| 1 | [[quoteright:327:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bobtvtropesnew.jpg]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:327:Counter-clockwise from top: Princess Voluptua, Hibachi the Dragon, Molly the Monster, Bob Smithson, Jean Poule, Bob's House, Fructose Riboflavin]] |
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| 4 | ''[[http://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/ The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob!]]'' is a serialized, science fiction/humor WebComic by [[Literature/AlienInASmallTown Jim Cleaveland.]] It began life as a print comic appearing in the newsletter and magazine of PSSFS, the Penn State Science Fiction Society, from 1993-1997, and was revived as a webcomic in May, 2006. |
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| 6 | '''Bob Smithson''' was the world's most average man, leading a quietly dull life in the suburb of Generictown and reasonably content that way until the day he inexplicably became a WeirdnessMagnet. Strange, paranormal things now happen to him almost daily. Unicorns appear in his yard. Dragons perch near his house. Alien spaceships crash into his roof. [[RunningGag Actually, anything and everything likes to crash into his roof.]] |
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| 8 | Bob sees it all through with surprising grace because, despite his seemingly infinite normalcy, he does have a few outstanding qualities. He is very kind and doesn't judge by appearances (such that he will give even a [[StarfishAliens three-legged space jellyfish]] a chance to be friends with him if it is so willing). He has an uncommon amount of [[SimplemindedWisdom Common Sense.]] And yet he is generally too thick-skulled to fully grasp the frighteningly awesome implications of most of the stuff he encounters. |
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| 10 | For a humor comic, the characters show a considerable amount of depth. As absurd as the situations they encounter are, most of the humor derives from how the different characters react to them, and how they interact with each other. |
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| 12 | * '''Bob Smithson''', the title character, is the world's most average man. He runs a news stand in Generictown. |
| 13 | * '''Dr. Jean Poule''' is Bob's girlfriend, a biologist at the local college. |
| 14 | * '''Molly the Peanut Butter Monster''' is a pink furry monster born when Jean and Bob collided on the sidewalk, accidentally mixing an experiment of Jean's with Bob's jar of peanut butter. Sweet, brilliant, naive. |
| 15 | * '''Princess Voluptua''' is heir to the throne of the Nemesites, the local space empire. She appears to be a beautiful woman, but her real form is a giant butterfly creature. |
| 16 | * '''Snookums''' is a giant alien monster that got shrunk to the size of a basketball but still weighs many tons. Molly keeps him as a pet. Bob calls Snookums a "tentacle bunny." |
| 17 | * '''Agent Ben & Agent Jerry''' are two FBI agents who frequently get stuck with the unenviable task of investigating Bob. |
| 18 | * '''Fructose Riboflavin''' is the greatest criminal in the Nemesite Empire. |
| 19 | * '''Galatea (Golly)''' is another peanut butter creature grown by a rival scientist. Far more angst-ridden and megalomaniacal than Molly. |
| 20 | * '''Lari''' and his three siblings are ninjas who escaped pursuing samurai by entering a hibernation trance, and overslept. Lari is Molly's boyfriend, having initially mistaken her for a Japanese fox girl spirit. |
| 21 | * '''Roofus''' is a robot Molly built to repair Bob's frequent roof damage, but who unexpectedly turned out sentient. |
| 22 | * '''Hibachi''' is a fire-breathing dragon. His race evolved in the Age of Dinosaurs, and currently lives on the planet Butane in the [[UsefulNotes/TheSolarSystem Kuiper Belt.]] He frequently acts as Voluptua's flying steed. |
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| 24 | Has a [[Characters/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob character sheet.]] |
| 25 | |
