Line #24 Webcomic/CrossTimeCafe


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3	A [[WebcomicsLongRunners long running]] UsefulNotes/{{Furry\|Fandom}} Webcomic created by Scudder "White Pony" Kidwell. Despite its sizable cast, it really only features 2 original characters: Beth, the White Guardian and White Pony[[note]]Initially, Kaheda was a third, but [[ItMakesSenseInContext after she was exiled from the savannah]], she [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/neoctc/NEOCTC_364.htm got a role]] in Webcomic/CarryOn[[/note]]. The rest are [[TheCameo cameos]] from at least six other webcomics. Kidwell does only a limited percentage of the pages for the main comic since the creators of most of the other characters that appear in the comic also contribute pages. It is mostly a funny, slice of life type comic, but has also seen several lengthy story arcs. While the longer arcs are usually handled by a single artist, sometimes, another artist will step in for a few strips or even quite a few.
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5	The other artists include, but are not limited to [[Webcomic/{{Freefall}} Mark Stanley]], [[Webcomic/TwentyFirstCenturyFox Scott Kellogg]], [[Webcomic/CarryOn Kathy Garrison-Kellogg]] and [[Webcomic/ByTheSaints Chris Kozloski]].
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7	Read it [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/ here]]. There are multiple comics accessible from the main page. The first is Cross Time Cafe which is the main comic. Second is ''Neo[=CTC=]'', which features the main cast as stick figures. The third is ''[=CTC=] Annex'', which is Kidwell's [=3D CGI=] comic about the construction of an addition to the Cross Time Cafe. Fourth is ''Beneath the Catacombs'' which is a second Kidwell [=3D CGI=] project following Beth as she journeys through the caverns under the cafe on a mission to protect a dragon royal. Finally, ''Teaching Flo to Ride'' in which [[Webcomic/{{Freefall}} Florence]] asks Beth to teach her how to ride a motorcycle.
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9	Due to Tapas adding some ill-advised language to their terms of service, The main [=CTC=] and [=NeoCTC=] comics (plus the fact that both these are created by more than just White Pony) have been [[https://www.patreon.com/posts/tapastic-terms-11382052 taken down from Tapas]] pending a rebuild of the main [=CTC=] site. Since WP is the sole creator involved in [=CTC=] Annex, this comic is still online. As of 11 June 2017, both [=CTC=] and [=NeoCTC=] have been reloaded on the main [=CTC=] site, but several months of [=CTC=] comic pages will have to be reloaded to bring the comic back to current.
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11	!! This webcomic features examples of:
12	* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: On [[http://tapastic.com/episode/220861 this]] [=NEOCTC=] page, Marmoe discovers that a batch of "...rotten reptilian rejects have wrecked my Roomba".
13	* AmusementPark: The cast visit one in a [=Neo-CTC=] mini-arc starting [[http://www.hirezfox.com/neoctc/d/20220827.html here]].
14	* AnimalStereotypes: Lots of them. Here are some standouts:
15	** [=Mzzkiti=] [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/ctc/ctc0036.htm pouncing on a giant mouse]] that was hired to install lighting effects.
16	** Ky ( a demonic dog) and a bright red rubber ball on [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/ctc/ctc0202.htm page 202]].
17	** Kaheda makes use of this trope while giving some felines [[https://tapastic.com/episode/318806 a group excercise class]].
18	** When giving a presentation to cats, [[http://www.hirezfox.com/neoctc/d/20230104.html don't use a laser pointer]].
19	* AnalogyBackfire: Kaheda has [[http://www.hirezfox.com/neoctc/d/20230830.html only ever known digital clocks]]
20	* AnimateInanimateObject: One of the chairs (introduced [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/ctc/ctc0206.htm here]]) is alive and occasionally eats people.
