History Webcomic / CuantaVida

** [[spoiler:Rojo]] [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190905180308/http://tf2.skyscrapersoup.com/2010/07/15/106-no-youre-a-jerk/ is paid back in full]]. [[note]][[spoiler:... Or should we say [[JustForPun "paid back in fuel"]]?[[/note]]

* ManOnFire: Seems to be a prerequisite for being a Spy.

* TheyDo: [[spoiler: Bleu and BLU Scout]].

The comic is well-praised for its storytelling, weaving Bleu's narrations into the main events, and especially well-loved for its focus on something the PeripheryDemographic feels is sorely lacking [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 in the original narrative]]: [[HomoeroticSubtext Romance]]. The comic also presumes that the "classes", rather than being unique characters in and of themselves, are instead ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters Job roles to be filled by many different people with equally unique motivations,]] some of them far saner than the originals... [[WarIsHell and many of them much more unwilling to fight a pointless turf war]].

* MeaningfulName: Arguably, this could apply to [=TF2=] classes as a whole, considering their jobs, but really, the Spies' suits aren't the only indicators of their teams. See FanNickname.

* FiveManBand
** Configuration One:
*** TheHero: Red
*** TheLancer: Sniper
*** TheSmartGuy: RED Engineer
*** TheBigGuy: N/A
*** TheChick: RED Scout
*** SixthRanger: Bleu
** Configuration Two [[spoiler:(post-page 68)]]:
*** [[spoiler:TheHero: Bleu]]
*** [[spoiler:TheLancer: BLU Scout]]
*** [[spoiler:TheSmartGuy: Both Engineers]]
*** [[spoiler:TheBigGuy: Pyro]]
*** [[spoiler:TheChick: RED Scout/RED Medic]]

%%* ArtEvolution

* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Engineer to Bleu on [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190917073302/http://tf2.skyscrapersoup.com:80/2010/11/16/122-suck-it-up having killed the RED Pyro and BLU Spy]].

* ShootTheDog: [[spoiler:The first person Bleu kills on purpose is the RED Pyro, in order to save the BLU Pyro. The second person he kills is Rojo. Both times, he was rather shaken up that he just killed someone.]]

** [[http://tf2.skyscrapersoup.com/2011/04/25/139-your-bucket-is-showing/ the title of this one]] is a reference to a ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' meme. (Read the comments on this one to see reactions from people posting in character as a number of the trolls, and at least two of the kids.)

* IfItsYouItsOkay: WordOfGod says that [[spoiler:[[https://web.archive.org/web/20190905184140/http://tf2.skyscrapersoup.com/2010/09/27/115-hes-gonna-beat-you-til-candy-comes-out/ BLU Scout is this for Bleu.]] ]]

[[https://kytri.itch.io/cuanta-vida Meet the Team like never before.]] (Link leads to the comic's Itch.io page. The comic has been taken down on its original site and on [=DeviantArt=], but it can still be accessed via the Internet Archive.)

* GayngstInducedSuicide: After Gabry is killed taking a bullet for Liam, Liam commits assisted suicide.

* LuminescentBlush: Scout [[http://tf2.skyscrapersoup.com/?p=253 here]], and Bleu [[http://tf2.skyscrapersoup.com/?p=564 here]].
* ManlyTears: BLU Sniper when [[spoiler:[[http://tf2.skyscrapersoup.com/2009/09/05/68-the-man-who-isnt-there/ Red dies]]]].

* MoodWhiplash: [[spoiler:[[http://tf2.skyscrapersoup.com/2010/06/28/104-the-truth-cant-save-you-now/ Page 104]], from "I killed 'im" to "YAAAAY!"]]

* ObliviousToLove: Bleu. [[http://tf2.skyscrapersoup.com/?p=62 See here.]]

** Bleu, after learning [[spoiler:Rojo is loose in the base and BLU Scout is unaccounted for.]], [[http://tf2.skyscrapersoup.com/?p=231 and later again.]]
** [[spoiler:Rojo]] [[http://tf2.skyscrapersoup.com/?p=237 is paid back in full]]. [[note]][[spoiler:... Or should we say [[JustForPun "paid back in fuel"]]?[[/note]]
* OnlyAFleshWound: [[spoiler:BLU Engineer's reaction to [[http://tf2.skyscrapersoup.com/?p=212 the loss of his hand]] is [[ArtificialLimbs "I'll build a new one."]]]]

* PunchClockVillain: Everyone. Taken up to eleven when the Red Sniper [[spoiler:has a perfect shot on Bleu... and immediately relents when the [[http://tf2.skyscrapersoup.com/2009/08/07/63-stalemate-youre-all-losers/ end-of-day alarm goes off]]]].

* ScaryShinyGlasses: BLU Medic has these almost all the time, especially on [[http://tf2.skyscrapersoup.com/?p=136 this page.]]

** [[http://tf2.skyscrapersoup.com/2011/10/12/152-shall-we-play-a-game/ pages 152]] and [[http://tf2.skyscrapersoup.com/2011/10/19/153-they-put-themselves-together/ 153]] both contain subtle references to ''Film/WarGames''. (See the title of the comic and the handwritten list of passwords respectively.)

* SuperWindowJump: [[http://tf2.skyscrapersoup.com/?p=238 Drrn.]]
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: [[http://tf2.skyscrapersoup.com/?p=198 Books are for nerds!]]

