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* BlackComedyRape: Usually with Anon's mother on the receiving end, sometimes with other members of his family or even complete strangers.
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* WouldHurtAChild: What Anon often has no qualms about doing. In one story, he defecates in his baby nephew's crib which is implied to leave him partially blind, in another he punches his pregnant mother in the stomach and then locks her in a cupboard as she cries that he may have hurt the baby.
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* TheDogBitesBack: What Anon's mom is finally driven to in few stories. There is at least one instance of her apparently killing her son by hooking up helium tank to his [[FatBastard CPAP mask]] and telling him that it will get him into [[LongingForFictionland one of his animes]].
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* TheDogBitesBack: What Anon's mom is finally driven to in few stories. There is at least one instance of her apparently killing her son by hooking up a helium tank to his [[FatBastard CPAP mask]] and telling him that it will get him into [[LongingForFictionland one of his animes]].
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* TomatoSurprise: In one story, Anon's mom won't get up to give him Good Boy Points, so he drags her from her sleeping place to the GBP board, uses her hand to add Good Boy Points, and then [[spoiler: [[BlackComedy puts her back in her coffin]]]].
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: What Anon is busy doing in many stories.
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* {{Crossover}}: There is at least one story that is also a [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/shrek-is-love-shrek-is-life "Shrek is love"]] type of story.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Because the stories get typically posted on imageboards like 4chan and not, say, fanfiction.net, they're only available for the lifetime of the thread they're in (which is not very long), so the only way to preserve them is by screencapping them or archiving the entire thread somewhere.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Because the stories get typically posted on imageboards like 4chan and not, say, fanfiction.net, they're only available for the lifetime of the thread they're in (which is not very long), so the only way to preserve them is by screencapping them or archiving the entire thread somewhere.
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* {{Retcon}}: Some of the stories got slightly altered with time as they were reposted by different people in new places, with Anon's age changed or new lines added that changed the context sometimes.
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* {{Flanderization}}: Over the course of the meme's lifetime, Anon went from an entitled, slightly messed-up basement dweller to a cartoonish, exagerrated man-baby who constantly assaults others with his piss and feces, sexually violates his mother and can't take the slightest care of himself.
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* ScaryTeeth: As could be expected, in at least few stories Anon is said to have very bad, rotten teeth, in one of them described as "[[NauseaFuel harboring all forms of bacteria and fungi]]".
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* Rule34: In some of the stories, Anon will masturbate to literally everything, including Baby Bop from Barney, Shadow from Bear in the Big Blue House or [[{{Squick}} even his own baby pictures]].
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* SelfMadeOrphan: In some of the stories, Anon's actions lead to this, directly or not (see DrivenToSuicide above)
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* StayInTheKitchen: Anon pretty much only sees his mom as someone to make him tendies and clean after him all the time.
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* YankTheDogsChain: In one story, Anon agrees to enroll in college (and gets in) in exchange for 10,000 GBP, which gives his mother hope that he will finally grow up and maybe even meet a nice girl. Upon learning her plan to break the StatusQuo, though, he cancels his application saying [[BlatantLies he has to take her of his ailing mother]], and later that day his mom receives a letter praising her son for giving up college to stay home with her, hope leaving her eyes as Anon [[EvilGloating sits there sucking grease off his tendies triumphantly]].
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* YankTheDogsChain: In one story, Anon agrees to enroll in college (and gets in) in exchange for 10,000 GBP, which gives his mother hope that he will finally grow up and maybe even meet a nice girl. Upon learning her plan to break the StatusQuo, though, he cancels his application saying [[BlatantLies he has to take her care of his ailing mother]], and later that day his mom receives a letter praising her son for giving up college to stay home with her, hope leaving her eyes as Anon [[EvilGloating sits there sucking grease off his tendies triumphantly]].
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* FoodAsBribe: Well, it's actually Good Boy Points that are used by Mommy as the bribe to make Anon behave, but they can be exchanged for chicken tendies or other food items, so it works on the same principle in the end.
