Line #112 FunnyBackgroundEvent/Webcomics


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7	Examples of FunnyBackgroundEvent in webcomics.
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9	* ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'' does this occasionally with Black Mage asking White Mage out and getting beaten up.
10	** Conversely, [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2004/12/14/episode-491-up-up-and-away/ this]] strip had Black Mage asking her out with her trying to think of a proper response to get him to really stop asking her, while Fighter, Red Mage, and Thief float off into the sky seemingly because Fighter "slayed gravity".
11	** Also [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2002/01/15/episode-108-garland-just-dont-get-it/ this]] strip.
12	** And [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2010/03/20/episode-1224-a-legend-is-born/ down the bottom of this one]], capping off the RunningGag about drilling for mana. Warning: spoilers.
13	* The various wall posters on ''Webcomic/{{Academia}}''. One of them is of UsefulNotes/CharlesDarwin with the label "[[Music/PublicEnemy Chuck D]]", and another is of the extinct crocodilian Sarcosuchus, labelled "Snarkosuchus".
14	* The ''Webcomic/BatmanWayneFamilyAdventures'' episode with Zatanna Zatara has the character and Nightwing fighting Copperhead (who's gotten hold of a magic wand). The villain turns Nightwing into a bunny. [[FantasticallyIndifferent Nightwing rolls with it]] and keeps fighting. The rest of the comic shows Bunny Nightwing kicking Copperhead's scaly butt. And it is just as funny as it sounds.
15	* Numerous examples in ''Webcomic/BiteMe'', such as there being hilarious meanings to french written on signs in the background, or tiny snippets of background conversations, once even between rats discussing political philosophy.
16	* Near the end of ''[[Webcomic/FifteenMinds Blue Moon Blossom]]'', amidst the comic's DarkestHour, there is a villager in the shaded foreground that got turned to stone while in the midst of [[InappropriateHunger stuffing their face with apples]].
17	* ''ComicBook/BuckGodotZapGunForHire'' features this trope, as can be seen in [[http://www.airshipentertainment.com/buckcomic.php?date=20070405 this]] comic.
18	* {{Inverted\|Trope}} in ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994'' fan comic ''Webcomic/TheChosenFour'', thus making it a "Funny ''Foreground'' Event." While the main plot takes the back seat, two Exit Mice can be seen chatting. Meanwhile, Ness, Paula, and Jeff can be seen running around in the background in a comedic chase with the rabidly decreasing Guardian Diggers, which is then joined in by Gigantic Ants attempting to [[YouKilledMyFather avenge their brother Titanic Ant]], and then all of the sudden a horde of Mad Ducks and Noose Men.
19	* [[http://www.crfh.net/d/20021122.html These]] [[http://www.crfh.net/d/20021212.html two]] ''Webcomic/CollegeRoomiesFromHell'' strips. The first one becomes even funnier when you realize the relationship between her and April and how she would be feeling about her right now.
20	* In [[http://missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1623.php this strip]] of ''Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'' we have the [[DeathbringerTheAdorable bubblegum creature Deebs]] playing with and ultimately eating a cell phone as Chicki and Lorenda talk more serious things.
21	* ''Webcomic/DaughterOfTheLilies'': The evening after defeating the drath, the group sits and waits while Thistle recovers after fainting briefly. While they talk, Lyra pulls out a compact and starts powdering her nose.
22	* The ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' web comic ''[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Webcomic/Discovery Discovery]]'' had a very interesting background event that involved [[http://neoyi.deviantart.com/gallery/26556780?offset=312#/d34pix7 Wheeljack exploding something.]]
23	* ''Webcomic/EerieCuties'' shows what happens when the resident tomboy gets a good look at [[http://www.eeriecuties.com/strips-ec/smash_it! the local succubus.]]
24	* ''Webcomic/ExistentialComics'': [[http://existentialcomics.com/comic/162 While Kant is trying to chat up Elizabeth of Bohemia]], we see in order 1) [[RomanticWingman Camus and Hume]] giving him the thumbs-up behind her back when he's pretending to be interested in what she's saying, 2) Mary Wollstonecraft [[FoodSlap throwing a drink in Hume's face]], and finally, 3) Wollstonecraft and Simone de Beauvoir giving Elizabeth the thumbs-up behind Kant's back when ''she's'' pretending to be interested in what ''he's'' saying.
