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* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent:
** There's a special for April Fools 2017 called "Toy Store Adventures" where it takes place in a bizarre alternate dimension with the characters animated like an animatic style.
** The special "Meet the Crew" is set up as an interview with the characters.
** The short "Queen's Curse" is made out to be a parody of ''WebVideo/KhonjinHouse'' with a similar animation style.


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** There's a special for April Fools 2017 called "Toy Store Adventures" where it takes place in a bizarre alternate dimension with the characters animated like an animatic style.
** The special "Meet the Crew" is set up as an interview with the characters.
** The short "Queen's Curse" is made out to be a parody of ''WebVideo/KhonjinHouse'' with a similar animation style.
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Not to be confused with the [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/Roommates dating sim]] or the [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Webcomic/Roommates webcomic from 2007.]]

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Not to be confused with the [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/Roommates [[VideoGame/{{Roommates}} dating sim]] or the [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Webcomic/Roommates [[Webcomic/{{Roommates}} webcomic from 2007.]]

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''Roommates'' is a webtoon series created by Joseph Gonzales. It started in 2014 and is about 4 pals trying to live among each other with an Evil Landlord while crazy things happen. The show currently has 9 episodes, 15 shorts and 4 specials. The show is hosted on the YouTube channel FlowJoe, which can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/FlowJoeCartoons here,]] and a playlist containing all the main videos can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPrvoUhfO8xa8Z1TI3wXfia68f8XSNuR4 here]]. The show also has a website containing all of the episodes, comics, and other extras. The website can be found [[http://flowjoecartoons.wixsite.com/roommates here.]]

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''Roommates'' is a webtoon series created by Joseph Gonzales. It started in 2014 and is about 4 pals trying to live among each other with an Evil Landlord while crazy things happen. The show currently has 9 episodes, 15 shorts and 4 specials. The show is hosted on the YouTube Website/YouTube channel FlowJoe, Creator/FlowJoe, which can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/FlowJoeCartoons here,]] and a playlist containing all the main videos can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPrvoUhfO8xa8Z1TI3wXfia68f8XSNuR4 here]]. The show also has a website containing all of the episodes, comics, and other extras. The website can be found [[http://flowjoecartoons.wixsite.com/roommates here.]]



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** The short "Queen's Curse" is made out to be a parody of [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WebVideo/KhonjinHouse Khonjin House]]with a similar animation style.

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** The short "Queen's Curse" is made out to be a parody of [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WebVideo/KhonjinHouse Khonjin House]]with ''WebVideo/KhonjinHouse'' with a similar animation style.



* TheCameo: "Monster Mini-Mayhem" hosts cameos of other web animators.



* TheCameo: "Monster Mini-Mayhem" hosts cameos of other web animators.
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* LineBoil: Being featured in the series after the 5th episode.
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** The short "Queen's Curse" is made out to be a parody of [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WebVideo/KhonjinHouse Khonjin House]]with similar animation and writing styles.

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** The short "Queen's Curse" is made out to be a parody of [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WebVideo/KhonjinHouse Khonjin House]]with a similar animation and writing styles.style.
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* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: The special "Meet the Crew" is set up as an interview with the characters.
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* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent:
** The April Fools 2017 special.
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The special "Meet the Crew" is set up as an interview with the characters.
** The short "Queen's Curse" is made out to be a parody of [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WebVideo/KhonjinHouse Khonjin House]]with similar animation and writing styles.
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There's a special for April Fools 2017 where it takes place in a bizarre alternate dimension with the characters animated like an animatic style.style.
** The short "Queen's Curse" mentioned above for April Fools 2018.
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''Roommates'' is a webtoon series created by Joseph Gonzales. It started in 2014 and is about 4 pals trying to live among each other with an Evil Landlord while crazy things happen. The show currently has 9 episodes, 20 shorts and 4 specials. The show is hosted on the YouTube channel FlowJoe, which can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/FlowJoeCartoons here,]] and a playlist containing all the main videos can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPrvoUhfO8xa8Z1TI3wXfia68f8XSNuR4 here]]. The show also has a website containing all of the episodes, comics, and other extras. The website can be found [[http://flowjoecartoons.wixsite.com/roommates here.]]

