1 | -->''"Why would you try to spell a vacuum?"''\ |
2 | --'''What You're Probably Thinking Right Now''' |
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4 | ''Vacuumland, 1996'': An inexplicable accident of chance creates a sentient vacuum with an attitude. His name is Spelling. |
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6 | The first five 'chapters' were plotted out as part of a larger arc centered on the prophecy of the Errant One and Bono the Cat's ambition to TakeOverTheWorld. The sixth introduced a new old nemesis of Stooge's with a grudge, and the seventh involved TimeTravel before the author got sick of that dragging on and [[AbortedArc swerved abruptly]] in a different direction. |
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8 | The site, www.room931.com, was taken down sometime in 2008, circa two years after the last strip was posted--which itself was only posted after a six month lapse, as [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in said final strip. Once upon a time, it also shared a forum site with ''Webcomic/ZeldaComic'' at inksandwich.com. |
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10 | [[http://web.archive.org/web/20190706210729/http://www.spellingthevacuum.com/ Spelling the Vacuum]]'s archives can be found via the Wayback Machine. |
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12 | Tropes: |
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14 | * AbortedArc: Right in the middle of the action. |
15 | * AchillesHeel: Villain Ray's weakness is the fact that his powers are powered by self-esteem. |
16 | * ActionGirl: The Jew. |
17 | * ArtEvolution: Lampshaded in a fight during the TimeTravel arc... unrelatedly to the TimeTravel, though. "Did the author just change the art style ''again?''" |
18 | * AuthorAppeal: Lampshaded by Stooge during his short OutOfClothesExperience: "I dunno, probably just an excuse so the author can draw me naked." |
19 | * BackFromTheDead: As well as ToHellAndBack. |
20 | * CameBackWrong: Bono's sexuality switched orientations. |
21 | * CampGay: Bono, to his own horror, after his return from the dead. |
22 | * TheChosenOne: Spelling is The Errant One. |
23 | * EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Jew doesn't seem to have another name; neither does The Convert (who, incidentally, converted to Judaism.) |
24 | * EvilOverlord: Bono. |
25 | * GrammarNazi: The Fairy of Good Grammar. |
26 | * ItsPopularNowItSucks:[[invoked]] Conversationally described by Stooge in an early strip. |
27 | * LightningCanDoAnything: Spelling's birth, from the union of the super-intelligence of a Mr. Spell machine, and the body of a vacuum. |
28 | * LiteralGenie: The frog statue, in "Look, It's Vaguely Like Ghostbusters." Genie-free, non-wish-granting magical loophole example: Fairy wands can only be wielded by fairies, but the definition of 'fairy' includes the homophobic slur. |
29 | * NoFourthWall |
30 | * OutOfClothesExperience |
31 | * ReligionIsMagic: Specifically, Judaism = superpowers. |
32 | * TerminatorTwosome: The AbortedArc. |
33 | * ThemeNaming: Three named vacuums are Spelling, Dictionary, and Homework. As in, things that [[spoiler:''suck'']]. The author admits he came up with this [[{{Pun}} Incredibly Lame Pun]] in Junior High. |
34 | * ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: On being ''born'', Spelling's first words were "'Sup, bitches?" |
35 | * ToHellAndBack |
36 | * TheUnreveal: Vacuum sex is always just offscreen; WordOfGod says it's not explicit, just "very hard to draw." |
37 | %%*WackyCravings [Can't remember if that trope was there. Probably other PregnancyTropes? Is there one about 'pregnant women are crazy and have a temper'?] |
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