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3	''[[http://comic.truefork.org NQDC]]'' (not always SFW) is an {{Animesque}} Meta LifeEmbellished {{Webcomic}} that is also available in print. It focuses heavily on {{Parody}}, and BreakingTheFourthWall. It advertises itself as plotless, but there have been several {{Story Arc}}s, interspersed with one-off "Intermezzo" episodes. Despite the presence of aliens, ninjas, sky pirates, zombies, demons, and magic, the ''Not Quite Daily Comic'' features very little conflict and instead concentrates on interpersonal relationships and philosophical questions.
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5	''NQDC'' follows an occasionally expanding cast of recurring characters:
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7	* Mr. Artist: The self-explanatory AuthorAvatar with NerdGlasses
8	* Ankhetmaruranetherure (aka Amaranthe): OurVampiresAreDifferent, SomeCallMeTim
9	* Irene: LadyOfWar and mother.
10	* Karl: TheStrategist with a DarkAndTroubledPast
11	* Kazuma: A {{Bokukko}} {{Yuri\|Genre}} Demon Hunting [[EverythingsBetterWithSamurai Samurai]]
12	* Kira: PosthumousCharacter, DarkMagicalGirl
13	* Lea: Irene's LittleMissBadass daughter
14	* Lulu: A Tortoise Girl
15	* Malène: A HotAsHell [[SuccubiAndIncubi Succubus]] and Kazuma's ArchEnemy
16	* Myshka: A CatGirl on the uncanny side of the anthropomorphic spectrum
17	* S-ko: CoolBigSis, and literally a LittleGreenMen
18	* Tam: Also LittleGreenMen, with a DarkAndTroubledPast
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20	The default setting appears to be UsefulNotes/{{Belgium}}, with occasional travel elsewhere.
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22	!!''NQDC'' provides examples of:
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24	* AdventurerArchaeologist: : as a ShoutOut to Franchise/TombRaider [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?236 here]] and Franchise/IndianaJones, [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?213 complete with Fedora]].
25	* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Lea sometimes plays this role to characters like Tam and S-ko, but for the most part she avoids it.
26	* ArtEvolution: One of the most extreme examples in a webcomic. The artwork starts out [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?6 extremely simplified to the point of crudeness]], but quickly grows [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?53 more elaborate and elegant]]. As the artwork develops, the comiv more and more begins using [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?380 grayscale and more elaborate backgrounds]], then after a few sporadic color pages it switches to [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?771 being in color full-time]]. The latest strips take it even further with a detailed [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?810 painted look]]. Of course, as the art grows more elaborate, the schedule also slows down... not to mention, more often a new page is only one or two panels.
27	* AuthorAppeal: Girls, cats, swords, armor, goth costumes...
28	* BadassLongcoat: Irene wears one, as the High Priestess of the Sisterhood of the True Fork.
29	* BeamOfEnlightenment: Lampooned as a ShoutOut to Manga/DragonBall [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?42 here]].
30	* BilingualBonus: Infrequent, and depending on the context, but extra comments and jokes will occasionally show up in other languages.
31	* CatFight: Irene and S-ko, Kazuma and Malène. Myshka tends to stay out of them, though.
32	* CatsAreSuperior: This is definitely the view held by Myshka, though she completely averts the CatsAreMean tropes that often goes along with it. She may find cats superior to every other being, but she's cuddly and affectonate with pretty much everyone.
33	* CatSmile: Myshka, on account of being a cat, is the master of these.
34	* CharacterDevelopment: With the possible exception of [[FlatCharacter Mr Artist]], most of the characters go through this to some degree. Most notably, S-ko [[DefrostingIceQueen grows more open and emotional]], Maléne [[TookALevelInKindness becomes less selfish and self-centered]], and Lea grows more reflective and introspective as she grows older.
35	* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Irene's husband Alex never really appeared in the comic to begin with, but after a while the comic has even stopped ''mentioning'' him.
36	* ConstantlyCurious: Lea
37	* ConvenientComa
38	* CoolAirship: [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?224 Millennium Snowball]]
39	* CrossPoppingVeins
40	* CutAndPasteComic: There's a ''lot'' of recycled art in this comic, though there's less and less of it as time goes by.
41	* CuteLittleFangs: Both Myshka, Malène and Amaranthe have them.
42	* CuteMonsterGirl: Myshka, Lulu
43	* DemonHead: Kazuma does this.
44	* DemonicPossession: S-ko is possessed by Maléne's mother early in the comic. She gets better.
45	* DisappearedDad: Lea's father is gone. He doesn't really come up in the comic.
46	* DualWielding: Kazuma
47	* EverybodyHasLotsOfSex: With everyone else, at that. Most of the characters in the comic has had sex with at ''least'' three of the other characters, even discounting the orgy scenes. The sole exceptions to this are Karl (who is a confirmed asexual) and Lea (who is too young be interested in sex and instead prefers planning strategies for killing zombies).
