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* ''The Girl Next Door'', [[http://www.drunkduck.com/The_Girl_Next_Door/index.php?p=306608 this strip]].

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* {{Inverted|Trope}} in ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' fan comic ''Webcomic/TheChosenFour'', thus making it a "Funny ''Foreground'' Event." While the main plot takes the back seat, two Exit Mice can be seen chatting. Meanwhile, Ness, Paula, and Jeff can be seen running around in the background in a comedic chase with the rabidly decreasing Guardian Diggers, which is then joined in by Gigantic Ants attempting to [[YouKilledMyFather avenge their brother Titanic Ant]], and then all of the sudden a horde of Mad Ducks and Noose Men.

* In ''Webcomic/OHumanStar'', Sulla has absolutely no respect for [[http://ohumanstar.com/comic/chapter-1-page-26/ awkward silences.]]

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* In ''WebComic/YokokasQuest'', Yfa and Kalliv playing hide-and-seek in the background while Grace is talking with Mao.

* ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'': In [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=769 this]] strip, Kat and Andrew's facial expressions reference a RunningGag involving Kat's love of birds, while Annie talks to herself in the foreground.
* ''[[Webcomic/EightBitTheater 8-Bit Theatre]]'' does this occasionally with Black Mage asking White Mage out and getting beaten up.

* In one of ''Webcomic/MonsterOfTheWeek'' strips, when Senator orders Mulder to investigate the aliens, there's a picture of Senator shaking alien's hand hanged on his office's wall. [[FailedASpotCheck It's not as if Mulder notices it]].
* A rather common occurrence in ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', especially when Agatha's little clanks are around.
** Text in the background. Signs, book covers and [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20101124 tools]]. There were some good ones in the Castle Wulfenbach, but Castle Heterodyne is ''filled'' with them. Such as the [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100910 "Illiteracy Reducing Bubblegum"]], the [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100908 staircase with reminders on it]], and [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100324 triggers]]. The [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090126 Great Hospital]] isn't lacking, either.
*** [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110103 One book cover]] in particular stands out: [[ImprovisedWeapon "Using Found Objects as Weapons"]].
** Mimmoths. Little pests pop up [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110921 everywhere]] as long as something nastier isn't.
** In fact this is part of Creator/PhilFoglio's style, and can be seen in his other works too, like ''ComicBook/BuckGodotZapGunForHire'', ''ComicStrip/WhatsNewWithPhilAndDixie'' or ''[=XXXenophile=]''.
** In a side story, check out Krosp on the bottom left of [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20060517 this page]].
** A number of seemingly unimportant details had to be elaborated on in the novels. Some of those [[ChekhovsGun might be revisited]]:
*** [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20041101 Furniture being upside-down]] during Zeetha's trip from Skifander. She wrote it off as hallucinations.
*** [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20041105 Krosp chasing mimmoths.]] This left their trainer with nothing to do.
*** [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050829 Bats clinging to Aedith.]] The novel explains the box to be a "Bat Summoning Engine" Agatha had just absent-mindedly fixed.
** [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050223 Various odd birds and flying critters.]]
** Oggie and his great-great grandson [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20060927 argue about great-great-great grandchildren]] while everybody else is getting on with the job.
** Agatha's weasel and Jenka's bear [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20151216 getting acquainted]] behind the main conversation.
* ''Webcomic/MegaTokyo'' has tons of little side jokes and things in its backgrounds. Spotting them all has become a kind of official sport on the forums.
* Epic use in ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' ([[http://sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/100204 this strip]]), where the edge of the panel changes the meaning of some background text, which in turn finishes [[TheHero Torg]] and [[EnsembleDarkhorse Sasha's]] sentences.

* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' combines this with MoodWhiplash. '''[[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/index.php?s=6&p=004372 HoNk]]'''
** It also happens numerous times once Doc Scratch takes over the narration. For instance [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=005708 these]] [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=005709 two]] pages, wherein SS can be seen in the background (and page header) employing atrocious candy bowl etiquette. Then later, while the audience is distracted by [[spoiler:Vriska vs. Bec Noir]], SS wanders around in the header, casually spreading gasoline around the room, which he then lights on fire.
*** [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] as well in that some fans actually forgot to look at the main panels, focused on the Background events, such as [[spoiler: Jade accidently killing Dave,]] and didn't notice Doc Scratch as he beat up Slick with a book.
** During Dave's adventures in the LOHAC Stock Exchange, various timeshifted Daves are wandering around in disguises, including one [[http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004641 wearing a beagle puss]] ''on top of his shades''.
* ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive'' has this gem. [[https://somethingpositive.net/comic/out-of-the-closet-onto-the-page/ look at Choo-Choo Bear]]
* ''The Girl Next Door'', [[http://www.drunkduck.com/The_Girl_Next_Door/index.php?p=306608 this strip]].

* Following Heather "Webcomic/{{Spinnerette}}" Brown accidentally destroyed a hugely expensive genetic modification device thingy, we get to see a panel that's been installed in the lab: "[[CuteClumsyGirl In Case of Heather, Break Glass]]".
* ''Webcomic/ScandinaviaAndTheWorld'': [[http://satwcomic.com/dinner-partner This one]] has Norway trying to keep Denmark away from the beer while Sister Sweden is talking to her brother.
* ''Webcomic/NuzlockeComics'' ribs its own ScheduleSlip in Ruby's battle with Lorelei, by way of the audience holding a sign that says "UPDATE FASTER".
* Numerous examples in ''Webcomic/BiteMe'', such as there being hilarious meanings to french written on signs in the background, or tiny snippets of background conversations, once even between rats discussing political philosophy.
* ''Webcomic/MiscellaneousError'' has one across [[http://miscerror.thecomicseries.com/comics/7 two]] [[http://miscerror.thecomicseries.com/comics/8 strips]].

* The guy in the background of [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2044 this]] ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'' [[TheRant has made some mistakes]].
** Speaking of which, although it more qualifies as Funny Background Art, the Coffee of Doom frequently has either weird drawings, or strange menu items, such as "cabbage latte."
** In issue 3448, you can see the/a flying roomba chasing a bird above Faye and Bubbles.
* The ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' web comic ''[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Webcomic/Discovery Discovery]]'' had a very interesting background event that involved [[http://neoyi.deviantart.com/gallery/26556780?offset=312#/d34pix7 Wheeljack exploding something.]]
* The various wall posters on ''Webcomic/{{Academia}}''. One of them is of UsefulNotes/CharlesDarwin with the label "[[Music/PublicEnemy Chuck D]]", and another is of the extinct crocodilian Sarcosuchus, labelled "Snarkosuchus".
* In ''Webcomic/OHumanStar'', Sulla has absolutely no respect for [[http://ohumanstar.com/comic/chapter-1-page-26/ awkward silences.]]
* ''Webcomic/TheWotch'' has a kid on a skateboard who runs into telephone poles a lot. See [[http://www.thewotch.com/?date=2003-07-18 here.]] He gets a slightly more important role [[http://www.thewotch.com/?date=2005-06-29 here.]]
* ''Webcomic/UnwindersTallComics''. In [[http://tallcomics.com/?id=77 this strip]], Howard is in the background, apparently spewing flies out of his mouth. In [[http://tallcomics.com/?id=121 this strip]], Moist Rider can be seen working in the background of Howard's coffee shop, which ties in with that strip's AltText, "Howard won't hire anyone he didn't create."
* ''ComicBook/BuckGodotZapGunForHire'' features this trope, as can be seen in [[http://www.airshipentertainment.com/buckcomic.php?date=20070405 this]] comic.

* ''WebComic/{{Precocious}}'': In the "The Protest" story, Tiffany is [[http://www.precociouscomic.com/archive/comic/2011/06/08 found]] in both the "down with Jacob" and the "Team Jacob" groups.

* [[http://www.xkcd.com/1403/ This]] ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' comic is a simple pun on the phrase "The best defense is a good offense." Appropriately enough, the thesis being defended is apparently "The Evolution of Threat Defense in Mammals".
* In [[http://missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1623.php this strip]] of ''Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'' we have the [[DeathbringerTheAdorable bubblegum creature Deebs]] playing with and ultimately eating a cell phone as Chicki and Lorenda talk more serious things.

