History Webcomic / TheBrickTestament

* BuiltWithLego: Everything except the backgrounds. The lack of Lego sets based on Bible stories has meant that the author has been forced to improvise, such as with custom-made versions of animals which don't (or perhaps didn't) exist in Lego form ([[http://bricktestament.com/the_teachings_of_jesus/on_wealth/lk18_25a.html example]]). Jesus also happens to be [[Characters/StarWarsQuiGonJinn Qui-Gon Jinn's]] [[PropRecycling original variant]] with a different hairpiece.

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: Surprisingly averted despite being both unaffiliated with the LEGO company and for-profit (the site runs ads and there is also an accompanying book series).

%%* BuiltWithLego

* DisneyOwnsThisTrope: Averted. Has gone unchallenged despite being both unaffiliated with the LEGO company and for-profit (the site runs ads and there is also an accompanying book series). The lack of Lego sets based on Bible stories has also meant that the author has been forced to improvise, such as with custom-made versions of animals which don't (or perhaps didn't) exist in Lego form ([[http://bricktestament.com/the_teachings_of_jesus/on_wealth/lk18_25a.html example]]). Jesus also happens to be [[https://brickipedia.fandom.com/wiki/Qui-Gon_Jinn Qui-Gon Jinn's original variant]] with a different hairpiece.

* BarbieDollAnatomy: Well, these are LEGO figures, after all.
* Literature/TheBible
* BibleTimes
* BuiltWithLego

* OverlyLongGag: Adding all the "great-great-great-great-great (and so on) grandson" titles in front of names.

* ShownTheirWork: Every comic includes a modern English translation of the original Bible passage.
* StealthParody
* VisualPun: Very much used.

* DisneyOwnsThisTrope: Averted. Has gone unchalleged despite being both unaffiliated with the LEGO company and for-profit (the site runs ads and there is also an accompanying book series). The lack of Lego sets based on Bible stories has also meant that the author has been forced to improvise, such as with custom-made versions of animals which don't (or perhaps didn't) exist in Lego form ([[http://bricktestament.com/the_teachings_of_jesus/on_wealth/lk18_25a.html example]]). Jesus also happens to be [[https://brickipedia.fandom.com/wiki/Qui-Gon_Jinn Qui-Gon Jinn's original variant]] with a different hairpiece.

* AngryEyebrows: [[{{God}} Yahweh]] has them.

''[[http://www.thebricktestament.com/home.html The Brick Testament]]'' is a project consisting of sections of ''Literature/TheBible'' illustrated with photos of Franchise/{{Lego}} figures reenacting them.

''[[http://www.thebricktestament.com/ The Brick Testament]]'' is a project consisting of sections of ''Literature/TheBible'' illustrated with photos of Franchise/{{Lego}} figures reenacting them.

Oh, and have we mentioned that the author is an atheist who likes to ''[[AuthorTract mock the very subject she is illustrating whenever she has the chance]]''? She occasionally inserts her own humorous comments, such as ones that [[http://www.thebricktestament.com/genesis/the_flood/gn07_01-02.jpg highlight]] [[http://bricktestament.com/exodus/the_tenth_plague/ex11_05c.html obvious]] [[http://bricktestament.com/acts_of_the_apostles/the_other_fate_of_judas/ac01_19.html inconsistencies]] in the source material. But her main method of mocking the Bible is simply by remaining as true to the text as possible, not pulling any punches in portraying the sex and violence. The gruesomeness of the subject matter obviously contrasts with the medium used to depict it, a cute and colorful children's toy. It also makes The Brick Testament highly unique among illustrated Bibles, most of which are so highly sanitized they are practically parodies themselves.

* DisneyOwnsThisTrope: Averted. Has gone unchalleged despite being both unaffiliated with the LEGO company and for-profit (the site runs ads and there is also an accompanying book series). The lack of Lego sets based on Bible stories has also meant that the author has been forced to improvise, such as with custom-made versions of animals which do (or perhaps did) not exist in Lego form ([[http://bricktestament.com/the_teachings_of_jesus/on_wealth/lk18_25a.html example]]). Jesus also happens to be [[https://brickipedia.fandom.com/wiki/Qui-Gon_Jinn Qui-Gon Jinn's original variant]] with a different hairpiece.

