Line #12 Webcomic/Forever16


1	''Forever 16'' is a webcomic found on Website/DeviantART about Joel Maxwell, a 16-year-old in Minnesota during the '90s, who is a big fan of music, cartoons and movies.
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3	His friends include his disgruntled food court worker girlfriend, Michelle Hseign; his best friends, Steve and Aaron; Steve's girlfriend, the punk rocker Jocelyn (she, Joel, Steve and Aaron form the band Westworld), and the animation fanatic and object of Aaron's unwanted affection, Kendra.
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5	The series takes place in the 1990s and allows the author, JB Warner, to pay homage to the culture of that time while quite a number of strips take place in modern times as well.
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7	The comic ended up being rebooted and renamed ''Webcomic/NineteenNinetySomething'' in late 2014 due to JB wanting the comic to have more development and take place ''entirely'' throughout the 90s, which was his original intention.
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9	Can be found here; http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/ and here; http://1990somethingcomic.com/
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11	!!This webcomic contains examples of:
12	* AbortedArc: When ''Film/KickAss'' came to theaters, JB made an outline for a story where Steve and Jocelyn dress up as Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl and become vigilantes. This gets a DiscontinuityNod in [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-All-Dressed-Up-192920250 this strip]] when Steve wants to do the same thing again when he sees ''Film/TheGreenHornet'' movie.
13	** The "Joel working at [=McDonald=]'s" arc has come to a halt as JB couldn't think of what to do next [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/Dark-Nuggets-and-Dirty-Helmets-451729741 as detailed here]]. Later subverted when it regained steam [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-If-He-Fries-He-Fries-475060167 here;]]
14	* AdaptedOut: Abby is no longer present in ''Nineteen-Ninety-Something'', as JB felt like she wouldn't have benefited much as a character in said series, and simply made her become her own character in what was originally a spinoff of ''Forever 16'' titled ''Adorkable''.
15	* AdultsAreUseless: Virtually every adult that appears in each comic tend to be either jerks, idiots, unhelpful, or all three.
16	* AIIsACrapShoot: [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-This-Bytes-200415111 Michelle's upgraded Watson-esque computer trys]] to kill Joel in order to be Michelle's boyfriend.
17	* AllMenArePerverts:
18	** Aaron West is a total perv. Kinda deconstructed a bit in NNS, where Aaron becomes conflicted over whether or not he likes girls for their hotness or for their personality.
19	** Joel Maxwell used to be this until he met Michelle.
20	** Steve sometimes tends to be a bit perverted towards his girlfriend Jocelyn, not that she really minds though.
21	* AlphaBitch: Lindsay Duquense, also head cheerleader. Exaggerated in ''Nineteen-Ninety-Something'', where she practically rules the whole school.
22	* ArtEvolution: JB has shown some major improvement in his art over the last several years. Evidenced by an [[http://thejayster49.deviantart.com/art/The-Theory-of-Evolution-500997377 art evolution meme he made]].
23	* AuthorAppeal: JB loves putting his (or other) characters in a pool of water (in either swimsuits or street clothes). Also anything from the '90s.
24	* BewareTheNiceOnes: Michelle has this in the story line where the school's AlphaBitch tries to break her and Joel apart. [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-Don-t-Make-Me-Angry-189875930 Do not make her angry.]] [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-Berserk-Button-189987259 You wouldn't like her when she's angry...]]
25	* CasanovaWannabe: Aaron West, definitely. Again, this is deconstructed in NNS, where he becomes legitimately depressed by his constant failures to get a girlfriend (that and JB wanted to show off a more sympathetic side of him after too many complaints about his character being a douche bag).
26	* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Nineteen-Ninety-Something'' is much more mature than ''Forever 16''.
27	* DeconstructiveParody: The whole premise of the comic is a deconstructive parody of almost everything that was popular or took place during the 1990s.
28	** Overlaps with AffectionateParody at times, depending on the subject matter.
29	* DreamWorksFace: [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-Lift-Those-Eyebrows-185346160 Demonstrated here;]]
30	* DistractedByTheSexy: Joel is very in to [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-I-Like-To-Watch-191494966 Michelle's dancing to Zumba Fitness.]]
31	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The strips of what eventually became ''Forever 16'', ''Maxwell's Silver Hammer'', had this with [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/MSH-01-Short-Story-45753486 rougher artwork and a Joel who was more like his friend, Aaron West, early on here.]]
