Line #289 Webcomic/LsEmpire


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3	->''"Excellent, [[AllAccordingToPlan everything is mostly going somewhat according to my vague plan]]."''
4	-->-- '''Luigi''' showing he has no idea what he's doing
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6	''[[https://ia801708.us.archive.org/26/items/smackjeeves-33751/33751/index.html L's Empire]]'' is a webcomic hosted on Website/SmackJeeves written by Tropers/{{Gamermaster}} and his younger brother [=SubrosianDimitri=], that follows Luigi leaving Mario and then going off to form his own "Empire." To accomplish his vague goals, he enlists [[VideoGame/SuperPaperMario a gay clown]], [[VideoGame/MegaMan3 a narcissistic robot]], and [[OriginalCharacter a mentally unstable green guy with a spear]]. HilarityEnsues.
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8	The comic updates 8:00 AM EST every day. Also the Authors have a habit of putting A LOT of information in their author comments, so a good chunk of the tropes are AllThereInTheManual.
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10	Has nothing to do with [[Manga/DeathNote that other L]].
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13	!!Tropes used include:
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15	%%* AllJustADream: [[spoiler: The AprilFoolsDay special.]]
16	* AllThereInTheManual:
17	** The authors really like doing this, especially with the Lcyclopedia and the Author Comments. They're the only places where you can find out the powers of the other two Y Guys.
18	** Inverted with Mr L's entry in the character page, which tells the reader to go read the comic for more information.
19	%%* AloofBigBrother: Shadowpalm
20	%%* AltText: Every single page [[note]]Except for the first 23 pages of the AprilFoolsDay special[[/note]]. Sometimes their jokes will span multiple pages.
21	%%* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: The Kayoss, well the males at any rate.
22	* AmusinglyAwfulAim: Void misses an attack despite being less than a foot from his target ([[RuleOfFunny his attack turned at a 90 degree angle]]). Earlier, he missed every attack while training (except for the one spear head that ended up on the back of the target).
23	* ArcFatigue: In-Universe example. The authors themselves get tired of the arc, so they just fast forward to the end of it.
24	%%* ArcVillain: In order:
25	%%** [[spoiler:Dark Star]] for the [=DS=] Saga.
26	%%** Phala (the Pixl Queen) for the [=PQ=] Saga.
27	%%** Sergeant Smacka for the [=SS=] Saga.
28	* ArcWords: "Beware the night of five lights." [[labelnote:MASSIVE SPOILER]]It refers to Dark Star, the '''knight''' of the five lights (both characters who said the line were Kayoss, and Kayoss are terrible at spelling), who is trying to collect five specific shards of the Master Stars so he can become an author.[[/labelnote]]
29	* ArtInitiatesLife: Reco makes recolors by painting them on a canvas. However, he has no control over his creations once they come to life.
30	* ArtisticLicenseBiology: The SlashFic Future!Void was reading:
31	-->'''Future!Void''': Ugh, don't these fanfiction writers have the slightest clue on how Kayoss biology works?
32	* ArtEvolution: The background for the Pixl's hideout went from MS Paint to Gradient. [[spoiler: This was a clue that they were hiding in the new world created by Count Bleck's minions.]]
33	* ArtShift: On occasion, the comic will change to different sprite styles, (including various types of 8-bit and VideoGame/PaperMario64). Geminiman is never affected.
34	%%* AuthorAvatar: Both of the authors have one and [[spoiler: so does Dark Star.]]
35	* AuthorPowers: The authors can [[TimeStandsStill freeze time]], make [[OurWormholesAreDifferent glitch holes]] and [[RealityWarper warp the fabric of reality itself]]. They normally don't get involved because [[StoryBreakerPower the story would then be boring]].
36	* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: A literal example, where the king or queen of Kayoss is granted the ability of StrongAsTheyNeedToBe.
37	* BadassBoast: [[spoiler:Dark Star]] gives one that overlaps with IHaveManyNames:
38	-->'''Whacka''': And just who are you?
39	-->'''[[spoiler:Dark Star]]''': Who am I? I am the Shadow Constellation. I am the Black Prism. I am the Color of Evil. [[OverlyLongGag I am he who calls your mother a fat cow and gets away with it]]. I AM... [[spoiler: DARK STAR]]!
40	%%* BeamSpam: While not used per se, there is a running gag where all KameHameHadoken are referred to as such.
41	%%* BerserkButton: Dimentio's dislike of fancy intros. Also, calling [[{{Narcissist}} Geminiman]] ugly.
42	* BetaTestBaddie: QS, who feels incomplete in the fact that he can't form his body from the waist down into anything but a pile of mercury.
43	%%* BetterThanABareBulb
44	* BeyondTheImpossible: It was stressed that the Master Stars [[MediumAwareness can not change the angle they are viewed from and are unaffected by shading or photoshop effects]], even remaining the same during [[ArtShift art shifts]]. [[spoiler: In his very first appearance, Dark Star manages to not only fade them into the page, but make them glow and turn them.]]
45	* BigDamnHero: [[spoiler: All 6 of the grandmasters of Nej-Lök show up to help L's Empire in the fight against Dark Star.]]
46	* BizarreAlienBiology: All Kayoss have disembodied feet and male Kayoss breath through their eyes and skin, have disembodied hands, and no mouths. The Limbs are controlled via pheromones.
47	* BizarreAlienReproduction: Kayoss can only reproduce with [[OneTrueLove a single being]] (although they being can be of [[InterspeciesRomance any species]], and sometimes [[RoboShip it doesn't even need to be a living thing]]), they exchange genetic material by wanting to have a kid and holding hands, and they can only have three (living) children at a time.
48	* BizarreSexualDimorphism: Female Kayoss look like human women with [[FloatingLimbs floating feet]] and no noses. Male Kayoss have no hair or mouths along with a [[Manga/DragonBallZ Majin Buu]] head tentacle, can breath through their eyes, have [[FloatingLimbs floating hands]] to go along with their feet and can absorb life energy though their hands.
