Line #55 Webcomic/MountainTime


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4	[[DadaComics Oh dear lord, what have I gotten myself into?]]
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6	''[[http://mountaincomics.com/ Mountain Time]]'' is a very strange StickFigureComic by Chris Combs. It consists mainly of non sequiturs, deriving much of its humour from such bizarre events as [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mountain-time-306/ a man removing his heart and turning it into macaroni salad]], [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mt643/ a woman whose silverware keeps getting stolen by ghosts]], [[RuleOfThree and]] [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mt934/ a salesman peddling hills as the latest new thing]]. The comic is often completely incomprehensible, but the author claims that [[MindScrew it always has a symbolic meaning]]. [[TheWalrusWasPaul He's probably making it up]]. We hope.
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9	!! This comic provides examples of:
10	* TheAlcoholic: Chimneyfoot drinks more than humanly possible, but then again, he isn't a human.
11	* AlienGeometries: Most notably in the Crypt.
12	* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Chimneyfoot. His character page even compares him to Rudolph.
13	* AnachronismStew: Computers have flat-screen monitors, but all the televisions are tube (complete with rabbit ears). Interstellar travel is apparently such a trivial matter that any pair of idiots can go on a mission to an exoplanet, but everyone still uses rotary phones. Knights interact with cowboys interact with robots sophisticated enough to have emotions. At least one person still has a beeper.
14	* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Used in-universe by [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mt747/ two characters arguing nonsense pregnancy rules]].
15	* AudienceParticipation: The author regularly responds to comments... in ways that make as much sense as the comic itself.
16	* BilingualBonus: [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mountain-time-447/ TORTHOS]], [[NoIndoorVoice EMPEROR OF THE INFERNAL REALM OF IUCUNDUM PRATI]]. "Iucundum Prati" is slightly mangled Latin for [[spoiler: Pleasant Meadows]].
17	** The comic also contains fair amounts of French and Spanish.
18	* BizarroUniverse: By flipping the Mountain Time logo upside down, [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mountain-time-375/ River Valley Time was born]]. Much unease followed.
19	* BleepDammit: Censor bars over [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mountain-time-493/ stick-figure nudity]] don't actually accomplish much.
20	* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: Attorney, architect, doctor, cop, doctor cop, attornitect, lava puncher, [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mountain-time-408/ etc.]]
21	* BreakTheCutie: Agoraphobic Hamster has been ripped from his comfort zone, spooked in his own house, and ''killed'' multiple times.
22	* BunnyEarsLawyer: Chimneyfoot is an unemployed, raging alcoholic, but he's also an extraordinar mathematician. The Great One collects hot dogs, but almost single-handedly keeps the world from ending.
23	* CaptainObvious: Raoul has a... condition.
24	* CatchPhrase: Self Aware Dinosaur's [[CaptainObvious "I'm a dinosaur!"]]
25	** It may not count as a catch phrase exactly, but Agoraphobic Hamster has "Eep!"
26	* CloudCuckooLander: A ''very'' large percentage of the characters.
27	** Marvin even has a cloud on top of his head.
28	* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Dr. Dee Mented [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mt647/ can't quite figure out why she feels so sick]].
29	* DadaComics: To varying degrees. [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mountain-time-172/ Here]] is a strong example.
30	* DidYouDie: [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mountain-time-345/ three times.]]
31	* DrinkingGame: A very easy game was described in the notes under [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/the-sink-that-destroyed-fear-but-was-not-a-sink/ this comic]], the rules simply being: drink any time you're reading Mountain Time.
32	* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Agoraphobic Hamster, Archery Buoy, Pelican Cello, Surf Rat...
33	* FateWorseThanDeath: Dave tricks someone into trapping himself in the five (but not fifth) dimension, where he faces a [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mountain-time-280/ very long]] and [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment cruel punishment]].
34	* FauxlosophicNarration: Any time the [[MixAndMatchCritter snailbear]] appears.
35	* FourthWallObserver: Agoraphobic Hamster interacts with the narrator on a regular basis. Some of the other characters do as well, but not nearly as frequently.
36	* FinishDialogueInUnison: Regarding what appears to be a faulty [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin crime]] [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/shorts-blaster/ ring]].
37	* GargleBlaster: Drinking [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mt731/ bearshine]] is sure to put you in a hallucinogenic blackout state and leave you with a fair bit of missing time.
38	* GreekChorus: The penguins. They seem to know about, and comment on, everything going on in the strip, but they're almost never ''involved'' in the slightest.
39	* GrimReaper: The Great One, god of death and hot dogs.
40	* HammerSpace: The onions' swords are larger than the onions themselves, but we never see them until they're drawn.
41	* HurricaneOfPuns: [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mountain-time-455/ Pillow Cop]] is good at causing them. He's soft, but not on crime. But that's just the cop side of him -- his other side is really cool.
42	* InsistentTerminology: A submarine is a ''boat'', not a ''ship''. This comes up more than once.
43	%%* JerkAss: Dave
44	* KonamiCode: [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mountain-time-141/ The Contra Waltz.]]
