History Webcomic / Sinfest

* AllGaysArePedophiles: A number of 2020s strips surrounding education focus on various homosexuals and trans people being groomers who use their ideology to infiltrate schools where they gain access to children. 2022's Zombie Hunting strips in particular have a groomer zombie disguising itself with a pride flag to elude the police; a reference to the the belief that homosexual movements encourage and shelter pedophiles.

* TheAtoner: Curiously, Ishida himself, both in his in-comic appearances and in how he writes the strip these days. He seems very ashamed of the exploitative nature of the strip's earlier politically-incorrect humor, and to make up for it later strips have been dominated by a heavy feminist theme.

** "Sex Work is Work" [[note]]A sort of slogan for the concept of working in the sex industry being a valid way to make a living; while some sex workers (not just prostitutes) do freely choose their profession, they're an ''extremely'' small minority that exists almost solely in first-world countries; most sex workers are forced into it, either directly or by circumstance.[[/note]] is bullshit patriarchal propaganda because it can't be "work" if it's ''exploitation''... except that in-universe, prostitution is openly legal. The two sex workers we actually spend any time with ''also view it as work''. Sapphire chooses to be a stripper and is free to refuse Sam's offer to pimp her out (and internally refuses again when her strip club hikes her dues) and the unnamed porn star requests a new '''job''' from Abby's booth, so yes, in the world of Sinfest, sex work ''is'' work, it's just that it's really shitty work. It also doesn't help that most of the cast does just fine without having a job at all, and when they need money for plot reasons there's always an opening at the factory.

* TakeThatCritics: Tats is fond of labeling anyone who dislikes Xanthe, the Sisterhood, or the Patriarchy arc as a StrawMisogynist.
** Taken to extremes in the [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2019-06-13 latest comics.]] Tat is now out and proudly TERF, and his latest comics pretty much outright state that anyone criticising him or giving him grief over it is a Johnbie and hence part of the problem.

* StupidStatementDanceMix: Poor Squigley's fart heard around the world:
-->[[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2015-07-02 Poot Poot Poot Pooty Pooty Poot Poot Poot]].

* DemotedToExtra: Criminy after the Patriarchy arc. Some fans see this as suspicious due to him being the most likely character to be able to successfuly debunk Glossy's views on men.

However, in October 2011, ''Sinfest'' began a ''huge'' shift in theme and focus with the introduction of the Sisterhood. The comic quickly ditched almost every aspect of its old nature and turned toward a radical brand of second-wave UsefulNotes/{{feminism}}. From that point on in the world of Sinfest, society was brainwashed by a [[Franchise/TheMatrix Matrix]]-like Patriarchy controlled by the Devil which the Sisterhood fought against, and the comic's world was connected to [[DarkWorld an alternate reality where greed, lust, and other traits fueled by the Patriarchy are the norm]]. The Sisterhood became part of the main cast, while characters with little influence on the comic's new themes such as God, the Dragon, Buddha, and even Criminy were barely seen. The Sisterhood's influence drastically changed both Monique and Slick, and they now rarely interact.

** [[SeriousBusiness Eternal Vengeance]] [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2011-03-02 for tripping.]] Y'know, cause [[WhatAnIdiot he wasn't looking where he was walking]].

** Xanthe gets angry over [[http://sinfest.net/view.php?date=2011-10-04 Slick leering at a woman]] wearing a [[BareYourMidriff midriff revealing shirt]] and tight pants and Xanthe treats the woman with courtesy. That's a fine message to send... if ''the previous comic'' hadn't been about ''[[http://sinfest.net/view.php?date=2011-10-03 Xanthe yelling at Monique for wearing those kind of clothes]]''.

* BareYourMidriff:
** A standard feature of Monique's warm-weather wardrobe and the one outfit that the gay guy wears.
** The succubi's outfits, and Fuchsia's sailor fuku that she wears when she's with Criminy.
** Most of the women in the comic, really.

** After Lady Liberty and her friend play around jumping in Nana's pile of leaves, [[http://sinfest.net/view.php?date=2016-06-27 they gather the leaves back up into the pile]].

* TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified: The Sisterhood is always on the side of good (done through chaos), with no ambiguity whatsoever in a world where more lawful characters are incompetent or aloof.

* HornyDevils:
** The succubi started out tempting humans with lesbian trysts, and were often seen attending the Devil. Succubi still take that role occasionally.
** Fuchsia is [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2009-11-01 shown at times]] [[http://sinfest.net/view.php?date=2014-01-13 to be still]], [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2015-11-05 horny]] [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2014-11-02 for]] [[SingleTargetSexuality Criminy]].
** Baby Blue may still be a HornyDevil, but that's not been shown on screen since her promotion to TheDevil's office manager and her corresponding outfit shift to conservative, modest, SexySecretary[[note]]For succubi, and for her previous outfit, SexySecretary is conservative and modest.[[/note]] business suit.[[note]]She ditched "Baby" from her name in the process.[[/note]]
*** In fact, she receives a [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2015-08-06 sample creepy crawler]] (pun intended) drone, along with sample footage. Her response:
---->'''Blue:''' Milton... you [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] creep!
** The Devil himself takes this role occasionally, acting as a pimp. He also does NOT like it when people try to take his "bitches", at one point holding a Glock to an alien from "Pimptopia" who was seeking bitches.

* MoreExperiencedChasesTheInnocent: In a rare example of an experienced female chasing an inexperienced male, Fuschia, a [[HornyDevil succubus]], starts to [[GiveGeeksAChance pursue a relationship]] with the self-described nebbish bookworm Criminy [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe because he treated her kindly and seemed more interested in her as a person]] than he was in the sexual services she offered as part of her employ with The Devil. It begins her HeelFaceTurn, in fact.

