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| 12 | ''[[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/4 Nerf NOW!!]]'' is a gaming webcomic by Josué "Jo" Pereira. Originally centering on the RED and BLU Teams' endless battle in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', it later branched out to {{story arc}}s taking place in ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'', ''Franchise/StarCraft'', or one-shot comics based on other games. The latter is now the comic's primary focus, featuring metagaming issues from whatever game Jo thinks is most controversial at the time. What sets it apart from [[GamingWebcomics its rivals]] is its art, which is {{animesque}}, dangerously cute, and [[GrotesqueCute somewhat inappropriate for a scenario involving two factions trying to murder each other]]. Initially the comic attempted to tell the story without any dialogue but later expanded to using more {{speech bubbles}}. |
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| 14 | Recurring characters include the [=TF2=] cast, expanded to include gender-swaps and chibi versions of several characters, the female BLU Engineer Engie-tan who plays and comments on games when off-the-clock and the {{Author Avatar}}, which takes the form of a purple tentacle. Be aware that the comic provides generous servings of fanservice occasionally, making it somewhat NotSafeForWork (although not outright pornographic). |
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| 16 | In a rework of the concept, the comic now revolves around five characters that originated as gender-swapped ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' classes living in one house. Engie-tan has become Angie, the overworked, sarcastic, reluctant team-mother. Demowoman became Morgan, obsessed with rules and saddled with playing the straight man to Jane (developed out the Soldier-Tan) who likes to play pranks. Alek (Heavy Weapons Gal) is a gentle giant while Anne-Marie (Spyette) is devious and self-obsessed. |
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| 18 | ---- |
| 19 | !!Provides examples of: |
| 20 | * AbhorrentAdmirer: How did [[VideoGame/{{Dota2}} Enchantress]] get such high base speed? [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1466 Running from one of these.]] |
| 21 | * AccentuateTheNegative: Some of the humor comes from flaws Jo finds in video games. It's such an important part of the comic that [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2867 he's disappointed]] by ''VideoGame/{{Hades}}'', because there was nothing stupid or bad in there for him to make fun of. |
| 22 | * ActuallyADoombot: The Angie in comics 2574-2845 [[note]]from June 2019 to November 2020[[/note]] is [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2849 a robot]] that was so life-like, it was able to completely replace Angie, including doing the usual {{Fanservice}}, and nobody noticed. |
| 23 | * ACupAngst: Morgan shows signs of this from time to time. [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1659 "I think you got a couple pixels here wrong."]] |
| 24 | * AgeInappropriateDress: [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/3040 Angie]] refuses to let Maggie play a sorcerer in ''Lost Ark'', specifically because of the {{Stripperific}} outfits. |
| 25 | * AirQuotes: At one point, [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/435 Shepard throws the air quotes back in Spartacus' face.]] |
| 26 | * AllMenArePerverts: The Team Fortress crew? Mostly. Mario especially. Which leads to.... |
| 27 | * AllWomenAreLustful: The ladies are just as willing as the men. |
| 28 | * AlmostKiss: [[MomentKiller Dammit,]] [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/323 Scout!]] |
| 29 | * AlternateUniverse: In the [[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Alola]] region, people are different because of being raised in a different environment. Alola!Morgan walks around in {{Stripperific}} outfits, while Alola!Anne-Marie was raised as a nun, and not of the [[NaughtyNuns naughty variety]]. |
| 30 | * AlwaysABiggerFish: |
| 31 | ** One strip is titled "There Is Always Someone Bigger," and involves Valve putting the kibosh on the ESL in a fight over DMCA takedowns and video streaming rights. In keeping with the spirit of the trope, the author's commentary explains that it's largely because Valve wants to make sure that their own rights are protected; they don't necessarily care about the streamers that the ESL is attacking. |
| 32 | ** In one mini-arc named Isekai'd, Truck-Kun is about to run over Victoire when he himself gets run over by a bigger Truck-Kun and gets Isekai'd himself. |
| 33 | * AndIMustScream: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/570 Female Shepard probably shouldn't have used the Renegade option]] [[DoNotTauntCthulhu when backtalking the author.]] |
| 34 | * {{Animesque}}: SweatDrop? Check. CrossPoppingVeins? Check. CornerOfWoe? Check. LuminescentBlush? Check... |
| 35 | * AntiRoleModel: When [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1173 Jo kicks Engie]] out of the house and tells her to go her own way, she goes to [[VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}} Minette]] for help. Normally she doesn't like Minette, and that's still the case; Engie went to her for help because she's just an NPC. She was on the ballot when ''Skullgirls'' fans voted on new playable characters for the game, but she didn't win. Engie thinks this makes her a total loser, and so [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1176 she should study Minette to know what ''not'' to do]]. |
| 36 | * AppealToForce: The way to win a ComicBook/{{Batman}} vs. ComicBook/{{Superman}} argument [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2698 is to hit the Superman supporter with a Batarang]]. |
| 37 | * ArmorMeter: When [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2258 Morgan]] asks when the bar is going to drop the belly dancer theme, Angela checks the durability rating on her clothes. Afterwards, [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2259 Angela]] considers just repairing her outfit so she can keep wearing it, but Morgan can't wait to get rid of the outfits, and uses an AntiArmor attack to [[ClothingDamage break Angela's outfit]]. |
| 38 | * ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: In [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1376 this strip]], poking fun at NewMediaAreEvil as applied to video games. |
| 39 | --> '''Science:''' Gaming linked to terrorism, global warming, and balding. |
| 40 | * ArtEvolution: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/630 The November 22nd 2011 comic]] had much more detailed shading than previous ones (and Engie-tan dressed like an actual Engineer for a change). |
| 41 | * TheArtifact: The comic does very little with ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' nowadays, but the BLU Engie-tan still remained the female lead, and when she's replaced it's with four other [=TF2-tans=]. |
| 42 | * ArtisticLicense: Jo took one look at ComicBook/{{Raven}} from ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'' and draws her with a completely different face, which he calls "[[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1015 artistic liberty]]". |
| 43 | * AscendedFangirl: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1506 Alek liked]] the announcement of Zarya at the 2015 Pax. [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1823 She later]] gets Zarya's role at Overwatch, and [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1824 Jo styles her hair]] to fit. |
| 44 | * AttackBackfire: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2062 Xin, the Ember Spirit]] uses his [[IncendiaryExponent Searing Chains]] to trap Lina and Akasha, and is disturbed when the pair [[TooKinkyToTorture seem to like it]]. The comic's description says that winter is coming, implying that the girls like being set on fire when it gets chilly. |
| 45 | * AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Jane [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1211 gets distracted]] for her razzing Morgan by a DLC pack with extra achievements. |
| 46 | * AuthorAvatar: The Engineer with short, red hair. She appears more often than the other [=TF2-tans=] and is used as Jo Pereira's avatar for Twitter and Website/DeviantArt. Also, in [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/342 this strip]] and [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/248 various]] [[Franchise/MassEffect Mass Effect 2]] [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/244 strips]]. |
| 47 | ** And then denied [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/462 here]], where he is apparently a tentacle monster in the comic. |
| 48 | ** From time to time, he'll [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/478 occasionally appear]] [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/667 as himself]]. |
| 49 | ** An in-universe example - the BLU engineer [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/860 inserts herself into her own RPG campaign]] as the BigBad. Strongly implied to be a VillainSue as well(particularly given her reaction when the RED team manages to kill her with a lucky crit). |
| 50 | * BadassAdorable: Mini Medic-Tan when she gets her [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/136 Heavy training.]] |
| 51 | * BadassInANiceSuit: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1271 Anti-Mage, Slardar and Vengeful Spirit]] are getting ready to push while looking like TheMafia. |
| 52 | * BadBadActing: Engie-tan in [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1116 "Take One"]], although it's mainly because she just isn't trying. |
| 53 | * BagOfKidnapping: Engie-tan gets snatched with one in the very beginning of the comic. |
| 54 | * BatmanGambit: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/315 "Master Plan"]]. |
| 55 | * BeachEpisode: We see the aftermath of one in [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1725 this]] comic. |
| 56 | * BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: |
| 57 | ** Sniper snatches the canteen upgrade, intent on showing who the "true credit" is to the team...and RED Medic-tan admits [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/818 it really works.]] He later shows his worth with a CriticalHit in the RPG though. |
| 58 | ** [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Cammy]] [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/634 complains]] about how [[LeotardOfPower sexist her]] [[ThongOfShielding clothing]] is [[DoubleStandard compared to the guys]], and wants to switch so they know how it feels. The one who takes up her offer is Zangief, who [[WalkingShirtlessScene wears even less]] than she does. |
| 59 | ** [[VideoGame/{{Dota2}} Beastmaster]] sends his [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1254 hawk pet]] to spy on some of the girls bathing in the hot springs and asks it to take pictures of "hot chicks". It was probably best to not ask a bird for that, as it takes pictures of the Skywrath Mage. In [=DOTA 2=], the Skywrath Mage is essentially a [[HarpingOnAboutHarpies harpy]], who happens to be very [[CuteMonsterGirl beautiful]], and ''[[MrFanservice male]]''. |
| 60 | ** [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1616 Leshrac]] wanted to be the most powerful character in ''VideoGame/{{Dota2}}'' so that everyone would want to pick him, he got [[KickedUpstairs banned]] for being a HighTierScrappy. |
| 61 | ** [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2255 Knuckles]] wanted to be more popular than [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]]. The paw turns him into the controversial Ugandan Knuckles meme. |
| 62 | * BerserkButton: Alek has shown to have two: |
| 63 | ** NEVER ask Alek if her DOTA team, Empire, will win the International. Her [[MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong Russian pride]] will kick in. |
| 64 | ---> [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1303 "What you mean by 'chance?' Do you think team is weak? You dare to mock Glorious Empire??? '''RUSSIAN DOTA IS BEST DOTA!'''"]] |
| 65 | ** Also, NEVER play a Priest deck against her in Hearthstone. The "dirty mind trick" move [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1426 angers her greatly.]] It also gets her into HulkSpeak. |
| 66 | ---> "Stoooopid Priest Deck, steal Warrior minions with dirty mind tricks. Alek wants to break their tiny necks like twig." |
| 67 | ** [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1400 The Sniper]] of ''VideoGame/Dota2'' causes Alek to be loud and belligerent ''while asleep''. |
| 68 | * BerserkerTears: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/12 He loved that doctor]]. |
| 69 | * BestKnownForTheFanservice: InUniverse, [=TentaJo=] knows almost nothing about Fire Emblem, and the only thing his research comes up with is the incest. |
| 70 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: Jo in [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1007 "Sodium Overload"]], '''big time'''. |
| 71 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: Steam-tan. Her true love is money. [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/624 Of course, this is returned in kind.]] |
| 72 | %%* BigBallOfViolence: Used sometimes |
| 73 | * BittersweetEnding: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/41 Drone-tan being forced to become a Hatchery]]. |
| 74 | * BizarreAlienBiology: What the [[VideoGame/FTLFasterThanLight Lanius]] [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1280 think of other races in the galaxy for requiring oxygen]]. |