49	%%* TheBlank: See EyelessFace
50	%%* BondCreatures: Peri to Shadowpalm.
51	* BreakingTheFourthWall: The fourth walls entry in the Lcyclopedia is "Purely hypothetical."
52	%%* BrickJoke: What was clogging up Mario's toilet? [[spoiler: Yoshi.]]
53	* ButLiquorIsQuicker: PlayedForLaughs. Pix's birth was a result of his parents getting drunk on lint blood (which was previously established to be alcoholic). This was used less as an excuse to get them hooked up and more as a HandWave as to why they can't explain ''how'' [[spoiler: a dark god and a woman in an artificial 2D body]] had sex.
54	%%* ButtMonkey: Void
55	%%* CallingYourAttacks: Since Gamermaster is a fan of {{Shonen}} manga like ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' and ''Manga/OnePiece'', this trope is a given.
56	* CatchPhrase:
57	** QS has a habit of shouting Boo when he makes his presence known.
58	** On a more meta level, one of the fans has a habit of asking "OMG What will happen NOW?" (spelling varies in each usage).
59	* ChainPain: Daisy uses a chain that Pix fused with a thunder bomb. Although she and [[spoiler: her daughter]] prefer the term "Thunder Whip".
60	* CheatedAngle: The Master Stars are per WordOfGod always seen from the same angle and are unaffected by changes in lighting. [[spoiler: The fact that Dark Star is able to change their angle is treated as a case of BeyondTheImpossible.]]
61	* ChekhovsGunman: Pete the Primid appeared for a single panel and promptly disappeared from the comic. 890 pages later [[spoiler: he turns out to be the Smash Threader.]]
62	* TheCoatsAreOff: When Palmaster decided to fight seriously against Shadowpalm, he took off his cloak (he also put away the portable copy of VideoGame/{{Battletoads}} that he was playing, [[RuleOfFunny but that was more for laughs]].)
63	* CoincidentalBroadcast: When Gemini Man gets locked into a video game, there's an ad playing for the very game system that matches up with the cartridge.
64	%%* ColourCodedTimestop: Used occasionally and discussed by Gamermaster.
65	* ComboPlatterPowers: The members of the Kayoss Royal family get complete control over a word, and all its definitions.
66	%%* CompellingVoice: Carnation
67	%%** Also her father, [[AllThereInTheManual Wyrld Distrukshun.]]
68	* CoverIdentityAnomaly: Mirror!Luigi blows his cover when Dimentio asks him what Mr L got him as a wedding present. [[spoiler: [[BluffingTheImposter He didn't get him anything]].]]
69	* CrownShapedHead:
70	** Exaggerated with Phala. Her entire head is a 3 pointed golden crown.
71	** Pix also has two bumps coming out of the top point of his star-shaped body, giving the illusion of a crown. [[spoiler: It's one of the clues that he's her KidFromTheFuture.]]
72	* CursedWithAwesome: ANY power up that Gemini Man might get is deemed useless by him [[{{Narcissist}} because they make him ugly]].
73	* CutsceneIncompetence: When Rib and Bow are kidnapped, the kidnappers run right past L's Empire and the Y Guys. The authors stated that the reason they didn't try to stop them is because it was a cutscene.
74	%%* DarkIsEvil: [[spoiler:Dark Star]]
75	%%* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler: Dimentio. He teleported himself out of the Underwhere back to the land of the living.]]
76	%%* DeadpanSnarker: Indx, most likely due to being in solitary for 1500 years.
77	* DeathIsCheap: [[spoiler:Mario]] gets their head cut of multiple time, in a matter of a few minutes. [[spoiler: However a new head just pops up every time.]]
78	%%** Also pointed out by Mr L [[http://l-empire.smackjeeves.com/comics/1272108/oil-is-thicker-than-water-pt-6/ here]].
79	* DeadGuyJunior: Kind of, as Hector is named after his grandfathers and they're all undead.
80	* DemonicPossession: Dimentio was possessed by Dark Star during the events of ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario''.
81	%%* DeusExMachina: [[http://l-empire.smackjeeves.com/comics/504379/project-runaway-pt-25/ Used and justified by the authors]], this is a comedy after all.
82	* DisproportionateRetribution: Geminiman wants to kill Void for for doing the following (all in the first saga): [[http://l-empire.smackjeeves.com/comics/367203/origins-of-the-akward-pt-4/ Calling him an 8 bit recolor,]] [[http://l-empire.smackjeeves.com/comics/444065/date-with-disaster-pt-3/ going on a date with his older half sister,]] [[http://l-empire.smackjeeves.com/comics/445037/date-with-disaster-pt-6/ stealing his credit card to pay for said date,]] [[http://l-empire.smackjeeves.com/comics/451898/project-runaway-pt-3/ making a bunch]] [[http://l-empire.smackjeeves.com/comics/452168/project-runaway-pt-4/ of head puns when]] [[http://l-empire.smackjeeves.com/comics/456975/project-runaway-pt-10/ he was decapitated,]] [[http://l-empire.smackjeeves.com/comics/452899/project-runaway-pt-6/ impaling him on a spear]], [[http://l-empire.smackjeeves.com/comics/504379/project-runaway-pt-25/ freezing him with a deus ex machina,]] [[http://l-empire.smackjeeves.com/comics/636711/the-devil-in-a-pink-dress-pt-3/ destroying his blue armor polish,]] [[http://l-empire.smackjeeves.com/comics/660960/the-devil-in-a-pink-dress-pt-12/ ruining his armor after another polishing,]] [[http://l-empire.smackjeeves.com/comics/666661/one-weeks-notice-pt-2/ and blowing up his arm]]. What's so disproportionate about that? He wants to kill him once for each event.
83	* DontExplainTheJoke: Void has a bad habit of explaining jokes and pointing out obvious plot points.
84	-->'''Mr L:''' [[SarcasmMode Sigh Yes Void, thank you for explaining the joke]].
85	%%* DrillSergeantNasty: Hime, but you can't argue with her results.
