History Webcomic / AnsemRetort

* BackFromTheDead: Matt, the demon Marluxia killed in Season One, returned in Season Two to referee the murder-off. Arguably, Darth Maul as well. It was thought that this was done with Yuffie, [[spoiler:but it turned out she just had an identical twin sister... also named Yuffie.]]
* BatmanGambit: In one arc, Zexion...or should I say [[FanNickname Zexy]]...tries to run for governor. To help him improve his chances, the rest of the cast decide to kill off his competitors, but to avoid being convicted, they instead take advantage of Clouds personal vendetta against Axel, tricking him into going on a murderous rampage and...thanks to strategic planning from Aerith, Axel, Namine, and Larxene...killing the Republican and Democratic parties as planned. However, they also put Zexion's only surviving competitor, Cid, in Cloud's path, causing Axel to appear at the last second and kill Cloud, saving Cid's life, thus marking Zexion and his cabinet as heroes; ergo, improving their chances of winning.

** [[http://ansemretort.org/ansemretort/index.html?comic=288 Make it]] [[http://ansemretort.org/ansemretort/index.html?comic=289 a double.]]
** Apparently the cast actually uses pot to keep from going [[http://ansemretort.org/ansemretort/index.html?comic=539 batshit insane.]]

** The characters do it [[http://www.ansemretort.org/ansemretort/index.html?comic=577 here]]. Axel and Zexion take requests for the best way to abuse Riku.

* BrickJoke: Zexion mentions [[http://www.ansemretort.org/ansemretort/index.html?comic=537 earlier]] that, if he and Axel fused, [[http://www.ansemretort.org/ansemretort/index.html?comic=551 this would happen.]]

* [[CantHoldHisLiquor Can't Hold Her Liquor]]: [[http://www.ansemretort.org/ansemretort/index.html?comic=593 Naminé.]]

* SarcasmBackfire: Naminé sarcastically apologizes for being boring. Aerith accepts the apology.

* UnfortunateNames: Riku Imabitch.

** Subverted when Roxas aka "what Sora could have been" gave Naminé a password to be told to a man in red bandages. When said man in bandages presented himself to Axel, Sora, and Naminé, ''Naminé had flat out forgotten about it''.

** Another example is when Axel and Zexion threw Riku in a volcano, nuking said volcano, tricking Riku into creating mustard gas, and then [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking beating him up with failed retribution ideas]]...because he slapped them. It didn't even matter that the slapping was a ''good'' thing.

-->'''[[Disney/TheLittleMermaid Ariel]]''': Well, when a man loves a dolphin more than society says he should...

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Axel mentions in [[http://www.ansemretort.org/ansemretort/index.html?comic=677 this strip]] that he had won staring contests with Cthulhu. Unfortunately for him, he finds [[Series/JerseyShore Snooki]] (played by [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid Ursula]]) even [[{{Gonk}} worse]].

* TooSoon: Mocked in-universe.
-->'''Zexion''': ''I'm sorry, was it to soon for a Pearl Harbor joke?! No, no, it's my fault really. It's obvious you people are still recovering from the murder of fucking Lincoln!''
** Arguably [[http://www.ansemretort.org/ansemretort/index.html?comic=509 this]] is an example by the comic itself.
** As was [[http://www.ansemretort.org/ansemretort/index.html?comic=237 this one]].
** Also done with Riku and Naminé's hula contest. Their entry was to the tune of "Rock You Like A Hurricane". The proceeds of the contest go to survivors of Hurricane Katrina.
** And now [[http://ansemretort.org/ansemretort/index.html?comic=550 this]]. Duke proudly claims he's first to do so.
** Once again, Duke is ahead of the curve after the latest round of natural disasters [[http://ansemretort.org/ansemretort/index.html?comic=616 here]]
** Add another with the death of Osama. [[http://ansemretort.org/ansemretort/index.html?comic=634 Fittingly, given the nature of the comic.]]
** Duke did note that doing one on [[http://ansemretort.org/ansemretort/index.html?comic=708 The Dark Knight Rises shooting in Colorado]] was one of the toughest comics he ever did, but he still believed in the power of laughter to help heal the pain.

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[[caption-width-right:198:[-[[EstablishingSeriesMoment The first strip.]] It pretty much goes downhill from here.-]]]

* FusionDance: Axel and Zexion - they turn into ''Andrew Jackson''.

* RickRoll: [[http://www.ansemretort.org/ansemretort/index.html?comic=414 Axel got rickrolled]]...by ''Jesus''.

* UnsoundEffect: {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d [[http://www.ansemretort.org/ansemretort/index.html?comic=49 here]]
** Played straight [[http://www.ansemretort.org/ansemretort/index.html?comic=344 here]]
** Don't forget [[http://www.ansemretort.org/ansemretort/index.html?comic=494 this one.]]

** Ansem is not really pushing destruction or anything, he just wants ratings and does not care how they get them. It could come from Axel gutting Orphans, or the publicity gotten from [[CrossesTheLineTwice buying out the rights to Watchmen]]. Really, his biggest claim toward this trope is the fact that he brought the cast together.

** Ansem is not really pushing destruction or anything, [[TrueNeutral he just wants ratings and does not care how they get them]]. It could come from Axel gutting Orphans, or the publicity gotten from [[CrossesTheLineTwice buying out the rights to Watchmen]].

** Turns out, [[spoiler:his race was created by Series/{{D|octorWho}}avros specifically to kill {{Time Lord}}s. ]]

* TrainingMontage: [[http://www.ansemretort.org/ansemretort/index.html?comic=123 Including]] [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Eye Of The Tiger]].

