the comic, so when the plot calls for George to actually die, the ''title of the comic'' changes to allow it to happen. [[BackFromTheDead He gets better]], though, and the title returns to "Bob and George."
343	* PlotHole: Averted, or so the Author says.
344	** This is almost a RunningGag; Plot Holes appear all over the place, and half the fun is watching the author attempt to seal them.
345	*** So much so that on the forums, the word 'Plothole' gets automatically filtered to 'Spoon'. Afterall, [[Film/TheMatrix there is no spoon]]
346	** Helmut appears to be the one to handle plot holes when no actual explanation can be given, having [[http://bobandgeorge.com/archives/011019c rescued Chadling from an alternate dimension]] and [[http://bobandgeorge.com/archives/020331 returned Bob's blaster]], for example.
347	** Ironically, one of the attempts to seal a Helmut-related plot hole ([[spoiler:Evil Mega Man actually being Helmut to explain why Mega Man went bad in one arc]]) was later forgotten, leading to ''another'' plot hole towards the end of the series ([[spoiler:when Mega Man turned evil ''again'', and the previous incident being mentioned]]).
348	* PopularityPower: Star Man {{lampshade\|Hanging}}s this trope in the sixth game storyline, believing this will guarantee his victory until he realizes his opponent is Shadow Man.
349	** This is the reason Mega Man had to put Skull Man back together after accidentally taking him out in one panel.
350	* PowerGlows: Most notably George. Bob [[BurningWithAnger smolders]] instead.
351	* PrecisionFStrike: Someone uses the F word (uncensored) once annually, pretty much making this the epitome of the trope. The strips in question are always titled "[Character Name] Says The F-Word."
352	%%* PrepareToDie
353	* PressureSensitiveInterface:
354	** The time travel suit is controlled by one button on the belt buckle. You have to practically type out a command in Morse Code with it to actually do anything. The duration and pressure of the press are important.
355	** {{Exaggerated}} in the [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/030924 "The Simple Instructions"]] strip. A holographic Dr. Light explains to George how to access the main menu. It requires tapping the button lightly twice, then slowly three times, and so on and so forth til, twenty minutes later, George notes that he should be writing the instructions down. To nail the coffin, the guide exasperatedly tells him, "Jesus, George, it's only one button!"
356	** {{Parodied}} in [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/050419 "One Big Button"]] by way of a character's prank. Probably in retribution of the events in "The Simple Instructions", George starts manipulating in excrutiatingly complex ways the big button that controls the capsule's movements. When he manages to produce a [=MegaMan=] in the capsule, he answers to the doctor's confused half sentences with a condescending, "Jesus, Dr. Light, It's only one button!"
357	---> '''George:''' Then maybe if I turn the button another 47.5 degrees, caress the button, and tell it what a good little button I think it is... Then I'll turn the button 63.2 degrees with my left hand, sneeze on it lightly, and push it all the way down again."
358	* {{Pun}}: The mix of Bass and Nate is called B4-T3, or Bate for short. Bate tells [[spoiler:Evil Megaman]] he will beg for his mercy and call him Master. [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/021019 You can guess where this ends.]] Even the author knows it, because that strip's title is "The Worst Joke Ever" (complete with a RimShot).
359	* QuirkyMinibossSquad: The Robot Masters, and Mynd's minions, Chadling and Mike.
360	* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: So rag tag that sometimes Wily even joins in on the heroes' side.
361	* RageAgainstTheAuthor: Bob's ultimate plan- revenge on the Author for destroying the two places that he was happy (the Rockman universe and the subspace rift).
362	* RealLifeWritesThePlot: During July 2003, the Author had not only lost his internet connection, but the site also suffered a server crash. In the following month, he had to play catch up, resulting in many of the punchlines being mediocre, to the point where the author [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/030709 actually apologises in-comic]].
363	* RecapEpisode: There's quite a few of them, most notably "Story Time".
364	* RedEyesTakeWarning: Bob does this when particularly pissed. Roll when Bass asks (after a FreakyFridayFlip) if this technically means they've had sex.
365	%%* RedHeadedStepchild
366	* RepeatingSoTheAudienceCanHear: Averted [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/041212 here.]]
367	* {{Retcon}}: Lampshaded many times.
368	* {{Revenge}}: Bob's ultimate plan in the final arc of the comic. The Author's actions took him away from universes where he was happy and content twice, to force him into more zaniness.
369	%%* ReversePsychology
370	* RightBehindMe: Happens to Wily all the time. Subverted at [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/010804 one point]], where no one was behind Wily, and he complained it just wasn't the same.
371	** Inverted during the final storyline, where Bob (who at this point believed he killed Wily) boasts that Metool-D2's shield won't stop his Robot Master army, at which point Wily appears behind Bob to have a say on the matter, revealing that Bob [[ActuallyADoombot only killed a robot decoy]].