86	%%* DropTheCow: Happens to Mr L three times in a row. He [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] it after the second time.
87	--> '''Mr L:''' Why... Me?
88	* DudeNotFunny: In-Universe example. At one point, they find themselves in a pocket dimension inside [[spoiler: [[WombLevel Daisy's womb]]]] (don't ask), and Geminiman decides that the best way to get out is to blast [[spoiler: the fetus]]. Mr L whips out his lightsaber and scolds Geminiman for even thinking of threatening [[spoiler: his child]]. Gamermaster even says that they've gone beyond the realm of good taste.
89	* EarlyBirdCameo:
90	** [[HybridMonster Toadbas]] first appeared in a video showing off a texture hack for ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' before showing up in the actual comic 2 years later.
91	** Gaio the Ancient made his first appearance when [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link]] [[RageAgainstTheAuthor held [=SubrosianDimitri=] hostage]]. He entered the story proper 345 pages later.
92	** Gold Joe appeared in silhouette when the comic went on hiatus. He wasn't properly introduced for another 353 pages.
93	** Pix first appeared at the same time as Gaio and didn't appear [[TimeTravel in the present]] for another 382 pages.
94	*** Indx beats out all of them. She first appeared with Pix and Gaio, and then didn't show up again for 661 pages.
95	*** And the winner is Pete the Primid, who appeared for a single panel as a reference, got kicked out, and promptly disappeared from the comic. Cue 890 pages later [[spoiler: and he becomes relevant as the Smash Threader.]]
96	* EasilyForgiven: Subverted. [[spoiler:Everyone forgives Phala for her actions as the Pixl Queen. Everyone except her daughter, who was the one person she wanted forgiveness from. However, Indx's inability to forgive her mother doesn't stop her from saying she still loves her.]]
97	%%* EmbarrassingButEmpoweringOutfit: Geminiman's Virus Mode.
98	%%* EnfantTerrible: Carnation. When she's bored, she tortures Void. When she can't find Void, she tortures Shadowpalm. When she cant find Shadowpalm, she commits mass genocide.
99	* EurekaMoment: [[spoiler: Geminiman pointing out a star shaped hole in the ceiling makes Dimentio realize that someone is collecting five specific shards of the Master Stars (by arranging the stars into a pentagon it shows that the missing shards form a star).]]
100	* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin:
101	** Sue Ez Spensive, it's an expensive restaurant.
102	** Also, the princess of the Sammer Guys is named [[UsefulNotes/JapaneseHonorifics Hime]].
103	%%* ExpospeakGag: [[http://l-empire.smackjeeves.com/comics/528918/mission-improbable-pt-6/ Here]].
104	* ExtremeOmnivore: Fluffy will swallow anything except [[http://l-empire.smackjeeves.com/comics/504884/project-runaway-pt-27/ a mass of mercury based nano-machines.]]
105	* EyelessFace: Palmaster partially deconstructs this while combining it with TheBlank. Male Kayoss only have eyes on their heads to begin with, and since they breath through their eyes (and partially through their skin), he can't move that much because of a lack of oxygen.
106	%%* {{Facepalm}}: [[http://l-empire.smackjeeves.com/comics/782468/a-bunch-of-y-guys-pt-17/ Here]].
107	* FakeKing: [[spoiler: Just like in [[VideoGame/SuperPaperMario the game he came from]], King Sammer is impersonated by a shapeshifter.]]
108	%%* FantasticFightingStyle: Nej-Lök and Mer-Krydda.
109	* FantasticNamingConvention: Kayoss have a sibling seniority naming system on top of their gender based ThemeNaming (destruction themed for boys and flowers for girls). Eldest children have a long first name and no middle name, second children have a short first name and short middle name, and the youngest have a long first name and middle name (they're biologically incapable of having more than three living children).
110	%%* FillerStrips: Very rarely, and always put up outside of the regular update schedule.
111	* FinaglesLaw: By the words of Gamermaster, "In Webcomics, the only law is Murphys law."
112	* FlameWar: [[spoiler: Gamermaster and Dark Star got into one over the latter's {{Jerkass}} behavior.]]
113	%%* [[FluffyTheTerrible Fluffy the]] [[VideoGame/{{Mother 3}} Ultimate Chimera]]%% Sinkholes are not context. Please rewrite into a proper example.
114	* {{Foreshadowing}}: Done with all the subtlety of a brick to the face and lampshaded to the Nth degree. [[http://l-empire.smackjeeves.com/comics/1098731/science-unfair-pt-16/ You'd be surprised]] [[http://l-empire.smackjeeves.com/comics/1959010/skim-skirmish-pt-13/ just how subtle it can be]].
115	* FrameBreak: Done as part of a WhamShot when [[spoiler: Temporary Dark Samus [[http://l-empire.smackjeeves.com/comics/2315292/the-end-is-nigh-pt-12/ jumps out of the frame of the comic]], [[RageAgainstTheAuthor taking Gamermaster with him]].]]
116	* FreakyFridayFlip: [[spoiler: Void and Gemininman end up in each other's bodies the second time Spearhead is defused, due to Present!Pix's inexperience with his fusion powers. Coincidentally, the page that they swapped went up on a Friday.]]
117	* FunWithAcronyms:
118	** FUSS[[note]]Federation of United Species Summit[[/note]]
119	** TACT[[note]]Temporal Anomaly Correction Team[[/note]]
120	** LEET [[note]]L's Empire Extermination Team[[/note]]
121	** SLIP [[note]]Soul Lacking Infantry Pixl[[/note]]
122	** Reco's '''R'''ecolor '''G'''enesis '''B'''rush.
123	* FusionDance: Pix has the unique ability to act as a catalyst for a composite type for any two objects or people he wants. He can also undo the fusion whenever he wants.
124	* FutureBadass: 700 after the main story, Void has ascended to the Throne of Chaos and [[StrongAsTheyNeedToBe can beat anyone in the raw power department]]. Plus his aim has improved.