| 26 | Ran twice a week on Tuesdays and Saturdays for most of its history, then fell into some nasty schedule slip. After announcing a hiatus in June of 2018, the comic resumed in November 2018. Went back on official hiatus in October, 2019, and resumed in August, 2020. |
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| 28 | Was one of the very last comics actively hosted on Platform/ComicGenesis before that site's final tech crash. It was hosted briefly on Platform/SmackJeeves, but has now finally settled in at Platform/ComicFury. |
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| 31 | !! ''The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob!'' contains examples of: |
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| 33 | * ActionSurvivor: Bob.%%* {{Adventure}} |
| 34 | * AlasPoorVillain: Though Voluptua still hates Fructose Riboflavin and wants him to face justice for his actions, [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/516 she can't help]] but feel sorrow for him once Bob tells her his origin and she personally sees [[JerkassWoobie how pathetic he truly is]]. |
| 35 | * AliensInCardiff: Generictown is a seemingly dull little town in the middle of nowhere that attracts craziness – or rather, Bob does, and he lives there. |
| 36 | * AliensNeverInventedDemocracy: Princess Voluptua, the butterfly-like heir to an empire centering around the neighboring brown dwarf of Nemesis and viceroy of our solar system. |
| 37 | ** Though the Nemesites have a parliament, and the dragons have the "Draconic [[UsefulNotes/{{Iceland}} Althing."]] |
| 38 | * TheAllegedComputer: Dean Martin's Platform/TRS80. |
| 39 | * AllGirlsLikePonies: Jean & Molly with the unicorns. |
| 40 | * AlliterativeName: Floyd Fitznewski. |
| 41 | * AmusingAlien: Molly. |
| 42 | * AncientAstronauts: Inverted with the [[DinosaursAreDragons dragons,]] who ''started'' on Earth and ''left.'' Played straighter with their contemporaries, the Nemesites, but humans were apparently unaware of their visits. |
| 43 | * ApatheticCitizens: By now, most of the people of Generictown are aware of all the insanity that revolves around Bob and his household. Most of them just don't care or are actively annoyed by it. |
| 44 | * ArrangedMarriage: The first story arc, with Voluptua and Ahem. |
| 45 | * ArtificialFamilyMember: Many. Molly the Peanut Butter Monster considers Bob and Jean her parents (and she does have a little of Jean's DNA). Molly's robot Roofus calls her "Mom." Molly's clone Galatea calls Molly her "sister," calls Jean "Mom," calls Bob "Uncle," and calls the scientist who made her "father" even though she hates him. Molly's other clone Djali calls Jean "Mom," Molly "Sister," and can't seem to decide if Galatea also counts as Mom or as Sister. And Galatea's own creation Gosh calls her "Mom." Oh, and Jean's engagement ring has become part of a HiveMind of sentient crystals, and once called her "Mom," to which she responded "Oh, don't you start!" |
| 46 | --> '''Voluptua''': (to Jean) ''"And your family has too many kids. But you know that."'' |
| 47 | * ArtShift: [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/676 The ninjas without mask]] are draw in more anime-like style. |
| 48 | * BabyPlanet: Fleen. |
| 49 | * BeautifulAllAlong: [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/21 Princess Voluptua's true form]]. |
| 50 | * BigDumbObject: Coney the Island. |
| 51 | * BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: The Bigfeet. |
| 52 | * BigOlEyebrows: Rocko Sasquatch. |
| 53 | * BrainBleach: Bob [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/300 needs some]] after seeing Rocko's ShirtlessScene. |
| 54 | ** And then there's ''[[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/513 this scene]]''... [[ForbiddenFruit Don't read the caption underneath]]... [[SelfDemonstratingArticle it]] [[BizarreAlienBiology would make]] '''[[NightmareFuel YOU]]''' [[GoMadFromTheRevelation need]] [[YouDoNOTWantToKnow some, too]]... Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned. |
| 55 | * ButtMonkey: Bob's roof. |
| 56 | * CasualInterstellarTravel: Justified. There's no [[FasterThanLightTravel FTL,]] but the Nemesites are absurdly long-lived, and relativistic-speed travel is ubiquitous. |
