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* TechnicalEuphemism: Mags prefers to call guns "pneumatic weapons".
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* GasMaskMooks: The whole cast, except for [[InnocentFanserviceGirl the nudist]] who wears nothing and Baron von Willendorfer, who prefers a HazmatSuit.
* GunNut: Mags has an impressive collection of guns in her office.

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* GasMaskMooks: The whole cast, except for [[InnocentFanserviceGirl the nudist]] who wears nothing and Baron von Willendorfer, who prefers a HazmatSuit.
* GunNut: Mags has an impressive collection of guns "[[InsistentTerminology pneumatic weapons]]" in her office.

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** Ironfang also returns to prompt the Baron to ExitPursuedByABear.

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** Ironfang also returns returns, after earlier chasing Chub and Coney, to prompt the Baron to ExitPursuedByABear.



* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: [[CrazySurvivalist Mags]] and [[CloudCuckooLander Coney]] agree that Mags's comically conspicuous SchmuckBait trap ought to work, despite [[OnlySaneMan Chub]]'s protestations. It does.

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* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: [[CrazySurvivalist Mags]] and [[CloudCuckooLander [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Coney]] agree that Mags's comically conspicuous SchmuckBait trap ought to work, despite [[OnlySaneMan Chub]]'s protestations. It does.



* EvilGloating: Von Willendorfer even does it when there's no-one around to hear him.

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* EvilGloating: Von Willendorfer gloats about how brilliant his plan is so much, he even does it when there's no-one around to hear him.



* ExplosiveStupidity: Chub and Coney try to clear out a clogged pipe with a blasting agent.

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* ChekhovsGunman: After her brief appearance helping Chub and Coney catch the nudist, Mags later returns to help defeat Baron von Willendorfer. A little later, Ironfang also returns to prompt the Baron to ExitPursuedByABear.

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After her brief appearance helping Chub and Coney catch the nudist, Mags later returns to help defeat Baron von Willendorfer. A little later, Willendorfer.
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Ironfang also returns to prompt the Baron to ExitPursuedByABear.



* CloudCuckooLander: Coney. He wears fake bunny ears at all times, believes in zombies and magic, freely admits that an obvious trap baited with peanut butter would work on him, and somehow failed to notice that Bandy has an entire stuffed human arm mounted on her wall.

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* CloudCuckooLander: {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Coney. He wears fake bunny ears at all times, believes in zombies and magic, freely admits that an obvious trap baited with peanut butter would work on him, and somehow failed to notice that Bandy has an entire stuffed human arm mounted on her wall.

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''[[http://dregscomic.tumblr.com/ Dregs]]'', also known as ''Drainers'', is a webcomic by Alex Steacy (of WebVideo/LoadingReadyRun) that follows the lives of sewer workers as they are harassed by a nudist.

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''[[http://dregscomic.'''''Dregs''''' (also known as '''''Drainers'''''), is a webcomic by Creator/AlexSteacy (of WebVideo/LoadingReadyRun) that follows the lives of sewer workers.

One day, after being given an extra-large workload, two sewer workers, Chub and Coney, run into a young, nude woman apparently living in the sewers that they work in, who likes to make their work difficult either by interrupting them constantly or just stealing their supplies. Eventually, the two decide to track her down and attempt to capture her and turn her over to the authorities. HilarityEnsues.

Along the way, the workers have to deal with their eccentric co-workers, vicious RodentsOfUnusualSize, and one deranged aristocrat.

The comic was originally published in its entirety on [[http://dregscomic.
tumblr.com/ Dregs]]'', Tumblr]] from February 2016 to October 2017, and was also known as ''Drainers'', is a webcomic published in print and eBook formats by Alex Steacy (of WebVideo/LoadingReadyRun) that follows the lives of sewer workers as they are harassed by Creator/CloudscapeComics in 2020 (where it was retitled "Drainers"), after a nudist.
successful Kickstarter campaign.



* AristocratsAreEvil: Baron von Willendorfer III is the only aristocrat in the cast, and also the only real villain.
* BeehiveHairdo: Meatball's main distinguishing feature.