125	* GhostMemory: Due to [[FourthWallObserver the way that godhood works]], Pix is born with a complete memory of the past events of the comic (including the appearances of his future self). However, this only includes things that have actually been seen by the audience. His own private thoughts, muscle memory, and knowledge of how to use his FusionDance powers did not carry over. It takes him at least a week before he's able to talk properly, and his first two fusion attempts cause misfires (along with a half hour cool-down time that his future self lacks).
126	* GISSyndrome: [[http://l-empire.smackjeeves.com/comics/1479038/4th-l-niversary/ The 4th anniversary]].
127	* GlassCannon: [[WordOfGod Gamermaster]] describes Void as such, with his abilities almost completely devoted to offense. Of course, [[MadeOfIron this is only by Kayoss standards]].
128	* GlowingEyesOfDoom: [[http://l-empire.smackjeeves.com/comics/768614/happy-new-year/ The start of the DS Saga]] [[http://l-empire.smackjeeves.com/comics/1532603/pq-saga/ and the PQ Saga]].
129	* GodMode: Prevented by the God Mod Formula.
130	* GodOfEvil: [[spoiler:Dark Star]]
131	* GottaCatchThemAll: The Master Stars. [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. Only the last shard of the Mirror Star was actually important (it's the one that Dark Star needed to complete his plans). This was [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Void.]]
132	%%* GratuitousForeignLanguage: The fighting style Nej-Lök and all related terms.
133	* GreenThumb: Sort of, as Gardener's power lets her make easily removable hypo-allergenic flowers grow on the heads of people she touches. Technically the first queen of the Kayoss, Kaamylla Ryndum, had this as part of her power.
134	* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: [[spoiler: Dark Star cuts Fluffy in half off-screen. He gets better.]]
135	* HalloweenCosplay: [[http://l-empire.smackjeeves.com/comics/727760/happy-holloween/ here]] and [[http://l-empire.smackjeeves.com/comics/1334793/halloween-2011/ here]].
136	* HandicappedBadass: Palmaster was born without eyes so he can't see or move that much[[note]]Male Kayoss breathe through their eyes (and partially through their skin)[[/note]], but that doesn't stop him from being one of the most powerful fighters in the comic.
137	** Shadowpalm as well. Since he was born before his father ascended to the throne, he doesn't have royal powers, plus he can't store Vim due to the fact that he has a second pair of hands instead of feet.
138	* HandyFeet: Shadowpalm has a second pair of hands for his feet (it's mentioned as being a mutation). This actually hinders him since the ManaDrain effects of his SupernaturalMartialArts requires feet flat on the ground.
139	* HaveWeMetYet: Happens when Void meets Reco for the first time in the future.
140	* HealingFactor: Both Geminiman and the the Hooniversity itself are granted this through the power of Void's (and later Carnation's) Chaos Heart.
141	* HeWillComeForMe: After she's kidnapped by the Pixl Army, Timpani is confident that her husband will come rescue her, saying that the villians have no idea how far he'd go for her (for those not in the know, [[VideoGame/SuperPaperMario the last time she disappeared]] he went on a SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum when he couldn't find her.) Subverted since Indx didn't let him come along and demanded he get some therapy after having ''another'' SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum. Timpani is resuced, but it was [[spoiler: Daisy (who had also been kidnapped)]] that rescued her.
142	* HighlyVisibleNinja: Endboss may have become a ninja, but he still wears the same bright yellow outfit. Void also claims to be one, but his credentials are questionable.
143	* HostileShowTakeover: While Geminiman was trapped inside a video game, Link from the Authors previous comic drugs and takes [=SubrosianDimitri=] hostage. His motive? [[spoiler: [[OrphanedSeries His comic hadn't been updated in two years.]]]]
144	* HypnotizeTheCaptive: Inverted by Carnation.
145	* HypocriticalHeartwarming: Hime is the only one allowed to insult her students.
146	* IAmLegion: Sometimes Gemini Man talks like this. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] because he can multiply, and there's someone else living in his head.
147	* IAmNotLeftHanded: Mr L wears shoes with heavy iron soles. [[SuperSpeed When he takes them off...]]
148	* IHaveManyNames: [[spoiler:Dark Star]], who likes to list off his names when trying to be intimidating: The Black God of Power, [[spoiler: Knight of Five Lights]], Endless Umbra, Shadow Constellation, Black Prism, Starlight's Antithesis, Color of Evil, [[OverlyLongGag He who calls your mother a fat cow and gets away with it]], [[Franchise/LyricalNanoha Master of the Night Sky]], Daylight's Requiem, and Almighty Shade.
149	* IdiotBall: In the words of Gamermaster "...this is a comic so everyone has to be slightly on the idiotic side."
150	* IkeaErotica: Once again, the SlashFic that future!Void was reading (Although Geminiman is a robot, so it might be partially accurate).
151	--> '''Future!Void''': And then Geminiman inserted his flashdrive into Void's...
152	* ImmortalImmaturity: Void, along with his brother and sister, act a lot less mature than people who are technically 17, 21 and 5 respectively.
153	* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: Poor Void. [[EpicFail He even misses]] [[http://l-empire.smackjeeves.com/comics/1296232/games-of-life-pt-13/ at point blank range]].
154	* ImprobablyHighIQ: Dimentio has an IQ of 256.
155	* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Pix.
156	* IntercontinuityCrossover: Done with the authors previous work, ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' HighSchoolAU, and with the younger authors {{Parody}} of bad sprite comics[[note]]although this comic was what inspired Gamermaster to make L's Empire making this more of a MythologyGag[[/note]].
157	* InterspeciesRomance: Several examples
158	** Rib (a Dry Bones) and Bow (a Boo).
159	** Carnation (a Kayoss) and Pix (a half pixl/demigod thing).
160	** Shadowpalm (a Kayoss) and Pari (a [[BondCreatures Nutrimensnam Sentent]])
161	* {{Invisibility}}: Void's Great Uncle has the power to control the transparency of anything; up to and including lies and emotions.