25	* In ''Webcomic/FreakingRomance,'' if Zylith's cat Mr. Purrfect is in the background of any scene, he'll be doing something humorously cat-like.
26	* Done subtly in ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}''. During the visit to Ecosystems Unlimited arc, careful observation will show that every time Sam encounters someone with a differently colored security pass, he will steal it and replace theirs with whatever one he has at the time.
27	** Done less subtly earlier; when Sam tries out a new piloting move, [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff300/fv00295.htm Helix's eyes flash "TILT"]].
28	** While helping [[MadScientist Dvorak]] reactivate Clippy, he starts talking about how humans should [[DissonantSerenity communicate to robots clearly and unemotionally during crises]] instead of yelling and panicking. [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2900/fc02860.htm In the final panel]], Florence is clearly towing Mr Ishiguro after her, since he's [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere obviously having second thoughts]].
29	* In the ''Webcomic/GeneralProtectionFault'' crossover with ''Webcomic/UserFriendly'', Fooker fights with the person who gave him the software that got him in trouble while Nick talks with his co-worker in the foreground.
30	* A rather common occurrence in ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', especially when Agatha's little clanks are around.
31	** Text in the background. Signs, book covers and [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20101124 tools]]. There were some good ones in the Castle Wulfenbach, but Castle Heterodyne is ''filled'' with them. Such as the [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100910 "Illiteracy Reducing Bubblegum"]], the [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100908 staircase with reminders on it]], and [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100324 triggers]]. The [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090126 Great Hospital]] isn't lacking, either.
32	*** [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110103 One book cover]] in particular stands out: [[ImprovisedWeapon "Using Found Objects as Weapons"]].
33	** Mimmoths. Little pests pop up [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110921 everywhere]] as long as something nastier isn't.
34	** In fact this is part of Creator/PhilFoglio's style, and can be seen in his other works too, like ''ComicBook/BuckGodotZapGunForHire'', ''ComicStrip/WhatsNewWithPhilAndDixie'' or ''[=XXXenophile=]''.
35	** In a side story, check out Krosp on the bottom left of [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20060517 this page]].
36	** A number of seemingly unimportant details had to be elaborated on in the novels. Some of those [[ChekhovsGun might be revisited]]:
37	*** [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20041101 Furniture being upside-down]] during Zeetha's trip from Skifander. She wrote it off as hallucinations.
38	*** [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20041105 Krosp chasing mimmoths.]] This left their trainer with nothing to do.
39	*** [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050829 Bats clinging to Aedith.]] The novel explains the box to be a "Bat Summoning Engine" Agatha had just absent-mindedly fixed.
40	** [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050223 Various odd birds and flying critters.]]
41	** Oggie and his great-great grandson [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20060927 argue about great-great-great grandchildren]] while everybody else is getting on with the job.
42	** Agatha's weasel and Jenka's bear [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20151216 getting acquainted]] behind the main conversation.
43	%%* ''The Girl Next Door'', [[http://www.drunkduck.com/The_Girl_Next_Door/index.php?p=306608 this strip]].
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45	* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'':
46	** The non-canon "Oblivious Wand Waving" storyline has this in spades starting with [[http://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/?date=2008-09-08 this]] strip where a guy is [[GenderBender turned into a girl]] complete with clothing changes after drinking a soda.
47	** [[https://www.egscomics.com/?date=2004-01-20 The third panel]] of this strip has Justin stress-braiding Susan's hair.
48	** [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/2011-04-29 This page]] has Grace shapeshift [[ShapeshiftingExcludesClothing out of her jacket]] to escape from a fire monster's grasp. [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/2011-05-03 On the next page]], the monster is in the background looking at her jacket in confusion.
49	** In another strip, a man carrying several boxes [[http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=2069 trips and falls]] after being [[DistractedByTheSexy distracted by Elliot's excessively busty female form.]]
