History Webcomic / EightBitTheater

** After deciding to break the three Light Warriors who aren't Black Mage out of their icy prison, Drizz'l comes up with an idea that he knows he'll hate himself for after it works. He tells this joke: "How do you get 200 Canadians out of the pool? [{{Beat}}] [[CanadaEh Say 'Please get out of the pool.']]" The ice shatters and Thief asks what he just did. "I... broke the ice..."

* FrivolousSummoning: {{Subverted|Trope}}. After Drizz'l summons Lich and the two begin arguing, Lich protests that he wasn't summoned to argue semantics with an elf, and compares it to summoning a demon to get help with homework. The subversion comes in as Drizz'l actually summoned Lich to kill the other Dark Warriors and just got sidetracked.

''an [[{{Revenge}} enraged]] White Mage [[DropTheHammer crushes]] the bag and its contents to bits''\\

* TerriblePickUpLines: Black Mage tries to start a relationship with White Mage by using pick-up lines such as "Do you come from Venus? Cuz your ass is OUTTA THIS WORLD!", resulting in White Mage [[DropTheHammer hitting him with a giant hammer]] again and again.

* HeroesWantRedHeads: White Mage--although Black Mage isn't much of a hero. Also, White Mage seems to have a thing for Fighter, who is also red haired.

'''Fighter:''' Maybe the bone dragon represents our ''skeletons''. Those are inside of us. Like skeletons.

* SelfDeprecation: Strip 1,000 was called "I can’t believe someone was asshole enough to make 1,000 sprite comics." Strip 1,001 was called "I can’t believe someone was asshole enough to make more than 1,000 sprite comics."

* GagSeries: Far too continuity-driven to count as a GagPerDayWebcomic, but supremely zany and joke-driven none-the-less. There's probably only about three or four pages throughout the whole comic that don't have any jokes in it.

%%* RuleOfFunny

** In-universe example: [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2005/08/13/episode-586-this-is-for-like-three-of-you/ apparently Fighter writes]] Franchise/StarTrek / {{Transformers}} {{crossover}} fanfics.

* EvilerThanThou: The Dark Elves were once the rulers of Elfland until the Forest Elves overthrew them, stealing their national anthem in the process. Please note, said national anthem was "Elf Land, and Fuck You Too", which included the line "We're a race of total Bastards", and when Thief said that he didn't kill Drizz'l father, merely let his allies do the dirty work then took credit whenever politically expedient, Drizz'l admits that's practically defending him under Elf law.

-->'''Thief''': What the- goddammit, ''my pants!''

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Possibly implied by Darko in [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2007/01/27/episode-801-its-like-a-hobby/ this strip.]]
-->'''Darko:''' What have you been doing with yourself all this time?\\
'''Black Mage:''' Well the... see, y'can't... I didn't...\\
'''Darko:''' You can skip the self-atrocities.\\
'''Black Mage:''' '''Whew!''' I took a nap. Er, um... sinisterly.

* CasualDangerDialog: [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2002/11/26/episode-219-drowning-your-sorrows/ While]] [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2003/04/05/episode-269-sir-webs-a-lot/ this]] [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2004/02/07/episode-381-dead-hate-living/ is]] [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2004/10/28/episode-476-red-mage-in-the-cradle/ normally]] [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2006/09/05/episode-739-the-depravities-that-ended-the-century/ the]] [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2008/02/09/episode-953-heartburn/ Light]] [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/06/09/episode-1138-use-your-words/ Warriors']] [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/09/17/episode-1173-oh-whats-the-worst-that-could-happen/ schtick]] (comic-wide spoilers!), ''hugely'' subverted with the eventual revelation that while they were ignoring Chaos and arguing amongst each other about cake, [[spoiler:White Mage and three other healers destroyed Chaos, [[AntiClimax off-panel]]]].

* KnowsAGuyWhoKnowsAGuy: Rogue has "I know a guy" as his catchphrase. One of said guys is even Thief.

''[[http://www.nuklearpower.com/8-bit-theater/ 8-Bit Theater]]'' is a [[BlackComedy Spite]]... er, SpriteComic by Creator/BrianClevinger that ran from [[WebcomicsLongRunners 2001 to 2010]]. Its plot, an AffectionateParody of the first ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyI Final Fantasy]]'', follows the four Light Warriors (who really aren't the best for the job): Fighter McWarrior, an [[TheDitz astoundingly stupid]] sword-obsessed warrior; BlackMage [[MeaningfulName Evilwizardington]], an AxCrazy homicidal sociopath who is only held back by the RuleOfFunny and a [[ButtMonkey tendency to get hurt]]; [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Thief]], a fugitive prince of elf clan [[PunctuationShaker Khee'bler]] armed with extreme greed and an expertise in [[MiserAdvisor manipulative contracts]]; and RedMage Statscowski, a so-called [[TheStrategist strategist]] who considers life to be a [[TabletopGames tabletop game]], is [[{{Munchkin}} obsessed with his stats]], and was tricked into liking [[CrossDresser cross dressing]].

* HyperspaceMallet: The WeaponOfChoice of White Mage is a large hammer tat she pulls from nowhere. She uses it when Black Mage ([[spoiler:or Kary]]) sufficently [[BewareTheNiceOnes pisses her off]].

* BalefulPolymorph: The eye monster reproduces by transforming other creatures into more eye monsters against their will. Red Mage gets hit with this, but he gets better.

''[[http://www.nuklearpower.com/8-bit-theater/ 8-Bit Theater]]'' is a [[BlackComedy Spite]]... er, SpriteComic by Creator/BrianClevinger that ran from [[WebcomicsLongRunners 2001 to 2010.]] Its plot, an AffectionateParody of the first ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyI Final Fantasy]]'', follows the four Light Warriors (who really aren't the best for the job): [[AwesomeMcCoolName Fighter McWarrior]], an [[TheDitz astoundingly stupid]] [[HeroesPreferSwords sword-obsessed]] warrior; BlackMage [[MeaningfulName Evilwizardington]], an AxCrazy homicidal sociopath who is only held back by the RuleOfFunny and a [[ButtMonkey tendency to get hurt]]; [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Thief]], a fugitive prince of elf clan [[PunctuationShaker Khee'bler]] armed with extreme greed and an expertise in [[MiserAdvisor manipulative contracts]]; and RedMage Statscowski, a so-called [[TheStrategist strategist]] who considers life to be a [[TabletopGames tabletop game]], is [[{{Munchkin}} obsessed with his stats]], and was tricked into liking [[CrossDresser cross dressing]].