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''Roommates'' is a webtoon series created by Joseph Gonzales. It started in 2014 and is about 4 pals trying to live among each other with an Evil Landlord while crazy things happen. The show currently has 9 episodes, 20 15 shorts and 4 specials. The show is hosted on the YouTube channel FlowJoe, which can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/FlowJoeCartoons here,]] and a playlist containing all the main videos can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPrvoUhfO8xa8Z1TI3wXfia68f8XSNuR4 here]]. The show also has a website containing all of the episodes, comics, and other extras. The website can be found [[http://flowjoecartoons.wixsite.com/roommates here.]]
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* GagSeries: Mainly the comics.
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* PleaseSubscribeToOurChannel: Parodied at the end of the pilot episode.
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* OhCrap: When coy jinxed it in "Summer Beachcation".

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* OhCrap: When coy Coy jinxed it in "Summer Beachcation".
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* CallBack: In the special "Smart Cig", both [[spoiler:Phil from "Summer Beachcation"]] and Joseph's missing glasses from "Dimension Hopping" can be seen as posters. The episode "Monster Mini-Mayhem also has callbacks to "Summer Beachcation" [[spoiler:which makes sense since chronologically, "Summer Beachcation" came before this episode and was left on a cliffhanger, which was concluded in this episode. Phil is also the main villain in this episode, being teased from the previous episode.]]

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* CallBack: In the special "Smart Cig", both [[spoiler:Phil from "Summer Beachcation"]] and Joseph's missing glasses from "Dimension Hopping" can be seen as posters. The episode "Monster Mini-Mayhem Mini-Mayhem" also has callbacks to "Summer Beachcation" [[spoiler:which makes sense since chronologically, "Summer Beachcation" came before this episode and was left on a cliffhanger, which was concluded in this episode. Phil is also the main villain in this episode, being teased from the previous episode.]]

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''Roommates'' is a webtoon series that started in 2014 and is about 4 pals trying to live among each other with an Evil Landlord while crazy things happen. The show currently has 9 episodes, 20 shorts and 3 specials. The show is hosted on the YouTube channel FlowJoe, which can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/FlowJoeCartoons here,]] and a playlist containing all the main videos can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPrvoUhfO8xa8Z1TI3wXfia68f8XSNuR4 here]]. The show also has a website containing all of the episodes, comics, and other extras. The website can be found [[http://flowjoecartoons.wixsite.com/roommates here.]]

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''Roommates'' is a webtoon series that created by Joseph Gonzales. It started in 2014 and is about 4 pals trying to live among each other with an Evil Landlord while crazy things happen. The show currently has 9 episodes, 20 shorts and 3 4 specials. The show is hosted on the YouTube channel FlowJoe, which can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/FlowJoeCartoons here,]] and a playlist containing all the main videos can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPrvoUhfO8xa8Z1TI3wXfia68f8XSNuR4 here]]. The show also has a website containing all of the episodes, comics, and other extras. The website can be found [[http://flowjoecartoons.wixsite.com/roommates here.]]

('''''Psst hey, Not to be confused with the [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/Roommates dating sim]] or the [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Webcomic/Roommates webcomic from 2007.]]