| 75 | * BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Alek, Morgan, and Engie following the later's return to the comic full time. Jane, Morgan, and Engie also qualifies. |
| 76 | * BlingOfWar: Jane is showing off her really expensive [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2790 gold armor]], but Morgan asks if it's gold or gilded (another metal with a gold coating) as gold is too soft to make armor out of. The last panel shows it's actual gold and Jane is taken out by a few arrows. |
| 77 | %%* BlushSticker |
| 78 | * BodyPaint: When Jane [[HumiliatingWager loses a bet]] and has to do fan service for Jo, he chooses [[Franchise/{{Halo}} Cortana]], a holographic projection of a nude blue woman; so Jo pulls out a [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1346 can of blue paint]]. |
| 79 | * BoisterousWeakling: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1572 This DOTA2 player]] thinks he's way better than he is and wants to go straight into ranked battles against top players. Instead of working his way up the ladder, he buys someone else's account and [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1573 gets creamed]]. |
| 80 | * BottomOfTheBarrelJoke: [[CosmeticAward Hat]] jokes. Lampshaded [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/462 here]]. |
| 81 | ** Also, "can't think of anything to draw" comics. Usually, these involve short conversations between the author and Engie-tan, or Engie-tan briefly taking over the comic. |
| 82 | * BoundAndGagged: Blue Engi in an early arc. Fortunately, Pyro's knowledge of muffle speak allowed him to understand her. |
| 83 | * BrainBleach: [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2461 Angela's reaction]] to the [[Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020 live-action ''Sonic'' movie]], is a lobotomy. |
| 84 | * BreakingBadNewsGently: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/553 Engie]] uses a FromBadToWorse scenario, then reveals the "worse" part ('''[[SurprisePregnancy she's pregnant]]''') was a gag so that the "bad" part (UsefulNotes/{{DRM}} and [[RevenueEnhancingDevices real money]] [[BribingYourWayToVictory auction house]] in ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'') doesn't seem so bad. |
| 85 | * BreakingTheFourthWall: During Victoire's introduction arc, she decides to pay a visit to the girls. Victoire shows up drawn in high-definition, while the other girls in the same comic are drawn as simple doodles. Anne Marie [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2217 complains]] to Jo (the artist) about this obvious discrepancy. |
| 86 | ** A more literal example happens when Angie tries to [[ItMakesSenseInContext feed a cheesecake that's made of fanservice to Jo]], in an effort to show him off as a sexy fanservice example (and also, [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1949 for revenge]]). But it turns out though, that the world (and the comic) [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1950 just can't handle]] that level of fanservice... |
| 87 | %%* BreakTheCutie: |
| 88 | %%** Drone-tan's first arc. |
| 89 | %%** Sniper-tan. |
| 90 | * BreastExpansion: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/609 2-up]]. |
| 91 | * BrickJoke: |
| 92 | ** Harking back to Meet the Demoman, the Sniper, [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/277 after ticking off Demo-tan]], [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/278 is being stitched back together... "In Hell!"]] |
| 93 | ** Santa didn't forget about what happened to him [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/227 at Engie's place last year]], but he's a forgiving fellow: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/439 He even gave her a hat!]] |
| 94 | ** [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/500 On the 500th comic, we were promised fanservice.]] Fast-forward to now, and [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1000 we are indeed getting fanservice for the milestone!]] |
| 95 | * BrilliantButLazy, While playing ''{{VideoGame/Astroneer}}'', [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2784 Angela]] prefers the annoying task of maintaining lots of small bio-generators instead of building one large power station, as that requires exploring for rare materials and developing the technology to make it. |
| 96 | * BrokenAesop: After Engie gambles Jo's hat on a DOTA game, and ''[[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1046 wins]]'', Red is worried that she's learning the wrong lesson. Jo doesn't care as he's loaded with the winnings. |
| 97 | * BrutalHonesty: Morgan [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1309 gives this]] in the E3 2014 coverage with Tenta-Jo, who then realizes this might not be the best approach... |
| 98 | * BullyingADragon: |
| 99 | ** Jane's gotten on Jo's bad side three times. See WorthIt for details. |
| 100 | ** [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1818 A Baron of Hell]] gives Doomguy shit for playing with dolls. The only reason he still has his head in the next panel is because Doomguy hasn't pulled the trigger yet. |
| 101 | * TheBusCameBack: When Jo commented on how many people are playing ''[[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft WoW]] Classic'', Angela snarked back that maybe he should listen to his own fans who want the comic to go back to the way it was. The next panel has the return of RED Engie-Tan with Angela (formerly the BLU Engie-Tan) [[PutOnABus going missing]]. |
| 102 | * ButtMonkey: |
| 103 | ** The Sniper. Back during the Sniper VS Spy Update, there was a string of comics with the Spy being far superior to the Sniper. He then later pissed of a RED Demogirl, and... [[IronButtmonkey it ended badly.]] |
| 104 | ** In contrast, [[{{DistaffCounterpart}} Sniper-Tan]] has been exempt from this treatment. [[spoiler: As of late, however, she has her own problems to deal with.]] |
| 105 | ** After exhausting all her options, the now-homeless Engie-tan [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/672 still refuses to spend the night at Sniper's camper van.]] |
| 106 | * TheCameo: |
| 107 | ** [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2957 This strip]] has an appearance by [[WebVideo/MadBecauseSmall Charity "Baby" Nineheart]] and the Uninstalalafell. |
| 108 | * CantGetAwayWithNuthin: A [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/772 public service announcement]] about playing a Blizzard game without an authenticator. |
| 109 | * CardiovascularLove: HeartSymbol imagery appears all the time. |
| 110 | * CargoCult: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2237 It turns out Angie's a devotee of]] [[Characters/Warhammer40000Mechanicus the Adeptus Mechanicus]]. |
| 111 | * CastingCouch: [[BaitAndSwitch Bait-and-switched]] [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2413 here]]. [[spoiler: She's not putting out, she's just having trouble with the handle.]] |
| 112 | * CatFight: The BLU and RED Engie-tans can't settle things with words...so they [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/801 get physical.]] |
| 113 | * CatGirl: Anne-Marie [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1221 cosplays as one here]] for her fanbase. |
| 114 | * CatSmile: Jane sports one [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1396 here]] while plotting Morgan's downfall. |
| 115 | * CensorSteam: |
| 116 | ** When the girls join ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2497 Morgan's]] quirk is the ability to create this or blinding light whenever anything "inappropriate" happens around her, such as Jane flashing the rest of the class. [[DirtyKid Mineta]] is not happy. |
| 117 | ** Also used when the girls go to [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2635 the sauna]]. |
| 118 | * ChainmailBikini: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1040 Subverted here]] where Engie starts out wearing one but asks for a more realistic suit of armor. |
| 119 | * ChristmasEpisode: For [[YouMeanXMas Frostivus]], [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1177 Crystal Maiden]] tells [[VideoGame/{{Dota2}} Tiny]] he shouldn't kill Pugna, as it is the time of truce, celebration and giving presents. So Tiny gives Pugna a lovely gift-wrapped [[DishingOutDirt boulder]], delivered at [[AnvilOnHead 9.8 m/s]][[superscript:2]]. |
| 120 | * TheCityVsTheCountry: Taken to extremes with how [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2823 Angie]] and [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2825 Morgan]] play ''VideoGame/{{Factorio}}''. Angie has industrialized every inch of the game world, while Morgan wants to live InHarmonyWithNature and has only the bare minimum of facilities. Sure, Morgan's world looks nicer, but it'll take ages to build anything. |
| 121 | * ClingyJealousGirl: |
| 122 | %%** Origin-tan. |
| 123 | ** [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/670 Sniper-tan]]. |
| 124 | * CoinOnAStringTrick: Anne-Marie does it [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1730 here]] with her share of the rent. |
| 125 | * ComedicSociopathy: |
| 126 | ** What happens when Jane and Morgan know the ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'' auction house is closing and Anne-Marie is sad? They [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1250 celebrate the closing]] to rub it in. |
| 127 | ** [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1304 What team]] does Morgan support? Alliance, which gives frustration to Jane, Alek and Anne-Marie. |
| 128 | ---> "Their tears of frustration is why Alliance is my favorite DOTA team." |
| 129 | ** When Angie and Anne-Marie [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2592 nearly come to blows]] over whether Street Fighter or Smash Brothers Melee should be the closing game at EVO, Jo asks if they should be fighting among themselves. So they decide to troll Jane over "No Melee at EVO" (though it might been [[TheDogBitesBack partial payback]] for Jane getting Morgan to troll Anne-Marie over Diablo above). |
| 130 | * ComicallyMissingThePoint: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1131 Jo sent]] [[{{Creator/WayForwardTechnologies}} Matt Bozon]] a sketch of Engie asking {{VideoGame/Shantae}} for an autograph, handing her a marker, and opening her top. Matt sent back a picture of Shantae autographing the marker. |
| 131 | * CompetitionFreak: Jane, even when Jo makes her do {{Fanservice}}, she insists [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1204 her fan service]] has to be better than Morgan's. |
| 132 | * ContextSensitiveButton: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2019 Geralt]] from ''Franchise/TheWitcher'' video games uses the same button to loot treasure as he does lighting and extinguishing candles, so Angie uses this fact to protect her cash register by putting a candle on it. Every time Geralt tries to loot the register, he's lighting or putting out the candle instead. |
| 133 | * ContrivedClumsiness: Jo [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1335 explains]] that he "accidentally" uploaded a [[ThePeepingTom video of Anne-Marie in the changing room]], but she doesn't exactly buy it. |
| 134 | * CoolDown: As demonstrated [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1128 here]], [[VideoGame/{{Dota2}} Yurnero]] jumps back and forth between DirtyCoward and TheJuggernaut depending on whether Omnislash is available. |
| 135 | * CoolOldGuy: The old man from the Noob arc. |
| 136 | * CornerOfWoe: |
| 137 | ** [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/92 This one.]] Can't really blame the Medic for it; over more or less the entire arc, things were going really, '''really''' badly for him. Good thing the enemy heavy was [[HeelFaceTurn sympathetic.]] |
| 138 | ** [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1047 Poor]] [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Wii Fit]] [[{{Rule 34}} Trainer]]... |
| 139 | * CoverInnocentEyesAndEars: When [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1499 Morgan takes Jane]] off-screen to show her a tattoo she has, Alex grabs Maggie and pulls her away from the door, covering her eyes. |
| 140 | * CovertPervert: Jane's reaction to [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1335 the video of Anne-Marie in the changing room]]: [[spoiler: "A Brazilian stripe, Anne? How bold!"]] |
| 141 | * CreatorCameo: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/461 Here.]] BrainBleach is that way. |
| 142 | ** EarlyBirdCameo[[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/235 ?]] |
| 143 | * CriticalHit: The Sniper rolls a 20 on a d20 in BLU Engie-tan's RPG to do a [[BoomHeadshot TWANG-Headshot.]] |
| 144 | * CrossOver: |
| 145 | ** [[http://jopereira.deviantart.com/art/Neon-Fortress-Senterion-146732859 Neon Fortress Senterion]], anyone? |
| 146 | ** The RPGElements Valve is adding to ''[[http://nerfnow.com/comic/134 Team Fortress 2]]''... |
| 147 | * CrossPlayer: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1113 Jo here]]. |
| 148 | * CruelTwistEnding: One of the things [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2428 Jo hates about indie games]] is how so many of them have dark endings, seemingly for no other reason than indie games are supposed to screw over the player. |
| 149 | * CulturalTranslation: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/289 "Localization"]]. |
| 150 | * CuteLittleFangs: Zergling-tans. |
| 151 | * CuteMonsterGirl: |
| 152 | ** The Zerg. No, seriously. |
| 153 | ** And [[Franchise/TheElderScrolls the Lusty Argonian Maid.]] |
| 154 | * DatingCatwoman: The Engie-tans from the opposite teams are pretty much together by now. |
