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2 | [[caption-width-right:350: The Emperor's Not So Finest]] |
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4 | ''[[http://www.tsoalr.com/ Turn Signals on a Land Raider]]'' is a ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' comic with a rather unique concept. |
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6 | The story features Kren and Frep, two crewmen of a Land Raider tank for the Space Marine chapter: "The Emperor's Pointy Sticks." |
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8 | Only, they're actual ''Warhammer 40,000'' gaming models, not a real army of the Emperor's finest. Even so, all the equipment actually works, so coming under a withering barrage of fire means you have to worry about getting hit by the ''dice'' as well as the bullets. |
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10 | Which is just as well, as the Emperor's Pointy Sticks aren't exactly the most fearsome army of [[SuperSoldier Super Soldiers]]. |
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12 | Unable to publish the comic due to copyright reasons and with his sponsorship having come to an end, the comic ended on Monday 3 August 2009, with the 667th strip, after six years. |
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14 | Which means the fact that there's 66'''9''' strips now may come as a surprise. The site got hit with a few spam and hack bots, and a couple new strips (and a few more advertising for a friend's store) got put up to commemorate the site getting fixed again. It ''is'' nice to see the boys back, though. |
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16 | And then 2018 happened, when the artist suddenly got an unexpected call from Games Workshop. [[PromotedFanboy They wanted to hire him and restart it as an official W40k Comic!]] This new version can be found [[https://www.warhammer-community.com/tsoalr/ here]], on GW's official website. |
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19 | !!''Turn Signals on a Land Raider'' provides examples of: |
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21 | * [[AfterActionReport After Action Reports]] are often given of how many of the opposing units were taken out by the Emperor's Pointy Sticks by their commander. Usually, just 1. |
22 | * AmusingInjuries: It's impossible to count the number of times Kren and Frep had been blown up, burned, or eaten alive, only to come back at the next game. |
23 | * AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: [[DoubleSubversion Doubly Subverted]] in one strip where Frep takes on a ''Epic 40,000'' titan model (he's the giant, but the titan is STILL a titan...) and played straight whenever a to-scale titan is featured. |
24 | * AttentionDeficitCreatorDisorder: InUniverse, the Pointy Sticks' player has frequently acquired new armies and miniatures before he's even finished painting the old ones. |
25 | * ATeamFiring: Played straight by the Emperor's Pointy Sticks. They sure do seem to roll quite a few ones...combined with MoreDakka (Often through the BeamSpam route) for comedic effect many times. LampShaded almost every time. |
26 | * AuthorAvatar: The space marine terminator captain looks VERY similar to how the author depicts himself in the comics... |
27 | * AwesomeButImpractical: [[http://web.archive.org/web/20180109144441/http://tsoalr.com/?p=401 634-point Baneblade superheavy tank turns up in a 700-point battle]], starts bragging, gets pasted by a dozen lascannon blasts. One-turn win for the Pointy Sticks. |
28 | * AxeCrazy: Mary, arguably. The orks too. |
29 | * BreakingTheFourthWall: When Frep is complaining how Steven Colbert used "Freem" and should be sued for Copyright Infringement, Kren points out the whole comic revolves around the concept [[http://tsoalr.com/?p=373]] |
30 | * ButtMonkey: Poor Harkon... |
31 | * CatchPhrase: "Its LIONS!", * FREEM * |
32 | ** Also : [[MusicAndSoundEffects KA-* insert action here* !]] |
33 | * TheChewToy: The entire Emperor's Pointy Sticks chapter. Especially Fren, Krep and the Land Raider Jack. |
34 | * CrackPairing: In 40k fluff, I think anyone knows why the pairing of a daemonette and a SM qualifies for this. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in that it actually WORKS In-Universe since they're all [[PunchClockVillain Punch Clock]] [[PunchClockHero Miniatures]]. |
35 | * {{Doppelganger}} The Pointy Sticks of the Emperor. Of course, they're no better...... |
36 | * DownerEnding: [[http://tsoalr.com/?p=1221 KA-DISCONTINUE!!]] |
37 | * DumbMuscle: Frep says Harkon is one of these [[http://tsoalr.com/?p=507 here]]. |
38 | -->'''Frep''': ''Seven feet'' of genetically engineered killing machine; ''brain'' the size of a walnut. |
39 | * EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: There's a character who literally is named Barkeep. |
40 | * EyeScream: Played for laughs (and on at least [[http://tsoalr.com/?p=151 one instance subverted]]) with Sgt. Yellow Pine's bionic eye. |
41 | * FloralThemeNaming: With the exception of Kren and Frep, the whole Emperor's Pointy Sticks chapter (Brother Ginkgo, Sgt. Yellow Pine...). |
42 | * FluffyTamer: Frep. He keeps a Chaos Boar from Warhammer Fantasy (who'd somehow [[NoodleIncident managed to destroy an]] ''[[NoodleIncident Emperor-class Battleship]]'') and a Necron Scarab for pets. |
43 | * FriendOrFoe: An allied Guardsman relays coordinates for an artillery battery, calling down a spotting round. [[http://tsoalr.com/?p=116 It lands directly on our protagonists, taking the land raider out of the game.]] |
44 | * HighClassGlass: [[spoiler:Prime minister]] Harkon sports one of these [[http://tsoalr.com/?p=473 here]]. |
