History Webcomic / Pogeymanz

* TheGame: The author has been working on a game for this comic for quite a while; he's developing it in GameMaker. It's an overhead platformer, and is divided into several different storylines, each with their own levels and gameplay mechanics. Each one seems to get more complex in terms of gameplay. More info on [[DarthWiki/{{Pogeymanz}} its page]].

* TragicHero: Shadowkilla762. [[spoiler: Once given the nickname, he despises it. He then begs the trainer to change it to something more "normal" by visiting the Name Rater. In a sad stroke of truth, and unbeknownst to the poor Kabutops, the protagonist can't understand Shadowkilla762's PokéBabble because the protagonist yet lacked a translator. When he finally received one and heard one of Shadowkilla762's pleas, the protagonist claimed they were too far along to turn back and visit the Name Rater (even though they were just barely outside the city the Name Rater was in). Heartbroken, Shadowkilla762 eventually accepted the truth that his nickname will never change, but was still driven to madness by the name itself. He soon became emo, bent on cutting himself, but because he was made of stone, all of his attempts to slit his wrists were futile. As a result, he decided to take out his urges by cutting other things, including other people. 'Tis a sad story indeed.]]

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Quite frequent.
** Most having to do with Hitmonchan when he beats anyone off-screen. They get pretty suggestive, but it's obvious none are what they sound like.
** On [[http://pogeymanz.smackjeeves.com/comics/1983659/the-truth/ Page 59]], there's a series of panels that rapid-fire subtle innuendo.
--->'''Elevator Operator:''' What floor?\\
'''Snorunt:''' Uh... *turns around* Shouldn't the buttons be over there?\\
'''Elevator Operator:''' I control this elevator using our [[FunWithAcronyms Telepathically Induced Transportation System]].\\
'''Snorunt:''' Oh, okay. Whatever floor Alakazam's on.\\
'''Elevator Operator:''' To Floor 67, then. Just one floor down.[[labelnote:*]]That means they're currently on Floor 68, and Snorunt entered the building one floor above ''that''... do the math[[/labelnote]]\\
'''Snorunt:''' That's good. I ''hate'' long rides.

** In [[http://pogeymanz.smackjeeves.com/comics/2027154/stuff-happens/ "Page 62: Stuff Happens"]] Mr. Mafia has a Glameow land on his head and remarks that he's allergic to cats. Mr. Director Guy responds "What's a cat? That's a Glameow."
*** Sort of ironic when you consider that Mr. Mafia uses Giovanni's sprites, and Giovanni's main pet in the Pokémon anime is a Persian (another cat Pokémon).

* BadAss: Hitmonchan. And Bob has his moments too.

''[[http://pogeymanz.smackjeeves.com Pogeymanz]]'' is a sprite comic made by Ultimate Ridley and primarily hosted on [[http://www.smackjeeves.com Smack Jeeves]], with Ultimate Ridley recently releasing the pages daily on Website/DeviantArt as well. (Confusingly, while the author considers SmackJeeves the "main" site for the comic, recent pages are actually hosted on his deviantART gallery because of the recent pages' self-record-breaking sizes making it impossible to truly host on Smack Jeeves short of doing a Smack Jeeves Premium Subscription)

* BreakingTheFourthWall: Done sometimes. The most egregious (but still quite funny) example being when [No Name] says "someone should make a comic about my adventures" and then the other guy says it won't be successful if it doesn't follow any of the many trends in SmackJeeves comics, especially prevalent around the time of the comic's run (late 2009). (Including yaoi, "author apartment" collaboration comics, heavily caked in special effects [with that being the only good thing about several popular comics of the time])

* FillerStrip: Surprisingly few despite this being a SmackJeeves webcomic. There was a Halloween Special, which itself was a full-fledged page albeit with a different setting, plus the three drawn specials, which were originally posted during the comic's run but were later moved to a separate webpage on the hosting site. In general, though, the "filler" actually has content, and only qualifies as "filler" because it doesn't advance the plot.

** This exchange, after [No Name] (called Turd-Boy by the cast due to wearing brown) is recast with an identical-but-blue "Turd-Boy" (actually just Riley from DPPt):

* ItemGet: Played with in "[[http://pogeymanz.smackjeeves.com/comics/703801/the-safari-zone/ The Safari Zone]]". [No Name] gets a hold of the Warden's dentures (found in an incredibly open area) and delivers a panel-wide monologue basically detailing how one normally gets items in TheLegendOfZelda games.

