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8	''[[http://faroutthere.com/ Far Out There]]'' is an often cute, sometimes-dark-humored ensemble webcomic by Simon Ladd. It's the comic where things happen... '''IN SPACE!!!'''
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11	!!Tropes used include:
12	%%* AbsentAliens: Made clear [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1026516/page-1-it-begins/ right at the start]].
13	%%* AirVentPassageway: Trigger is [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1067778/page-151-hey-at-least-its-not-all-going-to-waste/ good at using these]].
14	* AliensSpeakingEnglish: Technically, there are no extraterrestrials, but everyone speaking English is still true.
15	%%* AnimeHair:
16	%%** Trigger's got an [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1344275/page-402-pity-the-poor-peacemaker/ improbably]] [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1350713/page-403-insecurity/ large]] mess of spiky brown hair.
17	%%** Megaweapon used to have an even more [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1272024/page-373-surely-nothing-bad-can-come-of-this/ anime-esque]] head of multi-colored SpikyHair, though it [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1906776/page-617-hair-today-gone-tomorrow/ didn't last forever]].
18	%%* AnAssKickingChristmas: [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1090288/bridget-and-alphonses-horrifying-christmas-page-1/ "Bridget and Alphonse's Horrifying Christmas"]]
19	%%* AprilFoolsDay:
20	%%** The ol' "fake ending" gag was employed in [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1067764/page-wait-what/ 2009]] and again in [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1071310/page-oh-not-again/ 2010]].
21	%%** 2011's [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1156080/page-pop-tarts-spiraling-towards-the-earth/ April Fools]] was a little... [[DadaComics unusual]].
22	%%** [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1709321/page-magical-girls-everywhere/ 2013]] and [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1926565/page-fool/ 2014]] teased the reader with a (fake) OutOfGenreExperience.
23	* AuthorAvatar: Ichabod is occasionally accused of being this. The author denies it, saying he just wanted Ichabod to ''look'' like him to for cosplaying purposes.
24	%%* BadSanta: [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1090298/bridget-and-alphonses-horrifying-christmas-page-10/ And ugly, too]].
25	%%* BadassAdorable: Bridget the Zombie.
26	%%* BeQuietNudge: Bridget shuts Alphonse up in [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1068901/page-179-who-wouldnt-believe-that-face this]] page, lest he should give away [[spoiler:the fact that they were the ones who hired Skye]]. (Of course, neither of them can talk so one wonders why she bothered)
27	%%* BigDamnHeroes:
28	%%** Occurs when Sophia and Clare [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1080545/page-286-well-now-that-was-unexpected/ finally]] [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1080546/page-287-meet-my-deus-ex-machina-er-i-mean-boss/ respond]] to Ichabod's call for help.
29	%%** Seen again when Tabitha saves Bridget and Alphonse [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1090299/bridget-and-alphonses-horrifying-christmas-page-11/ from]] [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1090302/bridget-and-alphonses-horrifying-christmas-page-12/ Santa]].
30	%%* BigSisterInstinct: Bridget is [[http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a183/blitzkrieg1701/thiswillendbadly.jpg very]] [[http://s11.photobucket.com/user/blitzkrieg1701/media/familyalbum10.jpg.html protective]] [[http://s11.photobucket.com/user/blitzkrieg1701/media/familyalbum11.jpg.html of Alphonse]].
31	%%* BlankWhiteEyes: Layla, while experiencing [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1071305/page-235-just-getting-her-up-there-must-have-been-really-awkward/ an exceptional level of stress]].
32	* BrainInAJar: [[spoiler:Dr. Vanderslice has a whole room of them.]]
33	%%* CasualInterstellarTravel
34	%%* CatSmile: Trigger does this on occasion, especially if [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1065764/page-115-triggers-big-book-on-pranks/ pranks are involved]].
35	%%* CharacterBlog: Borderline example: the most prominent characters have their own personal [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/FOTradio/ Pandora Radio stations]].
36	%%* CovertPervert: Jenna, of all people, would seem to [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1854778/the-far-out-there-christmas-parade-page-8/ qualify]]
37	%%* CowerPower: Alphonse, most of the time.
38	* CreatingLifeIsAwesome: Creating Bridget and Alphonse seems to have worked out pretty well for Tabitha.
39	* CursedWithAwesome: Avatar. Immortality and indestructibility sound great on the surface, but what good is Eternal Life when you have no life?
40	%%* CuteBruiser: Bridget again.
41	%%* CuteMonsterGirl: See the special celebration of [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/2004363/page-666-the-number-of-the-beast/ Page 666]].
