Line #75 Webcomic/EmergencyExit


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8	->'''Delaine:''' Apparently your little trip didn't go exactly as planned. Wait, for that you'd actually need a plan.\
9	'''Kyran:''' So... that means I could consider it a success.
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11	''[[http://www.eecomics.net/ Emergency Exit]]'' ([[http://eecomics.net/EEArchives/?strip_id=1 first strip]]) was the primary webcomic of NJ Huff. It ran from 2003 to 2011 before NJ suffered a back/neck injury that put her in chronic pain for 7 years, resulting in a long hiatus for EE. In 2018 NJ returned to the internet having mostly recovered from her previous condition and returned to work on webcomics. She has stated that EE will remain on hiatus for now and has focused her energy on her new webcomic, ''Webcomic/UndeadFriend'' .
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13	EE was initially a [[AbsurdityAscendant very random]] gag comic, it successfully pulled a half-[[CerebusSyndrome Cerebus]] to become a story and humor comic. Basically, it's about the residents of an apartment building [[GuardingThePortal guarding]] a [[WeirdnessMagnet portal]] to [[AnotherDimension other worlds]], with lots of [[MundaneFantastic general weirdness]] and even [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum downright absurdity]].
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15	As the dramatic narrative elements have matured, so has the art style. In August, 2009 the artist replaced the first 12 pages with a new intro storyline to help new readers adapt to this. One of the biggest influences in its evolution seems to be the massive crossover with Ben Fleuter's somber ''Webcomic/ParallelDementia'' from [[http://eecomics.net/EEArchives/?strip_id=595 2006-12-25]] to [[http://eecomics.net/EEArchives/?strip_id=724 2007-06-14]] seemed to bring out the best in both webcomickers.
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17	The comic went on a two-month long hiatus before starting a semi-reboot on July 1st, 2011, the comic's eighth birthday. The artist said that she was sick of the confusing continuity of the old comics, and wanted to start looking at doing something more serious with the comic. Unfortunately, Ms. Huff then suffered a serious back injury, forcing the comic into hiatus for the foreseeable future.
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19	Be warned / encouraged, it has numerous characters. Here are the main protagonists, who all live in the same apartment building:
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21	* Bob [=McKile=] is just your average, ordinary, orange-haired CelibateHero with a SuperpoweredEvilSide.
22	* Eddie is a tall CloudCuckooLander with a HyperspaceMallet. He's also a MadScientist with a lab and everything -- for example, he can make a "[[RuleOfCool coolness]] [[AppliedPhlebotinum enhancer]]" that actually ''[[ExactlyWhatitSaysontheTin works]]'', just like that -- but that doesn't really apply outside of his lab, so he's rarely TheSmartGuy.
23	* Saya Caelan is a purple-haired DeadpanSnarker and BadassNormal.
24	* Karl Tameron is a green-haired gamer geek and techie who controls their most important AppliedPhlebotinum.
25	* Sal Declan is Bob's cousin and an orange-haired witch.
26	* Fred is a light brown cat. Excellent gamer and one of the smartest people in the building, but only Karl can understand her, even when Sal turns her into a CatGirl. TeamPet.
27	* Jason Saskia is a late addition with black hair. Ex-circus. Kind of [[CampGay gay]] (although he did say he was "open to either"), with an obvious crush on Karl. Originally a DropInCharacter, but has come into the main cast.
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29	!!''Emergency Exit'' provides examples of:
30	* AffablyEvil: Kyran really does like the apartment kids, for all that he protests to the opposite, and in turn, they're mostly not all that interested in ending him, Nefarious aside. He's more the 'EvilIsCool' sort of villain. Admittedly, piss him off enough [[spoiler: and he'll show why he's also known as Lord Hate.]]
31	* AlienBlood:
32	** It was revealed that Merfs have [[http://eecomics.net/EEArchives/?strip_id=1097 black blood]]. Although Vladic says he "wouldn't say it's the same thing as blood, but close enough". Apparently, their blood also [[http://eecomics.net/EEArchives/?strip_id=1098 smells like licorice]].
33	%%* AlliterativeTitle
34	%%* AmbiguouslyGay: Jason, at first.
35	%%* AnotherDimension: In Karl's cupboard.
36	%%* ARareSentence: [[spoiler:[[http://eecomics.net/EEArchives/?strip_id=1082 "What the hell am I saying!?"]]]]