50	** In [[http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=1308 this comic,]] Tedd and his father are having a conversation while Tedd watches TV. The screen is visible in panel three, revealing that Tedd is watching ''Series/{{Mythbusters}}'', and Adam appears to have [[AshFace stood a bit too close to an explosion.]]
51	** In [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/tlod-014 this comic]], [[AcademicAthlete Nanase]] is running in front of the rest of her gym class without breaking a sweat. In the second to last panel, she's in the background again, meaning she lapped the whole school in the time of a short conversation.
52	* ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'': In [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=769 this]] strip, Kat and Andrew's facial expressions reference a RunningGag involving Kat's love of birds, while Annie talks to herself in the foreground.
53	* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' combines this with MoodWhiplash. '''[[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/index.php?s=6&p=004372 HoNk]]'''
54	** It also happens numerous times once Doc Scratch takes over the narration. For instance [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=005708 these]] [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=005709 two]] pages, wherein SS can be seen in the background (and page header) employing atrocious candy bowl etiquette. Then later, while the audience is distracted by [[spoiler:Vriska vs. Bec Noir]], SS wanders around in the header, casually spreading gasoline around the room, which he then lights on fire.
55	*** [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] as well in that some fans actually forgot to look at the main panels, focused on the Background events, such as [[spoiler: Jade accidently killing Dave,]] and didn't notice Doc Scratch as he beat up Slick with a book.
56	** During Dave's adventures in the LOHAC Stock Exchange, various timeshifted Daves are wandering around in disguises, including one [[http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004641 wearing a beagle puss]] ''on top of his shades''.
57	* In ''WebComic/HowIBecameYours'', during a scene where Zuko is HauledBeforeASenateSubcommittee, Aang has a look on this face which just screams that he is praying for the sweet release of death. He keeps that face throughout the whole [[{{Narm}} (supposed to be serious)]] finale.
58	* ''Webcomic/JupiterMen'': While Jackie talks down Rick from beating Quintin, Quintin starts chewing Rick's hand. Rick doesn't seem to notice at all and continues speaking as though nothing is happening.
59	* ''Webcomic/MegaTokyo'' has tons of little side jokes and things in its backgrounds. Spotting them all has become a kind of official sport on the forums.
60	* ''Webcomic/MiscellaneousError'' has one across [[http://miscerror.thecomicseries.com/comics/7 two]] [[http://miscerror.thecomicseries.com/comics/8 strips]].
61	* In one of ''Webcomic/MonsterOfTheWeek'' strips, when Senator orders Mulder to investigate the aliens, there's a picture of Senator shaking alien's hand hanged on his office's wall. [[FailedASpotCheck It's not as if Mulder notices it]].
62	* In the visual-novel styled ''Webcomic/MorphE'', all of the backgrounds in Amical's manor include paintings of Amical. Most of them are normal enough but there are some abnormalities which appear briefly in important CG scenes or distantly in the background of some shots. Examples to date include Amical skiing away from the ''VideoGame/SkiFree'' Yeti, Amical as a mermaid and Amical streaking.
63	* ''Webcomic/NuzlockeComics'' ribs its own ScheduleSlip in Ruby's battle with Lorelei, by way of the audience holding a sign that says "UPDATE FASTER".
64	* In ''Webcomic/OHumanStar'', Sulla has absolutely no respect for [[http://ohumanstar.com/comic/chapter-1-page-26/ awkward silences.]]
65	* ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'': In [[https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2022/09/21/freak-a-leak this strip]], Gabe pets a stray dog, who in the next panel is ripping out his jugular in the background as Tycho continues to rant.
66	* ''WebComic/{{Precocious}}'': In the "The Protest" story, Tiffany is [[http://www.precociouscomic.com/archive/comic/2011/06/08 found]] in both the "down with Jacob" and the "Team Jacob" groups.
67	* ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'':
68	** The guy in the background of [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2044 this]] page [[TheRant has made some mistakes]].
69	** Speaking of which, although it more qualifies as Funny Background Art, the Coffee of Doom frequently has either weird drawings, or strange menu items, such as "cabbage latte."
70	** In issue 3448, you can see the/a flying roomba chasing a bird above Faye and Bubbles.
71	* ''Webcomic/ScandinaviaAndTheWorld'': [[http://satwcomic.com/dinner-partner This one]] has Norway trying to keep Denmark away from the beer while Sister Sweden is talking to her brother.
