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2 | ''+EV'' is "A TabletopGame/{{Poker}} Comic with Positive Expected Value." (Hint: +EV is the common abbreviation for "positive expected value".) About professional online poker player Corbin, his family, his poker buddies and several prominent poker players. |
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5 | !! ''+EV'' contains examples of: |
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7 | %%* AntiPoopSocking: Averted. |
8 | * BeginnersLuck: Seems to be the explanation for the successes of, if not Scarlett, then at least for Harold and Clancy. |
9 | * CatchPhrase: Violet's "I think I want a divorce" qualifies to the point she lampshades it when Corbin calls her a "dink" in a text message. |
10 | * ChildProdigy: Scarlett, who's following in her father's footsteps. |
11 | %%* CuteKitten: Dolly |
12 | * DystopianEdict: But why are people punished by hanging just for ''mentioning'' poker? |
13 | %%* FanDisservice: with Harold, of course. |
14 | * FanService: sometimes, with Violet. |
15 | %%* FatIdiot: Harold. Oh God, Harold. |
16 | %%* TheFool: Harold and Clancy. |
17 | %%* FunnyForeigner: The Finn-lander Konsta. |
18 | * {{GIRL}}: [[GenreSavvy Corbin knows this trope.]] |
19 | * TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry |
20 | %%* GodwinsLaw: Kind of. |
21 | %%* GoofyPrintUnderwear |
22 | %%* HeroicBSOD: Scarlett declares that poker and [[ShowWithinAShow Princess Amazia]] are her two favorite things, and she couldn't do without either. |
23 | * HouseRules: be careful to play against Konsta with his own deck. |
24 | * ImAHumanitarian: fortunately, just a dream. |
25 | %%* JerkAss: Corbin, occasionally. |
26 | %%* KatanasAreJustBetter |
27 | %%* KonamiCode |
28 | * MouthFlaps: a peculiar aversion despite this being an animation trope: The characters' mouths are usually closed when they speak in this comic's particular style. |
29 | * MushroomSamba: so, Harold owes the Goombas hundred dimes, and they'll kill him if he can't pay? |
30 | --> [[ThisIsReality "Um, Harold, those are fictional characters in a video game."]] |
31 | %%* {{Oktoberfest}} |
32 | * PerpetualPoverty: Harold and Clancy win millions in poker, but shit it all away. |
33 | %%* PinkGirlBlueBoy[=/=]PrincessesPreferPink: Scarlett's computer. |
34 | * PrimalScene: seems to have happened off-strip, since Scarlett knows about the game that only mommies and daddies can play. |
35 | * ProfessionalGambler: Corbin, and several members of the supporting cast. |
36 | * ScaryBlackMan: Clancy knows about this trope, but doesn't really understand it. |
37 | * ShoutOut: to ''Series/AmericanIdol'', ''Series/{{Heroes}}'', ''VideoGame/ABoyAndHisBlob''. |
38 | * SnapBack: Harold wins a lot of money and loses it again, loses weight and gains it again... and so on. |
39 | * SoapOpera: Violet is a fan of ''Series/OneLifeToLive''. |
40 | * SpeedSex: Corbin can do it twice in five minutes! |
41 | %%* TheStoner: Harold and Clancy, apparently. |
42 | %%* StylisticSuck: Corbin's comic. |
43 | * TakeThat: is Gold Coast really that shitty? No idea. |
44 | * ThemeNaming: Corbin's wife's name is Violet. Her first daughter is Scarlett, which is a shade of red. And violet is a mixture of red and blue. So it was logical to give their second daughter a name that's a shade of blue, and thus she was named... Ultramarine! |
45 | %%* ThirdPersonPerson: Konsta. |
46 | %%* TitleDrop |
47 | %%* ToiletHumor: especially if Harold is involved. |
48 | %%* WackyCravings |
49 | * ShowWithinAShow: webcomic within a webcomic. |
50 | * WorldOfPun: the puns are mostly TabletopGame/{{Poker}}-related--''Big Blind'', ''Pocket Pear'', etc. |
51 | * WritersCannotDoMath: play poker too long, and you'll forget how to count to twenty. Even if you were a mathematician before. |
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