History Webcomic / TheChosenFour

* {{Bishonen}}: [[spoiler: [[VideoGame/EarthBoundBeginnings Ninten]]. No, seriously.]]

* GagBoobs: The zombie lady in Threed.

* {{Bishonen}}: [[spoiler: [[VideoGame/MOTHER1 Ninten]]. No, seriously.]]

* {{Expy}}: [[spoiler:The comic {{justifie|dTrope}}s the similarities between ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound|1994}}''[='s=] Ness, Paula, and Jeff and VideoGame/{{MOTHER|1}}'s Ninten, Ana, and Loid by having Giygas' mind so twisted and distorted, he mistakes the former three for the latter and takes his hatred of Ninten out on Ness.]]

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Darrow plays with the various examples of this trope from the games in his comics. For example when jokes are made in the comic related to Jeff's ''VideoGame/{{MOTHER|1}}'' [[{{Expy}} counterpart]] are made, the name is spelled Lloyd. But when Jeff and Ness encounter an illusion of [[spoiler:Teddy]] in Moonside, he spells the name Loid. Also, the name Giegue (the spelling from Earthbound Zero) is used to describe the physically and mentally intact version of the antagonist, while Giygas (the spelling from ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound|1994}}'') is used to describe him after [[spoiler:his body and mind broke apart]].

* WebcomicOfTheGame: For ]]VideoGame/{{EarthBound|1994}}''/''MOTHER 2''.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [[spoiler:The Starman DX's psychic shield easily deflects all of Paula's PK Fire and Freeze attacks as it does in the game, but its metallic body is still susceptible to real life physics, as Jeff notes the adverse effects of extreme temperature changes on its defense and manages to exploit it.]]

* TrainingFromHell: Mu training, full stop.

* {{Unwinnable}}: Threatened (to the point of nearly restarting the comic), but miraculously averted...in just the way it happens in-game. How Paula managed is an open question.

* ClingyJealousGirl: Paula to Ness. Especially when they meet Venus.

* BerserkButton: Don't take Ness's hat. Or hurt Paula.
** [[http://files.fobby.net/0000/805d/Earthbound546.jpg Poo doesn't take too kindly to certain people having the audacity to annoy Ness to no end.]]

* ArmorPiercingSlap: Paula's pulled off a couple of these.

''The Chosen Four'' is a fancomic based on the Nintendo video game ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound}}''. It is posted at [[http://www.starmen.net Starmen.net]] by Darrow and is currently over 900 pages. The comic can be found and read [[http://starmen.net/comics/series/chosenfour here]] or on Darrow's Website/DeviantArt page [[http://milliondollarham.deviantart.com/ here]]. Also, the [[http://forum.starmen.net/forum/Fan/Forum/48624/page/1/ forum thread]] where the comic is originally posted by the author is quite entertaining in its own right.

* EverythingTryingToKillYou: A non-video game ([[WebcomicOfTheGame sorta]]) example, but it's still ''VideoGame/{{Earthbound}}''. Everything from the crows to the road signs might be an enemy. In fact, several enemies and bosses are harmless at first, with the Happy-Happy cult members helping Ness up after he lands in the village from a Territorial Oak explosion, or the Trillonage Sprout mistaking Ness for Billy. Unfortunately, as soon as Ness tells them who he is, they immediately turn hostile.
* {{Expy}}: [[spoiler:The comic {{justifie|dTrope}}s the similarities between VideoGame/{{EarthBound}}'s Ness, Paula, and Jeff and VideoGame/{{MOTHER|1}}'s Ninten, Ana, and Loid by having Giygas' mind so twisted and distorted, he mistakes the former three for the latter and takes his hatred of Ninten out on Ness.]]

* RelaxoVision: Used when Paula and the bears are beating up Mondo Mole. Inverted during a segment in Scaraba parodying the infamously crude marketing campaign for VideoGame/{{EarthBound}} in the U.S.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Darrow plays with the various examples of this trope from the games in his comics. For example when jokes are made in the comic related to Jeff's ''VideoGame/{{MOTHER|1}}'' [[{{Expy}} counterpart]] are made, the name is spelled Lloyd. But when Jeff and Ness encounter an illusion of [[spoiler:Teddy]] in Moonside, he spells the name Loid. Also, the name Giegue (the spelling from Earthbound Zero) is used to describe the physically and mentally intact version of the antagonist, while Giygas (the spelling from ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound}}'') is used to describe him after [[spoiler:his body and mind broke apart]].

* TakeThat: To ''VideoGame/{{Superman 64}}'', see FauxHorrific above. Also handed out to one of the preset names for PK Rockin' (See MythologyGag above) and VideoGame/{{EarthBound}}'s infamous marketing campaign.

* WebcomicOfTheGame: For VideoGame/{{EarthBound}}/MOTHER 2.

