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''On the Fastrack'' is a comic strip by [[ComicStrip/SafeHavens Bill]] [[Webcomic/KevinAndKell Holbrook]], launched by Creator/KingFeaturesSyndicate in 1984. Its tech-centered humor is set in the offices of Fastrack, Inc, a company that stores all of the world's data. It stars Wendy Welding, the executive assistant of the CEO and the person who actually keeps things running.
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''On the Fastrack'' is a comic strip by [[ComicStrip/SafeHavens Bill]] [[Webcomic/KevinAndKell Holbrook]], launched by Creator/KingFeaturesSyndicate in 1984. Its tech-centered humor is set in the offices of Fastrack, Inc, Inc., a company that stores all of the world's data. It stars For most of its run, it has starred Wendy Welding, the executive assistant of the CEO and the person who actually keeps things running.
running. Nowadays, more time is given to Dethany Dendrobia, the corporate goth.
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* DeggansRule: Followed. Ada, Donald, and Samantha are all Black, and it never matters to the characters.
** Dethany's boyfriend, Guy. His ethnicity isn't even remarked upon.
* FloralThemeNaming: Rose Trellis and Thornton Saguaro.
** Bud Spore definitely counts, too.
** Dethany's boyfriend, Guy. His ethnicity isn't even remarked upon.
* FloralThemeNaming: Rose Trellis and Thornton Saguaro.
** Bud Spore definitely counts, too.
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* DeggansRule: Followed. Ada, Donald, Samantha, and Samantha Guy are all Black, and it never matters to the characters.
** Dethany's boyfriend, Guy. His ethnicity isn't even remarked upon.
* FloralThemeNaming: Rose Trellis and Trellis, Thornton Saguaro.
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* TheHecateSisters: Fastrack is run by the trio of CEO Rose Trellis (crone), her executive assistant Wendy Welding (the working mom) and (the maiden) Dethany Dendrobia.
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* TheHecateSisters: Fastrack is run by the trio of CEO Rose Trellis (crone), her executive assistant Wendy Welding (the working mom) and (the maiden) Dethany Dendrobia.Dendrobia (the maiden).
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* MenaceDecay: Percy doesn't cause as much trouble as he used to.
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* MillenniumBug: Percy was introduced as "The Year 2000 Bug," equipped with [[TheGrimReaper an hourglass and a scythe]]. After the TurnOfTheMillennium, he usually went by "the Bug," until he divulged that the ancients called him Perseus. (He initially objected to the nickname Percy, but it's grown on him.)
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* MenaceDecay: Percy doesn't cause as much trouble as he used to.
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* MillenniumBug: Percy was introduced as "The Year 2000 Bug," equipped with [[TheGrimReaper an hourglass and a scythe]]. After the TurnOfTheMillennium, he usually went by "the Bug," until he divulged that the ancients called him Perseus. (He initially [[FailOSuckyname objected to the nicknamePercy, Percy]], but it's grown on him.)
* MillenniumBug: Percy was introduced as "The Year 2000 Bug," equipped with [[TheGrimReaper an hourglass and a scythe]]. After the TurnOfTheMillennium, he usually went by "the Bug," until he divulged that the ancients called him Perseus. (He initially [[FailOSuckyname objected to the nickname
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* NoPeriodsPeriod: Averted. [[spoiler: Patina Welding]] gets her first one, much to her father's embarrassment.
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* NoPeriodsPeriod: Averted. [[spoiler: Patina Welding]] gets her first one, much to her father's embarrassment.embarrassment as he's asked to shop accordingly.
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* SheCleansUpNicely: Autocorrect, at least from the perspective of fellow software entities.
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* TookALevelInKindness: Rose isn't as bad as she used to be -- barely. This may be an example of PragmaticVillainy.
** See MenaceDecay above.
** See MenaceDecay above.
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* TookALevelInKindness: Rose isn't as bad as she used to be -- barely. This may be an example of PragmaticVillainy.
