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* AnAesop:
** Transhumanism is a good idea and cyborgs and robots should get the benefit of the doubt... because preserving your flesh does not automatically preserve your humanity; guarding your humanity is on you. Some of the characters gradually become cruel and ruthless while still retaining all their flesh, because they let their ambitions overcome their principles. Meanwhile, Kimiko removes parts of herself in ''pursuit'' of understanding and helping the people around her, and ends up with a mostly robotic body while gaining a more human personality than she started with.
** The Dark Science arc explains why science ''alone'' cannot improve society. Nephilopolis became so obsessed with technological advancement that they ignored everything else, and now the city is ruled by wacky incompetents who simply ''don't know how to govern''. Even with technology that could fulfill every need, the bureaucracy to approve and apply that technology is a barely-functioning mess that manages to be weirder than anything else in the entire comic, and so Nephilopolis is a dystopian hellhole.
** Transhumanism is a good idea and cyborgs and robots should get the benefit of the doubt... because preserving your flesh does not automatically preserve your humanity; guarding your humanity is on you. Some of the characters gradually become cruel and ruthless while still retaining all their flesh, because they let their ambitions overcome their principles. Meanwhile, Kimiko removes parts of herself in ''pursuit'' of understanding and helping the people around her, and ends up with a mostly robotic body while gaining a more human personality than she started with.
** The Dark Science arc explains why science ''alone'' cannot improve society. Nephilopolis became so obsessed with technological advancement that they ignored everything else, and now the city is ruled by wacky incompetents who simply ''don't know how to govern''. Even with technology that could fulfill every need, the bureaucracy to approve and apply that technology is a barely-functioning mess that manages to be weirder than anything else in the entire comic, and so Nephilopolis is a dystopian hellhole.
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* AnAesop:
** Transhumanism is a good idea and cyborgs and robots should get the benefit of the doubt... because preserving your flesh does not automatically preserve your humanity; guarding your humanity is on you.
** Dark Science storyline is about why science alone cannot improve society with the technocracy of Nephilopolis being so focused on technological advancement over the well-being of its citizens that a rebel group arises from the downtrodden citizens and former technocrats who fell out of favor.
** Transhumanism is a good idea and cyborgs and robots should get the benefit of the doubt... because preserving your flesh does not automatically preserve your humanity; guarding your humanity is on you.
** Dark Science storyline is about why science alone cannot improve society with the technocracy of Nephilopolis being so focused on technological advancement over the well-being of its citizens that a rebel group arises from the downtrodden citizens and former technocrats who fell out of favor.
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** The stuffed animals near the beginning of [[http://dresdencodak.com/2009/12/16/lantern-season/ this]] comic include Beartato and Reginald from Webcomic/{{Nedroid}}.
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** The stuffed animals near the beginning of [[http://dresdencodak.com/2009/12/16/lantern-season/ this]] comic include Beartato and Reginald from Webcomic/{{Nedroid}}.''Webcomic/{{Nedroid}}''.
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-->'''Vola''': [''who manifests as two people''] Relax, you gals are in good hands. We're Vola the Gambler. [''fuses into a single person with four arms and two faces and then takes out a bunch of mooks with a dual bow-and-arrow thing'']
-->'''Vola''': Somno, introduce yourself.
-->'''Vola''': Somno, introduce yourself.
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* InfiniteCanvas: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20180517154908/http://dresdencodak.com/cartoons/dc_029.htm Several]] [[http://dresdencodak.com/cartoons/dc_031.htm comics]] [[http://dresdencodak.com/cartoons/dc_027.htm are]] of a length that would be at best impractical for a print comic. Note that the linked comics are not apt to be split into smaller-sized comics either. This has continued into his later strips; [[http://dresdencodak.com/2009/12/16/lantern-season Lantern Season]], arguably the largest one to date[[note]]5,195 pixels tall[[/note]], is, according to the author, "the exact height of Dustin Hoffman".
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* InfiniteCanvas: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20180517154908/http://dresdencodak.com/cartoons/dc_029.htm Several]] [[http://dresdencodak.com/cartoons/dc_031.htm comics]] [[http://dresdencodak.com/cartoons/dc_027.htm are]] of a length that would be at best impractical for a print comic. Note that the linked comics are not apt to be split into smaller-sized comics either. This has continued into his her later strips; [[http://dresdencodak.com/2009/12/16/lantern-season Lantern Season]], arguably the largest one to date[[note]]5,195 pixels tall[[/note]], is, according to the author, "the exact height of Dustin Hoffman".