37	%%* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: [[http://eecomics.net/EEArchives/?strip_id=672 Don't touch the hair.]]
38	%%* ArtEvolution
39	* AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: The coolness enhancer mark 1 was built without limiters, and just kept enhancing its own coolness until it ascended to a cooler dimension.
40	* BavarianFireDrill: [[spoiler:This is revealed to be basically Bubba Miyagi's plan: convince the gullible teenagers that he is a legitimate authority and sending them on a mission to acquire all the artifacts for him. In reality he wants to sell them.]]
41	* BewareTheSillyOnes: The villains of the comic are LaughablyEvil most of the time, and many seem to be decent people as well. All of them are deadly competent fighters, though, and if Lord Kyran [[spoiler:(aka Lord Hate)]] puts on his GameFace it's time to start feeling afraid. Very afraid.
42	%%* BloodyHilarious:
43	%%** Stabs a medusa in the head. "Ew! Snakes! (pulls out gun) Blam Blam Blam"
44	%%** "...Head hurts." "I would think so."
45	* BuffySpeak: Good examples [[http://eecomics.net/EEArchives/?strip_id=288 here]] and [[http://eecomics.net/EEArchives?strip_id=1053 here]].
46	%%* CloudCuckooLander:
47	%%** Eddie.
48	%%** Kyran too, to a lesser extent. It comes out most prominently when he's talking with Eddie.
49	%%* CrossOver: Multiple, each serving to further the plot.
50	%%* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Well... just for the trifecta, it's Eddie once more.
51	* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: Saya pulls these out on occasion. "[[http://eecomics.net/EEArchives/?strip_id=826 You will die a slow horrible death by paperclip.]]"
52	%%* DeadpanSnarker: Saya.
53	* DrowningMySorrows: Rather than doing so with alcohol, characters seem to do so with food.
54	%%* EmotionlessGirl: Saya.
55	%%* EnemyMine: Twice so far.
56	%%* EnemyWithout: [[spoiler:Karl]] gains one.
57	* EvilOverlordList: Kyran apparently reads it, specifically the part about having a fifth grader look over your plans before putting them into action. Good thing too; his plans are terrible.
58	* EyesAlwaysShut: Harvoc, the mailman with a hook for a hand. He eventually opens them, which apparently means ''death''.
59	* TheFaceless:
60	** Played with in [[http://eecomics.net/EEArchives/?strip_id=1116 this]] strip. Kyran deliberately uses very dim lighting to create a sinister atmosphere for his guest. The guest, however, would really rather just have some lights on.
61	** Played with again [[http://eecomics.net/EEArchives/?strip_id=1190 here]]: Kyran will have none of Mike's open-facednessesses.
62	* FeelNoPain: Vladic implies [[spoiler:Eddie [[http://eecomics.net/EEArchives/?strip_id=1111 can do this at will for a period of time]].]]
63	* FictionalEarth: According to the narrator, the comic takes place on "an Earth not quite like our own".
64	* {{Foreshadowing}}: Occasionally; minor example would be [[http://eecomics.net/EEArchives/?strip_id=360 this]]. Might double as a BrickJoke.
65	%%* FusionDance: [[spoiler:Regfarious!]]
66	* GenkiGirl: Orulla. She just doesn't really ''get'' the point of stalking someone.
67	* GilliganCut: Kyran kisses Delaine on the cheek. Cut to him talking to Jurinjo--"[[http://eecomics.net/EEArchives/?strip_id=1124 And that's how I found out I'm bulletproof!]]"
68	* GodsNeedPrayerBadly: Gods, apparently, embody one emotion or another. The more people who feel that way towards them, the stronger they are. For example [[spoiler: Lord Kyran]] is a god of hate; therefore, he goes to a great deal of effort to try and make every mortal he comes across hate him. [[CloudCuckooLander It doesn't always work out that way]].
69	%%* GroinAttack: Saya does this to a squirrel while shrunk.%%Does what?
70	%%* HairyHammerspace: Eddie ([[http://eecomics.net/EEArchives/?strip_id=1030 literally!]])
71	%%* HealingFactor: [[spoiler:Eddie]], [[http://eecomics.net/EEArchives/?strip_id=1111 apparently]].
72	%%* HealingHands: Jurinjo, Kyran [[spoiler: and Sal, sort of]].
73	%%* HookHand: Harvoc.
74	%%* HyperspaceMallet: Eddie.