72	* The red-headed woman on the far left of [[https://www.sexylosers.com/comic/253/ this]] ''Webcomic/SexyLosers'' strip is the "[[ExplosiveBreeder Unbelievably Fertile Woman]]"; hence the ending where she's telling yet another traumatized child "[[RunningGag And that's the story of how you were born!]]"
73	* Occurs regularly on ''Blog/SliceOfLife,'' such as with [[http://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mckdjafldk1rxzaoho2_1280.png this hapless assistant.]]
74	* ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain'':
75	** On [[https://www.sleeplessdomain.com/comic/chapter-5-page-11 this page]], Steffi and Undine are having a conversation in the foreground while Techno Blitz stands motionless, scanning the area. Meanwhile, her teammate Swing Blitz sneaks over and waves her hand in her face. When Techno finishes scanning, she nonchalantly chops Swing on the head.
76	** On [[https://www.sleeplessdomain.com/comic/chapter-6-page-06 one page]] in Chapter 6, while Zoe and Undine are walking to school together, a red-haired girl can be seen hurrying to class in front of them [[ToastOfTardiness holding a piece of toast in her mouth]].
77	* Epic use in ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' ([[http://sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/100204 this strip]]), where the edge of the panel changes the meaning of some background text, which in turn finishes [[TheHero Torg]] and [[EnsembleDarkhorse Sasha's]] sentences.
78	* ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive'' has this gem. [[https://somethingpositive.net/comic/out-of-the-closet-onto-the-page/ look at Choo-Choo Bear]]
79	* ''Webcomic/{{Sparklecare}}'': All over the hospital, there are posters with bright colors and smiley faces that display [[BlackComedy hilariously disturbing]] messages. Among these are:
80	--> "Smile. It only hurts for a second."\
81	"Welcome to the Emergency Room! Enjoy your stay!"\
82	"Smile! Ur DEAD."\
83	"You aren't pretty on the inside. Appearances are FAKE and meaningless."
84	* Following Heather "Webcomic/{{Spinnerette}}" Brown accidentally destroyed a hugely expensive genetic modification device thingy, we get to see a panel that's been installed in the lab: "[[CuteClumsyGirl In Case of Heather, Break Glass]]".
85	* ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'': When Sette goes to get a map and a few other things at the Knobbytop way-station every time she's shown again while asking for items the tip jar next to her has fewer and fewer coins in it, in case any readers forgot she's a little thief.
86	* ''Webcomic/UnwindersTallComics''. In [[http://tallcomics.com/?id=77 this strip]], Howard is in the background, apparently spewing flies out of his mouth. In [[http://tallcomics.com/?id=121 this strip]], Moist Rider can be seen working in the background of Howard's coffee shop, which ties in with that strip's AltText, "Howard won't hire anyone he didn't create."
87	* ''Webcomic/TheWinxClubPlayDungeonsAndDragons'': Flora, Bloom, Tecna, and Roxy giving their all to fight a wyvern-like monster in the background is funny because Bloom has been snatched ByTheHair, and Roxy snared by the monster's tail. It might be the overall lack of the tail but the girls' expressions only amplify the comedic effect. Meanwhile, in the forefront, Layla, Musa, and Stella are having a nice dialogue partially related to the situation.
88	* ''Webcomic/TheWotch'' has a kid on a skateboard who runs into telephone poles a lot. See [[http://www.thewotch.com/?date=2003-07-18 here.]] He gets a slightly more important role [[http://www.thewotch.com/?date=2005-06-29 here.]]
89	* [[http://www.xkcd.com/1403/ This]] ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' comic is a simple pun on the phrase "The best defense is a good offense." Appropriately enough, the thesis being defended is apparently "The Evolution of Threat Defense in Mammals".
90	* In ''WebComic/YokokasQuest'', Yfa and Kalliv [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-6-page-47/ are playing hide-and-seek in the background]] while Grace is talking with Mao. Their conversation then becomes the background to [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-6-page-50/ Yfa catching Kalliv]] a few pages later.

Context FunnyBackgroundEvent / Webcomics