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* AmbiguouslyBi: Kim has shown an interest in men several times, but after being kissed by Lilith was rather flustered when she tried to explain her motivations in [[http://dresdencodak.com/2017/06/25/dark-science-78-tactical-retreat/ Tactical Retreat]]. Take a look at [[http://dresdencodak.com/2020/03/02/dark-science-96-cyborg-team-up/ this squee ]] in Dark Science #96 [[spoiler: when arena fighter-turned Mezzode Liberation Front leader Azazel turns out to be Xioling Chavez (who is female), and who wants to be Kim's ally. ]]
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* AmbiguouslyBi: Kim has shown an interest in men several times, but after being kissed by Lilith was rather flustered when she tried to explain her motivations in [[http://dresdencodak.com/2017/06/25/dark-science-78-tactical-retreat/ Tactical Retreat]]. Take a look at [[http://dresdencodak.com/2020/03/02/dark-science-96-cyborg-team-up/ this squee ]] in Dark Science #96 [[spoiler: when arena fighter-turned Mezzode Liberation Front leader Azazel turns out to be Xioling Xiaoling Chavez (who is female), and who wants to be Kim's ally. ]]
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** Melchior of the Dark Science arc has an uncanny resemblance to The Thin Man from ''{{Film/Metropolis}}'', and the base of the organzation to witch he belongs looks exactly as Rotwang's home from the same film.
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** Melchior of the Dark Science arc has an uncanny resemblance to The Thin Man from ''{{Film/Metropolis}}'', and the base of the organzation to witch wich he belongs looks exactly as Rotwang's home from the same film.
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This is a ZCE. Remember, just because tv tropes encourages comparisons does not mean you can drop a reference to some other work and expect people to know what it is. To anyone who hasn't seen NGE, this is meaningless, and even for those who have, you still need to explain HOW.
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* MindScrew: Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion often makes more sense.
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* {{Fanservice}}: Mostly of Kimiko herself. Special mention goes to Kimiko [[http://dresdencodak.com/2009/09/07/the-sleepwalkers/ naked]] (Mildly {{NSFW}}), and Kimiko in a [[http://dresdencodak.com/2008/01/25/future-memories/ loose dressing gown]]. One of the odder examples is when [[spoiler:she has an entirely new body built from scratch]], but the robots responsible don't bother to give her a full set of clothes, so she [[http://dresdencodak.com/2015/07/08/dark-science-49-exode/ just walks around in her underwear]] for a few pages. [[spoiler: Arguably justified in that her new body gives her enhanced powers of perception, e.g. being able to see all the stars in the sky during daylight hours, and she feels more at home in her new body than she did in her original one, so clothes might inhibit that.]]
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* {{Fanservice}}: Mostly of Kimiko herself. Special mention goes to Kimiko [[http://dresdencodak.com/2009/09/07/the-sleepwalkers/ naked]] (Mildly {{NSFW}}), and Kimiko in a [[http://dresdencodak.com/2008/01/25/future-memories/ loose dressing gown]]. One of the odder examples is when [[spoiler:she has an entirely new body built from scratch]], but the robots responsible don't bother to give her a full set of clothes, so she [[http://dresdencodak.com/2015/07/08/dark-science-49-exode/ just walks around in her underwear]] only a sports bra and briefs]] for a few pages. [[spoiler: Arguably justified in that her new body gives her enhanced powers of perception, e.g. being able to see all the stars in the sky during daylight hours, and she feels more at home in her new body than she did in her original one, so clothes might inhibit that.]]
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* AnAesop:
** Transhumanism is a good idea and cyborgs and robots should get the benefit of the doubt... because preserving your flesh does not automatically preserve your humanity; guarding your humanity is on you.
** Dark Science storyline is about why science alone cannot improve society with the technocracy of Nephilopolis being so focused on technological advancement over the well-being of its citizens that a rebel group arises from the downtrodden citizens and former technocrats who fell out of favor.