| 57 | * CastOfSnowflakes: The character designs are all very distinct, and even reflect a variety of art styles – most notably the ninjas, who are drawn in manga style, and the Furmians, who look like they stepped out of a WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes short. |
| 58 | * CatchPhrase: Roofus: "I will fix the roof!" And Jean likes to say "Egad!" a fair bit. |
| 59 | * CerebusSyndrome: the several early strips where more of surreal Sci-Fi comedy stories. However, while still comical, later arcs become evidently longer and more character driven. |
| 60 | * CharacterDevelopment: Molly and Golly are born identical, and we get to see exactly how circumstances mold them into such very different people. |
| 61 | * ChildrenRaiseYou: Bob and Jean raising Molly. |
| 62 | * ChristmasEpisode: Annually. [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/312 This]] is probably the nicest. |
| 63 | %%* ComeToGawk |
| 64 | * TheComicallySerious: Bob |
| 65 | * {{Crossover}}: There have been brief crossovers with ''[[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/416 Melonpool, Zortic,]] [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/750 Sketch Comedy,]]'' ''[[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/289 Zeera the Space Pirate,]]'' and ''[[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/1145 The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids.]]'' As well as a strip contributed to ''[[http://drmcninja.com/wp-content/uploads/McNinj-2.jpg Dr. McNinja's]]'' site. |
| 66 | ** Molly, meanwhile, has made a [[http://eheroes.thecomicseries.com/comics/445 cameo]] in ''Webcomic/EverydayHeroes'' and one in ''[[https://itsbananas.thecomicseries.com/comics/7 Bananas.]]'' |
| 67 | * CurbStompBattle: Bob once tried to [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/501 take on]] Riboflavin, an old but competent hand-to-hand combatant, but Riboflavin easily trashes Bob around. |
| 68 | ** Galatea promptly [[LaserGuidedKarma pays him back]] [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/504/ on the same coin]]. |
| 69 | * CuteMonsterGirl: The peanut butter monsters Molly, Golly, Jolly, as well as Volly in her insect form all count. |
| 70 | * CyberCyclops: Roofus. |
| 71 | * DancesAndBalls: Which turn out [[LoveDodecahedron badly.]] |
| 72 | * DinosaursAreDragons: The Dragons had a civilization in the Age of Dinosaurs. |
| 73 | * DirtyOldMan: Mr. Dirtygeezer. |
| 74 | * {{Doppelganger}}: Galatea, to Molly. |
| 75 | * DragonRider: Voluptua and Hibachi. |
| 76 | * TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: Most story arcs involve at least some danger of this. |
| 77 | * EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Pirates of Ipecac appear to be named "Captain" and "Technician". At least, that's how even they refer to each other, and they're ''married'', so... |
| 78 | * EverytownAmerica: Named Generictown. |
| 79 | * EvilTwin: The character of Galatea plays with this trope. |
| 80 | * FantasticRacism: Many dragons resent the Nemesites; and hardly anyone takes Earthlings seriously. |
| 81 | ** Not even the sasquatches. |
| 82 | * TheFederation: The Nemesite Empire. |
| 83 | * FloweryElizabethanEnglish: Hibachi and other dragons doth speak this way. |
| 84 | * FourTemperamentEnsemble: Bob who's calm and kind (phlegmatic), Jean who's easily angered (choleric), Molly who's extroverted and cheerful (sanguine), and Voluptua who's sober and pessimistic (melancholic). |
| 85 | * FreakinessShame: Voluptua displays this at one point. |
| 86 | ** The trope is averted by Molly, who is quite matter-of-fact about her strangeness. |
| 87 | * FutureSlang: "Frass," used by the insectoid Nemesites. Look it up. It means bug poop. |
| 88 | * GadgeteerGenius: Molly & Galatea. |
| 89 | * GenericName: Generictown. |
| 90 | * GeniusDitz: Molly. Also Derpwell, the seemingly idiotic pizza parlor worker who is actually well versed in particle physics. |
| 91 | * GhibliHills: Pitcheresk Forest. |
| 92 | * GrammarNazi: The North American Grammar Squirrel. |
| 93 | * GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: Princess Voluptua. |
