History ComicBook / KidPaddle

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Kid when he plays a ''VideoGame/SimCity'' expy. Not surprising given the fact that he put barbed wire around the city so no-one can leave it, uses the bodies of citizens killed in riots to measure the radioactivity levels of the leaks from the town's nuclear reactor and raised taxes to 100% to pay for the police he needs to oppress the population. Not surprisingly, when asked what the biggest problem is, 100% of the people say "The mayor!" His own sister thinks this the most disturbing thing he's ever done in a video game, and asks him to go back to the UltraSuperDeathGoreFestChainsawer3000.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: In early albums, Kid was often seen with an [[NoNameGiven unnamed]] blond haired boy. He probably disapears because unlike Horace and Big, he had [[FlatCharacter no particular personnality]].

* PerfectlyCromulentWord: When Kid and Carole are playing Scrabble.

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Kid when he plays ''VideoGame/SimCity''. Not surprising given the fact that he put barbed wire around the city so no-one can leave it, uses the bodies of citizens killed in riots to measure the radioactivity levels of the leaks from the town's nuclear reactor and raised taxes to 100% to pay for the police he needs to oppress the population. Not surprisingly, when asked what the biggest problem is, 100% of the people say "The mayor!" His own sister thinks this the most disturbing thing he's ever done in a video game, and asks him to go back to the UltraSuperDeathGoreFestChainsawer3000.

* MeatGrinderSurgery: Several movies Kid tries to get into are about this. A common gag is that after saving the princess the barbarian will either do something gross or look perverted which ends with the princess killing him.

* NintendoHard: The 'Little Barbarian'' game series, which has its own spinoff comic called ''Game Over''. The game is vicious, full of KaizoTrap, sometimes plain unwinnable (as in it constantly loops back), and one of the final boss has a two-minute timer on the pause button, which is the time it takes to pause the game and look out the long-winded explanation in the booklet on how to beat him.
* NonstandardGameOver: One ending has the barbarian disguise himself as a monster, only for one of them to fall in love, get married, and go off on honeymoon with him.

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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Kid when he plays ''VideoGame/SimCity''. Not surprising given the fact that he put barbed wire around the city so no-one can leave it, uses the bodies of citizens killed in riots to measure the radioactivity levels of the leaks from the town's nuclear reactor and raised taxes to 100% to pay for the police he needs to oppress the population. Not surprisingly, when asked what the biggest problem is, 100% of the people say "The mayor!"
** His own sister thinks this the most disturbing thing he's ever done in a video game, and asks him to go back to the UltraSuperDeathGoreFestChainsawer3000.

** NightmareFetishist: Kid and Max express an interest in horror movies and MeatGrinderSurgery.

* {{Goth}}: Max, ([[GenderBlenderName a goth girl]]), she even gives the basic guideline of the goth style to the boys but they take it a bit too far.

* ImagineSpot: When Kid, Max and Carole imagine their possible medical careers: Max tells the patient what's going to happen, Kid shows up as a hideous mutant KnifeNut surgeon, and Carole is the hospital administrator.

* KaizoTrap: The videogames Kid plays are ''made'' of this trope.

* NintendoHard: The barbarian game series, which has it's own spinoff comic called game over, the game is vicious, full of KaizoTrap, sometime plain unwinnable (as in it's constantly loop back) and one of the final boss has a two minutes timer on the pause button which is the time it takes to pause the game and look out the long winded explanation in the booklet on how to beat him.

* PeripheryDemographic: InUniverse, Kid sees his sister run past to watch a gory zombie movie... because her favorite actor is in it.
** Horace is a big fan of Rikiki the Duck, a particularly sappy kid's show.

* ShownTheirWork: while when it comes to a choice between accurately portraying video games and making a good joke the second option is chosen, this comic gets quite a few things right, even if exaggerated for comedic effect, such as the NintendoHard nature of early gaming, and the tendency of many ''VideoGame/SimCity'' players to turn every city they make into a dystopian police state.
* ShowWithinAShow: "The Little Barbarian" is the game Kid is most often seen playing. It even got its own SpinOff series, aptly titled ''Game Over''.

* TheSmartGuy: Big Bang, although he feigns intelligence a lot to look more like a genius and overthink basic solution, can come up with a lot of invention such as ice coins that can go through arcade slots, remote controlled toys and earphones.
* SpinOff: ''Game Over'' centered about the barbarian games and the many failures.
* TheManyDeathsOfYou: Every time we see Kid playing a game, we can expect him to fail or get in a situation where FailureIsTheOnlyOption. It carried over to the SpinOff series, ''Game Over'', which (as the name implies) is [[UpToEleven entirely focused]] on the many, ''[[TheManyDeathsOfYou MANY]]'' ways in which the Little Barbarian and/or the Princess get mangled in horrible ways.