21	* ArtEvolution: It's difficult to track when the art is coming from half a dozen artists. For a better idea of the art evolution, just visit the webcomic sites of the contributing artists and track their progress. If you're familiar with a particular artist's style and look, it's easy to tell what pages they've contributed.
22	* BadBoss[=/=]BenevolentBoss: Mzzkiti is in charge of the cafe, and she swings between the two extremes depending on the situation; sometimes, she is [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/neoctc/NEOCTC_364.htm extremely]] [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/neoctc/NEOCTC_411.htm understanding]] of her employees, and other times, no thanks to Sam Starfall, she [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/ctc/ctc0152.htm chases after them with a meat cleaver]]
23	* BadHairDay: Cats and low humidity [[http://www.hirezfox.com/neoctc/d/20230204.html do not mix]].
24	** And a hyena's coif [[http://whitepony.crosstimecafe.com/comicstrips/ctc/ctc0161.htm when improperly dried]].
25	* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Especially when in the presence of the little penguin, [[LiteralMinded Sleepy John]].
26	* BarbieDollAnatomy: Or rather, stick-figure anatomy, as [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] and [[ZigZaggedTrope zig-zagged]] [[https://whitepony.crosstimecafe.com/comicstrips/ctc/ctc0319.htm in strip 319]].
27	* TheBet: [[http://tapastic.com/episode/284007 This page]] features Rocky the [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey Monolith]] losing a game of RockPaperScissors to White Pony.
28	* BigEater: Kathy Grrson will often wind up shaped like a pear and complaining of being overstuffed. Then, in the last panel, she will ask "what's for [the next meal]". At one point [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/ctc/ctc0073.htm early in the comic]], she turns an armchair into a giant Hershey's Kiss, and is [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/ctc/ctc0079.htm later seen]], [[ForciblyFormedPhysique armchair-shaped]], moaning with regret, "I can't believe I ate the whooooole thing".
29	* {{Bizarrchitecture}}: The cafe, partly due to being an InnBetweenTheWorlds, and partly due to [[http://www.hirezfox.com/neoctc/d/20221102.html letting Sleepy John redecorate]].
30	* TheCameo: While attempting to prank Beth, Kathy uses an overclocked painball marker. Page [[http://tapastic.com/episode/230851 392]] shows the aftermath as well as Doc and Roger from ''Webcomic/TheWhiteboard'' preparing to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere bail]].
31	* {{Catfight}}: Featuring [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/ctc/ctc0450.htm one actual feline]].
32	* CarnivoreConfusion: When she encounters an injured impala who happens to be a friend, [[Webcomic/{{Freefall}} Florence]] remembers that she is a predator [[https://tapas.io/episode/690680 here]].
33	* CensorBox:
34	** [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/ctc/ctc0440.htm Decency'd!!!]]
35	** Combined with InsistentTerminology [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/neoctc/NEOCTC_069.htm here]]:
36	--> Pony! Would you mind keeping your ba[=[=][[InsistentTerminology U P Ds]][=]=] off the table?!
37	** Combined with a ShoutOut [[http://www.hirezfox.com/neoctc/d/20170301.html here]]:
38	--> Hey! Wait[=[=]''[[MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels My hovercraft is full of eels.]]''[=]=]
39	* ChaseScene: [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/ctc/ctc0152.htm As seen here]] Now, once again with "Yakity Sax" soundtrack.
40	* CountingSheep: An occasional gag in [=Neo-CTC=], the first instance being [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/neoctc/NEOCTC_191.htm here]].
41	* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: Beth, [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/Beneath_Catacombs/Beneath_Catacombs_145.htm here]].
42	* TheDitz: [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/neoctc/NEOCTC_008.htm Ky]]. Just don't say that [[BerserkButton to her face]].
43	* TheDreaded: In Rackenroon, [[https://tapastic.com/episode/354913 the monsters look under their beds for hyenas]].
44	* DuctTapeForEverything: A restoration advisor sent in his proposal. Cecil is [[http://tapastic.com/episode/284029 not impressed]].
