Ozy and Millie was a webcomic by D.C. Simpson that followed the daily lives of its two titular characters, who are children in an anthropomorphised-animal version of the Northwestern United States.It was written in the style of a Newspaper Comic, with a four-panel format, writing reminiscent of Peanuts and Calvin And Hobbes, and an ensemble cast that seems inspired by Pogo. The story arcs meander through political commentary and philosophy while simultaneously dealing with the children's own problems such as fitting in at school. Characters:
Ozymandias ("Ozy") Justin Llewellyn, a young Arctic fox. Tends towards excessive zen stoicism and Deadpan Snarker-dom.
Millicent ("Millie") Mehitabel Mudd, a red fox. Excitable and rebellious, prone to random acts of destruction, but has a good heart.
Llewellyn, a dragon and Ozy's adoptive father. He appears to be slightly over a century old and is prone to Historical In Jokes, especially ones related to obscure presidents (e.g., he claims to be responsible for William Howard Taft getting stuck in the White House bathtub), as well as bad Zen jokes. He runs for president every four years, despite having seceded from the United States to form the nation of Greater Llewellynland.
Ms. Mudd, Millie's mother. A lawyer and single mother. Although the most normal of the main four characters, she is implied to have been similar to Millie at her age. Also, her "hair" is blue for some reason. In October 2008, near the end of the strip's run, her full name was finally revealed as Mililani Minerva Mudd.
Avery, a raccoon child prone to mindless following of pop-cultural trends.
Timulty, Avery's younger brother, who radiates Incorruptible Pure Pureness (it helps that he's four years old).
The dread pirate Locke, a fox who lives in a magical land inside Llewellyn's couch, is subject to Merlin Sickness, and is Millie's father.
Author Appeal: A look at some of the author's other art reveals that they have, of all things, a shaving fetish. This was worked into the comic as a Running Gag.
Author Filibuster: Simpson was known to work her liberal views into some of the strips.
Beat Panel: Usually after Llewellyn or Millie says something off-the-wall. Often followed by a Flat "What.".
Bilingual Bonus: Dr. Wahnsinnig, the school psychiatrist. Her name means "insane" in German. Which is ironic, considering she's something of an Only Sane Lemur compared to the rest of the staff.
Cute Little Fangs: Cute little vulpine fangs. Despite the cast being comprised of several carnivorous animals (some of which are mythological) most often their teeth are downplayed. The art usually only highlights Millie's fangs, whenever she's saying something particularly crazy.
Ozy's first, Millie's second. Her first was improvised by her school play co-star Avery. Millie was irate; her replies involved a wedgie and a punch in the face, at minimum. As Avery wasn't wearing pants at the time, that's quite a feat.
Follow the Leader: Not a proper version of this trope, but deserves mention: Avery. Avery, Avery, Avery. So desperate is he to be a part of the "in" crowd that he will suffer literally any indignity you'd care to throw his way, provided that you tell him, or imply, or otherwise obliquely hint that it's what the cool kids are doing these days.
Avery is almost more of a parody of this personality type most of the time; while other people buy brand-name products to try to be trendy, Avery imitates their ad campaigns.
Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal: Ozy by far. Speculation runs he's worn dresses more often than pants. Timulty tends to be nude save for his fur. Llewellyn and Millie get their own nude scenes as well. Note that whenever Ozy ends up bald, he does have to cover up; once this is done with pants, but usually he manages with either a long shirt or awkward camera angles.
Some fans have noted that Ozy generally seems to have a "two articles of clothing" rule, especially since some newer images of his older self show him wearing just a beret and scarf instead of his usual hat and vest.
Also, Avery and Ms. Sorkowitz.
Llewellyn starts out fully clothed, but eventually stops wearing pants (used for a joke once and then never commented on again).
Happily Adopted: Ozy quite likes having Llewellyn for a father, even if he is a dragon.
Innocent Fanservice Girl: Millie certainly seems to qualify. More than once she's participated in dancing naked in the rain in front of Ozy. She also attended class picture day sans her overalls, from the bus stop all the way to school.
Karma Houdini: Jeremy is never punished for his bullying.
May be a case of sorta subjective Truth in Television. To a kid who gets routinely bullied, it seems that the bully never truly gets what he deserves for it or they would have stopped a long time ago. There is an entire story arc about how Millie gets punished for hitting Jeremy back after he hit her, simply because the teacher didn't see the first offense. Many a bullied kid can tell you similar stories.
Least Rhymable Word: Llewellyn invents the "authentic Llewellyn-brand borange" just so that orange will have a rhyme. He's a bit unclear about what exactly it does.
Not to mention that the very first strip has Ozymandias relieved that the kids at school can't make childish bullying rhymes about him because nothing rhymes with his name.
Llewellyn's font (and those of the other dragons, with the exception of the teenage Isolde). According to Word Of God, the weird font represents the dragon accent, and Isolde lacks the accent because she has grown up in the US. Lampshaded here when a character says to Llewellyn "You also speak in a non-regulation font."
In addition, Jeremy, the dull-witted bully, speaks in all lowercase, in a cruder handwriting style.
Rule of Funny: The character sheet on Jeremy: "He's a rabbit because that seemed funny."
Running Gag: Ozy ends up bald at least once a year.
Schedule Slip: Toward the end, the update schedule became "whenever the new strip is ready", which in practice meant roughly two to three times a week, on no particular days of the week.
Not So Stoic: Ozy looked like he was gonna cry after hearing about his birth mother.
Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace: Captain Locke shows up at this point of the wedding. After confirming that Llewellyn loves the bride, he hits the groom in the face with a pie, starting a food fight. Of course, pie fights are a traditional part of dragon weddings, so it isn't as disruptive as you'd think.
Stuffed Into A Trashcan: Jeremy's (most likely) daily hobby involving poor Ozy. This webcomic exemplifies and often abuses this trope.
Such A Lovely Noun: Done twice: once by Millie, once by someone from the government.
Tomboy: Millie defines the trope and manages to be cute at the same time.
Totem Pole Trench: Isolde and Millie try this to get Ozy pants from some lobbyist in Washington, DC, but the lobbyist targets see through it instantly.
Undermined By Reality: Let's just say that the less you know about the author's personal life, the happier you'll be.*
You Are The New Trend: Happened to Millie once. Strangely, it starts out with Felicia mistaking something Millie did for "the latest thing" even though Millie has never been a setter or follower of trends.
was a webcomic by D.C. Simpson that followed the daily lives of its two titular characters, who are children in an anthropomorphised-animal version of the Northwestern United States.It was written in the style of a Newspaper Comic, with a four-panel format, writing reminiscent of Peanuts and Calvin And Hobbes, and an ensemble cast that seems inspired by Pogo. The story arcs meander through political commentary and philosophy while simultaneously dealing with the children's own problems such as fitting in at school. Characters:
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