* UltraSuperDeathGoreFestChainsawer3000: Many of the games Kid plays. Blood chainsaw 3000 is even the name on one of the arcade game.

%%* BlindWithoutEm: Kid's friend Horace.

%%* DeepImmersionGaming: Very often.
%%* FanBoy: Kid and his friends Big Bang and Horace.

%%* GamerGirl: Max
%%* {{Goth}}: Max ([[GenderBlenderName a goth girl]]).

%%* KaizoTrap: The videogames Kid plays are ''made'' of this trope.

* MeatGrinderSurgery: Several movies Kid tries to get into are about this.

%%* NintendoHard: Kid often gets into situations which are this.

%%* SadistTeacher: Kid's main teacher. Then again, he is ''Kid'''s teacher.

%%* TheSmartGuy: Big Bang
%%* SpinOff: ''Game Over''

%%* UltraSuperDeathGoreFestChainsawer3000: Many of the games Kid plays.
%%* VideogameCrueltyPotential: Especially when Kid plays ''Sim City''.

* BlindWithoutEm: Kid's friend Horace.

* DeepImmersionGaming: Very often.
* FanBoy: Kid and his friends Big Bang and Horace.
* {{Geek}}: Big Bang
* GamerGirl: Max
* {{Goth}}: Max ([[GenderBlenderName a goth girl]]).
** PerkyGoth

* KaizoTrap: The videogames Kid plays are ''made'' of this trope.

* NintendoHard: Kid often gets into situations which are this.

* SadistTeacher: Kid's main teacher. Then again, he is ''Kid'''s teacher.

* TheSmartGuy: Big Bang
* SpinOff: ''Game Over''

* UltraSuperDeathGoreFestChainsawer3000: Many of the games Kid plays.
* VideogameCrueltyPotential: Especially when Kid plays ''Sim City''.

* AmazinglyEmbarassingParents: Kid view his dad like this mostly because he is lamer than his over expectation of him. There is however one gag where his dad will be caught in a really awkward situation when Carol's friend moves in which actually make Kid appreciate his dad more.

* AmazinglyEmbarassingParent: Kid view his dad like this mostly because he is lamer than his over expectation of him. There is however one gag where his dad will be caught in a really awkward situation when Carol's friend moves in which actually make Kid appreciate his dad more.

* KaizoTrap
* LimitedWardrobe

* SadistTeacher
* ShowWithinAShow: "The Little Barbarian" is the game Kid is most often seen playing.

* TheManyDeathsOfYou

* VideogameCrueltyPotential

* AmazinglyEmbarasssingParent: Kid view his dad like this mostly because he is lamer than his over expectation of him. There is however one gag where his dad will be caught in a really awkward situation when Carol's friend moves in which actually make Kid appreciate his dad more.

* AMusingInjuries: Horace is ''always'' ending up in the hospital with ridiculously implausible injuries.

* DaydreamSurprise: Mostly involving his father suddenly turning out to be JamesBond or {{Rambo}} instead of, well, [[StandardFiftiesFather what he usually is]].

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: In early albums, Kid was often seen with an [[NoNameGiven unnamed]] blond haired boy. He probably disapears because unlike Horace and Big, he had [[FlatCharacter no articular personnality]].

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''Kid Paddle'' is a Franco-Belgian comic by Midam (Michel Ledent) about ten-year-old fan of VideoGames, films and general two-dimensional violence, the titular character Kid Paddle. Most of the one-page gags focus on the natural hostility between Kid and his [[StandardFiftiesFather Dad]], Kid and his [[AlphaBitch sister]] or Kid and [[NintendoHard the game he's playing at the moment]].

* BlindWithoutEm: Kid's friend

* DaydreamSurprise: Mostly involving his father suddenly turning out to be JamesBond instead of, well, [[StandardFiftiesFather what he usually is]].

* {{Goth}}: Max ([[GenderBlenderName a goth girl]])

''Kid Paddle'' is a Franco-Belgian comic by Midam (Michel Ledent) about ten-year-old fan of VideoGames Kid Paddle. Most of the one-page gags focus on the natural hostility between Kid and his [[StandardFiftiesFather Dad]], Kid and his [[AlphaBitch sister]] or Kid and [[NintendoHard the game he's playing at the moment]].