Webcomic: The Non-Adventures of Wonderella aka: The Non-Adventures Of Wonderella
"I started out Wonderella to make an off-the-clock superhero who was an average woman instead of some 24/7 warrior... though somewhere along the line, 'average woman' became a cross between Elaine Benes and Zelda Fitzgerald."
Bat Deduction: The Quizzicle is counting on Wonderella to make one of these. Even the Alt Text notes how there was a fatal flaw in that plan from the very beginning.
Brown Bag Mask: Wonderella dons one of these to hide from her past self. Her past self notices, but instead of investigating, draws a penis on the brown bag.
But for Me, It Was Tuesday: This would be an example where the hero said something like that...if Dana qualified as a hero.
Dana: Who the christ are you? Devlin: Er, I'm Devlin. You drove us off a cliff and nearly killed me last year, remember? Hell, we got marriedtwo years ago! Dana: I marry or nearly kill lots of guys. You'll have to be more specific.
"Just seems like there are risks in altering the past, ya know?" "Risks like everything going exactly perfectly, maybe."
The Cameo: Stephen Fry appears as Holmes' brother Mycroft in a strip which came out just after the announcement that he would be in the next Sherlock Holmes film.
Combo Platter Powers: As mentioned in the description above, Wonderella's powers include Super Strength, being able to kill plants on command, and vomiting an octopus. She's hinted at further powers as well.
Comedic Sociopathy: Wonderella's blatant disregard for the safety and well being of pretty much everything other than herself (and possibly, her mother). Lampshaded when she travels to a Mirror Universe (see below).
When acting as Firebrand's attorney, she insists she's qualified because she's seen the first half of every Law & Order episode. With only the occasional rare exception, the first half of every episode of that show focuses on the cops tracking down the suspect, with the trial beginning in the second half.
Comic Book Death: "Rita, Rita. Superheroes don't die. And if they do, they come back in like, a week!"
Does This Remind You of Anything?: Being an archnemesis. Seems it requires lots of dedication and the unspoken agreement to limit torture and captivity to a single heroine (or her plucky sidekick). The heroine, by herself, is bound to listen her nemesis' villanious rants and, after beating her nemesis, stay there until the police comes. Connect some dots...
Incredibly Lame Pun: Happens constantly in the Alt Text. Such as Peter Pan being thrown to the sharks by Somali Pirates yielding "Thanks, chum!" as the Alt-Text stinger.
I Take Offense to That Last One: Reversed in this strip, when Wonderella tells an over the top story about her day, the part that Wonderita questioned...was Wonderella baking anything.
The next comic has Hitlerella capture her, imprison her somewhere far away, and forces her to watch the destruction of New York City due to atom bomb through a satellite feed. What grinds Wonderella's gears? Well...
Hitlerella: Out of this entire scenario. You have a problem. With the TV.
Beauty and the Beast. With and In-Universe sprinkle of Fridge Brilliance on Wonderella's part, as she realizes both that the Beast's servants were unjustly affected by his punishment and that beating up the fairy could have been a possible solution.
Positive Discrimination: Queen Beetle, the black female superheroine, who is intelligent, well-mannered, and with an actual functioning moral compass — very much in contrast with the lead.
Due to overwhelming reader response, I have added breasts to the space dinosaur cowboy. This was not a statement I was expecting to make today (or ever), but your logic is irrefutable and I am not above admitting my own mistakes.
Wonderella Sr.: Not so fast, Hitlerella! I reversed the polarity of your pulse cannon half an hour ago! The only one getting blasted with radiation is you!
Screw Yourself: In one strip, the main character is split into two individuals, each representing a part of her personality. One Wonderella asks whether they have to have sex with each other to fix the problem. The other Wonderella says she’s straight but is willing to "lay back". Doctor Shark eventually solves the problem without any intercourse.
Snap Back: There are no storylines to speak of, and very little continuity between strips. The loose consistency of the comic is constantly Lampshaded.
In the first appearance of Dr. Shark, everybody in town gets turned into sharks and dies. The mouseover text tells us "Don't make the same mistakes these people did. Don't be sharks."
Stupid Jetpack Hitler: Wonderella's Arch-Enemy, the aptly named Hitlerella, is constantly coming up with new, strange devices to annoy Wonderella with.
Super Hero: Wonderella, technically—she's got the "super" but not the "hero", and seems to have gotten the label mostly because she has powers and on average causes more good than harm. Her colleagues are mostly exasperated at her antics.
Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist: Wonderella, who tends to cause more problems than she solves on-screen. Why go punch giant lizards when you can have a beer and watch soaps?
Waxing Lyrical: The entirety of Wonderella's speech here was cribbed from Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car."
Weaksauce Weakness: Hitlerella's greatest weakness is that she has a moustache. It's not pretty.
Wonderella halts an invading alien force with alcohol. (It doesn't poison them or anything, it just makes them think flying into the sun is a really good idea...)
Weapons Grade Vocabulary: When massed guitars try to destroy city using song, it didn't work. Then those guitars decided to use some experimental songs from Pete (a garage band), it resulted in a Big "NO!" from Wonderella and sidekick.
Wham Episode: We all know how Dana is a usually selfish Jerkass whose morality is labeled as "neutral" and often causes as much damage as she tries to fix because of how often she thinks about herself, and is also the person who will not stand by and let her fans be treated like garbage by misogynist pigs.As seen here.
is a parody of the DC Comics character Wonder Woman, and many superhero tropes in general. It focuses mainly on the mundane parts of the life of Wonderella, a lazy Ladette superheroine who demonstrates little interest in being a hero... or, in fact, doing anything much outside of partying, getting completely wasted, violence, and shopping. She is super-strong, super-durable, and she can't fly but she can "totally jump hella high," and when tied up she can hork up a giant octopus, tell plants to die
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