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| 2 | [[caption-width-right:164:Behind the counter of your favorite comic book store.]] |
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| 4 | ''The Variants'' is a web comedy series set in a fictionalized version of Zeus Comics in Dallas, TX. Zeus Comics' owner Richard Neal thought all the crazy stuff he saw in his store would make excellent fodder for a comedy series, and in early 2009 he approached Joe Cucinotti and Ken Lowery – longtime friends, writers and regulars at the store – to help him develop the series. They recruited Zeus Comics employees Keli Wolfe and Barry Fuhrman to play {{Flanderiz|ation}}ed versions of themselves, and filmed primarily at the store. |
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| 6 | It can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvI_Rxc8RnP36VS-XvmXddw here]]. |
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| 9 | !!This series provides examples of the following tropes: |
| 10 | * TheCameo: [[Webcomic/SomethingPositive R. K. Milholland]] has his hopes [[spoiler:and iPad]] crushed in "Reboot", episode 5 of the 2nd season. |
| 11 | %%* ContinuityReboot: Lampooned heavily in above episode. |
| 12 | * CosmeticAward: The weekly ''Dallas Observer'' awarded ''The Variants'' its "Best Clerks Ripoff/Market Promotion" in its Best of Dallas awards in 2009. |
| 13 | * MagicRealism: With no explanation, zombies demanding movie passes swarm the store [[OurZombiesAreDifferent and infect one of the regular customers]], the season one finale shows [[spoiler: a man fly away on an umbrella Mary-Poppins-style]], and Vlad's plushies seem to be alive. |
| 14 | %%* SeriousBusiness: Obsessive Comics Fandom is the basis of the show. |
| 15 | %%* TabletopGames: Dramatized as live action in Season 2, Episode 4 "Roll for Initiative". |
| 16 | %%* ZombieApocalypse: Season 1, Episode 4 "Passholes" |
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