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* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: A very twisted example. Anon tends to be extremely abusive towards his mother, but in his own way he does seem weirdly attached to her, although it's apparently more about attachment to the comfort of his established lifestyle rather than genuine feelings towards another human beings.
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* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: A very twisted example. Anon tends to be extremely abusive towards his mother, but in his own way he does seem weirdly attached to her, although it's apparently more about attachment to the comfort of his established lifestyle rather than genuine feelings towards another human beings.being.
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* TogetherInDeath: In one story Anon's parents kill themselves in their bed while holding hands, pushed over the edge by their son. [[BlackComedy He promptly stuffs them under the mattress to avoid eviction]].
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* TogetherInDeath: In one story Anon's parents kill themselves in their bed while holding hands, finally pushed over the edge by their son. [[BlackComedy He promptly stuffs them under the mattress to avoid eviction]].
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* GreedyJew: The landlord in some of the stories. ([[UnreliableNarrator But that may just be how Anon sees him]])
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* TogetherInDeath: In one story Anon's parents kill themselves in their bed while holding hands, pushed over the edge by their son. [[BlackComedy He promptly stuffs them under the mattress to avoid eviction]].
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* ContinuityNod: Although there is no way to tell if any of those stories are connected or even share the same author, there is one story that mentions a [[NoodleIncident "Legoland incident"]], which might refer to another story where Anon plans to defecate in public on an upcoming trip to Legoland in order to show his mother her place.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: A very twisted example. Anon tends to be extremely abusive towards his mother, but in his own way he does seem weirdly attached to her, although it's apparently more about attachment to the comfort of his established lifestyle rather than genuine feelings towards another human beings.
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* WhamEpisode: The PetTheDog story mentioned above. It's not like those stories have any consistent canon to begin with, but straying this far from the established guidelines is actually pretty uncommon, if most archived threads are any indication.
* YankTheDogsChain: In one story, Anon agrees to enroll in college (and gets in) in exchange for 10,000 GBP, which gives his mother hope that he will finally grow up and maybe even meet a nice girl. Upon learning her plan to break the StatusQuo, though, he cancels his application saying [[BlatantLies he has to take her of his ailing mother]], and later that day his mom receives a letter praising her son for giving up college to stay home with her, hope leaving her eyes as Anon [[EvilGloating sits there sucking grease off his tendiestriumphantly.triumphantly]].
* YankTheDogsChain: In one story, Anon agrees to enroll in college (and gets in) in exchange for 10,000 GBP, which gives his mother hope that he will finally grow up and maybe even meet a nice girl. Upon learning her plan to break the StatusQuo, though, he cancels his application saying [[BlatantLies he has to take her of his ailing mother]], and later that day his mom receives a letter praising her son for giving up college to stay home with her, hope leaving her eyes as Anon [[EvilGloating sits there sucking grease off his tendies
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* KickTheDog: Too many examples to count. It is a pretty common theme in the stories for Anon to be deliberately as nasty to his mother as possible, do horrible things just to break her psychologically, constantly test the limits of how much he can get away with etc.
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* PetTheDog: In one story, Anon actually learns the error of his ways and decides to become a better person [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone after he sees him mom crying in the car]] from being pushed to her limits, culminating in him [[CharacterDevelopment actually calling her mother instead of his usual "Mummy"]].
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: What Anon is busy doing in many stories.
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* NobodyPoops: Averted ''so'' hard.
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* Rule34: In some of the stories, Anon will masturbate to literally everything, including Baby Bop from Barney, Shadow from Bear in the Big Blue House or [[{{Squick}} even his own baby pictures]].
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** Also Barney, iCarly, My Little Pony, Magic School Bus, [[{{Nerd}} and countless animes and video games]].
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** Also Pepebux mentioned below.
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* SelfMadeMan: Parodied. In one of the stories, Anon builds a global financial empire called [=PepeTech=] in just two days after Mommy told him in frustration that he can have all the tendies he wants once he makes his own money. When he hands Mommy a cheque for one million Pepebux ([[FictionalCurrency a curency he created]]) to be exchanged for Good Boy Points, it turns out that [[spoiler: he was just playing with his CEO playset]].
