1 | ''Fabuland Housewives'' is a [[BuiltWithLego Lego]] photo webcomic hosted on [[http://brickzone.net BrickZone.net]]. Unlike most Franchise/{{LEGO}} webcomics, the characters aren't standard minifigs, but FunnyAnimal characters from Toys/{{Fabuland}}, a relatively obscure [[Toys/LEGOThemes Lego theme]] from the 1980s. |
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3 | As far as plot is concerned, ''Fabuland Housewives'', is a [[TheMockbuster spoof]] on the TV series ''Series/DesperateHousewives'', which means basically people (or animals for that matter) with lots of dark secrets living in StepfordSuburbia. |
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5 | It can be read [[https://web.archive.org/web/20150323075350/http://brickzone.net/fabuland_housewives.html here]]. |
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7 | Due to the website domain being taken down, only archives remain. |
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9 | !!This webcomic contains examples of: |
10 | * AnimalJingoism: Being an [[AnimalStereotypes elephant]], Evan always [[EekAMouse freaks out at the sight of mice]]. |
11 | %%* AnimatedActors: [[http://brickzone.net/fabuland_cast.html Well, Lego-actors]]. |
12 | %%* AmnesiacDissonance |
13 | %%* AnyoneCanDie: And ''how''. |
14 | %%* ArmouredClosetGay: [[spoiler: Doctor Dalton]]. |
15 | %%* AttentionWhore: Langston Lion. |
16 | %%* BoomHeadshot: Quite a few deaths. |
17 | * BreakingTheFourthWall: Some shortcomings of Lego-webcomics are acknowledged and [[RuleOfFunny played for laughs]] within the comic. ([[NoKnees No knee joints]] for example.) |
18 | * CastFullOfGay: A large chunk of the male cast is gay in the comic. |
19 | * CatScare: Played for laughs: [[spoiler: The cat is anthropomorphic.]] |
20 | %%* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Bianca Lamb, to a lesser extent also Gavin Gorilla. |
21 | * ComingOutStory: Boris, early on. Though when word gets out through the gossip rags about his homosexuality, the town as a whole is completely accepting, and have no qualms with having a gay chief of police. |
22 | %%* CrapsaccharineWorld: The inevitable result of the combination mentioned in [[DarkerAndEdgier Darker And Edgier]]. |
23 | * ChromaticArrangement: The four sisters Bianca, Lily, Lila and Lacey Lamb wear green, yellow, blue and red respectively. (Necessary due to [[OnlySixFaces Only Six Faces]].) |
24 | * DarkerAndEdgier: Acting out "Desperate Housewives"-style plots with children's toys - so yeah... |
25 | %%* DepravedHomosexual: [[spoiler: Fenix and Dalton.]] |
26 | %%* ExtremeDoormat: Marcus Mouse. |
27 | * FantasticRacism: Alluded to, although no characters are really openly racist. Evan Elephant's violent reaction towards mice seems to be more [[MyInstinctsAreShowing instinctual behavior]] instead of based on prejudices. |
28 | * {{Flashback}}: Often used to give characters, who have already been killed off, some more screen time. Episode 15 even is a [[WholeEpisodeFlashback Whole Episode Flashback]]. |
29 | %%* FunnyAnimal: The entire cast. |
30 | * FurryConfusion: Often played with. |
31 | ** In one strip, Gavin Gorilla encounters a non-anthropomorphic Lego monkey. |
32 | ** A character is suffering from [[EasyAmnesia amnesia]] and is thus called John Doe. He complains that he is no doe, he is a rabbit. |
33 | *** HilariousInHindsight because rabbits also have "bucks" and "does" like deers do. |
34 | ** Disgruntled with Governor Cora undermining his authority, Mayor Langston calls her a cow. Guess what species Governor Cora is... |
35 | * HappilyMarried: Gavin and Gregor are one of the ''very'' few happy committed couples in the series, while they aren't officially married, Gavin does refer to Gregor as his husband. |
36 | * InterspeciesRomance: Most relationships are interspecies, to the point where Betsy Bunny and Randy Rabbit are, in fact, THE EXCEPTION! |
37 | * LeftHanging: Most if not all the mysteries and cliffhangers in season one get wrapped up by the end. But the first episode of season two opens up a whole can of new mysteries. None of which get answered because a second episode has never been made. |
38 | %%* TheMafia: [[spoiler: ''Definitely'' not TheFamilyForTheWholeFamily, either.]] |
39 | %%* MediumAwareness: "We're building an alternate model." |
40 | * TheMockbuster: The whole comic is a spoof on Desperate Housewives, which leads to... |
41 | ** PunBasedTitle: "Welcome to Histeria Lane!" |
42 | %%* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: [[spoiler: Doctor Dalton Dog]] |
43 | * PaletteSwap: Due to a limited number of head-moulds, characters can often be only told apart by their differently coloured bodies/clothes. It doesn't help much when there are at least 4 lambs, three of which have L names, and they all have a tendency to get involved in affairs. |
44 | * ReallyGetsAround: Lily Lamb. |
45 | --> "Don't have sex with Horace!" Lily: "I'll try, but no promises." |
46 | %%* SceneryPorn: Quality photography, terrific [=MOCs=]! |
47 | %%* SpeciesSurname |
48 | %%* StepfordSuburbia |
49 | * StraightGay: All of the gay men in the story seem to be this. The most flamboyant thing about any of them seems to be that Payton carries a wine glass around a lot. |
50 | * SoapOperaRapidAgingSyndrome: The baby Bianca finds in season one is a teenager in season two, although in-universe the time gap between the two seasons is only one year. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by the explanation that animals grow up much faster than humans. |
51 | * TheReveal: [[spoiler:Doctor Dalton is gay! ... also the killer too, but whatever.]] |
52 | * TimeSkip: Season two starts with the episode ''365 Days Later''. |
53 | * TookALevelInBadass: Would you have guessed that out of all people, [[spoiler:meek confidence-less [[ButtMonkey Butt Monkey]] (Butt Mouse??) Marcus Mouse would be the new mayor in season two?]] |
54 | * WillTheyOrWontThey: Through out season one Payton and Boris are constantly skirting around their feelings for each other. |
55 | %%* {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler: Fenix]] |
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