162	* ItMakesSenseInContext: Discussed by Gamermaster when [[http://l-empire.smackjeeves.com/comics/1486690/storming-the-castle-pt-35/ Luigi defeats Mirror!Luigi]].
163	* {{Jerkass}}: [[spoiler: Dark Star. When he became an author, he constantly posted rude responses to the readers comments.]]
164	* TheJuggernaut: Fluffy. He isn't called the ''[[VideoGame/{{Mother3}} Ultimate Invincible Chimera]]'' for nothing. [[spoiler: It's to the point where he was [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe cut in half]] and one fan's reaction was "meh, he'll get over it."]]
165	* KameHameHadoken: Dimentio fires them as part of a RunningGag.
166	* KarmaHoudini: Despite attempting a class X-5 apocalypse, and causing several X-4 ones, [[spoiler:Sergeant Smacka]] ends up getting off scot-free. He actually ends up better off than when he started his plan. This is, naturally, lampshaded.
167	* KidFromTheFuture: All three members of [[TimePolice TACT]] are kids of members of the cast. Hector is Rib and Bow's son, Pix is [[spoiler: Dark Star and Phala's son]] and Rosa is [[spoiler:Luigi and Daisy's daughter]].
168	** [[spoiler: Subverted in Rosa's case. By the time she traveled back to the present, Daisy was already pregnant with her. And we don't find out that Dark Star and Phala are Pix's parents until after he's born.]]
169	* KillerRabbit: Carnation. Even though she isn't physically dangerous, she can hypnotize you to kill yourself and is perfectly willing to do so.
170	* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Dimentio doesn't have any memory of the events of ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'' because [[spoiler:he was possessed by Dark Star at the time.]]
171	* LateArrivalSpoiler: [[spoiler: Due to the fact that the comic profile page shows all of the authors, it's nigh impossible to not know about Dark Star and the fact that he becomes an author.]]
172	* LifeEnergy: Vim
173	* LimbSensationFascination: [[spoiler: Void]] spends several pages staring at his hands while getting used to the sensation of having [[spoiler: limbs and a mouth]] after a FreakyFridayFlip with [[spoiler: Geminiman]].
174	* LiteralSplitPersonality: Siruv and Geminiman are the good and the ego respectively.
175	* LittleMissSnarker: Indx snarks a lot. Enough that her brother sent her a message from the future, telling her to cut down on it. It's probably a side effect of spending 1500 years in solitary.
176	* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Everyone seems to know what "[[ArcWords Beware the night of five lights]]" means, yet they refuse to tell L's Empire. [[spoiler: It turns out that it's because, if they were told, the audience would know and, therefor, [[ArcVillain Dark Star]] would know.]]
177	* LosingYourHead: Happens to Geminiman, and Void attempts to milk it for all it's worth, in every way except a ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' quote.
178	** Mirror!Mario later provided the quote. [[BeamMeUpScotty Incorrectly]].
179	* LoveAtFirstSight: As a result of their magical genetics, and being the living embodiments of order and chaos, all Kayoss will find [[OneTrueLove true love]] at first sight (and suffer a condition known as Love Struck, [[{{Squick}} where they drool out of their eyes]]). Mind you, it has to be first sight without time travel involved as shown with Carnation and Pix in the Valentines Day Special.
180	* MadeOfIron: Void and, by extension, all Kayoss. Geminiman even admits that almost all of his offscreen time is devoted to figuring out a way to even scratch Void.
181	* MagicGenetics: The Kayoss. Just take a look at BizarreAlienReproduction above to see how magical.
182	* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: Due to the release of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'', the boundaries between the video game universes kind of... er, merged to the point where it's neither a Multiverse or a Universe but something in between. The Conglomiverse. To put it simply, The dimensions are now like countries. You can walk from one to the other but depending on which one your in determines what the rules are.
183	* MeaningfulName: Several. One particular example would be the god of recolors who is named Reco Lord.
184	* MeaningfulTitles: All of the Grand Masters of Nej-Lök are given titles that reflect their fighting techniques, (with the exception of Stonemaster, who is named such because of his body patterns).[[note]][[DoubleSubversion Although the name still fits his power anyways]][[/note]]
185	* MesACrowd: While originally Gemini Man had the ability to create a hologram of himself, upon coming within proximity of Void's Chaos Heart he gained the ability to create an army of solid clones.
186	* MindControlEyes: Anyone under Carnation's spell gets blank pink eyes.
187	* MirrorUniverse: One storyline takes place in one. For bonus points, they actually get there by going through a mirror.
188	* MonsterMash: Hector Calcius Bone is the son of a Boo and a Dry Bones.
189	* MotorMouth: Wheel Man. Also [=SubrosianDimitri=] when he's excited.
190	* MultiArmedAndDangerous- Palamaster can make a near infinite amount of floating hands, without having to worry about the limb part.
191	** Shadowpalm technically counts, as he has two pairs of hands instead of having a pair of feet.
192	* MultiversalConqueror: What Empress Peach thought she was. [[CurbStompBattle Dimentio thought otherwise]].
193	* TheMultiverse: Actually a Conglomiverse (The universes are partially melded so that their boundaries connect but the different laws of physics still apply in separate sections).
194	* MythologyGag- Taken to it's most literal extreme, where the main cast from the creators previous comic show up because [[spoiler: [[OrphanedSeries their comic hadn't been updated in two years.]]]]
195	* MyNaymeIs: All Kayoss, because they can't spell.
196	* MySisterIsOffLimits: Gemini Man towards Void about Roll.
197	* {{Namedar}}: Indx's pixl ability.
198	* NewBodyOldAbilities: Void keeps his ability to summon spears out of thin air while under the effects of a FreakyFridayFlip with Geminiman due to the powers being bound to his mind and soul. It also ended up being the punchline to a three year long BrickJoke.
199	* NoblewomansLaugh: Phala has the stereotypical "Oh ho ho ho" complete with using her wing to cover where her mouth would be.
