Line #45 Webcomic/Bertstrips


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3	''[=Bertstrips=]'' is a RemixComic series that takes stills from ''Series/SesameStreet'' and from other [[Franchise/TheMuppets Muppet]]/[[Creator/JimHenson Henson]] productions/properties and adds captions to them which turn the Muppet/Creature/[=HDPS=] characters into racist, psychopathic murderers who do horrible things [[ForTheEvulz simply because they can]]. Contrary to popular belief, many [[FanCommunityNicknames Bertstrippers]] are Muppet fans, so the strips are perfectly balanced between being a ShallowParody and an AffectionateParody.
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5	The associated [=subreddit=] is [[https://www.reddit.com/r/bertstrips/ here]]. Has spawned a spin-off, Webcomic/{{Teleshits}}.
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8	!!Tropes in this work:
9	* AdaptationalJerkass: Almost everybody.
10	** Ernie and Bert have transformed from two friends who bicker a lot but love each other still into murderous, racist psychopaths who commit crimes and kidnap children ForTheEvulz. Occasional depictions of them as [[DepravedHomosexual a depraved gay couple]] also make them AffablyEvil.
11	** Big Bird is now a slave owner who commits hate crimes on a daily basis.
12	** Grover changed from a clumsy doofus to a complete sadist, often torturing Mr. Johnson in many sadistic and borderline sociopathic and psychopathic ways. Certain strips imply Grover baked Mr. Johnson's wife in hot oil.
13	** Scooter transforms from the backstage manager for the Muppets into a psychopath obsessed with torturing women.
14	* AdaptationalJobChange:
15	** Kermit the Frog has been depicted several times as an adult film director/producer instead of a stage manager at a theater or a news reporter.
16	** The Count is often depicted as a CorruptCorporateExecutive.
17	* AdaptationalVillainy:
18	** The Count transforms from a counting-obsessed vampire into a stereotypical GreedyJew. He is the subject of lots of anti-semitism from the others, mainly Bert and Ernie. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking He was also responsible for MTV's]] NetworkDecay, according to [[https://www.reddit.com/r/bertstrips/comments/jhk2xd/1_1_exmtv_viewer_ahahahahah/ this Bertstrip]], which also implies he championed ''Series/JerseyShore'' and the ''Teen Mom'' franchise while getting rid of music videos and ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtHead''.
19	** The "Bearvolution" strips depicted [[Series/BearInTheBigBlueHouse Bear]] as being angry that his show wasn't featured in Bertstrips posts.
20	* AllMusicalsAreAdaptations: [[https://www.reddit.com/r/bertstrips/comments/1355yp6/thats_the_last_time_i_go_to_a_musical/ This strip]] has Grover trick Mr. Johnson into going onto the set of ''Series/GreysAnatomy'''': The Musical'' instead of an actual hospital.
21	* AnvilOnHead: A rather deadly example happens to Telly in [[https://www.reddit.com/r/bertstrips/comments/j136qo/thats_all_folks/ this strip]].
22	* AscendedExtra:
23	** Brad, Bert's nephew who only appeared a few times in the 70s, is now depicted as Bort, Bert & Ernie's mentally unstable love child.
24	** Blue Bird, a superhero character invented by Big Bird that only appeared in two Season 20 episodes, is depicted as Baller Bird, Big Bird's [[Series/ChappellesShow playa hater]] cousin.
25	* AssholeVictim: Varies by storyline, but anytime one of the characters gets one over another character it's usually this.
26	* AssShove: The characters occasionally do this, especially with outrageous items. [[Series/BearInTheBigBlueHouse Bear]] [[https://i.imgur.com/a8oH93Q.gif even did this with Tutter, Pip, and Pop!]]
27	* TheChewToy: Bort, and to a lesser extent Mr. Johnson.
28	* DependingOnTheWriter: Depending on the strip, Incelmo is either Elmo's alter-ego or a separate character.
29	* DepravedHomosexual: Bert and Ernie's relationship is re-imagined as this, with emphasis on the ''depraved.''
30	* DirtyOldMan: The Count tends to be portrayed as this on at least a few occasions on top of being portrayed as a GreedyJew.
31	* TheDogBitesBack: After being the victim of Ernie for several strips, [[https://www.reddit.com/r/bertstrips/comments/1aueuwq/it_was_going_to_happen_eventually/ Baby Natasha finally gets her revenge on Ernie in one]].
32	* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: "[[https://www.reddit.com/r/bertstrips/comments/dsw8ur/gonna_make_some_cuisses_de_grenouille/ No domestic abuse charge can stop Miss Piggy from beating Kermit's cheating ass.]]"
33	* DrivenToSuicide: The strips occasionally involve the characters killing themselves.
34	* ForTheEvulz: The apparent motivations of Bert, Ernie, and the others, who commit atrocities on a near-daily basis, usually because of boredom.
35	* GreatWhiteHunter: Anyone who puts on a pith helmet becomes this or an EvilColonialist.
36	** HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: Usually it's Big Bird.
37	* GroinAttack: Extremely painful variants of these occasionally happen to the characters.
38	* HulkingOut: [[https://i.imgur.com/FgFIix3.jpg This Bertstrip]] with a photo of a green-furred Elmo and Abby Cadabby.
39	* ILoveTheDead: [[http://i.imgur.com/oooz8GU.png This one]] with a picture of Ernie wearing a doctor's uniform.
