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* ArmourPiercingQuestion: Mark is able to get through to a monster Murdock by asking him if he plans do destroy everyone who enjoys something a lot.
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* ArmourPiercingQuestion: Mark is able to get through to a monster Murdock by asking him if how he plans do to destroy everyone who enjoys something all geeks when there are geek subcultures for almost everything.
[[spoiler:-->'''Mark:'''You name the show, it has alot.geek subculture. Not only that, There are sports geeks, Car geeks, Literature geeks, Music geeks! Are you gonna get rid of all of those things?'''!\\]]
[[spoiler:-->'''Mark:'''You name the show, it has a
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* ArmourPiercingQuestion: Mark is able to get through to a monster Murdock by asking him if he plans do destroy everyone who enjoys something a lot.
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* NotSoDifferent: One of the hunters gets chewed out for seeing a comic book movie, and later is distracted from the job when he see's Ron Pearlman.
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Probably not \"latest\" any more, and definitely not for long anyhow.
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* GenreSavvy: Joel has been showing this in the latest arc
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* GenreSavvy: Joel has been showing this in the latest arcthis.
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* [[CampGay Camp]] [[PerkyGoth Goth]]: Victor, who plays up the camp to mess with people, mixed with his generally more upbeat nature. He runs the local goth club so he's free of mockery and the local "more goth than thou" hierarchy.
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* StraightGay: Lance has come out of the closet only recently. Mark, who has known... rather few gay men, was fairly surprised since Lance wasn't even slightly camp and was even apparently checking out the cosplaying elf girls at a {{LARP}} with him just a year or so (in comic time) beforehand.
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* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: The comic is apparently set in a small Canadian city. Anything more specific than that (such as province or even the city's name) is up in the air, though given the creators' personal histories (as noted on the site) it might be in either Saskatchewan or Alberta.
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* CordonBleughChef: Dustin's opinion of the Chow Mien Diner near the gaming shop. One of their specialties is a wasabi squid burger. [[SupremeChef Abbie loves it.]]
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* NoJustNoReaction: [[http://www.weregeek.com/2009/01/07/ Mark reassures Dustin]] that (accidentally) blowing off the woman flirting with him and trying to get into his Star Wars game was a good thing.
---> '''Mark''': What did she want to play?
---> '''Dustin''': Err... a Gungan Sith Lord.
---> '''Mark''': [[VisibleSilence ...]] Are you ''sure'' you're interested in this girl?
---> '''Mark''': What did she want to play?
---> '''Dustin''': Err... a Gungan Sith Lord.
---> '''Mark''': [[VisibleSilence ...]] Are you ''sure'' you're interested in this girl?
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* AmicableExes: There are some suggestive hints that [[spoiler:Sarah and Joel]] may have once dated.
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* StopHelpingMe: Abbie's PC Twitch (we mentioned ComedicSociopathy already, right?):
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* StopHelpingMe: [[InvokedTrope Abbie's PC Twitch Twitch]] (we mentioned ComedicSociopathy already, right?):
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** More recently, Jess finds [[spoiler:in-character messages written between Mark and Sarah's Vampire characters, which make it look like he's been cheating on Jess and that Sarah has only been feigning friendship with Jess to help allay suspicion. It's hard to blame Jess for dumping Mark, even knowing he wasn't "really" cheating... because the nature of Mark and Sarah's in-character relationship was getting a little too intimate as it was, given it was a [=LARP=].]]
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* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: A rare full-game example, where [[http://www.weregeek.com/2010/03/24/ Abbie and Sarah loved]] the SceneryPorn of ''AssassinsCreed2'', but completely wrote off the plotline.
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* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: A rare full-game example, where [[http://www.weregeek.com/2010/03/24/ Abbie and Sarah loved]] the SceneryPorn of ''AssassinsCreed2'', ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'', but completely wrote off the plotline.
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* A-CupAngst: Inverted with Abbey who likes the fact she doesn't need to buy pricy custom bra's or suffer back pain.
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* A-CupAngst: ACupAngst: Inverted with Abbey who likes the fact she doesn't need to buy pricy custom bra's or suffer back pain.
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* A-CupAngst: Inverted with Abbey who likes the fact she doesn't need to buy pricy custom bra's or suffer back pain.
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* TheMasquerade: Geeks hide themselves within the society, acting as if they were ordinary students and office workers, to avoid the Hunters' attention.
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* TheMasquerade: Geeks hide themselves within the society, acting as if they were ordinary students and office workers, to avoid the Hunters' attention.attention....Mainly because they 'are' ordinary students and office workers with interests outside of geekdom, and only Mark seems to try and hide that he's a geek.
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* YeOldeButcheredEnglish: Abbie's [[http://www.weregeek.com/2013/08/29/ attempt at this speech]] is absolutely horrible.
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-->"Cubs, this is my pack... [[ThemeNaming Slays-The-Night, Crushes-The-Worm, and Verbs-The-Noun.]]"
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-->"Cubs, this is my pack... [[ThemeNaming Slays-The-Night, Crushes-The-Worm, Crushes-The-Worm]], and [[TheRuntAtTheEnd Verbs-The-Noun.]]"
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-->"Cubs, this is my pack... [[ThemeNaming Slays-The-Night, Crushes-The-Worm, and Verbs-The-Noun."
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-->"Cubs, this is my pack... [[ThemeNaming Slays-The-Night, Crushes-The-Worm, and Verbs-The-Noun."]]"
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* LivingaDoubleLife: Mark doesn't want his 'normal' friends to find out he's secretly a geek. [[spoiler:It has consequences when his girlfriend stumbles over some messages between Mark and Sarah's Vampire characters.]]
