History Webcomic / CyanideAndHappiness

* LighterAndSofter: To a degree, the Uplifting Comic Week series is a counterpoint to the Depressing Comic Week, with themes also being dark and serious but delivered in a wholesome and heartwarming manner.

%%* ADateWithRosiePalms: [[http://explosm.net/comics/675/ This comic]], while not featuring the act itself, takes it to ''extremely'' awkward levels.
%%** The web shorts feature it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9o1fX2vM8Y here]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlzJFzibCKA here]]. [[http://explosm.net/comics/3230/ This comic as well.]]
%%** [[http://explosm.net/comics/395/ This comic shows Mike masturbating to a picture of his girlfriend]].

** In the wake of Scott Adams' racist Twitter remarks and subsequently being let go from his company, [[https://explosm.net/comics/dillbert-gets-fired#comic this strip]] was posted the day after. It's a parody GuestStrip by "[[SpellMyNameWithAnS Scot Addams]]", in which "[[Comic/{{Dilbert}} Dillbert]]" gets fired from his job for being a raging racist.

-->'''First Guy''': Hey Naked Guy With A Shotgun! What're you doing?
-->'''Naked Guy With A Shotgun''': Hunting crickets.
-->'''First Guy''': Isn't that a bit much?
-->'''Naked Guy With A Shotgun''': Nah, they only come out during awkward silences. Now, grab my ass!

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-->'''Naked Guy With A Shotgun''': AARGH! ''*fires shotgun several times*''

->I wonder what twisted shit will happen to us in this comic?

%%* AndIMustScream: Played as straight [[http://www.explosm.net/comics/867/ as possible.]]
%%** "[[http://explosm.net/comics/2616/ There is an app on Blueshirt's phone that makes Greenshirt shut the hell up, causing his mouth to be stitched up]]".

%%* AbusiveParent: Billy's Dad in [[http://explosm.net/comics/905/ strip 905]] after Billy made a Dr. Seuss reference.
%%* AccidentalAthlete: The "[[http://explosm.net/comics/1785/ Waiting for a bus]]" short. This being ''Cyanide & Happiness'', the trope is {{Deconstructed}}.

%%* AmbiguousSyntax: [[http://explosm.net/comics/53/ A slightly inaccurate interpretation of Freud.]]
%%** It also happens [[http://explosm.net/comics/3235/ here.]]

* ''Cyanide & Happiness - Freakpocalypse'' (March 11, 2021) - A point-and-click adventure released for PC and the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch.

In 2013, a full animated series based on the comic, named ''WebAnimation/TheCyanideAndHappinessShow'', was successfully funded on Website/{{Kickstarter}}, and began airing in 2014.

A top down apocalyptic BattleRoyaleGame developed by Galvanic Games and Explosm Games, ''Rapture Rejects'', was released in 2018. Another ''Cyanide & Happiness'' video game, a point-and-click adventure titled ''Cyanide & Happiness - Freakpocalypse'', was released on March 11, 2021 for PC and the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch.

Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaigns were held for games with [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cyanideandhappiness/joking-hazard 63,758 backers giving $3,246,588]] for ''Joking Hazard'' and [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cyanideandhappiness/trial-by-trolley 55,024 backers giving $3,538,065]] for TabletopGame/TrialByTrolley based on the Trolley Problem.

After over six months of absence from the site, [[https://upload.facebook.com/RobotsWithFeelings/photos/a.10151068914020086.488349.70629230085/10152740505495086/?type=1 Matt Melvin finally announced on August 31st, 2014]] that he was no longer a part of the comic due to unspecified reasons. A [[http://explosm.net/news/144 post]] from the Explosm site blog followed a couple days later providing further details, as well as expressing thanks for Matt's contributions to the comic and wishing him luck on his future endeavors. In October 2014, Matt started work on a new project, titled [[http://lastnerdsonearth.webcomic.ws/ "The Last Nerds on Earth"]], although the only installments were uploaded that month. He has also begun streaming regularly on [[http://www.twitch.tv/MattMelvin Twitch.]]

%%** Gasp, could it be? [[UpToEleven TRIPLE]] [[http://www.explosm.net/comics/2778/ Subversion!]]

* LoserProtagonist: Sad Larry of the ''Sad Larry'' shorts. Nothing ever goes right for him, he's constantly depressed, and he wants to die but can't.

%%* ActuallyPrettyFunny: [[http://www.explosm.net/comics/2247/ "For the sake of that joke, I'm kinda glad it happened now."]]

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[-[[caption-width-right:350:[[BlackComedy "...or one of us will mock the other for having AIDS?!"]][[note]]GAARRFIEELLDD!!!!!!![[/note]]]]-]

* AdultAdoptee: Defied in [[https://explosm.net/comics/2017/ this Depressing Comic Week strip]]. A man and a woman ask a middle-aged man how they can adopt orphans, and he says that he's not an employee, he's one of the orphans. He asks them if they'll adopt him. They just leave without another word, much to his dismay.

* EveryoneHasStandards: Ted Bear is willing to do a lot of revolting, embarressing and cruel things (such as letting people think he died) for the sake of his show, but even he is horrified when he is ordered to 'eat his own penis' on camera.

%%* ExactWords:
%%** [[http://www.explosm.net/comics/3194/ "I see Oscars and Tonys in your future!"]]
%%** [[http://explosm.net/comics/4244/ These pills make you look thinner.]]

%%* StableTimeLoop: [[http://www.explosm.net/comics/1030/ HELLO!]]