| 94 | * HalloweenEpisode: The annual appearance of the [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment Halloween Monster.]] |
| 95 | * HaveYouComeToGloat: When Bob finds Galatea at the lowest point in her young life, shivering alone behind a trashcan in a downpour, she snarls, "So... You followed me! Why?? Come to gloat at me, while I'm in this pathetic state? How petty!" [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/280 She's wrong, of course.]] |
| 96 | * HeelRealization: PlayedForLaughs [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/617 here]]. |
| 97 | * HeadTurningBeauty: Thanks to an error when shapeshifting into what she believed was an average human appearance, Princess Voluptua is this. The fact that Nemesite outfits look like one-piece swimsuits adds to the effect. |
| 98 | * TheHighQueen: Princess Voluptua is the ruler of our solar system. Earth just doesn't know it. |
| 99 | * HigherTechSpecies: The Nemesites. |
| 100 | * {{Hologram}}: Galatea's disguise-projecting [[HatOfPower beret.]] |
| 101 | * HiddenElfVillage: The Bigfeet. |
| 102 | * HitchhikersLeg: Molly, of all people, attempts this while hitchhiking in [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/251 this strip]], but the fact that she's covered with fur proves a hindrance. |
| 103 | * HumongousMecha: Roofus, W2:9000, & Molly's robot lion. |
| 104 | * ICantDoThisByMyself: [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Galatea]] tries to get her [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/267/ sister Molly to help,]] because she doesn't want to have to [[WeCanRuleTogether conquer the world all by herself.]] |
| 105 | * ImpossibleHourglassFigure: Voluptua has one (both her wasp-waisted natural insectoid form and her humanoid disguise). |
| 106 | ** Lampshaded when she meets a female human for the first time and makes a mental note to yell at tech support for getting human proportions wrong. |
| 107 | * IncredibleShrinkingMan: Snookums used to be [[{{Kaiju}} much bigger.]] |
| 108 | * InsignificantLittleBluePlanet |
| 109 | * InstantAIJustAddWater: Roofus. |
| 110 | * InstantExpert: Supergeniuses Molly and Golly. |
| 111 | * InteractiveNarrator: The narrator is always at least [[LemonyNarrator lemony,]] and will sometimes interact with the cast. |
| 112 | * InterspeciesRomance |
| 113 | * {{Kaiju}}: Snookums's original form, Unigar the Vast Unicorn, The P.E.P.S.I. Monster, Molly's robot lion, Djali the Giantess, Gosh the Butterfly of Iron. |
| 114 | * KingMook [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti (Literally).]] |
| 115 | * LeeroyJenkins: [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/231/ Fitnewsky doesn't really understand how a riot works...]] |
| 116 | * {{Lightworlder}}: Nemesites are from a low gravity planet so ordinary humans have greater strength and stamina than them. Because of the SquareCubeLaw, Djali is better able to handle the Nemesite homeworld's gravity than Earth's, but [[ShownTheirWork she needs a breathing apparatus because lower gravity means a thinner atmosphere]]. |
| 117 | * LoveDodecahedron: Explained [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/438 here]]. |
| 118 | * MadScientist: [[DeanBitterman Dean Martin,]] though he'd deny it; also Molly & Galatea; and certainly [[PsychoEx Slick Simmons]] and the Rogue Canadian Scientists. |
| 119 | * UsefulNotes/{{Mali}}: The character Sorbet is originally from Mali, and there is a lengthy [[http://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/1003 flashback scene involving one of her ancestors in medieval Timbuktu.]] |
| 120 | * TheMasquerade: The Nemesites have a (loosely enforced) AlienNonInterferenceClause regarding Earth, ostensibly because until we start serious space travel, we're officially just wildlife. It turns out, though, that [[FirstContact first contact]] with Earth's [[UltraTerrestrials previous civilization,]] the [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragons,]] went really ''[[PhlebotinumKilledTheDinosaurs badly,]]'' and Voluptua is very concerned that the inevitable [[TheUnmasquedWorld unmasquing]] goes better this time around. |