**PragmaticVillainy. See also MenaceDecay above.
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''On the Fastrack'' is a comic strip by [[SafeHavens [[ComicStrip/SafeHavens Bill]] [[KevinAndKell [[Webcomic/KevinAndKell Holbrook]], launched by Creator/KingFeaturesSyndicate in 1984. Its tech-centered humor is set in the offices of Fastrack, Inc, a company that stores all of the world's data. It stars Wendy Welding, the executive assistant of the CEO and the person who actually keeps things running.
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''On the Fastrack'' is a comic strip by [[SafeHavens Bill]] [[KevinAndKell Holbrook]], launched by King Features Syndicate Creator/KingFeaturesSyndicate in 1984. Its tech-centered humor is set in the offices of Fastrack, Inc, a company that stores all of the world's data. It stars Wendy Welding, the executive assistant of the CEO and the person who actually keeps things running.
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* PerpetualFrowner: Fistula is determined to remain acid at all times.
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* TheUnsmile: Fi breaks from her usual dour demeanor [[http://onthefastrack.com/comics/november-20-2014/ here]]. By ContrivedCoincidence, she and Dethany hear the sound of glass breaking at the same moment.
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**Dethany's boyfriend, Guy. His ethnicity isn't even remarked upon.
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** Percy is tens of thousands of years old, while Autocorrect is, well, younger than many readers. Funnily enough, this may be less significant in their case.
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* GoodIsNotNice [=/=] WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: Percy and Thrip don't like to admit it, but they attack technology in order to inspire humans to make it better. They have occasionally attempted drastic measures like dropping a heavy computer on an engineer.]]
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* GoodIsNotNice [=/=] WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: Percy and Thrip don't like to admit it, but they attack technology in order to inspire humans to make it better. They have occasionally attempted drastic measures like dropping a heavy computer on an engineer.]]]] Another example could be Fistula Breech.
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* PetTheDog: Fistula despises the air Dethany breathes, but when she finds that Dethany's going to use tax preparation software, she voluntarily goes through and does Dethany's taxes, saving her a lot of money, and has to be persuaded to accept pay for the work she did.
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* StopHelpingMe: A common reaction to Autocorrect, especially when she [[BeyondTheImpossible changes words that aren't even on a computer]].
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* StopHelpingMe: A common reaction to Autocorrect, especially when she [[BeyondTheImpossible changes words that aren't even on a computer]].
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* VisualPun: Autocorrect has become a literal spelling bee.
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* {{Unicorn}}: Dethany's online avatar. Still goth.
* VisualPun: Many. For example, Autocorrect has become a literal spelling bee.
* VisualPun: Many. For example, Autocorrect has become a literal spelling bee.
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* MillenniumBug: Percy was introduced as "The Year 2000 Bug." After the TurnOfTheMillennium, he usually went by "the Bug," until he divulged that the ancients called him Perseus. (He initially objected to the nickname Percy, but it's grown on him.)
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* MillenniumBug: Percy was introduced as "The Year 2000 Bug." Bug," equipped with [[TheGrimReaper an hourglass and a scythe]]. After the TurnOfTheMillennium, he usually went by "the Bug," until he divulged that the ancients called him Perseus. (He initially objected to the nickname Percy, but it's grown on him.)
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* AnthropomorphicPersonification: One way to see characters like Autocorrect.
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* LettingHerHairDown: Autocorrect has loosened up at Percy's encouragement.
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* MillenniumBug: Percy was introduced as "The Year 2000 Bug." After the TurnOfTheMillennium, he usually went by "the Bug," until he divulged that the ancients called him Perseus. (He initially objected to the nickname Percy, but it's grown on him.)
* MillenniumBug: Percy was introduced as "The Year 2000 Bug." After the TurnOfTheMillennium, he usually went by "the Bug," until he divulged that the ancients called him Perseus. (He initially objected to the nickname Percy, but it's grown on him.)