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* AristocratsAreEvil: Baron von Willendorfer III is the only aristocrat in the cast, and also the only real villain.
antagonist.
* BeehiveHairdo: Meatball's main distinguishing feature.Meatball wears her hair in a large bun, ''outside'' of her protective suit.



* CannedOrdersOverLoudspeaker: Courtesy of Bandy's office.
* ChekhovsGun: The missing Blastol from the store becomes relevant later.

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* BlandNameProduct:
** The crew's blasting agent is called "Blastol".
** The dog food cans in the nudist's home are labeled "Doge Nosh".
** The birdseed that Chub and Coney use is called "Birb Seed".
* CannedOrdersOverLoudspeaker: Courtesy of Bandy's office.
Bandy often conveys orders with an intercom system set up throughout the entire sewer.
* ChekhovsGun: The [[spoiler:The missing Blastol from the store store]] becomes relevant later.



* EvilIsPetty: Von Willendorfer has an evil plan to make all of his peers' plumbing overflow simultaneously, in revenge for having been disrespected. That's it. That's his entire motivation. Unfortunately, he's also dangerously stupid and thinks the best way to go about this plan is to set off the ''entire'' blastol store at once.
* ExplosiveStupidity: When Chub and Coney try to clear out a pipe with [[BlandNameProduct Blastol]].

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* EvilIsPetty: Von Willendorfer has an evil plan to make [[spoiler:make all of his peers' plumbing overflow simultaneously, in revenge for having been disrespected. That's it. That's his entire motivation. Unfortunately, he's also dangerously stupid and thinks the best way to go about this plan is to set off the ''entire'' blastol store at once.
once.]]
* ExplosiveStupidity: When Chub and Coney try to clear out a clogged pipe with [[BlandNameProduct Blastol]].a blasting agent.



* FullFrontalAssault: The nudist.
* FunWithAcronyms: Chub and company are employees of Allied Regional Sewerage Engineers.
** Bandy wears a cap with the same acronym printed on it.

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* FullFrontalAssault: The nudist.
* FunWithAcronyms: Chub and company are employees of Allied Regional Sewerage Engineers.
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'''A'''llied '''R'''egional '''S'''ewerage '''E'''ngineers. Bandy wears a cap with the same acronym printed on it.



* GunNut: Mags the rat hunter.

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* GunNut: Mags the rat hunter.has an impressive collection of guns in her office.



* InnocentFanserviceGirl / ShamelessFanserviceGirl: The nudist. She's lived alone in the sewer for so long she no longer has any nudity taboo, if she ever did.
* KickedUpstairs: Bandy, after her [[AnArmAndALeg accident]].

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* InnocentFanserviceGirl / ShamelessFanserviceGirl: InnocentFanserviceGirl: The nudist. She's lived alone in the sewer for so long she no longer has any nudity taboo, if she ever did.
* KickedUpstairs: Bandy, after her [[AnArmAndALeg accident]].InsistentTerminology: Those aren't guns Mags has, they're "Pneumatic Weapons".



* RunningGag: "We'll lose our streak!" in reference to how many days it's been since the last corpse sighting.



* ToiletHumor: Surprisingly little, despite taking place in a sewer. Most of the comic's humor comes from its eccentric cast of characters.



* XDaysSince [[http://dregscomic.tumblr.com/post/141301774395/pg27-someday-theyll-beat-the-5-day-record the last corpse sighting]]. 'We'll lose our streak!' is a RunningGag.

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* XDaysSince XDaysSince: [[http://dregscomic.tumblr.com/post/141301774395/pg27-someday-theyll-beat-the-5-day-record The crew keeps track of how many days it's been since the last corpse sighting]]. 'We'll lose our streak!' is a RunningGag.sighting]].
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''[[http://dregscomic.tumblr.com/ Dregs]]'', also known as ''Drainers'', is a webcomic by Alex Steacy (of ''WebVideo/LoadingReadyRun'') that follows the lives of sewer workers as they are harassed by a nudist.

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''[[http://dregscomic.tumblr.com/ Dregs]]'', also known as ''Drainers'', is a webcomic by Alex Steacy (of ''WebVideo/LoadingReadyRun'') WebVideo/LoadingReadyRun) that follows the lives of sewer workers as they are harassed by a nudist.