| 155 | * DayInTheLife: The "Get A Game" strips. Alek, Morgan and Anne-Marie were given money to buy a game for their day's strip. Alek bought one with a free VideoGame/TeamFortress2 hat, and Morgan got one that was the "Nostalgia Goggles Edition"... while Anne-Marie got her online fanbase to buy the game for her and pocketed the money for herself instead. |
| 156 | * DeepImmersionGaming: From kill reports, chat channels, and the fact that they occasionally change classes/games, the two teams are obviously in a video game, though their players are never shown. |
| 157 | * DefeatByModesty: While playing ''[[VideoGame/KikiKaiKai Pocky & Rocky]]'', [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2894 Morgan as Rocky]] was turned into a LittleBitBeastly {{tanuki}} in a bikini, and is [[NakedFreakOut too concerned with covering herself]] to do anything. She quickly accepts Angela's offer to switch characters as Pocky is a conservatively dressed {{miko}}. |
| 158 | * DemotedToExtra: Engie-tan, rather jarringly. Her role on the comic has since been taken over by four new "sidekick girls". WordOfGod seems to suggest this was the result of wanting to use original characters, rather than ones based off someone else's work and/or copyrighted material. Several other once-prominent characters (like most of the [=TF2=] characters) have similarly faded into the background, or, in some cases, disappeared altogether. |
| 159 | * DepravedDentist: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1112 We don't see her in action]], but what would you expect from [[VideoGame/{{Dota2}} Akasha]] the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Queen of Pain]]. |
| 160 | * DetachmentCombat: Thanks to Genji's slicing and dicing, and Baptiste's Immortality field, Reaper does it [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2630 here]], though not willingly. |
| 161 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: |
| 162 | ** Said by [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1571 Anne-Marie]] when she suggested a ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'' themed WetTShirtContest. She didn't consider that the ink has the consistency of paint instead of water. |
| 163 | ** When Engie goes to star in her own game, she goes to [[VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}} Minette]] for advice. She does this on the grounds that Minette is still just an NPC, having not gotten enough fan votes to be added to ''Skullgirls'' as a playable character, and would be a good example of what ''[[AntiRoleModel not]]'' to do. While that might be a good idea, [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1176 actually telling her that is not]]. |
| 164 | * DifficultySpike: InUniverse. ''VideoGame/OriAndTheBlindForest'' starts off easy, but once you reach the [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2873 Ginso Tree]] the kid gloves come off. Also counts as SurpriseDifficulty as Jo thought the game would be good for casuals, and then remembered what the game is really like. |
| 165 | * DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: |
| 166 | ** [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/189 This]] short arc about a newbie [[DistressedDamsel video game princess]]'s first kidnapping. |
| 167 | ** [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/178 And this]] previous mini-arc featuring [[CasualVideoGame a casual gamer]] |
| 168 | ** [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/445 Oh]] [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/446 God]] [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/447 yes.]] |
| 169 | * DoubleStandard [[note]]With a dash of HypocriticalHumor[[/note]]: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/456 Of the non-gender-issues related variety]]. |
| 170 | ** [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/704 When this trope meets]] ExtremeOmnisexual. |
| 171 | * DownerEnding: [[spoiler: The ''VideoGame/MegaMan 9'' arc.]] |
| 172 | * DramaticallyMissingThePoint: After gambling away her and Red's clothes, [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1044 Jo scolds Engie about gambling]], only for her to come to a different conclusion. |
| 173 | -->'''Jo''': Hope you learned your lesson. When you bet sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.\ |
| 174 | '''Engie''': (while gambling on Jo's hat) I lost last time, this means ''this'' time [[GamblersFallacy I'm totally going to win!]] |
| 175 | * DudeLooksLikeALady: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1688 While welcoming Linkle]] (a [[GenderFlip female]] Link) to ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'', they're actually talking to Link. He goes off to rant about people getting genders mixed up to Sheik (Zelda [[SweetPollyOliver disguised as a man]]). |
| 176 | * DumbassHasAPoint: {{Invoked|Trope}} [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1484 by Jane]]. She finds it stupid that Morgan is buying an early access game, essentially paying to be a beta tester; whereas when Jane pre-orders the latest ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' she gets some bonus content thrown in. Jane then drives the point home that ''she's'' the dumb one, leaving the Morgan upset that she was spending money on an unfinished game while making Jane look sensible. |
| 177 | * DynamicDifficulty: Just as BLU Engie was about to [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/759 kill a boss]] in ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'', RED Engie joins her game, causing the dynamic difficulty to kick in, boosting the almost dead boss enough to squash BLU like a bug. |
| 178 | * EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: It started as a story-driven ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' comic, but it's mostly a gag-a-day general gaming comic now. |
| 179 | * EasterBunny: When Lina and Crystal Maiden [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/986 are painted]] in PlayboyBunny outfits by Jo, Engie thinks he's doing the Easter comic with them as the Easter Bunnies. [[SureLetsGoWithThat Jo accepts this.]] |
| 180 | * EatsBabies: [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2527 This comic]] depicts Sylvanas attempting to eat a baby and assuring her gullible subordinates that [[BlatantLies she's only doing it for the survival of The Horde and not because she's an undead abomination.]] |
| 181 | * {{Engrish}}: The creator is Brazilian and English is not his first language. This comes across occasionally. |
| 182 | * EroticDream: [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2819 Morgan]] has one between her and Angela. Morgan knows this can only mean one thing: Jo is drawing weird stuff again. [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2820 Angela]] has the same dream, which means she finishes a line on her erotic dream TabletopGame/{{Bingo}} card. Apparently Angie's had ones involving the other ''Nerf Now'' girls, Engie-tan, Samus, Peach, and Morrigan, but ''not'' Victorie, which Anne rubs in Victorie's face. |
| 183 | * EtTuBrute: Morgan takes Jane [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney to court]] for libel and slander over the Steam tags, and Alek looks like she's going to act as defense. However, Alek is also pissed off at Jane for hinting that Alek's [[FakeBoobs breasts weren't real]], and sides with the prosecution instead of defending Jane. |
| 184 | * EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' characters get referred to by their class names with their {{Distaff Counterpart}}s similarly so... until it was [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] with [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1188 four of the female classes receiving actual names]]. Engie-tan was not among their number. |
| 185 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: |
| 186 | ** The American Violent Gamer may be violent, but he doesn't violate women. [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/537 Only Japanese gamers do.]] |
| 187 | ** Anne will do almost any kind of {{fanservice}} for enough money, but [[BrotherSisterIncest a love scene with her sister]] [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2599 is her limit]]. |
| 188 | %%* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Red haired Engie-tan. |
| 189 | * EvolutionaryLevels: The "Nature's Balance" strips avert this despite a sort of GoalOrientedEvolution, in that an animal's build is more important than its raw power. Low-level birds survive by not playing the PVP game with sabretooth tigers, and later on, while lions are easily killed by humans, other felines easily dominate the latter by building charisma and [[spoiler: becoming house cats]]. |
| 190 | * ExactWords: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1129 Riot Games]] received complaints that all of the females in ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' were "barely clothed bimboes with big boobies". The artist's response is to create Jinx, a barely clothed bimbo who is as flat as a board. |
| 191 | * ExiledToTheCouch: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1043 That's what BLU Engie]] gets for [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1042 gambling away her and RED's clothes.]] |
| 192 | * {{Expy}}: |
| 193 | ** The most recent one is [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/222 how one Engie-tan]] resembles [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Rei]]. |
| 194 | ** [[http://jopereira.deviantart.com/art/Neon-Fortress-Senterion-146732859 A more obvious version]]. |
| 195 | * FakeBoobs: Jane uses a Steam tag to mark Aleksandrina's chest with the text "[[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1231 not a real boobie]]". Alek insists they're real and that [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1232 Jane is just jealous]]. |
| 196 | * FakeNationality (InUniverse): Demoman in ''Team Fortress 2'' is Scottish. Demo-''tan'', who eventually became Morgan, is revealed to be [[spoiler: Brazilian.]] |
| 197 | * {{Fanservice}}: With a huge [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/288 engineered lampshade.]] |
| 198 | --> [[MemeticMutation Fanservice? In MY Nerfnow?]] |
| 199 | ** [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1949 Similarly here]], but with [[{{Pun}} more pun]]. |
| 200 | * FanDisservice: |
| 201 | ** [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/336 Curse you, [=WoW=]!]] |
| 202 | ** [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1015 Raven, old hag face on a super model body.]] |
| 203 | * FastballSpecial: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1314 Tiny throws his teammate]] (Drow Ranger Traxex) at Slark to take him down. |
| 204 | ** AssKicksYou: She lands on his head with the head going "Splosh" into red paste with a tongue sticking out. She not only has Slark's blood on her cape, she then gets razzed by Lina and Crystal Maiden. |
| 205 | ---> '''LINA:''' Wow, sure is good to have such a fat carry.\ |
| 206 | '''CRYSTAL MAIDEN:''' She is too big to handle now. |
| 207 | * FireballEyeballs: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1496 Jane trolling Morgan]] about ''Homeworld Remastered'' causes Morgan to gain these, and Alek to keep Morgan from strangling Jane. |
| 208 | %%* FieryRedhead: Engie-tan. |
| 209 | * FoeRomanceSubtext: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1499 Apparently, between Morgan and Jane.]] |
| 210 | * ForScience: Angie asks who would win a Zerg-Tyranid fight and Jo [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/615 imagines it.]] Only thing is, the Zergling [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/616 gets puppy-licked]] by the Tyranid instead. |
| 211 | * FourPointScale: InUniverse, [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/952 this comic]] suggests [[Magazine/ElectronicGamingMonthly EGM's]] score of 9 for ''VideoGame/AliensColonialMarines'', while the Metacritic average is 4.6, is due to [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney plain old bribery]]. |
| 212 | %%* FrenchJerk: Guess who. |
| 213 | * FridgeLogic: In-universe, coupled with EurekaMoment: [[VideoGame/MegaMan Dr. Wily]] finds [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/230 a strategy]] to [[ExploitedTrope exploit]] MegaManning. |
| 214 | ** What happens if [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar you are already dead]] to [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/237 begin with?!]] |
| 215 | * FullyClothedNudity: |
| 216 | ** After the Anti-Mage vs. Void arc, the next strip shows [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1277 Jane playing a game in her underwear]]. When Morgan tells her the arc is over and it's back to them, Jane immediately covers herself. This is the same Jane who put on Cammy's leotard for some fan service. |
| 217 | ** Morgan is the polar opposite, she [[ReluctantFanserviceGirl hates doing fan service]] and is usually the most conservatively dressed. However, she SleepsInTheNude and [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1400 doesn't bother putting clothes on]] if she has to get up for something. |
| 218 | * GagEcho: [[Franchise/MassEffect Commander Shepard]] [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/435/ returns Councilor Sparatus' air-quotes.]] |
| 219 | * GamblersFallacy: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1044 Engie interprets]] "sometimes you win, sometimes you lose" to mean that if you lose, then a win must be right around the corner. |