75	%%* ItRunsOnNonsensoleum: Eddie's "Coolness Enhancers".
76	* ImpossiblyCoolWeapon: Eddie's coolness enhancer has the potential to turn any weapon into one of these, but the best example is when it turns his HyperspaceMallet into [[http://eecomics.net/EEArchives/?strip_id=1005 twin double-headed hammer-chucks.]] Which he swings around with ''way'' more skill than he has any right to.
77	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Vladic, apparently, especially when Eddie's involved.
78	* KidHeroAllGrownUp: We see in a flashback that Eddie used to be part of a team of {{Kid Hero}}s, although it's not known what happened to the rest of them.
79	* LargeHam: Lord Kyran is probably the worst offender, insisting on things such as dramatically dim lighting to obscure the features of villains.
80	* MacGuffinDeliveryService: Lord Kyran's preferred method. Though it hardly works, it allows him to try and keep his enemies alive whenever necessary.
81	%%* MadScientist: Eddie, and apparently Karl.
82	%%* TheMedic: Jurinjo is a sort of Villainous version.
83	%%* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Jurinjo, Orulla.
84	%%* MoodWhiplash: [[http://eecomics.net/EEArchives/?strip_id=1107 Here]] especially.
85	%%* MundaneFantastic
86	%%* NonIronicClown: Jason.
87	%%* NoodleIncident: Many.
88	%%* Nosebleed: [[http://eecomics.net/EEArchives/?strip_id=317 Great, you created a live nerd boy fantasy.]]
89	* PistolWhipping: Evidently, Delaine doing this is the [[http://eecomics.net/EEArchives/?strip_id=1021 only way to stop a crazed Eddie]].
90	%%* PreAsskickingOneLiner:
91	%%-->'''Alkia:''' You're not really getting it. I'm dead serious... and seriously going to make you ''dead!''
92	* PreInsanityReveal: CloudCuckooLander Eddie is revealed to have [[spoiler: forced a portal into his own head in order to keep the BigBad from getting it,]] which is what made him into the nutty ManChild we know.
93	* RandomTransportation: The main characters have a portal which transports them to random dimensions. Frequently used to start crossovers by having them transport to that comics dimension.
94	%%* RocksFallEveryoneDies: [[http://eecomics.net/EEArchives/?strip_id=503 Don't kill the final boss on your first hit.]]
95	%%* RuleOfCool: The Coolness Enhancer.
96	%%* RuleOfFunny: And how!
97	* Servant Race: The Merfs exist to serve, although they do so out of free will.
98	* ShipTease: Saya with Eddie, Kyran with Delaine, Jurinjo with Orulla, and [[spoiler:Burgundy and Vladic]].
99	* SuperpoweredEvilSide: Nefarious is Bob's.
100	* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: [[http://eecomics.net/EEArchives/?strip_id=171 "Then obviously there's no doubt that there was a landlord there to pay rent too!"]] Yes, sure there was. That is why you are carrying a book titled ''How to be a Landlord''.
101	* SweetTooth: Nefarious can be prevented from murderous rampages by being given candy.
102	* {{Tearjerker}}: [[http://eecomics.net/EEArchives/?strip_id=1067 This.]]
103	* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: Eddie, often... but rarely moreso than when the [[http://eecomics.net/EEArchives/?strip_id=1027 giant chicken]] showed up.
104	* ThirdPersonPerson: Lampshaded by NJ Huff when she used it [[http://www.eecomics.net/?strip_id=35 when announcing the hiatus]].
105	%%* TransformingMecha: Karl's couch.
106	%%* UnfazedEveryman: Saya and Jason. Also Delaine on Team Evil. That's right, a ''gay clown'' is this group's idea of normal. Not just normal, but "fairly boring, considering."%%Why are they examples?
107	* WebcomicTime: One particular day in the story has taken up two years real time and over 250 pages.
108	%%* WeirdnessCensor: The Apartment.
109	%%* WeirdnessMagnet: The apartment building and everyone in it.
110	%%* WhyWontYouDie: [[http://eecomics.net/EEArchives/?strip_id=993 Uhh...]]
111	%%* WingedHumanoid: Nefarious, and later [[spoiler:Bob , even while in control]].
112	%%* WrittenRoar:
113	%%* YouMeddlingKids: Said by a villain in [[http://eecomics.net/EEArchives/?strip_id=1060 this]] strip.

Context Webcomic / EmergencyExit