History Webcomic / HarpyGee

Originally hosted on ''Webcomic/DummComics'', it now has its own page as part of the ''Website/{{Hiveworks}}'' collective and as of mid 2018 updates on its official site exclusively.

** There's a more mild and subdued version of this between Opal and [[spoiler: Halesia.]]
* ComplainingAboutRescuesTheyDontLike: Quite a bit in the first chapter. Humphrey ''frequently'' critiques his own rescue while it's in progress. Later Harpy does the same [[spoiler: when Humphrey dives off the dragon to try and save her from falling, revealing he had wings and theoretically could have just flown away. He then promptly reveals his extreme motion sickness, leading Harpy to beg for help before he passes out and/or throws up on her.]]
* CooldownHug:
** Rare example where it's a plot point. In Chapter 4, [[spoiler: Humphrey earlier speaks to Harpy's magic inside of Pumpkin, who tells him to hug her and tell her she's doing okay. When he's ''finally'' back in his normal form, Harpy is having an emotional breakdown over him and he decides to try the hug. Cue a massive explosion of Harpy's old magic going off and the distraction helping to calm her enough that he can ''finally'' apologize to her.]]
** At the end of Chapter 5, [[spoiler: Harpy gives one to Humphrey when he goes berserk shifting into his various beastly forms as a bad reaction to Halesia's barrier spell to keep monsters out of Podunkello.]]

* CrushBlush: Humphrey, Opal, and eventually [[spoiler: Harpy]] have this in spades.

** Humphrey's family hates monsters enough that they generally just put them down. [[spoiler: Which is a bit of a problem for him since he's turning into one and would like ''not'' to be killed by his sister.]]

* ForcedTransformation: The major conflict for [[spoiler: Humphrey]] in Chapter 4 - [[spoiler: he turns into a small, round, bee-like pixie when his opinion of himself hits rock bottom and can't figure out how to change back until near the very end.]]
* FormerlyFit: [[spoiler: Humphrey]] has noticeably put on weight in the time between Chapters 4 and 5, though he's also bulked up more along with it. Unlike most examples of this trope it's essentially ignored and nobody cares. References to it are very much in passing (like Harpy now wearing his old shirts that don't fit him), with only ''one'' direct reference so far in the form of a jab [[spoiler: from his sister]].
* FourTemperamentEnsemble

* GettingEatenIsHarmless: Since Pumpkin's stomach is a pocket dimension, this is essentially the case for [[spoiler: bug Humphrey]] when he gets swallowed.

* HalfHumanHybrid: [[spoiler: Ash is half-human and half-elf.]]

* ImNotDoingThatAgain: Humphrey keeps saying this after [[spoiler: using one of his new powers and hating it.]] Inevitably, he will have to "do that again".
* LoveEpiphany: [[spoiler: Harpy at the beginning of Chapter 6. Though she does show signs of it near the end of Chapter 5 as well.]]

* ReallyRoyaltyReveal: [[spoiler: It turns out that Ash is the lovechild of Wolf, who is the High Prince of Elves and heir to the Welferingrum throne.]]

** Humphrey is one as well, [[spoiler: due to wanting to hide his transformation from his sister.]]
* ShellGame: The Duke offers a traditional one as one of the required games needed for the Winter Festival. As it's the Duke, it's naturally rigged. [[spoiler: Humphrey, in a ball-shaped bee form, secretly manages to swap out the real ball with himself to ensure Harpy can actually win. She doesn't realize this has happened until near the end of the chapter when she finally learns about Bee Humphrey in the first place and immediately realizes he must have helped her win the rigged game.]]

* SwallowedWhole: Happens to [[spoiler: Humphrey]] in chapter 4 when Pumpkin eats him in bug form.

** Chapter 4 Pg 62 ("Fairy and Tail"): Harpy, Ash, and Humphrey [[spoiler: (unknowingly to the former two as he had unwittingly transformed himself into a bee like creature and hiding out in Harpy's basket)]] attend a puppet show that tells of the Merry Party, a fairy tale the two heard when they were kids. [[spoiler: However they find out two of characters within the story are the Duke and Wolf, their mentors. The reason they never realized till now because it had been a long time since they heard the story.]]
** Ch 4, Pg 80 {"A Ghost Story") [[spoiler: Humphrey is eaten by Pumpkin while he's still in bug form and lands in his "stomach". While exploring, he comes right upon Harpy's magic in the form of her child self.]]
** ("Operation Cow Patty") [[spoiler: Due to Trigger's actions, he causes a stampede that goes out of control and Harpy and Ash try to save him. Harpy uses her bow to sling herself to grab Trigger but didn't take into account how they were going to land. Just as they're about to hit the ground. Humphrey, who was riding in Harpy's jacket pocket, begs himself to change back to normal... and suddenly does so into an ogre, saving the pair. Implying his "monster transformations" are a form of shapeshifting magic.]]

---> '''Plant Monster:''' Podunkello? Is that the name they gave that silly old village? It must be filled with new morsels...Are there [[spoiler:anymore elves there like your little friend? Oh how I miss those days of an elf village smorgasbord.]]

