History Webcomic / FuzzyKnights

In November 2022, the series saw an [[https://tapas.io/episode/2691035 unexpected revival]] on Website/TapasMedia, as a traditionally drawn comic rather than a photocomic. The revival sees Mossfoot, Violet, Target and Ben returning to the gaming table after having been dormant and packed away in storage for several years, and gaining a surprising new player.

* CollectiveGroan: [[http://www.kenzerco.com/images/periodicals/TTC/phpslideshow.php?directory=.&currentPic=79 "It's the same thing, right? Right?"]]

* PyrrhicVictory: The conclusion of the ''Tabletop Crusaders'' story. [[spoiler:Ben enters the Nexus and undoes Mossfoot's entire campaign world, scoring him all the experience points possibly available whilst [[AGodAmI proclaiming himself a god]]. Mossfoot manages to make it an AndIMustScream, a second-level bard trapped unaging forever in "cosmic lint" one point short of third-level with no way to get it, while pointing out that he can just make an AlternateUniverse.

* WhamEpisode: Episodes 4 to 6 of the 2022 continuation has [[spoiler:Ben, having gone insane in storage and believing that humans aren't real, not even think of maintaining TheMasquerade when the Big Man's daughter comes in, and speaks directly to her. This ends up resulting in her joining the game.]]

** WhamEpisode: Episodes 4 to 6 of the 2022 continuation has [[spoiler:Ben, having gone insane in storage and believing that humans aren't real, not even think of maintaining TheMasquerade when the Big Man's daughter comes in, and speaks directly to her. This ends up resulting in her joining the game.]]

In November 2022, the series saw an [[https://tapas.io/episode/2691035 unexpected revival]] on Website/TapasMedia, as a traditionally drawn comic rather than a photocomic. The revival sees Mossfoot, Violet, Target and Ben returning to the gaming table after having been dormant and packed away in storage for several years.

The original series ran from 2003 to 2008 and was available for reading for free at the [[http://www.kenzerco.com/index.php?cPath=22_51 KenzerCo website]] (where you can still get PDFs of the two TPB collections of the comic.

* '''Target''', a cat, whose owner mostly uses him as a punching bag. The group ButtMonkey, if only because he has trouble keeping characters alive for more than a few levels, and a bit of a coward, but generaly honorable and logical.

The series ran from 2003 to 2008, and is available for reading [[http://www.kenzerco.com/index.php?cPath=22_51 here]].

* FakeNationality: Ben's Scotish-ness is an InUniverse example. The very first strip {{Lampshades}} it when Violent points out that he was made in China -- though Ben insists that his "heart and soul will forever be part of the Old Sod. That, and this bloody tamershanter isd sewn onto my bloody skull." According to Crazy Al, he once had a ''Jamaican'' phase.

* TheoryOfNarrativeCausality: Similar to ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'', The Story is a tangible force which can be exploited by those trained to do so - like a game master. When too many plot-convenient coincidences start happening, it stops being coincidences.

* AllMenArePerverts: "So, which of you guys is going to go in there and [[HornyDevils get your life experience drained?]]"

-->'''Ben:''' NO ME! OVER HERE! YO! ACH!\\
'''Violet:''' '''''MEN!'''''

* CollectiveGroan: [[http://www.kenzerco.com/images/periodicals/TTC/phpslideshow.php?directory=.¤tPic=79 "It's the same thing, right? Right?"]]

* {{Defictionalization}}: Of sorts. The creator made a ''Fuzzy Knights'' tabletop RPG game that basically lets you tell your own stories in [[TheVerse the FK 'verse]]. Mossfoot [[ProductPlacement shows off the game]] as his own homebrew system in the first arc of ''The Tabletop Crusaders''.

* TriggerPhrase: "Life's a game." [[spoiler:[=HamaEstra=]'s password to take full control of the [=REFs=]. Fembunny is capable of doing the same by imitating his voice. When he makes his move, he changes the password, though we never learn what it is.]]

The series ended sometime in 2006 and is available for reading [[http://www.kenzerco.com/index.php?cPath=22_51 here]].

-->'''Ben:''' NO ME! OVER HERE! YO! ACH!
-->'''Violet:''' '''''MEN!'''''

* BrownNote: [[HelloKitty Kitty's team]] in F.I.G.H.T. is so incapable of adapting their playstyle to the Hackmaster game ("Do I see a unicorn?") that any [=REFs=] that hear their stream of inane questions burn out. [[spoiler:The Philosopher Kings and Teddy Bear Picnic later find a way to use it as a weapon against [=HamaEstra=].]]

** Ben's [[{{Peanuts}} Snoopy dance]].

* LetsGetDangerous: [[spoiler:When [[FemmeFatale Fembunny]] is [[ChainedToARailway chained to a bomb]], [[ChaoticStupid Ben]] steps up and challenges [=HamaEstra=] to enter the game, ''[[PhysicalGod as]] GameMaster'', for a duel of tasks. ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome And wins.]]'']]

* PyrrhicVictory: The conclusion of the ''Tabletop Crusaders'' story. [[spoiler:Ben enters the Nexus and undoes Mossfoot's entire campaign world, scoring him all the experience points possibly available whilst [[AGodAmI proclaiming himself a god]]. Mossfoot manages to make it an AndIMustScream, a second-level bard trapped unaging forever in "cosmic lint" one point short of third-level with no way to get it, while pointing out that he can just make an AlternateUniverse. {{Awesome Moment}}s all around.]]