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* LivingaDoubleLife: LivingADoubleLife: Mark doesn't want his 'normal' friends to find out he's secretly a geek. [[spoiler:It has consequences when his girlfriend stumbles over some messages between Mark and Sarah's Vampire characters.]]]]
* LukeNounVerber: Lampshaded during [[http://www.weregeek.com/2012/12/03/ a werewolf LARP]].
-->"Cubs, this is my pack... [[ThemeNaming Slays-The-Night, Crushes-The-Worm, and Verbs-The-Noun."
* LukeNounVerber: Lampshaded during [[http://www.weregeek.com/2012/12/03/ a werewolf LARP]].
-->"Cubs, this is my pack... [[ThemeNaming Slays-The-Night, Crushes-The-Worm, and Verbs-The-Noun."
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* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Not exactly a punishment, but the game-shop owner [[http://www.weregeek.com/2011/08/11/ won't allow a customer to buy a book]] unless they can pronounce the name of the main character, Drizzt.
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* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Not exactly a punishment, but the game-shop owner [[http://www.weregeek.com/2011/08/11/ won't allow a customer to buy a book]] unless they can pronounce the name of the main character, Drizzt.Drizzt Do'urden.
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* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Not exactly a punishment, but the game-shop owner [[http://www.weregeek.com/2011/08/11/ won't allow a customer to buy a book]] unless they can pronounce the name of the main character, Drizzt.
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* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder: Shown [[http://www.weregeek.com/2010/07/21/ during a game of]] ''ShadowRun''.
-->'''Guard''': What, do you think a MegaCorp is ''made'' out of money?? Wait... don't answer that.
-->'''Guard''': What, do you think a MegaCorp is ''made'' out of money?? Wait... don't answer that.
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* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: A rare full-game example, where [[http://www.weregeek.com/2010/03/24/ Abbie and Sarah loved]] the SceneryPorn of ''AssassinsCreed2'', but completely wrote off the plotline.
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* {{LARP}}: one of the games the geeks play is a live vampire LARP
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* {{LARP}}: one One of the games the geeks play is a live monthly vampire LARP
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* LivingaDoubleLife: Mark doesn't want his 'normal' friends to find out he's secretly a geek.
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* LivingaDoubleLife: Mark doesn't want his 'normal' friends to find out he's secretly a geek. [[spoiler:It has consequences when his girlfriend stumbles over some messages between Mark and Sarah's Vampire characters.]]
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** Under 3.5 and 4, a Half-Orc (+2 Strength mod) with 20 STR is perfectly realistic under the point-buy system. Munchkinny, sure, but legitimate.
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** Under 3.5 and 4, a Half-Orc (+2 Strength mod) with 20 STR is perfectly realistic under the point-buy system.system, especially after a few level-based stat increases (and if Sarah's mage's abilities are anything to go by, the party has enough levels to burn a few of those). Munchkinny, sure, but legitimate.
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* LittleBrotherIsWatchingLittleBrotherIsWatching: [[http://www.weregeek.com/2012/10/01/ Brian and Alice and their kid]] will ''[[AvertedTrope not]]'' spoil a good game:
-->-- Does this mean we'll have to watch our language and all that stuff?
-->-- Um. You've ''met'' Alice, right?
-->-- Does this mean we'll have to watch our language and all that stuff?
-->-- Um. You've ''met'' Alice, right?
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* WebcomicTime: Started in late 2006, with seasons changing and events like the Christmas holidays noted, and up-to-date references on various games and movies. However, Abbie and Sarah have been in college the whole time with no indication they might have moved on to graduate studies, many couples dating as long as Mark and Jess would have at least discussed marriage by now (and Mark's geeky double life is still treated as a recent occurrence), and even [[spoiler:Dustin has been sort-of-kind-of dating Ravenia since early 2011]]. And that's saying nothing about the games they play, with a few months' worth of biweekly gameplay stretched out over half a decade or so.
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* LamePunReaction: When the group makes a series of D&D-based food puns, one of them responds with [[http://www.weregeek.com/2013/02/21/ "kill me"]].
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** Joel [[http://www.weregeek.com/2013/01/22/ does not like]] superhero movie reboots. His rage is particularly focused on ''Film/ManOfSteel'' and ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan''.
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** Joel [[http://www.weregeek.com/2013/01/22/ does not not]] [[http://www.weregeek.com/2013/01/23/ like]] superhero movie reboots. His rage is particularly focused on ''Film/ManOfSteel'' and ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan''.
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** Joel [[http://www.weregeek.com/2013/01/22/ does not like]] superhero movie reboots. His rage is particularly focused on ''Film/ManOfSteel'' and ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan''.
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* BerserkButton: Don't call CyberPunk stupid [[http://www.weregeek.com/2010/07/28/ in front of Abbie]].
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* BerserkButton: A lot of the main characters have one.
** Don't call CyberPunk stupid [[http://www.weregeek.com/2010/07/28/ in front of Abbie]].
** Don't call CyberPunk stupid [[http://www.weregeek.com/2010/07/28/ in front of Abbie]].
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** "Katie has [[http://www.weregeek.com/2012/01/24/ strong opinions]] about tattoos."
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* WeaksauceWeakness: Silver is to werewolves what tax forms, red tape, insurance ads and C-Span is to geeks.
** Granted, C-Span is apparently boring enough to knock out a squad of hunters as well.
** Granted, C-Span is apparently boring enough to knock out a squad of hunters as well.
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* WeaksauceWeakness: Silver is to werewolves what tax forms, red tape, insurance ads and C-Span is to geeks.
**geeks. Granted, C-Span is apparently boring enough to knock out a squad of hunters as well.
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