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''[[http://dregscomic.tumblr.com/ Dregs]]'' is a webcomic by Alex Steacy (of ''WebVideo/LoadingReadyRun'') that follows the lives of sewer workers as they are harassed by a nudist.

The main cast consists of:

* Chub: The protagonist, a short rotund man wearing a helmet.
* Coney: His bumbling sidekick, a tall, thin man wearing rabbit ears.
* Bandy: The boss of the operation, who lost her arm in an accident.
* A naked young woman, who makes life difficult for the workers.

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''[[http://dregscomic.tumblr.com/ Dregs]]'' Dregs]]'', also known as ''Drainers'', is a webcomic by Alex Steacy (of ''WebVideo/LoadingReadyRun'') that follows the lives of sewer workers as they are harassed by a nudist.

The main cast consists of:

* Chub: The protagonist, a short rotund man wearing a helmet.
* Coney: His bumbling sidekick, a tall, thin man wearing rabbit ears.
* Bandy: The boss of the operation, who lost her arm in an accident.
* A naked young woman, who makes life difficult for the workers.
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* EvilIsPetty: Von Willendorfer has an evil plan to make all of his peers' plumbing overflow simultaneously, in revenge for having been disrespected. That's it. That's his entire motivation. Unfortunately, he's also dangerously stupid, and thinks the best way to go about this plan is to set off the ''entire'' blastol store at once.

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* EvilIsPetty: Von Willendorfer has an evil plan to make all of his peers' plumbing overflow simultaneously, in revenge for having been disrespected. That's it. That's his entire motivation. Unfortunately, he's also dangerously stupid, stupid and thinks the best way to go about this plan is to set off the ''entire'' blastol store at once.



* XDaysSince [[http://dregscomic.tumblr.com/post/141301774395/pg27-someday-theyll-beat-the-5-day-record the last corpse sighting]]. 'We'll lose our streak!' is a RunningGag.

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* XDaysSince [[http://dregscomic.tumblr.com/post/141301774395/pg27-someday-theyll-beat-the-5-day-record the last corpse sighting]]. 'We'll lose our streak!' is a RunningGag.RunningGag.
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* GasMaskMooks: The whole cast, except for [[InnocentFanserviceGirl the nudist]] who wears [[CaptainObvious nothing]] and Baron von Willendorfer, who prefers a HazmatSuit.

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* GasMaskMooks: The whole cast, except for [[InnocentFanserviceGirl the nudist]] who wears [[CaptainObvious nothing]] nothing and Baron von Willendorfer, who prefers a HazmatSuit.

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* BigDamnHeroes: Subverted for laughs with Mags arriving in the nick of time to help foil the Baron - and then almost immediately [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere legging it]] when she realises the bomb is armed. Bandy awards her a [[ConsolationPrize "you tried" medal]] for this.



* ChekhovsGunman: After her brief appearance helping Chub and Coney catch the nudist, Mags later returns to help defeat Baron von Willendorfer. A little later, Ironfang also returns to prompt the Baron to ExitPursuedByABear.
* ChekhovsSkill: Mags's expertise with pneumatic weapons allows her to recognise the Baron's gun as a fairly harmless air gun and not a real threat.



* HereWeGoAgain: The strip (or at least the first book) ends with Chub and Coney returning to work the following week, and the nudist secretly following them with, presumably, the intention of causing more havoc.
* HeroicSacrifice: Subverted three times in a row when saving the sewer and the town above from the Baron's bomb. Chub ''almost'' goes down with the bomb, failing to jump off in time while sailing it into a cistern, and then Coney leaps off the ledge to save Chub without any real survival plan for himself, but the nudist is able to catch them at the last moment. Then the nudist herself briefly appears to have died from being caught in the explosion's shockwave, but it turns out she was just unconscious.
* HumiliationConga: Von Willendorfer is humiliatingly called out for his stupidity by Chub and Mags, then gets his HazmatSuit broken and is almost suffocated by the stench of the sewers, then suffers an apparent DisneyVillainDeath, only to survive his fall into the depths of the sewer, get tossed around by water currents and machinery, and end up stuck in a comically flooded hazmat suit. Then [[RodentsOfUnusualSize Ironfang]] [[ExitPursuedByABear finds him]]. After all that, it's eventually revealed he was found by the police, linked to the bomb plot, and had his stupidity publicised in the newspapers.



