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* UpToEleven: The Glorious Chainsaw Method.
** The description on that is hilarious: Make your swords [[ComicBook/IronFist become like things unto chainsaws.]]
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* What happens to anyone who triggers Barbarian's Berserker Mode. Thief knows what it is like to be beate down by that.

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* ** What happens to anyone who triggers Barbarian's Berserker Mode. Thief knows what it is like to be beate beaten down by that.
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* BizarroApocalypse: {{Discussed|Trope}} in the strip's climax: Black Mage argues it might not actually be so bad for Chaos to win (because he might set the world on fire, but he might also turn it into cake, [[InsaneTrollLogic and there are more kinds of cake than there are fire so the odds are in cake's favour]]) and Chaos overhears and decides to start the "pastrylogical singularity".
-->'''Chaos:''' I mean, that's the kind of crazy, 'oh, man, look at that embodiment of chaos go nuts' thing people expect out of me. But they don't expect ''that''. But they should. But can't. But should.
-->'''White Mage:''' Chaos, we ''will'' stop you.
-->'''Chaos:''' You know, I'm talking about turning your world into pure confectionary strata. It's a little ''beyond'' your ability to influence.

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* DeadpanSnarker: When Black Mage isn't in a state of temporary insanity [[note]]read: state of bloodthirsty [[KillThemAll Kill-Them-All-ness]] while trying to take out everyone in a hundred-mile radius[[/note]], he is ''incredibly'' snarky and sarcastic, particularly about the frequent flaws in logic and common sense that all the other "Light Warriors" seem oblivious to [[note]]read: too stupid to see, or [[BystanderSyndrome just ignore]][[/note]]. And the more he gets annoyed and frustrated, the more bloodthirsty and less clever he gets. So you know when Fighter makes a cleverer quip than Black Mage that there is going to be a lot of destroyed real estate in his vicinity.

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* DeadpanSnarker: When Black Mage isn't in a state of temporary insanity [[note]]read: state of bloodthirsty [[KillThemAll Kill-Them-All-ness]] LeaveNoSurvivors bloodthirst while trying to take out everyone in a hundred-mile radius[[/note]], he is ''incredibly'' snarky and sarcastic, particularly about the frequent flaws in logic and common sense that all the other "Light Warriors" seem oblivious to [[note]]read: too stupid to see, or [[BystanderSyndrome just ignore]][[/note]]. And the more he gets annoyed and frustrated, the more bloodthirsty and less clever he gets. So you know when Fighter makes a cleverer quip than Black Mage that there is going to be a lot of destroyed real estate in his vicinity.
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** Surprisingly enough, this trope is applied to Thief and Black Mage. Black Mage is a nightmarishly insane killer easily able [[PersonOfMassDestruction to cause ridiculous amounts of mass-destruction]], and whose gut reaction to any situation is a cross of KillEmAll and KillItWithFire. Thief may be a ManipulativeBastard whose idea of morality is as flexible and self-rewarding as any one of his contracts, but he can ''control'' (or at least direct) a lot of Black Mage's indiscriminate destruction. If he's not there to lead the group, Black Mage tends to take charge and things tend to go downhill pretty damn quick.

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** Surprisingly enough, this trope is applied to Thief and Black Mage. Black Mage is a nightmarishly insane killer easily able [[PersonOfMassDestruction to cause ridiculous amounts of mass-destruction]], and whose gut reaction to any situation is a cross of KillEmAll and KillItWithFire. Thief may be a ManipulativeBastard whose idea of morality is as flexible and self-rewarding as any one of his contracts, but he can ''control'' (or at least direct) a lot of Black Mage's indiscriminate destruction. If he's not there to lead the group, Black Mage tends to take charge and things tend to go downhill pretty damn quick.
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* TheScapegoat: Once the police arrives to investigate Lich's death, Sulk gets there with Music/TheCure albums... thus the cops arrest him because "No emotionally balanced, healthy person would listen to that. This is obviously our perp."

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* TheScapegoat: Once the police arrives to investigate Lich's death, Sulk gets there with Music/TheCure Music/{{The Cure|Band}} albums... thus the cops arrest him because "No emotionally balanced, healthy person would listen to that. This is obviously our perp."
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* 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.
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* ShoutOut: Several; see [[ShoutOut/WebComics Shout Out: Web Comics]] for examples.

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* ShoutOut: Several; see [[ShoutOut/WebComics Shout Out: Web Comics]] [[ShoutOut/EightBitTheater the page]] for examples.
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** There was also the time where he believed they had ''[[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2004/12/11/episode-490-going-up/ "slain" gravity and could now fly]]'' , and then actually flies away.