45	* EmbarrassingTattoo:
46	** Kathy's [[http://www.hirezfox.com/neoctc/d/20140617.html Kermit the Frog tattoo]] comes up in a few strips.
47	** [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/ctc/ctc0236.htm Roy has]] a tattoed [[Franchise/MyLittlePony cutie-mark]], which he got [[WhatDidIDoLastNight during a bender]] out of [[WhatsHeGotThatIAintGot envy of White Pony]]
48	* ExactWords: [[http://tapastic.com/episode/238919 This page]] provides a good example of why you want to make elaborately precise worded requests when asking [[LiteralMinded Sleepy John]] for ''anything''.
49	* ExecutiveMeddling: The InUniverse management decides to {{Retool}} the [=CTC=] [[http://tapastic.com/episode/269627 here]]. [[Webcomic/{{Freefall}} Mr]] [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Kornada]] makes an appearance at the [[http://tapastic.com/episode/269632 end of the arc]] for some RageAgainstTheAuthor.
50	* FaceHugger: Sam did this [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/ctc/ctc0006.htm early on]]. His sister's offspring do it again later.
51	* FanService: Occasionally, but [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/ctc/ctc0358.htm often the punchline is]] FanDisservice.
52	* FantasticMedicinalBodilyProduct: Unicorn boogers have undisclosed magical properties. Oompa Loompas wind up chasing White Pony around, trying to gather said nasal secretion.
53	* FoodFight: It breaks out on [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/ctc/ctc0695.htm page 695]].
54	* FreakyFridayFlip: Discussed and presumably occurs [[http://www.hirezfox.com/neoctc/d/20230111.html here]], but misidentified as VoiceChangeling.
55	%%* FurryReminder / MyInstinctsAreShowing: Mzzkiti, Earl, and Kathy all fall victim to a combination of this [[https://tapas.io/episode/697858 here]].
56	%% Tropeslashing and relying on a weblink for context is not permitted. Please split them off and add context.
57	* GeniusBonus: Some of the puns are rather obtuse; like when [=Tiger-T=] [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/neoctc/NEOCTC_288.htm wakes up tied in a knot]] after going on a ''bend''er.
58	* GonnaNeedMoreX: Being unfamiliar with measuring giraffes for dresses, [[Webcomic/{{Freefall}} Triac]] [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/ctc/ctc0037.htm discovers he's going to need a bigger extension]].
59	* GoodAngelBadAngel: Another [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/neoctc/NEOCTC_553.htm running gag]].
60	* GoodGuyBar: What the Cross Time Cafe is all about. It exists to let webcomic characters meet up outside their own continuities.
61	* ImpactSilhouette: Courtesy of one of [[Webcomic/TheWhiteboard Doc and Roger's]] overclocked paintball markers on [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/ctc/ctc0392.htm page 392]].
62	* INeedToGoIronMyDog: Seems to be becoming a running gag in Neolithic [=CTC=] pages involving Kathy.
63	** Mzzkiti needs to go wash her [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/ctc/ctc0467.htm Styrofoam]] when confronted with a drooling hyena.
64	** Jenny Seems to have [[http://www.hirezfox.com/neoctc/d/20161108.html induced this upon herself]].
65	** Fred [[http://www.hirezfox.com/neoctc/d/20230614.html has to be reminded]] he has to go wash the Styrofoam.
66	* IneptMage: White Pony [[https://whitepony.crosstimecafe.com/comicstrips/ctc/ctc0072.htm seems to have been one]] early on, assuming he wasn't just being a troll.
67	* InnBetweenTheWorlds: This cafe exists so that all of the different characters can interact outside their own continuities.
68	* IntercontinuityCrossover: Practically in the title.