42	* CuteMute: Bridget and Alphonse are [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1072501/page-254-do-radios-broadcast-expressive-eyes/ incapable of speech]], but otherwise intelligent. And definitely cute. [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1636000/how-the-calgaris-stole-christmas-page-8/ So]] [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1688179/page-517-smooch/ very]] [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1707369/page-526-get-to-the-important-part/ cute.]]
43	%%* DaddysGirl:
44	%%** Layla was [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1556459/page-471-confessions-of-a-daddys-girl/ most]] [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1559063/page-472-no-commentary-please/ certainly]] [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1563953/page-474-the-stoyr-of-layla-continues/ one]].
45	%%** Ironically, she'd previously called Tabitha [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1090125/page-296-parting-is-such-sweet-sorrow/ one]]. She would know, right?
46	* DivergentCharacterEvolution: Beyond hair and costume differences, it was almost impossible to tell Layla and Tabitha part earlier on during the "Mad science convention" arc, later changes had Tabitha go from the same teenybopper size as Trigger and Layla to being half again as tall as them.
47	* DoomyDoomsOfDoom: "The Killer Station of Deadly Doom"
48	%%* EffortlessAmazonianLift: Stilez picks Frank up with her pinkie... [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1028446/page-83-what-the-sam-hills-going-on-part-iv/ BY THE NOSE]].
49	%%* EnfantTerrible: Megaweapon is bad enough just judging from what [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1136492/page-329-and-now-back-to-plot-a/ is actually shown.]] The stuff that's only talked about is [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1130462/page-327-boys-will-be-hellspawn/ even worse]].
50	%%* FaceDoodling: Happens to Ichabod [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1065768/page-119-that-escalated-quickly/ once]]... among other things.
51	%%* FastballSpecial: [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1069364/page-187-yes-toss-is-a-sound-effect-do-not-question/ Tabitha pulls it off with Bridget as the ball.]]
52	%%* FieryRedhead: Layla. Oh boy...
53	%%* FishOutOfWater: Trigger.
54	%%* FlatWhat: Avatar's reaction to [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1191539/page-348-i-was-not-prepared-for-that/ this]].
55	%%* FruitOfTheLoon: Ichabod [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1027073/page-6-enter-the-nitpicker really]] [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1027821/page-63-your-ideas-arent-as-cool-as-you-think seems]] [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1028457/page-93-at-least-they-dont-have-to-sit-next-to-any-screaming-babies to]] [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1090283/page-304-i-hope-they-got-a-good-deal-at-least like]] [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1228030/page-363-artfully-passing-the-buck apples]].
56	%%* FunTShirt: Trigger is easily amused by [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1027823/page-65-you-are-what-you-wear/ these.]]
57	%%* FutureSpandex:
58	%%** Stilez spends most of her time running around in a [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/2049438/page-693-explosive-cliffhanger/ very tight-fitting plugsuit]].
59	%%** Alphonse's [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1701261/page-523-new-costume-time/ interface gear]] and Layla's [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1719409/page-531-and-were-finally-off/ containment suit]] could qualify as well. Both are very form-fitting and futuristic, but they also have very... bulky extremities which disrupt the sleekness.
60	%%* GirlGroup: Tabitha drafted several of the other female characters [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/2060802/christmas-extravaganza-page-21/ into one]], despite one of these characters being unable to speak.
61	%%* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: Neva, the buxom, silver-bikini-clad main character of numerous [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/2055083/christmas-extravaganza-page-9/ animated films]] and the occasional [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1855420/the-far-out-there-christmas-parade-page-13/ holiday parade]]. (Ironically, none of the "real" green-skinned people in the comic qualify as aliens... or babes, for that matter).
62	%%* HalloweenCosplay: See below.
63	* HugeSchoolgirl: Tabitha. [[YourSizeMayVary While her height changes a bit]], it's usually accepted that she's half again as tall as Trigger and Layla, despite being only 1 year Layla's senior.
64	* HolidayNonupdate: Averted to an absurd degree (especially at Christmas).
65	%%* HowTheCharacterStoleChristmas: [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1629983/how-the-caligaris-stole-christmas/ How the Caligaris Stole Christmas]] (though, admittedly, they did it to SAVE Christmas).
66	%%* IHaveBoobsYouMustObey: Generally, Layla doesn't FLAUNT her boobs, but she definitely has them, and the [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1962540/page-644-what-layla-wants/ boys]] [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1964673/page-465-budget-unfriendly/ absolutely]] [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1966341/page-646-the-next-plot-point-announces-itself/ obey]].