45 | * HurricaneOfPuns: [[http://tsoalr.com/?p=56 This]] strip. Frep sure needs to learn when to quit while he's [[IncrediblyLamePun "ahead."]] |
46 | * HyperspaceBase: [[UsefulNotes/BritishAccents Corporal Cavendish's]] WWII tank model. So much so that a squad of Terminators got LOST when they were supposed to disembark because they took a wrong turn. Leading to a squad of enemy Space Wolves getting lost too. |
47 | * ImprobableAimingSkills: Played hilariously straight by everyone OTHER than the Emperor's Pointy Sticks. If a shot can hit them, it will hit them. Almost never fails. |
48 | * IronicEcho: One of the earlier strips (dating back to the 4th edition) had Orks getting the "No new Codex blues." A few years later, after an upgrade... |
49 | -->'''Krep:''' Kommandos? With burnas?! ''From any side of the table!?!!?'' |
50 | -->'''Ork:''' Who's got the "no new Codex blues" now? |
51 | * KillItWithFire: [[MeaningfulName Mary Napalm]] the Sister of Battle. Word of advice: stay away from her when she has her favorite toy. |
52 | ** [[http://tsoalr.com/?p=1276 Dave's preferred solution]] [[MediumAwareness when Kren and Frep realize the site has been hacked since the comic's official discontinuation.]] |
53 | * MadeOfIron: DoubleSubversion; they never die (except for extras at certain points), but they are almost GUARANTEED to get "killed" in the gameplay sense of the word. Overlaps with DeathIsCheap. |
54 | * MadLibsCatchphrase[=/=]OhMyGods: "Emperor's [lengthy description]!" |
55 | * MediumAwareness: Partial, in that they are fully aware that they are models in a TT game, while not aware of being in a comic strip. In fact, one [[http://tsoalr.com/?p=126 strip]] has Kren placing an order for Krep's daemonette girlfriend. |
56 | ** As of the post-discontinuation special strips, Kren and Frep are fully aware that they are in a comic strip. |
57 | * MundaneUtility: Whenever Jack or a weapon is used for something other than its intended purpose...which happens quite frequently. This can "backfire" though... |
58 | * NormalFishInATinyPond: During the Tavern arc, Frep and Kren, and of course, Jack, easily [[IncrediblyLamePun steamroll]] [[OneManArmy warhammer characters until they're out of ammo at least]], [[PowerCreepPowerSeep unless if the rule is adjusted where "a Dice is a dice", as a Black Orc said]]. |
59 | * [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: Sister Mary, at least in the arc where the duo traded Jack and Harkon for a bar. |
60 | * RagingStiffie: [[http://tsoalr.com/?p=14 Here]]. Safe for work, by the way. |
61 | -->'''Random Marine''':"Emperor protect my ''pants''!" |
62 | * RecoilBoost: Kren and Frep once used an Assault Cannon as a small aircraft. Unfortunately, they challenged an Eldar hovertank that had so many saves they shot themselves down. |
63 | * RidiculouslyHumanRobots: How the Necrons are depicted whenever they appear. |
64 | ** Weirdly, this is EXACTLY how many fans are seeing the 2011 Necrons Codex update. |
65 | * SchizoTech: Frep invokes this by fitting a [[http://tsoalr.com/?p=251 steam tank with a lascannon]]. |
66 | * ShoutOut: |
67 | ** To ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'', ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' in the dialogue -- and that's just for starters. |
68 | ** To ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' [[http://tsoalr.com/?p=333 here]]. |
69 | ** [[http://tsoalr.com/?p=515 Strip #469]] uses a line from the Music/MaryChapinCarpenter song "The Bug" as its title. |
70 | * SpentShellsShower: At one point, a Land Raider crew is goaded into firing their twin Assault Cannon without closing the top hatch. A second later, they're buried under a pile of shell casings that fills the tank. |
71 | * TeamPet: No less than three : a Chaos boar straight from TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}, a Necron Scarab, and "Onesie," a dice which only rolls ones when Kren and Frep are using it (but which roll sixes every time it's used for calculating their damages...) |
72 | * ThanksForTheMammary: The author, being [[BlindingCameraFlash blinded by a camera flash]], walks into the cameraman's wife [[http://tsoalr.com/?p=539 here]], complete with UnprovokedPervertPayback. |
73 | * ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Always overlaps with MoreDakka. The crew of Jack always seem to be on the receiving end of a ridiculous amount of fire. As an example: 21 Lascannons in their first match. |
74 | * TooDumbToLive: The crew of Jack, and especially Frep.''[[http://tsoalr.com/?p=201 Who uses turn signals in the middle of battle?!?]]'' |
75 | * TooMuchInformation: Kren says this to Frep [[http://tsoalr.com/?p=278 here]]. |
76 | ** Again, [[http://tsoalr.com/?p=51 here]]. Same subject, same characters. |
77 | * TwinThreesomeFantasy: '''[[http://tsoalr.com/?p=234 TWINS THEY WERE.]]''' |
78 | * UnsoundEffect: Commonly used, other than [=*FREEM*=]. |
79 | * UnwantedAssistance: InUniverse, generally the [[http://tsoalr.com/?p=147 situation]] that arise whenever another army co-opts Jack and crew to proxy. May have something to do with the fact that Kren and Frep misuse the [[http://tsoalr.com/?p=253 resources]] / [[http://tsoalr.com/?p=146 abilities]] of whatever army asks them to help out. Ironically, these are the only times they actually seem to WIN. |
80 | * WhosOnFirst: Combined with a [[Film/{{Spaceballs}} "druish princess"]]-style joke [[http://tsoalr.com/?p=159 here:]] |
81 | --> '''Sgt. Yew:''' I am Yew, Emperor's Pointy Sticks.\ |
82 | '''Administratum clerk:''' You are me?\ |
83 | '''Yew:''' No, I am Yew. First initial A.\ |
84 | '''Clerk:''' A. Yew?\ |
85 | '''Yew:''' ENOUGH! ''(shoots the clerk)'' |
86 | * YourHeadAsplode: The author suffers this in this [[http://tsoalr.com/?p=494 strip]] due to illness. |
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