** Transhumanism is a good idea and cyborgs and robots should get the benefit of the doubt... because preserving your flesh does not automatically preserve your humanity; guarding your humanity is on you.
** Dark Science storyline is about why science alone cannot improve society with the technocracy of Nephilopolis being so focused on technological advancement over the well-being of its citizens that a rebel group arises from the downtrodden citizens and former technocrats who fell out of favor.
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* AllOfThem: As seen at the end of [[http://dresdencodak.com/2012/02/15/dark-science-16/ this strip]]
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* AllOfThem: As seen at the end of [[http://dresdencodak.com/2012/02/15/dark-science-16/ this strip]]strip]].
* AlliterationAndAdventurers: A few strips have the characters playing ''[[http://dresdencodak.com/2006/12/03/dungeons-and-discourse/ Dungeons]] & [[http://dresdencodak.com/2009/01/27/advanced-dungeons-and-discourse/ Discourse]]'' which combines fantasy role-playing with Philosophy.
* AlliterationAndAdventurers: A few strips have the characters playing ''[[http://dresdencodak.com/2006/12/03/dungeons-and-discourse/ Dungeons]] & [[http://dresdencodak.com/2009/01/27/advanced-dungeons-and-discourse/ Discourse]]'' which combines fantasy role-playing with Philosophy.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: Kim has shown an interest in men several times, but after being kissed by Lilith was rather flustered when she tried to explain her motivations in [[http://dresdencodak.com/2017/06/25/dark-science-78-tactical-retreat/ Tactical Retreat]]
** Take a look at [[http://dresdencodak.com/2020/03/02/dark-science-96-cyborg-team-up/ this squee ]] in Dark Science #96 [[spoiler: when arena fighter-turned Mezzode Liberation Front leader Azazel turns out to be Xioling Chavez (who is female), and who wants to be Kim's ally. ]]
** Take a look at [[http://dresdencodak.com/2020/03/02/dark-science-96-cyborg-team-up/ this squee ]] in Dark Science #96 [[spoiler: when arena fighter-turned Mezzode Liberation Front leader Azazel turns out to be Xioling Chavez (who is female), and who wants to be Kim's ally. ]]
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* AmbiguouslyBi: Kim has shown an interest in men several times, but after being kissed by Lilith was rather flustered when she tried to explain her motivations in [[http://dresdencodak.com/2017/06/25/dark-science-78-tactical-retreat/ Tactical Retreat]]
**Retreat]]. Take a look at [[http://dresdencodak.com/2020/03/02/dark-science-96-cyborg-team-up/ this squee ]] in Dark Science #96 [[spoiler: when arena fighter-turned Mezzode Liberation Front leader Azazel turns out to be Xioling Chavez (who is female), and who wants to be Kim's ally. ]]
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* AnAesop:
** Transhumanism is a good idea and cyborgs and robots should get the benefit of the doubt... because preserving your flesh does not automatically preserve your humanity; guarding your humanity is on you.
** Dark Science storyline is about why science alone cannot improve society with the technocracy of Nephilopolis being so focused on technological advancement over the well-being of its citizens that a rebel group arises from the downtrodden citizens and former technocrats who fell out of favor.
** Transhumanism is a good idea and cyborgs and robots should get the benefit of the doubt... because preserving your flesh does not automatically preserve your humanity; guarding your humanity is on you.
** Dark Science storyline is about why science alone cannot improve society with the technocracy of Nephilopolis being so focused on technological advancement over the well-being of its citizens that a rebel group arises from the downtrodden citizens and former technocrats who fell out of favor.
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* AlliterationAndAdventurers: A few strips have the characters playing ''[[http://dresdencodak.com/2006/12/03/dungeons-and-discourse/ Dungeons]] & [[http://dresdencodak.com/2009/01/27/advanced-dungeons-and-discourse/ Discourse]]'' which combines fantasy role-playing with Philosophy.
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, and alphabetiziation (articles are ignored when alphabetizing)* AnAesop:
** Transhumanism is a good idea and cyborgs and robots should get the benefit of the doubt... because preserving your flesh does not automatically preserve your humanity; guarding your humanity is on you.
