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1[[quoteright:468:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/DDGBanner.jpg]]
2[[caption-width-right:468:Because the HumiliationConga doesn't end with death]]
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4->''"I'm scared, confused, and think I need to use the bathroom."''
5-->-- '''Zip'''
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7''[[http://www.sincomics.com/phpAlbum/main.php?cmd=imageview&var1=DDG%2FDDG01.jpg&var2=2 DDG]]'' (Drop Dead Gorgeous) was a [[BSideComics donation based]] WebComic from ''Sins Venials'' which updated every 75 dollars ([[ScheduleSlip more or less]]) dealing with the trials and tribulations of the recently deceased Zip.
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9After having died under mysterious circumstances, Zip finds himself in purgatory having neither been good enough to go to heaven nor bad enough to go to hell. Hindered and occasionally helped by his guide 'Netta, Zip tries to rack up enough karma points to move on while coping with day to day life in the land of the dead. After accidentally donning a magical cloak that gives him minor shapeshifting powers (and turns him into a girl), he becomes MsFanservice on an afterlife GameShow called ''You Bet'', eventually moving on to being a GrimReaper (in training).
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11The strip wrapped up on 17th October 2011 after 136 strips.
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13!!This webcomic provides examples of:
14%%* AbusiveParents: It is strongly implied Zip's parent's were examples of this trope.
15* BootCampEpisode: [[http://www.sincomics.com/phpAlbum/main.php?cmd=imageview&var1=DDG%2FDDG81.jpg&var2=2 here]]
16** An entire arc actually, but it gradually has become less like a boot camp.
17%%* CallItKarma
18* ChildrenAreInnocent: Played straight, Children (and animal souls) go straight to heaven
19* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: Off World seems to live on this trope. One notable incident involved Zip giving himself a sympathetic pregancy.
20* ClingyMacGuffin: Literally, the [[ImpossiblyCoolClothes cloak]] that smothers Zip early on (as well as giving him a Permanent GenderBender).
21* {{Crossover}}: With Magical Girl Policy from Taralynn's Desk. (Find it here: http://taralynn.sincomics.com )
22%%* DeadToBeginWith: The first strip.
23* DontFearTheReaper: Reapers and Guides are fairly benign, but somewhat playful.
24%%* {{Fanservice}}: And lots of it.
25%%* FreakyIsCool: Much of Off World.
26%%* GenderBender: Caused by a [[ItMakesSenseInContext semi-sentient cloak]].
27%%* HeWentThatWay
28%%* HappinessInSlavery: The Weird (despite Netta's protestations) and to a lesser extent Zip.
29* IHaveBoobsYouMustObey: Combined with DifferentForGirls for added bonus points:
30-->'''Zip''': [[http://www.sincomics.com/phpAlbum/main.php?cmd=imageview&var1=DDG%2FDDG35.jpg&var2=2 "Wow. These things so have powers..."]]
31%%* InstantCosplaySurprise: Netta's standard way of outfitting Zip.
32* InvisibleToNormals: When on reaping duties Zip is invisible to normals.
33%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Netta
34* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: [[http://www.sincomics.com/phpAlbum/main.php?cmd=imageview&var1=DDG%2FDDG92.jpg&var2=2 Offworld needs a montage]].
35** [[DontExplainTheJoke So of course, the next page is a montage.]]
36* MagicSkirt: MagicSkirt failure in [[http://www.sincomics.com/phpAlbum/main.php?cmd=imageview&var1=DDG%2FDDG54.jpg&var2=2 this strip]].
37* MandysLawOfAnimeGenderBending: Netta seems to enjoy keeping Zip a girl far too much to let him change back
38** And after 132 episodes finally [[http://www.sincomics.com/phpAlbum/main.php?cmd=imageview&var1=DDG%2FPages+100%2B%2FDDG131.jpg&var2=2 averted]] and Zip was returned to his male state. Not that it seemed to help his romantic aspirations.
39%%* ManIFeelLikeAWoman: [[http://www.sincomics.com/phpAlbum/main.php?cmd=imageview&var1=DDG%2FDDG20.jpg&var2=2 Obligatory trope example]] in a GenderBender comic
40* MoodWhiplash: The comic veers between the wacky afterlife antics and the doom-laden BackStory of how Zip got there.
41* MorePopularSpinOff: In theory ''DDG'' is the [[BSideComics B-Side Comic]] from ''Sins Venials'' but it has a much stronger (and some might say more coherent) storyline.
42%%* MsFanservice: Zip's role in You Bet
43* MundaneAfterlife: Off World contains diners, apartments and movie theatres.
44* OurSoulsAreDifferent: [[http://www.sincomics.com/phpAlbum/main.php?cmd=imageview&var1=DDG%2FDDG16.jpg&var2=2 as explained by Netta]]
45* OverlynarrowSuperlative: Zip is ''"[[http://www.sincomics.com/phpAlbum/main.php?cmd=imageview&var1=DDG%2FPages+100%2B%2FDDG117.jpg&var2=2 the nicest dead transvestite not good enough to move past the afterlife]]"''.
46%%* PetTheDog: Netta, usually followed by her finding some fresh torment for Zip
47%%* PlayboyBunny: The first of many {{Fanservice}} outfits chosen for Zip
48* PunnyName: [[http://www.sincomics.com/phpAlbum/main.php?cmd=imageview&var1=DDG%2FDDG12.jpg&var2=2 Netta]]
49* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Netta as shown in [[http://www.sincomics.com/phpAlbum/main.php?cmd=imageview&var1=DDG%2FDDG06.jpg&var2=2 this strip]]
50* ShapeshifterModeLock: Zip, and Netta holds the keys.
51** Finally unlocked in episode [[http://www.sincomics.com/phpAlbum/main.php?cmd=imageview&var1=DDG%2FPages+100%2B%2FDDG131.jpg&var2=2 132]] by Netta's boss.
52* [[ShowWithinAShow Show Within A Webcomic]]: The afterlife game show You Bet starring Zip as the [[ButtMonkey You Bet Girl]].
53%%* SinisterScythe: Eventually gained by Zip (then stolen by a reluctant reapee)
54%%* StatusQuoGameShow: The afterlife GameShow You Bet.
55%%* StockholmSyndrome: Zip and Netta have a two way version going on.
56%%* TheChewToy: Zip
57%%* TheGrimReaper: A not so grim version, Zip Eventually applies to be one.
58* TrailersAlwaysLie: InvokedTrope. When it was running, the bottom of the most recent strip always had a spoof "next time" spiel which told us what won't be happening on the next strip.
59* TrainingMontage: [[http://www.sincomics.com/phpAlbum/main.php?cmd=imageview&var1=DDG%2FDDG92.jpg&var2=2 Spoofed]] with [[http://www.sincomics.com/phpAlbum/main.php?cmd=imageview&var1=DDG%2FDDG93.jpg&var2=2 muffins]]
60%%* TricksterMentor: Netta veers between this and CynicalMentor.
61* UnusualEars: All the guides have pointy elf ears.
62%%* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: This trope is explored with [[http://www.sincomics.com/phpAlbum/main.php?cmd=imageview&var1=DDG%2FDDG10.jpg&var2=2 The Weird]].
63* WellDoneDaughterGirl: Zip, it turns out, feels this way towards 'Netta since she see 'Netta as a [[http://www.sincomics.com/phpAlbum/main.php?cmd=imageview&var1=DDG%2FPages+100%2B%2FDDG120.jpg&var2=2 surrogate mother]] and could never get validation from her own mum.

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