Line #11 Webcomic/CommanderKitty


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2	[[caption-width-right:182:[[SecondLawMyAss // I HATE]] [[Film/MenInBlack THE LIVING...]]]]
3	''[[http://www.commanderkitty.com Commander Kitty]]'' is a weekly {{webcomic\|s}} by Scotty Arsenault featuring the misadventures of a cast of {{Funny Animal}}s in space.
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5	Commander Kitty is an aspiring spacer, always on the lookout for ways to [[GloryHound make a name for himself]] in the annals of space history, but with his resources consisting of [[TheAllegedCar a ship that barely holds together]], a [[BumblingSidekick barely competent helmsman]], an [[TheUnintelligible engineer that speaks in fluent gibberish]], a [[CloudCuckoolander little girl who's on his ship for no discernable reason]], a cut-rate teleporter he doesn't have a license for, and [[AIIsACrapshoot the most user-unfriendly AI imaginable in charge of everything]], it doesn't look like he's going to get there any time soon.
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7	Meanwhile, after a job gone bad separates her from her crew and gets her arrested by the [[SpacePolice Triple-I]], rogue spacer Nin Wah is summarily [[ThrownOutTheAirlock thrown out the airlock]] and saved only by a chance [[TeleporterAccident teleporter accident]] that puts her on board CK's ship. She's not happy with being shanghaied into his crew of fools, but once she learns he's going to team up with [[TheAce Ace]] and his Velvet Knight crew for a job, she plays along...if only for a chance at joining up with the greatest spacer crew in the galaxy.
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9	Little do any of them realize that the villain who lured Nin Wah's crew into a trap is still at large, and the key to her plans of galactic conquest is a certain legendary spacer's brain!
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11	Was on hiatus for a year, as the creator focused on his new job in the animation industry but returned in 2016. However in December 2017 the comic went on indefinite hiatus due to the financial problems of the creator and the comic failing to become commercially viable. At the end of 2019 the comic came back from the dead yet again, only to promptly return to being on hiatus in early 2020, where it has remained since.
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14	!!Tropes:
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16	* AbortedArc: The comic ended half way through a story, lay fallow for a year or more, and rebooted when it returned.
17	* AccidentalAimingSkills: Aiming for a [[SpaceFighter skyfly]], CK manages to [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2010/04/11/kachow/ put a torpedo into the exhaust port of a Triple-I space station]].
18	* TheAce: Ace starts this way, in relation to Kitty, but it gets deconstructed when Mittens proves to be an even better commander than Ace, and he winds up in a HeroicBSOD.
19	%%* AffectionateParody
20	* AllJustADream: [[spoiler:The very first scene.]]
21	* AllThereInTheManual: Thus far, the name of CK's ship, has only been revealed in a lone response on the [[https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151326865925259&set=a.215101020258.176419.213857110258&type=1&relevant_count=1 Facebook Page]]. It's called the CC Pomatus, by the way.
22	* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: The Tagged have blue fur.
23	* ArmCannon: Turns out those Gazelle dorks really did have good reason to be scared of Nin Wah's prosthetic after all!
24	* ArtEvolution: Quite a bit between the original run and the reboot.
25	* ArtificialLimbs: Nin Wah's right arm. [[spoiler: For a time, [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2011/08/07/enemy-among-us/ it looked like she'd had a flesh-and-blood arm grafted back on]], but it turned out [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2011/12/11/did-you-try-rebooting/ that particular Nin Wah was really an android duplicate]].]]
26	* ArtShift: Mittens and Fluffy hatch a plan!
27	* BadassAdorable: Nin Wah certainly [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2011/02/06/and-shes-all-out-of-bubblegum/ has her moments]]
28	* BarefootCartoonAnimal: Pretty much everyone who wasn't a HalfDressedCartoonAnimal before the reboot. [[TheOneWhoWearsShoes Averted for the most part with the main cast]], though the majority of the background characters and the BigBad still go barefoot.
29	* BeleagueredAssistant: Mittens, and Nin Wah to some extent act as such to the Commander.
30	* BerserkButton: [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2010/01/31/bad-choice-of-words/ Calling Nin Wah "Lefty"]].
31	* BestHerToBedHer: A variant as [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2011/07/17/mouse-plays-mole/ Freeda seems to think it's sexy that]] [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2011/06/20/a-way-with-the-ladies/ Mittens stood up to her.]]