200	* NoodleImplements: General Man's purchase of the Hooniversity involved powdered milk.
201	* NoMouth: All male Kayoss.
202	* NoSell: [[spoiler: Unlike with previous characters who absorbed it, dodged it, or regenerated, Dark Star takes a full blast from Dimentio's Pet Peeves without a scratch or even flinching (He asked if it was supposed to tickle).]]
203	** On the less spoileriffic side, Geminiman is unaffected by Carnation's mind control because he's a robot.
204	* NotJustATournament: [[spoiler: QS took over King Sammer's Generic Tournament for Fighter Type People so he could collect all the pieces of the Vim Star.]]
205	* ObfuscatingStupidity: [=SubrosianDimitri=], the younger author, at least according to his brother.
206	* OddNameOut: Shadowpalm does not match the doom based naming conventions of male Kayoss.
207	** [[spoiler: Actually that's just a title. His birth name, Deethin, fits the normal pattern just fine.]]
208	* OffScreenRomance: [[spoiler:Dark Star and Phala]] had no hint of attraction to one another when they met. Cue two weeks later, and they had a son off-screen (the mechanics behind the conception and fast pregnancy were Handwaved with "we were drunk at the time")
209	* OneSteveLimit: Averted. Mr L actually gets confused when one character is introduced that shares their name with another one.
210	* OneTrueLove: Every Kayoss is guaranteed to meet theirs. However, it won't always be [[InterspeciesRomance the same species]] or even [[RoboShip a living thing]] ([[MagicGenetics yet they're still able to have fertile kids]]).
211	* OneWingedAngel: Both Gaio the Ancient and [[spoiler:Dark Star]] pull this off.
212	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Shadowpalm is only referred to as Deethin [[http://l-empire.smackjeeves.com/comics/827520/a-hand-of-darkness-pt-2/ once]]. It's to the point where his younger brother didn't even know that was his real name.
213	* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Literal in universe example, where Luigi looses his italian accent when he becomes Mr L.
214	* OppositesAttract: Pix and Carnation are pure good and pure evil respectively, yet they're each others OneTrueLove.
215	* OrderVersusChaos: Kayoss are the living representation of this concept.
216	* OurGodsAreDifferent: They are immortal and remember everything that happens on screen (even things they weren't present for). They also can instantly tell if someone else is a god or demigod and project a field that prevents plot important items from being detected. There are two types in the story:
217	** Universal Gods which are extremely powerful, but their abilities only work within their native dimension.
218	** Subversal Gods which are not as powerful, but their powers work everywhere.
219	* OurSoulsAreDifferent: Souls develop while the mind is developing with the fetus, only in reverse. They start off selfless and then develop selfishness. Kayoss are the only exception, their souls and minds being the same thing.
220	* PlayingWithFire: The Fyra Herre Flaremaster.
221	* {{Portmanteau}}: Used occasionally with Lcyclopedia (L Encyclopedia), Smashclysm (Smash Cataclysm), and Conglomiverse (Conglomerate Universe) being the main examples.
222	* PokemonSpeak: Weegee Weegee Weegee.
223	* PocketDimension: Gamermaster has a pocket dimension located in his left pocket. It's also noted that pocket dimensions, if not periodically cleaned, will become infested by creatures called [[{{Pun}} lints]].
224	* PowerAtAPrice: Played with by Geminiman's Virus Mode, which grants him a huge amount of power at the cost of, in [[{{Narcissist}} his]] view, making him hideous.
225	* PowerGlows: Void's old spear.
226	-->'''Void:''' [[LampshadeHanging Dude, name one magical artifact that DOESN'T glow]].
227	* PregnantBadass: [[http://l-empire.smackjeeves.com/comics/1955024/killer-queen-pt-17/ Daisy]]. Although, she's only at the end of her first trimester.
228	* PrincessesPreferPink: Peach and Carnation, although for the latter it's actually her skin.
229	* ProducePelting: Geminiman ends up getting hit with tomatoes when he puts on a concert to pay for the rent, leaving him to wonder where everyone got them. Turns out that Void was selling them, resulting in them making a net profit.
230	* ProjectileToast: The way that Geminiman communicates while in Nap Time.
231	* PunnyName: All male Kayoss.
232	* PuppyDogEyes: Carnation's method of hypnotizing her older brothers.
233	* PureIsNotGood: Carnation is pure evil.
234	* RageAgainstTheAuthor: [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link]] from the the creators previous comic, holds the younger author hostage because [[spoiler: [[OrphanedSeries they haven't updated his comic in two years]].]]
235	* RealLifeWritesThePlot: [[http://l-empire.smackjeeves.com/comics/544248/mission-improbable-pt-11/ Discussed here.]]
236	** Also when their landlord showed up, he tells them they haven't paid rent [[RealitySubtext since the comic went on hiatus]].
237	* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Kayoss age 100 times slower than humans do.
238	* RealMenWearPink: Blademaster, the most powerful [[FantasticFightingStyle Nej-Lök]] practitioner alive, has salmon pink skin with a lavender stripe running down his face.
239	* [[RealWomenDontWearDresses Real Women Choose if They Wear Dresses]]: Discussed. TomboyPrincess Daisy wears a yellow dress. When questioned on why, she responds as follows:
240	-->'''Daisy''': DID YOU EVER THINK THAT MAYBE I LIKE TO WEAR DRESSES? HUH, DID YOU EVER THINK OF THAT?
241	* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: [[spoiler: Dark Star]]. Text boxes included.
242	* RedEyesTakeWarning: Quite a few characters (most notably [[spoiler:Dark Star]]). Pix averts this as, despite him always having red eyes, he's [[IncorruptiblePurePureness the nicest guy in existence]].
243	** Also Dimentio, [[http://l-empire.smackjeeves.com/comics/1983101/follow-the-threader-pt-6/ here]] when he somehow noticed Smacka's [[BerserkButton fancy intro]].
244	* {{Robosexual}}: Void and [[VideoGame/MegaMan Roll]].
