Line #34 Webcomic/Curtailed


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2	''[[http://curtailedcomic.com/ Curtailed]]'' is a [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom furry]] {{slice of life}} {{webcomic\|s}}, written by Fox (yes, that's his real name) and drawn by Mandy. In it, their {{author avatar}}s reenact various funny moments from the author's real lives. Given that they're both characters (hah!), this winds up [[SugarWiki/BetterThanItSounds much, much funnier than the description would indicate]].
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4	!! ''Curtailed'' includes examples of:
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6	* ArtEvolution: While the art has never been ''bad'' by any means, it's definitely improved over time.
7	* AuthorAvatar: The two main characters, right down to using the author's real names (well, Seley is actually Mandy's last name).
8	* BarefootCartoonAnimal: The entire cast, though being a LifeEmbellished comic, shoes do show up more frequently than other works that play this trope.
9	* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Especially when you're [[http://curtailedcomic.com/comic/kisses/ talking]] to [[http://curtailedcomic.com/comic/shake-it-off/ Fox]].
10	* BulletholeDoor: In [[http://curtailedcomic.com/comic/050-treedown/ this comic]], Fox [[IMeantToDoThat accidentally]] chops down a tree with an M4. Now, consider that the comic is tagged "really happened."
11	* TheCameo: Since this comic is still young, these are just beginning to add up.
12	** Fox got one in ''Webcomic/TheWhiteboard'' [[http://www.the-whiteboard.com/autotwb1879.html here]].
13	** Fox and Seley's friends and colleagues have begun to show up as well. [[http://curtailedcomic.com/comic/targeted-marketing For example]].
14	* CompensatingForSomething: Having [[http://curtailedcomic.com/comic/compensation/ that many]] "manly" bumper stickers on a car would ordinarily qualify as {{testosterone poisoning}}... if the car in question hadn't been a Prius.
15	--> '''Seley''': ...Little insecure about that great gas mileage, champ?
16	* CoolCar: Fox's 2013 Dodge Charger Pursuit.
17	* {{Crossover}}: The kids from ''WebComic/{{Precocious}}'' showed up for a story starting with [[http://curtailedcomic.com/comic/132-precocious1/ this strip]]. Chrispy, the author of ''WebComic/{{Precocious}}'', returned the favor by featuring Fox and Seley starting with [[http://www.precociouscomic.com/archive/comic/2015/08/17 this strip]].
18	* DamnYouMuscleMemory: Fox's "[[NintendoHard Nintendo Reflexes]]" sure come in handy when he drops a package. [[http://curtailedcomic.com/comic/reflexes/ When he drops a sharp knife, however...]]
19	* DontFearTheReaper: Especially [[http://curtailedcomic.com/comic/sketchbook05/ this one]].
20	* DontSneakUpOnMeLikeThat: In the [[http://www.curtailedcomic.com/comic/001-sneeze/ very first strip]].
21	* {{Fanservice}}: Suggested by a fellow comic artist at a [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom convention]] [[http://curtailedcomic.com/comic/targeted-marketing that Fox and Seley attended]].
22	* FoeTossingCharge: Fox gets himself and Mandy to their panel [[http://curtailedcomic.com/comic/crowd-control here]].
23	* FunnyAnimal: Everybody. The main cast and all of the guests and cameos.
24	* FurryConfusion: Illustrated in [[http://curtailedcomic.com/comic/sketchbook02/ this sketch]], in which an anthropomorphic rabbit magician [[PullARabbitOutOfMyHat pulls a non-anthropomorphic rabbit out of a hat]], only for the hat-rabbit to give the magician-rabbit a {{death glare}}.
25	* GoofyPrintUnderwear: Acording to {{the rant}} in [[http://curtailedcomic.com/comic/012-underwear/ this comic]], Fox really does own heart-print boxers.
26	* ItMakesSenseInContext: [[http://www.curtailedcomic.com/comic/context/ Here]], Mandy gets a text message that just reads "[[ToiletHumour Cocks]]" from her ''mom''. This is in a comic tagged "[[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer really happened]]". You have to read [[TheRant the news section]] to find out that mom [[spoiler:happens to be a fan of the [[http://www.sc.edu/athletics/ South Carolina Gamecocks]]]].
27	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Mandy swears that the real Fox isn't as much of an asshole as the comic makes him out to be. It's just that, when he's not being an asshole, he's not being funny, so those moments tend not to make it into the comic.
28	* LifeEmbellished: They're careful to tag each strip so you know exactly how much embellishment went into it. Those strips tagged "[[http://curtailedcomic.com/tag/really-happened/ really happened]]" could almost fall into the category of {{journal comic}}s.
29	* MyEyesAreUpHere: Gets gender-flipped [[http://curtailedcomic.com/comic/shoulder-check/ when a woman is checking out Fox's armor]].
30	* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: Yes, Fox, running around a job fair in your [[GoofyPrintUnderwear boxers]] will definitely [[http://curtailedcomic.com/comic/012-underwear/ get you noticed]].
31	* PatrioticFervor: Parodied in '''''[[http://curtailedcomic.com/comic/129-murica/ 'MURICA]]'''''
32	* PuppyDogEyes: [[http://curtailedcomic.com/comic/121-raviolis/ Attempted, and failed]].
33	* SliceOfLife
34	* TestosteronePoisoning: Fox tends to buy fireworks from the "[[http://curtailedcomic.com/comic/129-murica/ Banned in Most States]]" section. One of these completely vaporized a Boston Cream cake (although it wasn't ''quite'' powerful enough to [[http://curtailedcomic.com/comic/happy-explosions-day/ completely vaporize the plate]]).
35	* VerbedTitle
36	* WackyMarriageProposal: Just witness [[http://curtailedcomic.com/comic/proposal/ this incredibly geeky proposal]] [[spoiler:from Mandy to Fox]].
37	* WaitForYourDate: It's {{played with}} in the Friday 12 February 2016 installment, where the married couple Mandy and Fox race each other to get cleaned, prepped and dressed to go somewhere. Fox won via supplementary panels showing an animesque TransformationSequence.

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