Oh, and have we mentioned that the author is an atheist who likes to ''[[AuthorTract mock the very subject she is illustrating whenever she has the chance]]''? While she occasionally inserts her own humorous comments, such as ones that [[http://www.thebricktestament.com/genesis/the_flood/gn07_01-02.jpg highlight]] [[http://bricktestament.com/exodus/the_tenth_plague/ex11_05c.html obvious]] [[http://bricktestament.com/acts_of_the_apostles/the_other_fate_of_judas/ac01_19.html inconsistencies]], her main method of mocking the Bible is simply by remaining as true to the text as possible, not pulling any punches on portraying the sex and violence, in a way that contrasts with the medium of a cute colorful children's toy, and with most illustrated Bibles that are highly sanitized to the point of being parodies themselves.

* AMillionIsAStatistic: Averted. During the story of Noah's Ark, he goes out of her way to remind us that yes, Noah's family and some animals lived on the boat, but everyone else on the ''planet'' dies. Every man, woman, and child drowns around them. When the rainbow of peace shines over a field of skeletons, it's almost comical.

Oh, and have we mentioned that the author is an atheist who likes to ''[[AuthorTract mock the very subject he is illustrating whenever he has the chance]]''?

* AMillionIsAStatistic: Averted. During the story of Noah's Ark, he goes out of his way to remind us that yes, Noah's family and some animals lived on the boat, but everyone else on the ''planet'' dies. Every man, woman, and child drowns around them. When the rainbow of peace shines over a field of skeletons, it's almost comical.

''[[http://www.thebricktestament.com/ The Brick Testament]]'' is a project consisting of sections of ''Literature/TheBible'' illustrated with photos of {{Lego}} figures reenacting them.

* CallingTheOldManOut: Revelation has a man calling God an egotistical megalomaniac for bringing said revelation.

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Almost literally. In [[http://www.bricktestament.com/judges/samson_slaughters_1000/jg15_14.html this page,]] the insults that the crowd throw at Samson are "Murderer!", "Arsonist!", and "That riddle sucked!"

* CallingTheOldManOut: Revelation has a man pretty much calling God an egotistical megalomaniac for bringing said revelation.
* GodIsEvil: Pretty much the take on things. The stories tend to avoid allowing the people killed by Yahweh or the Jews to just be a passage in passing, with some verses broken up into several individual comics to emphasize the killings.

** One comic jokes that the reason the Jews decided to start worshipping Baal is because they really liked the idea of a god who wasn't constantly killing them.

* LightIsNotGood: The angels have maniac evil faces (most notable in the Revelation section) in spite of their white clothes and butterfly wings, which makes [[GodIsEvil Yahweh's evilness]] more obvious.

* MSTing: Some characters add in snarky comments during some scenes.

* GodIsEvil: Among other things, the section of Revelation in which murderers are cast into the lake of fire includes, among the people suffering there, the prophet [[http://www.thebricktestament.com/revelation/billions_to_be_ceaselessly_tortured_for_eternity/rv21_08f.html Moses]].

!! This webcomic provides examples of:[[hottip:* :in addition to tropes found in Literature/TheBible itself, of course]]

* AnachronismStew: PlayedForLaughs - [[http://www.thebricktestament.com/genesis/the_descendants_of_seth_and_cain/17_gn04_22.html Tubal]] is shown making all types of bronze and iron tools - including sextants, jackhammers, power drills, and circular saws.

''[[http://www.thebricktestament.com/ The Brick Testament]]'' is a project consisting of sections of ''TheBible'' illustrated with photos of {{Lego}} figures reenacting them.

!! This webcomic provides examples of:[[hottip:* :in addition to tropes found in TheBible itself, of course]]

* TheBible

* NightmareFuelColoringBook: The choice of medium makes the blood'n'gore (represented by heaps of translucent red tiles) and mass destruction that much more disturbing.