| 121 | * TheMenInBlack: Agent Ben & Agent Jerry. |
| 122 | * MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds: Riboflavin wants to conquer the Earth and threatens to destroy it if they don't surrender. Bob lampshades this and makes Riboflavin look pathetic. The strip is [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/100/ here]]. |
| 123 | * MonsterOfTheWeek: Monsters are fun! |
| 124 | * MuggleFosterParents: Bob & Jean to Molly. |
| 125 | %%* MultipleDemographicAppeal |
| 126 | * NietzscheWannabe: Galatea does a pretty good [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/268 nihilistic rant at one point]]. |
| 127 | ** She ''[[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/207/ did]]'' grow up reading Nietzsche, after all. |
| 128 | * NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup: [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/202/ Lampshaded]] with Jean's formula that accidentally produced Molly. |
| 129 | %%* NonFatalExplosions |
| 130 | * NonMammalMammaries: Voluptua has these... ''even when she's a butterfly!'' |
| 131 | ** Seeing Jean [[{{Fanservice}} without a shirt]] prompts Voluptua to exclaim "Well, ''those'' aren't ovipositors!" which probably explains things. |
| 132 | * NoTranshumanismAllowed: Generally true for the Nemesites, despite their high-tech nature. Galatea and Voluptua spend [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/772 a series of strips]] discussing TheSingularity at one point, with the Princess describing ''why'' they try to be moderate with their technological use and Galatea grumpily calling them a bunch of cowardly SpaceAmish. |
| 133 | * OccupiersOutOfOurCountry: Zippobic's complaint about the Nemesites on Butane. |
| 134 | * OfficialCouple: Bob & Jean. |
| 135 | * OlderThanTheyLook: Voluptua is at least 300. So are the four ninjas. |
| 136 | * OurGiantsAreBigger: Djali/Jolly. |
| 137 | * PerfectPacifistPeople: The Fleenians. Consequently, they keep getting [[PlanetLooters robbed.]] |
| 138 | * PhlebotinumKilledTheDinosaurs: The dragons sure learned their lesson after the whole [[spoiler:iridium bomb fiasco 65 MYA.]] |
| 139 | * PhlebotinumRebel: Galatea. |
| 140 | * PoliceAreUseless: Officer Baskin and Officer Robbin refuse to believe that anything interesting ever happens in town, and will ignore particularly ridiculous reports. New police officer Sorbet Kohlrabi has upset the status quo by actually caring about the job and being reasonably competent at it. |
| 141 | * PosterGalleryBedroom: Molly's room has had posters of [[{{Opera}} Jose Carerras,]] Film/{{Gamera}}, Creator/StephenHawking, ''Film/HighSchoolMusical, WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic,'' and Creator/WilliamShatner as Alyosha in the film ''Literature/TheBrothersKaramazov.'' |
| 142 | * PoweredArmor: Abby Primrose. |
| 143 | * PrematureAggravation: In the [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/196/ 19th6]] strip, Jean has just been harshly reminded of something stupid Bob did months ago. She shows up for their date and starts yelling at him for no apparent reason. |
| 144 | * PrettyBoy: Molly explicitly identifies Lari the ninja as a "[[{{Bishonen}} bishonen]]." He's normally surrounded by a cloud of sparkles. |
| 145 | * PunnyName: Almost everyone, most notably Dr. Jean Poule (Gene pool). |
| 146 | * RebelliousPrincess: Voluptua. |
| 147 | * RipVanTinkle: Upon awakening from a 300 year sleep, this is Lari the Ninja's first thought. When his siblings wonder if the strange modern world is the afterlife, he disagrees because "I don't think the dead pee." |
| 148 | * RooflessRenovation: Constantly carried out by professional roof-fixing robot Roofus. "I WILL FIX THE ROOF" indeed! |
| 149 | * RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Voluptua. |
| 150 | * RunningGag: There are several, but the main one is anything at all crashing into Bob's roof. |
| 151 | * ScoldingTheFourthWallBreaker: Bob is prone to fourth-wall-breaking, and his down-to-earth girlfriend Jean always calls him out on it. |
| 152 | --> '''Molly:''' ''Hey, mommy! Daddy's breaking the fourth wall! It's all avant-garde and stuff! Keen, huh?'' |
