1 | ->'''Marty:''' Welcome aboard, Captain Smith, I'm Lieutenant Jasper, I'll be your XO.\ |
2 | '''Bob:''' Um... is there any particular reason you're... well... naked? |
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4 | ''[[http://www.legostargalactica.net/ Legostar Galactica]]'' is a science-fiction Franchise/{{Lego}} PhotoComic launched in August 2002 by Dusan M. Jeftinija, Ph.D., about the struggles of Captain Bob Smith, who had recently been transferred to the notorious starship ''[[DysfunctionJunction Muffin]]'' due to an [[NoodleIncident embarrassment to the military]] on his part. Initially dealing with his zany crew, Captain Bob has to go to great lengths to keep the ship together, but then [[FromBadToWorse it goes to hell]] when the [[Franchise/StarWars Sith]] start targeting the ''Muffin'' because of his second-in-command Jasper's ties (and those of the ship doctor, Reines) to the Jedi council. |
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6 | As the name may imply, the comic parodies science fiction movies, TV shows and novels, especially ''Franchise/StarTrek'', ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Series/DoctorWho'', ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'' and ''Series/{{Heroes}}''. Its level of parody shifts between AffectionateParody and pure satire (the "Legoes" arc comes to mind). |
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8 | ''Legostar Galactica'' is part of the ''Brick Comic Network''. |
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11 | !!Legostar Galactica provides examples of: |
12 | |
13 | * TwoPlusTortureMakesFive: Complete with [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] ShoutOut to both the trope's original name and to ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. |
14 | * AncientConspiracy: Darth Creepius and his origin story. |
15 | * AuthorAvatar |
16 | * BigBad: Darth Creepius. [[spoiler:Until he gets trapped in a black hole.]] |
17 | * BaitAndSwitchTyrant: [[spoiler: Lt. Pascal. She becomes a little nicer after the crew find out she's half-Nythrian.]] |
18 | * ButtMonkey: Marty, especially at the beginning. It's become a little less prominent as he's [[TookALevelInBadass taken a few levels in badass.]] |
19 | * CasanovaWannabe: Johnny Danger |
20 | * CanonImmigrant: |
21 | ** All the characters originally from ''Franchise/StarWars.'' |
22 | ** ''[[Series/DoctorWho The Doctor]]'' as well. |
23 | * ClusterFBomb: Everything 4675636B says, right from his [[http://www.legostargalactica.net/2002/08/28/08282002/ introduction]]. |
24 | * CerebusSyndrome: Slowly but surely. |
25 | * TheChessmaster: [[spoiler:Robin]] seems to have become one of these, almost single-handedly orchestrating a prison break in [[spoiler:"Cunningham's Eleven"]]. |
26 | * CommandRoster: As expected from a starship soap opera. |
27 | * DoubleAgent: [[spoiler: Marty. He never really joined the Sith; he was just setting them up.]] |
28 | * DualWielding: Combat style of choice for [[spoiler:[[FourStarBadass Admiral Graves]]]]. |
29 | * DysfunctionJunction: The ''Muffin.'' |
30 | * EmbarrassingFirstName: There's a reason that [[spoiler:Snoogiewoogielar]] goes by simply "TAG". |
31 | * EvilTwin: Rob, who is also a clone. [[spoiler: AKA Darth Pester]] |
32 | * FandomRivalry: In-Universe Parody: in a story arc where the characters visit a ''Franchise/HarryPotter''-themed planet and discover that the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fans are at war with ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' fans. The crew is expelled [[SciFiGhetto for being science fiction.]] |
33 | ** {{Shipping}} is parodied as well [[spoiler: when the crew ends up in a homoerotic bathhouse while trying to escape the ''Harry Potter'' fans with [[HoYay Harry and Ron]].]] |
34 | * FourStarBadass: Admiral Graves didn't reach that rank by [[Creator/GilbertAndSullivan filling out paperwork]], you know. |
35 | * GlacialApocalypse: The planet [[SlippySlideyIceWorld Devlin]] underwent one of these thousands of years in the past. [[Series/DoctorWho The Doctor]] and Lt. Chekhov visit it as it's happening in Season 18. |
36 | * GroinAttack: Johnny gets this from every girl he flirts with. |
37 | * HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Darth Angrius]] |
38 | ** HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: [[spoiler:[[http://www.legostargalactica.net/2010/10/13/ He joined the Sith again]].]] |
39 | ** FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Marty,]] until [[spoiler: [[http://www.legostargalactica.net/2010/10/08/ you find out that all along he was really a double agent.]]]] |
40 | * TheKirk: Captain Bob, initially. Lately he's been more of a ButtMonkey. |
41 | * KirkSummation: Delivered by Captain Bob to virtually every villain that attacks the ''Muffin'', to varying degrees of success. |
42 | * KickTheDog: [[http://www.legostargalactica.net/2006/03/27/03272006/ This comic]] does it literally. |
43 | * KirksRock: As you would expect from a ''Star Trek'' parody. |
