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On January 18, 2021, David released most of his characters to the public domain. Though the post has since been deleted, [[https://jackrabbit.thecomicseries.com/blogarchive/40583 it has been confirmed]] that fans are still allowed to use those characters for future stories. A new writer, Darkwing Dork, has been running the website and creating new content with David works on his final story, with new writers and artists encouraged to send in their own stories to be added to the canon. He is set to continue running comics after David finishes up his final four-part arc.

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On January 18, 2021, David released most of his characters to the public domain. Though the post has since been deleted, [[https://jackrabbit.thecomicseries.com/blogarchive/40583 it has been confirmed]] that fans are still allowed to use those characters for future stories. A new writer, Darkwing Dork, Dude, has been running the website and creating new content with David works on his final story, with new writers and artists encouraged to send in their own stories to be added to the canon. He is set to continue running comics after David finishes up his final four-part arc.
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Oh, and fair warning, this comic can get very ''very'' '''''very''''' {{NSFW}}: gore, sex, swearing, and all around blasphemy can be found. Went on a long hiatus for a twofold reason: Mr. Hopkins was figuring out the last few arcs that would wrap up the comic and due to something that happened with a former fan that nearly resulted in legal action on both sides. It is back on a schedule now where the full arc is posted after it is done as opposed to its former Monday-Wednesday-Friday schedule.

Now has [[Characters/JackDavidHopkinsSupernaturalCharacters character]] [[Characters/JackDavidHopkinsMortals pages]] under construction. A complete downloadable archive of the strip can be found [[https://www.dropbox.com/s/tbtcr67tr4aaf0w/Jack%20Complete%20%281.0%29.rar?dl=0 here,]] as the former website has gone completely offline at Hopkins' request. Another archive can be found [[http://jackrabbit.thecomicseries.com/archive here.]]

On January 18, 2021, David released most of his characters to the public domain. Though the post has since been deleted, [[https://jackrabbit.thecomicseries.com/blogarchive/40583 it has been confirmed]] that fans are still allowed to use those characters for future stories.

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Oh, and fair warning, this comic can get very ''very'' '''''very''''' {{NSFW}}: gore, sex, swearing, and all around blasphemy can be found. Went on a long hiatus for a twofold reason: Mr. Hopkins was figuring out the last few arcs that would wrap up the comic and due to something that happened with a former fan that nearly resulted in legal action on both sides. It is back on a schedule now where the full arc is posted after it is done as opposed to its former on a Monday-Wednesday-Friday schedule.

Now has [[Characters/JackDavidHopkinsSupernaturalCharacters character]] [[Characters/JackDavidHopkinsMortals pages]] under construction. A complete downloadable archive of the strip can be found [[https://www.dropbox.com/s/tbtcr67tr4aaf0w/Jack%20Complete%20%281.0%29.rar?dl=0 here,]] as the former website has gone completely offline at Hopkins' request. Another archive A new website can be found [[http://jackrabbit.thecomicseries.com/archive com here.]]

On January 18, 2021, David released most of his characters to the public domain. Though the post has since been deleted, [[https://jackrabbit.thecomicseries.com/blogarchive/40583 it has been confirmed]] that fans are still allowed to use those characters for future stories.
stories. A new writer, Darkwing Dork, has been running the website and creating new content with David works on his final story, with new writers and artists encouraged to send in their own stories to be added to the canon. He is set to continue running comics after David finishes up his final four-part arc.
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* GoodEyesEvilEyes: Whilst Sins, God, and the Devil have pupil-less eyes, all non-Sins in Hell are shown with pinpoint pupils until they realize their sin, at which point they are drawn with the full pupils used by Hopkins for the living and Angels. It's also shown that those who have realized their sin can go back to the ominous pinpoint pupils,[https://jackrabbit.thecomicseries.com/comics/1043#content-start if they fall in with the wrong crowd,]] or if they've been brutalized like [[spoiler:Vinci]] in the side story [[https://jackrabbit.thecomicseries.com/comics/1580#content-start "Pikri Alitheia"]] after [[spoiler:trying to defend Bashful and being half-devoured by the Gorshes]]. Vinci's eyes, however, almost immediately returned to "open", suggesting that those in Hell can regain their eyes if they remember all the progress they've already made once they respawn.