32	** ''Forever 16'' could now be considered this to anyone who's currently reading the ''Nineteen-Ninety-Something'' comics.
33	* FanOfUnderdog: JB is a huge fan of [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Meg Griffin,]] [[WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow Roberta Tubbs]] [[WesternAnimation/AmericanDad and Hayley Smith]] for the shows putting them off to the side. [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/Seth-s-Girls-261567452 He has made much fan art for the three of them,]] [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/SketchDump-2012-Hayley-and-Friends-316884045 Hayley]] [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/Goodbye-Langley-Falls-269340716 in particular.]]
34	* ForegoneConclusion: The 2014 storyline of Joel going on a date with [[GranolaGirl Denise]] [[NewAgeRetroHippie Holbrook]] is this as it takes place before he met Michelle [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-Animal-Magnetism-P5-435468893?q=gallery%3Ajbwarner86&qo=0 (trope namedropped here).]]
35	* HalloweenEpisode: [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-Jocelyn-com-265064500 ''Jocelyn.com'']] and [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-Blair-Necessities-262700342?q=sort%3Atime%20((halloween%20)%20AND%20(by%3Ajbwarner86))&qo=6 ''Blair]] [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-Blair-Necessities-II-263912065?q=sort%3Atime%20((halloween%20)%20AND%20(by%3Ajbwarner86))&qo=4 Necessities'']]
36	* HateSink: Lindsay and her family are deliberately made to be as '''''unlikable''''' as humanly possible.
37	* {{Homage}}: To {{Comics/TheBoondocks}} in this [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-Patriot-Games-350508498 page.]] Also the below mentioned examples of ''Film/PulpFiction'' and ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' in the ShoutOut examples.
38	* {{Jerkass}}: Aaron and Jocelyn at their worst, the Duquense family is perennially assholes described [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/SD09-The-Family-That-Preys-133084165 here]] and Kendra's older brother demonstrates this [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-Quiet-Riot-322290843 here]].
39	** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While they may be jerks most of the time, Aaron and Jocelyn do value their friendship with Joel, Michelle, and Steve.
40	** JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: The Duquenses. Even more so in ''Nineteen-Ninety-Something'', where Kevin and Lindsey are straight-up psychopaths.
41	* [[JustHereForGodzilla Just Here For The Hot Goth Girl]]: Tabitha believes that people only read her "Asphyxia" magazine solely so they could masturbate to the pictures of her.
42	* UsefulNotes/McDonalds: Joel starts working there [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-McWorld-Politics-P3-440207851 here.]]
43	* MeaningfulRename: JB renamed his comic ''Nineteen-Ninety-Something'' in late 2014 since it makes more sense, considering that the comic is meant to take place in the 90s.
44	* MsFanservice: Jocelyn can be this from time to time, but Denise Holbrook takes the cake in the "Animal Magnetism" arc. Aaron describes her by saying "She's got great hooters and she never wears a bra", later [[spoiler:offers Joel sex [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-Animal-Magnetism-P5-435468893 here]]]] [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-Animal-Magnetism-P6-435756812 and here]].
45	** Lindsay and, to a lesser extent, Jocelyn in ''Nineteen-Ninety-Something''.
46	* MurderTheHypotenuse: See AIIsACrapShoot above.
47	* OhCrap: Joel gets this face in this [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-Animal-Magnetism-P7-435962007 comic]] when he learns before having sex with Denise [[spoiler:that Denise doesn't shave]].
48	* PerkyGoth: Tabitha from the newer comics. Tabitha actually started out as a more... disturbing girl when the comic was still called ''Forever 16'', but JB made her perky to contrast the more gloomy goth stereotypes.
49	* PrinceAndPauper: [[spoiler:Justin Beiber]], of all people, and Joel [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-Unheard-Voices-197648813 as explained here]].
50	* {{Retcon}}: WordOfGod says strips from 2010-2011 are non-canon [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/journal/How-Do-I-Sold-Comics-419757926 here.]]
51	** ''Nineteen-Ninety-Something'' changes the backstory for most of the characters:
52	*** Steve met Joel and Aaron in detention, while ''Forever 16'' implies that they've been friends from the start.
53	*** Jocelyn was also the member of a band and was a lesbian before a falling out with her girlfriend (who was the lead singer of said band) led her to quit and eventually become Steve's girlfriend. In the original comic, Jocelyn never really had an actual backstory other than meeting Steve and joining Westworld.
