1 | ''Hexagon Death Squad'' is an ongoing webcomic by the troper known as [[=AOD=]]. Started in 2008, it stars a six-woman assassination squad and their adventures as they take out "criminals" for a totalitarian PoliceState world government in an [[AlternateHistory alternate timeline]] Earth where the Cuban Missile Crisis led to a nuclear war. |
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3 | The comic can be found [[http://hds.comicdish.com/ here.]] |
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5 | !!Tropes |
6 | %%* AfterTheEnd |
7 | * AlternateHistory: In the HDS storyline, the world is ruled by the AEGIS police state, which took power after the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis escalated into a nuclear war. |
8 | %%* AmazonBrigade |
9 | %%* {{Animesque}} |
10 | * AntiHero: Jennifer Ruiz can be thought of as this. |
11 | %%* ArtEvolution |
12 | * AttemptedRape: A minor character in Chapter 4, which is followed up by a slight BodyGuardCrush. |
13 | %%* BadassLongcoat: Coral Tang. |
14 | %%* BadassNormal: Jenna Ruiz. |
15 | * {{BFS}}: Coral wields a claymore ''and'' a zweihander. Both are almost as tall as she is. |
16 | * BigDamnHeroes: The entire squad is just a bunch of BigDamnHeroes. |
17 | * TheBigGuy: Ari, who's basically [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Kenpachi Zaraki]]'s personality in the body of [[Manga/IkkiTousen Kanu Unchou]]. |
18 | %%* BloodKnight: Also Ari Raj. |
19 | * CallingYourAttacks: Done in Chapter 5, where [[spoiler:Kaycee utterly defeats a wasteland bandit with her FinishingMove, but gives its name ''after'' she's done.]] |
20 | %%* CityOfAdventure: Radioactive crater of adventure! |
21 | %%* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Coral, again. |
22 | %%* CreepyTwins |
23 | %%* DiagonalCut |
24 | * EyeScream: Jenna pulls one of these in Chapter 1 in a fight scene against an enemy {{Mook}}. |
25 | %%* EyesAlwaysShut |
26 | %%* {{Fanservice}} |
27 | %%* {{Flynning}} |
28 | %%* GenkiGirl: Allison. |
29 | %%* TheHero |
30 | * HeroicBSOD: Kaycee has a moment of this after she [[spoiler: steals Jenna's thunder by stabbing the BigBad in the back at the climax of the last FightScene in that chapter]]. |
31 | * HollywoodHealing: Somehow Jenna had no bruises on her face, despite being punched in the face by a battle-nurse in Chapter 5. |
32 | * HotBlooded: When the blood starts pumping in this comic it runs ''very'' hot. |
33 | ** Also, Jason of the local GoldfishPoopGang is almost an expy of [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kamina]]. |
34 | %%* HighPressureBlood |
35 | %%* IAmNotLeftHanded |
36 | %%* ItGetsEasier: And Kaycee can't stand it. |
37 | %%* ImplausibleFencingPowers |
38 | * ImprobableAge: Mostly subverted in that most of the castmembers are 25 and older, with the exception of Kaycee [[OlderThanTheyLook who's really nineteen]]. No, really! She is!! |
39 | * ImprobableWeaponUser: A major character in the Los Angeles arc uses [[spoiler: '''bladed yo-yo's''']] |
40 | * KarmaHoudini: Hexagon Death Squad is so unsubtle about their actions that they can only get away with it because the world is ruled by a PoliceState whose blessings they receive. |
41 | * KatanasAreJustBetter: Subverted in Chapter 2 where [[spoiler: Allison, the resident [[DualWielding dual-katana wielder]], is taken out in a fight without ever landing a blow]]. |
42 | %%* KillHimAlready |
43 | %%* TheLancer: Allison Swayzee. |
44 | * MadeOfIron: Subverted in Chapter 2 as [[spoiler: Allison takes four arrows to her gut and is out of commission for the next three months as she recovers]]. |
45 | * MaleGaze: This is very much a "guy's" comic. I mean, c'mon. Pretty girls with swords? |
46 | * MartialPacifist Kaycee adopts an oath against killing because she [[HeroicBSOD just can't deal with it]]. |
47 | %%* MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours: Oh '''God''' yes. |
48 | * NewNeoCity: Los Nuevos Angeles. |
49 | * OutOfTheInferno: Coral does this after [[spoiler: surviving a car crash while standing atop a humvee that EXPLODES. Oh, and did I mention that she just CHOPPED THE ROOF OPEN WITH A GIGANTIC SWORD?!]] |
50 | * PantyFighter: Averted, as the HDS women - in general - tend to wear modest, functional clothing. |
51 | %%* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Coral, again. |
52 | * PoliceState: Willing to [[spoiler:sacrifice a few hundred people to get a few "terrorists"]] |
53 | * PowerLimiter: Subverted in Chapter 3, where [[spoiler: Arundhati just flat out ''lies'' that she was fighting without holding back.]] |
54 | %%* PsychoticSmirk: ''Ohh yes'' Jenna indeed. Very much so. |
55 | %%* RaceAgainstTheClock |
56 | * RainOfArrows: An early villain uses a [[MoreDakka '''Machine-Gun''' Crossbow]] to achieve this. |
57 | %%* ARealManIsAKiller |
58 | %%* RedOniBlueOni: Allison and Coral. |
59 | %%* RuleOfCool: The comic practically ''runs'' on this trope. |
60 | %%* ScaryShinyGlasses |
61 | * SchizoTech: The universal gun ban allows swords in a modern setting, though they're generally made of space-age materials. |
62 | %%* ShoutOut: Too numerous to count. |
63 | %%* SlasherSmile: Both Ari Raj and Jenna. |
64 | * TheSmartGuy: Kaycee is a cute lil' genius, she is. |
65 | * TheStoic: Coral is either the EmotionlessGirl or this. |
66 | * SwordFight: The world government of the comic was created just so as to justify having sword fights in a modern setting, with a global gun ban. |
67 | * TookALevelInBadass: Kaycee does this after training for three months to perform a [[OneHitKill One-Hit-NOT-Kill]] ''fencing'' move. |
68 | * TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: HDS takes place in 2012, despite having nuclear-powered maglev trains. |
69 | %%* |
70 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: The main bad guys in the pilot arc are terrorists who support democracy. |
71 | ** In the same arc, the protagonists themselves, for the opposite reason. |
72 | * YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: Well, it's a PoliceState after all. |
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