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* GoodEyesEvilEyes: Whilst Sins, God, and the Devil have pupil-less eyes, all non-Sins in Hell are shown with pinpoint pupils until they realize their sin, at which point they are drawn with the full pupils used by Hopkins for the living and Angels. It's also shown that those who have realized their sin can go back to the ominous pinpoint pupils,[https://jackrabbit.pupils, [[https://jackrabbit.thecomicseries.com/comics/1043#content-start if they fall in with the wrong crowd,]] or if they've been brutalized like [[spoiler:Vinci]] in the side story [[https://jackrabbit.thecomicseries.com/comics/1580#content-start "Pikri Alitheia"]] after [[spoiler:trying to defend Bashful and being half-devoured by the Gorshes]]. Vinci's eyes, however, almost immediately returned to "open", suggesting that those in Hell can regain their eyes if they remember all the progress they've already made once they respawn.

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On January 18, 2021, [[https://www.furaffinity.net/view/40196523 David released most of his characters to the public domain.]]

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On January 18, 2021, [[https://www.furaffinity.net/view/40196523 David released most of his characters to the public domain.]]
domain. Though the post has since been deleted, [[https://jackrabbit.thecomicseries.com/blogarchive/40583 it has been confirmed]] that fans are still allowed to use those characters for future stories.



%%* ActionGirl: Farrago, Central, Brisk, Lita, and [[spoiler:Specks.]]

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%%* * ActionGirl: Farrago, Central, Brisk, Lita, and [[spoiler:Specks.]][[spoiler:Specks]], though all with varying degrees of competency. Generally, angels fare far better than mortals when it comes to fighting in Hell.



* AllThereInTheManual: Cliff's character and the things he does (such as repeatedly calling Lita "Linda") might be hard to understand if one hasn't read the ''Cliff'' comic, which is uploaded to Hopkins' [=FurAffinity=] page.



* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Surprisingly used with restraint. Only Jack, Jill, Drip, and Lita are shown to be unnatural colors that wouldn't be found in nature. In Jack and Jill's case, this can be explained as being [[spoilers: the first of their kind. The scientists who created them likely wanted an easy marker to be able to find them should they break out, something that is actually done in real life with animal test subjects.]] Drip's bright blue coloration isn't explained. Lita's color is inherited from her father, thought it is a far more diluted blue than Drip's thanks to being half-rat and half-raccoon.



* ArtStyleDissonance: It's a comic set in the BloodyBowelsOfHell, done by an artist whose biggest influence is ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures''.

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* ArtStyleDissonance: It's a comic set in the BloodyBowelsOfHell, done by an artist whose biggest influence is ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures''. Also apparent in the side arcs focusing on Arty and Vinci, which have an adorable cuddly style reminiscent of Chuck Jones



* AuthorAppeal: Hopkins has said in a fan interview that he hates women, owing mostly to his [[FreudianExcuse issues with his own mother]]. This explains a lot about how some women are written in ''Jack''. This also explains [[AuthorAvatar the use of Drip as one of Hopkins' avatars]], as Hopkins also says Drip was created to be a personal coping mechanism and outlet for these negative emotions which he freely admits are wrong (he claims real-life violence against women outrages and disgusts him).

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* AuthorAppeal: Hopkins has said in a fan interview that he hates women, owing mostly to his [[FreudianExcuse issues with his own mother]]. This explains a lot ''lot'' about how some women are written in ''Jack''. This also explains [[AuthorAvatar the use of Drip as one of Hopkins' avatars]], as Hopkins also says Drip was created to be a personal coping mechanism and outlet for these negative emotions which he freely admits are wrong (he claims real-life violence against women outrages and disgusts him).



** [[http://www.pholph.com/strip.php?id=5&sid=670 Pepe Val Pew]], the Fursona of Dave Hopkins, appears both as Pepe Val Pew and as {{Satan}}. Interestingly, only when appearing as Satan does he appear to be able to discuss plot points and openly break the fourth wall, other appearances are little more than cameos. He has also identified himself as Drip in various places, and Hopkins himself is a widely-criticized yet still somehow popular book author in-universe.

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** [[http://www.pholph.com/strip.php?id=5&sid=670 [[https://jackrabbit.thecomicseries.com/comics/1544#content-start Pepe Val Pew]], the Fursona of Dave Hopkins, appears both as Pepe Val Pew and as {{Satan}}. Interestingly, only when appearing as Satan does he appear to be able to discuss plot points and openly break the fourth wall, other appearances are little more than cameos. He has also identified himself as Drip in various places, and Hopkins himself is a widely-criticized yet still somehow popular book author in-universe.



%%* BigDamnHeroes:
%%** Jack and Reckonin pull this off in "Wednesday's Child", and again in "Sever the Hunger."
%%** Brisk in "Megan's Run."