Then in 2019, seemingly overnight, ''Sinfest'' saw yet another radical shift in theme, this time towards far-right political conservatism. To an outside observer, the current setting now seems like the polar opposite of what was preached in the past decade, with "woke" movements and groups becoming quite literally demonised, and subplots endorsing anti-vaxx rhetoric, the "QAnon" conspiracy theory, and increasingly virulent transphobia. The one common thread remaining is a severe indictment of the sex industry, but the less said about any of this, the better. Beyond that, storytelling trends introduced in the New 10's remain in practice. Several new characters have been introduced, and the comic is focusing on extended storylines that can run for weeks at a time, with once-regular gags and characters only occasionally showing up. ''Sinfest'' now is so different from its former self as to almost be a new comic, which could make an ArchiveBinge a jarring experience.

Then in 2019, seemingly overnight, ''Sinfest'' saw yet another radical shift in theme, this time towards far-right political conservatism. To an outside observer, the current setting now seems like the polar opposite of what was preached in the past decade, with "woke" movements and groups becoming quite literally demonised, and subplots explicitly endorsing Trumpian rhetoric, anti-vax conspiracy theories, and increasingly virulent transphobia. The one common thread remaining is a severe indictment of the sex industry, but the less said about any of this, the better. Beyond that, storytelling trends introduced in the New 10's remain in practice. Several new characters have been introduced, and the comic is focusing on extended storylines that can run for weeks at a time, with once-regular gags and characters only occasionally showing up. ''Sinfest'' now is so different from its former self as to almost be a new comic, which could make an ArchiveBinge a jarring experience.

Then in 2019, seemingly overnight, ''Sinfest'' saw yet another radical shift in theme, this time towards social conservatism. To an outside observer, the current setting now seems like the polar opposite of what was preached in the past decade, with "woke" movements and groups becoming quite literally demonised, and subplots beginning that tacitly support more conservative values and beliefs. The one common thread remaining is a severe indictment of the sex industry, but the less said about any of this, the better. Beyond that, storytelling trends introduced in the New 10's remain in practice. Several new characters have been introduced, and the comic is focusing on extended storylines that can run for weeks at a time, with once-regular gags only occasionally showing up. ''Sinfest'' now is so different from its former self as to almost be a new comic, which could make an ArchiveBinge a jarring experience.

%%** [[MarySueTopia Perfectron]] [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2006-04-24 needs villains]].

* AllGaysArePedophiles: A number of 2020s strips surrounding education focus on various homosexuals and trans people being groomers who use their ideology to infiltrate schools where they gain access to children. 2022's Zombie Hunting strips in particular have a groomer zombie disguising itself with a pride flag to elude the police; a reference to the suspicion that homosexual movements encourage and shelter pedophiles.

* AllGaysArePedophiles: A number of 2020s strips surrounding education focus on various homosexuals and transvestites being groomers who use their ideology to infiltrate schools where they gain access to children. 2022's Zombie Hunting strips in particular have a groomer zombie disguising itself with a pride flag to elude the police; a reference to the suspicion that homosexual movements encourage and shelter pedophiles.

* UpToEleven:
** Satan has a [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2007-12-30 Paranoia Meter]] that does this.
** And his [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2012-01-14 Hellfire Meter]].

* TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified: The Sisterhood is always on the side of good (more specifically ChaoticGood), with no ambiguity whatsoever in a world where LawfulGood characters are incompetent or aloof.

* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: The strip zig-zags this with the fembots in a somewhat disturbing way. They were first introduced during the feminist era as a sign of women's objectification who the Sisterhood were determined to reprogram for their own ends. There were several who broke free of their initial programming and even received a BecomeARealBoy storyline. But at some point during the "Anti-Woke" era, the strip suddenly dropped the whole idea of them being humanlike like a rock, to the point that they're now almost exclusively portrayed as the mindless underlings of the Devil whose existences don't matter, and the idea of attempting to reprogram or liberate them is never brought up again. To illustrate the contrast in how this trope was portrayed with the fembots: The strip in 2014 where the Patriarchy detonates a fembot who went rogue and decided to take the "Kill All Men" motto seriously was portrayed as a heinous act on par with murder. The strip in 2020 where Hekate euthanizes the three fembots she took in because they "went Woke" and started using straw!progressive language was portrayed as, at worst, a difficult but justified ShootTheDog moment.

* StorefrontTelevisionDisplay: Sinfest loves to have characters walk past rows ofbtelevisions displaying whatever Tatsuya currently has issues with.

* StorefrontTelevisionDisplay: Sinfest loves to have characters walk past TVs displaying whatever Tatsuya currently has issues with.

* AllGaysArePedophiles: A number of 2020s strips surrounding education focus on various queer and trans people being "groomers" who're using their ideology to infiltrate schools to gain access to children. 2022's Zombie Hunting strips in particular have a groomer zombie disguising itself with a pride flag to elude the police; a reference to a common reactionary belief that queer movements encourage and shelter pedophiles.

Then in 2019, seemingly overnight, ''Sinfest'' saw yet another radical shift in theme. To an outside observer, the current setting now seems like the polar opposite of what was preached in the past decade, with "woke" movements and groups becoming quite literally demonised, and subplots beginning that tacitly support more conservative values and beliefs. The one common thread remaining is a severe indictment of the sex industry, but the less said about any of this, the better. Beyond that, storytelling trends introduced in the New 10's remain in practice. Several new characters have been introduced, and the comic is focusing on extended storylines that can run for weeks at a time, with once-regular gags only occasionally showing up. ''Sinfest'' now is so different from its former self as to almost be a new comic, which could make an ArchiveBinge a jarring experience.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: See the [[Characters/SinFest Character Sheet]].