54	*** The Duquense family end up moving into Joel's neighborhood neat the start of the comic; there's no mention of this in ''Forever 16''.
55	*** Tabitha is portrayed as a much more perky and fun-loving girl [[spoiler:with a BDSM fetish]] as oppose to the near suicidal emo from the original.
56	*** Westworld, the name of Joel's band, was conceived by Aaron after seeing a concert and finally decided to do something with his life by starting his own band.
57	* ShoutOut: The comic is this out of universe and the characters do this deliberately themselves in universe. Such examples include;
58	** The gang seeing the movie ''WesternAnimation/SouthParkBiggerLongerAndUncut'' [[http://count-kraumburger1.deviantart.com/art/F16-La-Resistance-Lives-On-315020205 in this comic]] which actually gets Joel into trouble when his mother hears him singing the "Uncle Fucker" song from said movie.
59	** [[http://count-kraumburger1.deviantart.com/art/F16-With-Apologies-to-Allen-Ginsberg-354058989 To the poem "Howl" by Alan Ginsberg here]]
60	** [[http://count-kraumburger1.deviantart.com/art/F16-Fictitious-Pulpiness-255276241 This comic]] is entirely based on quotes and events from the movie ''Film/PulpFiction''.
61	** Film/BackToTheFuturePartII [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-Shark-Still-Looks-Fake-358033123 for here.]]
62	** [[TransAtlanticEquivalent The American version]] of ''Series/{{Skins}}'' [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-The-Kids-Ain-t-All-Right-195486088 gets parodied here.]]
63	* SpinOff: The strips ''Adorkable'' features secondary character Abby as a college student. As of now, ''Adorkable'' is its own webcomic since Abby was AdaptedOut of the ''Nineteen-Ninety-Something'' reboot.
64	** JB made a spinoff for [[WesternAnimation/AmericanDad Hayley Smith]] [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/Goodbye-Langley-Falls-269340716 here and]] [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/SketchDump-2012-Hayley-and-Friends-316884045 here.]]
65	* TakeThat: JB uses the comic to take shots at things he doesn't like, such as [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/Forever-16-B27-268952050 Justin Beiber,]] [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-A-Death-In-The-Family-190253654 the 2010 Yogi Bear movie and]] [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-Singled-Out-193675205 Jenny McCarthy's anti-vaccine crusade.]]
66	** UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-Patriot-Games-350508498 gets a potshot in this page]]
67	** Creator/SethMacFarlane and Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-For-Art-s-Sake-194464545 get a double dose here.]]
68	* TimeSkip: Not an in-universe one, but a sketch page has the main cast appear as [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/The-Edge-of-Forever-348495297 21-year olds.]]
69	* TitleByNumber: Referencing the age of the protagonist, 16-years-old.
70	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Joel gives this to [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-Last-Temptation-of-Joel-189768444 Lindsay Duquense when she tries to get him to cheat on his girlfriend, Michelle, here.]]
71	* ThisIsGonnaSuck: [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-Big-Mommy-309117715 Said word for word by Jocelyn when her little brother switches]] Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 to WesternAnimation/CatDog. Her boyfriend, Steve, [[ActuallyPrettyFunny doesn't mind.]]
72	* TookALevelInJerkass: Joel in ''Nineteen-Ninety-Something'', where he became an even bigger smartass than in ''Forever 16''.
73	* TookALevelInKindness: On the other hand, Aaron in ''Nineteen-Ninety-Something'' isn't has arrogant as he was in ''Forever 16''.
74	* VaporWear: Aaron states that Denise never wears a bra. This is actually proven in [[http://thejayster49.deviantart.com/art/F16-Animal-Magnetism-P7-435962007 page 7 of "Animal Magnetism"]].
75	** The page also implies that Denise [[spoiler:might not wear panties]].
76	* WhoWouldWantToWatchUs: Kendra, fed up with the formulaic lineup of Fox's animated programming, decides to make her own cartoon. Crosses into SelfDeprecation with this [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-Fourth-Wall-Go-Boom-193953226 strip;]]
77	* WorldOfSnark: Oh yes...
78	* YokoOhNo: This was the case with Jocelyn in ''Forever 16''. Aaron, at first, refused to let Jocelyn join the band simply because Steve was dating her. In actuality, Aaron didn't want her in the band because then he'd be the only member without a girlfriend.

Context Webcomic / Forever16