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1	''[[http://tapastic.com/episode/138960 Space Case]]'' (also available on Website/{{Tumblr}} [[http://spacecasewebcomic.tumblr.com/ here]]) is a humorous science-fiction webcomic created by Rachel Ordway. It began February 2015 and currently updates on Saturday.
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3	Shortly after Earth makes FirstContact with alien life, an accountant named Ted Musagi, having always dreamed of going into space, applies for a job with an alien fuel company. Unfortunately, an accounting job on a space station turns out to be roughly the same as an accounting job on Earth...just with lots of weirder co-workers.
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5	Not to be confused with the 90's TV series ''Series/SpaceCases'', or [[Literature/SpaceCase the children's novel of the same name]].
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8	!!This webcomic provides examples of:
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10	* AliensStealCable: Phranc's species, the Zedzelnines, apparently pioneered the study of Earth television, which helps explain their cultural similarities.
11	* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Boss.
12	* FirstContact: The series begins with Ted watching TV as aliens make contact with Earth.
13	* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: {{Parodied}} with Phranc, a curvy, bikini-clad alien who would fulfill this trope perfectly...except that he's a macho man from a culture where [[GenderInvertedTrope gender tropes tend to be reversed]].
14	* HypercompetentSidekick: Though technically only the head of accounting, Imel is actually the only who keeps the whole space station running.
15	* InterchangeableAsianCultures: When Japanese-American Ted first meets Imel, she tries to address him in Chinese. To be fair, that's pretty close for someone not experienced with humans.
16	* PointyHairedBoss: The Boss, apparently--Imel claims that even if Ted could understand his language, he probably just said gibberish anyway.
17	* PunnyName[=/=]MyNaymeIs: "Phranc."
18	* StarfishLanguage: The Boss speaks a language too obscure for the UniversalTranslator.
19	* StraightMan: Imel.
20	-->"If your remark was meant to be humorous, I can assure you it was lost in translation."
21	* TokenHuman: The plot is basically about one of these in an alien company.
22	* UniversalTranslator: Name tags can translate alien languages, allowing everyone at the Fantastic Speed Fuel Company to understand each other. (Except the Boss.)
23	* UnSoundEffect: [[http://spacecasewebcomic.tumblr.com/post/116111385944 UNCEREMONIOUS]].

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