Line #6 Webcomic/GreystoneInn


1	''Greystone Inn'' was a webcomic by Brad J. Guigar that ran from February 2000 through June 2005. The strip's premise revolves around the life and career of a group of actors, managed by the [[TokenNonHuman gargoyle]] Argus, who produce a comic strip named ''Greystone Inn'', in which a bed-and-breakfast's owner discovers that his inn is home to a gargoyle...
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3	The series takes place in the same universe as, and shares a few characters[[note]]Lightning Lady, Keagan, and Samantha most notably[[/note]] with, Guigar's strip that suceeded it, ''Webcomic/EvilInc''.
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5	The archive can be read [[http://www.greystoneinn.net/ here]].
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7	!! This Webcomic provides examples of:
8	* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Why Trever the intern dresses like a punk.
9	* AmoralAttorney: It turns out that Argus' lawyer is a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire]].
10	-->'''Mac:''' Did you know your lawyer is a blood-sucking vampire?!
11	-->'''Argus''' No, [[EvilLawyerJoke I just assumed]]...
12	* BackFromTheDead: The comic company avoids TheCharacterDiedWithHim by using cloned "franken-zombies".
13	* CatsAreMean: Mister Tummy-Tums
14	* CigarChomper: Argus
15	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: A tourgoer remarks that the relationship between Mel Cooley and Argus reminds them of ''Series/TheDickVanDykeShow'', much to Argus' amusement.
16	* DramaticDownstageTurn: Parodied in one strip. The main characters are interviewing a woman who used to work for a soap opera; she keeps Downstage Turning, and they react the way one might expect if someone tried this in real life. Argus finally gets fed up and forces her to resume normal eye contact, at which point she admits that she can't work for a comic strip.
17	* EccentricExterminator: Carl Spackler blows up "varmints" with plastic explosives shaped to look like his targets.
18	* ExactWords: In the ShowWithinAShow Argus was enchanted by an ancient wizard to watch over the owners of the land Greystone Inn sits on.
19	-->'''Argus:''' You're my MTV, pal.
20	* {{Expy}}: "H. Ross Peroach" and "Bob Village".
21	* FlyingBrick: Titanic Man
22	* GodGuise: The Narrator can't resist having a little fun with Mr. Warship.
23	* GolfClubbing: Mac doesn't take criticism of his golf game well.
24	-->'''Argus:''' Funny, it's called a club but you use it like a spade.
25	-->'''Mac:''' Oh, I ''could'' use it like a club...
26	* GrammarNazi: Lawrence
27	-->'''Argus:''' And you wonder why nobody ever asks editors to go to lunch!
28	* HairAntennae: Keagan has these
29	* InsistentTerminology: [[http://www.greystoneinn.net/d/20000315.html They're not dolls, they're action figures]].
30	* InteractiveNarrator: The Narrator.
31	* LargeHam: Argus
32	* LethalChef: Mac, until he practices [[spoiler:to impress Samantha]].
33	* NaiveNewcomer: Mac gets the job as producer ''because'' he has no prior experience.
34	* NonHumansLackAttributes: Argus rarely bothers to wear anything, and doesn't need to for modesty.
35	* NoodleIncident: Keagan returns from his stand-up comedy gig in Las Vegas with Franchise/{{Godzilla}} with the tale of "the Film/KingKong incident".
36	-->'''Keagan:''' Something about Kong, Godzilla, a crate of scotch and the Art/StatueOfLiberty...
37	* NotSoImaginaryFriend: In the flashback to the "early days of the strip", only Ned can talk to Argus due to the terms of the wizard's curse.
38	* OnlySaneWoman: Sammy, who has [[http://www.greystoneinn.net/d/20000219.html no patience for Argus' antics]].
39	* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Mac's roommate, who was [[spoiler:accidentally killed by a rock [[LaserGuidedKarma while ghost hunting]].]]
40	* PungeonMaster: Mac
41	-->'''Argus:''' ''(after a horrible date)'' I've been picking chewing tobacco out of my teeth all morning.
42	-->'''Mac:''' Ahhh. A Kodiak moment.
43	* PutOnABus: Mel Cooley
44	* RogerRabbitEffect: Argus, Ned and Inez are living cartoons.
45	* RunningGag: Argus is not fond of them.
46	* SecondFaceSmoke: The reason the plush Argus toy was discontinued.
47	-->'''Sammy:''' It was ''real smoke''! The darned thing needed a Surgeon General's warning!
48	* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Mac upon finding a mouse in his kitchen.
49	-->'''Mouse:''' I don't think the man saw me, but his girlfriend ''must'' have.
50	* ShipperOnDeck: Argus, for [[spoiler:Mac and Sammy]].
51	* ShowWithinAShow: The entire premise of the strip.
52	* SilverFox: The reason Mel Cooley is eager to get a job with ''[[ComicStrip/Blondie1930 Blondie''.
53	-->'''Argus:''' Good lord, man! What is she - 70? 80 years old?!
54	-->'''Mel Cooley:''' And she's ''still'' got it.
55	* StandUpComedy: Keagan's second job.
56	* TakenForGranite: Argus, being a gargoyle, has issues with his condo's "no lawn ornaments" policy.
57	* ThatDidntHappen: A tour group is bribed to forget they saw anything when a scripting [[http://www.greystoneinn.net/d/20000220.html goes awry]].
58	* TheCameo: A [[http://www.greystoneinn.net/d/20000630.html number of famous cartoon characters]] join Argus in DrowningTheirSorrows after failing to make ''People'''s "Sexiest Toons" list.
59	-->'''Argus:''' [[FrothyMugsOfWater Another round of root beer]].
60	* TheCasanova: Keagan, [[spoiler:before he meets Lightning Lady]].
61	* TheDevil: When Argus decides he needs a new agent, said agent is decidedly diabiolical in [[http://www.greystoneinn.net/d/20000727.html both appearance and action]].
62	* TheFundamentalist: Mr. Warship
63	* TokenNonHuman: Argus.
64	* YourMom: Lawrence tells Yo Momma jokes with ''[[http://www.greystoneinn.net/d/20000816.html style]]''.
65	* WingsDoNothing: Argus
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