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** There was also the time where he believed they had ''[[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2004/12/11/episode-490-going-up/ "slain" gravity and could now fly]]'' , fly,]]'' and then actually flies away.
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* 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.

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--->'''Sarda:''' I am Sarda. And I am older than time. I possess a power '''beyond''' mortal imagination. My plans will not be undone by such [[SophisticatedAsHell amateur-hour]] [[PrecisionFStrike horseshit]] as [[PhlebotinumOverload absorbing too much power and exploding]]. I am Sarda. [[AGodAmI My will be done.]]

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--->'''Sarda:''' I am Sarda. And I am older than time. I possess a power '''beyond''' mortal imagination. My plans will not be undone by such [[SophisticatedAsHell amateur-hour]] [[PrecisionFStrike amateur-hour horseshit]] as [[PhlebotinumOverload absorbing too much power and exploding]]. I am Sarda. [[AGodAmI My will be done.]]



* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: Black Mage can generally be relied upon to throw immensely destructive magic at a life-threatening problem. ... with the side-effect that he's not very accurate and has [[NoKillLikeOverKill very limited understanding of the word "subtlety"]]. In short: the protagonists have probably reaped a higher death toll than the antagonists. Although this doesn't make moments [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2004/03/18/episode-396-hes-back/ like this]] any less awesome.



* BigDamnVillains: Black Mage can generally be relied upon to throw immensely destructive magic at a life-threatening problem. ... with the side-effect that he's not very accurate and has [[NoKillLikeOverKill very limited understanding of the word "subtlety"]]. In short: the protagonists have probably reaped a higher death toll than the antagonists. Although this doesn't make moments [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2004/03/18/episode-396-hes-back/ like this]] any less awesome.
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After nine years, two fake endings, well over a thousand strips, and (at least) two of the longest-ranged {{Call Back}}s in the history of the webcomic medium, ''8-Bit Theater'' finally ended. A few weeks after the last proper comic's publication, Clevinger published [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2010/06/01/the-epilogue/ a long epilogue to wrap things up]]; it was written by Clevinger and drawn by Matt Speroni (''Webcomic/HowIKilledYourMaster'').

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After nine years, two fake endings, well over a thousand strips, and (at least) two of the longest-ranged {{Call Back}}s in the history of the webcomic medium, ''8-Bit Theater'' finally ended. A few weeks months after the last proper comic's publication, Clevinger published [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2010/06/01/the-epilogue/ a long epilogue to wrap things up]]; it was written by Clevinger and drawn by Matt Speroni (''Webcomic/HowIKilledYourMaster'').

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* BodyInABreadbox: Viciously parodied in [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/02/03/episode-1090-not-sunny-d/ a literal case of]] StuffedIntoTheFridge regarding Ranger's [[DisposableLoveInterest wife]], .
-->"Dinner is in the fridge. -Your wife." How strange that she would not use her name or handwriting. Oh well! [[BreadEggsMilkSquick O.J., purple stuff, my brutally murdered wife...]]



* StuffedIntoTheFridge: Viciously parodied in [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/02/03/episode-1090-not-sunny-d/ a literal case]] regarding Ranger's [[DisposableLoveInterest wife]], .
-->"Dinner is in the fridge. -Your wife." How strange that she would not use her name or handwriting. Oh well! [[BreadEggsMilkSquick O.J., purple stuff, my brutally murdered wife...]]
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** He seems to have tried it again [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/05/21/episode-1130-so-close-yet-so-far here]]. And again, after the initial shock, the readers began to compliment him, calling him a ''MagnificentBastard''.

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** He seems to have tried it again [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/05/21/episode-1130-so-close-yet-so-far here]]. And again, after the initial shock, the readers began to compliment him, calling him a ''MagnificentBastard''.him.

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** [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/11/12/episode-1190-the-most-complete-quest-ever/ The Light Warriors try to pass off a baby as a fairy by gluing some wings to its back.]]
** [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/11/21/episode-1194-the-importance-of-teamwork/ Black Mage stabs a random guy, tries to claim to his companion that he was a monster in disguise, and then try to prove that by carving his "mask" (actually his face) off.]]



* EpicFail: Red Mage thinks that Black Mage critically failed hitting a large target because there is a 1-in-20 chance of critically screwing anything up.
-->'''Thief:''' [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2004/06/17/episode-430-very-long-range/ Not that I'm complaining about it, but...]] ''HOW DO YOU '''MISS''' A VOLCANO?!''