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%%* * BigDamnHeroes:
%%** ** Jack and Reckonin pull this off in "Wednesday's Child", Child" when they save Wendy and Anna and again in "Sever the Hunger."
%%**
Hunger" when they kill Bob and Lisa.
**
Brisk in "Megan's Run."Run" a few different times while she's in Hell. Notable since she's a mortal and not a Sin or angel.



** For that matter, who designs a holding area and lab for an untested GM creature of human level intelligence [[http://www.pholph.com/strip.php?id=5&sid=1067 that you can break out of with a fork?]]

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** For that matter, who designs a holding area and lab for an untested GM creature of human level intelligence [[http://www.pholph.com/strip.php?id=5&sid=1067 [[https://jackrabbit.thecomicseries.com/comics/732#content-start that you can break out of with a fork?]]



* ChurchOfHappyology: All of [[http://www.pholph.com/whole_arc_viewer.php?id=5&sid=1375 Arc XXIX]] is a thinly veiled TakeThat to That One Church.

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* ChurchOfHappyology: All of [[http://www.pholph.com/whole_arc_viewer.php?id=5&sid=1375 [[https://jackrabbit.thecomicseries.com/comics/1041 Arc XXIX]] is a thinly veiled TakeThat to That One Church.



* DeathTakesAHoliday: In a [[http://www.pholph.com/strip.php?id=5&sid=1506 couple]] of [[http://www.pholph.com/strip.php?id=5&sid=1507 fancomics]]. Oddly enough, things work out better when Jack isn't on the job.

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* DeathTakesAHoliday: In a [[http://www.pholph.com/strip.php?id=5&sid=1506 [[https://jackrabbit.thecomicseries.com/comics/1172 couple]] of [[http://www.pholph.com/strip.php?id=5&sid=1507 [[https://jackrabbit.thecomicseries.com/comics/1173 fancomics]]. Oddly enough, things work out better when Jack isn't on the job.



* DeliverUsFromEvil: Fnar's mother. She becomes saved after he declares her love for her son and adopts a bunch of demon girls who were killed as infants by their mother.

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* DeliverUsFromEvil: Fnar's mother.mother Jinx. She becomes saved after he declares her love for her son and adopts a bunch of demon girls who were killed as infants by their mother.



** Averted with Molly, Todd's wife, who attempts the same thing by embracing the children she killed but is instead slaughtered by them, but that's possibly because she's insane and didn't truly know what repenting her sins meant.



** [[http://www.pholph.com/strip.php?id=5&sid=634 A demon]] [[TemptingFate insisted in calling]] [[BerserkButton Fiver by his name]]. It does not end well for him.

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** [[http://www.pholph.com/strip.php?id=5&sid=634 [[https://jackrabbit.thecomicseries.com/comics/284/#content-start A demon]] [[TemptingFate insisted in calling]] [[BerserkButton Fiver by his name]]. It does not end well for him.



** Even DRIP of all people can feel bad about what is happening to others, [[spoiler: and when two characters are captured by Kane, Drip gives one a MercyKill and offers to do the same to another.]] He later goes on to being regular Drip, but look at his eyes in panel 4 [[http://www.pholph.com/strip.php?id=5&sid=3712 here.]]

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** Even DRIP of all people can feel bad about what is happening to others, [[spoiler: and when two characters are captured by Kane, Drip gives one a MercyKill and offers to do the same to another.]] He later goes on to being regular Drip, but look at his eyes in panel 4 [[http://www.pholph.com/strip.php?id=5&sid=3712 [[https://jackrabbit.thecomicseries.com/comics/1978#content-start here.]]



** The so-called insane creature who narrates the [[http://www.pholph.com/whole_arc_viewer.php?id=5&sid=1316 "Two For You"]] arc. He also likes to [[{{Troll}} screw with the reader]].

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** The so-called insane creature named Nostrum who narrates the [[http://www.pholph.com/whole_arc_viewer.php?id=5&sid=1316 [[https://jackrabbit.thecomicseries.com/comics/981 "Two For You"]] arc. He also likes to [[{{Troll}} screw with the reader]].



** Randy's design. He's half-frog, which means he's got no visible nose [[spoiler: like his former incarnation Fnar.]] He also asks Lita to be his sister the minute he meets her, which is a little weird considering kids often ask new people to be their friends but not ''family'', but since Lita [[spoiler: ''was'' sister to Fnar]] it makes sense.



