Line #67 Webcomic/DaisyOwl


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3	-->'''Daisy''': "Oh no! Here comes a meteor! So much for the dinosaurs!?"
4	-->'''Cooper''': "Oh, but I'm too quick! I dodge your meteor!"
5	-->'''Daisy''': "Oh, but the debris from the impact is blocking out the sun, destroying the rich ecosystem you depend upon!"
6	-->'''Cooper''': "OH NO! I'M FOSSILIZING! REMEMBER ME... AS BONES..."
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8	[[http://www.daisyowl.com/ Daisy Owl]] is a comic strip by Ben Driscoll that began in 2008. It is slightly similar to both ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' and ''Webcomic/{{Achewood}}'' with its often light, whimsical humor and simple grayscale line art.
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10	The [[{{Webcomics}} webcomic]] follows a precocious girl named Daisy and her adoptive father Mr. Benjamin Owl. [[SpeciesSurname Mr. Owl]] is an [[http://www.daisyowl.com/comic/2008-07-04 actual owl]]. Rounding out the cast is Cooper, Daisy's little brother, and Steve Brown, who is Mr. Owl's friend who is also a bear (a polar/grizzly hybrid raised by humans, to be exact).
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12	They live in a [[MundaneFantastic seemingly normal world]], except for the talking animals, [[http://www.daisyowl.com/comic/2008-08-21 wizards]], and [[http://www.daisyowl.com/comic/2008-07-31 super-advanced honey making technology]].
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14	Currently undergoing pretty extreme ScheduleSlip -- there hasn't been a new comic since June 2010, when Driscoll stopped with no warning at the beginning of a new a storyline, as well as deleting the entire comment section on every strip. After fan inquiry in the Cracked.com forums (where the strip had initially gained popularity), [[http://www.cracked.com/forums/topic/35472/daisy-owl/1860 Driscoll announced]] that cartooning professionally turned it from something he ''wanted'' to do into something he ''had'' to do, and he had gone back to being a programmer. He said that he wants to continue the comics in the future, but the ongoing lack of Daisy Owl is making the fanbase rather sad. One new page was updated in 2018 after ten years sparking a new hope.
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17	!!This webcomic provides examples of:
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19	%%* AltText
20	%%* Archenemy: The futon.
21	* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Played for laughs and often fitted with a [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] in the AltText.
22	* ArtShift: In [[http://www.daisyowl.com/comic/2008-07-27 this strip]] to amplify the [[MundaneMadeAwesome drama]].
23	* BerserkButton: Mr. Owl of all people loses his cool (not to people thankfully) while playing Monopoly and Risk, since he always forgets that he hates actually ''playing'' those games.
24	** And of course, kidnapping his kids.
25	* BigNo: [[http://www.daisyowl.com/comic/2010-04-20 Here]], when Steve realizes that he just accidentally [[spoiler:initiated an ''orphanage's'' self-destruct sequence]].
26	* BoringButPractical: Cooper realises that a real dinosaur would be very hard to take care of and prefers to have toys. Also brooms are apparently the ideal space weapon because of a lack of bullets to create air leaks or edges to cut your suit on. The perfect weapon and quiet too.
27	* CasualDangerDialogue: After Steve's BigNo, he tries desperately to fix the problem...and one of the people he's theoretically just sentenced to death comes along and fixes the problem in less than a minute, mocking Steve for shouting random gibberish at a computer.
28	* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Compare Steve's initial appearance to how he behaves now; they're completely different.
29	* ChildrenRaiseYou: Played with - the children [[spoiler:fell out of the sky one day]], but Mr. Owl was fairly mature already, has maintained his slightly immature interests, and they seem to have done absolutely no matchmaking for him. [[http://www.daisyowl.com/comic/2009-09-03 They do make him go to the vet]], which could be construed as "raising" him.
30	* CrazyPrepared: NASA is running a Space School to train grown Space Babies to fight invading aliens. They don't know of any invading aliens- or any aliens at all- yet, but better safe than sorry.
31	* DepartmentOfChildDisservices: DSS would take Daisy and Cooper away from a [[NiceGuy perfectly lovely father]] just because he's an owl who lives in a treehouse and doesn't wear any clothes, ''but'' they never find out even though he meets with Daisy's principal.
32	** Actually Daisy says that is what would happen. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Also the house isn't to code.]]
33	* DudeWheresMyRespect: After going through so much to save Daisy and Cooper from Space Baby school, Steve is forced to suffer through the [[FelonyMisdemeanor horrific ordeal]] of ''[[http://www.daisyowl.com/comic/2010-04-23 sitting in the middle seat]]''.
34	* EyeScream: After reading [[http://www.daisyowl.com/comic/2009-06-17 this strip]] you may not want to go to the dentist for a while.
35	* EskimosArentReal: Played for bleak tenderness, rather than comedy, in "[[http://www.daisyowl.com/comic/2008-12-10 Cooper's Bad Dream]]."
36	* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: [[http://www.daisyowl.com/comic/2008-12-11 SPLORT]]
37	* FantasticRacism: Polar bears and brown bears represent white and black people respectively.
38	** [[http://www.daisyowl.com/comic/2008-08-19 I have no idea what you're talking about but you just ruined a perfectly good joke about bears]].
