->''"I ''love'' entertaining others with this stuff. And I'm always trying to make it better based on their feedback and what they tell me. People need to sit down to whatever you draw for a living, and know--just ''know''--that they're going to have a good time. I don't care if I particularly liked a certain story. What really matters to me is if YOU liked it."''
-->- '''Peter Paltridge''', in response to the FAQ "What's the ultimate advice an amateur cartoonist can get?"

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[[caption-width-right:250:[[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters A few]] of the characters you'll meet at The Site With Everything, plus some from discontinued comics.]]

The self-proclaimed "Site with EVERYTHING!", [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/ Platypus Comix]] is home to five webcomics, not to mention countless one-offs, all courtesy of one Peter Paltridge. Each is updated one whole ''story'' (or at least several pages) at a time, instead of strip-by-strip like most webcomics.

As if that weren't enough, the site is also home to slapdash humor and nostalgia, including ''Magazine/TVGuide'' ad archives, trivia on the Creator/WarnerBros. Silver Age cartoons, and {{Strip Archive}}s for ''Comicstrip/BloomCounty'' and ''Comicstrip/USAcres''. Basically, it's just about [[AuthorAppeal anything and everything]] Mr. Paltridge likes, recapped in a slightly cynical, constantly entertaining fashion.
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[[folder: The Flagship Series]]
* ''Webcomic/{{Mulberry}}''
* ''Webcomic/ElectricWonderland''
* ''Webcomic/{{Keiki}}''
* ''Webcomic/ScrambledEggs''
* ''Webcomic/PrincessPi''
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!!The site provides examples of:

[[foldercontrol]]

