Line #33 Webcomic/PebbleAndWren


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2	[[caption-width-right:225:Even the monsters under your bed can be friendly.]]
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4	''[[http://pebbleandwren.thebookofbiff.com/comic/1/ Pebble and Wren]]'' is a comedy webcomic that toys on the idea of "monsters under the bed" that focuses on a monster named Pebble and a girl named Wren.
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6	Although Pebble was sent to scare Wren, the two are actually best friends, and monsters live alongside humans in harmony (the principal of Wren's school is even a monster).
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8	Recurring characters include Wren's two dads Donald and Phil and Pebble's mother Violet.
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10	The webcomic was created in 2018 by a man named Chris Hallbeck.
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12	!! ''Pebble and Wren'' provides examples of:
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14	* AerithAndBob: Pebble, short for Pebbluhneghy, is called that next to normally-named individuals like Donald and Violet. Pebble was apparently named after their great-grandfather.
15	* AllJustADream: One strip shows Wren apparently gaining Pebble's abilities, but it was just a shared dream that she and Pebble had due to monster telepathy.
16	* AmbiguousGender: Pebble is referred to as a "they" sometimes and a "he" other times, but never a "she".
17	* AmbiguousSituation: In one strip, Wren is eating a doughnut. Pebble asks if it's a "roxell puff" and when Wren asks what that is, Pebble replies that a roxell is a lizard that has "oily puff balls" in its armpits that it shoots stomach acid from. Wren loses her appetite and walks away, so Pebble looks deviously at the doughnut. It's unknown if roxells really exist or if Pebble was lying to make Wren lose her appetite so he could get the doughnut.
18	* BaffledByOwnBiology: In one strip, Pebble gets [[AmbiguousGender his/their]][[note]]Whether Pebble is referred to as "he" or "they" depends on the strip[[/note]] first caffeine rush from eating raw coffee, wondering why it makes him/them feel so happy despite "[[TastesLikePurple tasting angry]]".
19	* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: In one strip, Pebble and Wren are having shared lucid dreams and exploiting the fact that they can breathe in space because they're dreaming.
20	* BenevolentMonsters: Pebble and most other monsters are friendly and sociable.
21	* BigEater: Pebble likes to eat and can eat quite a lot (but not infinity) in one sitting.
22	* BizarreTasteInFood: Pebble puts whipped cream on hot dogs and pizza.
23	* {{Bookworm}}: Wren seems to enjoy reading and has been seen reading in several strips. So has Pebble, but he also eats books.
24	* BuffySpeak: Pebble often says slightly grammatically-incorrect things like "I'm afraid it will explosion my mouth" (instead of "explode in my mouth").
25	* CatchingSomeZs:
26	** Pebble once snores with a single Z.
27	** Donald's pyjama shirt depicts a cloud sleeping with a single Z.
28	* ComicallyMissingThePoint: A running gag is Pebble not quite getting the point.
29	** He often takes things literally.
30	** When Wren complains about a pack being hard to open, he opens it in his mouth but swallows the pliers inside.
31	* {{Cyclops}}: Pebble's dad has one eye.
32	* DoNotCallMePaul: Apparently, Donald doesn't like being called by his first name except for Violet.
33	* DreamEpisode:
34	** There's a story arc about the title characters having shared lucid dreams after finding out they can.
35	** Another strip is about Pebble entering Wren's nightmares.
36	* EatDirtCheap: When Pebble and Wren pretend to be in space, Pebble asks if some imaginary rocks are edible. Wren says no.
37	* EatingTheEnemy: In the shared dream the title characters have about the "shape", Pebble defeats it by eating it.
38	* ExtraEyes: Violet has three eyes and so does the principal.
39	* ExtremeOmnivore: Pebble's eaten mice before and he often eats non-food objects like backpacks and toothbrushes. His father also eats furniture, but only when he's lonely.
40	* FightForTheLastBite: Zigzagged in one strip. Wren takes a cookie out of a bag and Pebble says, "Do I hear snacks?". Wren says that it's the last one, but offers it to him. He says, "Thank you" and eats the bag instead.
41	* FireBreathingDiner: Discussed when Pebble shape-shifts into a rocket ship and Wren asks if he can shoot fire and fly. Pebble replies, "Depends on what I had for breakfast".
42	* FooledByTheSound: In one strip, Pebble hears Phil using a razor and believes there are bees in it, [[BeeAfraid scaring him]].
43	* GotMeDoingIt: Wren once briefly picks up Pebble's unusual syntax and says, "Close enoughing."
44	* GrossoutFakeout: Zigzagged in a strip. Pebble allegedly mistook Wren's doughnut for a growth that grows in the armpits of a creature. However, he could have been making that up to [[PutOffTheirFood put Wren off]] so he can eat it himself.