45	* LiteralMinded: The guy who isn't Dave in [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mountain-time-1/ the very first comic]], and many others.
46	** And then Dave [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mountain-time-394/ here]].
47	* LongList: Pelican Cello is apparently good at making them.
48	* MeatOVision: Happens to [[ItMakesSenseInContext George Washington]] in the [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mountain-time-516/ 26th century]].
49	* MindScrew: Quite often, really, but especially [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mountain-time-346/ here]].
50	** [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/destroy-all-mountain-time-242s/ This one]] also stands out.
51	* MixAndMatchCritters: The lirus, the snailbear, Pelican Cello, Burrito Squid...
52	* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Dave, who seems to have a new power every time he appears.
53	* {{Ninja}}: The onions. Yes, literally.
54	* NonindicativeName: It doesn't have terribly much to do with mountains or time.
55	** Also, Joe's Pool Hall. It's not a hall, it doesn't have a pool table, and there's no one called Joe there.
56	** Joe's Pool Hall is located in the Mystic Woods, in which there are no trees.
57	* NonSequiturThud: [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mt731/ Beefsmoke 4: The Smokening]] gives us two in a row.
58	--> '''Haywood:''' How is [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]] fat? Dude runs everywhere and only eats mushrooms!\
59	'''Marv:''' Italy is shaped like a boot. AND JAPAN, IF YOU LOOK AT IT RIGHT, ISN'T!
60	* NotWhatItLooksLike: played straight, and then, [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mountain-time-390/ um...]]
61	* OneManArmy: Adios Taco and Surf Rat have both resolved wars almost singlehandedly.
62	* PokemonSpeak: Soup-of-the-day Steve has a weird variant of this, where he can only say whatever the soup of the day is.
63	* PoliticalCartoon: Parodied in [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mt617/ this]] comic, which touches on NAFTA, Quebecois sovereignty, and Church's Chicken.
64	* PlanetOfSteves: Or, more accurately, Universe of Pauls.
65	* PrecisionFStrike: The comic has almost no swearing, but one recurring character is called Lenny the Fuck You Zebra.
66	* PreviouslyOn: Parodied in [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/lima/ this comic]].
67	* PullARabbitOutOfMyHat: Dave [[http://mountaincomics.com/2013/09/26/mountain-time-483/ plays with]] this one [[http://mountaincomics.com/2013/11/21/mountain-time-495/ now and then]].
68	* RealityIsOutToLunch: Reality only shows up for work a few hours a week. The sky is full of ham, settings change mid-conversation, and people suddenly discover they've recently robbed a bank.
69	* RealityWarper: Probably the best way to explain Dave's powers.
70	* RunningGag: Luther was right!
71	** Well, I'm not working in '''this''' coal mine any more.
72	** That really bends my sea lion.
73	* ShoutOut: There are many, but [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mountain-time-474/ this one]] to [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]] is among the most notable.
74	** To say nothing of a [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mountain-time-401/ surprisingly detailed]] [[Series/DoctorWho Dalek]] in a stick figure comic.
75	** ''Film/TheFly1958'' gets an absurd homage in [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mt741/ this comic]].
76	* SnapBack: Otherwise everyone would be dead, like, thrice. There was even a time when Helen Hunt [[BeyondTheImpossible killed more people than live on Earth]]. [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/the-unstartled-giraffe-12/ Traffic was still bad.]] Afterward, the world was no worse for the wear.
77	* SplitPersonality: Donna the Bears. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Her personalities are all bears.]]
78	* StealthPun: [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mountain-time-425/ David Tennant's chewing gum]] is [[ChewingTheScenery scenery-flavoured]].
79	* SurrealHumor: Basically the whole point. Heck, the comic's tagline is "surreal comics for real people."
80	* StandardHeroReward: The White Knight's motivation for slaying the Dreadful Dragon is the hand of Princess Online Dating in marriage.
81	* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Frequently.
82	* TheMagazineRule: ''Are You Thinking About Cows?,'' ''Tumbleweed Enthusiast,'' ''I Don't Know Myself,'' and ''Toxic Landfill'' are all magazines available in the Mountain Time universe.
83	* TinTyrant: [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mountain-time-447/ TORTHOS]], [[NoIndoorVoice EMPEROR OF THE INFERNAL REALM OF IUCUNDUM PRATI]].
84	* TitleDrop: [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mountain-time-333/ No, it's Mountain Time.]]
85	* TotemPoleTrench: [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mt958/ This strip]] features Bottom, a squat little...thing who was ''genetically engineered'' to be the lower half of one of these.
86	* UnsoundEffect: [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mt791/ Detach! Be affected by gravity!]]
87	* XDaysSince: [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mountain-time-329/ Being a supervillain.]]
88	* VerbalTic: AAAAH! Troper! Burrito Squid has one.
89	* WavingSignsAround: [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mountain-time-414/ Branching off]] from the the whole "John 3:16" idea.
90	* WordSaladTitle: Comics tend to have titles like ''Immortality Through Unremarkable Yellow Stickers'' or ''Fascism's Belly Button.''
91	* WorldOfWeirdness
92	* WorstNewsJudgementEver: A running gag.
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