[[folder: Entire Site]]
* AccentuateTheNegative: Peter Paltridge has admitted that some of the things he makes TakeThat comics about, such as Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses, aren't really things he hates.
* AllThereInTheManual: Paltridge has written [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/newbiestuff/index.html short bios]] in order to properly introduce new readers to the main characters of the flagship series. Also, sometimes Paltridge shares details about characters on his DeviantArt [[http://torquesmacky.deviantart.com/ page]] before putting them into the comics.
* AlliterativeName: Peter Paltridge, Keiki Kikilaka, Marie Magnolia (also from ''Keiki''), Aerynn Arlia (from ''Electric Wonderland''), and Lululu Lopez (also from ''Electric Wonderland'').
* TheBechdelTest: Paltridge's comics often pass this test with flying colors, since four of the five flagship comics have main character rosters where the females outnumber males.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Several characters have demonstrated this ability. The main characters of ''Mulberry'' and ''Scrambled Eggs'' in particular act as AnimatedActors.
* ChristmasSpecial:
** Paltridge made at least one every year until 2008, and now seems to do so on a sporadic basis. Most of them are archived in [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/kristmas/index.php?seriesID=8 Kristmas Klassics]].
** Also, he has a special section for reviews of the good, the bad and the obscure of animated Christmas specials, dubbed "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfitsindex.html The Island of Misfit Christmas Specials]]."
* {{Cliffhanger}}: Most of the comics are released in at least two parts, then the parts are merged together in the archive (unless the parts come from different seasons, such as the chapters of "Keiki's Huge Christmas Epic").
* ConspicuousCG: The backgrounds of some comics. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in the ''Scrambled Eggs'' comic "Wack Friday" when the store sells "Extremely Fake Trees".
* EverythingsBetterWithPlatypi: WordOfGod says the name "Platypus Comix" was just something Paltridge thought would make a funny name for a comic company, and might have been inspired by a song one of his cousins sang.
* InvisibleParents: See each comic's individual page for more info. (''Electric Wonderland'' does not have an entry for this since [[JustifiedTrope the main characters are older than than the other comics' characters]]. This could apply to ''Princess Pi'' as well.)
* LimitedWardrobe: The majority of recurring characters from each comic.
* MilestoneRedo: In honor of Platypus Comix's 10th anniversary, accessing the site during the week of February 7, 2011 brought up a page which resembles the homepage used in 2001, and links to old comics and articles through the Wayback Machine.
* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: Some articles and comics have such disclaimers in their respective threads of the Platypus Comix forum.
* RealitySubtext: Numerous examples, such as the ''Mulberry'' comic "Murphy's Lawn" (built up on BrittanyMurphy's death) and the ''Keiki'' comic "Beefer in the Time of Cholera" (set during the economic recession of the late 2000s). Paltridge also traditionally makes comics about Dan Blather covering the OlympicGames and Mulberry trying to influence the Presidential Election.
* SkintoneSclerae: Paltridge explained that adding white portions to his characters' eyes often takes too much time, and doesn't look good to him unless he manages to shape it into a perfect circle. (Although, characters drawn fairly recently sometimes have eyes with white or off-white portions, such as the stars of ''Electric Wonderland'' and ''Princess Pi''.)
* StripArchive: Most of the comics are archived in a pseudo-book form. The site also contains several archives of un-reprinted ''BloomCounty'' strips and a large number of ''U.S. Acres'' strips.
* StupidBoss: A recurring character: The Head Executive of Platypus Comix.
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[[folder: The Banner]]
As a CouchGag, Peter Paltridge regularly changes the banner at the top of the Platypus Comix homepage to say something new and funny.
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!!Banners include examples of:
* AngelsPose: [[http://platypuscomix.net/top169.jpg Starring]] Mulberry, Shroomy (from ''Electric Wonderland''), and Princess Pi.
* {{Crossover}}:
** Mulberry [[http://platypuscomix.net/top149.jpg meets]] ComicStrip/LittleOrphanAnnie.
** Mulberry [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/top197.jpg joins]] Film/TheAvengers.
* DramaQueen: Mulberry doesn't react [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/top118.jpg kindly]] after Creator/{{Nintendo}} makes an underwhelming announcement at E3.
* ExpectingSomeoneTaller: [[http://platypuscomix.net/top76.jpg This banner]] has a Mulberry ornament tell an ornament of [[WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer Sam the Snowman]], "You looked much taller on TV."
* {{Homage}}: Mulberry [[http://platypuscomix.net/top154.jpg meets]] Comicbook/ScottPilgrim.
* HostileShowTakeover: The week Princess Pi's first comic came out, the banner contained a picture of her using green paint to change the Platypus Comix logo to read, "[[http://platypuscomix.net/top168.jpg Pi Comix]]".
* HypeAversion: [[invoked]] The overexposure of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' increased Paltridge's desires not to watch the show, despite the involvement of LaurenFaust, so he decided to boast that Platypus Comix has been "[[http://platypuscomix.net/top182.gif Pony-free since 2001]]".
* InMemoriam: Occasions that called for this include:
** [[http://platypuscomix.net/top135.gif The death]] of Music/MichaelJackson.
** [[http://platypuscomix.net/top185.gif The breakup]] of Music/{{REM}}.
** [[http://platypuscomix.net/top187.jpg The death]] of Steve Jobs.
** The death of OsamaBinLaden got a banner which looked more cheery than the ones listed above.
** [[http://platypuscomix.net/top202.jpg The end]] of ''CulDeSac''.
* LogoJoke:
** One banner featured Mulberry dressed as the ColumbiaPictures [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/top48.gif Torch Lady]]. It served as this page's image for most of 2010.
** [[http://platypuscomix.net/top161.jpg This banner]] superimposes the Platypus Comix logo over that of Gracie Films.
* MilestoneCelebration:
** The week of Platypus Comix's 10th anniversary brought the banner providing the current page image.
** Paltridge displayed [[http://platypuscomix.net/top191.jpg this]] a few days after JoanOfArc's 600th birthday.
* TakeThat:
** Mulberry offering [[http://platypuscomix.net/top132.jpg a code]] for 100 free Disney Movie Rewards points and explaining, "I, myself, will never buy enough teenybopper garbage and ''Series/HannahMontana'' pantyhose to earn the one worthwhile item offered in this program, the ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' movie DVD."
** Creator/{{Disney}}'s announcement of plans to buy MarvelComics led to the creation of a banner featuring a demonic MickeyMouse telling Franchise/{{Spider-Man}}, "[[http://platypuscomix.net/top140.jpg I want...our marriage!]]"
-->'''Mary Jane Watson:''' I think I actually prefer [[JoeQuesada Joe Q]]!