| 220 | * GameplayAndStorySegregation: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/155 This comic]] lampshades the impossibility of the Engineer's feats in the actual game as a punchline. |
| 221 | ** [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1091 This comic]] shows how Gameplay and Story Integration, works against ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''. With the Horde engaged in civil war, Engie tries to convince King Varian that now is the perfect time to pick off the Horde races from the sidelines, starting with the Forsaken. But because the gameplay dictates there must be a Horde, Varian goes with an EnemyMine situation to help one half of the Horde fight the other, and gives no reason why. |
| 222 | * GeniusBruiser: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/132 The Heavy, apparently]]. |
| 223 | * GenreSavvy: Lydia [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/805 knew enough]] about both sides of the FurAgainstFang debate to know which one she wanted Engie-Tan to go to. |
| 224 | * GenreShift: "[[http://nerfnow.com/comic/144 She Was Just Level One]]" is a pretty [[DarkerAndEdgier grim and gritty]] story for a comic that normally runs on the RuleOfCute. |
| 225 | %%** [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/205 Revisited]] in Revengineer 2.0. Brief but satisfying. |
| 226 | * GilliganCut: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1066 Engie and Jo]] are wondering if ''VideoGame/{{Starbound}}'' will ever get out of [[PerpetualBeta beta]]. |
| 227 | -->'''Engie''': At this point I just hope they release the game before space exploration becomes reality.\ |
| 228 | '''Space Engie''': Nope, still not released. |
| 229 | * GirlOnGirlIsHot: The author does enjoy drawing lesbian make-out scenes every [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/273 now]] and [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/248 then]], [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/323 and again,]] [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/954 and again,]] and again... |
| 230 | ** It seems Pyro and Demoman in the third comic agree. Scout probably agrees also, he's just impatient. |
| 231 | ** Invoked by [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Chun-Li and Cammy]] who use themselves [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/578 as bait]]. |
| 232 | * TheGlomp: Done by Mini-Medic to Heavy [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/140 here]]. Extra cute given that she's about 1/4 his size. |
| 233 | * GloryDays: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1336 Azwraith]] was a top carry in ''[[VideoGame/{{Dota2}} DOTA 2]]'', but has since been relegated to "pub tier"[[note]]"Public Tier" means characters that are [[SkillGateCharacters easy to use and give good results]], so they are favored by average players in public games. Competitive players want the most powerful characters and are willing to learn difficult mechanics and overcome weaknesses, to they lean towards DifficultButAwesome characters.[[/note]], passed over for [[OvershadowedByAwesome Slithice]]. |
| 234 | * GoalOrientedEvolution: Nature's Balance, a set of comics which likened evolution to character building in [[RolePlayingGame RPGs]] or [[MultiplayerOnlineBattleArena MOBAs]]. It starts with a [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1524 sabre-tooth tiger]] getting angry at a prey species for picking up the "flying" talent, followed by a [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1525 dinosaur]] switching to a herbivore diet because there are too many predators and the prey are learning [[StealthExpert new]] [[MasterPoisoner defensive]] [[{{Flight}} skills]]. The third is of [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1526 primates]] arguing over builds, and one goes heavy on intelligence and tool use, suggesting it'll start slow but by end-game [[MagikarpPower will dominate]]. The other apes think that ItWillNeverCatchOn. Another [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1897 comic]] has another animal saying that just because the intelligence heavy build worked out, doesn't mean a charisma heavy build would, and asks if the player plans to charm the hunters into submission. [[spoiler: Considering a charisma heavy build leads to house cats, the answer was yes.]] |
| 235 | * GoodColorsEvilColors: The [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2924 Good vs Evil]] comic, displaying HeavenlyBlue against RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver, with some SpikesOfVillainy and SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset for good measure. |
| 236 | * GoodNewsBadNews: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/667 The good news]] is your friends are dumping the crappy 3rd edition of [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons D&D]], the bad news is you have to buy the 4th edition books to keep up. [[HereWeGoAgain And then the 5th edition comes out.]] |
| 237 | * GoofyPrintUnderwear: Considering they're being worn by Pyro, you can probably guess what they [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/99 are...]] |
| 238 | ** A female example serves as an [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/75 enjoyable last view for the sniper]]. |
| 239 | * GrassIsGreener: |
| 240 | ** [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/242 Some gaming ladies]] dream of being on the other side of the fence. [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Princesses Peach]] [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda and Zelda]] dream of being the [[ActionGirl heroes]] in their respective games, while VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}} dreams of being a [[SaveThePrincess captive princess]]. |
| 241 | ** It might be a nice idea to quit your soul-crushing corporate job for ''VideoGame/StardewValley'', but after a day's back-breaking field work, [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1764 you'll be dreaming of a nice, easy cubicle job]]. |
| 242 | * GreenBoyColor: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1031 This strip]] has Jo trying literal green-shaded NostalgiaGoggles. According to him, it is "less rosy than expected". |
| 243 | * {{Griefer}}: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1338 Jane and Alek]] know that the most fun to be had in ''[[VideoGame/{{Dota2}} DOTA 2]]'' is to reach the enemy base, but instead of destroying the Ancient to win the game, they [[CycleOfHurting spawn camp the other team]] for the rest of the match. |
| 244 | * GroinAttack: When depicting the MediaNotes/PCVsConsole war as a [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2772 boxing match]], PC emulation of console games is shown as a punch below the belt. |
| 245 | * HandOrObjectUnderwear: [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1400 Morgan with a Zerling plushie.]] In a shocking twist, it wasn't because Jo forced her into some fan service, but because she sleeps in the nude; when she needs to get up for something, she just holds a nearby object in front of her in case someone sees her. |
| 246 | * HandsGoDown: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/331 Concerning uses of the new Kinect system.]] |
| 247 | * HappyPlace: Anne-Marie's favorite team, i.e. the one she bet her rares on, didn't make the ''DOTA International Grand Finals''. She retreats to her happy place and [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1340 imagines that they won]]. |
| 248 | * HeadPet: Heavy Weapons Guy needs to go Scout to deliver a message, but doesn't have a helmet. Mini-Medic wants to tag along. [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/361 The solution is obvious]]. |
| 249 | * HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: When Engie puts on a [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1040 full suit of armor]] she leaves out the helmet, suggesting that she'll rely on PlotArmor. |
| 250 | * {{Hikikomori}} / CrazySurvivalist: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/358 This strip]]. |
| 251 | * {{Hipster}}: Morgan, or at least it's how Jane portrays her, at the very least, she's into the indie gaming scene. |
| 252 | * HistoryRepeats: Remember when Jo wanted to make a ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' comic, which he knew nothing about, then found out about the IncestSubtext in the franchise, leading to [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2598 Anne-Marie telling Victoire to run]]? The fans asked for an ''VideoGame/AstralChain'' comic, which Jo knows nothing about, so he uses word association to come up with [[BondageIsBad S&M]], and [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2629 Morgan tells Jane to run]]. |
| 253 | * HitlersTimeTravelExemptionAct: Jo knows better than to try killing Hitler because of this should he gain the ability to time travel. Instead he plans on going to EVO 2004 to see the Daigo parry against Justin live. |
| 254 | * HospitalHottie: RED Medic-Tan (she's dressed like a nurse) and Anne-Marie in [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1328 "She Cares"]] when to back up Morgan she goes from Spyette to Medic. |
| 255 | * HotSpringsEpisode: As an AprilFoolsDay joke, this was done as a full-text comic, lampshading that it's "[[{{Ecchi}} borderline porn]]" without showing anything. |
| 256 | * HotterAndSexier: It's Team Fortress plus anime babes. |
| 257 | * HumiliatingWager: Jane's competitive nature had led to these. |
| 258 | ** After crushing Jo in Skullgirls, Jane [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1345 sweetens the pot]] to lure him into another CurbStompBattle. Unfortunately, she offered to do some FanService if he wins, which motivates him to destroy her. |
| 259 | ** When Jane dismisses Morgan's love of strategy games, [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1395 she challenges her to one]]. If Jane learned anything from losing to Jo, it's to set the contest to favor herself as much as possible. |
| 260 | * HypocriticalHumor: [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2862 Angie wants Jo]] to draw a comic about [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Sephiroth]] appearing in ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate Smash]]'', and calls him out for drawing more sexy females than males. Once he starts drawing, it's clear why [[EatingTheEyeCandy Angie]] was insisting on a [[LongHairedPrettyBoy Sephiroth]] comic. |
| 261 | * IdeaBulb: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/135 This]] comic. |
| 262 | * IdenticalPanelGag: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2281 While expressing a wish to be able to re-use previous content like Nintendo remaking or porting a number of games]], [[HypocriticalHumor Jo uses the exact same panel three times]] for the entirety of the comic. |
| 263 | ** [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2859 History repeats itself]] in Cyberpunk 2077; Angie goes to get a cyberimplant installed, which the doctor (Jo) completes the procedure instantaneously. Angie questions having such a procedure done without even a cutscene, to which Jo provides some shade: |
| 264 | -->'''Angie''': You're not even going to draw a different panel?\ |
| 265 | '''Jo''': Why? I mean, that's exactly how it happens in the game. If a triple-A game can get away with it, I don't see why I can't. |
| 266 | * IgnoreTheFanservice: When [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1308 Anne-Marie]] notices that her {{Fanservice}}-filled ''VideoGame/WildStar'' stream isn't getting many hits, she thinks it's because some skanky bitch is showing her tits to steal viewers. But it turns out to be Morgan's totally non-fanservice series on [[AHomeownerIsYou player]] [[AnInteriorDesignerIsYou housing]]. |
| 267 | * IJustWantToHaveFriends: Blue Engie-Tan in the Rainy Day arc. She declares a truce with the red team and invites them into a warehouse just so she'll have someone to play Dungeons and Dragons with. |
| 268 | * ImprobablyPredictable: When Alek and Jane stole Angie's money and went shopping, Angie was pissed. Because of her love of fanservice, the two girls had half their clothes taken off before Angie could say "[[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1607 punishement]]". |
| 269 | * ImpossiblePickleJar: Morgan starts a TrainingMontage after she finds herself felled by one of these. When she finally gets it open, Jane's reaction [[spoiler:is to demand that Morgan impregnate her.]] |
| 270 | * IncestSubtext: Jo wants to do a ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' comic, but doesn't know anything about the series, so he Googles it for ideas, and finds the [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2598 franchise's history with this]]. Anne-Marie fears Jo will start making comics about incest, and [[OhCrap she's the only one with a sibling]]. |
| 271 | ** Then again, it seems that [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2600 Victoire is kinda]] [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2902 into Anne-Marie, period...]] |
| 272 | * IncompatibleOrientation: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/117 Sakura]] has just turned 18 and wanted to celebrate with [[Franchise/StreetFighter Ryu]], who would rather spend the day with Sagat. |
| 273 | * InnocentFanserviceGirl: |
| 274 | ** [[SirensAreMermaids Slithice]] always goes around topless, apparently because nobody told her about the [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1256 surface dress code]]. Slardar pings her to try to warn her about it all the time... but when he said "top is missing" she just [[OneDialogueTwoConversations mistook it for lane instructions]]. |
