Line #26 Webcomic/Fanboys


1	[[quoteright:227:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/SylviaCereal_8873.jpg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:227:[[https://web.archive.org/web/20171010142120/http://www.fanboys-online.com/index.php?id=287 Sylvia consults dark spirits for gaming skills.]]]]
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4	[[https://web.archive.org/web/20160429185646/http://fanboys-online.com/ F@NB0Y$]] is a web comic by Scott Dewitt that ran from 2006-2015. While its website hasn't been online since 2020, Its strips can still be viewed on the Internet Archive or [[https://archive.org/details/fanboys_202106 here]]. The comic is centered on two fanboys and one fangirl, each rooting for their own company.
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6	* Lemmy, the Creator/{{Nintendo}} fan. The Ditz of the team. Don't call Nintendo kiddy in his vicinity.
7	* Paul, the Creator/{{Sony}} fan. Unemployed -for a while- snarker of the team. Previous Creator/{{Sega}} fanboy and childhood friend of Lemmy.
8	* [[GamerChick Sylvia]], the Microsoft[=/=]Platform/{{Xbox}} fan. Never handled a console before the Xbox, came out of nowhere in the second episode but found a place in Lemmy's heart quite soon.
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10	The main characters are supported by their somewhat quirky pets/friends/furniture and run into some well known [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160331194429/http://www.fanboys-online.com/index.php?id=26 individuals]] from time to time.
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12	Aside from the adventures of the cast itself, the comic goes off into game themed episodes from time to time, spoofing the more ridiculous aspects of the games mentioned and heading off into NightmareFuel territory more often than not.
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14	The comic is very conscious about itself, regularly smashing through the fourth-wall, especially during the first few dozen of episodes.
15	[[https://web.archive.org/web/20190623050032/http://fanboys-online.com/index.php?id=293 The comic basically takes the familiar videogame-styled web comic, blatantly ripping off ideas from other comics, comments about the lack of originality]] and then proceeds to fly off into one situation to another.
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17	The comic is mixed between a soapy overall story arc -- sometimes alluded to -- and a lot of one off comics commenting about (upcoming) changes in the videogame industry.
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19	Not to be confused with the movie ''{{Film/Fanboys}}''. For the similarly named trope, see {{Fanboy}}.
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21	'''Note:''' most of the links below are broken, as the website has, at some point, changed providers, and eventually was taken offline for reasons unknown. Feel free to link the appropriate strips to archived pages.
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23	!!This comic provides examples of:
24	* AbortedArc: "THEY GOT TO THE BANK; THE END."
25	** Under Review abruptly ended soon after the critic arrived at the store.
26	* ApplianceDefenestration: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20150510050754/http://fanboys-online.com/index.php?id=367 A certain show puts Paul in a fit of rage.]]
27	* ArtEvolution: Went through a drastic one after the comic was criticized on Website/SomethingAwful.
28	* AuthorAppeal: Scott has made it very clear that he likes his VideoGame/TeamFortress2.
29	* BackToFront: See the comic above by ApplianceDefenestration.
30	* BerserkButton: Lemmy goes into "Angry Clown Mode" when someone calls Nintendo "kiddy." Paul uses this to get bounty money.
31	* BileFascination: {{Conversed}} InUniverse in [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190623045721/http://fanboys-online.com/index.php?id=360 this strip.]]
32	* BrainBleach: A running gag involves Paul walking into the house to find Lemmy and Sylvia participating in questionable acts dressed as different fictional characters, usually from videogames.
33	* CerebusSyndrome: The author tried this when people on Website/SomethingAwful mocked his comic for being too generic. The ensuing {{Wangst}} that the characters displayed pissed everybody ''else'' on the Internet off, and he decided to come to hit a happy medium between the two afterwards. [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190623050456/http://fanboys-online.com/index.php?id=200 Strip 200]] also {{lampshades}} this.
34	* ClaspYourHandsIfYouDeceive: Played for laughs in a [[https://web.archive.org/web/20191008194230/http://www.fanboys-online.com/index.php?id=468 [=WoW=] joke]].
35	* CosplayOtakuGirl: Sylvia.
36	** {{Inverted\|Trope}} in a ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'' strip where [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190623050012/http://fanboys-online.com/index.php?id=300 Banjo & Kazooie]] cosplay as [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190623050112/http://fanboys-online.com/index.php?id=279 Lemmy & Sylvia]], with Mumbo Jumbo taking Paul's place.
37	* DemotedToExtra: [[TheAlcoholic Chess]] and [[StopHavingFunGuys Will]]. {{Lampshaded}} when Will returns and Lemmy doesn't remember him.
38	* DescriptionCut: Sylvia [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190623050818/http://fanboys-online.com/index.php?id=128 tries]] ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'':
39	-->'''Sylvia:''' This game is going to suck. Hard.\
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41	'''Lemmy:''' Sylvia, it's three in the morning. I think it's time to shut off the Wii and sleep.\
42	'''Sylvia:''' [[JustOneMoreLevel Just one more... dungeon...]]
43	* DontFearTheReaper: He's actually [[https://web.archive.org/web/20200114082208/http://fanboys-online.com/index.php?id=238 pretty chill]]. Apart from having a ''twisted'' sense of humor, that is.
44	* EyeScream: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190623050106/http://fanboys-online.com/index.php?id=281 The perils of ice cream shaped like faces.]]
45	* FanDisservice: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190623045206/http://fanboys-online.com/index.php?id=464 Paul challenges Sylvia]] to ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'', dressed as the ''female'' trainer. Hairy legs and Daisy Dukes do not mix.
