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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The only time that Lyle is truly happy is during the six years of domestic bliss in which he is content to run a family-owned business with his wife and raise their child together. Carmichael offering to expand it into a big franchise ultimately leads to everything going from BadToWorse until [[spoiler:he is estranged from his loved ones and no longer pursuing his dream of being a ramen chef]]. At least, until he stumbles across his son again, [[spoiler:saves him from a group of thugs]], and then finds contentment [[spoiler:operating a simple noodle stand in the park, having reconciled with his family]]. [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot Which is pretty much what he was doing before.]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The only time that Lyle is truly happy is during the six years of domestic bliss in which he is content to run a family-owned business with his wife and raise their child together. Carmichael offering to expand it into a big franchise ultimately leads to everything going from BadToWorse FromBadToWorse until [[spoiler:he is estranged from his loved ones and no longer pursuing his dream of being a ramen chef]]. At least, until he stumbles across his son again, [[spoiler:saves him from a group of thugs]], and then finds contentment [[spoiler:operating a simple noodle stand in the park, having reconciled with his family]]. [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot Which is pretty much what he was doing before.]]
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* CompetenceZone: Lyle and Yukiko’s son, Barney, runs afoul of his trope. It’s understandable that he’d be TheLoad back when he’s just a kid, but by the end he’s got to be an adult (though the timeline is unclear) yet still needs to be [[spoiler:rescued by his father]].
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* SeriousBusiness: Ramen.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The only time that Lyle is truly happy is during the six years of domestic bliss in which he is content to run a family-owned business with his wife and raise their child together. Carmichael offering to expand it into a big franchise ultimately leads to everything going from BadToWorse until [[spoiler:he is estranged from his loved ones and no longer pursuing his dream of being a ramen chef]]. At least, until he stumbles across his son again, [[spoiler:saves him from a group of thugs]], and then finds contentment [[spoiler:operating a simple noodle stand in the park, having reconciled with his family]]. [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot Which is pretty much what he was doing before.]]
* MayDecemberRomance: Presumably between Lyle and Yukiko, since Lyle is a former office worker who had a failed first marriage, and Yukiko is around 18. They are very happy together, [[spoiler:until Lyle’s envy over his wife’s newfound talents destroys their marriage]]. In the DistantFinale, Yukiko is still middle-aged, but Lyle looks quite old.
* PutOnABus: Lyle is the only constant in the story. Whenever anyone else fulfills their narrative purpose, they’re written out, even if [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse their story isn’t over]]. That said, many of them come BackForTheFinale.
* SeriousBusiness:Ramen.
Ramen. What else can you expect from the author of ''Webcomic/{{minus}}''?
* SoLastSeason: After Yukiko surpasses Lyle’s cooking ability, everyone else finds his noodles completely revolting, even though they loved them before.
* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: [[spoiler:Yukiko’s father]] dies just after [[spoiler:Lyle marries his daughter]], and several years later in-universe, [[spoiler:Carmichael]] dies the day after he negotiates a contract with Lyle. There is no indication beforehand that either are ill.
* ToBeAMaster: Lyle's ultimate goal. [[spoiler:By the end, he’s taken a page out of [[TheCynic Diogenes of Sinope]]’s book and realizes he was after the wrong thing all along.]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Since characters disappear from the story once they cause Lyle to go on adventures again, this is a frequent occurrence. For instance, his [[TheLancer Lancer]] from his street gang days admits that he just wants to settle down and become an actuary, at the time that Lyle disbands the gang and becomes a restaurateur. He and the gang aren’t heard from again [[spoiler:until around 25 in-universe years later when Lyle’s son is threatened by some thugs]]. Even then, we never hear about his time as an actuary. Similarly, Yukiko and Lyle just fall out with Yukiko’s friends eventually. The biggest cases, though, are Lyle’s JerkAss manager and his first wife, who never appear again after the first page despite setting off the entire plot in the first place. Even after Lyle marries Yukiko, it is never mentioned that he had had a first wife.
* MayDecemberRomance: Presumably between Lyle and Yukiko, since Lyle is a former office worker who had a failed first marriage, and Yukiko is around 18. They are very happy together, [[spoiler:until Lyle’s envy over his wife’s newfound talents destroys their marriage]]. In the DistantFinale, Yukiko is still middle-aged, but Lyle looks quite old.
* PutOnABus: Lyle is the only constant in the story. Whenever anyone else fulfills their narrative purpose, they’re written out, even if [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse their story isn’t over]]. That said, many of them come BackForTheFinale.
* SeriousBusiness:
* SoLastSeason: After Yukiko surpasses Lyle’s cooking ability, everyone else finds his noodles completely revolting, even though they loved them before.
* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: [[spoiler:Yukiko’s father]] dies just after [[spoiler:Lyle marries his daughter]], and several years later in-universe, [[spoiler:Carmichael]] dies the day after he negotiates a contract with Lyle. There is no indication beforehand that either are ill.