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* RunningGag:
** Anon wakes up at some unorthodox hour (like 5 P.M.) acting like it was morning.
** Anon's mom is busy with "the new daddy" ([[WhereDaWhiteWomenAt who is often black]]) when he demands tendies.
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** Anon's mom is busy with "the new daddy" ([[WhereDaWhiteWomenAt who is often black]]) when he demands tendies.
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* FreeRangeChildren: Subverted. While Anon is technically supposed to be an adult, his immaturity and the way his mother treats him make every time he goes outside on his own look like this.
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* InsistentTerminology: Anon usually hates it when chicken tendies are referred to simply as chicken tenders.
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* TrademarkFavoriteDrink: Cherry Coke Zero usually takes this role.
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* InnocentBigot: In one story, Anon tries to steal frozen tendies from a random store customer while very poorly impersonating an African-American person because "black man steals chicken happens all the time".
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* DarkerAndEdgier: In early stories, Anon wasn't too violent and the worst he would get was assaulting his mother with his body waste. As the time went on however, [[{GIFT} as is usually the case with 4chan]], the stories became progressively darker, with Anon getting more cruel and sociopathic in many of them, and often including themes of murder, rape, or suicide.
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* RhymesOnADime: Anon tends to speak like this in some stories.
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* DependingOnTheWriter: As the stories are posted by different anonymous users and each is supposed to be a made-up account of their own lives, the Anon's character varies a lot across stories. In some of them, he's in his twenties, in others he's as old as late thirties, in some stories he's simply a typical immature NEET with nerdy interests who still lives at home, in others he acts like a young child (wearing diapers, playing with toys, watching shows like [[Series/BarneyAndFriends Barney]] etc.), sometimes he's simply a nuisance to his family, other times he's a violent and abusive sociopath.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In the earliest known story using this formula (originally posted in January 2015) Anon doesn't terrorize his mother over chicken tendies but over a [[UsefulNotes/McDonalds McRib]]. The first story in which tendies are actually mentioned doesn't involve Good Boy Points, and the conflict revolves around Anon's parents putting a lock on his minifridge [[DietEpisode out of concern for his weight]].
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'''Tendies stories''' are greentext stories which were particularly popular on [[Main/Imageboards 4chan]] in early 2015, featuring a ManChild who lives with his parents (usually just with his mom) and loves [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin chicken tenders]], which he gets in exchange for "good boy points", or GBP, that are awarded to him for good behavior. In most of these stories, the protagonist tends to be very immature and very violent, which often ends badly for his family.
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'''Tendies stories''' are greentext stories which were particularly popular on [[Main/Imageboards 4chan]] 4chan in early 2015, featuring a ManChild who lives with his parents (usually just with his mom) and loves [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin chicken tenders]], which he gets in exchange for "good boy points", or GBP, that are awarded to him for good behavior. In most of these stories, the protagonist tends to be very immature and very violent, which often ends badly for his family.
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* CrossesTheLineTwice: The basic premise behind the series' humor.
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->''Gimme gimme chicken tendies''
->''Be they crispy or from Wendys''
-->-- '''The unnoficial anthem of the series'''
'''Tendies stories''' are greentext stories which were particularly popular on [[Main/Imageboards 4chan]] in early 2015, featuring a ManChild who lives with his parents (usually just with his mom) and loves [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin chicken tenders]], which he gets in exchange for "good boy points", or GBP, that are awarded to him for good behavior. In most of these stories, the protagonist tends to be very immature and very violent, which often ends badly for his family.
Mostly DiscreditedMeme as of 2016, but still resurface occassionally.
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!!Tendies stories provide examples of the following tropes:
* BerserkButton: ''Never'' get between Anon and his tendies.
* ButtMonkey: Anon's mom often falls victim to her son's bad behavior.
* CrossesTheLineTwice: The basic premise behind the series' humor.
* DrivenToSuicide: In at least few stories, Anon's mom actually kills herself (usually by hanging), unable to stand living with her son.
* FatBastard: In many stories, Anon is described as very obese, often weighting few hundred pounds.
* FictionalCurrency: Good Boy Points, courtesy of Anon's mom.