48	* EverybodyWasKungFuFighting
49	* ExpositionParty: it's worse; [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?297 Exposition Sex Scene]]
50	* FaceOnAMilkCarton: Kirika from ''Anime/{{Noir}}'' makes an [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?182 appearance]] on one in a meta-joke.
51	* FacelessMasses: like [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?260 here]]
52	* FanDisservice: [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?301 unless you're into that sort of thing]]
53	* {{Fanservice}}: The comic is pretty steeped in it. All the characters are very good-looking, and they're often seen in various states of undress and/or striking sexy poses. The female characters do this the most, but there are plenty of pages where the male characters get in on the act.
54	* FieryRedhead: Inverted with Tam. She has red hair, but is overall one of the least confrontational characters in the comic.
55	* FoeRomanceSubtext: Malène and everybody else
56	* TheFourGods: [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?115 Malène's mother mistakes Lulu for Genbu]]
57	* FourthWallObserver: Every single character is perfectly aware that they are in a comic. Mr Artist can even alter reality just by drawing whatever anyone needs; when Tam and S-ko need passports to travel abroad, he draws them passports... then they convince him to draw them all tickets to Business Class so that they can travel in comfort.
58	* FramingDevice: Used, discussed and {{Lampshaded}} in the "Canterbury Tales" arc, where the cast agree to explore alternate takes on the comic, using the framing device of each of them telling a story.
59	-->'''Mr Artist:''' I wanted to give everyone the chance to talk about where we'll go next with this comic.\
60	'''S-ko:''' We could each tell a story. That way we could explore various plots while keeping the comic technically plotless.\
61	'''Irene:''' The current situation could be our frame story. A bit like ''Literature/TheCanterburyTales''.\
62	'''Lea:''' What's a frame story?\
63	'''Maléne:''' So it's a time-tested literary device!\
64	'''Kazuma:''' Are you being sarcastic?
65	* FuroScene [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?103 here]]
66	* GenreSavvy
67	* GenreShift
68	* GratuitousJapanese: [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?265 Here]].
69	* TheGrimReaper: [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?218 Kira]] has appeared as such
70	* {{Handwave}}: often lampshaded
71	* HaremAnime: Lampooned in [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?169 its own story arc]]
72	* HarmlessVillain: Malène starts as this. She spends some time as a TokenEvilTeammate, before softening up further and just being slightly naughty.
73	* HellishPupils: Malène
74	* HermeticMagic
75	* HotSpringsEpisode
76	* HumanAliens: Averted. In their natural form, Bobbles don't look even slightly human. The human-like bodies they're seen with for most of the comic is the result of a using a TransformationTrinket.
77	* HumansAreUgly: S-ko regularly refers to humans as "slimy aliens"
78	* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: episode titles go "Not Quite x" or "Intermezzo"
79	* IndyEscape: averted
80	* ImmortalImmaturity: Malène
81	* ImportantHaircut: [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?72 Irene]]
82	* InnocentFanserviceGirl Myshka and Lulu, and to a lesser extent S-ko and Tam, all start out as this. Since they were all originally non-humanoids who didn't wear clothes, after transforming into a humanoid shape they often don't see the big deal about nudity. Tam probably has the most body modesty, and Myshka definitely has the least -- true to her cat nature, she never wears clothes unless the absolutely has to.
83	* ItRunsOnNonsensoleum: The entire comic, really. Because everyone is already aware that they are in a comic, they often don't bother with technical details.
84	* KatanasAreJustBetter: Averted. Kazuma uses a katana, but it's not portrayed as superior to other swords.
85	* LightningGlare
86	* LoveDodecahedron: Downplayed. There's a lot of affection between the characters, and a little romance as well, and the comic certainly doesn't shy away from making it clear that a number of them are sexually involved (to the point where several pages is devoted to an orgy between the majority of the characters), but the drama and complications usually associated with this trope are completely absent. It's probably helped by monogamy being a foreign concept to Bobbles.
87	* MagicalGirlfriend: Referenced by name and lampooned in [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?135 its own story arc]], making fun of such things as the ThisLoserIsYou nature of the male protagonists of said series.
88	* MandysLawOfAnimeGenderBending: It's not really made a big deal out of, but Tam and S-ko were originally male in their true Bobble forms. Post-transformation they identify as female and exclusively use female pronouns, even when talking about their pre-transformation lives. Tam at one point makes an offhanded remark about having been a guy, but that's pretty much it.
89	* ManInAKilt: [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?328 Mr. Artist]]
90	* MusicalAssassin: [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?361 Attack by German composer!]] Probably also a ShoutOut to ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.