** Anyone who liked HappyGilmore will get a good laugh courtesy of [[http://www.ansemretort.org/ansemretort/index.html?comic=642 Zexion]]

-->'''Ansem''': ''Back at {{FOX}}, we had this great idea for the next plot line. It had [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys monkeys]] and samurai, crazy stuff. Long story short: big chemical spill.''

* {{Crossover}}: Aside from the source sprites themselves being a crossover (Franchise/KingdomHearts crosses [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney]], Franchise/FinalFantasy, and original characters), there have also been crossover {{transplant}} characters with Franchise/ScoobyDoo, VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou, {{Sinistar}}, Franchise/StarWars, Literature/TheBible, {{VisualNovel/Phoenix Wright|AceAttorney}}, Final Fantasies [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII VII]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII VIII]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX IX]] and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX X]], and, of course, VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII.

* ConspiracyTheory: Axel was behind [[spoiler:both Kurt Cobain and Sonny Bono's deaths.]]

''Ansem Retort'' ended in December 2012. Author Duke had previously said that there would be NoEnding, he'd just stop updating the comic when he was done with it, and that's exactly what happened. In May 2017, the website finally went offline, which means ''Ansem Retort'' is now [[Main/KeepCirculatingTheTapes only available through fan archives of the comic]], Like [[http://www.mediafire.com/file/cj2dpmq33qpcod6/AR.zip this one]]. Or [[https://archive.org/details/augustovnd_gmail_AR this one]].

''Ansem Retort'' ended in December 2012. Author Duke had previously said that there would be NoEnding, he'd just stop updating the comic when he was done with it, and that's exactly what happened. In May 2017, the website finally went offline, which means ''Ansem Retort'' is now [[Main/KeepCirculatingTheTapes only available through fan archives of the comic]], Like [[http://www.mediafire.com/file/cj2dpmq33qpcod6/AR.zip this one]].

''Ansem Retort'' ended in December 2012. Author Duke had previously said that there would be NoEnding, he'd just stop updating the comic when he was done with it, and that's exactly what happened. In May 2017, the website finally went offline, which means ''Ansem Retort'' is only [[Main/KeepCirculatingTheTapes only available through fan archival of the comic]], like [[http://www.mediafire.com/file/cj2dpmq33qpcod6/AR.zip this one]].

''Ansem Retort'' ended in December 2012. Author Duke had previously said that there would be NoEnding, he'd just stop updating the comic when he was done with it, and that's exactly what happened. Sadly, in May 2017, the website finally went offline, which means ''Ansem Retort'' is [[Main/KeepCirculatingTheTapes lost forever]].

...Or is it? You see, we at Tv Tropes know better than to trust a webcomic to be out in the web forever, domains ''do'' expire, after all. Which is why we, loyal tropers, knew we should get ourselves [[http://www.mediafire.com/file/cj2dpmq33qpcod6/AR.zip this]], an archive of all of the comics in convient .zip format, before it was too late.

[[Main/AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle And so, good readers, let this go down as an example. It never hurts to save your favorite webcomics in your hard drive. You never know when it might come in handy.]]

* BlackComedyRape: [[http://ansemretort.org/ansemretort/index.html?comic=593 Naminé has the alcohol tolerance of a baby otter,]] and passes out after a single hard lemonade. Zexion offers to sell her body to Aladdin at a rate of fifteen bucks for fifteen minutes.

* BodyCountCompetition: Played straight with the "[[http://www.ansemretort.org/ansemretort/index.html?comic=121 Murder-off]]".

...Or is it? You see, we at Tv Tropes are cunning individuals, we know that you shouldn't trust a webcomic to be out in the web forever, domains ''do'' expire, after all. Which is why we ''knew'' we should get ourselves [[http://www.mediafire.com/file/cj2dpmq33qpcod6/AR.zip this]], an archive of all of the comics in convient .zip format, before it was too late.

[[Main/AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle So let this go down as an example, Folks. It never hurts to save your favorite webcomics in your hard drive. You never know when it might come in handy.]]

''Ansem Retort'' ended in December 2012. Author Duke had previously said that there would be NoEnding, he'd just stop updating the comic when he was done with it, and that's exactly what happened. Sadly, in May 2017, the website finally went offline, which means ''Ansem Retort'' is lost.

* ChristmasSpecial: "And now back to ''[[Franchise/MetalGear Revolver Ocelot's]] [[YetAnotherChristmasCarol Christmas Carol]]''.

''Ansem Retort'' ended in December 2012. Author Duke had previously said that there would be NoEnding, he'd just stop updating the comic when he was done with it, and that's exactly what happened. Sadly, in May 2017, the website finally went offline, rendering ''Ansem Retort'' LostForever.

** And again with Darth Maul watching [[spoiler:[[JerseyShore Shibuya Shore]]]], while the latter's cast (including [[VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou Joshua]]) watches ''them''.

It can be found right [[http://www.ansemretort.org/ansemretort/index.html?comic=1 here]].

Yeah, it isn't the nicest of webcomics out there. Read at your own risk.

''Ansem Retort'' ended in December 2012. Author Duke had previously said that there would be NoEnding, he'd just stop updating the comic when he was done with it, and that's exactly what happened, although a fair case could be made that [[http://www.ansemretort.org/ansemretort/index.html?comic=713 the last strip]] is as appropriate an ending for the comic as anything else.