32	* BigDumbObject: Zenith Central is absolutely gigantic, [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2012/07/15/love-to-turn-you-off/ complete with]] UnnecessarilyLargeInterior.
33	* BodyHorror: Zenith's [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2009/06/12/the-tagged/ Tagged goons]], which are stitched up abominations made out of captured spacers.
34	* BunnyEarsLawyer: Mr. Socks may be a big goof of a ferret, but he's one of the best engineers in the galaxy.
35	* CatsAreMean:
36	** CK doesn't do much to disprove this...
37	** Mittens, [[AvertedTrope on the other hand]], is a lovably meek doormat, while Fluffy is...too oddball to be that any demeanor really.
38	* CharacterBlog: [[http://twitter.com/CommanderKitty Commander Kitty]] and [[http://twitter.com/NinWah Nin Wah]] on Twitter!
39	* ChekhovsGun: Everything shunted into space...
40	* CloudCuckooLander: Fluffy, and Socks, and even Kitty himself at points. Being one of those stories, [[CloudCuckooLand nearly every character gets a bout of this]].
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42	%%* ContinuityReboot: Aww...
43	* ConvenientlyEmptyBuilding: Taken to the extreme when CK [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2010/04/11/kachow/ accidentally blows up an entire Triple-I space station]]...only for the very next comic to reveal [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2010/04/18/dun-dun-daaaah/ everyone had evacuated to the sister station on the other side of the planet]].
44	* ChekhovsGag: "[[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2012/03/25/head-case/ Oh, suck it up, Yeoman.]] [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2009/03/08/transporter-problems/ You ride Mr. Socks' transporter enough,]] [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2015/05/03/hats-off-to-ck/ and it's bound to happen]] [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2016/08/28/keep-your-head-on/ for real.]]"
45	* CrazyJealousGuy: Ace, after the InnocentInnuendo.
46	* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Who knew Mittens had it in him to be a HyperCompetentSidekick with just a little positive reinforcement?
47	* TheDitz: cough Fluffy cough
48	* DistractedByTheSexy: CK is [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2010/07/25/whose-side-are-you-on/ frequently]] [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2010/11/28/tour-guides/ susceptible]] to this. [[spoiler: Considering how both [[BigBad Zenith]] and the [[HiveMind Alpha Droids]] turn out to be androids, perhaps he's a closeted {{Robosexual}}?]]
49	* DoubleTake: "'''GAH!! SPACE ZOMBIES!!!''"
50	** '''Immediately''' followed by: "Why did you put a ''leash'' on an ''eggplant''?"
51	* DeadPanSnarker: Why exactly would anyone want an AI with an attitude that bad?
52	* DreamSequence: Too bad for CK, huh?
53	* [[EmbarrassingFirstName Embarrassing Real Name]]: CK's in the pre-reboot comic. [[TheUnreveal Never said on-page.]]
54	* EveryoneHasStandards: Ace very quickly [[BreakTheHaughty puts Mittens in his place]] after he ([[InnocentInnuendo supposedly]]) [[GreenEyedMonster gets too close to Freeda]], though even he seems to feel visible pity for Kitty's treatment of him afterwards.
55	* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: Including [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2010/12/05/dont-wait-up/ "Slaughterhouse."]]
56	* EvilTwin: The characters who Kitty and Co. would appear to be fighting every time the server returned from downtime were apparently evil versions from a MirrorUniverse. How did we know that they were the evil ones? Because Mirror Kitty [[BeardOfEvil had a goatee]].
57	* FailedASpotCheck: Ace, at first, is oblivious to Zenith's planetwide brainwashing. But he eventually comes around.
58	* FootPopping: Zenith does this in [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2011/06/26/bedside-manners/ two]] [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2012/08/15/nin-wahs-agenda/ strips]].
59	* FourFingeredHands: The entire cast.
60	%%* GeniusDitz: Mr. Socks
61	* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2010/05/09/freaky-things/ Lampshaded so very hard.]]
62	* HandicappedBadass: While Nin Wah's cyborg arm normally [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2011/02/06/and-shes-all-out-of-bubblegum/ picks up the slack]], even without it [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2011/05/15/saved-by-the-bell/ she's a force to be reckoned with]].
63	* HeroicBSOD: Ace seems to be stuck in one at the moment.
