History Webcomic / CampWeedonwantcha

* FalseReassurance: In [[http://campcomic.com/comic/101 this strip]] Malachi freaks out at a sight of earwig at night and feels another one crawling inside his ear. He asks Sventeen to check his ear only for her to tell him there are no earwigs inside. In the last panel it is revealed it really isn't an earwig ... but a big furry a spider.

* InnocentCohabitation: Malachi and Seventeen share a bed.

* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Well not ''that'' major but Seventeen is completely unfayed when she trips on a stone while barefoot and peels her toenail. Malachi on the other hand [[MinorInjuryOverreaction faints at the mere sight of it]] even though the injury isn't even his in the first place.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: A lot of side characters and regular background characters have already been introduced, and the author promises that a lot more are on the way.

* WorldLimitedToThePlot: The world is limited to the camp proper, the Rope Bridge area where the other kids live, the lake, the woods, and [[LostWoods the Deep Woods]]. The mountain road in and out of camp is only used to drop kids in and leave. The most we see of the world outside is when we see the kid's backstories.

* AmbiguousAge: Everyone except Malachi (who is stated to be 12) has no given age.

* KidsAreCruel: Not quite at ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies'' levels yet, but we've already seen the kids start to act like dicks to eachother. One strip even implies that murders have occured. However, just as often, averted when kids manage to ''not'' be cruel, and to pull together and empathize with one another in tough circumstances. (Ex. The "mountain lion" story.)
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: A lot of side characters and regular background characters have already been introduced and the Author promises a lot more are on the way.
* MeaningfulName: The title. [[spoiler: The "camp" is a place where all manner of "unwanted" things get dumped, from recalled products to feral cats to, yes, children.]]
* MoodWhiplash: One story goes from [[http://www.campcomic.com/comic/burgle stealing a whistle]] to something... [[http://www.campcomic.com/comic/colin not as funny.]]

* SocialServicesDoesNotExist: The comic's premise hinges on this trope. The only indication anyone apart from the kids, and their parents, even knows of the camp's existence, let alone cares about the kids' well-being, is the occasional supply drop. And even most of those "supplies" are so useless they [[DownInTheDumps might not be intended for the kids at all]].
* SummerCampy
* SuperPersistentPredator: The mountain lion was willing to wait ''days'' to get a chance to pounce on the kids in the mess hall. In real life, most mountain lions don't pursue and wait for their prey for very long.

** Colin, the oldest kid in the camp and self-proclaimed camp counsellor, keeps order with the whistle his dad, the school gym coach, gave him when he dropped him off at camp, to keep order like he would have done. [[spoiler: Colin is in denial. His father actually abandoned him there for not living up to his demands that Colin be an athlete like him, instead being interested in magic and illusions. Colin only got the whistle because he was clinging to it when his father physically pushed him out of the car and left him]].

* TheUnreveal: One of the great mysteries of the comic is the origins of the camp and who is maintaining it. Answers that might be held in the camp's Administrations Office, which the main trio almost stumble upon at the beginning of Volume 2 but then barely miss it. Malachi finally finds the building towards the end of the Volume. [[spoiler: Once inside he finds no answers or anything of importance, only that Neiman has set up his home there.]]
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: [[http://www.campcomic.com/comic/chute This comic.]]
* WhamEpisode: So far, both [[spoiler:Colin's]] and [[spoiler:Seventeen's]] backstories have turned the comic from black comedy to heart-wrenching tragedy.

--> [[spoiler: '''Linus''': The way out of camp.]]
* WhamShot: The final panel of the map arc. Malachi and friends decide to call it quits, not realizing that they were standing on top of the camp's admin building, a place that could hold so many answers to the camp's existence.

** The Proto Kid, the first camper to come to the camp, went insane, and is now living as a feral child out in the woods.

Katie Rice is the winner of the only season of the RealityTV GameShow ''WebVideo/StripSearch''; ''Camp Weedonwantcha'' is the comic she created for that competition.

As of January 2018, the comic has entered hiatus.

* ChildPopstar: Dani, formerly. His parents used this to get rich, and abandoned him in the camp his popularity began to wane and he wasn't a reliable source of income anymore.

