Line #63 Webcomic/LegostarGalactica


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:
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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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