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%%** And of course Rob Worthington's is just absurd. %%Who is Rob Worthington?

* FourLinesAllWaiting: Have juggled multiple parallel plots in large portions.

** And of course Rob Worthington's is just absurd.

* FantasticHonorific: "Sirrah", the honorific used to address General Maximillianna, is a real, if archaic, English honorific. You see it all the time in Shakespeare. However, it is used in the opposite way from its historical usage: "Sirrah" was not a "greater" form of "Sir", but a ''lesser'' one, used to address someone younger or of lower status than oneself.

* TheUnmasquedWorld: One the first book, the{{Masquerade}} slowly starts to break, as the main cast goes from thought insane to folk heroes. Later books take place more-or-less entirely in TheUnmasquedWorld, even though the [[TheMenInBlack FIB]] try ''so hard'' to hold on to at least ''some'' secrets for another four, until the heroes take them over, too.

* {{Cosplay}}: As sci-fi and fantasy fans, the gang get into this on several occasions. The very first storyline. "The Fandom Menace," sees aspiring actor Will dress up as both [[Franchise/StarWars Darh Vader]] and [[ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}.

* {{Cosplay}}: As sci-fi and fantasy fans, the gang get into this on several occasions. The very first storyline. "The Fandom Menace," sees aspiring actor Will dress up as both {{Franchise/StarWars Darh Vader]] and [[ComicBook/[[Wolverine}}.

* BettyAndVeronica: Rumy (the shy, nerdy artist struggling to express herself) is the Betty, and Alisin (the wild, promiscuous PerkyGoth with a dark path and huge anger issues) is the Veronica to Rikk's Archie. At the end of the webcomic's first run, the love triangle is solved by having them enter a threesome... though the revival does explore their relationship a little further and reveals that they all still had a number of issues to work out before the relationship was anywhere near stable.

%%* CaptainErsatz: A semi-stealth insert in the relaunch with Alan Moore as Feral.

%%* CosPlay: They get into this on occasions.
%%* {{Crossover}}: With ''Webcomic/PennyAndAggie'' recently, or at least the version of ''Penny and Aggie'' that exists in the Fans-verse.

* BettyAndVeronica: Rumy (the shy, nerdy artist struggling to express herseld) is the Betty, and Alisin (the wild, promiscuous PerkyGoth with a dark path and huge anger issues) is the Veronica to Rikk's Archie. At the end of the webcomic's first run, the love triangle is solved by having them enter a threesome... though the revival does explore their relationship a little further and reveals that they all still had a number of issues to work out before the relationship was anywhere near stable.

%%* ArtShift
%%* AscendedFanboy: pretty much the basis of the series, both played straight and subverted (literally) to Hell and back.

%%* AuthorAppeal: The author's admiration of fandom could, at times, verge a little too much on the unrealistic.

%%* BettyAndVeronica: Rumy and Alisin respectively.

* BrokenPedestal : [[spoiler: Timm The Fanboy, who idolized the core cast until they kicked out Guth's cousin Stu for bullying.]]

%%* ChivalrousPervert: Tim. %%How?

* {Geek}}: These guys and girls are the ''heroes'', though later installments deconstruct geekdom, presenting these guys as disgusting, smelly drooling and overweight little men. Will is visibly disturbed by the fact that he was supposed to be one of them. Another story, which serves as a sort-of crossover with ''Webcomic/PennyAndAggie'', also acts as a deconstruction by making the point that if these groups were to somehow become the mainstream, rather than the alternative, then other groups would consequently be pushed into the alternative -- with all the issues and disadvantages that this would result in, which would not magically disappear (geeks being just as capable as such things as bullying, social exclusion, etc as any other group).

%%* DeconstructorFleet: Deconstructs such SpeculativeFiction and {{Fandom}} tropes as TheCape, TheHerosJourney, HeroWorshipper and, in a {{CrossOver}} with ''Penny and Aggie'', the ButtMonkey / PickedLast aspects of [[{{Nerd}} nerddom]] and [[{{Geek}} geekdom]].

* {{Nerd}}s, {{Geek}}s: These guys and girls are the ''heroes''. It depends on your classification who is which, but there are examples of both provided.
** The latest installment begins to deconstruct geekdom, presenting these guys as disgusting, smelly drooling and overweight little men. Will is visibly disturbed by the fact that he was supposed to be one of them.
** Another story, which serves as a sort-of crossover with ''Webcomic/PennyAndAggie'', also acts as a deconstruction by making the point that if these groups were to somehow become the mainstream, rather than the alternative, then other groups would consequently be pushed into the alternative -- with all the issues and disadvantages that this would result in, which would not magically disappear (geeks being just as capable as such things as bullying, social exclusion, etc as any other group).

%%* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Played with, at least with regards to the 'kinkiness = evil' aspect of the trope.