| 275 | ** The Zerg, if the Overlord and Drones are anything to go by. |
| 276 | * InnocentInnuendo: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/329 What were you expecting?]] |
| 277 | * InnocentlyInsensitive: In [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2962 The Interspecies comic]] Morgan claims that orcs do not look like Jane's cosplay, ie a green Jane in a ChainmailBikini. Three different depictions of orcs show up to correct her, with the first upset at the implication that Morgan thinks orcs have to be ugly. |
| 278 | * IntimateLotionApplication: The "[[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2308 Sunscreen Tutorial]]" strip mocks the idea sunscreen application scenes are often used for {{fanservice}}, with Engie rubs sunscreen on Shantae's back. |
| 279 | * IntimateMarks: Morgan has two tattoos: a ''VideoGame/{{Homeworld}}'' tattoo [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1498 on her back]], and [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1496 another one]] which we don't get to see, but Jane does when Morgan leads her into her bedroom. |
| 280 | * {{Irony}}: Situational, noted in the NewsPost under [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/297 Strip 297]], the end of the "Nerf" arc. |
| 281 | * ItsEasySoItSucks: InUniverse, Jo is complaining that [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/870 patch 1.0.5]] has made ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'' much easier, complete with Diablo-Tan presenting loot on a silver platter. Engie asks if the game is more fun than when it was ItsHardSoItSucks, and he sheepishly admits that it is. |
| 282 | ** Happens again with the [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1240 2.0.1 patch]]; this time it's Jane complaining that ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'' has been ruined in trying to appeal to stupid casual gamers, like Morgan. Morgan disagrees on the "ruined" part. |
| 283 | * IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Heavy Weapons Guy and Heavy Weapons Girl compete for the Medic's affections. [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/98 When Medic chooses HWGirl, HWGuy leaves so as not to come between them]]. |
| 284 | * IWarnedYou: When the Engies go out on a camping trip, BLU-Engie brings along her DS and extra batteries while RED brings "her spirit of adventure". When nature dumps a rainstorm on them, keeping them in their tent, [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/766 BLU rubs it in when RED admits she's bored]]. |
| 285 | * {{Jerkass}}: The Sniper. |
| 286 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Anne-Marie is obsessed with getting money by any means necessary, whether it's through [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl fanservice]] or straight-up [[ConArtist cons]]. [[spoiler:At least some of which goes to Engie to keep her fed and healthy while she works on her game.]] |
| 287 | * TheJinx: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1102 When Jo]] asks the Engies what their favorite ''[[VideoGame/{{Dota2}} DOTA]]'' teams are, he reveals that every team he roots for seems to disband shortly after. He then wants to root for a team that is not doomed to fail, and the girls try to get him to support each others team. |
| 288 | * JumpingTheShark: {{Invoked}} in Jo's [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1903 opinion of iOS 10]]. |
| 289 | * KissOfTheVampire: ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'''s Lydia is asked what Engie-tan should afflict herself with: lycanthropy or vampirism. Lydia suffers often from VideoGameCrueltyPotential [[GenreSavvy and she knows]] that eventually Engie-tan is going to eat her. So she chooses sensual neck nibbling over being ripped into pieces. |
| 290 | * KryptoniteFactor: We find Risky Boots finds Shantae's in this strip [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1556 here.]] |
| 291 | * LadyNotAppearingInThisGame: Inverted [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1158 here]], where a game company disguises a fanservice game as a strategy game. |
| 292 | * LamePunReaction: [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2633 Anti-Mage]] is looking for a "hard support" and is instead paired up with Slithice, who is anything but. She asks if the point of a "hard support" is "being hard". Anti-Mage tries to argue back, but just {{Facepalm}}s.[[note]]A "hard support" is a unit that can defend the carry while they farm while forgoing their own farming, thus by endgame the carry is well leveled and ready to attack the enemy, at the expense of the support being underleveled. Slithice is also a farm dependent carry, so she'll want to be farming instead of helping Anti-Mage with his farming, which would certainly make the game harder. Also, she is a MsFanservice who [[SnakePeople slithers]] around [[InnocentFanserviceGirl topless]], which would make it hard in another way.[[/note]] |
| 293 | * LazyArtist: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1902 Blatantly so here]], where instead of drawing [[{{VideoGame/Overwatch}} Hanzo's]] complex tattoo on his left arm, the word "TATTOO" is literally written down it in brown instead. |
| 294 | * LeaveHimToMe: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1271 Anti-Mage]] vs. [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1272 Faceless Void]]: both tell their teammates to stay out of it, until Void realizes AM is no pushover and [[JustYouAndMeAndMyGuards calls for reinforcements]]. |
| 295 | * LeetLingo: Jo wanted to do a "leet" comic for [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1337 strip #1337]], but decides it's too old to be relevant and then compares it to MIRC, which Jane doesn't even recognize. |
| 296 | * LesbianVampire: What Lydia [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/805 imagines]] Dovahkin!Engie as. |
| 297 | * LimitedWardrobe: Averted to hell and back with Engie-tan who has a different (and extremely {{fanservice}}y) outfit in pretty much every comic. |
| 298 | * LonersAreFreaks: The original [=TF2=] Sniper is a ButtMonkey due to his exaggerated loner reputation. |
| 299 | * LookBothWays: After forgetting about Victoire, Jo brings her back for a comic where she's rushing to get to work, and runs right into traffic. |
| 300 | * LoopholeAbuse: Anne Marie tried this to get away with wearing a skimpy outfit during the week they wear princess dresses for uniforms by saying it's an authentic video game princess outfit. Granted, she's ''right'' (it's [[VideoGame/DragonsLair Princess Daphne's]] outfit) but based on the looks the other girls are giving, they're not letting her get away with it. |
| 301 | * LootDrama: InUniverse, after the RED team beats Engie's tabletop RPG, she get revenge by giving out a single piece of loot and letting them [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/865 argue over it]]. |
| 302 | * LovableSexManiac: Redhead Engie-tan. |
| 303 | * LoveHurts: Several arcs go take the major relationships to dark places. |
| 304 | * LoveTriangle: |
| 305 | ** [[ItMakesSenseInContext Between a Medic and two Heavies]]. |
| 306 | ** Between a gamer, Steam-tan and [[ClingyJealousGirl Origin-tan.]] |
| 307 | * LowestCommonDenominator: (InUniverse) [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2855 Jane's]] favorite taco stand is bought out by a big corporation and she's worried that they're going to change it. Anne-Marie suggests that the corporate investment could lead to growth and more people getting to enjoy the tacos. Turns out Jane was right and "[[BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce Hell Tacos]]" was turned into "Very Mild Tacos for Normies". |
| 308 | * MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Sometimes being aflame is just [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/170 a chance to flirt]]. Or not. |
| 309 | * MamaBear: |
| 310 | ** Alek becomes protective of Maggie, [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1491 complete with literal depiction of the metaphor.]] |
| 311 | ** Hyenas who try to start some PVP with a level 2 elephant [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1756 end up getting some PVP with its mother]]. They decide that PVP is not for them. |
| 312 | * MediumAwareness: Sonic, in [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/636 this comic.]] Too bad he was wrong about what to expect. |
| 313 | * MethodActing: InUniverse, [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2599 Anne-Marie and Victoire]] play [[IncestSubtext incestuous]] ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' [[GirlOnGirlIsHot sisters]][[note]]Victoire as a [[GenderFlip gender flipped]] [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones Ephraim]], and Anne-Marie as Eirika; one of the most famous cases of subtext in the franchise.[[/note]] in a comic. Victoire tells Anne-Marie it's just acting, and that when she plays a murderer in a movie, she's neither a real murderer, nor does she enjoy it. Anne-Marie inititally calms down, but when the comic gets going, Victoire's enthusiastic acting style freaks her the hell out. The comic is even called "Method Acting". |
| 314 | * MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds: Downplayed example since it's only in the context of a video game, but Morgan's displeased when she finds out Jane unwittingly embarked on the Genocide route in ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}''. |
| 315 | * MiserAdvisor: Anne-Marie has been established as the one who'll do anything for a fast buck. Particularly if it involves providing {{fanservice}}. |
| 316 | * MiseryBuildsCharacter: Parodied Feeling left out after everyone else got CharacterDevelopment, [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2947 Jo sends Alek]] to space to fight "[[HordeOfAlienLocusts Alien Biters]]", and she comes back as a [[JadeColoredGlasses jaded]] HollywoodCyborg with Jo constantly spouting how "deep" she now is. |
| 317 | * MoeAnthropomorphism: Drone-tan is [[GenkiGirl genki]] about harvesting minerals, Zerglings and Hydralisks are {{Cute Monster Girl}}s, and an Overlord is a BespectacledCutie dangling from a balloon. [[Franchise/StarCraft The Zerg]] have never been more precious. |
| 318 | ** The Protoss add their Probe-tan to the fray. And when a Probe and a Drone meet in the mineral fields, traditional harvesting isn't on their minds. |
| 319 | * MomentKiller: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/323 The first rule]] of peeping on [[LesYay two girls making out]], don't yell at them to get on with it. |
| 320 | * MookHorrorShow: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/901 A variation]]. |
| 321 | * MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: |
| 322 | ** Zerglings and Drones have a tendency to revert to this when they start chewing on something. Notable in that they still manage to keep up their {{Moe}} aspects in the process. |
| 323 | ** After Jo get's a wisdom tooth pulled, Angie is surprised because she didn't think he had teeth. [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2838 Jo shows her how many teeth he has.]] |
| 324 | * MortonsFork: ''VideoGame/MightyNo9'' [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1615 faces one]] when he has to decide whether to [[ChristmasRushed rush his game to launch]], or to [[DevelopmentHell delay the game to polish it]]; both choices lead to [[UnpleasableFanbase angry fans]]. |
| 325 | * MsFanservice: |
| 326 | ** Engie-tan in the beginning, and presently Anne-Marie. |
| 327 | ** Jane has two sure instances and one potential one: |
| 328 | *** She acts as Cammy for one scene after Jo calms her down (Jane was upset she didn't have a "Get a Game" strip, but Jo wanted to do more than a predictable ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' joke with her). |
| 329 | *** She puts on "[[VideoGame/MondayNightCombat Pit Girl]]" Cosplay while Jo draws her. |
| 330 | *** She gets a rematch in Skullgirls from Jo after she offers to do any cosplay he wants if he wins (she beat him in a CurbStompBattle last time); cue Jo's [[LetsGetDangerous "Let's Do This"]] and Jane's OhCrap look. |
| 331 | ** Samus Aran [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/259 was afraid]] her so-called CharacterDevelopment was turning her into this, but over a thousand strips [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1360 later]] with her Zero Suit and Rocket Heels courtesy of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' she's enjoying things more. |
| 332 | * MuggingTheMonster: While any hero in [[VideoGame/{{Dota2}} DOTA 2]] would qualify as a monster, a hero [[BodyHorror infested]] by [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/996 N'aix the Lifestealer]] is a double threat. |
| 333 | * MundaneMadeAwesome: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/244 Mineral Scan!!!]] |
| 334 | * MustHaveCaffeine: |
| 335 | ** Reaper, as shown [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1849 here]] at Talon HQ and [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2140 at Angie's Bar.]] |
| 336 | ** Aerith also [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2141 likes black coffee]] and jokes to Angie about it. Though she does an ArtShift from Jo's usual style of art to a more severe one when Angie asks how Aerith wants it, then back again when she's joking with Angie. |
| 337 | * MyEyesAreUpHere: |
| 338 | ** [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1707 Inverted]] by [[VideoGame/HearthstoneHeroesOfWarcraft Valeera Sanguinar.]] |
