History Webcomic / EveryButtonHurtsTheOtherGuy

* BoobsOfSteel: Mao is noticeably endowed, and is strong enough to [[spoiler:make it to the semifinals of the Bronze Fist Tournament.]]

''[[http://everybuttoncomic.com Every Button Hurts the Other Guy]]'' is a webcomic penned by brothers Luke and Jake Townend that ran from 2012 to 2015. The plot, an {{Affectionate Parody}} of fighting games, follows the adventures of Shota, an {{Expy}} of Ryu from {{Street Fighter}}, and his friends Russel, a fellow martial artist whose [[TheDitz stupidity]] often leads to him being the universe's [[ButtMonkey punching bag]], and Mao-Yin, an absent-minded {{Interdisciplinary Sleuth}} and [[InterpolSpecialAgent Intercops Special Agent]] as they deal with the machinations of various comically bizarre enemies.

''[[http://everybuttoncomic.com Every Button Hurts the Other Guy]]'' is an ongoing webcomic penned by brothers Luke and Jake Townend since 2012. The plot, an {{Affectionate Parody}} of fighting games, follows the adventures of Shota, an {{Expy}} of Ryu from {{Street Fighter}}, and his friends Russel, a fellow martial artist whose [[TheDitz stupidity]] often leads to him being the universe's [[ButtMonkey punching bag]], and Mao-Yin, an absent-minded {{Interdisciplinary Sleuth}} and [[InterpolSpecialAgent Intercops Special Agent]] as they deal with the machinations of various comically bizarre enemies.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Russel is crude but tends to limit it to innuendo. Also, Chihiro's [[http://everybuttoncomic.com/archives/Comic/sho-dont-tell colourful metaphors]].

* BigOlEyebrows: Russel and Shota could both give GrouchoMarx a run for his money.

* BrownEyes: Mao sports a pair. Unsurprising, given that she is from China, but she does have the reliable and charming nature often symbolised by brown eyes.

[[http://everybuttoncomic.com ''Every Button Hurts the Other Guy'']] is an ongoing webcomic penned by brothers Luke and Jake Townend since 2012. The plot, an {{Affectionate Parody}} of fighting games, follows the adventures of Shota, an {{Expy}} of Ryu from {{Street Fighter}}, and his friends Russel, a fellow martial artist whose [[TheDitz stupidity]] often leads to him being the universe's [[ButtMonkey punching bag]], and Mao-Yin, an absent-minded {{Interdisciplinary Sleuth}} and [[InterpolSpecialAgent Intercops Special Agent]] as they deal with the machinations of various comically bizarre enemies.

** Buffalo: M. Bison, with elements of Sagat and {{Tekken}}'s Heihachi Mishima.

* AffectionateParody: Of the fighting game genre and its surrounding inspirations in martial arts cinema, and{{shonen}} manga/anime.

%%* ActionGirl: Every female character.
%%* AffectionateParody

%%* BloodKnight: Shota.

%%* ObviouslyEvil: Buffalo makes a point of this.

%%* CartoonishSupervillainy: Buffalo's modus operandi.

%%* CoolMask: Alejandro's 'serious face.'

%%* DramaQueen: Alejandro.

%%* IslandBase: The Island of Doom.

%%* WalkingTheEarth: Shota.

** Buffalo: M. Bison, with elements of {{Tekken}}'s Heihachi Mishima and Sagat.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Russel is crude but tends to limit it to innuendo.

* TheDitz: Russel's defining traits are slowness on the uptake and... unique chains of reasoning. Mao also fits this trope to an extent insofar as.

%%* GettingCrapPastTheRadar

%%* NebulousEvilOrganisation: The Evil Eye.

%%* TournamentArc: The whole comic is one.

%%* {{Action Girl}}: Every female character.
%%* {{Affectionate Parody}}
* {{Art Evolution}} Over time, characters proportions become more cartoonish, backgrounds become more frequent, and some block colours are replaced with gradient effects.
* {{Badass Adorable}}: Chihiro held her own against Shota, and is [[http://everybuttoncomic.com/archives/Comic/chihiro-wants-to-battle literally powered]] by her own {{moe}}.
* {{Bad Boss}}: Buffalo doesn't kill or maim his subordinates, but he ''is'' exceedingly rude to them.
%%* {{Big Bad}}: Commander N. Buffalo.
%%* {{Blood Knight}}: Shota.
* {{Boobs Of Steel}}: Mao is noticeably endowed, and is strong enough to [[spoiler:make it to the semifinals of the Bronze Fist Tournament.]]
* {{Butt Monkey}}: For a comic where almost every character is a martial artist, Russel takes a disproportionate amount of punishment.
* {{Caption Humor}}: Whenever a new character is introduced, a caption box shows their name as well as a humorous title or description.
%%* {{Card Carrying Villain}}: Buffalo is one.
* {{Cartoonish Supervillainy}}: Buffalo's modus operandi.
* {{Classified Information}}: Subverted. The information probably is classified, but that doesn't stop Mao blurting it out at every opportunity.

