History Webcomic / StickInTheMud

* AdorableAbomination: Mr. Blueberry, [[EldritchAbomination the apocalypse causing tentacle thing]] [[GoMadFromTheRevelation that can drive you mad with one or two stories]] spends his days drinking with his friends at the pub and seems legitimately stoked at the prospect of getting a job as a bouncer there.

* AsleepForDays: Subverted. After John wakes up after dropping some acid, she's convinced she was asleep for a long time, but it was less than a day.

--> '''Rod:''' You wake up in a dungeon after a night drinking and the first thing you do is take more drugs?
--> '''Paula:''' Yes.
* BookEnds: The story begins and ends with Rod [[WhatDidIDoLastNight getting shitfaced on dubious alcohol]] and not remembering what happened.

* TheBrute: Cecil and Henry from the Order Of The True Human Race. They are being paid to hit people. Although they are able to elaborate on swords and magic runes, so there may be more to them than meets the eye.
* CarFu: Defied. John would like to use it against the Order Of The True Human Race. Rod doesn't give her the keys.

* CavalryRefusal: It's hard to be TheCavalry when you're drunk unconscious, like John.
* ChangeTheUncomfortableSubject: When Rod doesn't want to explain what kind of monster Lamia is.
* ChickMagnet: Jellybean. His powers are up to eleven: whenever he appears, girls are bound to appear soon afterwards. Moreover, just his hug gives a succubus more energy than she is able to hold.
** Usually Jellybean is a CluelessChickMagnet. He's worried about the girls writing giving their phone numbers to him. It's a weird custom, aren't they afraid of some creeps calling them? He won't call them himself, he doesn't want to be a bother.

** JumpedAtTheCall: Now John, on the other hand...

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Lamia talks about monsters that would dye their sweater with the blood of the children, Rod notices how impractical that would be. [[labelnote: Note]]He's doing this on purpose though. It's one of the rare occasions when he shows a smile.[[/labelnote]]

* DontTouchItYouIdiot: No tequila for Jellybean. He tries, but never gets any. Rod still remembers all those animals. The fear in their beady eyes...

* EldritchAbomination: Mr. Blueberry is one occasionally
* EruditeStoner: John on acid, analysing the flame.

* EuphemisticNames: The first name of Jellybean/Kisiel in the Polish version of the comic is "Wacek", a Polish euphemism for a penis. When Lamia learns of it, she almost immediately declares she'll stick to calling him Kisiel.

* FortuneTeller: Lilith.
* GargleBlaster: Mysterious booze John got from an unknown sender. Induces MushroomSamba and MissingTime. The cause of Rod buying the bar in the first place.

* GeometricMagic: Sign of Eel reveals monster disguising as humans.

* HangoverSensitivity: Many times.
* HealingFactor: Apparently, if one loses only a small part of one's soul, it will grow back.

* KnightTemplar: Men from the Order Of The True Human Race. Even if they beat you up it's for the sake of the whole humanity. And you're a part of the humanity too, right?
* TheLadette: John is sexually promiscuous, hard-drinking and overall a lout.

* LipstickLesbian: John.
* MissingTime:
** An effect of the GargleBlaster John has obtained at the beginning of the story.
** Caused again later, with another dose.

** He does drink tequila in the recent strips. [[spoiler: He then gains animal-whisperer skills. And an epic, brooding beast lord appearance once he passes out.]]
* NoSenseOfHumor: Rod.

* TheOrder: The Order Of The True Human Race. In a bit of lampshade hanging, both sides agree it's a horrible name.

* PartingFromConsciousnessWords

* TheRunaway: Paula. Her family probably thinks she's just not leaving her room.

---> '''John:''' STOP! John! Order 69! (...) My top secret password [[CrazyPrepared I invented]] to avoid having to explain things to myself in case of ever traveling in time. If I...
---> '''Past!Rod:''' Alright, fine. I don't want to know after all.
* SelectiveObliviousness: Rod is so disinterested with anything related to college that whenever Jellybean tries to talk about it, his dialogue gets replaced by rows of dashes.
* ShoutOut
** ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': Rod and Mike discuss what kind of moves would Rod know if he was a Pokemon.
** ''Film/TheMatrix'': A client of a fortune teller Lilith wonders should he take [[RedPillBluePill red one or blue one]].

* TakeAThirdOption: After Rod's bar gets destroyed, John sees only two options possible. Rod just wants to clean the place up.

* UnfortunateNames: Jellybean's real name, [[http://www.konradokonski.com/SITM/comic/sitm-314/ Eugene]], is treated as such by Lamia. Polish version, Wacek, is even more unfortunate, since it's an old-fashioned name and a euphemism for a penis.
* UnsoundEffect: [[http://www.konradokonski.com/SITM/comic/title-0010/ "Flashback"]]

* HornyDevils: Lamia.