372	%%* RockBottom
373	* Room101: The Rehabilitator.
374	* RuleOfFunny: [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/index.php?date=040527 Here]] we are given a "scientific" explanation where this is named "The Gag Reflex".
375	** The comic runs on this, really. Acknowledged by Ran:
376	--->'''Ran:''' And it's not just time traveling. The way I see it, we've broken every law of physics except the third law of thermodynamics.
377	--->'''Dr. Light:''' Aha! Negative two Kelvin!
378	--->'''Ran:''' Never mind...
379	%%* RuleOfThree
380	* RunningGag: So many, it's better to just [[http://bobandgeorge.wikia.com/wiki/Running_Gags point at a list]]. Which is almost certainly incomplete.
381	** Also most of the gags are given multiple subversions.
382	* {{Satan}}: He's Bob and George's grandfather through their mother, [[spoiler:[[SuccubiAndIncubi a succubus]] ]]. [[DivineParentage It's where their superpowers come from]].
383	%%* SchmuckBait
384	%%* SchrodingersButterfly
385	* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Dr. Light in [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/000909 this strip]].
386	* ScrewDestiny: Alternate Bass hates this, but just as often will get screwed by destiny himself (or because his future self is a jerk).
387	* SelfDeprecation: Sprinkled about here and there, mostly about the abundance of powerful original characters, {{Contrived Coincidence}}s, and recolors.
388	* ShaggyDogStory: [[spoiler: Almost the entire storyline was a ''bet'' run by the two authors to see if George would kill Bob. George actually tries to do it, but his blaster doesn't go off. It still allows Shadowy Author to win.]]
389	* SharkPool: A robotic version in Maneki Man vs. Mouse Man. More notably part of a convoluted trap to kill Alternate Mega Man when Bob took over Wily's fortress.
390	* ShockAndAwe: George's powers.
391	* ShootTheShaggyDog: [[spoiler: [[HappyEnding subverted]]]]
392	* ShoutOut:
393	** "Oh god, I hope it's not Superman, he's a [[SuperDickery dick]]." Also counts as a ContinuityNod.
394	** Plus ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/031026c here]], ''Franchise/StarWars'' [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/040427c here]], ''Franchise/StarTrek'' [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/041016 here]], ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/050807 here]], and many, many, many more.
395	** The X arc, where [[spoiler:X takes over the world]] and George is forced into a virtual world, is full of dystopia references. Proto Man initially compares it to ''Film/TheMatrix'', but they also refer to [[spoiler:X, their dictator]] as Best Friend, like Big Brother of ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'', or Friend of ''Manga/TwentiethCenturyBoys''. Proto Man also offers George some [[Literature/BraveNewWorld Soma]].
396	** The commentary for [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/000506c #36]] has him discuss this regarding the use of the phrase "KlaatuBaradaNikto", which he always attributed as a reference to ''Film/ArmyOfDarkness'', to which readers would then email him to tell him the phrase originated from ''Film/{{The Day the Earth Stood Still\|1951}}''. Anez notes he never saw that film, and that his intent was for sure to refer to ''Army of Darkness'', especially given the context of the phrase being used as a magic spell to raise the dead.
397	%%* ShutUpHannibal
398	%%* SingleMaltVision
399	%%* SnowballFight
400	* SoapPunishment: In the ''Jailhouse Blues'' subcomics, Mega Man is fighting the foul-mouthed Yo Mamma Man and recalls how his mother always threatened to do this if he swore. Mega Man uses this as inspiration to use his Hypno Soap weapon to defeat Yo Mamma Man, but not before wondering how he knew that since he never had a mother.
401	* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Used several times to identify imiposters. Mega Man saying something absolutely idiotic is often taken as a sign that he's back to normal. Unfortunately subverted when Helmut was impersonating George, as he's able to mimic George's obsession with Ice Cream fairly well.
402	* TheSpeechless: Nate. He occasionally makes use of signs or elaborate waving of hands. Or at least as elaborate as a sprite comic can get.
403	* SpiritAdvisor: The Shadowy Author.
404	** Robots who haven't been created yet can also show up as spiritual advisors during hallucenations or drug trips. Ran showed up to Mega Man when he fought Needle Man, and X showed up to George when Doctor Light and Wily injected him with drugs.
405	* SpotTheImposter: Lampshaded and parodied [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/index.php?date=001111 here]].
