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3 | ''[[http://bugpond.awgosh.com/ The Bug Pond]]'' is a slice-of-life comic by Jasmine Coté (AKA Momogirl on ''Website/DeviantArt''). Started in September 2013, the comic follows the day to day adventures of a group of insects living in a pond. |
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5 | Common characters are: |
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7 | * Dart, a dragonfly watchman who keeps the waters safe. |
8 | * Fang, Dart's [[PluckyGirl spunky]] damselfly apprentice. |
9 | * Kid Katydid and Totter Tate, an introverted katydid vigilante and her trusty jumping spider sidekick who defend the insects of the pond from predators. |
10 | * Silver Flash, a macho silverfish who thinks he's way cooler than he really is. |
11 | * Eldwin Earwig, a gentle and kind earwig who's best friends with Silver Flash. |
12 | * Leodegrance, a foppish adventurer assassin bug with a heart of gold who frequently tries to win the heart of Kid, much to her annoyance. |
13 | * Grand Duchess Fancy Buttons, the more than [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} eccentric]] ruler of the fireflies. |
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15 | The comic mostly follows a gag-a-day format, but has recently delved into story arcs. |
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18 | !!This comic contains examples of: |
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20 | * ActionGirl: Kid Katydid's job is to protect the insects of the pond. She is capable to take on a bird several times her size with relative ease. |
21 | * AlliterativeName: Kid Katydid, Totter Tate, and Eldwin Earwig. |
22 | * TheBartender: A potato bug named Raspberry runs a juice shop where Flash goes to express his woes. |
23 | %%* BigGuyLittleGuy: Eldwin and Flash. |
24 | %% CasanovaWannabe: Flash |
25 | * ChickMagnet: Apparently, Eldwin is really popular with the ladies, much to Silver's chagrin. |
26 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Grand Duchess Fancy Buttons and her firefly subjects. |
27 | * ComicallySerious: Kid and Grand Duchess Fancy Buttons' chancellor, Chauncey. |
28 | * CoolShades: Flash dons a pair of tough guy shades. |
29 | * CuteLittleFangs: Dart's apprentice, [[MeaningfulName Fang]] has these. |
30 | * TheDandy: Leo is very concerned with his appearance. |
31 | * DemotedToExtra: Rowby the diving beetle was featured in some of the earlier comics and was even given a bio on the character page but hasn't done anything of significance since. |
32 | * FantasticRacism: Flash's jealousy has lead to his disdain for flying insects. This would eventually come in conflict with his friendship with Eldwin when he learns earwigs can fly. |
33 | * {{Flashback}}: Kid has multiple flashbacks during part 1 of Masquerade Mayhem to when she first met Totter Tate. |
34 | ** FlashBackEcho: Kid has flashbacks of a past rescue while performing a present day rescue. |
35 | * GuestStrip: One [[http://bugpond.awgosh.com/page/38 guest comic]] was provided by [[http://shenanimation.tumblr.com/ Shenanimation]]. |
36 | %%* TheGunslinger: Kid Katydid. |
37 | * InsectGenderBender: Largely subverted. The local ant colony is depicted as mostly female. |
38 | * InTouchWithHisFeminineSide: Eldwin. |
39 | * HalloweenEpisode: The comic devotes a page to the bugs celebrating Hallow-Bean, a holiday where the insects all dress up as their predators. |
40 | * HellBentForLeather: Flash dons a leather jacket. Not that it really makes him any cooler. |
41 | * HolyBacklight: Eldwin, when he rescues Flash from drowning. |
42 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While Leo can be quite vain, he does genuinely care about the well being of others and is eager to help those in need; even though he's not good at it. |
43 | * LargeHam: Leodegrance certainly qualifies. |
44 | * MasqueradeBall: The subject of the Masquerade Mayhem story arc. |
45 | %% NoAntagonist |
46 | * ObliviousAdoption: Inverted in a strip, a parasitic wasp is one of three children in a moth's family. The wasp's true parent says that the coppers will never make her pay child support. |
47 | * OnlyFriend: It's been stated that Eldwin is Flash's only friend. |
48 | * PrimalStance: Eldwin does one when scared by Flash's appearance after a week when he refuses to molt his exoskeleton. |
49 | ** Kid also does one during the Masquerade Mayhem arc when put off by Benedict Bloodworth's smell. |
50 | * TheQuietOne: Kid rarely speaks, and largely keeps what she says to a minimum. |
51 | * ReturningTheHandkerchief: Played with. Leo drops his handkerchief for Kid to pick up. She proceeds to stomp on it. |
52 | %%* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Eldwin and Flash. |
53 | * ScaryScorpions: Playfully subverted. A little insect girl didn't want to dress up as anything scary for Hallow-bean, so she went as a scorpion princess. |
54 | * ShownTheirWork: The comic has various facts about the insects and includes a few two-panel comics that highlight certain facts about the various species. |
55 | %% SliceOfLifeWebcomics |
56 | * StoryArc: While the comic has experimented with stories before, it is now currently running it's first major arc, Masquerade Mayhem. |
57 | * [[TalkingAnimal Talking Insects]]: And arachnids! |
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