History Webcomic / ElectricWonderland

* ReplacementLoveInterest: [[spoiler: Vicky becomes this for Narvel in "The New Adventures of the Nettropolis Narvel," after he ends up in a Sim Life in which he never became a superhero, since [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/electricwonderland/index.php?issue=15&page=10 she resembles Girl Friday.]] The two of them eventually learn that she ''is'' Girl Friday, but became a CriminalAmnesiac after entering the Sim Life.]]

* WholePlotReference: "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/electricwonderland/index.php?issue=10&page=0 Friends of Lululu]]" serves as a parody of ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanet'' with a dash of ''MightyMorphinPowerRangers''. This was reflected in its working title, "Commander Eco and the Eco-Teens."

* KatanasAreJustBetter: NJ and Natasha both sport some, but NJ rarely uses his, and Natasha's doubles as a LaserSword.

* MeetCute: Shroomy tried to [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/electricwonderland/index.php?issue=13&page=8&seriesID=11 invoke this]] in "Valentine's Day Massacre".

* ThreeDimensionalEpisode: The covers to every issue are in legitimate 3-D, and work with either red-blue anaglyph glasses or a Nintendo3DS.

* MediumAwareness: In "Day of the Fools", Aerynn uses the chant, "Ala-Ka-[[ComicBook/{{Bone}} Jeff Smith]]!" to [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/electricwonderland/index.php?issue=12&page=1 change the font]] of Platypus Comix's word balloons.

** Trawn [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/electricwonderland/index.php?issue=7&page=14 organizes a celebration]] at "[[MarioIsMissing Weegee]]'s Pizza" after catching the bomber in "[=LuLo=]".

* CelebrityEndorsement: In-universe, "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/electricwonderland/index.php?issue=20&pageType=index&seriesID=11 The Influencer]]" follows Trawn's efforts to convince her trend-setting niece, Sierra, to plug the ''NFP''. Unfortunately, the newspaper doesn't really appeal to Sierra.

** "Inevitable Christmas Adventure" [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/electricwonderland/index.php?issue=4&page=2 contains]] [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/electricwonderland/index.php?issue=4&page=9 numerous]] [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/electricwonderland/index.php?issue=4&page=10 references]] to ''RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer''.

** One of NJ's and Torro's classmates in "The Time That People Forgot", [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/electricwonderland/index.php?issue=11&page=4 Jodie Vasquez]], has the same last name and initials as JhonenVasquez. [[spoiler:Trevor's HeroicSacrifice]] also [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/electricwonderland/index.php?issue=11&page=17 evokes]] a scene from ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant''.

* ProductionForeshadowing: ''Free Spirit'' heroine Winnie Goodwin [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/electricwonderland/index.php?issue=17&page=4 appeared]] in "Into Thin Aerynn" about a year before receiving [[Webcomic/FreeSpirit her own Platypus Comix series]]. Although, Peter hadn't decided at the time to actually go through with giving Winnie her own comic.

** "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/electricwonderland/index.php?issue=18&pageType=index&seriesID=11 WTF]]" applies this treatment to several people involved with video game development and media.

** "The Time That People Forgot" [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/electricwonderland/index.php?issue=11&page=1 reveals]] that NJ and Torro attended school at [[{{Comicbook/X-Men}} Julian Zavier's School For Ungifted Students]].

* AuthorAppeal: Trawn's efforts to revitalize the medium of printed word, which Peter would later try himself with ''[[http://www.bangpdx.com/ BANG! The Entertainment Paper]]''.

->''Welcome to the internet...of the future! It's evolved beyond its dimensions and become a fully immersive virtual world! Anyone can log onto this world from anywhere and take on any form or shape! Some only come to check their email or bank account...others spend much of their lives here. Some find jobs. Some find love. Some get robbed. Some get scammed. Some get ruined. And some do the ruining. The truth is that, no matter how advanced things get, the same problems of the past exist in the future.''
-->-'''Introduction''' to {{Pilot}}

* CoversAlwaysLie: "Formation Team Trawn" has a [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/electricwonderland/index.php?issue=2&pageType=index&seriesID=11 cover]] with Aerynn exclaiming, "[[Film/TheBigCountry I said I would shoot, but you didn't believe me!]] [[TheRenAndStimpyShow Why didn't you believe me??]]" She doesn't actually shoot anyone in that comic.

* SlidingScaleOfGenderInequality: It scores 6. Currently among the heroes, women outnumber men 5:2, and men always seem to get the more unlikable character traits. NJ [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/electricwonderland/index.php?issue=13&page=5&seriesID=11 lampshaded]] the comic's ImprobablyFemaleCast in "Valentine's Day Massacre".