* '''Ben''', a [[RacallyRabbit rabbit]] who [[FakeNationality swears he's Scottish]], and who is the bane of the group, frequently driving Mossfoot's campaigns OffTheRails and generally being a {{Munchkin}}. Once in a while though, his hair-brained schemes actually pan out.

* '''Ben''', a rabbit, who [[FakeNationality swears he's Scottish]] and is the bane of the group, frequently driving Mossfoot's campaigns OffTheRails and generally being a {{Munchkin}}. Once in a while though, his hair-brained schemes actually pan out.

* FakeNationality: Ben's Scotish-ness. According to Crazy Al, he once had a ''Jamaican'' phase.

* FakeCrossover: Fuzzy versions of well-known characters occasionally make cameos in the comic, such as Bert and Ernie from ''Series/SesameStreet'' and Brian from ''ComicStrip/KnightsOfTheDinnerTable'', but while they do look and act like the real characters, they're really just plush toys based on them. Kachooloo is an interesting variant, as it's heavily hinted that he's the spirit of the [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos real Cthulhu]] trapped in a powerless plush body thanks to a botched summoning by Ben.

* FakeCrossover: Fuzzy versions of well-known characters occasionally make cameos in the comic, such as Bert and Ernie from ''Series/SesameStreet'' and Brian from ''ComicStrip/KnightsOfTheDinnerTable'', but while they do look and act like the real characters, they're really just plush toys based on them. Kachooloo is an interesting variant, as it's heavily hinted that he's the spirit of the [[CthulhuMythos real Cthulhu]] trapped in a powerless plush body thanks to a botched summoning by Ben.

* TheObiWan: Captain Captain and Frogerik to Mossfoot. They don't die, however.
** In Frogerik's case, that's because he's GenreSavvy enough to not try and fight the BigBad himself, knowing it would result in his death. Same applies for the other Mentors.

* '''Ben''', a rabbit, who [[FakeNationality swears he's Scotish]] and the bane of the group, frequently driving Mossfoot's campaigns OffTheRails and generally being a {{Munchkin}}. Once in a while though, his hair-brained schemes actually pan out.

* TriggerPhrase: "Life's a game." [[spoiler:Allows the speaker, usually their creator [=HamaEstra=], to take full control of the [=REFs=].]]

''Fuzzy Knights'' is the work of Noah J.D. Chinn, who made the initial strips as a one-shot homage to ''ComicStrip/KnightsOfTheDinnerTable'', using stuffed animals, miniature paper props and a digital camera because "it was all I had". The strips ended up becoming very popular (praised by the late GaryGygax, even) and Kenzer and Company, the KOTD publisher, made a deal to host the strip officially, and later published two dead tree volumes and a Fuzzy Knights RPG book.

''Fuzzy Knights'' is the work of Noah J.D. Chinn, who made the initial strips as a one-shot homage to ''KnightsOfTheDinnerTable'', using stuffed animals, miniature paper props and a digital camera because "it was all I had". The strips ended up becoming very popular (praised by the late GaryGygax, even) and Kenzer and Company, the KOTD publisher, made a deal to host the strip officially, and later published two dead tree volumes and a Fuzzy Knights RPG book.

* CollectiveGroan: [[http://www.kenzerco.com/images/periodicals/TTC/phpslideshow.php?directory=.¤tPic=79 "It's the same thing, right? Right?"]]

* FakeCrossover: Fuzzy versions of well-known characters occasionally make cameos in the comic, such as Bert and Ernie from ''Series/SesameStreet'' and Brian from ''KnightsOfTheDinnerTable'', but while they do look and act like the real characters, they're really just plush toys based on them. Kachooloo is an interesting variant, as it's heavily hinted that he's the spirit of the [[CthulhuMythos real Cthulhu]] trapped in a powerless plush body thanks to a botched summoning by Ben.

* LawyerFriendlyCameo: The roleplaying games the gang plays, [[WordOfGod according to the FAQ]]. Hackmaster carries over from ''KnightsOfTheDinnerTable''.

* {{Munchkin}}: Ben will do anything for experience points. In the ''Tabletop Crusaders'' storyline he's been getting lessons from a fuzzy version of Brian from ''KnightsOfTheDinnerTable''.

* CollectiveGroan: [[http://www.kenzerco.com/images/periodicals/TTC/phpslideshow.php?directory=.¤tPic=79 "It's the same thing, right? Right?"]]

* FakeCrossover: Fuzzy versions of well-known characters occasionally make cameos in the comic, such as Bert and Ernie from ''Series/SesameStreet'' and Brian from ''KnightsOfTheDinnerTable'', but while they do look and act like the real characters, they're really just plush toys based on them. Kachooloo is an interesting variant, as it's heavily hinted that he's the spirit of the [[CthulhuMythos real Cthulhu]] trapped in a powerless plush body thanks to a botched summoning by Ben.

* TheoryOfNarrativeCausality: Similar to ''{{Discworld}}'', The Story is a tangible force which can be exploited by those trained to do so - like a game master. When too many plot-convenient coincidences start happening, it stops being coincidences.

* FakeCrossover: Fuzzy versions of well-known characters occasionally make cameos in the comic, such as Bert and Ernie from ''SesameStreet'' and Brian from ''KnightsOfTheDinnerTable'', but while they do look and act like the real characters, they're really just plush toys based on them. Kachooloo is an interesting variant, as it's heavily hinted that he's the spirit of the [[CthulhuMythos real Cthulhu]] trapped in a powerless plush body thanks to a botched summoning by Ben.