| 153 | --> '''Jean Poule:''' ''Oh, I hate it when he does that. It's so confusing.'' |
| 154 | * SeenItAll: Akbar seems to have drifted into this, responding to a hostile spaceship showing up at Bob's house by just muttering that he moved here from New Jersey because he wanted some peace and quiet. |
| 155 | * ShoutOut |
| 156 | ** [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/524 This page]] has one to ''Webcomic/EverydayHeroes''. |
| 157 | ** WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain, [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/264 everyone]]? |
| 158 | ** A [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] ScoobyDooHoax by the [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/332 original gang]]. |
| 159 | ** [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/393 And here]] [[WordOfGod the author confess]] to be making shout outs of [[AuthorAppeal his favorites programs as a child]]. |
| 160 | ** DC and Marvel Comics [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/454/ respectively]]. |
| 161 | ** ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/337 here]] and (subtly) [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/167/ here ("Lipsky's Cocoa Moo")]] |
| 162 | ** ''WesternAnimation/HeavyMetal'' and ''[[Film/ClashOfTheTitans1981 Clash of the Titans]]'' [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/466 in the last panel]]. |
| 163 | ** Creator/HenrikIbsen's "Theatre/ADollsHouse" [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/573 here.]] And Peppermint Patty from ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' gets another [[FMinusMinus Z-minus.]] |
| 164 | ** ''Anime/HowlsMovingCastle'' [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/652 here]]. |
| 165 | ** ''Literature/RendezvousWithRama'' in the caption text [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/756 here.]] |
| 166 | ** The ''Literature/{{Uplift}}'' novels by Creator/DavidBrin [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/1140 here.]] |
| 167 | ** ''WesternAnimation/WordGirl'' [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/884 here.]] |
| 168 | ** Franchise/{{Barbie}}, ''Anime/GundamWing,'' and ''Literature/SlaughterhouseFive'' [[http://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/1031/ here.]] |
| 169 | ** ''Anime/CowboyBebop,'' ''[[Film/FlashGordonSerial Flash Gordon]],'' ''WesternAnimation/ThreeTwoOnePenguins,'' ''WesternAnimation/DoctorSnuggles,'' ''[[WesternAnimation/JosieAndThePussyCats Josie and the Pussycats In Outer Space]],'' and ''Series/DoctorWho,'' [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/444/ here.]] |
| 170 | ** ''Literature/TheBrothersKaramazov,'' ''Literature/HaroldAndThePurpleCrayon,'' ''Literature/GulliversTravels,'' and ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}},'' [[http://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/381/ here.]] |
| 171 | ** ''ComicStrip/{{Doonesbury}},'' ''Literature/HarryPotter,'' ''[[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Pokémon]],'' ''WesternAnimation/TheDoverBoys,'' ''Literature/WheresWaldo,'' ''Comicbook/SpiderMan,'' and ''Manga/LoveHina'' [[http://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/558/ here.]] |
| 172 | ** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blessid_Union_of_Souls Blessid Union Of Souls,]] ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy,'' Music/BobDylan, ''Film/CitizenKane,'' ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade,'' and ''Creator/TheBrothersGrimm'' [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/1006 here.]] Really. |
| 173 | ** ''Franchise/{{Dune}},'' the [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU,]] ''Franchise/StarTrek,'' ''WesternAnimation/{{Bravestarr}},'' ''Franchise/{{Transformers}},'' ''Anime/{{Robotech}},'' ''Series/TheBeverlyHillbillies,'' ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgersInTheTwentyFourthAndAHalfCentury,'' ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering,'' ''Series/TheMandalorian,'' and old commercials for Volkswagon, Sprite, and Cap'n Crunch cereal [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/1069 here.]] |