* [[IHaveNoSon I Have No Sister]]: Rumy is eventually disowned by her sister. [[spoiler: Having a child with an alien]] was the last straw.
** Oddly, in a later story, when Rumy visited the grave of her sensei Kana, she observed her sister tending Kana's grave, While she acknowleged this act as a sign that her sister still respected her, Rumy had realized that their relationship was too toxic for them to ever truly reconcile.

* Jesse - [[ManofAThousandFaces A master actor who can take on any personality or role 100% convincingly]] but suffers from the Creator/{{Peter Sellers}}ian problem of possibly not having his own identity thanks to his ability to become the role.

* Jesse - A master actor who can take on any personality or role 100% convincingly but suffers from the Creator/{{Peter Sellers}}ian problem of possibly not having his own identity thanks to his ability to become the role.

* Meighan - LipstickLesbian and [[TheReliableOne level-headed]] but opportunistic businesswoman.

* Meighan - LipstickLesbian and level-headed but opportunistic businesswoman.

* Rikk - the [[TheIdealist idealistic]] and [[HopeBringer extraordinarily inspirational club president.]]

* Rikk - the [[TheIdealist idealistic]] and extraordinarily inspirational club president.

* Rikk - the idealistic and extraordinarily inspirational club president.

&&* FourLinesAllWaiting: Have juggled multiple parallel plots in large portions.
&&* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: No one except Ally has much sympathy for Keith Feddyg. What he suffered at Alisin's hands was awful, but almost none of his many, many victims had anything to do with it.
&&** And of course Rob Worthington's is just absurd.

* AuthorAppeal: The author's admiration of fandom could, at times, verge a little too much on the unrealistic.

* CaptainErsatz: A semi-stealth insert in the relaunch with Alan Moore as Feral.

* {{Crossover}}: With ''Webcomic/PennyAndAggie'' recently, or at least the version of ''Penny and Aggie'' that exists in the Fans-verse.

* DeconstructorFleet: Deconstructs such SpeculativeFiction and {{Fandom}} tropes as TheCape, TheHerosJourney, HeroWorshipper and, in a {{CrossOver}} with ''Penny and Aggie'', the ButtMonkey / PickedLast aspects of [[{{Nerd}} nerddom]] and [[{{Geek}} geekdom]].

* DysfunctionJunction: As the series begins, there's nobody who's not a mess in some way. Much CharacterDevelopment ensues...most of it adding more issues than it resolved.

* FictionAsCoverUp: Practically everything on TV serves this function. Even ''Series/SesameStreet''.
* FourLinesAllWaiting: Have juggled multiple parallel plots in large portions.
* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: No one except Ally has much sympathy for Keith Feddyg. What he suffered at Alisin's hands was awful, but almost none of his many, many victims had anything to do with it.
** And of course Rob Worthington's is just absurd.

* IfItsYouItsOkay: Meighan for Tim, and Rumy for Ally.

* IntercontinuityCrossOver: The characters are accidentally transported to the Webcomic/WalkyVerse, among others.

* MusicalEpisode: the "Makin' 'em Sing" arc.

* PlutoIsExpendable: Pluto's moon, actually. [[spoiler: The world eaters eat it on their way to Earth.]]

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: The fate of [[spoiler: Stu.]]

%%* SenselessSacrifice %%By whom, and in what context

* SoapOperaDisease: What Alisin suffered from, complete with IncurableCoughOfDeath.
* SpoofAesop: A strip involving Rikk, Aly and Rumi eating pot-laced brownies. "Don't do drugs, kids, or they might impair your ability to enjoy drugs later in life!"
* StatuesqueStunner: Di is taller than just about everyone. For bonus humor, her mentor is Rumiko, who is ''tiny''.

* ThatManIsDead: Alysin [[MeaningfulName (note spelling)]] assumed her name when she became a hard-partying Goth with a hidden sadistic streak.

* {{Revival}}: Had ''two'' revivals. It began as an independently-published print comic book in 1999, only for the creators to cancel it within the year due to lackluster distribution and sales. They revived it eight months later as a webcomic, which ran untill 2005. In 2008, Creator/TCampbell planned to do an one-shot {{Sequel}} story as a donation drive incentive, but found he had so many ideas for new stories and characters that he and artist Jason Waltrip instead relaunched the webcomic entirely. It lasted until 2012, when Campbell once again felt the story has d reached a suitable ending.

* BadassNormal: The main cast of characters(before they all got implanted superpowers). To start out, the only real muscle they had on their side was a quiet martial arts expert and a big bruiser. The leader was scrawny and two others had/have severe weight problems. Nevertheless, they hold their own against demigods, vampires, government agents, just plain stab-happy psychopaths, time-traveling warlords, frost giants, mental-brainwashing...the list just goes on. Granted, they did tend to grab their enemies weapons and unleash a wave of energy-blasts but that is just common sense.