39	%%* FeatherFingers: Mr Owl
40	* FelonyMisdemeanor: [[http://www.daisyowl.com/comic/2010-04-23 Enjoy the middle seat.]]
41	* {{Foreshadowing}}: Blatantly in the alt text in [[http://www.daisyowl.com/comic/2008-12-10 this strip.]]
42	* FunTShirt: [[http://www.daisyowl.com/comic/2009-03-23 Daisy disapproves.]] [[http://www.daisyowl.com/store/kickshirt.php You can]] [[TheMerch buy it]].
43	* FunnyAnimal: The animal characters are basically this, although they do [[TalkingAnimal retain some animal characteristics]].
44	* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Steve usually wears a hat. Mr Owl, however, normally wears nothing.
45	* {{Hammerspace}}: Lampshaded in [[http://www.daisyowl.com/comic/2008-12-12 this strip]].
46	* HeterosexualLifePartners: In the strip's description, it says Daisy is "being brought up by an owl and a bear". Steve and Mr Owl also take a bath together in one strip, although the HoYay implications are lessened by the fact they find it awkward.
47	* ImplacableMan: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that it appears to be a small caliber handgun and Steve's a bear.
48	* MadScientist: Steve's boss has strong elements of this, what with his obsession with honey production and the incredibly borked-out inventions he comes up with (such as a process to shorten hibernation and an alarm that specifically signals little old ladies).
49	%%* MundaneFantastic
50	* MundaneMadeAwesome: [[http://www.daisyowl.com/comic/2008-07-27 The world will have its honey.]]
51	** Since everything in this comic is SeriousBusiness, this manages to come up every few strips.
52	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[http://www.daisyowl.com/comic/2010-04-20 "Nice going, jerk"]]. It's so bad that the self-destruct message itself is calling him out on it.
53	* NonstandardPrescription: [[http://www.daisyowl.com/comic/2010-01-07 Steve is prescribed a dose of "don't die"]].
54	* NoodleIncident: Apparently, [[http://www.daisyowl.com/comic/2008-11-06 Daisy's had a bad experience with saving monkeys]]
55	* NowDoItAgainBackwards: when Cooper's stuffed animal is injured by falling down the stairs, Cooper suggests the radical treatment of... "[[http://www.daisyowl.com/comic/2008-11-08 falling back up the stairs?]]"
56	%%* ObstructiveBureaucrat
57	* PapaWolf: Mr. Owl, who is willing to fight NASA and stow away on a rocket with no astronaut training if it means saving his kids.
58	* PassFail: Steve, who is part polar bear, part brown bear, passes as a polar bear, while his brother looks more like a brown bear.
59	* PlatonicCave: [[http://www.daisyowl.com/comic/2008-07-06 The fly]] is trapped by Daisy.
60	* PrecisionFStrike: Mr. Owl playing Risk.
61	* PunctuatedForEmphasis: [[http://www.daisyowl.com/comic/2008-11-06 I. WILL. NOT. LOSE. ANOTHER. MONKEY.]]
62	* RacistGrandma: Steve's parents are prejudiced against humans.
63	* RunningGag: Steve's [[http://www.daisyowl.com/comic/2008-07-21 bad stand-up comedy dreams.]]
64	%%* SeriousBusiness: ''Everything''
65	* ShapedLikeItself: [[http://www.daisyowl.com/comic/2009-05-19 Beans are made of beans.]]
66	* ShoutOut: There was that time when Daisy and Cooper were eating cereals called [[Webcomic/{{Nedroid}} Beartarto Puffs]].
67	** {{ComicStrip/Dilbert}} gets one in the alt-text of [[http://daisyowl.com/comic/2008-09-26 this strip]].
68	* SocialServicesDoesNotExist: Averted. Social services do exist; that's why Daisy and Cooper can't call the police when Mr. Owl doesn't not return home late at night.
69	* SpaceX: Cooper and Daisy turn out to be space babies who were supposed to go to space school. The resulting storyline sees Mr. Owl and Steve get mistaken for a space owl and a space bear.
70	* SpeciesSurname: Mr. Benjamin Owl. Subverted with Daisy, who is not an owl.
71	%%* {{Spork}}: Steve has a bad dream involving them in this [[http://www.daisyowl.com/comic/2008-07-21 strip]]
72	%%* SymbolSwearing: [[http://www.daisyowl.com/comic/2008-08-25 In this strip]]
73	* TalkingAnimal: Although the animal characters are basically {{Funny Animal}}s, Steve hibernates, and Mr. Owl feels embarrassed when he can't fly and once served mice for dinner.
74	* UnsoundEffect: Frequently, becoming a Running Gag. However, apparently TheWorldIsNotReady for "[[AC:[[http://www.daisyowl.com/comic/2009-07-28 bib bib bib]]]]", and "[[AC:[[http://daisyowl.com/comic/2009-11-11 affix]]]]" was similarly rejected[[note]]mouse-over the strips to see the comments[[/note]].
75	%%* WhiteDudeBlackDude: [[http://www.daisyowl.com/comic/2008-08-19 In this strip]]
76	%%** I have no idea what you're talking about, and you're ruining a perfectly good joke about bears.
77	* YouShouldHaveDiedInstead: [[http://www.daisyowl.com/comic/2008-07-06 Inflicted on this fly]]

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