''[[http://pogeymanz.smackjeeves.com Pogeymanz]]'' is a sprite comic made by Ultimate Ridley and primarily hosted on [[http://www.smackjeeves.com Smack Jeeves]], with Ultimate Ridley recently releasing the pages daily on DeviantArt as well. (Confusingly, while the author considers SmackJeeves the "main" site for the comic, recent pages are actually hosted on his deviantART gallery because of the recent pages' self-record-breaking sizes making it impossible to truly host on Smack Jeeves short of doing a Smack Jeeves Premium Subscription)

** As seen in [[http://pogeymanz.smackjeeves.com/comics/2107991/man-of-registeel/ Page 64]], the Relicanth only speaks Zulu. Part of what he's saying is "if you lose the bet, your children will forever be cursed", and conveniently the Kecleon leaves that part out of his translation (giving the excuse that his grasp of Zulu isn't good). [[spoiler: Guess how Registeel and his brothers got sealed away?]]

* GeniusBonus: The Relicanth from [[http://pogeymanz.smackjeeves.com/comics/2107991/man-of-registeel/ Page 64]] apparently only speaks Zulu. This might seem random to most people, but Relicanth is based on the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coelacanth coelacanth]], an order of fish thought to have been extinct for millions of years until a live one was discovered by a South African angler in 1938... the angler himself was not Zulu, but the area the coelacanth was found in is just down the coast from where the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zulu_Kingdom Zulu Kingdom]] was located back in the 1800s.

* BlindIdiotTranslation: [[http://pogeymanz.smackjeeves.com/comics/1096716/failure-road/ A straight Google Translate rip.]]
** BilingualBonus: [[http://pogeymanz.smackjeeves.com/comics/1098995/oi/ This one]] comes out fairly cleanly when put through Google Translate. The Chinese portion, too.

* DontExplainTheJoke[=/=]GeniusBonus: An old man offers the nameless protagonist a beer, and when the protagonist says he's underaged, the old man says that back in his day, there were no age limits. As the author notes point out, in the 1920s (actually 1920-1933), there ''weren't'' any age limits on alcohol in America--[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_States it was just plain illegal.]] (This implies that the old man is probably a nonagenarian.)

''[[http://pogeymanz.smackjeeves.com Pogeymanz]]'' is a sprite comic made by Ultimate Ridley and primarily hosted on [[http://www.smackjeeves.com Smack Jeeves]], with Ultimate Ridley recently releasing the pages daily on DeviantArt as well. (Confusingly, while the author considers Smack Jeeves the "main" site for the comic, recent pages are actually hosted on his deviantART gallery because of the recent pages' self-record-breaking sizes making it impossible to truly host on Smack Jeeves short of doing a Smack Jeeves Premium Subscription)

---> '''Elevator Operator:''' What floor?
---> '''Snorunt:''' Uh... *turns around* Shouldn't the buttons be over there?
---> '''Elevator Operator:''' I control this elevator using our [[FunWithAcronyms Telepathically Induced Transportation System]].
---> '''Snorunt:''' Oh, okay. Whatever floor Alakazam's on.
---> '''Elevator Operator:''' To Floor 67, then. Just one floor down.[[labelnote:*]]That means they're currently on Floor 68, and Snorunt entered the building one floor above ''that''... do the math[[/labelnote]]
---> '''Snorunt:''' That's good. I ''hate'' long rides.

-->'''Cameraman:''' Ow! It hurts! Why are you punching my balls? What did they ever do to you?
-->'''Hitmonchan:''' I'mma punchin' 'em 'cos I'm not good at kickin' 'em!

* LeetLingo: Used a bit. Is supposed to be the lingua franca of Team Nubzorz, but never appeared beyond comic #10.

*** The best one so far, though, is Sofa King Stew Pidd (Stewart Pidd, the King of Sofas). Don't say that out loud if parents are near.
*** This exchange, after [No Name] (called Turd-Boy by the cast due to wearing brown) is recast with an identical-but-blue "Turd-Boy" (actually just Riley from DPPt):
---> '''Director:''' Okay, Turd-Boy--
---> '''(New Turd-Boy):''' My name is George.
---> '''Director:''' Okay, Turd-Boy George [...]