History YMMV / EightBitTheater

* ShipSinking: The aforementioned Black Mage MoralEventHorizon killed much of the fandom's interest in Black Mage/White Mage which Brian said was inexplicable to him anyway.

** Black Mage is a selfish and violent monster, who is to never being able to succeed at anything.
** [[spoiler:Sarda]] is a manipulative and remorseless piece of work, but his backstory makes him sympathetic. Tis is subverted somewhat in that [[spoiler:he technically brought it upon himself]].

** It is acknowledged that Black Mage has crossed the point of unredeemable evil. The discussion is when he crossed it.

--->'''[[spoiler:Black Belt]]:''' Life is funny. You start out with limitless potential, but time is always shaving away the possibilities. Every choice you make is the choice not to do a thousand other things. What’s important when all is said and done is that you made a difference. Your choices and everything undone, have to mean something. Otherwise, what was the point? I’m lucky that way. My path was already there. I had only to walk it. I often thought even if '''no one''' knew of the good I had done with my life, it didn’t matter. That it was done is all that counts in the end. But Then I died.\\

** The vampire from the game is replaced with an EmoTeen who says no one understands him. This was years before the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' craze, although caricatures of Creator/AnneRice's work did often make them look like this. In fact, Vilbert is a stereotype of ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'' LARP enthusiasts.

* ItWasHisSled: The fact that [[spoiler:Chaos is defeated off screen by four white mages, a strategy dismissed in the seventh episode]] is one of the most well known aspects of the strip.

* UnfortunateImplications: [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2005/06/30/episode-570-incredibly-inappropriate/ Done intentionally.]] When Fighter dubs Red Mage "Red Slave", Black Mage wonders what that would make him.
--->'''Black Mage''': So wait, does that make me Black Sla-
--->GOOD NIGHT, EVERYBODY!

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: The original game's version of Black Belt was despised by players as a useless class. Here he is so beloved that [[spoiler:many fans refused to accept his death.]]

* CrazyIsCool: A majority of the cast qualify, from Black Mage's audacity to Red Mage's stunningly stupid plans that somehow, sometimes, work perfectly. However, special mention goes to [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/01/27/episode-1087-exalted-feat/ Ranger]], a supporting cast member, who dualwields long-bows.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bclev/8-bit-theater-20th-anniversary-book-wait-20-years-son-of-a/posts/3198688 Once Brian started revisiting the comic]] for the 20th anniversary complete script, he was impressed at how it wound up "predicting the downfall of democracy" with things like the Dark Warriors successfully creating a slander campaign based on false information that made the people of Corneria turn against the Light Warriors.
* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: Has its [[Funny/EightBitTheater own page]].

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: Has its [[Heartwarming/EightBitTheater own page]].

* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: See the [[Awesome/EightBitTheater MOA page]].

* TheWoobie: White Mage, a NiceGirl living in a CrapsackWorld where NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished. To make matters worse, the most evil person in said world has a crush on her. Though at least she gets the last laugh in [[spoiler:saving the world, if only for the sake of an AntiClimax BrickJoke.]]

* WeirdAlEffect:
** Some of the things that people believe to be true about ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI'' is stuff that was invented by Clevinger rather than things that were inherent in the original game, such as Fighters being dim, Black Mages being sarcastic, etc.
** The idea that White Mages are women was present long before this comic, but it was cemented here.
* TheWoobie: White Mage, a NiceGirl living in a CrapsackWorld where NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished. To make matters worse, the most evil person in said world has a crush on her. Though at least she gets the last laugh in [[spoiler:saving the world, if only for the sake of an AntiClimax BrickJoke.]]

* EnsembleDarkhorse: King Steve, despite being present only in the first arc, is one of the most popular characters in the strip.