69	* IThoughtItMeant: A major source of gags, eg [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/neoctc/NEOCTC_450.htm "I'm game"]] (meant as "I'm ready" but misinterpreted as "I'm prey"), [[http://www.hirezfox.com/neoctc/d/20240327.html "bunny suit"]] (for an EasterEpisode, with Kaheda wearing a bunny kigurumi, Mzzkiti wearing a PlayboyBunny outfit, and Florence wearing a Hazmat bunny suit) or [[http://www.hirezfox.com/neoctc/d/20221231.html "Dominos Pizza"]] (which Scarletpelt interprets as literal dominos)
70	* KillerGameMaster: [[http://www.hirezfox.com/neoctc/d/20230118.html Here]], when everyone bails on a gaming session and wants Scarletpelt to play their character for them, leaving him to exercise his frustrations on their characters.
71	* LamePunReaction: After a crack from Ky about hyenas being in spots, Kathy (a spotted hyena) promptly decides to stay where she was, [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/ctc/ctc0137.htm hanging by her fingertips from a cliff down in the catacombs]].
72	** Everybody has some kind of reaction when Chef Scarlet Pelt makes some kind of food-related pun. Some reactions are more extreme than others.
73	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Kathy and Mzzkiti [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/neoctc/NEOCTC_364.htm discuss their webcomic employment]].
74	* LethalChef: [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/ctc/ctc0396.htm Old Wolf]] has a rather open-minded idea of ingredients. [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/ctc/ctc0397.htm "It's one of our]] [[BreakingTheFourthWall best running gags."]] In addition, Helix, as in Webcomic/FreeFall (in which he cooks with explosives due to OvenLogic), cannot be trusted to make popcorn without causing [[http://www.hirezfox.com/neoctc/d/20210728.html extreme collateral damage]]. And [[NoodleIncident somehow]], [[http://www.hirezfox.com/neoctc/d/20230513.html nor can Kaheda]].
75	* LiteralMinded: As mentioned above, Little John takes things at face value. He doesn't quite get figures of speech (although often this verges on outright MondegreenGag territory). Some of the food Scarletpelt cooks, when it isn't pun-based, is [[http://www.hirezfox.com/neoctc/d/20221231.html also this]]. Not that some of the others don't have their moments.
76	* LocalHangout: For cast members of over half a dozen webcomics.
77	* MagicPants: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] by Ky [[https://tapas.io/episode/673154 here]] when she [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall leans heavily on the 4th wall]] and [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] the RuleOfFunny.
78	* MantisMatingMeal: An [[http://www.hirezfox.com/neoctc/d/20230719.html Arthrocon couples' costume]].
79	* MondegreenGag: Another common source of humour. [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/neoctc/NEOCTC_466.htm Eg]],
80	-->'''Earl:''' I'm glueing down these sheep.\
81	'''Old Wolf:''' Why in the nine worlds...\
82	'''Earl:''' Hey, Mzzkiti says she wants a lambinate floor in here, she's going to get one!
83	* MrImagination: Earl [=McClaw=] has [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/neoctc/NEOCTC_067.htm shades]] of [[http://www.hirezfox.com/neoctc/d/20190911.html this]].
84	* MundaneUtility: Scarletpelt wants White Pony to "not just change the laws of nature but break them in half and toss them on a fire" to [[http://www.hirezfox.com/neoctc/d/20190130.html free his D&D players' schedules]].
85	* MustHaveCaffeine: Several characters, according to a series of [=Neo-CTC=] strips [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/neoctc/NEOCTC_461.htm starting here]]: Kathy fades into existence, Merlin is depicted as Frankenstein's monster being reanimated, Mzzkiti de-frizzes from a jagged orange blob, a shoggoth turns into Roy, and Archae evolves from a fish into an Archaeopterix. Also, in [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/neoctc/NEOCTC_551.htm Neo-CTC 551]], they treat the coffee-maker breaking like an intolerable disaster.