* TheLadette: John.

* MissingTime

* SarcasmBlind: Jellybean

* SelectiveObliviousness: Rod doesn't hear anything about college, because he doesn't care.

* ChickMagnet: Jellybean. His powers are UpToEleven: whenever he appears, girls are bound to appear soon afterwards. Moreover, just his hug gives a succubus more energy than she is able to hold.

''[[http://www.konradokonski.com/SITM Stick In The Mud]]'' is an [[EmbellishedWebcomics Embellished webcomic]] by Konrad "Koko" Okoński, available in Polish (''[[http://www.konradokonski.com/KWD Kij W Dupie]]'' [[note]]"Stick Up the Arse"[[/note]]) and English. The main character, Rod, in [[ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime what seemed like a good idea at the time]], buys a bar. This gets him and his friends involved in a conflict between monsters and defenders of humanity, though he'd rather stay as far away from it as possible. You see, Rod is a bit...conservative. Stodgy. A real [[TitleDrop stick in the mud]], if you will. He doesn't deal with drastic change very well. Boy, is he in for a rough time...

* CigaretteOfAnxiety: After finding a hidden door at the end of dark corridor, Rod finally decides it's time to buy some cigs.

* CigaretteOfAnxiety: After finding hidden door at the end of dark corridor, Rod finally decides it's time to buy some cigs.

* AdorableAbomination: mr. Blueberry, [[EldritchAbomination the apocalypse causing tentacle thing]] [[GoMadFromTheRevelation that can drive you mad with one or two stories]] spends his days drinking with his friends at the pub and seems legitimately stoked at the prospect of getting a job as a bouncer there.

* {{Bowdlerise}}: The Polish title of the comic literally means "Stick Up the Ass".

** The true name of The Man In The Hat is unpronunciable by humans, but it sounds a bit like "Blueberry" ("Jagódka" in Polish version), so that's how he ends up being called.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Jellybean. [[spoiler:His real name is Eugene.]]

** Apparently you can take 23% of soul as a tax, if you have a set of special Egyptian scales.

* DrinkOrder: Some of Rod's clients tried to order some very weird-named beer[[note]]most of which are Real Life beer brands[[/note]]. Another one orders the cheapest draught there is, with juice.
-->'''Rod:''' You 're pulling my leg with at least four of those [names].
-->'''Patron:''' Three.

* OurMonstersAreDifferent: They drink beer.
** OurMonstersAreWeird: Cerberus is mosty humanoid, but still has three heads. The first one has a long snake-like neck. The second head is his torso, with eyes in the place of nipples and mouth across the abdomen. His third head is even lower.

* YouWakeUpInARoom: Rod, John and Paula, after drinking John's GargleBlaster at the beginning of the story.
** Technically, it's a dungeon.

''[[http://www.konradokonski.com/SITM Stick In The Mud]]'' is a webcomic by Konrad "Koko" Okoński, available in Polish (''[[http://www.konradokonski.com/KWD Kij W Dupie]]'' [[note]]"Stick Up the Arse"[[/note]]) and English. The main character, Rod, in [[ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime what seemed like a good idea at the time]], buys a bar. This gets him and his friends involved in a conflict between monsters and defenders of humanity, though he'd rather stay as far away from it as possible. You see, Rod is a bit...conservative. Stodgy. A real [[TitleDrop stick in the mud]], if you will. He doesn't deal with drastic change very well. Boy, is he in for a rough time...

** He does drink tequila in the recent strips. [[spoiler: He then gains animal-whisperer skills.]]

* BiTheWay: John. Her reaction to Rod breaking up with Raven is asking whether Raven is a fair game now.

--> '''Paula"''' Yes.
* {{Bowdlerise}}: The Polish title of the comic literally means "Stick in the Ass".

''[[http://www.konradokonski.com/SITM Stick In The Mud]]'' is a webcomic by Konrad "Koko" Okoński, available in Polish (''[[http://www.konradokonski.com/KWD Kij W Dupie]]'') and English. The main character, Rod, in [[ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime what seemed like a good idea at the time]], buys a bar. This gets him and his friends involved in a conflict between monsters and defenders of humanity, though he'd rather stay as far away from it as possible. You see, Rod is a bit...conservative. Stodgy. A real [[TitleDrop stick in the mud]], if you will. He doesn't deal with drastic change very well. Boy, is he in for a rough time...

* YouWakeUpInARoom: Rod, John and Paula, after drinking John's GargleBlaster at the beginning of the story.

* DrinkOrder: Some of Rod's clients tried to order some very weird-named beer[[note:most of which are Real Life beer brands]]. Other order the cheapest draught there is, with juice.