* LiteraryAgentHypothesis: Although (hopefully) completely fictional, the stories are written as if the author was their protagonist narrating them in first person, to the point of the other characters referring to him as Anon, which in greentext stories is used as a replacement for the narrator's real name.
* ParentalAbandonment: In many stories, Anon is raised by a single mom after his father left them, which is often implied to be [[FreudianExcuse the reason he turned out this way]]. There are also stories where mom [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere gets tired and runs away too]], leaving Anon on his own.
* PottyFailure: Anon often ends up "poopooing" and "peepeeing" himself, in many stories he straight-up uses diapers, which his mother has to change of course.
* PsychopathicManchild: And how! Most of the time, Anon is portrayed as ''very'' immature, often straight up infantile to the point of wearing diapers and speaking in BabyTalk, and the things he is sometimes capable of when doesn't get his way can be [[NightmareFuel pretty terrifying]].
* SeriesMascot: The stories are usually accompanied by a picture of Pepe the Frog, mostly his smug variant, involved in the types of situations the stories are about. Pepe's mom also tends to have the face of Wojak, who is usually depicted as the victim of Smug Pepe's antics.
* ShoutOut: Anon tends to be fan of ScoobyDoo in many stories.
* ToiletHumour: Lots of jokes in the series are based around Anon's [[BabyTalk poo poo]] and [[BabyTalk pee pee]], which he often keeps in bottles lying around his room, using them later on his unsuspecting mother.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Chicken tendies of course.
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->''Gimme gimme chicken tendies''
->''Be they crispy or from Wendys''
-->-- '''The unnoficial anthem of the series'''
'''Tendies stories''' are greentext stories which were particularly popular on [[Main/Imageboards 4chan]] in early 2015, featuring a ManChild who lives with his parents (usually just with his mom) and loves [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin chicken tenders]], which he gets in exchange for "good boy points", or GBP, that are awarded to him for good behavior. In most of these stories, the protagonist tends to be very immature and very violent, which often ends badly for his family.
Mostly DiscreditedMeme as of 2016, but still resurface occassionally.
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!!Tendies stories provide examples of the following tropes:
* BerserkButton: ''Never'' get between Anon and his tendies.
* ButtMonkey: Anon's mom often falls victim to her son's bad behavior.
* CrossesTheLineTwice: The basic premise behind the series' humor.
* DrivenToSuicide: In at least few stories, Anon's mom actually kills herself (usually by hanging), unable to stand living with her son.
* FatBastard: In many stories, Anon is described as very obese, often weighting few hundred pounds.
* FictionalCurrency: Good Boy Points, courtesy of Anon's mom.
* LiteraryAgentHypothesis: Although (hopefully) completely fictional, the stories are written as if the author was their protagonist narrating them in first person, to the point of the other characters referring to him as Anon, which in greentext stories is used as a replacement for the narrator's real name.
* ParentalAbandonment: In many stories, Anon is raised by a single mom after his father left them, which is often implied to be [[FreudianExcuse the reason he turned out this way]]. There are also stories where mom [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere gets tired and runs away too]], leaving Anon on his own.
* PottyFailure: Anon often ends up "poopooing" and "peepeeing" himself, in many stories he straight-up uses diapers, which his mother has to change of course.
* PsychopathicManchild: And how! Most of the time, Anon is portrayed as ''very'' immature, often straight up infantile to the point of wearing diapers and speaking in BabyTalk, and the things he is sometimes capable of when doesn't get his way can be [[NightmareFuel pretty terrifying]].
* SeriesMascot: The stories are usually accompanied by a picture of Pepe the Frog, mostly his smug variant, involved in the types of situations the stories are about. Pepe's mom also tends to have the face of Wojak, who is usually depicted as the victim of Smug Pepe's antics.
* ShoutOut: Anon tends to be fan of ScoobyDoo in many stories.
* ToiletHumour: Lots of jokes in the series are based around Anon's [[BabyTalk poo poo]] and [[BabyTalk pee pee]], which he often keeps in bottles lying around his room, using them later on his unsuspecting mother.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Chicken tendies of course.
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