** Mulberry dressing as [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason]] and preparing to [[http://platypuscomix.net/top136.jpg kill Flo, the Progressive Insurance Girl]].
** [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Aang]] [[http://platypuscomix.net/top152.jpg punching]] Creator/MNightShyamalan after the release of ''Film/TheLastAirbender''.
** One banner proclaimed, "[[http://platypuscomix.net/top155.jpg Click here to access a special optimized version for iPad owners!]]" Clicking it caused no changes except for [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Nelson]] appearing to taunt, "[[http://platypuscomix.net/top156.gif Ha ha! You paid $500 for something that can't even take a flash drive!]]"
** Mulberry once displayed the cover for Music/LadyGaga's ''Born This Way'' and commented, "[[http://platypuscomix.net/top178.jpg Really? That's kinda sad.]]"
** Octus from ''WesternAnimation/{{Sym-Bionic Titan}}'' once showed up to announce that he had taken over Creator/CartoonNetwork, and had decided to renew ''Titan'' for "...approximately 107 more episodes! [[http://platypuscomix.net/top175.gif It is the only logical thing to do!]]"
* XtremeKoolLetterz: "[[http://platypuscomix.net/top50.gif The 'X' [in 'Comix'] stands for XTREME!]]"
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[[folder:"Raiders Of The Lost Arc"]]
Peter Paltridge called [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/miscellaneous/index.php?issue=3&pageType=index&seriesID=7 "Raiders of the Lost Arc"]], a comic from a discontinued series titled, ''Guava Guava'', his favorite Platypus Comix story. His website only includes the portion written in the year 2001. A recap summarizing the parts written in 1998 explains that JoanOfArc had become a FishOutOfTemporalWater, risen from the dead, and fought OsamaBinLaden. As this part begins, Joan's period away from battle has led people to doubt her accomplishments and complain that she's not really as tough as they thought. She decides to prove them wrong by confronting Bin Laden again, who had just recently performed his infamous September 11 attacks.
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!!This comic provides examples of:
* CassandraTruth: Twenty-first century reporters who think [[ItsPopularNowItSucks Joan appears too frequently in the media]] begin doubting her achievements.
* EnemyMine: Joan's companions in her fight against Bin Laden came from England, the country Joan saved France from.
* FromBadToWorse: As the media tries to expose Joan as a fraud, Ivy assures her, "Things will be a lot better in the morning!" The next day, Osama Bin Laden attacks the World Trade Center.
* [[GoneHorriblyRight Gone Horribly]] [[spoiler:[[GoneHorriblyRight Right]]]]: [[spoiler: Joan's defeat of Bin Laden proves so effective, all the terrorists cease their attacks, and the US Army dissolves.]]
* KatanasAreJustBetter: Joan brings one with her to Afghanistan.
* LetsGetDangerous: Bin Laden tries to exploit the fear of fire Joan developed after persecution by shoving her into a burning room. She makes it out alive, and proceeds to beat up several terrorists.
* RedHeadedHero: Joan
* ThatWasNotADream: Buzz expresses hope that the attacks on the World Trade Center turn out to be personal nightmares.
* [[spoiler: VictoryIsBoring]]: The comic ends with [[spoiler: Joan unable to find any more terrorists to fight, and thus using her newfound free time to crochet doilies and organize her socks]].
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Joan has such moments when having to escape a burning room, and later, a burning ''building''.
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[[folder: "True Believers"]]
Peter Paltridge called 2008's [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/miscellaneous/index.php?issue=11&page=1 "True Believers"]] his second favorite Platypus Comix story. The characters from the flagship comics have gone on strike, so the Head Executive tries to tide readers over with a Franchise/{{Spider-Man}} comic, hoping he could get away with featuring characters he doesn't own when the characters he does own won't cooperate. The resulting story became Platypus Comix's TakeThat against MarvelComics' reviled ''OneMoreDay'' comic, which had concluded two weeks earlier. In a 48-page, two-month-long, ''[[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Roger Rabbit]]''-ish storyline, Spidey and Mary Jane Watson fight to save their marriage from being wiped out by their own editor, Joe Quesadilla -- a vicious [[JoeQuesada Quesada]] [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed caricature]].
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!!This comic provides examples of:
* AuthorPowers: Joe Quesadilla can change anything in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse with a flick of the pen.
* CerebusSyndrome: Peter Paltridge said that "True Believers" started out as a less dramatic story for the fourth week of the Character Strike. He first published the early chapters under the title, "Peter Paltridge, The Amazing Spider-Hack."
* ChekhovsGun: After turning down the offer to become Jackpot, Mary Jane carries a stamp out of Quesadilla's office. [[spoiler: During the climax of the comic, she presses the stamp against Quesadilla's forehead and {{Retcon}}s his existence.]]
* DeathIsCheap: Comic book characters "always come back", as [[spoiler:Mary Jane]] explains after a revitalization.
* DespairEventHorizon: After Spidey discovers that Quesadilla erased ''everything'' that happened in the last 30 years, he asks Dr. Octopus to kill him. He gets better, "five miniseries, three crossovers, and one apocalyptic battle later."
* TheFinalTemptation: During the climax, Quesadilla offers Peter the revivals of Uncle Ben, Richard and Mary Parker, and/or Gwen Stacy if he lets him erase the marriage. [[spoiler: He nearly accepts, but after deciding [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy he wants MJ to be happy]], he asks her what to do, then follows her request to decline the temptation.]]
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Doc Ock's justification to the police after decapitating Spider-Man:
--> "''This was between two consenting adults!!!''"
* HomageShot:
** In a ShoutOut to ''{{Dallas}}'', Spidey wakes up in bed, walks into the bathroom, and finds [[spoiler: Venom]] in his shower.
** Some panels of [[spoiler: the surprise party various comic characters hold at the end in honor of Peter's and MJ's anniversary]] closely resemble [[spoiler: the party held at the end of ''One More Day'']].
* PrecisionFStrike: After Peter tears up the paper Joe Quesadilla used to brainwash MJ, she tells Peter to, "Kick his ass."
* RageAgainstTheAuthor
* RealityWarper: Joe Quesadilla