46	* FanService: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190623050138/http://fanboys-online.com/index.php?id=271 Sylvia cosplaying Midna.]] It looks like she ''doesn't'' wear any clothes, just bodypainting. She also wears a skintight Zero Suit [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus]]-Costume in one Halloween strip and there is a [[BeachEpisode Beach Arc]].
47	* FiveTokenBand: Parodied [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190623050021/http://fanboys-online.com/index.php?id=297 here]].
48	* TheGrimReaper: He [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190623050143/http://fanboys-online.com/index.php?id=269 enjoys pool]] and is [[https://web.archive.org/web/20200114082208/http://fanboys-online.com/index.php?id=238 bribed by Paul]].
49	* IncrediblyLamePun: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190623045730/http://fanboys-online.com/index.php?id=358 Paul is not amused.]]
50	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Paul. More jerk and less gold most of the time, but recently seems to be showing some heart.
51	* JustOneMoreLevel: In-universe with Sylvia playing ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' games [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190623050818/http://fanboys-online.com/index.php?id=128 for the first time]].
52	* LuckyCharmsTitle: [=F@NB0Y$=]
53	* NoodleIncident: Paul shows Lemmy and Sylvia the night of their lives when Lemmy wins ten thousand dollars. [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190623050236/http://fanboys-online.com/index.php?id=249 This is the aftermath.]]
54	* OralFixation: Paul is pretty much never seen without a cigarette.
55	* PaperThinDisguise: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20150509052238/http://www.fanboys-online.com/index.php?id=314 This Team Fortress 2 parody.]]
56	* PinkMeansFeminine: Sylvia has several pink items of clothing.
57	* PowerTrio: Lemmy's the id, Paul's the superego, and Sylvia's the ego.
58	** Lemmy and Paul often switch back and forth between the id and superego roles depending on which is funnier.
59	* RashomonStyle: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190623050301/http://fanboys-online.com/index.php?id=239 Compare]] [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190623050301/http://fanboys-online.com/index.php?id=240 these]].
60	* RealMenWearPink: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190623045836/http://fanboys-online.com/index.php?id=333 Paul and Lemmy are]] [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic bronies]].
61	** When he's not wearing two giant demon's tusks as a shirt, [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft Garrosh Hellscream]] wears a [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190623045249/http://fanboys-online.com/index.php?id=451 pink bathrobe and pajamas]].
62	* RecycledInSpace, FreakyFridayFlip, SpinoffBabies: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20200114081946/http://fanboys-online.com/index.php?id=167 Parodied in "Popular Trends."]]
63	* RunningGag:
64	** Lemmy and Sylvia getting caught cosplaying by Paul and his subsequent trauma.
65	** Creepy Mario randomly showing up and staring.
66	* SelfDeprecation: This comic indulges in it quite a bit.
67	* ShoutOut: Death's cat, [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace Marvin, who was shot in the face]].
68	** Hell, there are a bunch of little ones you can find if you look real closely, including the hidden WebAnimation/HomestarRunner cameos.
69	** [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190623051349/http://fanboys-online.com/index.php?id=14 Look]] closely in the background, and you'll see someone from another [[Webcomic/VGCats videogame webcomic]]...
70	** [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190623050233/http://fanboys-online.com/index.php?id=250 From]] the same webcomic, has a hobo but is not ''that'' hobo, instead has an animal from the webcomic.
71	* ShowerOfAngst: [[spoiler:Which turns quickly into a ShowerOfLove.]]
72	* SlidingScaleOfSillinessVersusSeriousness: All the time.
73	* SmokingIsCool: Paul.
74	* SupremeChef: Turns out Lemmy [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190623045924/http://fanboys-online.com/index.php?id=316 can cook]].
75	* SustainedMisunderstanding: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190623045409/http://fanboys-online.com/index.php?id=423 Lemmy and Sylvia]] are going through his old ''Magazine/NintendoPower'' collection, and finds the fold out posters it used to have; Paul walks in and it looks like they're looking at a porn magazine. Lemmy realizes what Paul is thinking and [[NotWhatItLooksLike tells him that]] it's VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog. At first Paul thought it was odd, but that creeps him out.
76	* TakeThat: A comic mocking the idea of a "dark, epic" Franchise/{{Spyro\|The Dragon}} game segues into a ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' joke, but not before [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190623050009/http://fanboys-online.com/index.php?id=301 taking a shot at an infamous Ctrl+Alt+Del panel]].
77	* TestosteronePoisoning: The [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190623045715/http://fanboys-online.com/index.php?id=362 TESTOSTER-PHONE]]. Running on MANDROID.
78	* VisualPun: [[http://www.fanboys-online.com/index.php?id=283 A shameless plug.]]
79	* WhatMeasureIsAMook: When Paul accidentally steps on a [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190623045324/http://fanboys-online.com/index.php?id=439 Halloween pumpkin]], he sets up a few more pumpkins and creates a scene depicting the aftermath of Mario stomping a goomba.
80	* WomenAreWiser: Gender-inversion with {{lampshade}}:
81	--> '''[[https://web.archive.org/web/20190623050813/http://fanboys-online.com/index.php?id=130 Paul:]]''' You know, it's usually the girl who proves the guy wrong.\
82	'''Sylvia:''' Bite me, Paul.
83	* WorthIt: The above-mentioned NoodleIncident.

Context Webcomic / Fanboys