| 339 | ** [[VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage Lady Dimitrescu]] is so tall that her [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2875 breasts obscure her face]]. |
| 340 | * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: [[VideoGame/DiabloIII Bangus the Endowed]] |
| 341 | * NaughtyBirdwatching: {{Inverted}} [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1254 here]], when [[VideoGame/{{Dota2}} Beastmaster]] asks his hawk to get pictures of "hot chicks" bathing, only the bird comes back with pictures of a [[HarpingOnAboutHarpies harpy]]. |
| 342 | * {{Nerdgasm}}: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1727 Angela's]] reaction to ''Final Station''. |
| 343 | * NewOldFlame: VideoGame/DeusEx, [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/433 personified as Adam Jensen]], to Engie-tan. |
| 344 | * TheNewRockAndRoll: The "[[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/3001 Satan's Game]]" arc is a ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'' parody where {{Satan}} lures in kids to play ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''. According to him, it's not for the sake of corrupting the world's youth, but because he personally loves the game. |
| 345 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: |
| 346 | ** Nice job [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/227 ruining Christmas]], BLU Engie-tan... |
| 347 | ** It could be argued when [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1625 Morgan called out Angie]] for banishing Jane and Alek that [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1629 TentaJo took back the reins from Angie]] when it got too meta. They moved to another place and [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1630 lost '''all their money''' (no doubt including whatever savings or investments they had) as Angie said they were "gibbus poor."]] Forcing them to [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1635 look for jobs.]] |
| 348 | * NoDialogueEpisode: "Rainy Day" has no spoken dialogue, as does "Entire Team is Babies." |
| 349 | * NoGuyWantsAnAmazon: Apparently applies to [[{{Franchise/Metroid}} Samus Aran]]. She's apperently so desperate for a little attention that she pulls the old "Answer the Pizza Guy In Lingerie" routine. |
| 350 | * NonMammalMammaries: {{Defied|Trope}} by the [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1132 female Wisp]]. Jo says he didn't add boobies because he'd then have to draw the male Wisp with a dick. |
| 351 | * NoodleIncident: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/595 So why does]] the comic start with 4 instead of 1? |
| 352 | * NostalgiaFilter: |
| 353 | ** Discussed in a ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/302 comic]]. |
| 354 | ** Also CoolOldLady [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/618 GOG-tan]]. |
| 355 | ** Jo wears literal [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1031 nostalgia goggles]] which colors everything in shades of green like the original Platform/GameBoy. |
| 356 | * NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: InUniverse. Engie's reaction to the [Platform/PS4: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/961 meh]]. The Platform/PS3 got a rise out of her, even if it was rage over the price. |
| 357 | * NotDistractedByTheSexy: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/422 Heavy]]. [[AllMenArePerverts Dammit, Heavy]]. |
| 358 | * NotMeThisTime: When Jo [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1120 first hears about the auction house closing in Diablo III]], he at first thinks BLU Engie-tan was pranking him. |
| 359 | * NotTheIntendedUse: While playing ''{{VideoGame/Astroneer}}'', the devs increased the energy costs of larger machines to force players to explore for rare materials and to research to build more advanced power generators. Players, [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2784 specifically Angela]], would rather just build lots of small power generators instead of going through [[BrilliantButLazy all the trouble of making one big one]]. |
| 360 | * NotWhatItLooksLike: |
| 361 | ** Jo spills some ink on the floor and the Lusty Argonian Maid slips on it, [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/674 falling on him]]; Engie comes in and it looks like the two are making out. [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/675 The maid says this]], but Engie sees the ink on the floor and deduces what really happened. Jo would rather people think they were making out, and tells Engie that's not what happened. |
| 362 | ** Jane and Victoire are in their underwear because the [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2304 AC is out]], and are [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2305 fighting over the controllers]]. [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2306 Morgan]] comes in just as it looks like they're making out, but guesses that they were fighting over the "good" controller, and berates Jane for ruining the other controller. [[LampshadeHanging Morgan even comments on the trope]]. |
| 363 | ** Happens again when [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2896 Angela falls off a chair onto Morgan and Jane walks in on them]]. Despite [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2895 Jane being jealous]] that Morgan and Angela were bonding over ''Pocky & Rocky'', [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2897 she also guesses]] that this was an accident, and refers to the time when Morgan walked in on her and Victoire. |
| 364 | * NudeColoredClothes: Engie makes [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/805 Lydia look like Pinkie Pie]], which includes coloring her skin and clothes pink so she looks like an anthropomorphic Pinkie Pie wearing this. |
| 365 | * TheNudifier: Angie has a button which she uses to create instant FanService, in case the comic's popularity drops off. When [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1527 Anne-Marie pushes it]], Morgan's clothes explode. |
| 366 | * ObviouslyEvil: While playing ''VideoGame/AmongUs'', [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2829 Angie fingers Green]] as the imposter. When prompted for evidence, she merely points to Green who is chasing two of the other players with a bazooka. |
| 367 | * OhCrapThereAreFanficsOfUs: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1047 Could Be Worse]] has the ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' Villager unhappy about the AxCrazy MemeticMutation the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' community has given him, but Tom Nook points out it could be much worse. Cue a shot of a horrified ''VideoGame/WiiFit'' Trainer in a CornerOfWoe, who became a MsFanservice in the game due to her [[FlexibilityEqualsSexAbility flexibility]] and thus has a ''lot'' of {{Rule 34}} fanart. |
| 368 | * OlderAndWiser: |
| 369 | ** The Heavy after joining a team of "babies". Has shown elements of being a PapaWolf as well. |
| 370 | ** The old man from the "Noob" arc. |
| 371 | * OlderThanTheyLook: Angie refuses to serve [[VideoGame/{{Overwatch}} D.Va]] at her bar because she's too young, but Morgan has no trouble giving the even younger looking [[VideoGame/{{Disgaea}} Etna]] a beer. As Morgan points out, Etna looks 14, but she's actually [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld 1400]]. |
| 372 | * OneDialogueTwoConversations: [[VideoGame/{{Dota2}} Slardar]] saw that [[SirensAreMermaids Slithice]] was going around topless and tried to warn her about the surface dress code, but when he said "[[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1256 top is missing]]" she just [[InnocentFanserviceGirl mistook it for a lane instruction]]. |
| 373 | * OnlyInItForTheMoney: Steam-tan and Anne-Marie are both shown to only care about profit. Anne-Marie will join any movement that gets her more views/donations and Steam is depicted as money-grubbing in almost all appearances. |
| 374 | * OurOrcsAreDifferent: [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2962 The Interspecies comic]] in a nutshell, with it portraying three different kinds of Orcs with one noting that Jane having an axe and spikes is enough to fall in the ''very'' wide definition of orc. |
| 375 | * PantslessMalesFullyDressedFemales: This trope is mocked at least twice in ''Webcomic/NerfNow'', particularly in the case of ''Sonic The Hedgehog'': |
| 376 | ** [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/797 In one strip, Sonic turns down swimming]] with Blaze and Rouge not because he's hydrophobic, but because [[spoiler:he doesn't have a swimsuit]]. |
| 377 | ** One strip has Angie and Morgan be turned into [[ArtShift Sonic-style]] {{Funny Animal}}s; the latter [[DefiedTrope deliberately]] goes [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2564 without clothes]], her reasoning being that wearing clothes just entices lewd people to imagine what's underneath, while going without them shows to everyone that there's nothing to see. Angie notes that that doesn't stop ''some'' people. |
| 378 | * ParodyOfEvolution: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/108 This strip]] depicts an Engineer hunched over a turret, a somewhat short Pyro, a normal-size Soldier, and a Spy with a visible paper mask. |
| 379 | * PassingTheTorch: Once Engie-tan returns and is given the name "Angela," Jo leaves a note that tells her, YouAreInCommandNow. |
| 380 | * PassThePopcorn: With all the controversy surrounding it, [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2783 Angela]] figures the circus around the launch of ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUsPartII'' is going to be more fun than playing the game itself. |
| 381 | * PieInTheFace: When ''Hearthstone'' classes are presented as pies, the Hunter's is a pie in the face.[[labelnote:Explanation]]The hunter class is famous for decks that focus almost exclusively on directly rushing attacks to the enemy player's HP; colloquially, the "face."[[/labelnote]] |
| 382 | * PinkMeansFeminine: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1132 A fan asks Jo]] to create a [[GenderBender female]] [[VideoGame/{{Dota2}} Wisp]], essentially a blue ball of light, so he draws a pink ball of light. |
| 383 | * PizzaBoySpecialDelivery: [[{{Franchise/Metroid}} Samus]] is frustrated that she doesn't have a boyfriend, and tries to get some action by [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1518 ordering 3 pizzas]], then trying to [[LingerieScene seduce the pizza boy]]. |
| 384 | * PokeThePoodle: [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2799 Carrion]] is a game about a [[EldritchAbomination Lovecraftian horror]] that does unspeakable acts upon the human race, like eating all the Oreo fillings. |
| 385 | * PoliticalCartoons: A number of comics feel like this, only with video game related topics. |
| 386 | * PoorPredictableRock: [[VideoGame/{{Dota2}} Tiny]] uses this to his advantage when playing RockPaperScissors. Being a golem, people assume he'll use rock, and counter with paper, [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/927 so he goes scissors instead]]. |
| 387 | * PowerCreep: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1113 Behold]] {{Excalibur}}, the legendary sword that is completely outclassed by quest loot in the next expansion. |
| 388 | * PowerPerversionPotential: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/331 For the Kinect]]. |
| 389 | ** And for the [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/334 time manipulation]] on ''VideoGame/{{Singularity}}''. |
| 390 | ** The [[Franchise/StarCraft Protoss]] find [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/221 a new purpose for Observers.]] |
| 391 | ** Don't take suggestions for a hot spring from a [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/809 water elemental.]] |
| 392 | * PrecociousCrush [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/133 Medic-Tan has one on the Heavy.]] |
| 393 | * PrehensileHair: |
| 394 | ** Later known as Morgan, she won a Halloween 2014 poll as to whom the fans wanted to see in an artwork for Halloween, and on Jo's Twitter page, she got to play the [[Franchise/StarCraft Zerg Queen]], with a little Zergling in her arms. |
| 395 | ** Morgan turns her hair into a fist to knock a monitor out of sight when an angry Alek wants to get the person who just used a Priest deck against Alek's Warrior Deck. |
| 396 | * ProducePelting [=/=] TorchesAndPitchforks: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1045 Gamers']] reaction to the Platform/XboxOne. |
| 397 | * PuppyDogEyes: Only it's [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/374 ''larva eyes'']] for zergs. |
| 398 | * PutOnABus: Both BLU and RED Engie-Tans. |
| 399 | ** TheBusCameBack: BLU Engie-Tan returned after finishing her game in late 2014. |
| 400 | * RageQuit: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/551 In the Little Red Riding Hood episode]]. |
| 401 | * RagnarokProofing: Discussed in [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2921 "Build To Last"]]. Modern technology rusts in a few short years; ancient wood and stone technology lasts forever! |
| 402 | * ReadTheFinePrint: When Morgan (formerly Demo-tan) officially joins the comic, her first comic has her doing {{Fanservice}}. She initially refuses, but Jo points to her contract, which needs a magnifying glass to read the tiny [[RuleThirtyFour clause 34]]: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1191 she will do fanservice]]. |
| 403 | %% * Reality Ensues: |
| 404 | %% ** [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/310 Here]], though instead of making the story more realistic, it's PlayedForLaughs. |