67	%%* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Astrid ends up [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/2082520/page-703-unforseen-twist/ doing]] [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/2084634/page-704-yes-yes-moving-on/ plenty]] [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/2086381/page-705-dont-interupt-its-rude/ of]] [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/2087939/page-706-the-perfect-alibi/ this]].
68	%%* LatexSpacesuit: Technically, it's a "Containment Suit" and not designed for use in outer space... [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1716817/page-530-quick-change/ but come on]]!
69	%%* LikeBrotherAndSister: Trigger and Layla are most emphatically [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1027274/page-28-i-dont-think-thats-very-funny-at-all/ in this kind of relationship.]]
70	%%* LittleMissConArtist: Layla in her [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1563953/page-474-the-story-of-layla-continues/ earlier days]].
71	%%* MadScientist: MANY in the cast: Tabitha, Dr. Caligari, Dr. Vanderslice, Avatar's creators, and so on and so forth.
72	%%* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: Tabitha's [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1794321/page-566-just-keep-doing-what-youre-doing/ quite the looker]].
73	%%* MamaBear: Tabitha
74	%%* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Bridget and Alphonse
75	%%* MotherlyScientist: Tabitha. [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1071294/page-225-a-heartwarming-show-of-zombie-affection So]] [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1072517/page-267-mothering-instinct VERY]] [[http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a183/blitzkrieg1701/BridgetAlphonsedressup.jpg much.]]
76	%%* MySuitIsAlsoSuper: Avatar's robe. See [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1027705/page-58-a-nitpicker-should-know-better-than-to-give-kids-money this page]].
77	%%* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: "Megaweapon."
78	%%* NoNewFashionsInTheFuture: At least where the main characters are concerned.
79	%%* NoisyGuns: or, as the UnsoundEffect puts it [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/2103034/page-714-new-toys/ "GUN NOISE"]].
80	%%* NoodleIncident:
81	%%** Ichabod tells Kiki about one of his previous adventures, but we [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1080526/page-269-clearly-hes-devastated only hear part of it.]] Where DID that epileptic pig come from?
82	%%** Ichabod brings up another [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1090124/page-295-i-have-no-idea-where-claires-gun-went several pages later.]] SHOULD he have known those Space Whales had "mommy issues?"
83	%%* NotGrowingUpSucks: Avatar.
84	%%* OddShapedPanel: In the early days, this comic [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1027271/page-25-one-big-happy-family lived]] [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1027706/page-59-well-she-is-a-girl by]] [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1027835/page-76-warning-sudden-plot-shifts-may-result-in-neck-injury this]] [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1028455/page-91-one-mans-trash-is-another-mans-misidentified-trash/ trope,]] [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1068896/page-174-now-the-word-thinking-sounds-funny-to-me seriously.]] The most jarring thing it could do was a [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1069365/page-188-alan-moore-called-he-wants-his-page-back normal layout.]] Has become far less common in recent years.
85	* OpaqueNerdGlasses: Ichabod's massive eye-wear.
86	%%* ThePerryMasonMethod: Ichabod unintentionally [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1028448/page-85-what-the-sam-hill-oh-forget-it-dramatic-twist/ pulls this on Trigger]]. It's "unintentional" because [[spoiler:Ichabod was actually trying to deflect attention off of HIMSELF.]]
87	%%* PleasePutSomeClothesOn: Avatar has [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1278436/page-375-cover-your-shame/ little patience]] for Trigger's numerous [[ShirtlessScene shirtless scenes]].
88	* RedEyesTakeWarning: Alphonse's normally white eyes glow red when he's using his Technopath powers.
89	* RagnarokProofing: Avatar is the result of making a ''person'' Ragnarok Proof, in case the world ends.
90	%%* {{Retcon}}: Pattie's [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1027262/page-16-you-are-the-weakest-link-goodbye/ first appearance]] has been retconed [[http://img.pixady.com/2014/10/375888_pattie.jpg via voting incentive]] to make her character more sympathetic (It's important too, since it also alters Layla's entire reason for being in the comic)
91	* SeriousBusiness: Ichabod makes a '''career''' out of it.
92	%%* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend:
93	%%** In [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1027274/page-28-i-dont-think-thats-very-funny-at-all this]] early page.
94	%%** And again, under more [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1090281/page-302-well-that-was-almost-romantic/ awkward circumstances]]
95	%%* ShirtlessScene: Trigger [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1080536/page-278-a-little-somethin-for-the-ladies/ has]] [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1090285/page-306-home-is-where-the-weirdness-is/ had]] [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1090286/page-307-massive-shirt-failure/ several]].
96	%%* SleepCute: [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1519150/well-crap/ This]] filler page.
