History Webcomic / Overcompensating

* AnthropomorphicPersonification: The [=G0D=] of Internet, a giant four-armed catwoman who speaks in L33T.

* BadassNative: Being half Cherokee, Jeffrey desperatly WANTS to be this, but in reality is little more than a drunken redneck.

* EldritchAbomination: Joanna is this. When Jeffrey rigs up a small camera to see wha she gets up to while everyone is out, the following recording is little more than a terrifying sequence of reality breaking down around her. Jeffrey proceeds to go to South America to find a witch doctor to dispose of the camera by means of an active volcano.

* GrossUpCloseUp: [[http://www.overcompensating.com/posts/20090909.html This stip]]

* TeamPet: Joanna. She's actually an undead cat Jeffrey found during a trip to the Land of The Dead, and doesnt move much. Atleast when anyone is looking.
** [[Webcomic/MsPaintAdventures Andrew Hussie's]] brief appearance lightly mocked his workaholicness and his tendency for animation that doesn't particularly add anything to a panel

''[[http://overcompensating.com/ Overcompensating]]'' is the sometimes fiction other times auto-bio web-comic by Jeffrey Rowland. Rowland is also the creator of other web comics WhenIGrowUp and WiguAdventures as well as the founder of [[http://topatoco.com/hey/ TopatoCo]], a t-shirt company specializing in selling web-comic based merchandise.

* TheStoner: Weedmaster P. Doy. He takes April 20th off, as he considers it 24 hours of Amateur Hour, and compares it to being MuhammedAli on a day when everyone thinks they can punch out dudes as good as you.

* HollywoodHacking: Whenever they need to do something computer-y, Jeffrey and team go into {{Hackers}}-mode, with 90s cyberpunk fashions, edgy nicknames, and hacker slogans hollered at the top of their lungs.

* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: Jeffrey goes out of his way to tear down this trope built around ChristopherColumbus. Among other things, Columbus Day is celebrated by trying to keep Columbus spirit from returning, and his massacre of the American natives is constantly brought up.

* TakeThat The site frequently takes shots at society and politics, however [[http://overcompensating.com/posts/20080804.html this]] comic attacks neither but still hits Kid Rock, his fans, and [[CtrlAltDel Tim Buckley]] pretty hard.

--> '''Jeffrey''': I showed Joanna a picture of {{Slenderman}} and she screamed.

[[http://overcompensating.com/ Overcompensating]] Is the sometimes fiction other times auto-bio web-comic by Jeffrey Rowland. Rowland is also the creator of other web comics WhenIGrowUp and WiguAdventures as well as the founder of [[http://topatoco.com/hey/ TopatoCo]], a t-shirt company specializing in selling web-comic based merchandise.

--> '''Jeffrey''': No, like how girls used to [[{{Squee}} scream]] at them [[TheBeatles Beatles]].

* RunForTheBorder: Choices are in short supply with almost any situation involving [[http://overcompensating.com/posts/20041018.html five gallons of ticks]].

* AllAnimalsAreDogs: invoked in modified form by Weedmaster P in [[http://overcompensating.com/posts/20130226.html this]] strip.

* AnthropomorphicPersonification The [=G0D=] of Internet, a giant four armed catwoman who speaks in L33T.
* ArtEvolution In the comic itself, also can be compared to WhenIGrowUp to REALLY see how far Rowland has progressed.

* {{God}} Makes frequent appearances as well as his son.
* GodIsEvil Sort of, God and Jesus can be dicks at times. Also they both live in a trailer park for some reason.

* GrossUpCloseUp- [[http://www.overcompensating.com/posts/20090909.html This stip]]
* GrotesqueCute - [[http://overcompensating.com/posts/20081201.html Butt-cats!!]]
* HerCodeNameWasMarySue- Weedmaster P's Webcomic [[http://overcompensating.com/posts/20090402.html]]

* HoYay- A series of strips involving Vermont Pete's AbhorrentAdmirer Weedmaster P [[http://www.overcompensating.com/posts/20100308.html]]
* HollywoodHacking - Whenever they need to do something computer-y, Jeffrey and team go into {{Hackers}}-mode, with 90s cyberpunk fashions, edgy nicknames, and hacker slogans hollered at the top of their lungs.

* LibationForTheDead - Okay, so not a straight example, but there is a Jim Beam-drinking, undead cat from Hell.

* MundaneFantastic - Topato, the flying, super-strong, made-out of poison, potatoes occasionally shows up from his home dimension to yell at Jeffrey.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero - Part of reality had to be deleted to prevent ALL of reality collapsing. Happens in a cross-over with ''Wigu Adventures''.

* NinjaPirateZombieRobot - Robot Monkey Pirate Zombie Mummy Ninja Hobo Cowboy, "the greatest cartoon character in the history of Earth."

* RunForTheBorder - Choices are in short supply with almost any situation involving [[http://overcompensating.com/posts/20041018.html five gallons of ticks]].

* WithFriendsLikeThese - Weedmaster P.

-> OVERCOMPENSATING: The Journal Comic With a Seething Disdain for Reality.

--> '''Jeffrey''': No, like how girls used to [[Squee scream]] at them [[TheBeatles Beatles]].

* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: After the 2008 election, Jeffrey is elected as the secret "Inside President", the official who is in charge of actually coming up with new policies, a position that doesnt pay anything and is considered a civic duty. Obama is still elected as the face of the Presidency.

** [[MsPaintAdventures Andrew Hussie's]] brief appearance lightly mocked his workaholicness and his tendency for animation that doesn't particularly add anything to a panel

* AnthropomorphicPersonification The [=G0D=] of Internet.

* LifeEmbellished

* CatchPhrase: "Dickass"

* CatchPrase: "Dickass"

* HoYay- A series of strips involving Vermont Pete's AbhorrentAdmirer Weedmaster P

* ItGotWorse - [[http://overcompensating.com/posts/20041022.html This strip]], done on purpose with [[strike: hilarious]] horrible results.

* HollywoodHacking - Whenever they need to do something computer-y, Jeffrey and team go into [[Hackers]]-mode, with 90s cyberpunk fashions, edgy nicknames, and hacker slogans hollered at the top of their lungs.

* HollywoodHacking - Weedmaster P attempts to determine what flight Jeffrey is on in [[http://www.overcompensating.com/posts/20070723.html this strip]]. Possibly played straight, given what Weedmaster P is wearing and part of what he's saying. Possibly averted given that some of what he's saying are actual computer terms including looking for a backdoor. Subverted when Baby finds a note in the toilet with the flight info.