Almond: Awesome! I've always wanted to fight a real monster. Cucumber:I haven't!
Tomorrow's the first day of school at Puffington's Academy for the Magically Gifted and/or Incredibly Wealthy, and Cucumber's all packed up to move in. Before he can tuck into his last dinner at home, a letter arrives: Cucumber's father, Lord Cabbage, has been kidnapped and imprisoned by the henchmen of the evil Queen Cordelia, who plans to take over the world! Despite being meek and studious and having a little sister who would likely do a better job, saving the world is strictly the duty of Cucumber. Cucumber sneaks into the Caketown Castle dungeons to speak with his father, who tells him Cordelia's plan: to amass the Disaster Stones and awaken the Nightmare Knight! Cabbage tells Cucumber to meet with the Dream Oracle, who will grant him the legendary Dream Sword, an invaluable weapon against the Nightmare Knight.And so begins Cucumber's quest.Cucumber Quest is a new webcomic by Gigi Digi of Hiimdaisy fame, and so far reads like a snarky love letter to classic SNES-era video games, presented with a Paper Mario-style sense of humor. It can be read here.Has a slowly filling character sheet.
Action Girl: Cucumber's little sister Almond takes swordplay lessons and eagerly volunteers to go on the quest in his place. She later pulls off a Big Damn Heroes moment to save Cucumber.
Cabbage's explanation of the background of the Nightmare Knight is accompanied by a shift to paper cutouts.
A presumably less deliberate example: some stylistic elements like the crayon-style outlines are used inconsistently from page to page.
Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance: Everyone will have some kind of character design element that is perfectly in line with their name. For example, Bacon's hair is wavy and greasy and looks like bacon while Peridot's is boxy and resembles green gemstone.
Berserk Button: Peridot and her name getting mispronounced.
Big "NO!": Cucumber delivers one as Sir Tomato brings his sword down on him.
Blade on a Stick: Carrot had one...before he ran off in terror away from a harmless monster.
Edible Theme Naming: Applies to every named character who lives in the Doughnut Kingdom, except for the Oracle. In a more specific example, Cordelia has a trio of goons named Bacon, Dame Lettuce, and Sir Tomato.
Everything's Worse with Bears: A bear attacks Carrot when the baker sisters ask him to retrieve some special sugar. His name is Grizzlygum, and he has no teeth or claws.
Functional Genre Savvy: Pretty much everyone besides Cucumber is this. They are all absolutely sure things must play out a certain way (ie. Cucumber being The Hero and using the Dream Sword to fight the Nightmare Knight) even when they make absolutely no sense (ie. Cucumber a rather rubbish hero and there are other, less exciting, ways to stop the Nightmare Knight
Genre Savvy: Cucumber, after realizing that pointing out lapses in logicdoesn't work, decides to tell his companions to search Saturday's tower for treasure instead of Saturday herself.
Goldfish Poop Gang: Lettuce, Tomato and Bacon have the potential to become this.
Gratuitous French: Princess Parfait has a thick French accent for no real reason. This is lampshaded on the character page, where instead of a Special stat, she has a French stat of 5.
Idiot Ball: Time will tell if Almond's decision to simply hand over the last Disaster Stone because she feels the quest wouldn't be epic enough if they didn't will be this or simply the usual genre enforcement of the world. Or both.
Refusal of The Call: Cucumber thinks he's probably the least qualified person to save the world and wants to go to school. No one will have any of it.
Role-Playing Game Verse: All significant characters have stat distributions on the site's Character page and Gigi has released inventories for Cucumber and Almond on her Tumblr. However, while the comic resembles an RPG in presentation and story, actual gameplay elements like stats or MP haven't made an appearance in the work itself.
Screw the Rules, I Have Money!: "Puffington's Academy for the Magically Gifted and/or Incredibly Wealthy" would imply that to get in you need either magical skill or enough money for lack of skill to not matter.
Squee- done by Queen Cordelia on page 118. It's surprisingly adorable after she had finished chewing out her henchmen and threatened to turn them into stone.
Stating the Simple Solution: Cucumber suggests that he simply destroy the Disaster Stones instead of going on a long-winded quest. Cabbage panics and says it would make him the most boring legendary hero ever.
Cucumber does this again when he, Almond and Carrot are exploring Saturday's hideout for the Dream Sword and discover the last Disaster Stone. Cucumber considers holding onto it and not even bothering to grab the sword. Surprisingly, Carrot agrees with him, putting the safety of the kingdom over the adventure. Unsurprisingly, Almond finds that idea boring.
Stay in the Kitchen: "When's the last time you ever heard of a little sister becoming a legendary hero?"
Stealth Pun: Grizzlygum is a bear with no teeth, just gums. In short, he's a GUMMY bear.
Taken for Granite: Peridot's specialty seems to be turning people into peridot.
Talk to the Fist: Tomato wastes his time boasting at Almond. She takes the opportunity to whack him in the face.
Third Eye: The Dream Oracle has one that peeks through her turban.
Took a Level in Badass: Cucumber appears to do this when given a new wand, but he probably knew how to cast spells beforehand but didn't have the chance to.bord
Unusual Ears: The Dream Oracle's resemble membranous wings.
Verbal Tic: Baguette has a tic, man. Tartelette does too, hon. Lettuce, like, probably counts, too.
Verbal Backspace: Cucumber does an impressive one while being introduced to Princess Nautilus:
Cucumber: Oh, or how about I call you Nautie for sh— Princess Nautilus:(Gives him a Look of Death.) Cucumber: ...how about I call you Nautilus. Princess Nautilus: That would be wonderful! ♥
You Can't Thwart Stage One: Cuco would very much like to avert this trope by preventing the Nightmare Knight's summoning, but the enemy—and even some of his allies—are determined to have it played straight.
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