* UnreliableNarrator: [[http://tf2.skyscrapersoup.com/?p=218 "I may 'ave left a few things out."]]

* UnsoundEffect: Frequently. One of the earliest and funniest may be [[http://tf2.skyscrapersoup.com/?p=22 *ignore*]].

* WhamEpisode: [[http://tf2.skyscrapersoup.com/?p=213 Here.]] [[spoiler:Both deaths]] count as well. After all, [[spoiler:[[NothingIsTheSameAnymore Red's brought about great change in the form of Rojo]]]], but [[spoiler:Sniper's was a straight up FromBadToWorse]].

[[https://kytri.itch.io/cuanta-vida Meet the Team like never before.]] (Link leads to the comic's Itch.io page. The comic has been taken down on its original site and on [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Website/DeviantArt DeviantArt]], but it can still be accessed via the Internet Archive.)

* GayMoment: "[[http://tf2.skyscrapersoup.com/?p=101 So start 'splainin', I can sit here all night.]]" "[[HilarityEnsues You don't think this is a bit awkward?]]"

* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Engineer to Bleu on [[http://tf2.skyscrapersoup.com/2010/11/16/122-suck-it-up/ page 122]].

* GroinAttack: [[http://tf2.skyscrapersoup.com/?p=235 Scout used Groin Attack!]] [[SubvertedTrope It's not very effective...]]

* IfItsYouItsOkay: WordOfGod says that [[spoiler:[[http://tf2.skyscrapersoup.com/?p=258 BLU Scout is this for Bleu.]] ]]

* {{Irony}}: [[http://tf2.skyscrapersoup.com/2010/05/01/97-andthats-when-i-realized-that-he-was-insane/ Page 97]] reveals that [[spoiler:for all that Bleu feared the RED Pyro's fire, the Pyro despised him because he thought Bleu wasn't being affected by his flames at all]].

* LimitedWardrobe: Justified, since the characters wear uniforms, complete with the classic LampshadeHanging of opening the closet to reveal a row of identical clothes in [[http://tf2.skyscrapersoup.com/?p=246 page 111]]. But sometimes the characters are seen in incomplete uniforms.

[[https://kytri.itch.io/cuanta-vida Meet the Team like never before.]] (Link leads to the comic's Itch.io page. Alternatively, [[https://www.deviantart.com/kytri/gallery/6755989/cuanta-vida-tf2-fancomic here's the link to the comic on DeviantArt]].)

* AirVentPassageway: [[http://tf2.skyscrapersoup.com/?p=42 Seen here.]]

* AllThereInTheScript: [[http://tf2.skyscrapersoup.com/?p=184 Names of some of the characters.]] But some of those names were originally revealed [[http://nintendolover4ever.deviantart.com/art/Interview-with-Kytri-CV-135210461 here]].

* ApologeticAttacker: [[spoiler:[[http://tf2.skyscrapersoup.com/?p=213 RED Medic]]]]

* ArtificialLimbs: [[spoiler:BLU Engineer pledges to build one of these after his hand gets chopped off in comic 91.]] [[http://tf2.skyscrapersoup.com/?p=227 The RED Engineer helps.]]

* AscendedFanboy: The red Pyro got his name from one. It [[http://tf2.skyscrapersoup.com/2009/10/06/75-campfire/ is mentioned here]].

* BallsOfSteel: [[http://tf2.skyscrapersoup.com/?p=235 "Bad move, child."]]

* ClosetShuffle: [[LampshadeHanging "I seem to be spending a lot more time in]] [[http://tf2.skyscrapersoup.com/?p=102 closets since I got 'ere."]]

* CombatPragmatist: Despite the example in ConflictBall, [[spoiler:the RED Soldier has NO problems trying to kill [[http://tf2.skyscrapersoup.com/2011/06/01/142-we-shoot-at-them-with-rockets/ a fleeing and unarmed Jordi (Bleu)]] with a [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill ROCKET LAUNCHER]]]].

* FacePalm: Sniper on panel 7 of [[http://tf2.skyscrapersoup.com/?p=122 this page]], and Bleu on panel 5 of [[http://tf2.skyscrapersoup.com/?p=147 this one]].

[[http://tf2.skyscrapersoup.com/?p=3 Meet the Team like never before.]] (Link leads to first page.)

* AfraidOfDoctors: The [[MadDoctor BLU Medic is insane]] or at least immoral, but the trope itself is subverted by the BLU Heavy who has no problems being around and is [[spoiler:very upset when the Medic is killed]].

* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler:This trope is automatically in play because of the setting, but it doesn't ''really'' sink in for the reader until Red dies.]]

* ArtEvolution

* AxCrazy: RED Pyro, [[spoiler:Rojo]].
** And now BLU Soldier may be added to the list.

* TheBigDamnKiss: On the penultimate page.
** Doubles as a ShutUpKiss.

* GoOutWithASmile: In the last panel where the reader can see [[spoiler:Red's]] face, he is smiling.

* GreenEyes: Rojo's most striking physical trait.

* [[spoiler:ShootTheDog]]: [[spoiler:The first person Bleu kills on purpose is the RED Pyro, in order to save the BLU Pyro. The second person he kills is Rojo. Both times, he was rather shaken up that he just killed someone.]]

* [[spoiler:TheyDo]]: Bleu and BLU Scout.

* CueTheSun: The very last panel.