44 | * LeaningOnTheFourthWall: During [[http://www.legostargalactica.net/2002/08/28/08282002/ this]] strip, as an explanation for why 4675636B is dropping his famous F-bombs at that moment. |
45 | * MadScientist: The Brain, who is incidentally a BrainInAJar. A very insane brain. PlayedForLaughs. |
46 | * MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: It's mainly a ''Star Trek'' parody, but elements from countless other major sci-fi series are featured. |
47 | * MeaningfulName: |
48 | ** The Sith lords' names, Johnny Danger, Red Shirt. |
49 | ** Dr. Malcom Notio, head of the research department. "Mal Notio" is Latin for "Bad Idea". |
50 | * TheMole: Darth Pestilous, [[spoiler:Princess Natalie.]]. |
51 | * MotorMouth: Ensign Skip Tyler |
52 | * NakedOnArrival: Marty, as the crew never lets him forget. |
53 | * NoIndoorVoice: [[http://www.legostargalactica.net/2010/05/23/05232010/ Shown here.]] |
54 | * NoodleIncident: Parodied and [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]]. everybody refers to Captain Bob's dismissal as the "Macaroni Incident". |
55 | * {{Omniglot}}: Bob is able to speak a variety of languages, including Cat. |
56 | * TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness: The Dark Council until they were revealed and later the Jedi Council |
57 | * ThePlan: One of Darth Creepius's has come to fruition, namely by [[spoiler:eliminating the Jedi as a threat and using an ancient lightsaber of great power to [[TheStarscream massacre the Dark Council and create a new order]]]]. |
58 | * PreAsskickingOneLiner: This [[http://www.legostargalactica.net/2010/10/20/ strip's]] full of 'em/ |
59 | * PrecisionFStrike: Can go several "episodes" without using any profanity stronger than "crap" before using words like "Fuck" and "Shit" every once in a while for effect. |
60 | * RedShirt: Parodied with the character named "Red Shirt", who dies in most of his appearances only to come [[ContractualImmortality back to life]] or be healed. This is attributed both to a family lineage of being incredibly prone to die and the fact he wears a red shirt, which is the cause of "Red Shirt Syndrome", as it's called in-universe. It's powerful enough to bend laser-beams to make them hit him instead of the people it was aimed at.[[labelnote:lampshade]]In one piece of dialogue, he reveals that his uniform used to be white like everyone else's. [[BloodyHilarious Guess why it's red now]].[[/labelnote]] |
61 | * RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The crew of the ''Muffin''. |
62 | * RougeAnglesOfSatin: Unclear if it is intentional or not, but during the "Legoes" arcs (the "Heroes" parody), a character regularly mentions using "heroine" instead of "heroin". |
63 | * RunningGag: Loads -- Marty's nakedness (not so much anymore), Red's deaths, Cunningham's phobias, TAG's embarrassing head colors, Johnny's crotch getting kicked, Jar Jar getting shot... |
64 | * ScheduleSlip: Completely and blessedly [[AvertedTrope averted]]. This is a daily comic, but the author has a buffer over 1 year in length set up. |
65 | %%* SingleBiomePlanet: All the planets the crew visits. |
66 | %%* SpacePirates |
67 | * StableTimeLoop: The one set up in the Season 9 episode "Prison Break" is revisited in the Season 12 episode "Prison Break Redux", this time from the other Belinda's point of view. |
68 | * TakeThat: Numerous, including a one to George Lucas by casting him as a member of the Dark Council. |
69 | * TheyKilledKenny: RedShirt usually gets killed whenever he shows up in an episode. It's a RunningGag in the story. |
70 | * ThereAreNoTherapists: At first lampshaded and then averted by having high command introduce a ship therapist to deal with the crew's neuroses, but then subverted when the therapist turns out to be [[TheDitz pretty crazy herself]] and not a help to anyone. |
71 | * TokenMinority: In this case, a token alien, which is lampshaded by naming him "Token Alien Guy". |
72 | * TookALevelInBadass: Reines [[spoiler:when it is revealed that she is a Jedi]] and Jasper [[spoiler:when he supposedly becomes a Sith Lord]], as well as Red Shirt, who starts out a mere RedShirt, and then eventually [[spoiler: helps to defeat the Big Bad, and is the only primary cast member present at the time.]] |
73 | * TwistEnding: The Legoes arc, much to the surprise of everyone who had gotten bored of it. |
74 | * WeCanRebuildHim: Done [[http://www.legostargalactica.net/2010/08/03/ here]]. |
75 | * TheWatcher: The omniscient being called ";" ([[TheUnpronounceable his name is unpronounceable in our inferior alphabet]]), or at least he claims to be. He is also an EnergyBeing with a physical avatar. |
76 | %%* WhatMeasureIsANonhuman: Played straight and lampshaded. |
77 | * WrenchWench: Shauna is the ship's engineer, and can make a warp drive out of a toaster. |
78 | * IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten: Upon becoming [[spoiler: a sith lord, Marty is told to kill Jedi knight Tyn.]] |
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