* GoKartingWithBowser: "[[http://www.pholph.com/strip.php?id=5&sid=461 For No Apparent Reason]]" ends with Vince cornering Fnar, [[WebComic/GeneCatlow Gene Catlow, and Cotton Taylor]]... [[spoiler:and then tagging Fnar. Vince was just playing tag with him, at Jack's request.]]
* GoodEyesEvilEyes: Whilst Sins, God, and the Devil have pupil-less eyes, all non-Sins in Hell are shown with pinpoint pupils until they realize their sin, at which point they are drawn with the full pupils used by Hopkins for the living and Angels. It's also shown that those who have realized their sin can go back to the ominous pinpoint pupils,[[http://www.pholph.com/strip.php?id=5&sid=1377 if they fall in with the wrong crowd,]] or if they've been brutalized like [[spoiler:Vinci]] in the side story [[http://www.pholph.com/strip.php?id=7&sid=3272 "Pikri Alitheia"]] after [[spoiler:trying to defend Bashful and being half-devoured by the Gorshes]]. Vinci's eyes, however, almost immediately returned to "open."

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* GoKartingWithBowser: "[[http://www.pholph.com/strip.php?id=5&sid=461 "[[https://jackrabbit.thecomicseries.com/comics/119/#content-start For No Apparent Reason]]" ends with Vince cornering Fnar, [[WebComic/GeneCatlow Gene Catlow, and Cotton Taylor]]... [[spoiler:and then tagging Fnar. Vince was just playing tag with him, at Jack's request.]]
* GoodEyesEvilEyes: Whilst Sins, God, and the Devil have pupil-less eyes, all non-Sins in Hell are shown with pinpoint pupils until they realize their sin, at which point they are drawn with the full pupils used by Hopkins for the living and Angels. It's also shown that those who have realized their sin can go back to the ominous pinpoint pupils,[[http://www.pholph.com/strip.php?id=5&sid=1377 pupils,[https://jackrabbit.thecomicseries.com/comics/1043#content-start if they fall in with the wrong crowd,]] or if they've been brutalized like [[spoiler:Vinci]] in the side story [[http://www.pholph.com/strip.php?id=7&sid=3272 [[https://jackrabbit.thecomicseries.com/comics/1580#content-start "Pikri Alitheia"]] after [[spoiler:trying to defend Bashful and being half-devoured by the Gorshes]]. Vinci's eyes, however, almost immediately returned to "open.""open", suggesting that those in Hell can regain their eyes if they remember all the progress they've already made once they respawn.



* GroinAttack: Megan delivers the mother of all groin attacks, with a sledgehammer, to [[spoiler:Fiver after [[http://www.pholph.com/strip.php?id=5&sid=3644 he rapes her]]. Visible cords are involved.]]

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* GroinAttack: Megan delivers the mother of all groin attacks, with a sledgehammer, to [[spoiler:Fiver after [[http://www.pholph.com/strip.php?id=5&sid=3644 [[https://jackrabbit.thecomicseries.com/comics/1910#content-start he rapes her]]. Visible cords are involved.]]



* KidHasAPoint: Fnar is the first person to figure out [[http://www.pholph.com/strip.php?id=5&sid=847 how to get out of hell]].
* LifeOrLimbDecision: Faced with being dragged down [[spoiler:into Drip's reach]], [[http://www.pholph.com/strip.php?id=5&sid=3720 Megan tells Arty to chop off her tail to allow them to escape.]] Notably, ''she'' isn't the one screaming about it after the deed is done.

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* KidHasAPoint: Fnar is the first person to figure out [[http://www.pholph.com/strip.php?id=5&sid=847 [[https://jackrabbit.thecomicseries.com/comics/495#content-start how to get out of hell]].
* LifeOrLimbDecision: Faced with being dragged down [[spoiler:into Drip's reach]], [[http://www.pholph.com/strip.php?id=5&sid=3720 [[https://jackrabbit.thecomicseries.com/comics/1985#content-start Megan tells Arty to chop off her tail to allow them to escape.]] Notably, ''she'' isn't the one screaming about it after the deed is done.



* LetsGetDangerous: Private Kedge may be inexperienced and somewhat cowardly, [[http://www.pholph.com/strip.php?id=5&sid=1165 but when pushed too far]]...
%%* LosingYourHead: Nostrom, Ordin.

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* LetsGetDangerous: Private Kedge may be inexperienced and somewhat cowardly, [[http://www.pholph.com/strip.php?id=5&sid=1165 [[https://jackrabbit.thecomicseries.com/comics/830#content-start but when pushed too far]]...
%%* * LosingYourHead: Nostrom, Ordin.who weirdly enough has the power to switch around from body to body, simply plucking his head off and putting it on another one he's taken from someone else.