* MeaningfulName: Chub is chubby, and Coney wears bunny ears. Although it seems likely that those are nicknames deriving ''from'' those traits.

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Chub is chubby, and Coney wears bunny ears. Although it seems likely that those are nicknames deriving ''from'' those traits.traits.
** Mags is a possible StealthPun case. We're never told what it's short for, but given her GunNut status it might as well be short for ''Magazines''.


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* VisualPun: At one point, the nudist has a "private property" sign [[SceneryCensor covering her privates]].

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* MuteButNotSilent: The nudist understands English, but cannot speak it. Instead she communicates almost exclusively in variations on the sounds "heh" and "bup".


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* OhCrap: Chub and Coney's [[http://dregscomic.tumblr.com/page/19 reaction]] when the girl walks up to them with a lit stick of Blastol.

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* OhCrap: Chub and Coney's [[http://dregscomic.tumblr.com/page/19 com/post/143775376510 reaction]] when the girl walks up to them with a lit stick of Blastol.



* ShoutOut: Mags the rat hunter's [[http://dregscomic.tumblr.com/page/3 combat gear]] looks right at home in ''VideoGame/{{STALKER}}''.

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* ChekhovsGun: The missing Blastol from the store becomes relevant later.


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* DistinctionWithoutADifference: Mags's collection isn't of ''guns'', it's of ''pneumatic weapons''. That fire bullets. Hard enough to kill.

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* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer

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* AbsurdlySpaciousSewerAbsurdlySpaciousSewer: Lampshaded when Chub suggests a systematic search for the nudist.
-->'''Chub:''' This place isn't ''that'' big, right?
-->'''Coney:''' Beats me!



* AristocratsAreEvil: Baron von Willendorfer III is the only aristocrat in the cast, and also the only real villain.



* CloudCuckooLander: Coney.

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* CloudCuckooLander: Coney. He wears fake bunny ears at all times, believes in zombies and magic, freely admits that an obvious trap baited with peanut butter would work on him, and somehow failed to notice that Bandy has an entire stuffed human arm mounted on her wall.
* CrazySurvivalist: Mags the rat hunter gives off a definite vibe of this, with her gun collection, obsessive vigilance, casual disregard for pain and discomfort, and InsaneTrollLogic.



* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: [[CrazySurvivalist Mags]] and [[CloudCuckooLander Coney]] agree that Mags's comically conspicuous SchmuckBait trap ought to work, despite [[OnlySaneMan Chub]]'s protestations. It does.
* DelusionsOfEloquence: Baron von Willendorfer never uses a two-syllable word where a five-syllable word could be used instead. He also thinks "misunderestimate" is a real word.
* ExpressiveEars: Coney's fake rabbit ears droop when he's unhappy.
* ExpressiveMask: The shape of the gas masks' noses and size of the eye-lenses occasionally subtly change to convey mood. In moments of extreme fear, [[EyeTake the pupils become visible through the lenses]].
* EvilGloating: Von Willendorfer even does it when there's no-one around to hear him.
* EvilIsPetty: Von Willendorfer has an evil plan to make all of his peers' plumbing overflow simultaneously, in revenge for having been disrespected. That's it. That's his entire motivation. Unfortunately, he's also dangerously stupid, and thinks the best way to go about this plan is to set off the ''entire'' blastol store at once.



* FriendlessBackground: The nudist has no friends or family, or at least none that she can remember.



* GasMaskMooks: The whole cast, [[InnocentFanserviceGirl except for one]].
* GunNut: The rat hunter.
* InnocentFanserviceGirl / ShamelessFanserviceGirl: The nudist.