* PubertySuperpower: "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/electricwonderland/index.php?issue=19&pageType=index Puberty of the Future]]" reveals that Nettropolis avatars undergo a random and apparently permanent transformation at about the time they enter high school. While most of these transformations consist simply of becoming taller, some of NJ's enemies and friends assume more powerful forms in the story.

** "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/electricwonderland/index.php?issue=11&page=0 The Time That People Forgot]]" fashes back to when NJ, Torro, and their classmate Jodie had to survive TheWildWest while playing an immersive version of ''VideoGame/TheOregonTrail''.

* WholePlotReference: "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/electricwonderland/index.php?issue=10&page=0 Friends of Lululu]]" serves as a parody of ''CaptainPlanet'' with a dash of ''MightyMorphinPowerRangers''. This was reflected in its working title, "Commander Eco and the Eco-Teens."

* InstantAwesomeJustAddNinja: NJ uses the screen name "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/electricwonderland/index.php?issue=1&page=5 Night Ninja]]," and he has claimed his nickname stands for "[=NinJa=]." [[IronicNickname Ironically]], he hasn't hasn't performed any ninja stunts since the time he [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/electricwonderland/index.php?issue=1&page=6 saved Shroomy]] from a [[Franchise/{{Alien}} xenomorph]] in the first issue, [[HighlyVisibleNinja and he frequently goes out in public during the daytime.]]

* CoversAlwaysLie: "Formation Team Trawn" has a [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/electricwonderland/index.php?issue=2&pageType=index&seriesID=11 cover]] with Aerynn exclaiming, "[[TheBigCountry I said I would shoot, but you didn't believe me!]] [[TheRenAndStimpyShow Why didn't you believe me??]]" She doesn't actually shoot anyone in that comic.

* MediumAwareness: In "Day of the Fools", Aerynn uses the chant, "Ala-Ka-[[{{Bone}} Jeff Smith]]!" to [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/electricwonderland/index.php?issue=12&page=1 change the font]] of Platypus Comix's word balloons.

** One of NJ's and Torro's classmates in "The Time That People Forgot", [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/electricwonderland/index.php?issue=11&page=4 Jodie Vasquez]], has the same last name and initials as JhonenVasquez.

* YouDontLookLikeYou: Compare Natasha's appearance at [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/electricwonderland/index.php?issue=6&page=24 the end of "The Search For Parker"]] with the design used from "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/electricwonderland/index.php?issue=7&page=13 LuLo]]" onward.

* DrugsAreBad: A subplot of "Shrooming with Shroomy" has Shroomy take some "Harmoxacil", to suppress her seemingly futile dreams of finding love. It causes her to [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/electricwonderland/index.php?issue=14&page=17 figuratively grab ahold]] of a JerkassBall.
** At the end of the comic, Aerynn sentences Shroomy to [[spoiler:[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/electricwonderland/index.php?issue=14&page=22 watching several videotapes]] containing [[AVerySpecialEpisode Very Special Episodes]] teaching that DrugsAreBad.]]

* EmbarrassingFirstName: At the beginning of "Inevitable Christmas Adventure," Aerynn explains to the others that NJ does not want anyone on the Internet to call him "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/electricwonderland/index.php?issue=4&page=2 Nate]]", so they should try to forget learning that is his name. [[HypocriticalHumor She then proceeds to call him "Nate" at every possible opportunity.]]
** Times when people call him by his ''real'' real name, "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/electricwonderland/index.php?issue=11&page=4 Nathan]]", come even more rarely.

* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: As Aerynn [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/electricwonderland/index.php?issue=10&page=2 demonstrates]] in "Friends of Lululu".

** TheBusCameBack: As detailed in "The Search For Parker," Parker [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/electricwonderland/index.php?issue=6&page=21 returned]] to the ''Nettropolis Free Press'' domain after two ComicBookTime months (seven months passed in Real World Time), only to borrow $50 from Shroomy. Aerynn then advised Shroomy to [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/electricwonderland/index.php?issue=6&page=22 dump him]] so she could find a worthier boyfriend.

* SlidingScaleOfGenderInequality: It scores 6. Currently among the heroes, women outnumber men 5:2, and men always seem to get the worse character types.
** NJ [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/electricwonderland/index.php?issue=13&page=5&seriesID=11 lampshaded]] the comic's ImprobablyFemaleCast in "Valentine's Day Massacre".

* {{Tuckerization}}: WordOfGod says when defining the character of Trawn, Peter decided to model her in part after his friend Eileen Cruz, who founded Toon Zone. Cruz and Trawn have the same first name as a result.
** Also, Trawn's last name, Pecadillo, rhymes with Eileen Cruz's maiden name, Delgadillo.

* WholeEpisodeFlashback: "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/electricwonderland/index.php?issue=11&page=0 The Time That People Forgot]]" fashes back to when NJ, Torro, and their classmate Jodie had to survive TheWildWest while playing an immersive version of ''VideoGame/TheOregonTrail''.