* {{Necromantic}}: This happened the first part of the arc [[http://www.pholph.com/whole_arc_viewer.php?id=5&sid=1316 "Two for You"]], though the male protagonist isn't shown as being especially evil for doing it.

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* {{Necromantic}}: This happened the first part of the arc [[http://www.pholph.com/whole_arc_viewer.php?id=5&sid=1316 [[https://jackrabbit.thecomicseries.com/comics/991#content-start "Two for You"]], though the male protagonist isn't shown as being especially evil for doing it.



* NobleDemon: Besides Jack, a more literal example of this trope is [[http://www.pholph.com/strip.php?id=5&sid=3639 this demon]] [[JerkwithaHeartofGold seems to have more heart them he looks to have]].

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* NobleDemon: Besides Jack, a more literal example of this trope is [[http://www.pholph.com/strip.php?id=5&sid=3639 [[https://jackrabbit.thecomicseries.com/comics/1905#content-start this demon]] [[JerkwithaHeartofGold seems to have more heart them he looks to have]].



* NoPreggerSex: Anna was rather {{squick}}ed by [[http://www.pholph.com/strip.php?id=5&sid=943 Wednesday's suggesting sex]] while she was pregnant, in the arc "Wednesday's Child".

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** Specks is [[spoiler: an angel]] because [[https://jackrabbit.thecomicseries.com/comics/1958#content-start she killed a child molester.]] Considering that murder usually sends you straight to Hell, a ''lot'' of fans questioned just how bad this guy must have been if she got an exception to the rule, especially with someone as strict as Central as their leader and considering how many chances in life ''Drip'' of all people got to change his ways. Unfortunately, no more info on what happened or who this man was is give out beyond the basic explanation.
** Jinx's past. While it's clear that Drip [[spoiler: fathered her child]] it's unclear what relationship she had with him in life and whether she was a willing girlfriend (like Rachel in Heaven claimed to be with her murderous boyfriend) rather than someone he kidnapped to torture. Drip generally didn't keep his victims alive long enough to get to the point her baby was at in pregnancy when she was killed and it's unclear if it was even ''Drip'' who killed her, if it was someone else, or if she committed suicide. She states once she's found redemption that she "doesn't need him anymore", implying that perhaps she thought she was in love with him at one point and was controlled by him.
** Doctor Thalmus and Doctor Dee share such a close resemblance (Dee just missing the horn that the rhinoceros Thalmus has) that Aurthor asks if they're brothers. Dee evasively replies "Sort of" but he never expands on what that actually means.
* NoPreggerSex: Anna was rather {{squick}}ed by [[http://www.pholph.com/strip.php?id=5&sid=943 [[https://jackrabbit.thecomicseries.com/comics/592#content-start Wednesday's suggesting sex]] while she was pregnant, in the arc "Wednesday's Child".



* NotGrowingUpSucks: In the story arc "Megan's Run," Susan Lancaster and Megan Fairchild are not only [[http://www.pholph.com/strip.php?id=5&sid=3284 not able to die, get sick, or remain injured]], but neither will [[http://www.pholph.com/strip.php?id=5&sid=3298 grow old or mentally mature any more than their current state]].

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* NotGrowingUpSucks: In the story arc "Megan's Run," Susan Lancaster and Megan Fairchild are not only [[http://www.pholph.com/strip.php?id=5&sid=3284 [[https://jackrabbit.thecomicseries.com/comics/1610#content-start not able to die, get sick, or remain injured]], but neither will [[http://www.pholph.com/strip.php?id=5&sid=3298 [[https://jackrabbit.thecomicseries.com/comics/1611#content-start grow old old]] [[https://jackrabbit.thecomicseries.com/comics/1612#content-start or mentally mature any more than their current state]].



* OnlySixFaces: It's not uncommon for furry comics to have characters that are distinguished only by the features of their unique species. It's less common for them to still not be distinguishable ''despite'' being radically different species.

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* OnlySixFaces: It's not uncommon for furry comics to have characters that are distinguished only by the features of their unique species. It's less common for them to still not be distinguishable ''despite'' being radically different species. It does get a little better as the comic goes on, as shown by the ArtEvolution between Sepka's [[https://jackrabbit.thecomicseries.com/comics/193/#content-start first appearance]] and one [[https://jackrabbit.thecomicseries.com/comics/1500#content-start years later,]] though never truly goes away. Averted with the arcs illustrated by other artists, which tend to have more diverse species.