86	* NoMoreForMe: Happens with beauty products in [=Neo-CTC=] when [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/neoctc/NEOCTC_130.htm Florence and Jenny]] see Kathy the hyena [[ItMakesSenseInContext transformed into a]] [[http://www.hirezfox.com/km/co/d/20100719.html blonde bunny bimbo]].
87	-->'''Florence:''' You know, Jen, I was thinking about a makeover. A little trim, maybe some nail inlays, what do you think?\
88	'''Jenny:''' I know what you mean, I've been thinking some tinting and frosting!\
89	'''Kathy:''' Pony! Pony, where are you! I want to look like a hyena again! POOONNEEEEEE!!!!\
90	'''Florence:''' Brunette. Brunette is good.\
91	'''Jenny:''' I'm going back to my room and throwing out every bottle I own.
92	* NoodleIncident: An occasional source of humour, especially secondary gags. Eg, "[[http://www.hirezfox.com/neoctc/d/20110525.html Remember the time]] he [[[CloudCuckooLander Sleepy John]]] alphabetized his sock drawer?", "[[http://www.hirezfox.com/neoctc/d/20130514.html Helix only]] [[NoWaterproofingInTheFuture smoked]] when he thought the dishwasher was an amusement park ride."
93	* NoOSHACompliance: The catacombs; apart from such obvious violations as the [[DurableDeathTrap death traps]] (as seen [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/ctc/ctc0135.htm here]]) and the [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/ctc/ctc0109.htm railingless staircases]], it is outright lamp-shaded [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/Teaching_Flo/Teaching_Flo_021.htm here]].
94	* NotSoAboveItAll: Essentially all of the cast has their moments. [[http://www.hirezfox.com/neoctc/d/20230701.html Even]] [[TheOmniscient Rocky]]:
95	-->I don't know, some days it's like the universe is expanding and I can't keep up with it...
96	* TheOmniscient: White Pony and Rocky, although they have different ideas on what to do with omniscience. Although they [[http://www.hirezfox.com/neoctc/d/20151103.html now know]] not to argue about it at midnight.
97	-->'''Mzzkiti:''' By the silken breast of Mother Mogg, if you two immortal yahoos don't SHUT UP and let people sleep, ''you know what's going to happen!!!''
98	-->'''SLAM!'''
99	-->'''White Pony:''' ''(whispering)'' Do you know what's going to happen?
100	-->'''Rocky:''' ''(whispering)'' No, and I don't think I want to.
101	* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Multiple characters suffer from this trope.
102	** Rocky, after losing a game of RockPaperScissors to White Pony [[http://tapastic.com/episode/284007 here]].
103	** Emile, after losing a StaringContest, [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/neoctc/NEOCTC_503.htm here]].
104	* OnlySaneEmployee: [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/ctc/ctc0067.htm Originally]], Florence and White Pony, but now usually Mzzkiti fills the role, [[NotSoAboveItAll at least when she isn't]] [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/ctc/ctc0385.htm pranking co-workers and/or customers]] or [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/ctc/ctc0152.htm chasing down the staff]] [[BadBoss with a meat cleaver]].
105	* PaintballEpisode. On [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/ctc/ctc0391.htm page 391]] and [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/ctc/ctc0392.htm page 392]], Kathy attempts to prank Beth. HilarityEnsues.
106	* PaintingTheMedium: A variety of different kinds of paint get used with this trope.
107	** The post office just delivered [[http://tapastic.com/episode/223329 next month's supply of word balloons]].
108	** Then there's [[http://tapastic.com/episode/247108 this page]] that blurs the line with BreakingTheFourthWall.
109	** [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/ctc/ctc0600.htm Whatever "the END" is]].
110	** No, the Cafe is ''[[http://www.hirezfox.com/neoctc/d/20180613.html not]]'' [[http://www.hirezfox.com/neoctc/d/20180613.html two-dimensional]].
111	** The characters ''[[http://www.hirezfox.com/neoctc/d/20230510.html are]]'', however.