64	** And now he seems to be trying to MurderTheHypotenuse (said hypotenuse being Mittens.)
65	%%* HeroicWannabe: Kitty
66	%%* HiveQueen: The Tagged leader.
67	* HypercompetentSidekick: Nin Wah has shades of this to the Commander, albeit with the odd NotSoDifferentRemark (especially following Kitty's CharacterDevelopment).
68	* InexplicablyAwesome: Fortiscue, surprisingly. He's a sheep kid who's only backstory is a list of the [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2011/03/27/one-more-cant-hurt/ amazing things he's invented]] ([[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters that all turned against him]]).
69	* InnocentInnuendo: What triggers Ace's jealous rage.
70	* InsistentTerminology: [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2009/04/27/ow/ "It's not a pageant, it's a contest!"]]
71	* IntelligibleUnintelligible: There are a few characters who can actually understand what Socks is saying.
72	* IsThisThingStillOn: [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2011/04/03/best-laid-plans-of-mouses/ What happens when "Speaker" is the default setting.]]
73	* IWasQuiteAFashionVictim: One filler part shows the [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2013/01/20/space-memories/ Velvet Knight crew isn't too happy to see how they were dressed on the cover of an old magazine]].
74	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: The Commander is a cowardly egotistical JerkAss for the large part, but he shows some genuine camaraderie to his team when it's due. Nin Wah is a light example, she's rough around the edges but otherwise makes friends with the team surprisingly quick.
75	* JustAMachine:
76	** [[spoiler: The general opinion the galaxy seems to have of robots, given how characters react to Mecha Nin Wah and Zenith's current states.]]
77	** Mouse gets oh so little respect, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQHQLzBcnwA about on par with a used Coke can]],
78	* KangarooCourt: Nin Wah was instantly found guilty for smuggling, kidnapping and terrorism, was given a trial by media at the same time, and sentenced to 15 minutes of community service (cleaning up the station outside.) Due to budget cutbacks, they wouldn't provide a space suit, making it really a death penalty. Naturally, they didn't have much of a budget to attempt a recovery operation, constraining it to just two warning shots.
79	* LegoBodyParts: Happens to CK after a TeleporterAccident. His head, arms, legs, and torso are scattered around the room, but his tail is swapped with Fluffy's.
80	* LimbSensationFascination: [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2011/08/07/enemy-among-us/ Nin Wah seems quite pleased with having her arm back.]] [[spoiler: [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2011/12/11/did-you-try-rebooting/ Too bad for her she's just an android duplicate.]]]]
81	* ALongTimeAgoInAGalaxyFarFarAway: The series set in a WorldOfFunnyAnimals galaxy with no humans in sight.
82	* LovableCoward: Mittens. Kitty in a [[DirtyCoward better light.]]
83	* MeaningfulName: Well, Kitty speaks for itself.
84	** The Tagged Leader, obsessed with creating perfection, is named Zenith.
85	** Nin Wah apparently means Red Panda.
86	** TheAce is named... Ace!
87	* MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds: ''Nin Wah'' of all people ends up setting back the party for several pages [[spoiler: [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2012/08/15/nin-wahs-agenda/ with one thoughtless act of sabotage against an undeserving CK]] which [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2012/09/09/she-dun-goofed/ ends up killing the friendly "Safe Mode" Zenith, leaving the space station they're on crippled]], [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2015/03/15/so-much-for-that-plan/ and giving Zenith's original villainous personality an opportunity to regain control]].]]
88	* MistakenForCheating: [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2011/07/24/fruit-its-yummy-and-not-bad/ Freeda loves nectarines]]. Missing the last word changes the implication.
89	* MixAndMatchCritters: Zenith and her constructed boyfriend.
90	* MotherOfAThousandYoung: Zenith's initial ambition is to become this trope and rule the galaxy through her army of children. Alas, given that she is inorganic, it is not to be.
91	* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: "[[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2012/10/14/the-tao-of-fluffy/ An intelligent life form... and]] [[spoiler:Fluffy]]"
92	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Things would have worked out just fine for all the heroes, Zenith, Fortiscue, and 45% of the galaxy if the cast had just left well enough alone after accomplishing their major goal...[[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2012/06/10/in-case-you-were-wondering/ except they wanted all the credit for themselves]].
93	* NonSequiturThud: Fluffy would kind of reset for a few minutes if asked a non-sequitur question, with a physical thud. Sadly, there's no examples online since the reboot.
