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open"I finally got to draw it!" Webcomic
I've seen it mostly in webcomics but I'm sure it crops up in other media.
The author plans a specific scene long in advance, but for whatever reason, they can't or won't create it until it actually shows up in the work. When it does, the author is elated that after all this time, they've finally drawn/written/filmed it.
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Gunnerkrigg Court rant text:
"I've been waiting since Chapter 3 Page 23 to draw this."
https://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=214
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Daughter of the Lilies rant text:
"this freaking page that i got to draw and ink after over a year of waiting
totally worth it"
https://www.daughterofthelilies.com/dotl/556
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Wilde Life comment by the author:
"This is one of the scenes that I pre-drew in 2013 when I was working on the script. It's always exciting for me when I get to them for real!"
https://www.wildelifecomic.com/comic/199
Edited by Pumpkin_CakeopenDid We Just Have Cthulhu For Tea? Webcomic
The latest Sandra and Woo ([1286] Shub-Niggurath, Lightly Roasted), has characters eating "octopus", i.e. severed tentacles of the Eldritch Abomination.
So, presumably, this is a "playing with" of "Did We Just Have Tea with Cthulhu?", but is it a parody, inversion, subversion or what?!
openNormal Conversation, Insulting Thoughts Webcomic
Two characters have a normal conversation with each other, unaware that both of them are insulting the other in their head (sort of like Two-Faced Aside but internalised).
- Bob: Did you enjoy your vacation to the Bahamas?Bob, thinking: You rich snob.Alice: It was lovely, thanks for asking.Alice, thinking: Nosy bastard.
openA canon character yet to be formally introduced Webcomic
So...the trope I'm looking for:
So this is a character that the Comic writer had drawn, and has talked about. It's a character that will be introduced in the comic at some point, but for now is just being developed outside of the comic (drawings, Patreon stuff, Word of God a la Social Media, etc.). They're in the universe, but we don't officially see them yet.
A character yet to be introduced.
openCool People Don't Talk Much Webcomic
Is there a trope for a character, established as stereotypically "cool", talking very little with others - just saying 'sup', 'cool' and 'sure'?
The opposite, in that case, is a talkative character being lame, and talking a lot because he wants attention, is trying to impress people, or is unable to get social hints.
openVillain is gone, but that's clearly temporary Webcomic
An antagonist is dealt with in some way, but to the viewers, some tension remains on when they'll be coming back (not if, when).
The best example I have is The Quick and Dirty Life of Fritz Fargo. After some conflict with the main antagonist is sorted out, we don't see him for a while until one single page where we find out he's been trying to call Fritz' phone and he looks very pissed off
openViolent Neutral Killer Monster Webcomic
Is there a trope for creatures or groups that are practically unbeatable, but obey their own set of rules, like being attracted to a magical beacon or fulfilling a prophecy. Thus, both sides of the conflict try to take advantage of it by having the non-malicious entity attack the other side?
I'm thinking in particular of the NASA monsters from The Adventures of Dr. McNinja, which kill anyone who attacks a NASA scientist regardless of context.
openJohn Jameson and James Johnson Webcomic
Is there a trope for situations where a character's name has a variation that's usually a Paper-Thin Disguise fake name, a [[Those Two Guys best friend's name], the name used for an Expy or parody, an Evil Twin or the name of the Similar Squad equivalent?
The variations can be alternating the first and last names, using opposing words (Jack Black's opposite would be Jill White), rhyming words, similar name formation (Luke Skywalker would be Lars Groundflier), equivalent Pop Culture references or jokes, and so on?
openBlood treated as wine Webcomic
So in Unholy Blood. The vampire Lucien owns a night club which serves blood instead of wine. It's still treated as wine even being given name like 21 year old female , 44 year old male. Do we have any thing like this ?
openVillain/Antagonists gets put under the pressure and reveal their true colors Webcomic
What is that trope where the villain/antagonist all of a sudden gets stripped of their charisma and the writer puts them under the pressure to reveal their true selves? It is a trope that is often used to make villains/antagonists more pathetic or even more foolish than normally would be?
open"House in a X" Webcomic
What's the trope for when a character lives in a regular-looking, all-american two-storey house - but the house is in a wacky place, like a Desert Island, inside a cave or volcano, covered by a dome underwater...
Usually a comedy trope, but also found in nonsense-fueled stories about dreams or the afterlife. If that's too specific, it doesn't have to be a house - something like an office building, vehicle or city work too.
openWilde Life: Heart Magic Webcomic
In the webcomic Wilde Life a shaman character stole a powerful magical artifact, a heart of a god, from a villain some time before. He is now using it to help an injured person but not using it to make the injured person that powerful. Just help him recover from a different monster's attack.
Would this qualify for Utility Magic?
openIs there a trope for this? Webcomic
This would probably fall under YMMV. A normal slice-of-life story suddenly and jarringly injects fantasy and/or sci-fi elements completely out of nowhere. I've mostly seen this happen in furry webcomics, where it almost gives the impression that the author got bored with their own creation. It's mostly normal slice-of-life for the first few hundred pages or so, but then one day there's alternate timelines, epic anime fights, alien invasions, gods and magic, time travel, and whatever else the author can throw in there.
I'd describe it as a Big-Lipped Alligator Moment that turns into a complete Genre Shift, if that makes sense.
openParody Personality Opposite Webcomic
Is there a trope about parodies of characters having the opposite personality of the originals? A Sherlock Holmes parody is stupid, a Superman parody is evil, Queen Elizabeth is laid back, Robin Hood is greedy, Hercules is weak, and so on...
open"Stationary TARDIS"? Webcomic
Is there a trope for a magical location or building that features several time and/or space portals?
Like, a castle with several doors, and each door leads to a different era - or works as a portal to a different city, with the owner passing as a denizen of all of those cities?
openDark Thoughts Webcomic
What would it be if a character briefly thinks about killing themselves, but doesn’t?
openWhat's going on here? Webcomic
NOTE: Comics are NSFW, take care when checking links.
In Ennui GO!, Sarah has a number of strips where she takes something said by someone else and goes off on tangents of odd examples, such as here and here, which usually annoys whoever's around her. I'm almost certain we've got a trope for this, but I have no idea what it could be.
openTradesnark, but what else? Webcomic
Panels 4 and 5 of this Ennui GO! strip are definitely Tradesnark™ (thanks, ~St Fan), but do they fit something else? It feels like a weird take on Saying Sound Effects Out Loud but I'm not sure that it really fits.
Edited by Willbyr
I see this a lot in webcomics, particularly those of the Korean Webtoons variety. Basically when it's (obviously) shown that the characters are hand drawn while the backgrounds (and sometimes background charcaters) are 3D models.
Is there a trope like this somewhere?