History Webcomic / Bricktown

Originally, it was hosted on Website/TheDuck, but has since moved over to its own page on [[http://www.bricktowncomic.com BricktownComic.com]]

** Steve owns a jacket with a [[{{Transformers}} Decepticon]] symbol on the left breast.

* MrFanservice: Bill - [[OneHeadTaller Tall]], [[HeroicBuild with a very toned build]], [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold great hair]], [[MatzoFever just the slightest bit exotic]], is prone to dorky moments, and [[SharpDressedMan looks great in a suit]].

** Greg and Jill play Scrabble. As Greg points out, it’s [[CurbStompBattle not a smart idea to play Scrabble against a writer]]

* MsFanservice: Jen – [[AloofDarkHairedGirl tall, dark, and beautiful]], with bronze hair, [[BuxomIsBetter great features]], by far the smartest character, and a [[TheTease playful]], [[{{Dominatrix}} strong]], [[HeroicSeductress smoldering personality]].

* WriteWhoYouKnow: the author has admitted that several of the characters are based on friends/roommates of his from college.
* WriteWhatYouKnow: the author went to Rochester Institute of Technology, is an omni-nerd, and is a graphic artist (duh). The comic takes place in the city of Rochester, NY, is about a group of nerds with a myriad of interests, and Greg is a graphic artist.

* MsFanservice: Jen – [[AloofDarkHairedGirl tall, dark, and beautiful]], with bronze hair, [[BuxomIsBetter great features]], [[HotScientist by far the smartest character]], and a [[TheTease playful]], [[{{Dominatrix}} strong]], [[HeroicSeductress smoldering personality]].

** Jill made the University of Pittsburgh's Men’s Rugby Team cry… ‘’How’’, exactly, is left up to the reader’s imagination.

* DarkSkinnedBlonde: Jill and Jen. Jill, by way of having an eternal tan; Jen, by being naturally dark skinned with blonde hair.

* MsFanservice: Jen – [[AloofDarkHairedGirl tall, dark, and beautiful]], [[DarkSkinnedBlonde with bronze hair]], [[BuxomIsBetter great]] [[ShesGotLegs features]], [[HotScientist by far the smartest character]], and a [[TheTease playful]], [[{{Dominatrix}} strong]], [[HeroicSeductress smoldering personality]].

** Jen is AmbiguouslyBrown, though she does have [[DarkSkinnedBlonde either dark blonde or very light brown hair]]. Her character bio says this is because she is half Cherokee, a quarter [[DarkSkinnedBlonde Melanese]], and a quarter Dutch, so [[ShownTheirWork genetics are in her favor to have such a phenotype]].

* BelligerentSexualTension: Greg and Jill. [[WordOfGod It’s the author’s favorite Trope]] on Wiki/TVTropes, and [[Manga/RanmaOneHalf Ranma]] is one of his favorite {{Anime}}s, if that gives any indication of his preference for this trope (he often draws Greg {{cosplay}}ing as Ranma).

Set in a fictionalized version of Rochester, New York, the series follows an EnsembleCast of Greg and Jill’s circle of friends and acquaintances. [[JustForFun/OneOfUs Nearly every character is a nerd of some sort or another, just like the author himself]], which is befitting since most of them went to Rochester Institute of Technology, the same school which in RealLife gave us the duo who made Podcast/GeekNights.

!!The comic features or the following tropes:

* ArtifactTitle: Somewhat of a stealth example. While in this version of Rochester, the entire city is nicknamed “Bricktown,” the title originally came from “Brick City,” the nickname specifically for RIT, where the author had written the first modern iterations of the story. Once he graduated, and decided to have the characters be out of school as well, the name “Bricktown” was assigned to Rochester as a whole. [[AllThereInTheManual All this happened well before the comic was first published, however]].

* FourTempermentEnsemble:

* MrFanservice: Bill - [[OneHeadTaller Tall]], [[HeroicBuild with a very toned build]], [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold great hair]], [[MatzoFever just the slightest bit exotic]], is prone to {{adorkable}} moments, and [[SharpDressedMan looks great in a suit]].

* SouthPaw: If you pay attention, you'll notice Jill is a lefty.