* BlackComedy: A significant percentage of the comics are disturbing but funny. Examples include the kids playing with the parachute of a skeleton hanging from a tree, Seventeen mistaking a dead possum for one pretending to be dead and sitting over it for an entire day waiting for it to get up, and Malachi blowing on some improvised birthday candles to wish he wasn't at the camp, accidentally knocking them over and causing a huge fire.

* HorribleCampingTrip: The camp itself is okay, it's the lack of parental supervision, inconsistent supply drops, and general lack of basic necessities that makes it horrible. [[{{Dissimile}} So it ends up not being okay at all]].

* WorldLimitedToThePlot

* SmallSecludedWorld

* BreakfastClub: All of the campers come from different backgrounds and have varying personalities, but what they all have in common is that they were all sent to that camp because they were unwanted, disowned, and abandoned by their parents or guardians and they are all left to fend for themselves and all seem to have emotional and personality problems and seem to be miserable together, but over the course of the comic series, they grow closer to each other.

* AbhorrentAdmirer: Purdy started on this path in regards to Malachi, but it seemed like she turned her attention towards Brian at the end of her introductory arc. However, nothing else has been made of this so far.
** Neiman has taken up the mantle as Malachi's creepy stalker, even making dolls of him and Malachi.
* [[AdultsAreUseless Adults Are Completely Absent]]: The camp is completely devoid of adults, leaving the kids to fend for themselves. It's also implied heavily that most of their parents just left them at the camp to fend for themselves.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Pretty much the point of the talent show arc. Also [[spoiler:the driving force behind Malachi's need to prove himself.]]

* ChildPopstar: Dani, formally.

* HeroicBSOD: [[http://campcomic.com/comic/sticktoitiveness/ The comic]] which immediately follows [[http://campcomic.com/comic/combustion/ this comic]]
* HorribleCampingTrip: The camp itself is okay, it's the lack of parental supervision, inconsistent supply drops, and general lack of basic necessities that makes it horrible.

* IntoxicationEnsues[=/=]MushroomSamba: Malachi after being treated for a tummy ache with Seventeen's "medical herbs".

* UnreliableNarrator: Colin, the oldest kid in the camp and self proclaimed camp counsellor keeps order with the whistle his dad, the school gym coach, gave him when he dropped him off at camp, to keep order like he would have done. [[spoiler: Colin is in denial. His father actually abandoned him there for not living up to his demands that Colin be an athlete like him, instead being interested in magic and illusions. Colin only got the whistle because he was clinging to it when his father physically pushed him out of the car and left him]]

* WildChild: The Proto Kid, the first camper to come to the camp, went insane, and is now living as a feral child out in the woods.
** Most of the incidental kids show signs of this, most likely having been there much longer than Malachi and a few others.

''[[http://campcomic.com/ Camp Weedonwantcha]]'' is a story by artist Katie Rice about children left to fend for themselves at a nature camp that has no adults, with their only contact with the outside world being supplies occasionally dropped in by parachute, which are just as likely to contain feral cats as they are anything useful.. The comic is centered on twelve-year-old Malachi, the newest resident of the camp, and the people he meets and gets to know there.

Katie Rice is the winner of the only season of the RealityTV GameShow ''WebVideo/StripSearch''; Camp Weedonwantcha is the comic she created for that competition.

* BreakfastClub: All of the campers are unwanted by their parents or guardians and come from different backgrounds and have varying personalities, but what they all have in common is that they were all sent to that camp and left to fend for themselves and all seem to have emotional and personality problems and seem to be miserable together, but over the course of the comic series, they grow closer to each other.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: The entire cast is barefoot, save for Malachi, Colin, Purdy, and Linus. Although, [[spoiler: at one point they all probably used to wear shoes, but they all got stolen by Proto Kid who has an obsession with shoes, which is mentioned in [[http://campcomic.com/comic/the-legend-of-proto-kid this comic]] and the story arc where Malachi gets lost in the woods and is chased around by Proto Kid in order for him to steal Malachai's shoes.]]

* DoesNotLikeShoes: The entire cast is barefoot, save for Malachi, Colin, Purdy, and Linus.