| 405 | %% n** [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1696 Poor]] ComicBook/CaptainAmerica. |
| 406 | %% ** This [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1764 strip]] showed the author's explanation on the unexplained side of farming instead of office work based on Videogame/StardewValley. |
| 407 | * RebusBubble: Used for the dialogue-free arcs. |
| 408 | * RecklessGunUsage: [[VideoGame/{{Overwatch}} Soldier 76]] [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2805 calls out Junkrat]] for not following proper gun safety; specifically, [[UsefulNotes/GunSafety do not have your finger on the trigger until you are ready to shoot something.]] |
| 409 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: Anne-Marie gets them after Jo [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1335 "accidentally" uploads]] a [[ThePeepingTom video of her in the changing room]]. |
| 410 | ** The Engineer in the [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/144 "She was just Level 1"]] arc. |
| 411 | * RefugeInAudacity: [[VideoGame/DeusEx Adam Jensen]] walks by a guard while [[{{Pun}} "ducking"]]. The guard assumes that it was his imagination. This and the previous comic is pretty much a hilarious alternative explanation for 'ducking'. That somehow makes more sense than just crouch-walking through air vents. |
| 412 | * RescueRomance: The very first arc. [[spoiler: And it doesn't work out for Pyro.]] |
| 413 | * ReverseCerebusSyndrome: Started out as a series of story-line based dramedies before evolving into one-off comedy strips. Jo still does story arcs, but they tend to be much shorter and continuity has become harder to come by. |
| 414 | ** Mostly because, as the most recent (and, as it happened, "last") arc proved, viewers prefer the stand-alone strips. |
| 415 | * RippedFromTheHeadlines: Just about each of the major VideoGame/TeamFortress2 updates have garnered a reaction strip or three, but other examples include: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/100 Backstab]], [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/284 Karma]], and [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/291 Lottery]]. |
| 416 | * RobeAndWizardHat: BLU Engie-tan's character gets a {{Stripperific}} version of this [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/860 here]]. Notable in that she wears the wizard hat ''on top of'' her hard hat. |
| 417 | * RobotMe: Instead of waiting for ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'', [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2571 Angie]] cryogenically freezes herself and leaves a robot duplicate in her place. But when Anne asks why Angie froze herself, [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2572 Robo-Angie]] decides she'd rather deactivate herself instead of waiting for ''Cyberpunk 2077'' and builds Robo-Angie Mk II to take ''her'' place. By the time Angie wakes up, the latest Robo-Angie is so life-like that she's [[ActuallyADoombot indistinguishable from the real thing]]. |
| 418 | * RocksFallEveryoneDies: On a rainy day, BLU Engie invites some [=REDs=] over for some tabletop gaming, as GM she's [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/861 planning one of these]]. |
| 419 | * RosesAreRedVioletsAreBlue: [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2266 Scout]] is lime green, [[SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion everybody hates him]]. |
| 420 | * {{Rule 63}}: The ''Team Fortress 2'' classes are joined by attractive female couterparts. |
| 421 | * RunningGag: Ever since Hearthstone came out, jokes related to [[MemeticMutation faces]] have become a thing in the comic. [[invoked]] |
| 422 | * RussianReversal: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/376 In Soviet Russia, Tetris plays YOU!]] |
| 423 | * SadisticChoice: [[LampshadedTrope Lampshaded]] in this strip [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2035 Morality]]. Pointing out how many hard choices you get seem to be choosing between who dies. It also asks why it is these situations seem to pop up so frequently. |
| 424 | * SarcasmBlind: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1532 Angie]] has a contest where the other girls pick their favorite team in the [=DOTA2=] Summit 3 vote, and whomever wins gets to do some FanService. Morgan hates the idea since she doesn't like doing fanservice, and since Angie draws the comic, she can force the girls to do fanservice whenever she wants, which makes it pointless; so Morgan asks why not skip the contest and go straight to the fanservice. Angie thinks she is trying to make a real suggestion. |
| 425 | * SecondLove: Sniper-tan to Pyro. |
| 426 | * SeenItAll: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1259 This farmer]] is more annoyed than scared by the [[VideoGame/DiabloIII demons and undead]]. |
| 427 | * SelfDeprecation: "I got bored of butchering the english language. Now I butcher grammar in japanese too." [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/588]] |
| 428 | * SelfInsertFic: The BLU Engie-tan casts herself as a sexy, ultra-powerful evil sorceress and end-boss in her tabletop RPG during the [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/860 Rainy Day arc]]. |
| 429 | * SerenadeYourLover: Sniper-tan confesses her love for Pyro by singing [[Music/RickAstley Never Gonna Give You Up]]. |
| 430 | * SeriousBusiness: [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/322 Holy wars between Mac and PC]] get rather heated when you're trying to run sentry turrets. Caution: they may end [[SlapSlapKiss in kissing]]. |
| 431 | * SexForServices: When [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/422 BLU Engie-Tan]] tries to play ''VideoGame/PokerNightAtTheInventory'' but has no money, she offers her clothes as the ante. She's not trying to turn the game into StripPoker, she's trading a strip show for a seat at the table. The RED Heavy rejects the offer because he doesn't want her clothes, and either didn't understand or didn't care about what she was really offering. |
| 432 | * SexSells: Inverted [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1158 here]], where an [[HGame eroge]] called "Stratacus" disguises itself as a strategy game to mislead people into starting to play it and thus reach a wider audience. |
| 433 | * ShortRangeShotgun: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/748 Discussed]]. |
| 434 | * ShoutOut: To ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies'', with the Peashooter in all of the ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' arcs. |
| 435 | ** To ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' and only the Sniper's not having [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/558 fun]] |
| 436 | *** And a certain pink party pony [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/761 cameos]] in the last panel. |
| 437 | *** Guess who Lydia's [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/805 modded]] after? |
| 438 | *** The issue of alpha-version leaks had been addressed. You can guess the site that [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/811 it happened on.]] |
| 439 | ** [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1608 Angela channels her inner]] [[Literature/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions Rikka]]! |
| 440 | ** [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/300 #300]] |
| 441 | ** [[Advertising/TheManYourManCouldSmellLike I'm on a]] [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/391 pig]]. |
| 442 | * SignedUpForTheDental: How the [[Franchise/ResidentEvil Umbrella Corporation]] [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1030 lured scientists]] to work on their illegal virus experiments. |
| 443 | * SlapSlapKiss: There seems to be no reason why [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2625 Drow Ranger and Windranger]] dislike each other so much. Jo believes they secretly like each other, but are so {{Tsundere}} that they don't know how to properly show affection, and jump back and forth between fighting and making out. |
| 444 | * SlasherSmile: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1652 IT'S PATCH TIME!!!]] |
| 445 | * SlipperySlopeFallacy: In the early days of ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/463 Blizzard]] changed the lore to allow female Night Elf druids, and one of the developers was worried that if they start messing around with the lore, where will they end up? [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope 7 years later]], Gnomes can be warriors, and there are Alliance shaman and Horde paladins. |
| 446 | * SmallReferencePools: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2198 This comic]] of ''VideoGame/HandOfFate 2'' has a random picture of Pyra from ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'' in the middle. Jo says it's hard to write jokes about an IndieGame no one has heard of, so he threw in the {{Fanservice}} from a [[{{Creator/Nintendo}} big industry]] [[RolePlayingGame RPG]]. |
| 447 | * SmokeShield: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/8 This strip]], complete with BigDamnHeroes moment. |
| 448 | * TheSoCalledCoward: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1269 Faceless Void]] believes this of Anti-Mage, because the latter keeps [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1268 running away from fights]]. The real reason is that he is in the [[LevelGrinding middle of farming]] and wasn't ready to engage Void. By the time Void dismisses AM as a threat, AM has [[TookALevelInBadass finished his farming]] and is off to [[LockAndLoadMontage buy gear]]. |
| 449 | * SomethingWeForgot: So where are [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2811 Maggie and Victoire]]? [[spoiler: Jo literally [[BodyInABreadbox stuffed them into the fridge]] like leftovers intent on bringing them back later, and forgot about them.]] |
| 450 | * SpeakingLikeTotallyTeen: In the commentary for [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1337 strip #1337]], Jo compares using leet today with "your dad trying to say some slangs to look cool". |
| 451 | * SpeedSex: [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2242 Morgan]] invokes this to mock Jane's {{Speedrun}} obssesion. |
| 452 | * SpoofAesop: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/811 Albeit a very modern and valid one]]. |
| 453 | -->'''Twilight Sparkle:''' "[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Dear Princess Celestia]], today I learned [[HumansAreBastards people are soulless pricks]] and an NDA is as strong as [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil my ability to enforce it]]." |
| 454 | * StatingTheSimpleSolution: [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2959 Morgan's solution]] to [[VideoGame/HalfLife headcrabs]], unlike her fellow girls' solutions with far more flair or requiring specific talents, is a helmet with large spikes coming out of it. |
| 455 | * StealthPun: |
| 456 | ** [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/67 Tonight's]] ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' special guest: [[Franchise/{{Castlevania}} Dracula]]. |
| 457 | ** [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/734 Guess who's]] in the pit of [[VideoGame/MetalGear snakes]]. |
| 458 | * StrawHypocrite: [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2803 Anne]] suggests dressing up as their favorite Franchise/{{Pokemon}}, but she intends on dressing up as the most popular to boost her own popularity. It backfires as she didn't consider that "most popular" means "most peoples' favorite", so they all dressed up as Pikachu; except Morgan who dressed up as the Pikachu-wannabe Mimikyu. |
| 459 | * StrawmanNewsMedia: Gaming journalism does not come off well. [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1212 Though independent YouTube channels get it too.]] Whenever reviews are mentioned, expect it to be in the context of them being paid for by the game companies. |
| 460 | * StreisandEffect: InUniverse. When the cast were turned into [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic-style]] [[FunnyAnimal furries]], [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2564 Morgan goes without clothes]]. She thinks that wearing clothes will lead to people imagining what they look like in the nude, while going in [[AppropriateAnimalAttire just her fur]] and showing she doesn't have anything will dispel this. For the fans who are still going to make [[RuleThirtyFour fanservice]] out of them, nothing would stop them anyway so it wouldn't matter what they wore. |
| 461 | * {{Stripperiffic}}: |
| 462 | ** The female ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' characters' outfits can be [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/165 dangerous]] [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/166 distractions]]. |
| 463 | ** The BLU Engie-tan gives herself one in the [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/860 Rainy Day arc.]] |
| 464 | * StopHavingFunGuys: |
| 465 | ** Apparently, the ''Franchise/StarCraft'' scene [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/285 is nothing but this.]] |
| 466 | ** In other strips, SHFG's are depicted as grey-brown skinned cultists in purple robes with "Mr. Yuk" on them. |
| 467 | ** [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/802/ Diablo]] is terrified of the thought that players might be having ''fun'' playing ''VideoGame/DiabloIII''. |
| 468 | * SuperDeformed: Particularly the "[[http://nerfnow.com/comic/127 Entire Team Is Babies]]" arc. |
| 469 | * TakeAThirdOption: |