** Greg is apparently a huge fan of Franchise/{{Superman}}: he wears red-and-blue boxer-briefs with the [[BroughtToYouByTheLetterS S-Shield on them]], and has a red-and-black Superman shirt similar to the one worn by [[ComicBook/{{Superboy}} Conner Kent]]

Set in a fictionalized version of Rochester, New York, the series follows an EnsembleCast of Greg and Jill’s circle of friends and acquaintances. [[OneOfUs Nearly every character is a nerd of some sort or another, just like the author himself]], which is befitting since most of them went to Rochester Institute of Technology, the same school which in RealLife gave us the duo who made Podcast/GeekNights.

* RedOniBlueOni: Jill's red to Greg's blue. Greg is an [[OneOfUs unabashed nerd]] with a seemingly general mellow attitude, who can quickly turn into a Grade-A {{Cloudcuckoolander}} at the drop of the hat; Jill is a [[PassionateSportsGirl rabid sports fan]] with only hints of being a closet nerd, is generally more uptight and by-the-book than Greg, and has a HairTriggerTemper. To drive the point home, Greg's typical wardrobe consists of various shades of blue, while Jill's consists of shades of red.
* ShoutOut: The author is a [[OneOfUs self-proclaimed “horrendous nerd”]]. As such, the shout outs are many and often.

* MsFanservice: Jen – [[TallDarkAndBishoujo tall, dark, and beautiful]], [[DarkSkinnedBlonde with bronze hair]], [[BuxomIsBetter great]] [[ShesGotLegs features]], [[HotScientist by far the smartest character]], and a [[TheTease playful]], [[{{Dominatrix}} strong]], [[HeroicSeductress smoldering personality]].

* ACupAngst: Jill seems to be a little sensitive about her {{pettanko}} status, but mostly when people mock her about it.

*** Said Beetle also has a very [[TheLoveBug distinct carhorn]].

** John is, of course, [[{{Buddhism}} Buddhist]], given that he left American to join a Buddhist Convent in Japan.

** Greg’s biography reveals him to be a [[{{Buddhism}} Buddhist]]

* BelligerentSexualTension: Greg and Jill. [[WordOfGod It’s the author’s favorite Trope]] on TVTropes, and [[Manga/RanmaOneHalf Ranma]] is one of his favorite {{Anime}}s, if that gives any indication of his preference for this trope (he often draws Greg {{cosplay}}ing as Ranma).

* GratuitousGerman: Jill keeps throwing in German words.

* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: Jen, by far the most [[TheAce well-composed character]] in the series, prefers wearing a lavender shirt

* MeaningfulName: Some of the Ziegelstadt Characters

** When Greg tries to apologize to Jill, his efforts included getting her a football signed by Terry Bradshaw (she's from UsefulNotes/{{Pittsburgh}}), and him recreating the boom-box scene from Film/SayAnything.
** Greg drives a VW Beetle [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} with Autobot hubcaps]]
*** Said Beetle also has a very [[TheLoveBug distinct carhorn]]

** When Greg tries to apologize to Jill, his efforts included getting her a football signed by Terry Bradshaw (she's from {{Pittsburgh}}), and him recreating the boom-box scene from Film/SayAnything.

* PassionateSportsGirl: Jill, who comes from {{Pittsburgh}} (where Football is revered more highly than God). She loves football, has a Steelers lamp in her room, and was captain of the MEN'S Rugby team at her undergraduate school, The University of Pittsburgh. She's very much a {{tomboy}}, and is [[BloodKnight more than up to a competition of any kind at any time]].

*** When Steve’s character fires her pistol point-blank at the Dragon to finish it off, she gives a very familiar BondOneLiner: “[[Film/{{Jaws}} Smile, you son of a bi-]]“
** During the “When Billy Met Jenny” arc, Greg’s hair has grown long and unruly. Jill says his head looks like a [[StarTrek Tribble]], and his hair's shape is very similar to [[Anime/CowboyBebop Spike Spiegel’s]]

** WordOfGod says Stu is Jewish, and shows more [[AllJewsAreAshkenazi “typically Jewish”]] traits. Then again, he’s also from {{Joisey}}, which in many ways overrides his other traits, especially his manner of speech.

->‘’Two strangers, an apartment, and snow. A lot of snow.’’

** Jill made the [[{{Badass}} University of Pittsburgh's Men’s Rugby Team]] cry… ‘’How’’, exactly, is left up to the reader’s imagination.