* {{Comical Overreacting}} Most characters get in on this at some point.
%%* {{Cool Mask}}: Alejandro's 'serious face.'
* {{The Ditz}}: Russel's defining traits are slowness on the uptake and... unique chains of reasoning. Mao also fits this trope to an extent insofar as.
%%* {{Drama Queen}}: Alejandro.
* {{Establishing Character Moment}}: Russel arrives on the Island of Doom water skiing on the backs of two alligators. There was a plane, but he couldn't afford a ticket because [[spoiler:he spent all his money renting the alligators.]]
* {{Evil Laugh}}: Buffalo's is quite impressive.

* {{Fan Disservice}}: To the point that [[spoiler:Russel's eyes literally melted out of his head. He [[UnexplainedRecovery got better]] though.]]

* {{Fictional Counterpart}}: Intercops: International Crime Fighters.

* {{Getting Crap Past The Radar}}
* {{Intentional Engrish For Funny}}: Vodka's speech. Russel also once paraphrased an [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/ProWrestling infamous example]] of the unintentional kind.
* {{Interdisciplinary Sleuth}}: Mao is not just a detective, but a world class martial artist.
* {{Interpol Special Agent}}: Mao is one, though she works for a {{Fictional Counterpart}} of Interpol.
* {{Iron Butt Monkey}}: Russel. Being impaled through a tree is totally survivable, right?
%%* {{Island Base}}: The Island of Doom.
* {{Kamehame Hadoken}}: Shota's fireball.
* {{Martial Arts Headband}}: Shota wears one. Unsurprising considering his role as the 'generic karate guy.'
* {{Meaningful Name}}: Usually not very subtle, for example: Afro Cashbucks.
* {{Ms. Fanservice}} Mao routinely casts her clothing aside when it becomes inconvenient during combat.
%%* {{Nebulous Evil Organisation}}: The Evil Eye.
%%* {{Obviously Evil}}: Buffalo makes a point of this.
* {{Overly Long Name}}: Alejandro Rodrigo Jesus-Maria Domingo Ruiz del Teatro.
* {{Parody Names}}: The name N. Buffalo is a direct parody of that of Street Fighter's main antagonist, M. Bison. Don't worry if you missed it, it's super subtle.
* {{Power Trio}}: Shota, Russel and Mao, and Alejandro, Vodka and Afro.
* {{Punny Name}}: Shota Kuron is a pun on the term 'shoto clone,' a name for fighting game characters whose appearance, fighting style or control scheme is similar to that of Ryu and Ken from Street Fighter.
* {{Take Over The World}}: Buffalo aims to do this... somehow.
%%* {{Tournament Arc}}: The whole comic is one.
* {{Volcano Lair}}: Buffalo has one shaped like his head.
* {{Villainous Cheekbones}}: Buffalo and Vodka.
%%* {{Walking The Earth}}: Shota.
* {{Webcomic Time}} The entire first arc mostly takes place over a single day, but was written across two years.
* {{With A Friend And A Stranger}}: Shota and Russel trained together as children. Mao is literally just someone Shota ran into at the airport.

%%* {{Art Evolution}}

%%* {{Comical Overreacting}}

%%* {{The Ditz}}: Russel, and Mao to an extent.

%%* {{Expy}}: Just about every character is one of somebody.

%%* {{Fanservice}}: Played for laughs.

%%* {{Gasp}}: [[http://everybuttoncomic.com/archives/Comic/seriouser-and-seriouser here.]]

%%* {{Martial Arts Headband}}: Shota.

%%* {{Ms. Fanservice}} Mao, if unintentionally.

%%* {{Webcomic Time}}
%%* {{With A Friend And A Stranger}}

* {{Action Girl}}: Every female character.
* {{Affectionate Parody}}
* {{Art Evolution}}

* {{Big Bad}}: Commander N. Buffalo.
* {{Blood Knight}}: Shota.
* {{Boobs Of Steel}}: Mao is noticably endowed, and is strong enough to [[spoiler:make it to the semifinals of the Bronze Fist Tournament.]]

* {{Card Carrying Villain}}: Buffalo is one.

* {{Comedy}}
* {{Comical Overreacting}}
* {{Cool Mask}}: Alejandro's 'serious face.'
* {{The Ditz}}: Russel, and Mao to an extent.
* {{Drama Queen}}: Alejandro.

* {{Expy}}: Just about every character is one of somebody.

* {{Fanservice}}: Played for laughs.

* {{Gasp}}: [[http://everybuttoncomic.com/archives/Comic/seriouser-and-seriouser here.]]

* {{Island Base}}: The Island of Doom.

* {{Martial Arts Headband}}: Shota.

* {{Ms. Fanservice}} Mao, if unintentionally.
* {{Nebulous Evil Organisation}}: The Evil Eye.
* {{Obviously Evil}}: Buffalo makes a point of this.

* {{Tournament Arc}}: The whole comic is one.

* {{Walking The Earth}}: Shota.
* {{Webcomic Time}}
* {{With A Friend And A Stranger}}

* {{Kamahame Hadoken}}: Shota's fireball.

* {{With A Friend And A Stranger}}

* {{The Ditz}}: Russel.

* {{Stupid Evil}}:

* {{Walking The Earth}}: Shota.

[[http://everybuttoncomic.com ''Every Button Hurts the Other Guy'']] is an ongoing webcomic penned by brothers Luke and Jake Townend since 2012.