* ''Webcomic/ExistentialComics'': [[http://existentialcomics.com/comic/162 While Kant is trying to chat up Elizabeth of Bohemia]], we see in order 1) [[RomanticWingman Camus and Hume]] giving him the thumbs-up behind her back when he's pretending to be interested in what she's saying, 2) Mary Wollstonecraft [[FoodSlap throwing a drink in Hume's face]], and finally, 3) Wollstonecraft and Simone de Beauvoir giving Elizabeth the thumbs-up behind Kant's back when ''she's'' pretending to be interested in what ''he's'' saying.
* The red-headed woman on the far left of [[https://www.sexylosers.com/comic/253/ this]] ''Webcomic/SexyLosers'' strip is the "[[ExplosiveBreeder Unbelievably Fertile Woman]]"; hence the ending where she's telling yet another traumatized child "[[RunningGag And that's the story of how you were born!]]"
* ''Webcomic/DaughterOfTheLilies'': The evening after defeating the drath, the group sits and waits while Thistle recovers after fainting briefly. While they talk, Lyra pulls out a compact and starts powdering her nose.
* In ''Webcomic/FreakingRomance,'' if Zylith's cat Mr. Purrfect is in the background of any scene, he'll be doing something humorously cat-like.
* Near the end of ''[[Webcomic/FifteenMinds Blue Moon Blossom]]'', amidst the comic's DarkestHour, there is a villager in the shaded foreground that got turned to stone while in the midst of [[InappropriateHunger stuffing their face with apples]].

* ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain'':
** On [[https://www.sleeplessdomain.com/comic/chapter-5-page-11 this page]], Steffi and Undine are having a conversation in the foreground while Techno Blitz stands motionless, scanning the area. Meanwhile, her teammate Swing Blitz sneaks over and waves her hand in her face. When Techno finishes scanning, she nonchalantly chops Swing on the head.
** On [[https://www.sleeplessdomain.com/comic/chapter-6-page-06 one page]] in Chapter 6, while Zoe and Undine are walking to school together, a red-haired girl can be seen hurrying to class in front of them [[ToastOfTardiness holding a piece of toast in her mouth]].

* ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive'' has this gem. [[http://somethingpositive.net/sp10232007.shtml look at Choo-Choo Bear]]

** In issue 3448, you can see the/a flying roomba chasing a bird above Feye and Bubble.

* In ''Webcomic/OHumanStar'', Sulla has absolutely no respect for [[http://ohumanstar.com/chapter-1-page-26/ awkward silences.]]

* Happens in [[http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/1224.html this]] ''Webcomic/IrregularWebcomic'' strip.
** Steve in [[http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/847.html this one]].

* ''Webcomic/TheKAMics'' does this occasionally.
* ''Webcomic/BittersweetCandyBowl'' [[http://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c63/p12.html does it]] [[http://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c33/p2.html occasionally.]]
* A regular staple of ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'', especially involving the [[ItMakesSenseInContext Fruit Fucker]].
** Also, [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/12/02 this.]]
** And this strip is titled [[http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2003/07/09/catapult "Catapult"]].

* ''Webcomic/ExistentialComics'': [[http://existentialcomics.com/comic/162 While Kant is trying to chat up Elizabeth of Bohemia]], we see in order 1) [[RomanticWingman Camus and Hume]] giving him the thumbs-up behind her back when he's pretending to be interested in what she's saying, 2) Mary Wollstonecraft [[FoodSlap throwing a drink in Hume's face]], and finally, 3) [[NotSoDifferent Wollstonecraft and Simone de Beauvoir]] giving Elizabeth the thumbs-up behind Kant's back when ''she's'' pretending to be interested in what ''he's'' saying.

* * Near the end of ''[[Webcomic/FifteenMinds Blue Moon Blossom]]'', amidst the comic's DarkestHour, there is a villager in the shaded foreground that got turned to stone while in the midst of [[InappropriateHunger stuffing their face with apples]].