94	* TheNudifier: [[spoiler: Ace's adjustments to the [[TeleporterAccident teleporter]] cause this to happen only to Mittens.]]
95	%%* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: [[http://twitter.com/CommanderKitty/status/3564273957 Yep.]]
96	* OnlySaneMan: Surprisingly, Kitty ''himself'' gains this role during the Zenith arc, being the only one to [[spoiler: think to just yank out the hard drive with the galaxy's population on it and wanting to plan their escape while everyone insisted he get a new outfit.]]
97	* PardonMyKlingon: The all-purpose swear word "numph."
98	* PoliceAreUseless: The Triple-I kinda [[ZigZaggedTrope zigzag]] on this, being competent to pose a threat to the heroes, but useless against the ''real'' threat. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] by the majority wearing [[MindControl iKnows]].
99	* ThePollyanna: Ace, surprisingly. Despite looking for all the world like [[Franchise/StarWars Han Solo]] if he were a cartoon cat, he often has an almost childlike optimism about everything, from the prospect of meeting a JerkAss like CK to being completely oblivious to creepy crowds calling his arrival.
100	* PunchedAcrossTheRoom: With a [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2010/01/10/welcome-aboard/ belly]], in fact!
101	* RidiculouslyHumanRobot: [[spoiler: Zenith]], so much that she doesn't even realize she's a robot. She's even implied to [[EatingMachine eat]] and cries at one point.
102	* SecondLawMyAss: MOUSE. [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2009/03/29/i-hate-the-living/ // I HATE THE LIVING...]]
103	* SexyManInstantHarem: This happens to CK early in the story. [[spoiler:Or seems to--it's part of the AllJustADream sequence]].
104	* ShoutOut: Has its [[ShoutOut/CommanderKitty own page]]!
105	* SimilarSquad: The Velvet Knight, run by [[TheAce Ace]]. Ace is charming, liked, and respected by his crew, and has a reputation as a spacer who can get the job done. In short, he's everything Kitty wishes to be but just isn't. Needless to say, Kitty doesn't like him one bit.
106	* {{Slapstick}}: Nin Wah quite possibly takes more abuse than the Commander himself.
107	%%* SmallNameBigEgo: Kitty.
108	* TakeThat: A few [[CharacterBlog tweets]] are Kitty asking Webcomic/DaisyOwl and WebAnimation/HomestarRunner if he can have their audiences, [[ScheduleSlip if they're done with them]].
109	* TeleporterAccident: --although I'm sure Nin Wah isn't completely complaining.
110	** I don't think she's quite as happy about the [[spoiler:army of alternate reality Fluffys]] that it materialised though!
111	* ThrownOutTheAirlock: Until deemed fit to re-enter society.
112	* TheUnintelligible: Dook dook. (Mr. Socks)
113	* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: Zenith may be Fortisque's creation, but she is very much in charge.
114	* TwoWayTapping: The mouse is able to eavesdrop on Zenith while on the ship, allowing the team to make a plan. [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2011/04/03/best-laid-plans-of-mouses/ Fling!]]
115	* UnsoundEffect: '''[[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2012/06/03/this-years-model/ FERRET!]]'''
116	* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: ''Kind of''. [[spoiler:Yes, rather than just directly conquering the galaxy, Zenith eventually decides to lock everyone in a digital LotusEaterMachine instead, because bodies are imperfect...which means more or less [[OmnicidalManiac killing them]], of course.]]
117	* UnwillingRoboticisation: The Tagged (or rather, [[spoiler:clones thereof]]. Yes, instead of directly [[spoiler:creating androids from scratch, the Zenith project makes clones with are later roboticized on the fly]])
118	* VillainousBreakdown: Zenith has one after finding out that robots and [[MixAndMatchCritters stitched up abominations]] [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2011/08/28/process-of-elimination/ can't have children together]].
119	%%* VillainProtagonist: Played with [[spoiler: in the opening dream sequence]].
120	* VitriolicBestBuds: [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/crew/ "Mr Socks is Kitty’s best friend. You can tell by the way they are fighting all the time."]]
121	** Arguably also Kitty and Nin Wah.
122	* WeaselMascot: Socks, though he doesn't really live up to the stereotype.
123	%%* WebcomicTime: Just don't ask about the bus. Just don't. Ever.

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