40	** "[[WesternAnimation/SplashAndBubbles Dorsal tells Splash]] [[https://i.imgur.com/MmyJANo.jpg that he wants to kill him and use his corpse as a sex toy.]]"
41	* ImAHumanitarian: Big Bird makes no secret of the fact he regularly eats disobedient slaves, either directly or by cooking broth from their bones.
42	** Grover has on occasion fed Mr. Johnson the remains of his wife.
43	* LighterAndSofter: The occasional [[https://www.reddit.com/r/bertstrips/search?sort=new&restrict_sr=on&q=flair%3AClean Clean]] Bertstrip exists. In these cases, the joke is that the characters are ''not'' committing violent hate crimes and are just doing perfectly normal, wholesome, positive things.
44	* MushroomSamba: Jokes about characters using recreational drugs are common.
45	* OhCrap:
46	** The ''Frances'' cast have this reaction in [[https://www.reddit.com/r/bertstrips/comments/jiutwf/sorry_to_let_everybody_down_frances_it_was_a_bad/ this Bertstrip]], where they learn about the subreddit's rule change allowing ''all'' Henson properties.
47	** [[https://www.reddit.com/r/bertstrips/comments/jd0ujv/somebody_get_me_outta_here_he_screamed/ In this Bertstrip]], Oscar finds out he was cast in a ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'' porn parody and reacts the way you'd expect.
48	* TheOldestProfession: There are plenty of jokes about characters soliciting prostitutes, soliciting non-prostitutes, being willing to do anything for cash, [[DisposableSexWorker or just outright murdering them]].
49	* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: '''Everyone''', but Big Bird is a standout; he's depicted as an 18th century plantation owner complete with slaves, whom he regularly tortures and [[ImAHumanitarian just flat-out eats]] and backwards attitudes to race and sex.
50	* PromotedToLoveInterest: Abla, an obscure purple full-body Muppet cat from the original version of the Arab ''Series/SesameStreet'' co-production ''Iftah Ya Simsim'', is depicted as Big Bird's MailOrderBride.
51	* RageAgainstTheHeavens: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAJvbEPZheE Grover's Mad Quest to Kill God]].
52	* ShellShockedVeteran:
53	** Some strips feature Ernie getting his kicks out of triggering Bert's Vietnam War flashbacks.
54	** [[https://www.reddit.com/r/bertstrips/comments/ixhu12/a_remake_of_a_joke_i_once_saw_on_this_subreddit/ Vice versa in an alternate universe.]]
55	** [[Series/TheWubbulousWorldOfDrSeuss Yertle the Turtle]] [[https://i.imgur.com/pJFFYD2.jpg is also this.]]
56	* ShoutOut:
57	** [[https://www.reddit.com/r/bertstrips/comments/jdsycr/bonjour_%C3%A9tranger_i_am_louis_warrior_of_sesame_park/ "Bonjour étranger, I am Louis, Warrior of Sesame Park"]] has Louis from ''Canadian Sesame Street''/''Sesame Park'' getting cast in a ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'' porn parody.
58	* SlippingAMickey: Happens occasionally, mostly in strips from Creator/BillCosby's [[SesameStreetCred guest appearances]].
59	* TakeThat:
60	** [[https://www.reddit.com/r/bertstrips/comments/frtsnr/kermit_is_a_loyal_fox_news_reporter/ "Kermit is a loyal Fox News reporter"]] depicts Reporter Kermit as a Fox News reporter who pays a random child to say nonsensical political statements.
61	** [[https://www.reddit.com/r/bertstrips/comments/jjakao/the_script_was_partially_recycled_from_the_duos/ This Bertstrip]] managed to fit in two Take Thats: one for ''WesternAnimation/ShadowRaiders'' and one for ''Series/GilligansIsland'', making fun of both's overuse of the JustEatGilligan trope.
62	** To ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' in [[https://www.reddit.com/r/bertstrips/comments/k7waby/he_was_promptly_beaten_by_an_angry_mob_of_fanboys/ this strip]], where The Count is apparently the Cartoon Network/Adult Swim exec who keeps renewing the show despite its BlackComedy drawing a ''massive'' hatedom.
63	** In [[https://www.reddit.com/r/bertstrips/comments/oowgy6/nobody_wants_to_hear_do_you_like_phil_collins_for/ this strip]], Grover warns Mr. Johnson that security at the Music/{{Genesis\|Band}} concert will beat him up and throw him out if he quotes ''Literature/AmericanPsycho'', specifically Patrick Bateman's "Do you like Phil Collins?" speech.
64	* ThoseWackyNazis:
65	** Anyone who puts on any sort of formal-looking uniform will probably be depicted as an enthusiastic participant in Nazi atrocities.
66	** Some strips that have number 4's on the pictures will be interpreted as either damaged or incorrect swastikas.
67	* TokenGoodTeammate: Mr. Johnson, who is usually a hapless victim of Grover's torments, Baby Natasha, who is usually a victim of Ernie's torments, and Cookie Monster, who is often too innocent and childish to realize what's going on, are most frequently portrayed as this.
68	* VillainProtagonist: Almost everybody counts as this, due to them committing acts of depravity and crimes against humanity. Big Bird is a big stand out as a slave owner.
69	* WouldHurtAChild: The characters are occasionally mentioned intending harm on children.
70	* WretchedHive: Sesame Street is occasionally portrayed as this.
71	* YaoiFanboy: Ernie in [[https://i.redd.it/j0gpq3dew7631.jpg this Bertstrip]].

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