91	* [[MrFanservice Mr.]][=/=]MsFanservice: Everyone. ''Every single character.''
92	* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?300 in this strip.]]
93	* NakedOnArrival: Played with in the Henshin incident. When Mat the Bobble transforms into Tam the humanoid, she is naked at first. Played with when it comes to Myshka and Lulu, who are also naked after transforming but have BarbieDollAnatomy. Completely averted with S-ko, who makes it a point to transform behind a modesty screen and emerges fully clothed.
94	* NonMammalMammaries: Averted by Lulu, who post-transformation has a vaguely feminine shape, but still does not have breasts of any kind.
95	* NotDistractedByTheSexy: Karl, whose {{Usefulnotes/Asexuality}} makes it impossible for anyone to seduce or distract with sexy poses, flirting or undressing.
96	* OlderThanTheyLook: Malène, Lulu
97	* OminousLatinChanting: referred to [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?362 by name]].
98	* OneHourWorkWeek
99	* OurZombiesAreDifferent: ShoutOut to ''Franchise/SilentHill'' [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?154 here]]
100	* PrettyFreeloaders
101	* PrettyInMink
102	* PsychicPowers: Kazuma
103	* PutOnABus: Karl eventually has to go back home. Though the comic was pretty clear from the get-go that he was only visiting for a while.
104	* TheQuietOne: Myshka. After her transformation, she ''is'' able to talk, she just chooses not to "because she finds feline communication superior."
105	* QuirkyHousehold: One artist who can change the world around him simply because he's the one drawing the comic, two LittleGreenMen aliens in human guises, one anthropomorphic catgirl who hates clothes, one athropomorphic turtle-girl with a penchant for philosophy, one self-centered but amiable succubus, one sword-wielding demon hunter who doesn't really hunt that many demons, one High Priestess of an unofficial Sisterhood, and her preteen daughter who's obsessed with killing zombies and has the vocabulary of a forty-year-old. Oh, and a revolutionary leader stays with them for a while, and the succubus's scheming mother and the spirit of the priestess's deceased friend sometimes show up for visits. And (with the exception of the preteen daughter and the revolutionary) EveryoneHasLotsOfSex. Anything resembling normality is long gone.
106	* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Malène
107	* RedEyesTakeWarning: Malène
108	* ReverseGrip: both Kazuma and Mr. Artist use it occasionally
109	* RuleThirtyFour: [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?262 explicitly called out]]
110	* SamusIsAGirl: [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?104 Kazuma]]
111	* SceneryCensor: Used so inconsistently that it's presumably for laughs, such as [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?136 with a speech bubble]].
112	* SdrawkcabName: Mat's name change to Tam, Cos to S-ko.
113	* SelfInsertFic: With predictable LampshadeHanging.
114	* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Maléne is the most obvious example, but S-ko has her moments too.
115	* SheFu
116	* ShipTease: Between Maléne and S-ko in the comic's early stages, until one page reveals that they've actually been in a relationship for quite some time already.
117	* ShirtlessScene: lots of them
118	* ShoutOut: the comic is highly intertextual, and has many references. Like to ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?279 here]]
119	** Hell, Kira is very obviously Chloe from ''Anime/{{Noir}}''.
120	*** Given that Kira means "dark" in Gaelic, also an instance of MeaningfulName
121	* ShowWithinAShow: at one point they [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?276 watch themselves in a movie they made earlier]]
122	* SpaceOpera: The Bobbles' backstory take the form of one. The main comic, not so much.
123	* SpeechBubbles: There are a few instances of the speech bubbles interacting with characters, being used as convenient SceneryCensor, and so on.
124	* SpotTheImposter: Malène does VoluntaryShapeshifting, but often has problems getting the details wrong when impersonating one of the others.
125	* {{Stripperiffic}}: Mocked
126	* SuperDeformed: A few strips present the characters like this. The artist notes that this style is harder to draw than it looks.
127	* TheSweatDrop
128	* SwordFight: A few of them. Ka
129	* TarotMotifs [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?67 here]] or [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?88 here]]
130	* TempleOfDoom: several times, as a ShoutOut to ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' and ''Franchise/TombRaider''
131	* TentacleRope [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?356 here]]
132	* {{Tuckerization}}: several characters are based on real life people, including one who is a troper
133	* TwoGamersOnACouch: subverted, [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?66 they sit on the floor]]
134	* UniversalAdaptorCast: particularly in ''Literature/TheCanterburyTales'' arc
135	* UnusualEars: Malène
136	* ViewersAreGeniuses: The further on the comic goes, the more it goes into existentialism and complex philosophical concepts, often name-dropping various schools of thought and philosophy.
137	* WriteWhoYouKnow
138	* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: lampooned [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?235 here]]

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