406	* StableTimeLoop: The ultimate result of George's first experience with time travel; his presence in the past had directly affected how those events turned out. It also turns out to be [[spoiler:a major spanner in Helmut's plans for his attempt to take over the comic--George actually time-traveled ''twice'' in that storyline, the second time ending up further in the past from his first trip. From Helmut's time perspective, he imprisoned Past!George in Wily's castle, then carried out his plans in the guise of Mega Man, including the imprisonment of the Author in a jar that would kill anyone who tried to destroy it...only for the jar to be shattered anyway by an "earlier" version of Past!George, who was able to break it because he was already destined to survive.]]
407	* StealthPun: The punchline in [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/030430c this]] comic. [[spoiler:Pharaoh Man's last line recalls the Egyptian sun god Ra.]]
408	* SuccubiAndIncubi: [[spoiler:Bob and George's mom is a succubus.]] This still doesn't stop [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas Bob]] [[http://bobandgeorge.com/archives/041121c getting mad at Metool D2 insinuating things]].
409	%%* SuperPowerMeltdown
410	* SuperPoweredRobotMeterMaids: Parodied during the adaptation for the first game, where all of Dr. Light's robots seemed suited for combat, but are all designed to do mundane household chores (Proto Man's a [[BattleButler butler]], Cut Man's a gardener, Ice Man lives in a fridge, Guts Man's a garbage man, Fire Man manages the fireplace, Elec Man powers the TV, and Bomb Man... is just a love machine).
411	* SupervillainLair: Wily's fortresses.
412	* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Wily has many of these.
413	* SwallowedWhole: Several people by Demons.
414	* TakeThat: According to Anez, some fans complained about the characters' dialogue being to stilted and too ''WesternAnimation/{{Superfriends}}''-sounding. He then wrote a comic in which the characters spouted {{Creator/William Shakespeare}}ian dialect (appropriately titled "[[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/010525 Mega Hamlet]]", as Bob had wandered into a Shakespeare-influenced universe), leaving Bob to note, "Well, at least they don't sound like something out of ''WesternAnimation/{{Superfriends}}''..."
415	* TastesLikeFriendship: Often also like ice cream.
416	* TechnicalPacifist: Almost everyone, though DeathIsCheap and people do die.
417	%%* TemporalParadox
418	%%* ThickerThanWater
419	%%* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch
420	%%* ThisIsNoTimeToPanic
421	* ThreeLawsCompliant: While called upon several times, the robots in the comic definitely are not compliant.
422	* TimeTravel and everyone directly involved will gain a severe hate for it.
423	* TitleDrop: [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/011218 Here,]] when the titular duo team up to fight Mynd with an ultimate attack.
424	%%* TooDumbToFool
425	* TooDumbToLive: Inverted. Mega Man has the "extraordinary ability to not recognize life-threatening injuries" -- he's ''too stupid to die.''
426	** Played straight with many of the robot masters, though; Bubble Man in the game tries to make you jump to the top of the screen with the deadly spikes. In the strip, all Rock has to do is do bet him that he can't reach the spikes.
427	* TortureFirstAskQuestionsLater: [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/010910 Mike engage in a bit of this]] when trying to interrogate Bob.
428	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Chadling, George, and Mega Man will find a way to get ice cream whether it involves betraying their employer, ruining continuity, or suffering the side effects of massive dairy consumption while lactose intolerant.
429	** Chadling initially loved bananas, but that was quickly traded for ice cream.
430	** Bob also mentions, almost in passing, during one of the hand drawn strips that he loves BBQ. When he is the [[spoiler:BigBad of the last plot events are just kicking off before the 4th, he tells all his robots to stand down. The text during the celebration shows that he only did so because he seems to enjoy a good BBQ almost as much as George loves ice cream, and will take any excuse to start up the grill within sense.]]
431	* TropeCodifier: Did not create the sprite comic, but did set a lot of standards for them.
432	** UnbuiltTrope: It also spent as much time examining those tropes, like how people would really feel about an all-powerful Author messing with their world for kicks and how having NoFourthWall would allow them to play with the strip.
433	* TropeName: [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/030513c "The Formula"]]
434	* TwoLinesNoWaiting: Most notably during the ''VideoGame/MegaMan5'' adaptation, split between the raid on Bob's fortress and the big Robot Master fight.
435	* UnreadableDisclaimer: Bob almost becomes a victim of this in the short crossover chapter mentioned above.
436	--> '''Macc:''' Say, can I get your autograph? Right here on this soul-sealing contract-looking piece of paper?\
437	'''Bob:''' Yeah sure, no problem... Say, what's all this small type that looks suspiciously like fine print... Hey!\
438	'''Macc:''' Damn... oh come on, sign it.
439	%%* UnrealisticBlackHole
440	* UnwillingSuspension: George, during the third game. Among others. Many others.
441	* VillainExitStageLeft: {{Discussed\|Trope}} in the commentary [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/000908c here]].