| 174 | * SiblingYinYang: Molly & Galatea. |
| 175 | * SimplemindedWisdom: Pretty nearly Bob's defining characteristic. |
| 176 | * SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: The strip plants itself firmly on the idealistic side with [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/268 this]] encounter between Bob and Galatea. |
| 177 | * SophisticatedAsHell: Molly's speech patterns are made of this. |
| 178 | * SpaceAmish: The dragons, to an extent. |
| 179 | * SpacePirates: The Pirates of Ipecac. |
| 180 | * SpacePolice: Officers Zodboink and Krelch. |
| 181 | * {{Squee}}: Jean has moments of these... [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/311 ... especially here]] ...[[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/392 and here!]] |
| 182 | * StarfishAliens: Aliens are never humanoid in their true forms, except for crossover cameos with other webcomics. |
| 183 | * {{Suburbia}}: Generictown. |
| 184 | * TakeOverTheWorld: Galatea, Fructose Riboflavin. |
| 185 | * TakeThat: [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/315 directed to]] ComicBook/OneMoreDay, and later to [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/569 Joe Quesada]]. |
| 186 | * TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Bob is good at this. |
| 187 | * TechnoBabble: Frequently lampshaded. |
| 188 | * {{Terraform}}: Butane, adopted planet of the dragons. |
| 189 | * ThemeTwinNaming: Molly, Golly, & Jolly. |
| 190 | * ThereAreNoGlobalConsequences: Lampshaded. |
| 191 | * TimeAbyss: Many storylines involve either extraterrestrial or [[{{Ultraterrestrials}} ultraterrestrial]] civilizations that predate humanity by eons. Notably, the Nemesites have legally owned Earth since dinosaur times, and are just now debating the question of whether or not to consider these new "human" creatures ''sentient.'' |
| 192 | * TooDumbToFool: Bob. |
| 193 | * {{Tsundere}}: Jean. |
| 194 | * VoluntaryShapeshifting: Voluptua regularly; Riboflavin and Galatea sometimes. |
| 195 | * {{Ubermensch}}: Galatea. At least in her own estimation. |
| 196 | * UnfazedEveryman: Bob takes things in stride pretty well. |
| 197 | * {{Unicorn}}: They purr! |
| 198 | * {{Unobtainium}}: Borfomite. |
| 199 | * {{Unperson}}: The Nemesites consider Earthlings "wildlife". |
| 200 | * UnsoundEffect: Including "Heavy!" "Defenstrate!" and (in space) "Silent Kaboom!" The sound of silence is eventually officially made "Ninj!" (the sound that ninjas don't make). |
| 201 | * UpliftedAnimal: The Furmians are an entire lost civilization of such. |
| 202 | * WackyCollege: Generictown U. is showing some signs of this. |
| 203 | * WaveMotionGun: Borfomite beams. |
| 204 | * WeAreAsMayflies: Well, compared to Nemesites and Dragons. |
| 205 | * WeirdnessMagnet: Bob. |
| 206 | * WeirdnessCensor: Most of the townsfolk, but Mr. Bystander is the worst offender. |
| 207 | %%* WeirdScience |
| 208 | * WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Molly, Galatea, Roofus. |
| 209 | * WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: Generictown. |
| 210 | * WheresTheFunInThat: |
| 211 | -->'''Fructose Riboflavin:''' ''"Bloodless victory"? Where's the fun in that?!'' |
| 212 | * WhoopiEpiphanySpeech: Bob. |
| 213 | * WildTake: Jean. In spades. |
| 214 | * WonderChild: Molly. |
| 215 | * WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Galatea. |
| 216 | * TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed: Many storylines involve some threat of the Earth being destroyed or conquered. |
| 217 | * TheWorldIsJustAwesome: Frequently: [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/392 here,]] [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/153/ here,]] [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/211/ here,]] [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/253 here,]] and [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/312 here.]] |
| 218 | * YoungerThanTheyLook: Molly, Golly, and Jolly are each less than a year old. |
| 219 |
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