245	* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Hector Calcius Bone is both the heir to two kingdoms (the Boos and the Dry Bones) and is an active member of [[TimePolice T.A.C.T.]]
246	* RuleOfCool: Mr L seems to be a fan of this trope as it's the reason [[http://l-empire.smackjeeves.com/comics/1266360/oil-is-thicker-than-water-pt-3/ his group is called L's Empire]] and [[http://l-empire.smackjeeves.com/comics/1484781/storming-the-castle-pt-28/ why he started off his fight with Mirror!Luigi with a head on collision]].
247	* RunningGag: 5, misnamed tropes, everything being Void' fault, Fancy Intro's, spelling mistakes (especially the word sibling).
248	* ScheduleSlip: '''''[[http://l-empire.smackjeeves.com/comics/1507726/everybody-was-nej-l-k-fighting-pt-7/ Weaponized InUniverse]]''''' (Major Spoilers)
249	* SealedEvilInACan: [[spoiler: After his defeat, Dark Star is put in Gamermaster's [[PocketDimension left pocket]] and had all of his author powers except the ability to post author comments removed. Since it's another dimension, Dark Star can't use any of his godly powers because he's a universal god.]]
250	* SecondHandStorytelling: Often lampshaded.
251	* SemanticSuperpower: Every member of the Kayoss royal family born to the King or Queen gets one. Wyrld, The current king has the power of sound; so he can control sound waves, [[CompellingVoice make whatever he says perfectly believable]], and put anything into a perfect (sound) state. Shadowpalm doesn't have one because [[ExactWords he was born before his father became king]].
252	* ShaggyDogStory: [[spoiler: Only the last piece of the Mirror Star was actually necessary to the plot. The other 25 shards were completely non-concequential. [[LampshadeHanging This does not go unnoticed]].]]
253	* ShockAndAwe: Mr L's choice of attack apart from his [[Franchise/StarWars lightsaber]].
254	* ShoutOut: The AltText and author comments make numerous references, from WebAnimation/HomestarRunner and WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic to ''Theatre/WestSideStory'' and [[Film/TheAdventuresOfBuckarooBanzaiAcrossThe8thDimension Buckaroo Banzai]].
255	** Bow and Rib wonder if they could end up like Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet, until they realize that they're already dead.
256	** Also, Void and Shadowpalm both mention Manga/{{Naruto}} by name at one point.
257	** All of Mirror!Luigi's attacks are [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Fire-type moves]].
258	** Several storyline titles are references to other works: Literature/WarAndPeace, [[Series/ProjectRunway Project Runaway]], [[Film/MissionImpossible Mission Improbable]], [[Franchise/StarWars Duel of Fakes]], [[Film/TheDevilWearsPrada The Devil in a Pink Dress]], [[VideoGame/MegaMan2 Geminiman II]], [[Film/ThirteenGoingOnThirty 1709 Going On 2409]], [[VideoGame/BitTrip 8-Bit Trip]], [[Music/BritneySpears Shift Me Baby One More Time]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} A Whole New World]], [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Mirror Mirror in the Hall]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kung_Fu_Fighting Everybody was Nej-Lök Fighting]], [[Music/AnEveningWastedWithTomLehrer Narcissism Tango]], [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings The Return of the Queen]], [[WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot My Life as a Preteen Pixl]], [[Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} Who You Gonna Call]], [[Franchise/AceAttorney Turnabout Sweep]], [[Series/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow Do the Mario]], Theatre/IntoTheWoods, and [[Film/SavingPrivateRyan Saving Private Pix]].
259	*** Somewhere in Egypt... is one long ShoutOut to WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries (specifically, Marik's Evil Council of Doom).
260	** Professor E. Gadd's mirror world counterpart is called [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Doctor]] [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Gaddsano]].
261	* ShowWithinAShow: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Impossible Plot Channel.]] Hosted by Missingno.
262	* SiblingTeam: Shortstop and Fastball.
263	* SingleTargetSexuality: All Kayoss are destined to fall in love with a single being.
264	* {{Sizeshifter}}: Snowball's superpower that can make him 2, 3, 4, and 5 times bigger exactly. However, this is the only thing he can change, his mass remains the same.
265	* SoundEffectBleep: Whenever Gemini Man tries to curse, his programing literally causes him to say bleep.
266	* [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Spell My Name With A Space]]: Gemini Man or Geminiman? It depends on his mood.
267	** Also, Peri or Pari?
268	* SpinOff: [[http://www.smackjeeves.com/comicprofile.php?id=112539 Void's Game Reviews.]] It was originally hinted at in 2008, but didn't come around until 2011. [[OrphanedSeries And it only had three pages.]]
269	* SpontaneousWeaponCreation: Void can make spears shoot out of his hands and feet. [[FutureBadass In the future]], he can do it on any solid surface.
270	* SpriteComic
271	* StormingTheCastle: L's Empire attacks the Mushroom Empire in a storyline appropriately named [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Storming the Castle]].
272	* StraightGay: Dimentio
273	* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: One of the powers of the King or Queen (whichever one was born into the role) of the Kayoss is that they will always be stronger than the combined power of those they are fighting.
274	* SuperMode: Geminiman's Virus Mode. Siruv converts all of Geminiman's ego into power.
275	* SuperpoweredEvilSide: Inverted with the above. The source of the energy (Siruv) is actually nicer than Gemini Man.
276	* SuperpowerLottery: The Kayoss Royal Family's [[SemanticSuperpower words]].
277	* SuperSpeed: Void, as a result of growing up with a martial arts master that uses him as a punching bag for an older brother, and pure evil incarnate as a younger sister. Naturally it only works when he's running away.
278	** Mr L also has this [[IAmNotLeftHanded when he takes off his shoes]].
279	** This is also Windmasters specialty.
280	* StarCrossedLovers: As Rib and Bow are the children of FeudingFamilies, they wonder if they will [[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet end up like the trope namers.]] Since it's revealed that they have a KidFromTheFuture, it's obvious that they won't end up [[strike: dead]] even more dead than they already are.
