A MindScrew webcomic about a [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot living flying superpowered sex doll]] who ends up saving the multiverse. Or something.

Well, that's the short version.

''[[http://www.pasteldefender.com Pastel Defender Heliotrope]]'' by Creator/JenniferDianeReitz is what happens when you cross ''Webcomic/UnicornJelly'' (to which it is a sequel) with cute art that would look in place in a children's book, with an (eventually) even more convoluted plot than the original. It starts in a bizarre alien universe called Pastel, where humans have adapted to life with the help of GreenRocks called Chatoyanite, with a dysfunctional scientist [[GuiltyPleasures covertly]] buying a sex doll. Said scientist, Dr. Ranse Aoi, is involved in alternate universe research, and one day, in drunken haze, accidentally sticks a piece of ImportedAlienPhlebotinum from one of the alternate universes into the doll, bringing her to life--though at first he has trouble accepting that, thinking of her as just a clever machine.

From there on, Heliotrope begins a quest for identity and finding out her origins, during which she falls in love with a young girl named Fuschia ''[sic]'', who was kicked out of her home by her homophobic parents. There's also lots of time travel and cross-universe travel involved. And MindScrew. Lots and lots of MindScrew. The ending in particular makes the finales of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' and ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'' look sane and tidy in comparison.

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!! ''Pastel Defender Heliotrope'' contains examples of:

* AerithAndBob: People with names like Teal, Yellow and Cerul live side by side with Ranse Aoi and Meiun Nakimono. This is intentional, as explained later.
* AllThereInTheManual: The setting is very detailed, with long side notes detailing the various universes and their fictional science, though most of them are not essential to understanding the story.
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: [[spoiler:The protagonists and people closest to them ultimately live on as uploaded minds in a posthuman singularity.]]
%%* {{Bizarrchitecture}}: Pastel, Tryslmaistan, and Ktlikitkaktl all feature different examples.
* BlandNameProduct: Chartreuse works at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-Mart C-Mart]], and CURSOR plays its antique console fighting game on an "[[Creator/{{Activision}} [=ActiVandals=]]]" system.
* CameBackStrong: Fuschia-CURSOR's new body after her revival.
* CerebusSyndrome: Like its predecessor, this is intentional. The story ''starts'' simple enough...
* ContinuityNod: Lots of these for readers of ''Webcomic/UnicornJelly''. Starting from, of course, the appearance of Tryslmaistan in ''PDH'' and constant references to its history, to small blink-and-you'll-miss-it details, like the appearance of Kay-Wai in the sex shop, Chou's head and a triangular worldplate in CURSOR's theater, CURSOR itself having its original appearance based on Kay-Wai, and the crystals on [=OoO=]'s avatar, also a reference to Chou. ''Webcomic/ToSaveHer'' reveals that [[spoiler:[=OoO=] is actually a post-singularity ascended Chou.]]
* CorruptChurch: Mostly an obvious caricature of Christian fundamentalism with some Islamic overtones, with rampant homophobia, sexism, and hypocritical clergy that [[spoiler:actually knows that their deity, Godan, was a Jellese scientist, but hides that knowledge to exploit the population]].
* CosmicHorror: Ktlikitkaktl, a ''living universe'' that feeds on other universes.
%%* CrystalDragonJesus: Godanism.
* FlyingBrick: Heliotrope's basic powers. There are more.
* GoingPostal: [[spoiler:Chartreuse, after [[BadBoss Hiretsukan]] [[TheLastStraw fires her on her birthday.]]]]
%%* {{Golem}}
* GreenRocks: Chatoyanite, coming in multiple color varieties that power most technology in Pastel.
%%* ImportedAlienPhlebotinum: The Omnipitors.
* LegendFadesToMyth: The true history of humans before their arrival on Pastel is largely forgotten, kept only inside hidden artifacts of LostTechnology. In fact, readers of ''Webcomic/UnicornJelly'' will realize that the beliefs of the Church of Godan are a fictionalized account of [[spoiler:the destruction of Myrmil, which started the Stormfall in Tryslmaistan]].
* LimitedWardrobe: Discussed in Fuschia's case.
-->Why is Fuschia wearing her pink dress again? She really doesn't have that much in the way of clothing. Since being kicked out of her house by her mother, she has been just trying to survive, and it hasn't been easy. So be nice to her... she can't help not having more outfits to wear.
* LineOfSightName: Heliotrope (full name Heliotrope Security Aoi) picks up her name from her "father"'s incoherent drunk ramblings. It fits the ThemeNaming, though.
** Dr. Aoi names the Omnipitor on the spot because he needed ''some'' kind of name for the alien artifact he and Dr. Nakimono picked up. However, later on it turns out that even the {{Sufficiently Advanced Alien}}s who created the Omnipitors in the first place call them that too, at least when talking to the Pastellians.
* MeaningfulName:
** Theo's full name is based on the religious concept of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodicy theodicy]].
** "Nakimono" is Japanese for "dead person". [[spoiler:Except he survives, as revealed much later.]]
* MindScrew: It's a JDR spin-off of ''Webcomic/UnicornJelly'', so that's almost a given. Still, it manages to top off its predecessor.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: The protagonist is a superpowered lesbian sex doll animated by LostTechnology from {{Sufficiently Advanced Alien}}s.
* APupilOfMineUntilSheTurnedToEvil: [[spoiler:Chartreuse to Dr. Aoi.]]
* ScrewYouElves: Fuschia-CURSOR takes no crap from post-singularity beings and calls them out for their "high and mighty" manipulation of "lesser" races.
* TheSingularity: The future (or present, it's [[TimeyWimeyBall complicated]]) of Tryslmaistan, CURSOR's home universe.
%%* SufficientlyAdvancedAlien: Tryslmaistan's current inhabitants.
* StableTimeLoop: [[spoiler:One of these, of epic proportions, created the entire universe where most of the story takes place, as well as the CosmicHorror]].
* StealthPun: The mechanical minions uplifted by CURSOR name their race "Min Yan".
* ThemeNaming: Most humans in Pastel are named after colors, with some exceptions (see AerithAndBob before).
%%* TimeyWimeyBall: The last two chapters are best described as this.
* TouchedByVorlons: Fuschia after merging with CURSOR.
* TheUnpronounceable: Go on, try to pronounce "Tryslmaistan", "Ktlikitkaktl", or "Burangidaeni". Also an in-universe example with [=OoO=]: these letters are actually an approximation of an [[http://www.pasteldefender.com/dramatispersonaepage8.html unpronounceable symbol]] that this entity is called in speech bubbles.
* UnusualEuphemism: All swear words in this comic are made up, often with {{narm}}tastic results. "Majumdered", "kshetka", etc.
* UnwantedRescue: Chartreuse is pissed at Heliotrope saving her from a suicide attempt.

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