* OnlySaneMan: Poo.

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: {{Lampshaded}} in the description of page 136:
--> "How's Jeff going to maintain reader interest as a solo character?! Easy! Pick up a monkey that loves gum. Studies show that monkeys increase the chances of hilarity by 100%."

* NotSoDifferent: Poo comes to the realization that both he and the Guardian General are focused on protecting their masters to the exclusion of everything else, including self-preservation. It's that realization that opens the way for his later CharacterDevelopment.

* TheCameo: [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link seems to think of Ganondorf when he hears the word "pig"]] [[http://files.fobby.net/0000/8426/Earthbound600.jpg]]

* CerebusRollercoaster: Zany and wild at first, though more plot driven as it went on. The came the Moonside arc, which wasn't PlayedForLaughs at all, with a nightmarish preview of the FinalBoss. It went back to comedy afterward, but didn't quite recover all of the old wackiness. It currently oscillates between funny (vs Thunder and Storm, Magic Cake, Scaraba Desert) and seriousness (vs the Plague Rat of Doom 1/2, vs the Guardian General, Stonehenge), then dips back into NightmareFuel (Poo's Mu meditation, vs the Kraken, vs Starman Deluxe).

* CerebusRollercoaster: Zany and wild at first, though more plot driven as it went on. The came the Moonside arc, which wasn't PlayedForLaughs at all, with a nightmarish preview of the FinalBoss. It went back to comedy afterward, but didn't quite recover all of the old wackiness. It currently oscillates between funny (vs Thunder and Storm, Magic Cake, Scaraba Desert) and seriousness (vs the Plague Rat of Doom 1/2, vs the Guardian General, Stonehenge), then dips back into NightmareFuel (Poo's Mu meditation, vs the Kraken).

''The Chosen Four'' is a fancomic based on the Nintendo video game ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound}}''. It is posted at [[http://www.starmen.net Starmen.net]] by Darrow and is currently over 800 pages. The comic can be found and read [[http://starmen.net/comics/series/chosenfour here]] or on Darrow's Website/DeviantArt page [[http://milliondollarham.deviantart.com/ here]]. Also, the [[http://forum.starmen.net/forum/Fan/Forum/48624/page/1/ forum thread]] where the comic is originally posted by the author is quite entertaining in its own right.

* AntiVillain: Shrooom!, an {{adorkable}} ShrinkingViolet. He even pulls a HeelFaceTurn when he's defeated, and is left alive as a result.

* MonsterSobStory: Starman Jr. gives one upon his defeat. PlayedForLaughs.

* OnlySaneMan: Poo

* RelaxoVision: Used when Paula and the bears are beating up Mondo Mole. Inverted during a segment in Scaraba parodying the infamously crude marketing campaign for EarthBound in the U.S.

* TakeThat: To ''VideoGame/{{Superman 64}}'', see FauxHorrific above. Also handed out to one of the preset names for PK Rockin' (See MythologyGag above) and EarthBound's infamous marketing campaign.

* ThatsNoMoon: A variant. During the journey to Scaraba, a deafening rumble sounds when they are passing by an island and one of them wonders if it is the nearby volcano. Then the Kraken emerges out of the sea and the captain stares at it with an OhCrap expression and mutters "By the Goddess, that's no volcano".

* VileVillainSaccharineShow: Giygas. He's ''introduced'' telling Master Belch to outright kill Ness and friends, while his face is clearly cracking apart, and he only gets much [[SanitySlippage much]], ''[[EldritchAbomination much]]'' worse from there.
* WebcomicOfTheGame: For EarthBound/MOTHER 2.

* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler:Once the whole team is brought back]], the battle with the Plague Rat becomes this.

* Down the Drain: As in the game, the group has to go through a sewer level to get to the fifth Sanctuary. Ness is not amused.

* AdaptationExpansion

** Ness invoked this trope to achieve the PK Rocking attack.
* IgnoredEnemy: The worthless protoplasm was too worthless for Jeff to even notice.

* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Clumsy robot. ''So'' much. His arms can't hold the weight of his [[IncrediblyLamePun armaments]] and are constantly snapping off of him. His idea of repair is to repeatedly adhere them back onto his body with the aid of Mr. Saturn band aids. They are a temporary solution at best.

** [[spoiler:Giegue issues one to Ness and Jeff after they break the Mani Mani Statue keeping him from regressing into Giygas. [[BodyHorror You can guess]] [[EldritchAbomination what comes next.]] ]]

* QuirkyMinibossSquad: Carpenter's [=BlueBlue=] Rangers, who are really regular Happy-Happy cultists with gimmicks.

* RelaxoVision: Used when Paula and the bears are beating up Mondo Mole.

* TakeThat: To ''VideoGame/{{Superman 64}}'', see FauxHorrific above.

* WebcomicOfTheGame