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-->'''Thief:''' --->'''Thief:''' [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2004/06/17/episode-430-very-long-range/ Not that I'm complaining about it, but...]] ''HOW DO YOU '''MISS''' A VOLCANO?!''VOLCANO?!''
** After being de-powered, Fighter tries to use his swords but ends up stabbing himself in the head with them.


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* FalseReassurance: Black Mage sets Red Mage on fire but assures him that it'll put itself out- after all, all fires stop eventually.


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** [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2003/08/29/vacation-2003-5-chromatic-discussion/ In one guest strip]] Red Mage makes a pun about "getting grounded", the others rate it an average of [[BrokeTheRatingScale -2.5 out of 10]].


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* ShortCutsMakeLongDelays: Implied. Thief thanks Red Mage for his "inciteful" short cuts and Black Mage corrects him to "insightful", but Thief says that he meant exactly what he said.


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* TalkingInYourSleep: [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2007/01/16/episode-796-its-a-horse-thats-been-bejeweled/ Black Mage has a dream where all the Light Warriors are hung, at which he giggles and murmurs "Muzza wuzza died last"]].


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** [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2006/06/20/episode-710-benny-and-liscoe/ Black Mage tells a series of these in order to explain away the fact he tried to sell an old lady some shoes made out of a human face.]]
--->'''Guard''': That's a stupid lie and no one's going to believe it.
--->'''Black Mage''': Dang.


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* DeathIsCheap: All of the Light Warriors have died some way or another, but they've always come back because without them there'd be no strip. It's usually a result of Sarda resurrecting everyone just after Black Mage has finally managed to kill them.


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* MixedMetaphor: Fighter creates a very impressive one: "Needs a sword fight in the middle, but we can burn that river when we cross a bridge over the bush with two birds in glass houses."


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* RapidFireShutUp: Black Mage "epiphinates" in his sleep and Red Mage asks him if he needs new robes. Black Mage responds "Shut up, shut up, shut up!".
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* GoodHurtsEvil: The True Light Warriors' holy weapons can only be wielded by good people, so on the main team only [[TokenGoodTeammate Fighter]] can use them. This provides an idea of how evil each of the Light Warriors are relative to each other: Fighter isn't hurt at all, Red Mage is burnt a little but can still hold them, Thief immediately drops the knife he picks up and Black Mage bursts into flame.


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* HandBehindHead: Occasionally characters will use this gesture after an awkward moment, for example Red Mage does it [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2008/09/13/episode-1037-wherein-red-mage-is-totally-fine/ here]] after undergoing an involuntary transformation, and Thief does it [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/12/12/episode-1203-maligned/ here]] when he finds that [[GoodHurtsEvil he can't hold the holy weapons]].


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* MajorInjuryUnderreaction:
** Whenever the main cast is attacked by Black Mage they'll usually just shrug it off as if nothing even happened. For example, [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/09/12/episode-1172-portents/ here]] Red Mage keeps talking despite having three knives lodged in his head.
** Black Mage also does this himself, his reaction to catching fire was a bored "I appear to have come aflame".


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* ReviveKillsZombie [[spoiler:Chaos is ultimately defeated by being blasted with white magic from four White Mages]].

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* BoozeFlamethrower: Drizz'l's platypus has a lighter and a bottle of vodka taped to it, in an attempt to create one of these.



* EarlyBirdCameo: [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2003/06/26/episode-300-the-house-always-wins/ Episode 300 shows the party after they've changed class]], something they wouldn't do for more than 300 more comics. The picture of the Light Warriors at the top of this page is the panel from said comic that the cameo occurs in.

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** Sarda also appears in Episode 300 as "the wizard who did it". His proper introduction comes over 100 strips later in [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2004/05/25/episode-421-a-wizard-did-it/ Episode 421]].


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** Drizz'l's dungeon guardian is a creature with an impossible biology, claws, poison and fire. It turns out to be a [[PuzzlingPlatypus platypus]], with claws for burrowing and little poison barbs on its legs. As for the fire, there's [[BoozeFlamethrower a bottle of vodka and a lighter]] taped to its belly.


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* PuzzlingPlatypus: Drizz'l orders a dungeon guardian with an "impossible biology" and ends up with a platypus, because a mammal with a beak should be impossible.

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* BewitchedAmphibians: Matoya tends to turn people into frogs if they annoy her.



