History Trivia / Goblins

* OldShame: The author has [[https://twitter.com/EllipsisGoblins/status/1289259744813699072 tweeted]]: "There are some gay jokes from like 12 years ago, in the comic and I cringe so hard when I read them, now. They make me very uncomfortable."

* IKnewIt: Show of hands everyone who foresaw [[spoiler:Psionic Minmax using the machine to come back to life.]]

* RealitySubtext: Spoilered for the sake of sensitive readers. This concerns Kin's RapeAsBackstory. [[spoiler:Really, only click through if you're sure you want to know. [[note]]Kin's backstory [[http://www.goblinscomic.org/blog/kins-story-is-kind-of-true/ was based on the rape of Elli's own mother]]. She was captured by four men, and raped and tortured for days. When she told Ellipsis, she was unable to get her mind off it. Her fantasies of hanging out with her heroes became fantasies of hunting down her mother's rapists with her heroes. Eventually, she wrote about it, through Kin. And she based Dellyn off the four rapists.[[/note]]]]

* SimilarlyNamedWorks: Not to be confused with the French comic book ''Goblin's'' (with an apostrophe). It is also about goblins, but here they are stupid comic reliefs and not heroes. (The page picture for BullyingADragon is from this comic.)

* DevelopmentGag: Originally, Elli planned to have Big Ears die in his fight against Saral Caine. However, in the final comic Ears survives the fight. A few scenes reference this by having Ears [[DisneyDeath apparently die]] or try to perform a HeroicSacrifice, only to immediately get stopped.
* FanNickname: The various versions of Minmax, Kin and Forgath in the Maze of Many tend to get these, and there are a few others.
** Scorpikin (a Kin with a scorpion's lower body)
** Pipemax (a [[TheSpeechless silent]] Minmax who constantly smokes a pipe, even in combat)
** Psimax (a [[PsychicPowers Psion]] Minmax)
** Forghast (a Forgath with a Ring of Undeath that makes him hideous)
** Browgath (a Forgath who constantly shouts "BROW!" and nothing else)
** Evil Klik is also called Junior by the forumgoers, because it calls Dies-Horribly "Father".

* ImageSource:
** BrokenPedestal
** [[MeaningfulName/WebComics Meaningful Name.Web Comics]]
** NeverTellMeTheOdds
** SacrificedBasicSkillForAwesomeTraining

* QuoteSource:
** AmazingTechnicolorPopulation
** FireBreathingDiner
** GiverOfLameNames
** MinionMaracas
** MinMaxing

* CreatorBreakdown: The author, Ellipsis Stephens, went through one around 2014. A few years later she came out as transgender and explained in a blog post that her breakdown was caused by her gender dysphoria.

* CreatorBreakdown: The author, Ellipsis Stephens, went through one around 2014, as she explained [[http://www.goblinscomic.org/i-quit/ in this blog post.]]

* GeniusBonus: [[http://www.goblinscomic.org/comic/07252013 Symun]], the friendly giant spider, ''really'' likes Forgath.
-->'''Forgath:''' Ew ew '''ew!''' He's licking my face! Wait, do spiders even have tongues?\\
'''Onyx:''' No, they don't.\\
'''Forgath:''' Then what the hell is he licking me with?!
:: Forgath would probably be happier not knowing that a spider's pedipalps are used for taste, smell, and [[{{Squick}} insemination]].

** MeaningfulName.WebMedia

* BornLucky: Meta example. In December 2017, the artist was hospitalized with a subarachnoid hemorrhage, a type of brain aneurysm with potentially very serious health implications. During an angioplasty to investigate this (which could have caused a stroke on its own right), a second even more serious problem was discovered -- a dural fistula which is a type of abnormal development of an artery in the brain that if undetected can spontaneously rupture with fatal results and if asymptomatic (as hers was) can only be found with the aforementioned angioplasty -- essentially a ticking time bomb in his brain. She then underwent a dangerous operation (that again could have caused a stroke) to repair the fistula. In the words of a friend she's made out of natural 20s -- the initial problem didn't kill her or cause brain damage, she didn't suffer any complications from the investigation, the investigation found a second problem that could have killed her at any time and the operation to fix this was a complete success and again no complications resulted.
* CreatorBreakdown: The author, Ellipsis Stephens, went through one around 2014, as she explained [[http://www.goblinscomic.org/i-quit/ in this blog post.]].

