History Freefall / TropesAToD

* AcrophobicBird: Winston was genetically engineered to be perfectly adapted for space travel, [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3200/fv03156.htm but]] he's so terrified of space that he failed the aptitude test purely due to his stress levels.

** Heck, Sam's shown he's extremely skilled at using predictable reactions to his advantage. When others are discussing putting him in hibernation for a trip, he cites that it's technically a mutiny, but doesn't forbid it... instead pointing a hefty fee for doing so, noted in the agreement for the flight.

** Florence meets two of Sam's victims and offers to reimburse them before asking what he took from them. They tell her it was 50kg of diamonds -- which is a relief, because, on this planet, diamonds are widely available due to artificial production, and [[WorthlessYellowRocks practically worthless]].

* CuttingTheKnot: When Sam and Florence encounter a robot that must not obey non-human orders (or answer questions from non-humans), Florence tries to work out how to interrogate it. [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2300/fc02273.htm Sam simply orders it not to treat Sam or Florence as humans]]--as it must disobey that order, the robot MUST treat Sam and Florence as human.

* DaylightHorror: Tess discusses the trope after catching a brief glimpse of [[{{Cthulhumanoid}} an unsuited Sam]].

* ArtEvolution: To be expected in an 18-year-old comic, although the change is relatively modest. [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff100/fv00069.htm Early strips]] tended to make use of a more {{Animesque}} character designs featuring a lot of [[ZanyCartoon cartoonish]], exaggerated expressions [[http://tangent128.name/depot/toys/freefall/freefall-flytable.html#138 Florence notably]] often switched between having normal, BlackBeadEyes or even ConjoinedEyes like Sam in a the matter of a few strips. The comic gradually started losing that in favour of more realistic proportions and expressions after the first two years or so. Early color strips also made use of a much darker pallet compared to later ones with minimal shading.

* ArtEvolution: To be expected in an 18-year-old comic.
** Although the change is relatively modest. [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff100/fv00069.htm Early strips]] tended to make use of a more {{Animesque}} character designs featuring a lot of [[ZanyCartoon cartoonish]], exaggerated expressions[[note]][[http://tangent128.name/depot/toys/freefall/freefall-flytable.html#138 Florence notably]] often switched between having normal, BlackBeadEyes or even ConjoinedEyes like Sam in a the matter of a few strips]]. The comic gradually starting losing this in favour of more realistic proportions and expressions after the first two years or so.
** Early color strips also made use of a much darker pallet compared to later ones with minimal shading.

** Although the change is relatively modest. [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff100/fv00069.htm Early strips]] tended to make use of a more {{Animesque}} character designs featuring a lot of [[ZanyCartoon cartoonish]], exaggerated expressions[[note]][[http://tangent128.name/depot/toys/freefall/freefall-flytable.html#138 Florence notably]] often switched between having normal, BlackBeadEyes or even ConjoinedEyes like Sam in a the matter of a few strips]]. The comic gradually starting loosing this in favour of more realistic proportions and expressions after the first two years or so.

* ArtEvolution: To be expected in an 18-year-old comic, although the change is relatively modest.

* BeyondTheImpossible: At one point we see Sam and Helix with an authorized autographed copy of Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial; Creator/GeorgeLucas has taken steps to ensure these will [[OldShame never be legally produced]].

* DeadlyUpgrade: When the robots were given an experimental neural architecture, no one knew for sure if it would work correctly or be safe, so a failsafe patch was planned by EU to be available to prune robots' neural pathways to curtail independent actions if it appeared the robots were about to become a problem for humans. Mr. Kornada learned of this and had it altered to be much more damaging, [[spoiler:basically making robots almost completely useless outside of one or two tasks.]] Given independent action by robots is part of the efforts to terraform and maintain the planet for habitation by a human populace that's nowhere near big enough to watch everything going on now that the number of robots has grown to over 450 million, the modified program is not just dangerous to the robots it targets, but is likely more dangerous to the human population than not using it in almost any circumstance.

** Because he has a grasp of Sam's BlueAndOrangeMorality, the police chief knows of one threat that, in the right circumstances, can push Sam into compliance: [[spoiler: the possibility of completely wiping Sam's criminal record, making him look like a model citizen.]]

-->'''Mr. Raibert's Voicemail''': I also contain predictive algorithms based on Mr. Raibert's previous behavior and I may be able to assist you directly.
-->'''Henri Mer''': I'm here with a [[UpliftedAnimal genetically engineered talking wolf]] and I would like permission to get it off my [[BlackSite secret arctic base]] without a [[LaserGuidedAmnesia brain wipe]].

-->'''Florence (thinking):''' The battleground is past the halfway point for each robot. In theory, the robot armies won't have enough power to gety to the others' factory. Very picturesque if you want to show robots are a danger without losing infrastructure.

* AmbiguousSyntax: [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1600/fc01561.htm Strip 1561]]: "Single robot" as in one robot? Or unmarried?

* ArmorPiercingResponse: A good way to get Sam to stop being reckless.
--> '''Sam:''' What's the point of falling towards a planet in a flying brick if you're not going to have fun with it?\\