* BrokeTheRatingScale: [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2003/08/29/vacation-2003-5-chromatic-discussion/ In one guest strip]], Red Mage makes a pun that gets him an average of -2.5 out of 10.



** Thief asks Black Mage "After ''everything'' you have done since we met, do you think I need new reasons [to want you dead]?" Black Mage repeats after him "myamya myamya ''new'' reasons?

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** Thief asks Black Mage "After ''everything'' you have done since we met, do you think I need new reasons [to want you dead]?" Black Mage repeats after him "myamya myamya ''new'' reasons? reasons?"






* ItsTheJourneyThatCounts: White Mage asks Red Mage if he's annoyed with her for [[spoiler:setting up the Dark Warriors as the saviours of the world instead of the Light Warriors]]. Red Mage says that he isn't, because having the adventure is more important than people knowing about it.



* ManOnFire: [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2005/05/07/episode-550-observations/ Red Mage deliberately sets himself on fire to protect himself against freezing to death.]] [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2008/02/05/episode-951-when-life-gives-you-firelemons/ Then when Black Mage torches him for landing on top of him, he deliberately stays on fire so he can hug people to death.]] [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/03/14/episode-1105-wide-range-of-uses/ Later, Black Mage sets him on fire once again just for the hell of it.]]

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[[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/03/14/episode-1105-wide-range-of-uses/ Later, Black Mage sets him on fire once again just for the hell of it.]]


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** [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/12/12/episode-1203-maligned/ Black Mage himself bursts into flames when he tries to wield a holy weapon.]]


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* PlotArmour: Referenced, when [[spoiler:Sarda]] shrugs off a Hadoken Black Mage asks him if he's "made of plotanium".


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* TemptingFate: Lampshaded. Thief asks of [[spoiler:Sarda]] "Pff, what could he possibly do?". Black Mage tells him not to say things like that out loud.


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* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: A couple of panels show what the world looks like from Red Mage's point of view. In one of them [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2002/09/18/episode-193-altered-perceptual-states/ it's a RTS]], and in another [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2007/05/22/episode-849-wherein-no-ones-power-level-is-9000/ it's an FPS]].

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* BaitandSwitchTimeSkip: [[https://www.nuklearpower.com/2006/07/25/episode-724-somewhere-beyond-the-sea-my-elder-god-stands-on-golden-sands/ While in a submarine,]] Black Mage gets a long monologue on GoMadFromTheIsolation, how his shipmates are now babbling incoherently and there is nothing but the endless ocean around them. Said shipmates point out it's been less than three hours.

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* BaitandSwitchTimeSkip: BaitAndSwitchTimeSkip: [[https://www.nuklearpower.com/2006/07/25/episode-724-somewhere-beyond-the-sea-my-elder-god-stands-on-golden-sands/ While in a submarine,]] Black Mage gets a long monologue on GoMadFromTheIsolation, how his shipmates are now babbling incoherently and there is nothing but the endless ocean around them. Said shipmates point out it's been less than three hours.



* DeliciousDistraction: Red Mage is supposed to be supervising Fighter but leaves to get a snowcone. Of course, Fighter wanders off and by the time the others find him he's sold all their weapons.



* LamePunReaction: Once Fighter says [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2006/09/28/episode-749-murder-by-numbers/ "He's in Ur base. Killing all Ur dudes"]], Thief and Red Mage prefer to go after a vicious Black Mage than risk hearing any further.

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** [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2003/06/21/episode-298-a-natural-response/ Red Mage tries to make a pun out of "Astos" and "ass toes", which quickly weirds out everyone else. Black Mage then makes the "Yo ass is toast" pun, which is so bad that Astos immediately drops dead.]]



* ManOnFire: [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2005/05/07/episode-550-observations/ Red Mage deliberately sets himself on fire to protect himself against freezing to death.]] [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2008/02/05/episode-951-when-life-gives-you-firelemons/ Then when Black Mage torches him for landing on top of him, and he deliberately stays on fire so he can hug people to death.]]

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* ManOnFire: [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2005/05/07/episode-550-observations/ Red Mage deliberately sets himself on fire to protect himself against freezing to death.]] [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2008/02/05/episode-951-when-life-gives-you-firelemons/ Then when Black Mage torches him for landing on top of him, and he deliberately stays on fire so he can hug people to death.]]]] [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/03/14/episode-1105-wide-range-of-uses/ Later, Black Mage sets him on fire once again just for the hell of it.]]
-->'''Black Mage''': [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/03/28/episode-1110-safer-than-artillery-strike-alley/ Red Mage is the]] ''[[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/03/28/episode-1110-safer-than-artillery-strike-alley/ best]]'' [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/03/28/episode-1110-safer-than-artillery-strike-alley/ damn kindling this team ever had!]]



