Line #35 Webcomic/ClaudeAndMonet


1	''[[http://www.claudeandmo.net/ Claude & Monet]]'' is a sci-fi webcomic created by Rob Barba and Ayne Hart, updated with a new page every Tuesday and Friday (originally Tues and Thurs).
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3	Mostly a caper comic featuring a team of "professionals" (soldiers-of-fortune) in a galaxy torn apart by war.
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6	!!Tropes seen in this webcomic:
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8	* AbsentAliens: None at all.
9	* ActionGirl: Monet, Miki, and Ambika.
10	** Monet definitely falls into the GirlsWithGuns subtype.
11	* {{Animesque}}: Both creators frequently acknowledge an overly long exposure to the medium as inspiration.
12	* ArtificialLimbs / NeuralImplanting / SuperSenses: Monet is shown using her artificial eyes three times so far.
13	** Additionally, Claude and Monet both use built-in neural communication devices as opposed to Miki, who uses an earpiece.
14	* BeingPersonalIsntProfessional: Averted in a big way, at least with Monet and to a lesser extent Miki.
15	** Claude, however, HatesSmallTalk over the comm channels during a mission.
16	%% CasualDangerDialogue: the heroes generally thrive on this.
17	* ChekhovsExhibit: The vase from in the first story arc.
18	* ClassyCatBurglar: Monet mostly, but in general the organization she, Claude, and Miki work for.
19	* ClothingDamage: Monet ends up with this after an attempt to cause a distraction [[GoneHorriblyWrong Goes Horribly Wrong]].
20	-->'''Miki:''' "Um...you're a little under-dressed for the weather."
21	-->'''Monet:''' "The flaretapes were ''supposed'' to be distraction ''outside'' the biosuit - not ''inside''."
22	** Monet, of course, solves this problem by ''[[ClothingSwitch stealing]]'' Ambika's clothing and throwing away the assassin's undergarments...after spiderlining her to the nearest pole.
23	* DeadpanSnarker: Monet even taunts Ambika for her lack of quipping.
24	* DoNotCallMePaul: Monet really, really, ''really'' doesn't like her first name Lily.
25	** For her, at least, it's a case of an EmbarrassingFirstName.
26	* GratuitousNinja: Miki.
27	* IKnowYouKnowIKnow: Brenner knows that Monet knows what he's up to and vice versa.
28	* MoralityKitchenSink: So far, all the characters presented seem to fall somewhere in the nexus of this complexity.
29	** Monet didn't kill any of her opponents but had no problem stripping Ambika down to nothing in the winter cold.
30	** Brenner, on the other hand, ordered Monet killed, but takes care of his subordinates even if they fail.
31	* PolarOppositeTwins: Yin-Feng seems to be the YamatoNadeshiko (despite being of Chinese ancestry instead of Japanese), while her identical twin Yun-Feng is a WrenchWench and pilot.
32	* PostCyberpunk: The creative team have stated the world is designed with a lighter ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'' feel.
33	* PsychoForHire: Ambika. Just...Ambika.
34	* SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: Lampshaded in both the distance and time senses in that that hyperspace travel is so confusing the average person can't figure it out in their head.
35	-->'''Yin-Feng:''' Oh, we started about four hours ago, sir. That or two days ago. You know how hard it is to tell time between star systems.
36	* ShoutOut:
37	** At one point Claude steals a car belonging to a [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic celebrity]] [[http://www.claudeandmonet.com/?webcomic_post=01-04-02 with a peculiar name.]]
38	** The creators have a fondness for retro brands as seen in the fact that [=PanAm=] and Eastern Airlines are two competing transport shuttle companies.
39	*** The [=PanAm=] one is a ''meta'' reference in particular for the [=PanAm=] Clipper named "Clipper [[YoshinoriSunahara Sunahara]]"
40	* SilverFox: Brenner is well into his fifties and is in better shape than most of the people half his age.
41	* WeHelpTheHelpless: '''Both''' Claude & Monet's parent organization and Brenner's organization fit this trope. Sometimes.

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