* ToBeAMaster: Lyle's ultimate goal. [[spoiler:By the end, he’s taken a page out of [[TheCynic Diogenes of Sinope]]’s book and realizes he was after the wrong thing all along.]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Since characters disappear from the story once they cause Lyle to go on adventures again, this is a frequent occurrence. For instance, his [[TheLancer Lancer]] from his street gang days admits that he just wants to settle down and become an actuary, at the time that Lyle disbands the gang and becomes a restaurateur. He and the gang aren’t heard from again [[spoiler:until around 25 in-universe years later when Lyle’s son is threatened by some thugs]]. Even then, we never hear about his time as an actuary. Similarly, Yukiko and Lyle just fall out with Yukiko’s friends eventually. The biggest cases, though, are Lyle’s JerkAss manager and his first wife, who never appear again after the first page despite setting off the entire plot in the first place. Even after Lyle marries Yukiko, it is never mentioned that he had had a first wife.
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* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: Lyle is inspired to become great after an infomercial suggests to him that by lying to himself about being great for long enough, it will eventually be true.
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* YourMindMakesItReal: Lyle is inspired to become great after an infomercial suggests to him that by lying to himself about being great for long enough, it will eventually be true.
* YourMindMakesItReal: Lyle is inspired to become great after an infomercial suggests to him that by lying to himself about being great for long enough, it will eventually be true.
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*SeriousBusiness: Ramen.
* ToBeAMaster: Lyle's ultimategoal.
* YourMindMakesItReal: Lyle is inspired to become great after an infomercial suggests to him that by lying to himself about being great for long enough, it will eventually be true.goal.
* ToBeAMaster: Lyle's ultimate
* YourMindMakesItReal: Lyle is inspired to become great after an infomercial suggests to him that by lying to himself about being great for long enough, it will eventually be true.
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''Great!'' follows the life of Lyle Phipps, a man who decides to reinvent himself following a series of crushing misfortunes, aiming to become "great". To this end he soon becomes involved with a family running the "greatest ramen shop in the world", and his life only becomes more and more strange from there.
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''Great!'' follows the life of Lyle Phipps, a man who decides to reinvent himself following a series of crushing misfortunes, [[ToBeAMaster aiming to become "great". "great".]] To this end he soon becomes involved with a family running the "greatest ramen shop in the world", and his life only becomes more and more strange from there.
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*ToBeAMaster: Lyle's ultimate goal.
*YourMindMakesItReal: Lyle is inspired to become great after an infomercial suggests to him that by lying to himself about being great for long enough, it will eventually be true.
*ToBeAMaster: Lyle's ultimate goal.
*YourMindMakesItReal: Lyle is inspired to become great after an infomercial suggests to him that by lying to himself about being great for long enough, it will eventually be true.
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->''"Once you set your mind to achieving greatness... nothing can stand in your way!"''
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Great! follows the life of Lyle Phipps, a man who decides to reinvent himself following a series of crushing misfortunes, aiming to become "great". To this end he soon becomes involved with a family running the "greatest ramen shop in the world", and his life only becomes more and more strange from there.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Early on, Lyle murders an entire bar full of people using a stool. Though he never does anything this immoral again, he remains talented with a stool as a weapon for the rest of the story.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Early on, Lyle murders an entire bar full of people using a stool. Though he never does anything this immoral again, he remains talented with a stool as a weapon for the rest of the story.story.
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A webcomic created by Ryan Armand, formerly hosted on the now-defunct [[Website/KiwisByBeat Kiwis by Beat]].
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A webcomic created by Ryan Armand, formerly hosted on the now-defunct [[Website/KiwisByBeat Kiwis by Beat]].
Beat]]. It can still be accessed via [[https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054404/http://www.kiwisbybeat.com/great.html this archive.org page.]]
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A webcomic created by Ryan Armand, formerly hosted on the now-defunct [[Website/KiwisByBeat Kiwis by Beat]].
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A webcomic created by Ryan Armand, formerly hosted on the now-defunct [[Website/KiwisByBeat Kiwis by Beat]].Beat]].
Great! follows the life of Lyle Phipps, a man who decides to reinvent himself following a series of crushing misfortunes, aiming to become "great". To this end he soon becomes involved with a family running the "greatest ramen shop in the world", and his life only becomes more and more strange from there.
!!Tropes in Great! include:
*TheAce: A main theme of the comic is what exactly being one means, and the complications therein.
*ArcWords: "I'm [[TitleDrop great!"]]
*BookEnds: The first panel of the series is Lyle saying "Hello." to the reader. The last one is him saying "Goodbye."
*EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Early on, Lyle murders an entire bar full of people using a stool. Though he never does anything this immoral again, he remains talented with a stool as a weapon for the rest of the story.
Great! follows the life of Lyle Phipps, a man who decides to reinvent himself following a series of crushing misfortunes, aiming to become "great". To this end he soon becomes involved with a family running the "greatest ramen shop in the world", and his life only becomes more and more strange from there.
!!Tropes in Great! include:
*TheAce: A main theme of the comic is what exactly being one means, and the complications therein.
*ArcWords: "I'm [[TitleDrop great!"]]
*BookEnds: The first panel of the series is Lyle saying "Hello." to the reader. The last one is him saying "Goodbye."
*EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Early on, Lyle murders an entire bar full of people using a stool. Though he never does anything this immoral again, he remains talented with a stool as a weapon for the rest of the story.
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A webcomic created by Ryan Armand, formerly hosted on the now-defunct [[Website/KiwisByBeat]].
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A webcomic created by Ryan Armand, formerly hosted on the now-defunct [[Website/KiwisByBeat]].[[Website/KiwisByBeat Kiwis by Beat]].
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A webcomic created by Ryan Armand, formerly hosted on the now-defunct [[Website/KiwisByBeat]].
