Line #19 Webcomic/HijinksEnsue


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3	''[[http://hijinksensue.com/ Hijinks Ensue]]'' is a geek-oriented webcomic, written and drawn by Joel Watson. From its inception in 2007 to early 2012 it operated on a gag-a-day basis without any significant continuity, making fun of pop culture and geek issues from the eyes of the AuthorAvatar and his two best friends. (When making a short two or three installment comic, the artist would often add a comment condemning continuity in terms like "ahh, it burns!") Watson has subsequently admitted he didn't include continuity because he didn't view what he was doing as "real" fiction, and apologized.
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5	In 2012 continuing storylines were introduced, and as of 2013, it has been rebooted with an entirely continuity-based format covering the highly fictionalized--or at least one would ''hope'' so--life of the artist, his family, and his friends, including several other notable webcartoonists.
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7	The site also encompasses "LoFiJinks," black and white gag oriented strips drawn in a simpler style, and "Faneurysm," usually single-panel comics with a pop culture joke.
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9	Not to be confused with the trope HilarityEnsues.
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12	!!This webcomic provides examples of:
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14	* AlwaysChaoticEvil: FOX executives.
15	* AltText: Starting with the September 2010 site redesign.
16	* TheAlcoholic: Eli. He is very rarely shown sober.
17	* ArbitrarySkepticism: Parodied in [[http://hijinksensue.com/2009/05/13/a-severe-case-of-scullyosis/ this strip]].
18	* ArtEvolution: Most of it happens in the first dozen comics, but it appears ongoing.
19	* AuthorAppeal: While a geek in general, Joel ''loves'' Star Trek, especially Next Generation. In one ConRecap, he jokes that he has to hold himself back so the comic isn't entirerly about Star Trek.
20	* BazaarOfTheBizarre: Film/{{District 9}}, as parodied in [[http://hijinksensue.com/2009/08/17/its-a-tourist-trap/ this strip]]. "Oooh! Spoiled pig face!" Also the multipart comic [[http://hijinksensue.com/comic/under-the-bridge-downtown-pt-1/ Under the Bridge Downtown]] about a local swap meet.
21	* TheBear: Josh is a textbook example. He's also into Bears himself
22	* BaitAndSwitchComparison: Between spoiled hollandaise sauce and antifreeze.
23	* BizarreAlienBiology: Apparently, FOX executives don't have human hearts.
24	--> '''Executive''': Imagine something like a hate-filled pineapple.
25	* CameBackWrong:
26	** When Joel's hard drive died, and he used a few... unorthodox measures to revive it and recover the files on it, the whole ordeal was turned into a comic where the hard drive was anthromorphic, and reviving it turned it into an EmptyShell that drew gruesome images of murdering him.
27	** During the 2009 ''Futurama'' revival, Joel invoked this trope when FOX was rumored to be planning to replace the original voice actors with soundalikes, comparing it to the characters being brought back as zombies.
28	* CardBoardPrison: Literally; when Josh was arrested by the Swedish Government for his involvement in the file-sharing website ''Pirate Bay'', he's put in a prison run by the furniture chain IKEA. Not only is he expected to assemble all the furniture for his cell himself, the back wall is just pressboard held on with thumbtacks, allowing him to easily escape.
29	* {{Cosplay}}: Josh's infamous [[VideoGame/GodOfWar Kratos]] costume, which spurs him to create a kickass [[VideoGame/BioShock Big Daddy/Little Sister]] combo suit. Joel had everything needed for the suit (including an industrial drill, an old-timey diving suit and a pink dress) except the thread in his garage.
30	* {{Filler}}: The various "photo comics" that Joel has begun posting whenever he goes on a trip somewhere.
31	* CatchPhrase: "Shut up forever!" is used as a segue.
32	* ConRecap: Joe's gone to an ''Franchise/StarTrek'' convention. He dedicates one episode to recounting it as well as making sure for the nth time his fans know he loves the franchise.
33	* EvenEvilHasStandards: Satan appeared in one strip to chastise PatRobertson for his comments on Haiti in the wake of the earthquake disaster. He does, however, cut the call to cow-tow to [[TakeThat Rush Limbaugh]]
34	* GuestStrip
35	* HaveYouToldAnyoneElse: Provides the trope image.
36	* ImAHumanitarian: Josh ate ''his own'' replacement arm he had been growing from pig DNA when he realized it was made of pork.
37	** It should be noted that he grew the arm by cutting off his original one and dusting the wound with bacon bits because he read a story about a man who grew a new limb using pig DNA.
38	* {{Hobos}}: The recurring character Boxcar Pete, who wears a monocle, [[TalkLikeAPirate talks like a pirate]], and buys Josh's used iPhones.
39	* LaserGuidedKarma: The FOX Executive, who spent years terrorizing the network showrunners with layoffs, budget cuts and bad time slots, gets fired himself during one round of corporate reorganization. Unfortunately for Joel, the Executive sought him out since Joel is the closest thing he'd ever had to a friend. Keep in mind the only personal interaction they'd ever had was when the Executive forced Joel to choose between ''Dollhouse'' and ''Sarah Conner Chronicles'' by ''setting up a hostage situation with real people!''
40	--> '''Executive''': How do you cancel this door?
41	* LifeEmbellished: Almost none of what goes on in the strip happened, but the characters are real people. Often in the strip's blog entries, Watson will tell how much is true, how much is false, and who it happened to.
42	* NightmareFetishist: Eli, having been essentially raised on a steady diet of horror media since childhood is now basically immune to any sort of horror movie. He used to call [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]] "Papa Frederico" when he was a child.
43	* PodCast: Weekly.
44	* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Many strips are based on real-life events (and branch off heavily according to the RuleOfFunny): Josh's Kratos costume going viral, the site's issues with their first host, Joel's hard drive dying, Joel's spine problems...
45	* SliceOfLife
46	* TakeThat: Network TV, ''especially FOX'', the music industry, rich people who don't understand how the Internet works, Apple fanboys, etc...
47	* TalkLikeAPirate: Boxcar Pete.
48	* TheyKilledKenny: Josh. There's a tag for "Josh dies". This was eventually dropped.
49	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Josh ''really'' likes bacon.
50	* UnsoundEffect: Frequently.

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