97	* SuperStrongChild: Bridget is a little zombie kid that comes up to an adult's knees if she stands on her toes, and yet she can lift a Doomsday device's outer metal shell with the kind of effort that you'd think it was filled with helium. [[RequiredSecondaryPowers and it'd have to be for her to keep her footing while carrying it]].
98	%%* SpaceClothes: The main characters tend to look pretty normal (see NoNewFashionsInTheFuture) but background and secondary characters tend to be [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1027695/page-48-what-we-have-here-is-a-failure-to-communicate/ a]] [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1067787/page-158-three-semi-related-pieces/ bit]] [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1124574/page-325-one-costume-change-later/ more]] [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1185908/page-346-for-science/ fanciful]].
99	%%* SpaceIsNoisy: The Exposition actually [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1028454/page-90-dont-never-but-never-cut-off-the-capn makes tire-squealing noises]] when it stops abruptly.
100	%%* SpaceWhale: Mentioned by Ichabod in [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1090124/page-295-i-have-no-idea-where-claires-gun-went/ one page]]. Apparently, they can have "mommy issues."
101	%%* TechnoBabble: [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1030261/page-111-show-your-work all]] [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1071120/page-211-and-its-not-just-because-its-angry the]] [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1071137/page-213-get-on-with-it/ freaking]] [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1080531/page-274-and-the-technobabble-flowed-forth time]], though there's usually at least a little [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1080537/page-279-just-let-them-play-with-their-toys lampshading]] going on.
102	%%* {{Technopath}}: Alphonse
103	* {{Terraform}}: The explanation for all habitable planets.
104	%%* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt:
105	%%** Trigger was trained from birth [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1027072/page-5-dun-dun-duuuun/ to prevent this]] (not that [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1027076/page-9-when-exposition-attacks/ he actually needed to]])
106	%%** Avatar was also created [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1027280/page-32-the-strange-story-of-avatar-part-1/ with this in mind]].
107	%%* ThrownOutTheAirlock: Cap'n Crosby is known to threaten people with this. [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1030263/page-113-and-this-is-why-you-dont-cross-the-capn/ And he'll do it, too]].
108	%%* {{Tsundere}}: Layla would seem to qualify.
109	* UndeadChild: Bridget and Alphonse, though, as far as the undead go, they're [[OurZombiesAreDifferent quite adorable]].
110	%%* UnsoundEffect: including but not limited to:
111	%%** [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1067778/page-151-hey-at-least-its-not-all-going-to-waste Look Look]]
112	%%** [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1068884/page-163-dont-hit-your-head-while-jumping-to-conclusions DOES NOT COMPUTE]]
113	%%** [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1068899/page-177-i-wonder-if-those-are-spacely-sprockets BegBegBeg]]
114	%%** [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1071292/page-223-pieced-it-together-yet REALIZATION'D!]]
115	%%** [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1071304/page-234-sorry-wrong-door EMOTIONAL SNAP]]
116	%%** [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1072511/page-262-little-zombie-little-zombie-let-us-come-in DOOR OPENING SOUND]]
117	%%** [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1072516/page-266-maybe-they-got-lost Eerie Silence]]
118	%%** [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1080544/page-285-gulp ANGRY ROBOT NOISES]]
119	%%** [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1281813/page-378-because-it-was-so-much-fun-the-first-time/ HEYGUYSISOUNDLIKEI'MGONNABLOW!]]
120	%%** [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1355014/page-404-two-of-this-comics-favorite-things/ SHIRTLESS'D]]
121	%%* VideoPhone: Present, and apparently capable of communicating across vast interstellar distances, but the technology doesn't seem to be as commonplace as other sci-fi settings. Only a few quarters on board The Exposition come equipped with their own private video phone, most passengers have to use [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1910378/page-618-yackity-yack/ the]] [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1912177/page-619-thats-only-the-business-suites/ public]] [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1914447/page-620-begone/ phones]]. Further evidence suggests that most homes or ships only have one.
122	%%* TheVoice: Tabitha's Mother has [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1803060/page-570-such-a-hassle/ become this]], after spending [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1090127/page-297-as-far-as-she-knows-we-just-came-home-early/ some]] [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1090325/happy-non-fatal-thanksgiving/ time]] as TheGhost.
123	%%* WallOfText: ''Way'' too many examples of this, especially on early pages.
124	%%* WhatTheHellHero: Layla [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1028453/page-89-one-more-twist-for-the-road gives this]] to Ichabod once she realizes [[spoiler:she could have been killed because he wouldn't own up to a simple mistake.]]

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