442	* VillainsOutShopping: Bob might be in the middle of destroying the universe, but he ''always'' has time for BBQ.
443	* VillainousBreakdown: Helmut gets one when he figures out that the only reason his plan was foiled was because he was preventing George from dying... which allowed George to open a jar that would kill anyone who tried to open it, freeing the Author. Time Paradoxes were involved.
444	* VisibleInvisibility: So that the reader knows where Shadow Man is.
445	%%* VisibleSilence
446	%%* WeCanRuleTogether
447	* WeirdnessMagnet: If the Author appears, weird things ''will'' happen to whatever universe or timeline he's in. At one point Prometheus[=/=]Protoman complains that because the Author hadn't showed up for years in his timeline, things have gotten boring ''and'' he hasn't had a good reason to smirk for ages.
448	** This trope is part of why Bob swears vengeance on the Author after the Rockman universe starts getting "corrupted" by him (read: becoming more like the comic incarnations of the characters (Megaman liking ice cream and being stupid, Roll is violent and swears, Doctor Light is an alcoholic, etc.) rather than their japanese original counterparts).
449	* WeNeedADistraction: Bass has a very pretty transformation sequence.
450	* WebcomicOfTheGame: In between the exploits of the title characters and other original characters, there's the 8-bit Mega Man games.
451	* WhamLine: Or rather, Wham Sound Effect, in the very last non-animated strip:
452	-->'''Bob:''' ''[as George finally got the Buster part of his suit working]'' Oh! Your blaster! You finally got it to work. Bravo! But we both know you don't have the balls to use it! You never did and you never will! Now if you'll excuse me, I have an author to--\
453	''[click]''\
454	'''Bob:''' ...click? Click?! You were going to fucking shoot me!\
455	'''George:''' Actually, it was set to full strength, so [[DistinctionWithoutADifference technically I was going to kill you]].
456	%%* WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong: [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/020106 Here]].
457	** Many, ''many'' times, [[TemptingFate usually followed with instant regret]].
458	* WhatTheHellHero: Mega Man's blatant homophobia towards [[CampGay Topman]]. He gets called out on this afterward. By Helmut no less.
459	* WhatWereYouThinking: Mega Man [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/000803c to Dr. Light]] after Dr. Wily reprogrammed his robot servants.
460	* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: Whether or not the comics takes place in Japan or not is a point of debate, particularly at the fourth of July celebrations.
461	* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Bob's fear of Pokémon.
462	%%* WithGreatPower
463	* AWizardDidIt: Protoman and Doctor Light try to pull this on George to explain why the self-replicating nanobots didn't kill him. George doesn't buy it either time.
464	%%* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds
465	* TheWorfEffect: It happens to most Mega Man characters when they're facing an original character.
466	* WouldNotShootACivilian: Averted but played for laughs with the Volcano Kid, who gets shot by Megaman and Ran.
467	* WoundThatWillNotHeal: Alternate George has his eyes plucked out in his first appearance. They're still bleeding seven years later.
468	* WrongLineOfWork: Bob is an impossibly brilliant programmer, but he's not a roboticist. He can reprogram the Robot Masters, but he can't write code for an AI from scratch, so [[spoiler:when asked to program Zero, he has to steal X's code as a template]]. Later, when he tries to take over Wily's job of sending eight Robot Masters, he realizes that all he can do is study their notes and hope to build one someday... until he finds Dr. Wily's instant Robot Master machine.
469	%%* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: Knightman.
470	%%* YouAreTooLate
471	* YouCanSeeMe: During George's time travel escapades, the Time Machine suit gives George the power to be invisible and intangeable. Sadly, during his first trip back, every single person can see him for one reason or another- better sensors, Demon physiology, Author powers, and more. What makes it more amusing is that this trope is nearly totally averted when the Time Machine breaks while leaving him still intangible.
472	%%* YouCantFightFate
473	* YouHaveFailedMe: As [[spoiler:Mega Man[=/=]Helmut]] explains to Bass, it's essentially a requirement for all evil villains to kill their lackeys once they screw up. Nothing personal.
474	** Ninja Ned does this to his ninja minions who have kidnapped the President, when Mike ordered them to run away. Mike is Ned's alternate, and the Ninjas thought that Mike ''was'' Ned, but Ned was not so forgiving.
475	%%* YouKilledMyFather
476	* YouMonster: In the first Cataclysm episode, Dr. Light's reaction when Zero openly admits to killing Mega Man.
477	-->'''Zero:''' [[InsultBackfire Yes, yes]]. I'm a monster. But, then... That's what I was programmed to be.
478	%%* YouShallNotPass
479	%%* YouWannaGetSued: [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/050517 here]]
480	* ZombieApocalypse: In a Halloween special.

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