281	* StealthMentor: Shadowpalm to Void. Although, the reasons are selfish.
282	* SweatDrop
283	* TakeThat:
284	** A good natured one towards recolors:
285	-->'''Reco:''' Why do you think there are so many (recolors) on [[Website/SmackJeeves this site]]?
286	-->'''[=SubrosianDimitri=]:''' OWNED!
287	** The SubbingVersusDubbing debate is made a punchline for Stafy and Starly's sibling rivalry. The alt text labels it as "the dumbest argument in the history of arguments." [[invoked]]
288	* TheTalk: With a twist. The listener (Void) reproduces [[BizarreAlienReproduction in a completely different way]] than the one giving the talk (Mr L). He is naturally [[{{Squick}} squicked out]] at it.
289	* TeamTitle
290	* TechnicolorNinjas: Void claims to be one, but the validity of this claim, unlike his coloration, has yet to be seen. Endboss on the other hand, plays it straight.
291	* TemptingFate: Multiple characters do this at one point or another with Void being the worst offender, to the point that Mr L actually calls him out on it.
292	-->'''Mr L:''' Seriously Void, learn basic narrative devices.
293	* ThemeNaming: All Male Kayoss have a full name that means some form of destruction. All Female Kayoss are [[FloralThemeNaming named after flowers]].
294	* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted when Blumiere is forced to get some therapy after his [[VideoGame/SuperPaperMario second]] SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum. [[http://l-empire.smackjeeves.com/comics/1743376/slip-and-fight-pt-12/ Hypnotherapy, to be precise]].
295	* TimeTravel: The rules are somewhat complex as explained in [[http://l-empire.smackjeeves.com/comics/1089303/getting-a-life-pt-18/ this comic.]] It includes:
296	** OnlyOneMeAllowedRightNow: Sort of, as is impossible to travel back in time from the point that you were born to the point that you left.
297	** SanDimasTime
298	** StableTimeLoop
299	*** YouCantFightFate: Subverted, while you can't change the past, you can't ''know'' the future, therefore the existence of fate is irrelevant.
300	** TimePolice: The Temporal Anomaly Correction Team
301	** TimeyWimeyBall: But only when dealing with magical time travel
302	* TournamentArc: King Sammer's Generic Tournament for Fighter Type People.
303	* TrainingFromHell: Rosa's training when she was younger involved climbing a steel wall by slamming her bare feet into it to create footholds.
304	* TransformationNameAnnouncement: [[http://l-empire.smackjeeves.com/comics/602999/duel-of-fakes-pt-32/ I AM SUPER MR L!]]
305	* TotallyRadical: Shortstop and Fastball, along with Lady Lima (a.k.a. the L'ster) try to be this. Lima does it to sound hip, but no reason is given for the other two.
306	%%* TranslatorBuddy: Tails Doll acts as this for Weegee.
307	* TzadikimNistarim: Threaders are basically this, being described as "[[IncrediblyLamePun threading together the fabric of the universe]]."
308	* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]]. [[spoiler: No one tells L's Empire about Dark Star and the plan to defeat him because if they find out, the audience finds out, which means Dark Star finds out (since he's a god, Dark Star remembers anything that happens on screen).]]
309	* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: Wyrld Distrukshun had Palmaster manipulate L's Empire into collecting the shards of the Master Stars, [[GenreSavvy knowing that the laws of narrative devices would lead them to finding the lost piece of the Mirror Star and draw Dark Star out of hiding]].]]
310	%%* UselessSuperpowers: The entire purpose of the Y Guys.
311	* VerbalTic: [[VideoGame/SonicR Tail's Doll]] has one. [-Is that ok?-]
312	* VisualPun: The Tre Herre's name is Kaytlle Klicm. What does his skin pattern resemble? A cow.
313	* VoluntaryShapeshifting:
314	** Gamermaster doesn't have his own personal sprites, so instead he transforms into various video game characters. However, [[MorphicResonance all of the forms he takes incorporate blue into their color schemes]].
315	** [[spoiler: QS also demonstrates this ability when he masquerades as King Sammer during the tournament.]]
316	%%* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:Dark Star]]
317	* WebcomicTime: The comic has been going on for close to 5 years, yet in-story it's only been 13 weeks. [[note]]Every time skip larger than a few hours is always one week long.[[/note]]
318	* WeAreAsMayflies: As stated earlier: Kayoss age 100 times slower than humans and can live to be up to 20000 years old. It helps that their genetics were magically influenced.
319	%%* WhipSword: Endboss wields one made up of shuriken.
320	* WhiteVoidRoom: There have been several cases where L's Empire ended up in a featureless white void: when they were in a brand new dimension, Gamermaster's [[PocketDimension left pocket]], and the VoidBetweenTheWorlds. They comment on this.
321	-->'''Void''': So this is the new dimension huh? Where's the color?\
322	'''Mr L''': Uh, Void. I think you mean, where's the EVERYTHING?
323	* WinToExit: {{Subverted\|Trope}}. They thought that beating the game would get Geminiman out, but it didn't. [[TakeAThirdOption So Dimentio just used his dimensional magic to free him off-screen]].
324	* WombLevel: Literal case when [[spoiler: the soul of Daisy and Luigi's unborn child transports them inside Daisy with the power of the Mirror Star (Daisy is with them in there, [[MindScrew which leads to some confusion]]) complete with the 7 week old fetus of Rosa in the background.]]
325	* TheWorfBarrage: [[KamehameHadouken Dimentio's Pet Peeves]] is one of the most powerful attacks in the series. As a result, it's the first thing used to show off the current villain. Though only one character actually {{No Sell}}ed it. Everyone else had to absorb it, dodge it, or reform after the attack.
326	* YoureNotMyFather: Rosa says this to Mr L when he scolds her on her manners. [[spoiler: Since she's his KidFromTheFuture, she ends the sentence with "... yet."]]
327	%%* ZombieApocalypse: The basic plot of the 2012 AprilFoolsDay special.
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