* MistakenForJunkie: [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2005/01/04/episode-498-pre-quest-quests/ Red Mage's insanity onced caused a guy to ask him whether he was on drugs]].

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* BallisticDiscount: Black mage tries the magical equivalent of this when he runs into a NoHeroDiscount at the ultimate magic shop. Unfortunately...

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* BallisticDiscount: Black mage Mage tries the magical equivalent of this when he runs into a NoHeroDiscount at the ultimate magic shop. Unfortunately...



* EmergencyTransformation: Inverted when Red Mage uses Polymorph to turn himself human, to prevent him from dying from blood loss as a monster.



* {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler:Sarda]] is no better than Black Mage. He will say Black Mage is a horrid monster who commits all manner of evil for selifh purposes, but that is also what he does.

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* {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler:Sarda]] is no better than Black Mage. He will say Black Mage is a horrid monster who commits all manner of evil for selifh selfish purposes, but that is also what he does.



* IAmSong: Red Mage suggests creating theme songs for the group, but Thief isn't amused.
-->'''Red Mage''': [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2004/01/29/episode-378-its-kinda-catchy/ He'll get your wallet, look out for him, it's ''Thief!'' Yeah! It's Thief! It's ''Thiiieef!'']]



-->'''Newspaper headline text:''' I hate this ridiculous fantasy setting

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* ManOnFire: [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2005/05/07/episode-550-observations/ Red Mage deliberately sets himself on fire to protect himself against freezing to death.]] [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2008/02/05/episode-951-when-life-gives-you-firelemons/ Then when Black Mage torches him for landing on top of him, and he deliberately stays on fire so he can hug people to death.]]


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* PerfectlyCromulentWord: Black Mage runs out of words to describe how much he hates Fighter, so Red Mage suggests "Hateriffic, Meganger, Anathemalice, Ragenomic, Omniloathe, Abhorrination". Fighter is thrilled that they now have "best buddy codewords" and comes up with "Friendlicious" and "Ultrabuddy".


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* 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.



* AssShove: White Mage threatens to do this to Black Mage with her ''hammer'', for what he does in [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2006/07/11/episode-718-necronomisutra/ this strip.]] [[note]]He doesn't help matters by suggesting White Mage have sex with him on top of the corpses.[[/note]]

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** Fighter tries to turn Red Mage's A-hole (i.e. the portable hole that he'd labelled "A") inside out with his swords. Unfortunately, he misunderstood what was meant by "Red Mage's A-hole". [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/07/21/episode-1154-epilepsy-warning-no-seriously/ Poor Red Mage...]]



* BigStupidDooDooHead: [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/05/05/episode-1124-king-bad-ass-of-evil-mountain/ The best insult that Black Mage can come up with here is "Yeah well... Your face... Is ugly."]]



* 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.



** "[[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/08/08/episode-1160-game-face/ That's enough boobery for now.]]"

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** "[[http://www.[[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/08/08/episode-1160-game-face/ That's "That's enough boobery for now.]]"" "Heh, boob"]]



%%* InsurmountableWaistHighFence + AnEconomyIsYou: in [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/12/08/episode-1201-the-thing-about-wizards-is/ strip 1201]], "These are the prices and like a fence or short hedge, there is nothing you can do to get around that."

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%%* InsurmountableWaistHighFence + AnEconomyIsYou: * InsurmountableWaistHighFence: Lampshaded in [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/12/08/episode-1201-the-thing-about-wizards-is/ strip 1201]], "These are the prices and like a fence or short hedge, there is nothing you can do to get around that."



** Twice: the first was after Dragoon had knocked Black Mage unconscious by using him as a landing point, and Red Mage took advantage of the opportunity to jump up and down on Black Mage's unconscious body for a while.

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** Twice: the first was after After Dragoon had knocked Black Mage unconscious by using him as a landing point, and Red Mage took advantage of the opportunity to jump up and down on Black Mage's unconscious body for a while.



** The second instance involves the Dark Warriors and Sarda. They tell Sarda to get out of the way so they can go conquer the world: he says it's not going to happen. When they ask which part he meant, he replies, "Yes."

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** The second instance involves the Dark Warriors and Sarda. They tell Sarda to get out of the way so they can go conquer the world: he says it's not going to happen. When they ask which part he meant, he replies, "Yes.""
** [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/11/14/episode-1191-redistribution-of-xp/ On Red Mage's character sheet, under "Religion" he wrote "Okay".]]



* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder: Red Mage asks Sarda what he can do to the Light Warriors that's worse than what they've already done to each other. In response, Sarda depowers them all.
-->'''Red Mage''': ''What if'' I said it was a rhetorical question?



** Lampshaded [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/07/02/episode-1147-the-big-plan/ in this strip.]] [[spoiler:Needless to say, the plan in question didn't work.]]

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** Lampshaded [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/07/02/episode-1147-the-big-plan/ in this strip.]] strip: "And now I've described the plan in full, nothing can possibly go wrong."]] [[spoiler:Needless to say, the plan in question didn't work.]]

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* CopycatMockery: Thief asks Black Mage "After ''everything'' you have done since we met, do you think I need new reasons [to want you dead]?" Black Mage repeats after him "myamya myamya ''new'' reasons?

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* CopycatMockery: CopycatMockery:
** [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/03/10/episode-1103-flattery/ Black Mage steals Red Mage's hat and does an impression of him: "Hey, look at me! I'm an ugly jackass who talks about stats!"]]
**
Thief asks Black Mage "After ''everything'' you have done since we met, do you think I need new reasons [to want you dead]?" Black Mage repeats after him "myamya myamya ''new'' reasons?



* EldritchAbomination: Ur and the Eye-stalk are alien tentacle creatures worshipped by doom cults. Ur's ''reall'' name ould drive you mad just by hearing it.

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* EldritchAbomination: Ur and the Eye-stalk are alien tentacle creatures worshipped by doom cults. Ur's ''reall'' ''real'' name ould would drive you mad just by hearing it. it.



* MadEye: Black Mage gets one for several strips after White Mage kisses Fighter.



* TheNoseless: Normally nobody's nose is visible anyway due to the sprite nature of the characters. But in the epilogue, White Mage, Thief and Fighter still don't have noses while Red Mage does.



* PlotAllergy: Invoked by Thief. When White Mage calls him out for laughing at the idea that the Light Warriors will save the world, he claims that he wasn't laughing, his allergies were just playing up.
-->'''White Mage''': You have allergies?
-->'''Thief''': [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2007/08/14/episode-880-truth-is-what-you-make-of-it/ Insofar as this conversation is concerned, yes. Yes, I have allergies like a bastard.]]



* PottyEmergency: [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2007/02/08/episode-806-relief/ Black Mage keeps suggesting that they urinate on people for the sake of it]], which turns out to be because he needs to go.

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* PottyEmergency: PottyEmergency:
**
[[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2007/02/08/episode-806-relief/ Black Mage keeps suggesting that they urinate on people for the sake of it]], which turns out to be because he needs to go.go.
** [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2007/08/09/episode-878-vg-mages/ Later, Black Mage gets so angry that he makes himself "tinkle". He takes out his frustration on an anthill.]]


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* WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises: Black Mage sometimes does this when he's scared, such as [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/04/07/episode-1114-look-who-came-to-murder/ here]].

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-->'''Black mage:''' What I learned today is that really old wizards don't get that way by being easy to kill.\\
'''Red mage:''' So you didn't get any spells?\\
'''Black mage:''' In the sense that being stabbed gets you a blade, man, I got spells.

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-->'''Black mage:''' Mage:''' What I learned today is that really old wizards don't get that way by being easy to kill.\\
'''Red mage:''' Mage:''' So you didn't get any spells?\\
'''Black mage:''' Mage:''' In the sense that being stabbed gets you a blade, man, I got spells.



* BringMyBrownPants: [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2008/05/08/episode-989-like-riding-a-bike/ Red Mage apparently wet himself when confronting Warmech.]]

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* BringMyBrownPants: BringMyBrownPants:
**
[[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2008/05/08/episode-989-like-riding-a-bike/ Red Mage apparently wet himself when confronting Warmech.]]]]
** [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/04/04/episode-1113-yeah-right/ Black Mage jokingly says he's going to 'shit Thief's pants']]. [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/04/07/episode-1114-look-who-came-to-murder/ Then when Muffin turns up he follows through with it.]]
-->'''Thief''': What the- goddammit, ''my pants!''


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* CopycatMockery: Thief asks Black Mage "After ''everything'' you have done since we met, do you think I need new reasons [to want you dead]?" Black Mage repeats after him "myamya myamya ''new'' reasons?


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** [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/03/26/episode-1109-continuum-vs-quantum/ Can I take my fire helm off yet? It's a little on fire.]]


