Live with Yourself!
is a comedy-esque webcomic created by Shen, the creator of Bluechair. In this webcomic, a freak accident with an explosive time-space computer leaves the main character, Todd, stuck living with three other versions of himself: Tomo (short for tomorrow; the Todd from one day in The Future), Oldie (the elderly far-future Todd), and Babs (a baby version of Todd from the past).
The webcomic contains the following tropes:
- Accidental Time Travel: Occurs at the start of the series.
- Alternative-Self Name-Change: Tomo, Oldie, and Babs.
- Amazing Technicolor Population: The Todds and many other main characters have white skin, and various side and background characters have unusual skin colors.
- Ambiguously Evil: Oldie collects teeth (no one knows where they come from), and might be killing Tomos as they move out of the cycle. It's eventually revealed that Fixit's less than savory business tactics have been slowly corrupting Todd, and Oldie is just the logical culmination of that. When Todd decides to turn his life around, he gets better. Which includes coming across his teeth collection and being horrified.
- Art Evolution: The art style changes distinctly over time, and only partly because of the multiple changes of artists.
- The Baby of the Bunch: Babs is a literal baby.
- Bedmate Reveal: In the "Looking for Trouble" arc, Todd and Hattie get a bit too drunk and wake up next to each other in Todd's bed. Played with, since Todd freaks out, but Hattie's totally fine with it, seeing it as just some fun between friends.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Hattie plays a nice and sweet girl, but is actually a vicious scam artist who broke Todd's heart and stole his wallet. They later become friends, though.
- Bully Hunter: When he goes to daycare for the first time, Babs uses his powers against a bully to stop him from hitting a girl.
- Colour-Coded for Your Convenience: Each of the four Todds dresses in a different color: Babs wears pink, Todd wears green, Tomo wears blue, and Oldie wears yellow.
- Creepy Child: Babs is oddly quiet for a baby and rarely emotes. When he smiles, however, it's one of the cutest things.
- Crying a River: Todd does this in episode 7, crying enough tears to fill at least five buckets. Tomo lampshades it, asking how Todd is physically producing that many tears.
- Early-Installment Weirdness: In episode 2, Todd mentions that the other Todds refer to him as T-Prime. The nickname is never actually used. Knowing Todd, he may have been trying to sound cooler than he is.
- Fan Art: A fanart section is featured in the interlude episode before episode 7.
- Felony Misdemeanor: At the end of the Time Exam arc, Todd has passed his exam and, despite not having his passport yet, decides to take the elevator down, knowing it's only for people with passports. For this, the equivelant of walking in a door with an "employees only" sign, he is scheduled for execution. Whoever wrote the time cops' legal code makes Robespierre look like a saint.
- Fighter, Mage, Thief: In the Figments and Fantasies episodes, three of the characters play a tabletop RPG. The classes they choose fall under these three categories.
- Fourth-Wall Mail Slot: Extremely infrequently.
- "Freaky Friday" Flip: Occurs in one arc between Todd and Tomo (though it's later revealed to be All Just a Dream).
- Goo-Goo-Godlike: Babs is capable of rapidly aging and destroying items (including people) as well as manifesting giant hands out of his blanket.
- Gravity Is a Harsh Mistress: There’s a brief Wile E. Coyote-style delayed fall gag in episode 153.
- I Hate Past Me: Tomo and Todd’s relationship on many occasions.
- Leaning on the Fourth Wall: Todd almost does this in the interlude episode before the author stops him.
- Mad Oracle: A downplayed example. Tomo has knowledge of Todd's near future, but he can’t change any future events. While his ability doesn't drive him mad per se, Tomo is shown to be incredibly drained due to Todd's poor decisions. It's even regarded as a curse in universe.
- My Future Self and Me: In this case, two future selves (three from Babs’ perspective).
- Not So Stoic: In episode 7, Tomo is shown tearing up after a heartbreaking event that he said he was over.
- Only Sane Man: Tomo is usually the voice of reason.
- Pink Means Feminine: Hattie, Todd's first love interest and later Vitriolic Best Buds, has the same bodytype as Todd, but dresses in a pink hoodie.
- Powered Armor: Mechaneko’s armor.
- Pun-Based Title: Todd is literally living with himself (and himself, and himself).
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: Todd is clearly the red oni to Tomo’s blue oni.
- Ripple-Effect-Proof Memory: Averted. The memories of the Todds are affected by those of past Todds. Because of this, none of the Todds remember their parents, since Babs was mostly raised by the other Todds.
- Scolding the Fourth-Wall Breaker: The author himself does this in the interlude episode.
- Secret-Keeper: Fixit knows about Todd's whole situation, but doesn't tell anyone because of their friendship. Hattie may also be aware, though it's ambiguous. She refers to Odlie as Todd's "weird grandpa".
- The Speechless: Babs (well, he IS an infant). When he turns into a teenager temporarily, he's able to talk.
- Straight Gay: Fixit is gay, though there is no indication of this until rather late in the series.
- Tagalong Kid: Todd and Tomo treat Babs like a baby brother.
- Time Master: Sophie, one of Todd’s love interests, has total control over the flow of time.
- Time Police: In a literal sense.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: After getting over that time she broke his heart, Todd and Hattie's relationship has evolved into this.Hattie: What's in it for me?
Todd: You mean aside from the forks you already stole?