* BornLucky: Meta example. In December 2017, the artist was hospitalized with a subarachnoid hemorrhage, a type of brain aneurysm with potentially very serious health implications. During an angioplasty to investigate this (which could have caused a stroke on its own right), a second even more serious problem was discovered -- a dural fistula which is a type of abnormal development of an artery in the brain that if undetected can spontaneously rupture with fatal results and if asymptomatic (as his was) can only be found with the aforementioned angioplasty -- essentially a ticking time bomb in his brain. He then underwent a dangerous operation (that again could have caused a stroke) to repair the fistula. In the words of a friend he's made out of natural 20s -- the initial problem didn't kill him or cause brain damage, he didn't suffer any complications from the investigation, the investigation found a second problem that could have killed him at any time and the operation to fix this was a complete success and again no complications resulted.
* CreatorBreakdown: The author, Tarol Hunt, went through one around 2014, as he explained [[http://www.goblinscomic.org/i-quit/ in this blog post.]].
* DevelopmentGag: Originally, Thunt planned to have Big Ears die in his fight against Saral Caine. However, in the final comic Ears survives the fight. A few scenes reference this by having Ears [[DisneyDeath apparently die]] or try to perform a HeroicSacrifice, only to immediately get stopped.

* PromotedFanboy: Inverted. Thunt is a fan of [[Webcomic/GirlGenius Studio Foglio]] and as of 2017 he has hired their colorist, Cheyenne Wright.

* RealitySubtext: Spoilered for the sake of sensitive readers. This concerns Kin's RapeAsBackstory. [[spoiler:Really, only click through if you're sure you want to know. [[note]]Kin's backstory [[http://www.goblinscomic.org/blog/kins-story-is-kind-of-true/ was based on the rape of Tarol's own mother]]. She was captured by four men, and raped and tortured for days. When she told Tarol, he was unable to get his mind off it. His fantasies of hanging out with his heroes became fantasies of hunting down his mother's rapists with his heroes. Eventually, he wrote about it, through Kin. And he based Dellyn off the four rapists.[[/note]]]]

* SeriesHiatus: ''Tempts Fate'' was initially intended to have a new scenario roughly every month. But then Thunt tried to make a scenario that got too big for him to handle on time while still staying on schedule with the comic. After a while he then made a mini-scenario to keep people satisfied in the meantime, and even then that one got put on a hiatus too.

* RealitySubtext: Spoilered for the sake of sensitive readers. This concerns Kin's RapeAsBackstory. [[spoiler:Really, only click through if you're sure you want to know. [[note]]Kin's backstory [[http://www.goblinscomic.org/kins-story-is-kind-of-true/ was based on the rape of Tarol's own mother]]. She was captured by four men, and raped and tortured for days. When she told Tarol, he was unable to get his mind off it. His fantasies of hanging out with his heroes became fantasies of hunting down his mother's rapists with his heroes. Eventually, he wrote about it, through Kin. And he based Dellyn off the four rapists.[[/note]]]]

* GeniusBonus: [[http://www.goblinscomic.org/07252013/ Symun]], the friendly giant spider, ''really'' likes Forgath.

* OfficialFanSubmittedContent: The dead adventurers caught in [[http://www.goblinscomic.org/05302015/ the first trap of the dungeon crawl]] where Minmax and the goblins team up are ''D&D'' characters whose illustrations or descriptions were submitted by readers of the webcomic.

* BornLucky: Meta example. In December 2017, the artist was hospitalized with a subarachnoid hemorrhage, a type of brain aneurysm with potentially very serious health implications. During an angioplasty to investigate this (which could have caused a stroke in it's own right) a second even more serious problem was discovered -- a dural fistula which is a type of abnormal development of an artery in the brain that if undetected can spontaneously rupture with fatal results and if asymptomatic (as his was) can only be found with the aforementioned angioplasty -- essentially a ticking time bomb in his brain. He then underwent a dangerous operation (that again could have caused a stroke) to repair the fistula. In the words of a friend he's made out of natural 20s -- the initial problem didn't kill him or cause brain damage, he didn't suffer any complications from the investigation, the investigation found a second problem that could have killed him at any time and the operation to fix this was a complete success and again no complications resulted.

* BornLucky: Meta example. In December 2017, the artist was hospitalized with a subarachnoid hemorrhage, a type of brain aneurysm with potentially very serious health implications. During an angioplasty to investigate this (which could have caused a stroke in it's own right) a second even more serious problem was discovered -- a dural fistula which is a type of abnormal development of an artery in the brain that if undetected can spontaneously rupture with fatal results and can only be found with the aforementioned angioplasty -- essentially a ticking time bomb in his brain. He then underwent a dangerous operation (that again could have caused a stroke) to repair the fistula. In the words of a friend he's made out of natural 20s -- the initial problem didn't kill him or cause brain damage, he didn't suffer any complications from the investigation, the investigation found a second problem that could have killed him at any time and the operation to fix this was a complete success and again no complications resulted.

** AnalogyBackfire