* [[spoiler: RetGone]]: [[spoiler: Joe Quesadilla and (unintentionally) [[ComicBook/ScarletSpider Ben Reilly]], after Mary Jane performs a retcon with the stolen stamp.]]
* RogerRabbitEffect: The story portrays comic-book characters as real people, and editors as their gods.
* SuspiciouslyAproposMusic: As Peter dances with MJ the Friday evening after Quesadilla announces plans to erase their marriage, the song being played is Music/TomPetty and the Heartbreakers' "Mary Jane's Last Dance". Peter points out the irony of the song's lyrics[[note]]mis-reproduced; the chorus says "one more '''time''' to '''kill''' the pain", rather than "one more ''night'' to ''feel'' the pain"[[/note]], but MJ informs him the song's actually about pot.
* AWizardDidIt: After [[spoiler: Quesadilla's retcon drastically improves "the real world's continuity" '''and''' the comic book industry]], Peter remarks that he can't believe the afforementioned ChekhovsGun could cause such a great effect. MJ reminds him, "It's magic, Tiger," so Peter exclaims, "[[IronicEcho Yeah, it's magic! We don't have to explain it!]]"
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Miscellaneous Comics]]
* AffectionateParody: "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/miscellaneous/index.php?issue=17&pageType=index&seriesID=7 Schoolhouse Bootleg]]," of ''SchoolhouseRock''.
* ClipShow: The Head Executive of Platypus Comix showed [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/miscellaneous/index.php?issue=8&pageType=index&seriesID=7 one]] during the first week of the "2008 Character Strike". This evolves into a BizarroEpisode as the "clips" gradually give way to pictures from random sources outside the website.
* CrisisCrossover: "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/miscellaneous/index.php?issue=2&pageType=index&seriesID=7 Riot Act #2]]" features characters from various Platypus Comix series, although several of these series have since been removed from the website.
* DolledUpInstallment: The second week of the Character Strike brought [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/miscellaneous/index.php?issue=9&pageType=index&seriesID=7 a story]] titled "{{Terminator}}: [[TheSarahConnorChronicles The Mulberry Sharona Chronicles]], which actually featured artwork from ''{{Shadowgirls}}''.
* FollowTheLeader: During the third week of the Character Strike, the Head Executive tried to create [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/miscellaneous/index.php?issue=10&pageType=index&seriesID=7 his own comic]], starring talking pigs who engage in [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy offensive activities, random cutaways, and liberal lecturing]].
-->'''Head Executive:''' It seemed to test rather well among college males, and they're all that really counts these days! Next week we'll have something different, if I can find a non-union artist! If not, I'll probably just [[StrictlyFormula run this again and change a couple bits of dialogue.]] [[ViewersAreMorons Those college boys don't really notice much.]]
* FourthWallMailSlot: The fifth and final [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/miscellaneous/index.php?issue=12&pageType=index&seriesID=7 installment]] of the 2008 Character Strike featured the Head Executive replying to emails readers sent Peter Paltridge.
* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: The title character of "Awesome Blossom" exclaims "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/miscellaneous/index.php?issue=1&page=14&seriesID=7 Heart Power!]]" every time she tries to solve a problem. It proves effective, but the second time she uses it [[FromBadToWorse angers others]]. In a possible [[SubvertedTrope subversion]], her adversaries use "Liver Power!" and "Pancreas Power!" to get what they want.
* HostileShowTakeover: For AprilFoolsDay 2006, Paltridge faked the site's absorption by [=CNet=] and created [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/onlyme/cnetcartoonintro.html a comic]] in which [=CNet=] representatives interfered with attempts to read the newest ''Mulberry'' comic by hawking the benefits of donation.
* HowTheCharacterStoleChristmas: Spoofed in "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/kristmas/index.php?issue=9&pageType=index&seriesID=8 How The Kvetch Stole Hannukah!]]", Paltridge's attempt to teach AnAesop about expressing diversity instead of [[YouMeanXmas homogenization]] during the holiday season.
* LifeImitatesArt: "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/miscellaneous/index.php?issue=14&pageType=index&seriesID=7 Nester and Wiiner # 2: No More Heroes]]," a story about CasualVideoGame production causing a decline in quality Creator/{{Nintendo}} games, ended with Nintendo making plans for [[ItsEasySoItSucks a game about breathing]]. Over a year later, Ubisoft announced plans for ''Innergy,'' a game about breathing.
* LuddWasRight: The {{Retraux}}, [[TheFifties Fifties]]-influenced "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/miscellaneous/index.php?issue=16&pageType=index&seriesID=7 Vess MacMeal Starring in]]: TheMoreYouKnow!" introduces a new gadget called the "Kimwon" to the people of Shiny Valley. [[spoiler: Gradually, this North Korean product develops so many features, it takes over ''all'' of the duties Americans previously served themselves, granting world domination to DirtyCommunist Kim Jong-Il.]]
* MoodWhiplash: The CruelTwistEnding of "Vess [=MacMeal=] Starring in: The More You Know!" is immediately followed by the TitleDrop, which comes in a simple picture of the logo seen in 2000s [=PSAs=] using the phrase.
* PandaingToTheAudience: "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/miscellaneous/index.php?issue=7&pageType=index&seriesID=7 Rice Cub]]" stars a talking panda with a personality similar to that of Mary Lynn Rajskub, who played Chloe O'Brian in ''Series/TwentyFour''.
* ProductionForeshadowing: The first issue of Paltridge's publication, ''BANG! The Entertainment Paper'', [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/miscellaneous/index.php?issue=17&page=6 appeared]] in "Schoolhouse Bootleg" at least six months before it became available in stores.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: After Paltridge learned of the existence of [[http://www.kevhines.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi a website]] called "Platypus Comi'''cs'''," he wrote about his characters' reactions to the [[SimilarlyNamedWorks similarly named work]] and its debatably enjoyable content in "Riot Act # 2."
* StylisticSuck: "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/miscellaneous/index.php?issue=1&seriesID=7 Awesome Blossom]]," intended to feel like an unaired {{Filmation}} cartoon.
-->'''Description:''' It's got everything: [[TastesLikeDiabetes lame cutesy characters]], LimitedAnimation, gaudy flourescent effects, [[WhoWritesThisCrap idiotic plots]] and more!
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Articles]]
''See PlatypusComix/{{Articles}}''
[[/folder]]
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[--Oh, and if you want to know the names of everyone in that picture:--]