* ThePowerOfLegacy: Lieutenant Bullock recounts how he told a fellow soldier's parents that their son died while pulling wounded men out of a fire. What really happened... [[http://www.pholph.com/strip.php?id=5&sid=1131 well, it wasn't quite as dignified.]]
%%* PunnyName: Beo Wolfe

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* ThePowerOfLegacy: Lieutenant Bullock recounts how he told a fellow soldier's parents that their son died while pulling wounded men out of a fire. What really happened... [[http://www.pholph.com/strip.php?id=5&sid=1131 [[https://jackrabbit.thecomicseries.com/comics/796#content-start well, it wasn't quite as dignified.]]
%%* * PunnyName: Beo WolfeWolfe. A wolf, natch, and notable for being a character created by a fan.



* RecursiveReality: When Todd speaks with "management", he's shown comic strips of his life in hell. [[http://www.pholph.com/strip.php?id=5&sid=763 One page shows what's happening on the strip]]. The page also shows the next page. This was used as a way to say that the devil was in control of his like in Hell.

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* RecursiveReality: When Todd speaks with "management", he's shown comic strips of his life in hell. [[http://www.pholph.com/strip.php?id=5&sid=763 [[https://jackrabbit.thecomicseries.com/comics/412#content-start One page shows what's happening on the strip]]. The page also shows the next page. This was used as a way to say that the devil was in control of his like in Hell.



*** Lampshaded by [[http://www.pholph.com/strip.php?id=5&sid=1428 Lita]].

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*** Lampshaded by [[http://www.pholph.com/strip.php?id=5&sid=1428 [[https://jackrabbit.thecomicseries.com/comics/1094#content-start Lita]].



** [[http://pholph.com/index_a.php?Strip=206 This]] installment of. The same arc shouts out to ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'' again with the fact that Sue is in "Saint Ninian's Hospital.

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** [[http://pholph.com/index_a.php?Strip=206 This]] installment of.Aurthor [[https://jackrabbit.thecomicseries.com/comics/217/#content-start reads Redwall]] to the children sick with cancer. The same arc shouts out to ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'' again with the fact that Sue is in "Saint Ninian's Hospital.



** [[http://www.pholph.com/strip.php?id=5&sid=1526 The bathhouse]] in "Frigid [=McThunderbones=]" is filled with {{Shout Out}}s of random cartoons.

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** [[http://www.pholph.com/strip.php?id=5&sid=1526 [[https://jackrabbit.thecomicseries.com/comics/1196#content-start The bathhouse]] in "Frigid [=McThunderbones=]" is filled with {{Shout Out}}s of random cartoons.cartoons.
** Jack and Jill's coloration (green and pink, respectively) are likely a shout out to Buster and Babs Bunny of Tiny Toons Adventures, who likewise were oddly-colored rabbits.



* VerySpecialEpisode: Parodied in the story [[http://www.pholph.com/strip.php?id=5&sid=1183 "A Very Special Jack",]] drawn by Guest Artist Mat Sherer of ''Webcomic/BadlyDrawnKitties''.

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* VerySpecialEpisode: Parodied in the story [[http://www.pholph.com/strip.php?id=5&sid=1183 [[https://jackrabbit.thecomicseries.com/comics/848 "A Very Special Jack",]] drawn by Guest Artist Mat Sherer of ''Webcomic/BadlyDrawnKitties''.



* WatchTheWorldDie: The titular character did this after triggering the collapse of civilization and the extinction of the human species: http://www.pholph.com/strip.php?id=5&sid=3077

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* WatchTheWorldDie: The titular character did this after [[https://jackrabbit.thecomicseries.com/comics/1475#content-start triggering the collapse of civilization civilization]] and the extinction of the human species: http://www.pholph.com/strip.php?id=5&sid=3077 species



*** Drip is stated to have three apprentices: one who died, a cat named Taylor, and a wolf named Fangs. Absolutely ''nothing'' has been revealed about the first apprentice despite being set up as a ChekhovsGunman while Taylor and Fangs haven't been seen since their deaths, though it is implied Drip might have forcibly made their bodies join the gory Valley of Lust. A girlfriend for one of them is even shown to be in Heaven later on waiting for them but nothing more is done with their characters.