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* PutOnABus: Happens every so often, as we might expect from a comic that has run since 1984 ''without'' the rule of StatusQuoIsGod. One interesting example: Meg the Cyber Dog, who was getting old for software if not for a dog, got saved to a disk and hasn't been seen since.
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* SheCleansUpNicely: Autocorrect, at least from the perspective of fellow software entities.
* StatusQuoIsGod: Averted, as in all Bill Holbrook comics.
* StatusQuoIsGod: Averted, as in all Bill Holbrook comics.
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** See MenaceDecay above.
* VisualPun: Autocorrect has become a literal spelling bee.
* VisualPun: Autocorrect has become a literal spelling bee.
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* DeggansRule: Followed. Ada, Donald, and Samantha are all Black, and it never matters to the characters.
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* MayDecemberRomance: The marriage of Mark (younger) and Ada (older). The Fact that [[BlackGalOnWhiteGuyDrama Ada is black and Mark is white]] is less controversial.
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: [[http://www.onthefastrack.com/?webcomic1=march-12-2014 Dethany illustrates the importance of positive feedback]] with the example of [[EnsembleDarkhorse a cartoonist learning how popular a minor character is]]. She doesn't know why she thought of it.
* MayDecemberRomance: The marriage of Mark (younger) and Ada(older). (older), to the initial consternation of Ada's children. The Fact fact that [[BlackGalOnWhiteGuyDrama Ada is black and Mark is white]] is less controversial.doesn't even come up.
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* GoodIsNotNice [=/=] WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: Percy and Thrip don't like to admit it, but they attack technology in order to inspire humans to make it better. They have occasionally attempted drastic measures like dropping a heavy computer on an engineer.]]
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* TheBechdelTest: Passed easily, with about half the cast and especially the focal characters being female.
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* BreakoutCharacter: Dethany Dendrobia. Wendy Welding.
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* OutOfFocus: Bob Shirt, former protagonist.
** An intentional example. [[WordOfGod According to the creator]], the character "turned out to be so boring that the strip survived only by moving the spotlight away from him."
** An intentional example. [[WordOfGod According to the creator]], the character "turned out to be so boring that the strip survived only by moving the spotlight away from him."
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* OutOfFocus: Bob Shirt, former protagonist.
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* SharedUniverse: With ''SafeHavens''. ''Havens''' main character, Samantha, has a standing job offer from Rose (whom Samantha's father works for).
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** And soon Patina will be attending the college that Samantha works at, staying in the dorm she's RA for.
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* WretchedHive: The Malware Cafe is explicitly called a [[StarWars "wretched hive of scum and villainy."]]
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** An intentional example. [[WordOfGod According to the creator]], the character "turned out to be so boring that the strip survived only by moving the spotlight away from him."
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* MayDecemberRomance: The marriage of Mark (younger) and Ada (older). The Fact that [[BlackGalOnWhiteGuyDrama Ada is black and Mark is white]] is less controversial, especially in a Bill Holbrook comic.
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* MayDecemberRomance: The marriage of Mark (younger) and Ada (older). The Fact that [[BlackGalOnWhiteGuyDrama Ada is black and Mark is white]] is less controversial, especially in a Bill Holbrook comic.controversial.
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* BreakoutCharacter: Dethany Dendrobia. Wendy Welding.
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On the Fastrack is a comic strip by Bill Holbrook, [[SafeHavens Bill]] [[KevinAndKell Holbrook]], launched by King Features Syndicate in 1984. Its tech-centered humor is set in the offices of Fastrack, Inc, a company that stores all of the world's data. It stars Wendy Welding, the executive assistant of the CEO and the person who actually keeps things running.
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* RightBehindMe: [[http://www.onthefastrack.com/?p=1575 A mild example.]]
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* CharacterBlog: Dethany tweets. Bud used to have a weekly blog.
