Line #27 WebComic/IMadeAComicAboutInternetExplorer


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/internet_explorer_chan_13.jpg]]
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3	''I Made a Comic About Internet Explorer'' (or alternatively ''[[https://www.reddit.com/r/BrowserWaifus_irl Browser Waifu]]'') is a web comic written by Creator/{{Merryweatherey}} and illustrated by [[https://twitter.com/PrincessHinghoi Princess Hinghoi]], in which various web browsers and other internet services are portrayed as cute anime girls.
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5	The comic is available on [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/internet-explorer/list?title_no=219164&page=1 Webtoon]] and [[https://twitter.com/Merryweatherey Merryweatherey's Twitter page]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvCtIO1it51jSkZGibS9R3w/videos Comic dubs (in Japanese) are also available in Merryweatherey's youtube channel.]]
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7	Compare ''WebComic/StalkerXStalker'', another twitter webcomic by this duo, and ''WebOriginal/OSTan,'' a similar concept from the decade prior. Also compare ''WebComic/ConsoleWaifu'', a more direct SpinOff of this webcomic featuring MoeAnthropomorphism of video game consoles/platforms.
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9	!!I Made a List of some Tropes:
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11	* AdaptationalNiceGuy: The AprilFoolsDay comic had Male!Chrome go from a power-hungry murderer to a lovestruck clingy senpai.
12	* AlphaBitch:
13	** Firefox is first introduced as an aloof, but popular newer browser who is dismissive of Internet Explorer due to the latter being comparatively old, [[spoiler:but she comes to respect Internet Explorer after the latter transforms into Microsoft Edge]]. She's also dismissive to Duck Duck Go, [[spoiler:but eventually and wholeheartedly asked for her help to fight off Chrome]] and UC, but [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/internet-explorer/ep-7-uc-browser/viewer?title_no=219164&episode_no=7 that's]] because she ''[[UnknownRival literally had no idea on who UC is]]'' due to China's refusal to advertise her outside her home region.
14	** Google Chrome, on the other hand, fully embraces this trope. She wholly believes herself to be a gift to mankind and takes it very badly if another browser challenges that view, intentionally or not.
15	* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Well, duh.
16	* ArtShift: [[spoiler:The FinalBattle between Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge is illustrated almost entirely by artists other than Princess Hinghoi. It certainly exemplifies the JustForFun/HolyShitQuotient.]]
17	* {{BFS}}: [[spoiler:As Microsoft Edge, Explorer's weapon and the weapon she uses in her FinalBattle with Chrome is a giant sword.]]
18	* BigBad: Google Chrome. She's a remorseless RAM-hungry monster, who is not above directly and indirectly offing potential rivals.
19	* BrokenAce: Internet Explorer was very beloved in her youth, but has long since been overshadowed by faster and more effective browsers like Google Chrome. In the comics present she is an old, constantly crashing and agonizingly slow browser who has trouble attracting users.
20	** [[spoiler:Netscape Navigator was one of the first web browsers made, but with the rise of Internet Explorer she became obsolete and was eventually banned to the Deep Web.]]
21	* BullyingADragon: Google Chrome's bad treatment of World Wide Web comes back to bite her ''hard'', when the latter gets [[spoiler:Bing]] to free her and prepares to wreak havoc upon the entire internet to get her revenge.
22	* CastOfPersonifications: Apart from the occasional user, almost every character in this series is the personification of either a web browser or a search engine.
23	* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Netscape Navigator, due to being discontinued, cannot exist outside of the Deep Web.]]
24	** [[spoiler:Later, Bing is also seemingly murdered by Chrome for her RAM, though she's later confirmed to have survived the attack.]]
25	* DarkerAndEdgier: The comic's story became a lot more serious after [[spoiler:the apparent death of Bing and Internet Explorer's escape from the Deep Web]].
26	* GenderFlip: The [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/internet-explorer/april-fools-2019/viewer?title_no=219164&episode_no=48 April Fools 2019]] episode featured male versions of both Internet Explorer and Google Chrome, [[LighterAndSofter both of whom are on much friendlier terms]].
27	* GreaterScopeVillain: Article 13. He was essentially created to enforce copyright law more effectively, but ends up being such a KnightTemplar about it that even Chrome gets scared of him.
28	** The corporations that created the browsers can count. Microsoft Corporation left Internet Explorer to wane out and then die in the Dark Web (but still allowed her to rise as Microsoft Edge). Google Corporation has such an utter perfectionist streak that any of failed product of theirs is unceremonially discarded, as [[WebComic/ConsoleWaifu seen with]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVA38lzMfQM Stadia]], perhaps explaining why Chrome is such a ruthless bitch. And whichever company created Naenara locked her up in a secluded area that she became very lonely in despite her capabilities.
29	** World Wide Web. Continuous verbal and physical abuse from Google Chrome has made her bitter and vengeful, so much so that after she is finally freed by [[spoiler:Bing]] she turns into an OmnicidalManiac with plans of destroying the ''entire internet'' once and for all.
30	* HateSink: [[BigBad Google Chrome]] and [[TheDragon Opera]] are both internet browsers with aspirations of power. Google Chrome tortured Bing for her RAM and ultimately left her a hollow husk. Opera [[spoiler:pretends to team up with Internet Explorer but backstabs her solely so she can keep on living off Google's Chromium OS.]]
31	* HostileShowTakeover: Kind of in the Youtube series, which featured something of an anime ending sequence. By default it featured Internet Explorer, but at some points, the background fizzles and Chrome takes over. When Chrome became the more prominent character of the story/videos (like when she served the Users successfully or brutally murdered [[spoiler:Bing]]), it starts and begins with Chrome, complete with her own VillainSong.
32	* {{Hypocrite}}: When alone, Google Chrome fumes about how Internet Explorer is just like the company that created her (Microsoft), a power-hungry, merciless rival-destroying entity and even calls her 'evil'. That description actually fits Google Chrome more; although [[VillainHasAPoint she did have a point in that Microsoft the company tend to perform questionable acts]]. But then again so do Google the company.
33	* MoePersonification: A bit downplayed, as the characters are less "Moe" and are meant to be portrayed as older, but yeah. Bing in particular seems to embody Moe-ness more than the rest of the cast.
34	* NextTierPowerUp:
35	** [[spoiler:Internet Explorer transforming into Microsoft Edge.]]
36	** [[spoiler:Firefox upgrading to Firefox Quantum.]]
37	* NotSoDifferentRemark: Google rightfully points out that [[spoiler:Internet Explorer all but wiped Netscape Navigator from existence, as she did to Bing, and that both Internet Explorer and Google are owned by greedy multimillion-dollar corporations.]]
38	* PunchClockVillain: Opera. She only works for Google Chrome because she needs her Chromium OS to survive and chickens out the second it becomes clear that [[spoiler:Microsoft Edge]] is way too strong for her.

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