112	** [[http://www.hirezfox.com/neoctc/d/20190515.html The cast oversleeps]].
113	** [[http://www.hirezfox.com/neoctc/d/20220413.html Kaheda sleeps through her cue]].
114	** Guess who [[http://www.hirezfox.com/neoctc/d/20220601.html has access to webcomic archives]]?
115	** "[[http://www.hirezfox.com/neoctc/d/20230805.html We only let the experts]] [[SoundDefect place the sound effects]]"
116	** That one [[https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/have-a-stick-up-your-ass stick metaphor]] [[http://www.hirezfox.com/neoctc/d/20230909.html meets a stick figure comic]].
117	* PassThePopcorn: While watching a {{Catfight}}, the guys [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/ctc/ctc0451.htm decide to round up chairs and snacks]].
118	* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: Also a common source of humour.
119	-->[[http://www.hirezfox.com/neoctc/d/20231028.html Carnivores have]] the weirdest ideas about where food comes from.
120	* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: White Pony (in a ReincarnationRomance interrupted by [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/ctc/ctc0482.htm "ten-thousand-year bachelor part[ies]"]]), Beth ([[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/Teaching_Flo/Teaching_Flo_114.htm who describes herself as]] "younger than the stars; older than the mountains... old enough to have paid off my [[StarvingStudent college loans]]"), and Rocky ([[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/ctc/ctc0471.htm whose last birthday cake]] was the Andromeda Galaxy).
121	* RecursiveReality: Attempted [[http://www.hirezfox.com/neoctc/d/20210317.html here]], but Kaheda [[NoFourthWall tells the cartoonist to knock it off]].
122	* ReincarnationRomance: Florence is apparently just the [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/ctc/ctc0482.htm latest]] incarnation of White Pony's soul mate.
123	* {{Retcon}}: Originally, the Cafe was already an InnBetweenTheWorlds when they found it abandoned, and in fact they [[https://whitepony.crosstimecafe.com/comicstrips/ctc/ctc0001.htm chose to gather there]] ''because'' it was outside normal continuity, but [[https://whitepony.crosstimecafe.com/comicstrips/ctc/ctc0690.htm an arc from 690]] [[https://whitepony.crosstimecafe.com/comicstrips/ctc/ctc0700.htm to 700]] explains that it was an ordinary cafe [[ItMakesSenseInContext until they let Calbeck eat a chili called the Exodus Device]].
124	* RetroactivePrecognition: Becomes a plot point [[http://www.hirezfox.com/neoctc/d/20151007.html here]] in [=Neo-CTC=], when Kaheda realises that she is from twenty years in Kathy's future. Uncharacteristically for the comic, [[PlayedForDrama played for]] [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/neoctc/NEOCTC_440.htm heavy drama]].
125	* RightBehindMe: Kaheda in [[http://tapastic.com/episode/238913 this]] Neolithic [=CTC=] strip.
126	* RuleOfFunny: Ky and [[https://tapas.io/episode/673154 her size changing hair bracelets but not her panties]].
127	* RunningGag: [[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory Oompa Loompas]] trying to stick their fingers up unicorn noses. Starting on [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/ctc/ctc0081.htm page 81]].
128	** Crosses over with BrickJoke as they don't return until years later [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/ctc/ctc0784.htm page 784]].
129	* SexyCatPerson: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] by the boys sometime prior to [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/neoctc/NEOCTC_027.htm Neo-CTC strip 27]]:
130	-->'''Kathy:''' Well! Who made you the thermostat goddess??
131	-->'''Mzzkiti:''' The boys did.
132	-->'''Kathy:''' The '''boys''' did?
133	-->'''Mzzkiti:''' Yes, I heard them saying that catgirls are the universal standard of hotness.
134	* ShootTheMessenger: Mzzkiti threatens this on [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/neoctc/NEOCTC_479.htm a bathroom scale]], resulting in a more flattering weight. Tarin [[http://www.hirezfox.com/neoctc/d/20220511.html actually follows through]], incinerating a D20 for daring to roll a [[CriticalFailure natural 1]].