[--'''Back Row''': The Head Executive (from various comics), [[Magazine/NintendoPower Nester]] (from "Nester and Wii-ner"), Rice Cub (from "Rice Cub"), and Lyman (from ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'', [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers not Platypus Comix]]).--]

[--'''Second Row''': Jennifer (from ''Henry and Jennifer''), Henry (from ''Henry and Jennifer''), Lillian Muck/Ivy (from ''Guava Guava''), Buzz (from ''Guava Guava''), Lana Ying (from ''Guava Guava''), and Dan Blather (from various comics).--]

[--'''Third Row''': NJ (from ''Webcomic/ElectricWonderland''), Princess Pi (from ''Webcomic/PrincessPi''), [[Franchise/{{Spider-Man}} Mary Jane Watson]] (from "True Believers"), Shroomy (from ''Webcomic/ElectricWonderland''), and Beefer (from ''Webcomic/{{Keiki}}'').--]

[--'''Front Row''': JoanOfArc (sitting, from "Raiders of the Lost Arc"), Aerynn Arlia (from ''Webcomic/ElectricWonderland''), Quint (from ''Webcomic/ScrambledEggs''), Tiff/Taffy Sparks (from ''Webcomic/{{Mulberry}}''), Tuan Nuaghen (from ''Webcomic/ScrambledEggs''), and Mulberry Sharona (from ''Webcomic/{{Mulberry}}'').--]
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