45	* HalloweenEpisode: One story arc is about Pebble's first Halloween.
46	* HappyRain: Pebble doesn't mind using himself (themselves?) as an umbrella for Wren.
47	-->'''Pebble''': "I like the wet."
48	* HelpImStuck: Wren once pretends to be stuck in a stool... and then actually gets stuck.
49	* ImaginaryFriend: Pebble imagines a little monster running along the sidewalk while driving in the car.
50	* ImmuneToJumpScares: In one early strip, Pebble the monster pops out from [[ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight under Wren's bed]] and yells, "Raa!", but Wren doesn't even bat an eye.
51	-->'''Wren''': "You can't just jump up like a goof yelling 'raa'! That's so boring."
52	* InSeriesNickname: "Pebble" is short for Pebbluhneghy.
53	* InterspeciesFriendship: The title characters are a monster and a human and great pals. Violet and Donald are another monster-human friendship.
54	* JumpScare: Wren defines jump scares in one strip and describes Phil accidentally scaring her as one in another.
55	* [[LikeFatherLikeSon Like Mother Like Son]]: Violet and Pebble both love whipped cream.
56	* LiteralMinded: Pebble sometimes takes things literally, such as when Wren says, "You can't be here!", he says, "Yes, I can, you're talking to me right now."
57	* MrImagination: Pebble and Wren seem to be a Mr. ''and'' Ms. Imagination-- they're both very imaginative and often play make-believe together. They have lots of pretend adventures, but their favourite seems to be pretending to be in space.
58	* NameAndName: The title of the comic is "Pebble and Wren".
59	* NightmareFetishist: Wren apparently enjoys watching scary movies and says that it's pointless having a non-scary monster.
60	* NightmareSequence: One series of strips is about Wren having nightmares about a "scary shape".
61	* NoNameGiven: We never find out the names of Pebble's father.
62	* PartiallyConcealedLabelGag: When Pebble is looking for a job, he sees a sign saying, "Small monsters". He gets excited because he is a small monster, only to find that the sign actually says, "Small monsters need not apply."
63	* {{Pun}}:
64	** Pebble sees a little cucumber once and calls it a "cute-cumber".
65	** Pebble once counts forks by saying, "Onek, twok, threek, fourk."
66	** When Pebble accidentally gets crumbs in his eyes, he says, "Eye have made a mistake".
67	* PunctuatedForEmphasis: When Pebble pretends like he eats cats to scare Wren, she says, "You. Eat. '''Cats?!?'''"
68	* RaceNameBasis: When Wren meets Pebble, she calls him, "monster".
69	* RubberMan: Pebble can stretch his(?) body out like an elastic band as part of his shapeshifting abilities. Wren lacks this ability but she has dreamt that she has it.
70	* SayMyName: When Pebble eats Wren's bed legs, she shouts, "Pebble!".
71	* ScaryStingingSwarm: In one strip, Pebble mistakes Phil's razor for a box of angry bees that eat the facial hair off and seems nervous at the idea of it.
72	* ShoutOut:
73	** Pebble is once seen dressed as [=R2D2=] from ''Franchise/StarWars''.
74	** In one of the Halloween strips, Pebble holds up a ComicBook/SpiderMan mask.
75	** Pebble once gets a sore belly from eating a ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' action figure.
76	* SpaceIsSleepy: One of Wren's dads' nightshirts has a sleeping, anthropomorphic moon on it.
77	* TalkingInYourSleep: Wren once has a nightmare and ''yells'' in her sleep.
78	* TastesLikePurple: Pebble describes coffee beans as "tasting very angry".
79	* TearsOfJoy: Discussed when Pebble reveals that he used to believe that rain was trees crying, but didn't use to think they were sad.
80	* {{Telepathy}}: Monsters are telepathic, so Pebble and Violet are able to "think jokes" to each other. Humans can also be taught telepathy, as evidenced by Wren and Donald learning.
81	* ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight: Parodied. Monsters are benevolent but it's traditional for them to live in human children's closets and under beds and scare them.
82	* ToiletHumour:
83	** One rule Wren makes for Pebble is "no farting in my room".
84	** Pebble claims toilets creep him out and when asked why, he says, "Have you seen what they eat?".
85	** One strip has Pebble taking "the toilet is running" literally.
86	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Downplayed for whipped cream, or "creamy whips" as they put it, which is Pebble's favourite food and a running gag, but he likes all kinds of other food too.
87	* UnnamedParent: Although all other parents are named, Pebble's father isn't.
88	* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Pebble can shapeshift.
89	* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Pebble is afraid of spiders, being alone, and toilets.
90	* YouAreGrounded: When Wren's dads find out that she and Pebble climbed a tree (which she's not allowed to do since she broke her arm climbing a tree a while back), they ground them both.

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