| 470 | ** [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/887 When]] [[VideoGame/{{Dota2}} DOTA]] players want more [=DOTA=] comics and [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 TF2]] players want more [=TF2=] comics, [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Jo makes]] [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros a crossover]]. |
| 471 | ** You can see Jo take a ''fourth'' option [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/839 here]]. |
| 472 | * TakeThat: |
| 473 | ** [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/220 This]] comic makes a [[Franchise/{{Castlevania}} not-so-subtle]] jab at Literature/TheTwilightSaga. |
| 474 | ** Also [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/482 this]] against game reviewers and ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}''. |
| 475 | ** [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1487 This comic]] takes a jab at those who hate Mini Sentries for being "unfun" to fight against. |
| 476 | * TautologicalTemplar: {{Franchise/Batman}} never kills, so when he's [[DrivesLikeCrazy driving around and running people over]], that's not killing, because [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1583 Batman doesn't kill]]. |
| 477 | * TemptingFate: |
| 478 | ** The "Good Day" comics have someone discussing a plan or strategy, followed by someone else who exploited a flaw in the strategy writing a letter saying they had a good day. |
| 479 | ** [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1011 An item that boosts attack power at the expense of defense?]] Perfect for ranged fighters, unless you get targeted by an invisible assassin. |
| 480 | ** [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1017 Outnumbering your opponent?]] [[OneManArmy What can one support do?]] |
| 481 | ** [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1026 Everyone focuses on late game units]], no one would [[ZergRush whip up an army of small units and attack early in the game]]. |
| 482 | * ThatOnePlayer: |
| 483 | ** Engie (in comic) and Jo (in real life) have [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/757 low-level alts]] in ''Videogame/DiabloIII'' so they can play with friends who aren't as far in the game as them. Unfortunately, being big fans of ''Diablo'', they often play with their alts and outlevel their friends, defeating the whole purpose. |
| 484 | ** So is [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1255 Jane]], but she does it deliberately to annoy Morgan. |
| 485 | * TheInternetIsForPorn: Jo appropriately renamed a Mozilla Firefox shortcut in [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1235 this strip]]. |
| 486 | * ThereAreNoGirlsOnTheInternet: {{Inverted}} [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/525 here.]] |
| 487 | * TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1293 Lesharc]] [[note]]or Leshrac when spelt correctly[[/note]] was once a wise man who sought enlightenment, and tried to divine the nature of the universe; he became [[GoMadFromTheRevelation a perpetually angry centaur]] when he found out he's a character in [[VideoGame/{{Dota2}} a video game]]. |
| 488 | * TheyChangedItNowItSucks: InUniverse, [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1100 Engie]] doesn't like]] ''VideoGame/MightyNo9'' because they replaced the [[MascotMook hardhat wearing Mettools]] with [[WritingAroundTrademarks road cone robots]]. |
| 489 | * ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: When Omnislash is off CoolDown, [[VideoGame/{{Dota2}} Yurnero]] is [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1128 the Juggernaut, Bitch!]] |
| 490 | * ThisIsUnforgivable: Angie [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1547 had her cheesecake eaten]] by Jane, Alek and Maggie (and [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1548 gets back]] at the first two by tampering with their Internet connections; [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1549 it takes]] Jane buying Angie more fancy cheesecake to fix it). Jane [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1562 stole the stylus]] Angie used to draw the comic, and a [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1567 free-for-all]] with the other girls broke it, prompting a visit by Zone-tan with a replacement and a dire warning. The final straw was Jane and Alek [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1604 stealing a dispenser]] Angie [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1603 loaded with money,]] and [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1606 not even buying unusual shotguns with it]] (which would have given them mercy with Angie). [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1607 Jane and Alek think fanservice]] for the strip will help them settle up with Angie, but this was the last straw: Angie has had enough of their trolling, and [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1608 throws them both out]]. |
| 491 | * ThrowTheDogABone: [[VideoGame/{{Dota2}} Crystal Maiden]] in "[[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1055 Good Day #4]]". Normally CM is a CrutchCharacter whose job is to weaken enemies so that her allies can rack up kills and earn [[MoneySpider gold]] and [[LevelGrinding XP]]. When her allies head off with their gains to buy upgrades, she's left alone to defend a tower which get assaulted by some nearly dead creeps, letting her grab a few quick kills of her own. |
| 492 | * TitleDrop: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/673 Here]] and [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/737 here]]. |
| 493 | * ToplessnessFromTheBack: Used with Engie a [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/985 couple]] of [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2258/ times]], also combined with {{Sideboob}}. |
| 494 | * TorchesAndPitchforks: [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2661 Anne-Marie]] is selling pitchforks to gamers outside of Blizzcon 2019. |
| 495 | * TransformationIsAFreeAction: {{Subverted|Trope}} with the [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2935 E.M.M.I. robots]] from ''VideoGame/MetroidDread''. They undergo a complex transformation to switch to pursuit mode, by which time [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Samus has already built up a good head start]]. |
| 496 | * TrappedInAnotherWorld: The Isekai [[note]]"another world" in Japanese[[/note]] storyline has [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2812 Victoire]] about to die in a car accident, only to be whisked away by a wizard to be the hero of another world. Subverted when a larger truck T-bones the truck that would've killed Victoire, and the wizard pulls [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2813 the truck instead]]. |
| 497 | * TrilogyCreep: Sporked in [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/736 "Tetralogy"]] with regards to Halo 3 (the '''stunning conclusion''' to the Halo '''trilogy''') and Halo 4 ("Oh, hey, what's up?"). |
| 498 | * TropeName: [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2858 One cyborg's response]] to seeing [[VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077 Angie choke another cyborg]] is "Spanish expletive". |
| 499 | * {{Tsundere}}: |
| 500 | ** [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/245 Jack]] from ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''. |
| 501 | ** [[DistaffCounterpart A female]] [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/252 Predator]] for Valentine's Day. |
| 502 | ** [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/737 And again here]]. |
| 503 | * TwoGamersOnACouch: Strips involving Jo and Engie-tan have this vibe to them. These strips become much more frequent as the comic progresses. |
| 504 | * UngratefulBastard: When Jane [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1344 gets]] [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1345 in over]] [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1346 her head]] with a HumiliatingWager, Morgan [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1347 bargains]] with Jo by offering to do a [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1348 different sort]] of {{Fanservice}}. Jane sticks around to mock her for it. |
| 505 | * UnsoundEffect: Often. The page image is apparently the sound effect of a Zergling Rush. Among other examples, various sound effects have also included "loot loot", "Direct Hit!", and "BULLET BULLET BULLET BULLET". |
| 506 | * UnusualWeaponMounting: When Jane hears about the ability to customize genitals in ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'', she imagines installing a [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2767 grenade launcher inside her vagina]]. She is less enthused when Angela suggests that won't be an option. |
| 507 | * UselessUsefulSpell: In [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/900 the commentary for this comic]], Jo mentions that the best form of crowd control is [[StatingTheSimpleSolution to nuke the enemy]], and the best debuff is death. |
| 508 | * VisualPun: When Jo [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/606 holds up a stack of bills]] he has to pay, one of the sheets is a picture of [[VideoGame/Left4Dead Bill]]. |
| 509 | * WantingIsBetterThanHaving: [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2854 Apple Pie 2077]] turned out to be a very good pie, albeit with some bugs hanging around, while expectations were for [[JumpingOutOfACake something much bigger]]. |
| 510 | * WarHasNeverBeenSoMuchFun: VideoGame/TeamFortress2, now with romance! |
| 511 | * WetTShirtContest: It [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1571 doesn't work so well]] with [[VideoGame/{{Splatoon}} squid ink]]. |
| 512 | * WeWinBecauseYouDidNot: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1396 Jane's bet]] against Morgan was based on whether Morgan would win or lose, then Jane challenged her to a 4-player game, even if Morgan beats Jane, she'd still have to beat Alek and Marie to win. The game Jane challenged her to is ''{{Videogame/DEFCON}}'', where it'd be easy for Jane to suicide herself to kill Morgan and make her lose. |
| 513 | * WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2609 Toru Hagakure]] has the worst [[{{Invisibility}} superpower set]] in all of ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''. First, being an InvisibleStreaker means she can't wear any protective clothing, such as winter clothes, [[UselessSuperpowers without negating her invisibility]]. Second, she lacks any offensive secondary powers, so she's no better than an average teenage girl at physical combat. And finally, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking she's bad at fanservice]]. |
| 514 | * WomanScorned: |
| 515 | ** [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/277 BLU Sniper]] discovers that [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/278 RED Demo-tan]] doesn't take rejection well. |
| 516 | ** [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/347 Hell hath no fury as an AI scorned.]] [[VideoGame/{{Halo}} Master Chief]] really should have cleared his browser history. |
| 517 | ** More like AnthropomorphicPersonification scorned, [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/545 but...]] |
| 518 | * WorldsSmallestViolin: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/466 Requiem]]. |
| 519 | * WorthIt: |
| 520 | ** Jane is getting into the habit of taunting Jo, and learns nothing from the punishment, usually claiming this. |
| 521 | ** Jo is mad that {{Website/Facebook}} bought Oculus as he was interested in the Platform/OculusRift, but doesn't like Facebook and is worried what they'll do to the project. Jane taunts him about it, and says it was [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1257 worth it]] despite Jo's [[CementShoes murderous response]]. |
| 522 | ** After Jo and Alek proclaim [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1310 Nintendo the victor at E3]], Jane points out that Jo still doesn't have a Platform/WiiU; even getting locked in an [[TortureCellar iron maiden]] doesn't stop her taunting. |
| 523 | ** Jane challenges Jo to a game of ''VideoGame/SkullGirls'', [[HustlingTheMark insisting she's not very good at the game]]; and Jo [[StewedAlive cooks her alive]] when she [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1344 beats the pants off him]]. |
| 524 | %%* WrenchWench: Engie-tan, of course. |
| 525 | * WretchedHive: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/310 Sarasa Land]]. |
| 526 | %%* {{Yandere}}: '''''Everyone.''''' |
| 527 | * YankTheDogsChain: |
| 528 | ** [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/633 A reader e-mailed]] Jo asking for a comic that didn't treat [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 the Sniper]] like a ButtMonkey; so he throws [[ThrowTheDogABone a party with hot babes]] for... [[VideoGame/{{Dota2}} another Sniper]]. |
| 529 | ** Engie appears to try to make peace with Maggie by [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1511 folding her a paper hat.]] An appreciative Maggie is about to take it from her... when Engie [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1512 suddenly snatches it back and rips it in half]] |
| 530 | * YouDontLookLikeYou: [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2981 Angie]] believes that ''VideoGame/{{Dota2}}'' has gone too far with the cosmetics, but she mistakenly thought Hoodwink was a skin for Windranger. In her defence, she points to Invoker's Acolyte of the Lost Arts skin, which turns him from an adult to a kid. |
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