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* AwesomeMcCoolname: The horse Ned and Opie "[[InsistentTerminology borrow]]" from the large man is named [[spoiler:Ulysses Thunderfoot]].
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* YouHaveFailedMe: Pa has several outlaws who've failed him in a past all get on a train by saying that he's hiring them for a job. [[spoiler:In reality, he rigged the train to explode, both from dynamite and an overheated boiler, and has it on a path to a steep drop.]]

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* YouHaveFailedMe: Pa has several outlaws who've failed him in a the past all get on a train by saying that he's hiring them for a job. [[spoiler:In reality, he rigged the train to explode, both from dynamite and an overheated boiler, and has it on a path to a steep drop.]]
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Badass Mustache and Badass Beard were merged into Manly Facial Hair. Examples that don't fit or are zero-context are removed. Having facial hair is not enough to qualify. To qualify for Manly Facial Hair, the facial hair must be associated with manliness in some way. Please read the trope description before re-adding to make sure the example qualifies.


* BadassBeard: The big hairy guy has a HUGE beard.
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Pa has several outlaws who've failed him in a past all get on a train by saying that he's hiring them for a job. [[spoiler:In reality, he rigged the train to explode, both from dynamite and an overheated boiler, and has it on a path to a steep drop.]]

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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: YouHaveFailedMe: Pa has several outlaws who've failed him in a past all get on a train by saying that he's hiring them for a job. [[spoiler:In reality, he rigged the train to explode, both from dynamite and an overheated boiler, and has it on a path to a steep drop.]]

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* CrazyPrepared: The lengths Pa went to to [[spoiler:off a bunch of outlaws. To wit, he set a train to explode, both from dynamite and an overheated boiler, and he has the train heading for a steep drop]].


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* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: The lengths Pa went to to [[spoiler:off a bunch of outlaws. To wit, he set a train to explode, both from dynamite and an overheated boiler, and he has the train heading for a steep drop]].
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* TheSevenWesternPlots: A revenge story chronicling the misadventures of young kids Opie and Ned trying to find the man who shot their mother.
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Varmints is a Main/WildWest comic by Andy Hirsch.

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Varmints [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/varmints_comic.png]]
'''Varmints'''
is a Main/WildWest comic by Andy Hirsch.
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* [[YouKilledMyFather You Killed My Mother]]: Opie's motivation for their trip is to track down their mother's killer.
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* PirateGirl: Captain Bellows, one of the racers in [[TheBigRace The Crooked Butte Dirtbag Derby]].
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* SweetOnPollyOliver: A Pinkerton Agent falls for Derrick Stafford, an outlaw, because he thought he was an old flame of his.
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* HonestJohnsDealership: Smilin' Jim. When Ned goes to buy a horse from him, Smilin' Joe manages to swindle him from the rather impressive horse Ned was looking at, and sells him [[spoiler:a mule]].
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* TotemPoleTrench: Opie and Ned do this to enter a saloon where kids aren't allowed. Ned acts as the head and refers to himself as "Casual Joe"
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* DisguisedInDrag: One outlaw, Derrick Stafford, wears a woman's dress and apron, complete with a wig and a bonnet, while on a job for Pa. [[SweetOnPollyOliver He ends up catching the eye of a Pinkerton Agent.]]

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* TheBigRace: The Crooked Butte Dirtbag Derby. The prize is a meeting with Pa.



* TheGreatRace: The Super Secret Dirtbag Derby. The prize is a sitdown with Pa himself.
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* TheGreatRace: The Super Secret Dirtbag Derby. The prize is a sitdown with Pa himself.
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The comic was released in 2016.

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The comic was released in 2016.
October of 2011.
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* CrazyPrepared: The lengths Pa went to to [[spoiler:off a bunch of mercenaries. To wit, he set a train to explode, both from dynamite and an overheated boiler, and he has the train heading for a steep drop]].

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* CrazyPrepared: The lengths Pa went to to [[spoiler:off a bunch of mercenaries.outlaws. To wit, he set a train to explode, both from dynamite and an overheated boiler, and he has the train heading for a steep drop]].

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* AlliterativeName: One of the outlaws is named '''T'''wo-Bit '''T'''eddy '''T'''uscon.



* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Pa has several mercenaries who've failed him in a past all get on a train by saying that he's hiring them for a job. [[spoiler:In reality, he rigged the train to explode, both from dynamite and an overheated boiler, and has it on a path to a steep drop.]]

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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Pa has several mercenaries outlaws who've failed him in a past all get on a train by saying that he's hiring them for a job. [[spoiler:In reality, he rigged the train to explode, both from dynamite and an overheated boiler, and has it on a path to a steep drop.]]

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* CrazyPrepared: The lengths Pa went to to [[spoiler:off a bunch of mercenaries. To wit, he set a train to explode, both from dynamite and an overheated boiler, and he has the train heading for a steep drop]].



* YouHaveFailedMe: Pa has several mercenaries who've failed him in a past all get on a train by saying that he's hiring them for a job. [[spoiler:In reality, he rigged the train to explode, and has it on a path to a steep drop.]]

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* YouHaveFailedMe: YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Pa has several mercenaries who've failed him in a past all get on a train by saying that he's hiring them for a job. [[spoiler:In reality, he rigged the train to explode, both from dynamite and an overheated boiler, and has it on a path to a steep drop.]]
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* AwesomeMcCoolname: The horse Ned and Opie "[[InsistantTerminology borrow]]" from the large man is named [[spoiler:Ulysses Thunderfoot]].

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* AwesomeMcCoolname: The horse Ned and Opie "[[InsistantTerminology "[[InsistentTerminology borrow]]" from the large man is named [[spoiler:Ulysses Thunderfoot]].Thunderfoot]].
* BadassBeard: The big hairy guy has a HUGE beard.


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* InsistentTerminology: Opie insists that they "borrowed" the large hairy man's horse rather than stole it.
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Varmints is a UsefulNotes/WildWest comic by Andy Hirsch.

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Varmints is a UsefulNotes/WildWest Main/WildWest comic by Andy Hirsch.
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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Ned can be this to Opie.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: The horse Ned and Opie "[[InsistantTerminology borrow]]" from the large man is named [[spoiler:Ulysses Thunderfoot]].


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* TheSilentBob: The big hairy guy with a bearskin on his back doesn't do much talking. He laughs at one point, though.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Pa has several mercenaries who've failed him in a past all get on a train by saying that he's hiring them for a job. [[spoiler:In reality, he rigged the train to explode, and has it on a path to a steep drop.]]
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Varmints is a UsefulNotes/WildWest comic by Andy Hirsch.

Opie and Ned are a couple of children who watched their mother get shot and killed. Not content to simply let the culprit get away with their crime, they begin their quest to track him down and make him pay. Along the way, they get into all kinds of crazy situations.

The comic was released in 2016.

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!!''Varmints'' contains examples of:
* BlackBeadEyes: Ned has these. So do quite a few characters in the book.
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