** Dark Science storyline is about why science alone cannot improve society with the technocracy of Nephilopolis being so focused on technological advancement over the well-being of its citizens that a rebel group arises from the downtrodden citizens and former technocrats who fell out of favor.
** Transhumanism is a good idea and cyborgs and robots should get the benefit of the doubt... because preserving your flesh does not automatically preserve your humanity; guarding your humanity is on you.
** Dark Science storyline is about why science alone cannot improve society with the technocracy of Nephilopolis being so focused on technological advancement over the well-being of its citizens that a rebel group arises from the downtrodden citizens and former technocrats who fell out of favor.
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* AnAesop:
** Transhumanism is a good idea and cyborgs and robots should get the benefit of the doubt... because preserving your flesh does not automatically preserve your humanity; guarding your humanity is on you.
** Dark Science storyline is about why science alone cannot improve society with the technocracy of Nephilopolis being so focused on technological advancement over the well-being of its citizens that a rebel group arises from the downtrodden citizens and former technocrats who fell out of favor.
** Transhumanism is a good idea and cyborgs and robots should get the benefit of the doubt... because preserving your flesh does not automatically preserve your humanity; guarding your humanity is on you.
** Dark Science storyline is about why science alone cannot improve society with the technocracy of Nephilopolis being so focused on technological advancement over the well-being of its citizens that a rebel group arises from the downtrodden citizens and former technocrats who fell out of favor.
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* AnAesop:
** Transhumanism is a good idea and cyborgs and robots should getAlliterationAndAdventurers: A few strips have the benefit of the doubt... because preserving your flesh does not automatically preserve your humanity; guarding your humanity is on you.
** Dark Science storyline is about why science alone cannot improve societycharacters playing ''[[http://dresdencodak.com/2006/12/03/dungeons-and-discourse/ Dungeons]] & [[http://dresdencodak.com/2009/01/27/advanced-dungeons-and-discourse/ Discourse]]'' which combines fantasy role-playing with the technocracy of Nephilopolis being so focused on technological advancement over the well-being of its citizens that a rebel group arises from the downtrodden citizens and former technocrats who fell out of favor.Philosophy.
** Transhumanism is a good idea and cyborgs and robots should get
** Dark Science storyline is about why science alone cannot improve society
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* MagicAmpersand: A few strips have the characters playing ''[[http://dresdencodak.com/2006/12/03/dungeons-and-discourse/ Dungeons]] & [[http://dresdencodak.com/2009/01/27/advanced-dungeons-and-discourse/ Discourse]]'' which combines fantasy role-playing with Philosophy.
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* RPGEpisode: The philosophy-based role-playing game ''[[MagicAmpersand Dungeons & Discourse]]''.
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* RPGEpisode: The philosophy-based role-playing game ''[[MagicAmpersand ''[[AlliterationAndAdventurers Dungeons & Discourse]]''.
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* TransTribulations: Asmodea [[spoiler:was split into three parts. One and Two are respectively brains and brawn, but the third, Lilith, is Asmodea's gender dysphoria. After they realize this, they change their name to Elith and start wearing masculine clothing]].
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** "Dark Science" arc played this trope straight, especailly the Laissez-Faire style not too similiar to Ayn Rand, where the inhabitants are too focused on wealth and technological prestige achievement that much of the dysfunctions (namely immense wealth gap and complete societal disregard for safety standards) were ignored that led to formation of Department of Opposition.
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** "Dark Science" arc played this trope straight, especailly moving the Laissez-Faire style not too similiar story to Ayn Rand, the city of Nephilopolis, where the inhabitants are too so focused on wealth and technological prestige achievement that much of the dysfunctions (namely immense wealth gap and complete societal disregard for safety standards) were ignored that led ignored, leading to the formation of the Department of Opposition.
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%% * CerebusSyndrome: The comic started out as ''mostly'' lighthearted and whimsical. Characters talked to Egyptian gods, Niels Bohr is apparently a cat, and the general tone was happy-happy-joy-joy-let's-go-to-the-moon-and/or-play-tabletop-[=RPGs=]. Then [[http://dresdencodak.com/cartoons/dc_045.html this]] came along. And then [[http://dresdencodak.com/cartoons/dc_059.html this]], which seems to swing right back to comedy again. And then back to drama ''again'' in the Dark Science storyline.
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