''[[http://sturgeonslaw.net Sturgeon’s Law]]'', created in 2013 by William Lowenthal and Thomas Mack, is a webcomic about an adversarial group of up-and-coming supervillains (or at least just criminals) trying to take over the world. The main characters work at the eponymous law firm, which was originally created to defend supervillains in court; the company later decided to cut out the middleman and try to take over the world themselves. The comic shows the efforts of one particular group of [[DeadlyEuphemism “Troubleshooters”]] to achieve world domination, or at least deal with their corporate bureaucracy.

----
!! ''Sturgeon's Law'' contains examples of:
* BigEater: Max is apparently fond of [[http://sturgeonslaw.net/comic/with-apologies-to-australia/ koalasagna]].
* BilingualBonus: Pierce was a senior vice president at [[http://sturgeonslaw.net/comic/chief-equine-officer/ Apate Industries]]. 'Apate' is Greek for (and the name of the god of) deceit or fraud.
* CaligulasHorse: Before joining Sturgeon Law, Pierce was senior vice president under such a [[http://sturgeonslaw.net/comic/chief-equine-officer/ CEO]].
* ComedicSociopathy: Marissa in a nutshell.
* ComplexityAddiction: Even [[http://sturgeonslaw.net/comic/checking-in/ checking in]] to a [[http://sturgeonslaw.net/comic/fluency/ hotel]] proves unnecessarily difficult.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: There’s a possibility that some of [=PierceCorp’s=] [[http://sturgeonslaw.net/comic/40-technical-difficulties/ products]] may contain babies.
* DirtyCommunists: The moon base project would have been successful if not for [[http://sturgeonslaw.net/comic/30-bought-on-craigslist/ communists]] (and Jane Fonda).
* {{Doublespeak}}: Pierce is a master at spewing out [[http://sturgeonslaw.net/comic/46-onboarding/ corporate buzzwords]].
* EasterEgg: There’s a Lovecraftian reference in [[http://sturgeonslaw.net/comic/11-annex-r/ Comic #11]].
* EqualOpportunityEvil: The cast is quite diverse in terms of race and gender.
* GenericName: Rakesh is from [[http://sturgeonslaw.net/comic/43-ethics/ College State University]]. Go fighting Mascots!
* HalfheartedHenchman: Jenn [[http://sturgeonslaw.net/comic/technical-knowledge/ in a nutshell]]. The trope may also apply to Max, his combat prowess notwithstanding.
* HairTriggerTemper: Marissa has problems dealing with her anger [[http://sturgeonslaw.net/comic/32-how-many-is-in-minion/ constructively]].
* TheLoad: Although every team member is arguably incompetent or a sociopath or both, Jenn is too much of a [[TheSlacker slacker]] to be [[http://sturgeonslaw.net/comic/technical-knowledge/ of much use]] to the party.
* ManChild: Max.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Marissa has one, as she insists on pointing out at any [[http://sturgeonslaw.net/comic/37-mathematicals/ opportunity]].
* MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels: Jenn [[http://sturgeonslaw.net/comic/fluency/ tries out the Japanese]] she learned from anime when checking into a hotel, despite the concierge's being fluent in English.
* MysteryMeat: Sturgeon Farms Extruded-Slurry Meat Brick: So warm, so dank, so [[http://sturgeonslaw.net/comic/28-deliciousness/ delicious]].
* NaiveNewcomer: Not only has Rakesh not figured out that the rest of the company [[http://sturgeonslaw.net/comic/44-soliloquy/ doesn’t share]] his altruistic streak, but he’s unaware that the company is anything more than a law firm.
* NoodleIncident: Whatever Marissa and Max need a [[http://sturgeonslaw.net/comic/turtle-sandwich/ wombat and a bone saw]] for, it probably isn’t safe. It’s also unclear what exactly happened at the [[http://sturgeonslaw.net/comic/15-cross-management-synergy-matrices/ Helen Keller Museum]].
* TechnoBabble: Jenn attempts to cover up her incompetence with [[http://sturgeonslaw.net/comic/serious-equipment/ Star-Trek-style technobabble]], with [[http://sturgeonslaw.net/comic/plan-benjamin/ mixed results]].
* TheSlacker: Jenn works at the company only to fund her anime habit, and she doesn’t work very [[http://sturgeonslaw.net/comic/18-all-those-internets-2/ hard]].
* TakeThat: New Jersey, Deepak Chopra, Caltech, Jane Fonda, Australia, and many others.
* ThemeNaming: The names of missions are of the form Adjective + Animal: Luminous Ocelot, Falling Penguin, etc.
* VillainousFriendship: Although they certainly aren't there yet, there are some [[http://sturgeonslaw.net/comic/very-safe/ indications]] that Pierce and Marissa from might be slowly moving toward Type IV.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: Max is in a [[http://sturgeonslaw.net/comic/feelings/ one-sided version]] of this trope.
----