---> '''Humphrey:''' ''([[spoiler:After Pumpkin eats him while he's still in bug form and exploring his "[[BagOfHolding stomach]]"]])'' Merry Party Adventure Books? Who reads this garbage?
---> '''???:''' I do!
---> '''Humphrey:''' Well you should know these books are full of--lies?
---> '''???:''' Down here, Mr. Bee!
---> '''Humphrey:''' G-G-G-G-[[spoiler: H-H-HARPY?!]]
---> [[spoiler: '''Child Harpy:''' Who's Harpy?]]
* WhamShot: On page 65 of chapter 4, we see Humprey and Halesia as little kids again...[[spoiler: only with brown hair, looking like identical, totally normal kids, instead of white haired and Halesia looking like she does in other flashbacks.]]

Taking place in a fantasy world that bears more than a few resemblances to an RPG adventure game, the comic centers are a young elf girl named Gigi "Harpy" Geranium, who finds herself in the quaint town of Podunkello after breaking her sword. She immediately befriends Opal, the local witch doctor, who offers her a place to stay and a new job working at her Item Shop. Despite some initial gruffness from the shop's ''other'' tenant, naive but eager palace guard Ash, Harpy is eager to start her first day working at the shop. Things seem to go well until the eternally grumpy Prince Humphrey wanders in trying to sell a dumb pooch, unintentionally kicking off a complex adventure in a seemingly simple kingdom that thrives on secrets and debts yet to be paid...

!! ''Harpy Gee'' has the following tropes

* BelligerentSexualTension: Though more from a AngerBornOfWorry, you can cut the tension with a knife [[https://www.harpygee.com/comic/friendship-barriers-pt-8/ in this spat]] between Harpy and Humphrey.

* BelligerentSexualTension: Though more from a AngerBornOfWorry, you can cut the tension with the knife [[https://www.harpygee.com/comic/friendship-barriers-pt-8/in this spat]] between Harpy and Humphrey.

* BelligerentSexualTension: Though more from a AngerBornOfWorry, you can cut the tension with the knife [https://www.harpygee.com/comic/friendship-barriers-pt-8/in this spat] between Harpy and Humphrey.

* ShipperOnDeck: The Duke. It's to the point he used [[Blackmail]] to force Humphrey to dance with Harpy. Others like Opal and Ash tend to leave when they [[LeaveTheTwoLovebirdsAlone sense a moment.]]

* ShipperOnDeck: The Duke. It's to the point he used Blackmail to force Humphrey to dance with Harpy. Others like Opal and Ash tend to leave when they [[LeaveTheTwoLovebirdsAlone sense a moment.]]

* HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: Harpy says this to King Alvarius in Chapter 6 when he informs her that her "boyfriend is coming". [[EveryoneCanSeeIt He doesn't buy it.]]

* HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: Harpy says this to King Alvarius in Chapter 6. [[EveryoneCanSeeIt He doesn't buy it.]]

* HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: Harpy to King Alvarius in Chapter 6. [[EveryoneCanSeeIt He doesn't buy it.]]

** At the end of Chapter 5, [[spoiler: Harpy does this to Humphrey when he goes berserk shifting into his various beastly forms as a bad reaction to Halesia's barrier spell to keep monsters out of Podunkello.]]

** At the end of Chapter 5, [[spoiler: Harpy does this to Humphrey when he is haphazardly shifting into his variously beastly forms as a bad reaction to Halesia's barrier spell to keep monsters out of Podunkello.]]

* HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: Harpy to King Alvarius in Chapter 6. [[https://www.harpygee.com/comic/the-king-of-frogs-pt-5/ He doesn't buy it.]]

* Half-HumanHybrid: [[spoiler: Ash is half-human and half-elf.]]
* HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: Harpy to King Alvarius in Chapter 6.[[https://www.harpygee.com/comic/the-king-of-frogs-pt-5/ He doesn't buy it.]]

* HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: Happens in Chapter 6 between Harpy and King Alvarius.[[spoiler: [[https://www.harpygee.com/comic/the-king-of-frogs-pt-5/ Neither of them buy it.]]]]

* HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: Happens in Chapter 6 between Harpy and King Alvarius. [[https://www.harpygee.com/comic/the-king-of-frogs-pt-5/ Neither of them buy it.]]

* HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: Happens in Chapter 6 between Harpy and King Alvarius. [[spoiler:https://www.harpygee.com/comic/the-king-of-frogs-pt-5/ Neither of them buy it.]]

* HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: Happens in Chapter 6 between Harpy and King Alvarius. [[EveryoneCanSeeIt Neither of them buy it.]]

* HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: Happens in Chapter six between Harpy and King Alvarius. [[EveryoneCanSeeIt Neither of them buy it.]]

* LoveEpiphany: [[spoiler: Harpy at the beginning of Chapter six. Though she does show signs of it near the end of Chapter 5 as well.]]

* HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: Happens in Chapter six between Harpy and King Alvarius. She denies it haphazardly despite being disappointed by the JustFriends assertion of the previous chapter to the point she had a nightmare about it.

* BagOfHolding: Harpy's cat, Pumpkin, is a living version of this.

* BehindTheBlack: While the Duke speaks with Harpy after putting her in a cell, Humphrey, Opal, and Ash shove his huge guard into another cell, along with the thief, while standing right behind him. The Duke doesn't notice until he turns around since it happened off-panel and apparently while making no noise.

** Trigger, Hotdog, and Zipper are dressed similarly to the protagonists of [[VideoGame/LegendOfMana/ Legend of Mana]], [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda/ The Legend of Zelda]], and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII/ Final Fantasy VII]] respectively.

** Trigger, Hotdog, and Zipper are dressed similarly to the protagonists of [[VideoGame/LegendOfMana]], [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda]], and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII]] respectively.