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** [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2008/12/13/episode-1071-hook-line-sinker/ Red Mage and Bikke bouncing on Black Mage's bed together.]]

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* NoodleIncident:
** [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2005/06/25/episode-568-i-need-an-adult/ Whatever the cool kids did to Red Mage's "bathing suit area".]]
** Black Mage murdered his brother because [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2005/02/22/episode-518-iced/ "It would've been cruel to let him live after what I did to his eyes."]] He also had a sister, but he refuses to talk about any of his family members in the present tense.



* NotWearingPantsDream: Red Mage has a dream that he's naked and all of his stats are low except his [[DumpStat Charisma]].



* PresentCompanyExcluded: Red Mage gets no respect

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* PresentCompanyExcluded: Red Mage gets no respectrespect.


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* {{Pun}}: Drizz'l says that due to taxes his people are "revolting". Thief says that he has too much class to make a joke out of that.


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* TwoWordsAddedEmphasis: How Red Mage survived the encounter with the tentacle monster: [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2008/08/30/episode-1031-sole-food/ "Two words for you. Animal. Husbandary."]]

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* BlatantLies: It's a RunningGag that every lie the Light Warriors tell is one of these. They usually get away with it because everyone they lie to is incredibly stupid.
** [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2007/03/31/episode-827-breaking-up-is-hard-to-do/ Thief claims that the Light Warriors' legs are broken while they're standing on them]].
** [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2005/08/18/episode-588-on-the-other-side/ Thief and Red Mage say that they were possessed by ghost aliens from space.]]
** [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2005/09/01/episode-593-a-three-way-tie-in-the-stupid-race/ Red Mage says that he wrote "a jillion" instead of "a million" is because he had a cold that made him write all his "m"s as "j"s]]



* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: Some of Red Mage's skills on his character sheet are "Pick locks, pick friends, pick friends' locks"



* FinalBoss: Chaos is the final enemy of the comic (after a lot of bickering over whether it should be Sarda, Black Mage, or the Light Wrriors as a group.)

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* FictionalColour: Fighter tells Swordopolis [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2008/12/20/episode-1074-firstname-megabucks/ "You're just a pigment of my imagination. Like bleen or gurple."]]
* FinalBoss: Chaos is the final enemy of the comic (after a lot of bickering over whether it should be Sarda, Black Mage, or the Light Wrriors Warriors as a group.)


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* NoYou: [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2008/11/22/episode-1063-post-emptive-strike/ Thief calls all Black Mage's ideas dumb and Black Mage responds "You're the dumb idea!"]]


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* VerbalBackspace: When allied with the cultists Black Mage tells the others "It was our- their plan to kill you guys in this summoning circle."

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!!! ''8-Bit Theater'' is the {{Trope Namer|s}} for:
* HealingShiv
* WelcomeToCorneria



* BabyTalk: Black Mage does it to some cute bats: "Aww, hims got fwends!"



* BreathHoldingBrat: The others won't let Black Mage destroy the Temple of Fiends so he threatens to hold his breath until they let him. In response they just walk off and leave him.



* BringMyBrownPants: [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2008/05/08/episode-989-like-riding-a-bike/ Red Mage apparently wet himself when confronting Warmech.]]



* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: Red Mage tells Black Mage how he got away from Warmech but forgets to leave out the part where he [[BringMyBrownPants wet himself]].
-->'''Red Mage''': Next time I tell this story, I'll ''also'' skip the part where I said that.



** [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2008/05/27/episode-997-kind-of-like-awakenings/ Red Mage tells Black Mage to wake up because he has a magazine filled with "huge knockers". They're door knockers.]]



* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: When Black Mage insults Red Mage and Thief, Red Mage takes offence on Thief's behalf.
-->'''Black Mage''': The important thing is, I'll take any excuse not to talk to you ugly mooks.
-->'''Red Mage''': Hey, Thief's not ugly!

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* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne:
**
When Black Mage insults calls Red Mage and Thief, Thief ugly, Red Mage takes offence on Thief's behalf.
-->'''Black Mage''': The important thing is, I'll take any excuse
says that Thief isn't ugly.
** Red Mage calls Thief a "creepy evil elf" and Thief responds "I'm
not to talk to you ugly mooks.
-->'''Red Mage''': Hey, Thief's not ugly!
creepy. Uh. Or evil".



* LineOfSightName: [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2006/06/27/episode-713-give-me-a-sign/ Black Mage comes up with the false name "Mos Anted" from a "Most Wanted" poster.