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*** Drip is stated to have three apprentices: one who died, a cat named Taylor, and a wolf named Fangs. Absolutely ''nothing'' has been revealed about the first apprentice despite being set up as a ChekhovsGunman while Taylor and Fangs haven't been seen since their deaths, though it is implied Drip might have forcibly made their bodies join the gory Valley of Lust. A girlfriend for one of them is even shown to be in Heaven later on waiting for one of them but nothing more is done with their characters.



*** ''The Screaming Barrel'', another paper comic, ends with Drip abruptly leaving his teenage victim Sandy on the side of the road while she cries with no indication what's to become of her. Partially this is due to the number of pages that could be fit into the comic and partially it was because Hopkins had more story arcs planned for her, including a possible one where she teams up with Richek the Russian penguin detective to expose the horrors of The Screaming Barrel itself.

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*** ''The Screaming Barrel'', another originally paper comic, ends with Drip abruptly leaving his teenage victim Sandy on the side of the road while she cries with no indication what's to become of her. Partially this is due to the number of pages that could be fit into the comic and partially it was because Hopkins had more story arcs planned for her, including a possible one where she teams up with Richek the Russian penguin detective to expose the horrors of The Screaming Barrel itself.

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* NoodleIncident: Quite a number of them that ''still'' haven't been expanded on despite the long-running nature of the comic:
** It's hinted there's a history between Farrago and Drip, possibly a sexual one, though whether it was consensual or rape is left up in the air. Fans thought they had figured out out but it turned out to be incorrect once Farrago's backstory was revealed. (See NotHisSled for how this happened.)
** Jack mentions when he reaps Lita's soul that he recently reaped ''another'' of Drip's kids. This was a bit shocking to fans as only two of his children had ever been revealed: Fnar and Lita. But aside from this one mention, nothing else has been revealed about this child, not even their gender or species.
** One of Drip's "apprentices" reveals he had three of them: his first, Taylor, and Fangs. While the latter two have their own storylines that come to a conclusion, nothing has been revealed about the first. When Taylor talks about him, he doesn't know his name and he's even only shown in silhouette, with Taylor stating he was already dead by the time Drip started "training" him.



* WebcomicsLongRunners: This comic has been consistently running for over twenty years, ladies and gentlemen.

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* WebcomicsLongRunners: This comic has been consistently running for over twenty twenty-three years, ladies and gentlemen.
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* CosmicPlaything: Hopkins makes this one [[DanceTropeDance dance a jig]] when it comes to Todd: He believes himself this, so he becomes this, with the Devil controlling his life. Then he realizes the Devil told him about the Seventh Wall, which means he can invert it and make the cosmos (or at least the comic strip) his plaything[[spoiler:, right? ''[[OutGambitted Wrong]]'']].

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* CosmicPlaything: Hopkins makes this one [[DanceTropeDance dance a jig]] [ZigZaggingTrope zig and zags]] this when it comes to Todd: He believes himself this, so he becomes this, with the Devil controlling his life. Then he realizes the Devil told him about the Seventh Wall, which means he can invert it and make the cosmos (or at least the comic strip) his plaything[[spoiler:, right? ''[[OutGambitted Wrong]]'']].
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* BarefootCartoonAnimalBarefootCartoonAnimal: Most of the characters are fully clothed except for footwear.
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** ''Webcomic/{{Newshounds}}'' interviews Aurthur in ''Suffer''.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Drip promises to hurt Jack worse than Jack's ever been hurt before. [[spoiler:He hurts Jack by molesting Fnar.]]

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: {{Foreshadowing}}:
** All throughout 'The Games We Play In Hell', Silverblue's internal monologue comes with a number that ticks up and down. At one point, she takes a break to briefly read from a bastardized copy of ''Literature/TheDunwichHorror''. The meaning of both of these are revealed at the end of her arc.
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When Drip promises to hurt Jack worse than Jack's ever been hurt before. [[spoiler:He hurts Jack by molesting Fnar.]]
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* EvenTheDogIsAshamed: In the ([[BizarroEpisode Non-main-story-cannon]]) ''Frigid [=McThunderbones=],'' most of the cast of ''Jack'', watching the resultant movie, turn on Hopkins in disgust when they see he's written a killer snowman filler arc. When ''Drip'' is asking you "[[EvenEvilHasStandards At least spare us a]] [[Film/JackFrost1997 carrot rape scene.]]" you know [[IncrediblyLamePun Even The Rat]] [[EvenTheRatsWontTouchIt Won't Touch It.]]

