Line #60 Webcomic/LegendOfBill


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4	[[caption-width-right:283:No Frank, Bill has absolutely no idea.]]
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6	''[[http://legendofbill.com Legend of Bill]]'' is a webcomic started in 2008 by David Reddick. It started as a Gag Per Day Webcomic, albeit not being a daily issue, but gradually turned into a grandiose epic featuring dozens of characters. Some of the recurring characters even led to two spinoffs: ''Webcomic/BarwenchTales'' and ''Webcomic/TheGnomeSyndicate''.
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8	The story's main characters are Bill, an overly buff guy with a bit of a child mind as TheHero, and Frank, a blue dragon as the {{Lancer}}.
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10	The premise starts as Bill, an accounting clerk tired of his daily job as a pencil pusher, decides to start a new life as a BarbarianHero. HilarityEnsues.
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13	!!''Legend of Bill'' provides examples of:
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15	* AbortedArc: The [[http://legendofbill.com/2008/08/04/so-whats-this-great-quest/ reason]] Princess Gina initially enrolled the help of Bill. This was never mentioned again, but could very well be a BrickJoke.
16	* ActionGirl: About every female character. Even the local tavern's barwench will turn into one if you don't order properly - and sometimes even if you do.
17	* AltarTheSpeed: Dark Queen must marry before the first snow fall lest she [[http://legendofbill.com/2008/12/22/snow/ loses her powers]].
18	%%* BaldOfEvil: Warix
19	%%* BecauseDestinySaysSo: Poor unsuspecting Bill!
20	%%* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Like [[http://legendofbill.com/2008/10/16/milk-wenches/ here]].
21	* BerserkButton: Sort of (he is not really sane to start with). Just don't mention to the Dark Underlord that Vasheeva is his "EX" wife, you'll regret it (Ask [[http://legendofbill.com/2009/07/27/the-underlord-cometh/ Gork of Givernly]] or [[http://legendofbill.com/2011/06/02/choose-your-words-wisely/ poor Barry]]).
22	* BewareTheNiceOnes: If any of the ladies get threatened, Bill goes into berserk mode, remembering nothing afterward. Happened twice so far, or possibly three times according to some reports.
23	%%* BigBad: The Dark Queen [[spoiler:before turning into a type V AntiHero and possible HeelFaceTurn]] and Warix
24	%%* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Gypsy, Vasheeva, Princess Gina (well, pink, really)
25	* BrandX: Dragon Burger fast food restaurants.
26	* BreakingTheFourthWall: At least once, when after a long run of following some other characters, the strip returned to Bill and Frank, [[http://legendofbill.com/2010/02/11/the-boys-are-back/ this]] happened.
27	%%* BreastPlate: Literally
28	%%* CasanovaWannabe: Lance
29	* ChekhovsGun: Early in the series, the Dark Queen fumbles on the name of Frank. Two years later or so, Frank realizes Princess Gina isn't really who she pretends to be because she calls him Fred.
30	%%* ClipShow: a couple - such as [[http://legendofbill.com/2011/05/02/gnome-report/ this]].
31	%%* CompensatingForSomething: [[http://legendofbill.com/2008/09/29/the-manly-man/ here]] and [[http://legendofbill.com/2009/03/09/the-horns-do-make-the-man/ there]]
32	%%* ContinuityNod: Quite a few. For example compare [[http://legendofbill.com/2009/06/22/checking-in-with-the-dark-queen-and-gina-in-me-ow/ this]] and [[http://legendofbill.com/2011/04/14/mee-yow/ this]].
33	%%* DarkerAndEdgier: Evolving into this, but still peppered with the occasional, non plot related gag.
34	%%* DeadpanSnarker: Frank
35	%%* TheDragon: General Foztik
36	* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Wet Gill Tavern sociopath barwench, until she was given a name in the spinoff ''Barwench Tales''.
37	* EyePatchOfPower: General Foztik has inherited one recently.
38	%%* FortuneTeller: Gypsy, obviously !
39	* GrandTheftMe: Dark Queen does [[http://legendofbill.com/2009/04/30/will-the-real-queen-please-stand-up/ this]] to Princess Gina - and is the principal drive for the main current plotline.
40	* HowMuchMoreCanHeTake: General Foztik [[spoiler:is still able to escape after having an arm chopped off and losing an eye]]
41	* IntimidatingRevenueService: Early in the series, a group of Orcs [[http://legendofbill.com/2008/09/08/the-old-day-job-beckons/ ambush Bill]] and are ready to take revenge because as a clerk he misfiled their tax forms.
42	* TheLegendOfX
43	%%* MarkOfTheBeast: The tattoos on Warix and his minions.
44	* MonochromePast: For the whole Gypsy time travel sequence - with the present characters seen in desaturated colors [[spoiler:until Vorik/Warix catches them - hinted by his eyes turning blue]].
45	%%* MysteriousWatcher: Giles
46	* NoNameGiven:
47	** Gypsy
48	** The omnipresent gnome for a long time (but that's changed).
49	** The narcoleptic horse - although he is credited with a name, this never appears in-universe.
50	%%* NonSequitur: Bill's trademark
51	%%* TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness: The Gnome Syndicate
52	* PaintingTheMedium:
53	** Magic incantations are written with distorted lettering.
54	** The Dark Underlord speech bubbles are different.
55	%%* PointyEars: Always evil. [[RedHerring Maybe]]
56	* ResetButton: Was used extensively at the beginning. Seems to have completely disappeared. Now actions have consequences.
57	* RunningGag: This is a ''Literature/WheresWaldo'' gag - a gnome appears in at least one panel in almost every strip.
58	%%* {{Seers}}:
59	%%** Giles
60	%%** Gypsy
61	%%** [[http://legendofbill.com/2009/08/20/askthe-wiz/ Ganyon]]
62	* ShoutOut:
63	** ''Franchise/TheSmurfs'' -- although they sure don't behave as they usually do.
64	** Craven looks suspiciously like ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space 9]]'''s very own Benjamin Sisko with turtle neck and everything.
65	** Various other comics and webcomics when Bill and Princess Gina (as Vasheeva) try different outfits.
66	%%* SplitScreen: You mean like [[http://legendofbill.com/2009/10/19/dark-ginas-turn/ that]]?
67	%%* StableTimeLoop: Gypsy's magic and Bill holding the IdiotBall started this.
68	* ThroughHisStomach: The surest path to Bill's heart is through cookies.
69	* TrademarkFavoriteDrink: Bill the Barbarian goes [[DrinkBasedCharacterization against the barbarian stereotype]] with [[http://legendofbill.com/2008/10/02/drinkin-the-hard-stuff/ milk]].
70	%%* YouthfulFreckles: Princess Gina

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