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* LineOfSightName: [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2006/06/27/episode-713-give-me-a-sign/ Black Mage comes up with the false name "Mos Anted" from a "Most Wanted" poster.]]


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* TheLoinsSleepTonight: Thief describes Black Mage as "quivering with impotent rage" and Black Mage responds "Who told you?"


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* PaedoHunt: "Note: very few elder gods have erupted from carnivals. Mostly, it's just pedophiles."
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* BestialityIsDepraved: King Steve's messenger says to Drizz'l that he's "on the lam", making Drizz'l think that he's getting involved with a sheep. And then there's Red Mage watching Chocobos mate for three hours just because he felt like it.


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** [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2007/10/25/episode-911-its-a-conspiracy/ Dragoon describes all the "parrots" he's seen]] and Black Mage can't take the stupidity. He asks Thief to "kick someone for me" and so Thief kicks Black Mage.
--->'''Black Mage''': Y'know, I thought I'd be madder but it's my own fault for not being specific enough.


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* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: When Black Mage insults Red Mage and Thief, Red Mage takes offence on Thief's behalf.
-->'''Black Mage''': The important thing is, I'll take any excuse not to talk to you ugly mooks.
-->'''Red Mage''': Hey, Thief's not ugly!


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* ParrotExpowhat: When Red Mage refers to [=NPCs=] Black Mage repeats after him [="NPwhatsa?"=]


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** Used by ''Black Mage'' of all people, [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2007/08/09/episode-878-vg-mages/ he gets so annoyed that he urinates on an anthill. ("Die, ants, die!")]]


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* SoftWater: Subverted. After everyone is blown into the air, Thief thinks that the ocean will break their fall, but Red Mage points out that hitting the ocean at the height they're falling from will be like hitting the ground.
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* ColourBlindConfusion: Referenced, when Red Mage produces a blue "golden Chocobo" Black Mage asks him if he's colourblind. He's not, he just made the Chocobo think it was golden through brain surgery.


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* EmbarrassingDampSheets: Implied, when Black Mage "epiphinates" in his sleep, Red Mage asks him if the needs to change his robes. Black Mage hurriedly gives him a RapidFireShutUp.


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* LineOfSightName: [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2006/06/27/episode-713-give-me-a-sign/ Black Mage comes up with the false name "Mos Anted" from a "Most Wanted" poster.


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* TheNoseKnows: Red Mage can sniff out turtles, while underwater, while in an airtight submarine. Somehow.


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* PottyEmergency: [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2007/02/08/episode-806-relief/ Black Mage keeps suggesting that they urinate on people for the sake of it]], which turns out to be because he needs to go.

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* FaintInShock: Red Mage does this once [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2001/07/13/episode-055-meanwhile-back-in-corneria/ when presented with a fantastic opportunity for min-maxing]], and then again [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2004/12/11/episode-490-going-up/ when Fighter "slays gravity" and learns how to fly]].



* FetchQuest: [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2005/01/04/episode-498-pre-quest-quests/ Red Mage tries to complete a chain of fetch quests to get a guy to make him free sandwiches]]. The problem is, fetch quests don't exist in this universe.
--->'''Sandwich guy''': Are you on the dope, son? Get out of here before I call the cops on you, punk.



%%* HehHehYouSaidX:
%%** "[[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/08/08/episode-1160-game-face/ That's enough boobery for now.]]"
%%** Earlier; "You mean booby traps." "Heh heh..." "Oh, real mature, man!"

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%%* * HehHehYouSaidX:
%%** ** "[[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/08/08/episode-1160-game-face/ That's enough boobery for now.]]"
%%** ** Earlier; "You mean booby traps." "Heh heh..." "Oh, real mature, man!"



%%* MixAndMatchCritters: "[[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2004/04/10/episode-406-and-badger-snakes/ I'm sorry, no I won't take it. If we accept orc zombies, then we open the gate to all kinds of crap. What's next? Centaur dragons? How about demon fairies? Maybe buffalo elves? Heck, why not whale vultures?]]"

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%%* * MistakenForJunkie: [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2005/01/04/episode-498-pre-quest-quests/ Red Mage's insanity onced caused a guy to ask him whether he was on drugs]].
*
MixAndMatchCritters: "[[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2004/04/10/episode-406-and-badger-snakes/ I'm sorry, no I won't take it. If we accept orc zombies, then we open the gate to all kinds of crap. What's next? Centaur dragons? How about demon fairies? Maybe buffalo elves? Heck, why not whale vultures?]]"

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