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* AllJustADream: At the end of the episode "Ghost Hunt", it is revealed that the episode and a previous episode "The Halloween" were just a story from a book that Dan had made.
* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: The special "Meet the Crew" is set up as an interview with the characters.
* AprilFoolsDay: There's a special for April Fools 2017 where it takes place in a bizarre alternate dimension with the characters animated like an animatic style.
* ArtEvolution: Earlier animations were very rough, but as time went on, the art style improved to be more smooth.
* ArtShift:
** After the episode "Attack of Teh Clonez!" the show had a somewhat different style, especially after Season 2 started.
** The show enjoys switching back to the art style of older episodes whenever a past event is shown.
** There are sometimes guest animators, resulting in the art looking different than the usual.
* AuthorAvatar: All the main characters were named after, [[AsHimself voiced by]] (with the exception of Nathan and Dan as of later episodes) and vaguely based off the creator and his friends.
* BeachEpisode: The seventh episode, "Summer Beachcation".
* BerserkButton: Dan loves pencils, just never break any of them '''or else'''.
* BlackComedy: The show often jokes about dark subjects or death.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Dan breaks it all the time.
* CallBack: In the special "Smart Cig", both [[spoiler:Phil from "Summer Beachcation"]] and Joseph's missing glasses from "Dimension Hopping"
can someone add tropes be seen as posters. The episode "Monster Mini-Mayhem also has callbacks to "Summer Beachcation" [[spoiler:which makes sense since chronologically, "Summer Beachcation" came before this page? Thanks.''''')episode and was left on a cliffhanger, which was concluded in this episode. Phil is also the main villain in this episode, being teased from the previous episode.]]
* CensoredForComedy: Dan's privates in the episode "Summer Beachcation" are covered by a pencil.
* ComedicSociopath: Definitely Dan.
* DeathIsCheap: The cast are sometimes killed off in the animations and comics, but are always back by the next episode or comic.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Well, the show '''is''' about roommates.
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: "Summer Beachcation". Despite all their efforts, [[spoiler:the only real way to get out of the simulation was to all "die".]]
* HeavySleeper: Nathan.
* JerkAss: Also Nathan.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Evil Landlord.
* LimitedAnimation: Mostly Season 1.
* ManOfAThousandVoices: Coy Craig does almost every voice.
* OhCrap: When coy jinxed it in "Summer Beachcation".
* PoliceAreUseless: The police are never seen handling any of the catastrophic events that happen.
* ProductionThrowback: Potato Man, Joseph Gonzales' previous series, can be seen multiple times on the show.
* RunningGag:
**There has been three episodes that feature the character Sammy being injured some way for no real reason.
**Starting from "Dimension Hopping", Dan always kicks down the front door to the house.
**Evil Landlord's invention's always break after one use.
* StraightMan: Coy.
* SuddenlyShouting: Dan does this all the time.
* TheCameo: "Monster Mini-Mayhem" hosts cameos of other web animators.
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: In "Summer Beachcation", when Nathan [[spoiler:tries to use the shutdown switch, it turns into a trollface]] and when Nathan [[spoiler:tries to use an exit door, it disappears and turns into a note saying how much of an idiot he was to think that would work.]]
* YourSizeMayVary: The characters are always having different heights.
* ZombieApocalypse: Kinda happened in "Monster Mini-Mayhem".
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''Roommates'' is a webtoon series that started in 2014 and is about 4 pals trying to live among each other with an Evil Landlord while crazy things happen. The show currently has 9 episodes, 20 shorts and 3 specials. The show is hosted on the YouTube channel FlowJoe, which can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/FlowJoeCartoons here,]] and a playlist containing all the main videos can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPrvoUhfO8xa8Z1TI3wXfia68f8XSNuR4 here]]. The show also has a website containing all of the episodes, comics, and other extras. The website can be found [[http://flowjoecartoons.wixsite.com/roommates here.]]

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''Roommates'' is a webtoon series that started in 2014 and is about 4 pals trying to live among each other with an Evil Landlord while crazy things happen. The show currently has 9 episodes, 20 shorts and 3 specials. The show is hosted on the YouTube channel FlowJoe, which can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/FlowJoeCartoons here,]] and a playlist containing all the main videos can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPrvoUhfO8xa8Z1TI3wXfia68f8XSNuR4 here]]. The show also has a website containing all of the episodes, comics, and other extras. The website can be found [[http://flowjoecartoons.wixsite.com/roommates here.]]]]

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''Roommates'' is a webtoon series that started in 2014 and is about 4 pals trying to live among each other with an Evil Landlord while crazy things happen. The show currently has 9 episodes, 20 shorts and 3 specials. The show is hosted on the YouTube channel FlowJoe, which can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/FlowJoeCartoons here,]] and a playlist containing all the main videos can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPrvoUhfO8xa8Z1TI3wXfia68f8XSNuR4 here]]. The show also has a website containing all of the episodes, comics, and other extras. The website can be found [[http://flowjoecartoons.wixsite.com/roommates here.]]

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