135	* ShoutOut: Quite often, and mostly to other webcomics. But here's a few stand outs:
136	** One to ''Webcomic/TheWhiteboard'' on [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/ctc/ctc0392.htm page 392]].
137	** One to ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' on [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/ctc/ctc0689.htm page 689]].
138	** An arc shouting out to Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan ran from [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/ctc/ctc0690.htm page 690]] to [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/ctc/ctc0700.htm page 700]].
139	** Following the server crash and the completion of the Tapastic migration, a new arc began on [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/ctc/ctc0776.htm page 776]] that is a massive shout to ''Franchise/StarWars'' in general and ''Film/ANewHope'' in particular.
140	* SpitTake: Ky once made peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/ctc/ctc0051.htm Using KY jelly]].
141	* StableTimeLoop: Looks that way [[http://tapastic.com/episode/247106 here]]. Discussed [[http://tapastic.com/episode/247107 here]].
142	* StaringContest: The Neolithic [=CTC=] characters start an entire Tournament on [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/neoctc/NEOCTC_502.htm page 502]].
143	* TakeAThirdOption: [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/ctc/ctc0540.htm One of the ways to get there]]. When you meet [[Film/TheMatrix the guy with the pills]], ignore the Red Pill and Blue Pill and take the White Pill instead.
144	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Kathy: doughnuts and/or chocolate, Mzzkiti: fish (specifically [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/neoctc/NEOCTC_088.htm "Earth fish"]] rather than Moggian fish, and also beef-flavoured fish sticks).
145	* TemptingFate: Most notably used when Kathy says [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/ctc/ctc0814.htm "All's well that ends well!"]] [[spoiler: right before [[ShaggyDogStory the Wonkamatic explodes]]]].
146	* ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight: Some under KY's bed [[http://www.hirezfox.com/neoctc/d/20231007.html in this strip]].
147	* {{Unicorn}}: 2 of them. Roy Calbeck and [[Webcomic/{{Freefall}} Florence's]] [[ReincarnationRomance long-time boyfriend,]] White Pony.
148	** If you count Beth the White Guardian (She doesn't sport the typical horn in the forehead) there's 3. [[spoiler: It [[NoodleIncident somehow "collapsed"]] ([[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/Teaching_Flo/Teaching_Flo_077.htm per Beth's description of what happened]]) until it was nothing more than a black spot on her forehead]].
149	** Then there's [[http://tapastic.com/episode/247089 this]] Neo [=CTC=] page filled to the brim with outside refs.
150	** In [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/neoctc/NEOCTC_068.htm this Neo CTC page]], Roy removes his horn and uses it as a pool cue, leaving his unicorn status [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane unclear]].
151	* UnmovingPlaid: Check out Kathy's pajamas on [[https://tapastic.com/episode/375978 this page]].
152	* UnwantedAssistance: Even at 2 AM, [[http://www.hirezfox.com/neoctc/d/20230809.html Old Wolf can't play solitaire]].
153	* Ventriloquism:
154	** Marmoe introduces his "invisible new friend" To Tiger T [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/neoctc/NEOCTC_528.htm here]].
155	** [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/neoctc/NEOCTC_169.htm Asked to keep her voice down]], Ky throws it [[LiteralMinded into the basement]].
156	* WebcomicTime: Referenced by Kathy [[http://tapastic.com/episode/256838 here]].
157	* WretchedHive: This trope gets both [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] and mocked while Beth is helping White Pony search for a replacement server in Mos Eisley. [[https://tapastic.com/episode/393777 Much panel space is devoted to how dangerous the place can be]].
158	--> '''Beth''': Beware. It's an internet cafe. You will never find a more wretched hive of basement trolls.

Context Webcomic / CrossTimeCafe