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* EvenTheDogIsAshamed: In the ([[BizarroEpisode Non-main-story-cannon]]) Non-main-story-canon]]) ''Frigid [=McThunderbones=],'' most of the cast of ''Jack'', watching the resultant movie, turn on Hopkins in disgust when they see he's written a killer snowman filler arc. When ''Drip'' is asking you "[[EvenEvilHasStandards At least spare us a]] [[Film/JackFrost1997 carrot rape scene.]]" you know [[IncrediblyLamePun Even The Rat]] [[EvenTheRatsWontTouchIt Won't Touch It.]]



** In "Games We Play in Hell," were are shown how Vince (the Sin of Greed) manages his empire. He frequently make sadistic shows on his coliseum and his followers generally enjoy the "spectacle." On days when Drip is visiting, he usually suggests the "Musical Holes" game, which is a NotSafeForWork version Musical Chairs. It's noticed that very few actually enjoy this game, the rest (including [[VillainProtagonist Silver Blue]]) only pretends to enjoy to avoid punishment.

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** In "Games We Play in Hell," were are shown how Vince (the Sin of Greed) manages his empire. He frequently make sadistic shows on his coliseum and his followers generally enjoy the "spectacle." On days when Drip is visiting, he usually suggests the "Musical Holes" game, which is a NotSafeForWork version Musical Chairs. It's noticed that very few actually enjoy this game, the rest (including [[VillainProtagonist Silver Blue]]) only pretends pretend to enjoy to avoid punishment.
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** The "Hell is That Noise" arc tells the story of Todd, a fox who served in UsefulNotes/WorldWarI and obeyed the order to kill over a hundred children, a decision he regretted. When he comes home, he learns that his wife committed suicide, and Todd ends up committing suicide as well. In Hell, [[NeverMyFault he refuses to take responsibility for his actions]], arguing that he [[JustFollowingOrders just followed orders]] and "''fate''" [[YouCannotFightFate already decided what would happen in his life]]. Everyone in Hell (including Satan) [[WhatTheHellHero calls him out on this]] and that what happened to him was [[NiceJobBreakingItHero his own fault]]. The Story essentially wants the reader to see Todd as irresponsible for following such an order, that he should have refused and that he should accept it's all his fault, but the problem is that a good deal of the tragedies that happened to him were beyond his direct and conscious control, including the action that condemned him to Hell. Later on, it's revealed that the major that ordered Todd to shoot the children was ''The Devil'' in disguise, who pointed out that the children would likely grow up to attack the country, and that Todd is a soldier and must obey orders. Todd would still be screwed even if he had chosen to refuse the order, because the devil tricked everyone into believing that he was a general, meaning that Todd would likely be arrested and killed for treason, and other soldiers would simply follow the order in his place, not knowing that the general is an impostor. So, as a result, the story simply prove that Todd's argument that he was a [[CosmicPlaything pawn of forces beyond his control]] is ''[[StrawmanHasAPoint correct]]'' [[StrawmanHasAPoint all along]]. There's a reason why [[CreatorBacklash David Hopkins isn't found on that arc]].

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** The "Hell is That Noise" arc tells the story of Todd, a fox who served in UsefulNotes/WorldWarI and obeyed the order to kill over a hundred children, a decision he regretted. When he comes home, he learns that his wife committed suicide, and Todd ends up committing suicide as well. In Hell, [[NeverMyFault he refuses to take responsibility for his actions]], arguing that he [[JustFollowingOrders just followed orders]] and "''fate''" [[YouCannotFightFate already decided what would happen in his life]]. Everyone in Hell (including Satan) [[WhatTheHellHero calls him out on this]] and that what happened to him was [[NiceJobBreakingItHero his own fault]]. The Story essentially wants the reader to see Todd as irresponsible for following such an order, that he should have refused and that he should accept it's all his fault, but the problem is that a good deal of the tragedies that happened to him were beyond his direct and conscious control, including the action that condemned him to Hell. Later on, it's revealed that the major that ordered Todd to shoot the children was ''The Devil'' in disguise, who pointed out that the children would likely grow up to attack the country, and that Todd is a soldier and must obey orders. Todd would still be screwed even if he had chosen to refuse the order, because the devil tricked everyone into believing that he was a general, meaning that Todd would likely be arrested and killed for treason, and other soldiers would simply follow the order in his place, not knowing that the general is an impostor. So, as a result, the story simply prove that Todd's argument that he was a [[CosmicPlaything pawn of forces beyond his control]] is ''[[StrawmanHasAPoint correct]]'' [[StrawmanHasAPoint all along]]. There's a reason why [[CreatorBacklash David Hopkins isn't found on fond of that arc]].
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