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* TheGadfly: The nudist deliberately makes trouble for the sewer workers because she is bored.
* GasMaskMooks: The whole cast, except for [[InnocentFanserviceGirl except for one]].
the nudist]] who wears [[CaptainObvious nothing]] and Baron von Willendorfer, who prefers a HazmatSuit.
* GunNut: The Mags the rat hunter.
* InnocentFanserviceGirl / ShamelessFanserviceGirl: The nudist. She's lived alone in the sewer for so long she no longer has any nudity taboo, if she ever did.



* MeaningfulName: Chub is chubby, and Coney wears bunny ears. Although it seems likely that those are nicknames deriving ''from'' those traits.
* MuteButNotSilent: The nudist understands English, but cannot speak it. Instead she communicates almost exclusively in variations on the sounds "heh" and "bup".



* RodentsOfUnusualSize
* ShoutOut: The unnamed rat hunter's [[http://dregscomic.tumblr.com/page/3 combat gear]] looks right at home in ''VideoGame/{{STALKER}}''.

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* RodentsOfUnusualSize
OnlySaneMan: Chub is definitely the least eccentric person in the entire sewer.
* RodentsOfUnusualSize: Ironfang is a rat larger than most humans.
* SceneryCensor: There are always pipes and wires at just the right height to keep the nudist's depiction PG.
* SchmuckBait: The nudist falls for Mags's trap, which consisted of a jar of peanut butter sitting under an enormous, incredibly conspicuous cage.
* SecurityBlanket: Coney's bunny ears. Losing them throws him into a Shakespearian soliloquy of sorrow.
* ShoutOut: The unnamed Mags the rat hunter's [[http://dregscomic.tumblr.com/page/3 combat gear]] looks right at home in ''VideoGame/{{STALKER}}''.''VideoGame/{{STALKER}}''.
* TrademarkFavouriteFood: The nudist likes dog food (or "doge chow"). Chub points out that if she was going to be stealing from them ''anyway'', she could have stolen some real food instead. She doesn't care.
* WildChild: The nudist has been living alone in the sewers since she was tiny.
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The main cast consists of:

* Chub: The protagonist, a short rotund man wearing a helmet.
* Coney: His bumbling sidekick, a tall, thin man wearing rabbit ears.
* Bandy: The boss of the operation, who lost her arm in an accident.
* A naked young woman, who makes life difficult for the workers.



* CloudCukooLander: Coney.

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* CloudCukooLander: Coney.BeehiveHairdo: Meatball's main distinguishing feature.
* CannedOrdersOverLoudspeaker: Courtesy of Bandy's office.
* CloudCuckooLander: Coney.
* CreepySouvenir: Bandy keeps her severed arm mounted on her office wall.
* ExplosiveStupidity: When Chub and Coney try to clear out a pipe with [[BlandNameProduct Blastol]].



* GunNut:

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* GunNut: The rat hunter.



* RodentsOfUnusualSize

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* RodentsOfUnusualSizeKickedUpstairs: Bandy, after her [[AnArmAndALeg accident]].
* OhCrap: Chub and Coney's [[http://dregscomic.tumblr.com/page/19 reaction]] when the girl walks up to them with a lit stick of Blastol.
* RodentsOfUnusualSize
* ShoutOut: The unnamed rat hunter's [[http://dregscomic.tumblr.com/page/3 combat gear]] looks right at home in ''VideoGame/{{STALKER}}''.
* XDaysSince [[http://dregscomic.tumblr.com/post/141301774395/pg27-someday-theyll-beat-the-5-day-record the last corpse sighting]]. 'We'll lose our streak!' is a RunningGag.
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''[[http://dregscomic.tumblr.com/ Dregs]]'' is a webcomic by Alex Steacy (of ''WebVideo/LoadingReadyRun'') that follows the lives of sewer workers as they are harassed by a nudist.

!!''Dregs'' contains examples of:
* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer
* AnArmAndALeg: Bandy lost her right arm some time ago.
* CloudCukooLander: Coney.
* FullFrontalAssault: The nudist.
* GasMaskMooks: The whole cast, [[InnocentFanserviceGirl except for one]].
* GunNut:
* InnocentFanserviceGirl / ShamelessFanserviceGirl: The nudist.
* RodentsOfUnusualSize

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