Set in early 20th century Australia, Todd Allison is the next-door neighbor of Petunia Elkwood, a broke yet perky young lady. Petunia is oddly intrigued by Todd, and in fact refers to him as "the only interesting thing in [her] city". Todd asks Petunia to deliver a letter after the post office is bombed by the mysterious serial terrorist Violet; Petunia is followed by Todd to make sure the job gets done. And things just get progressively weirder and more awesome from there.A webcomic by the hugely popular Smackjeeves artist Nozmo, Todd Allison & the Petunia Violet combines "explosions, bombs, plant biology, chemical engineering, parties, pretty shoes and people swearing" into a beautiful comic worthy of all the fans it has. This comic is now updating on MangaMagazine with shiny new pages. Nozmo is also the creator of the webcomic Alternate.
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Alt Text: Used by Nozmo early on in several of the pages of the comic to insert jokes and snarky comments about whatever's going on in the scene, but only at the original SmackJeeves site. Sadly, MangaMagazine doesn't have this as a feature.
Bishie Sparkles: Tend to appear around Cyril and Landon. A lot.
Book Ends: The Daydreamings of Todd Allison begins with an image of a young Todd Allison blowing soap bubbles and ends with a doodle of an older Todd, doing the same.
Boom, Headshot: In Chapter 5, Cyril shoots a bunch of people. All of them in the head.
Not the Fall That Kills You: Both subverted and not: Petunia is injured from her fall from the ledge, while Todd is perfectly fine after falling to save her. He apparently landed on top of her though, so she probably broke his fall.
Ship Tease: Todd and Petunia. She seems to be the only person he can be genuinely nice to at times, and he has shown that he cares for her a great deal. He has shown concern over the thought that Cyril would break Petunia's heart, even if this was fueled by someone else's assertions. He even puts an arm around her at one point, to comfort her after she lost her job. It's a big thing for Todd. Petunia, for her part, has gone into a violent rage at the thought of anything bad happening to Todd. It may very well be her only Berserk Button.
And then there's Cyril, who has shown quite a bit of interest in Petunia - even moreso than he has in his usual flirtations with everyone else. Landon stated with complete seriousness that Cyril likes and thinks highly of Petunia. In the extra page at the end of chapter 7, Cyril even refers to her as Lady Petunia while talking to someone else. In contrast, he calls Todd Petunia's "pumpkin-headed boyfriend." His interest in her may have to do with the Hidden Depths she showed in chapter 5. Petunia, on the other hand, just seems to fear him.
Elijah: (to Meredith) I remember our promise. You remember too, don't you? When this is all over... you have to kill me.
Whole Episode Flashback: All of Chapter 10, which reveals why Petunia traveled to Melbourne and how she first met Todd. There's also the two side stories "The Daydreamings of Todd Allison" and "All Or Nothing Gamble", which show some events in the childhoods of Todd and Elijah & Meredith, respectively.
You Gotta Have Blue Hair: The Elkwoods seem to have the hair colors of pink, purple/lavender, and whitish gray running through the family, despite being of Aboriginal descent. There was also a maid in one chapter who actually did have blue hair.
combines "explosions, bombs, plant biology, chemical engineering, parties, pretty shoes and people swearing" into a beautiful comic worthy of all the fans it has. This comic is now updating on MangaMagazine
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