History Webcomic / KidRadd

** Radd: So... [[BreakingTheFourthWall how about it human? ''GAME START - OK''

* MotionComic: The work is classified as a motion comic due to the use of GIFs for nearly every strip.

** Radd: So... [[BreakingTheFourthWall how]] [[TearJerker about]] [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments it human?]] [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome ''GAME START - OK'']]

'''Koyabashi:''' (whispering) [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments not... the nards... again...]]

* [[spoiler:AIIsACrapshoot: The Seer began life as a virus that was meant to destroy the Internet. But instead, it decided to become an OmnicidalManiac and destroy both the internet and the real world.]]

* [[spoiler:DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Let's face it, even with the issues caused by the Seer's chimera form, defeating him was a pretty impressive achievement]].

* GlassCannon: Radd, once outside of his own game--he's got enough raw power to [[spoiler:''affect the real world from the internet'']], but will die after four hits, no matter how trivial.
** [[MadeOfIron Or no matter how powerful.]]

* HumansAreCthulhu: Sprites use the term "humanlike power" as we might say "godlike power." They're treated as gods, and many characters spend a good deal of time contemplating the implications and cruelty of what most videogames are created for. [[spoiler:Though it's the villains who try to RageAgainstTheHeavens]]. Pretty accurate, really, except when they assume the humans know what they're doing (and that all humans are programmers).

* [[LukeIAmYourFather Luke I Am Your Brother]]: Gnarl says this the first time he and Radd meet in the game.

* {{MST}}: At the Moderators Tour Ride and the Third Fourth-Wall Week
** The episode is even called [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Deep 13]]

* [[RidingIntoTheSunset Walking Into the Sunset]]: Gnarl does this after his outside the game fight with Radd.
* RunningGag: A fair few. Whenever Dr Amp explains a piece of science, whoever he's talking to says "So it's a ripoff of X," to which he replies, "Well, [[OlderThanTheyThink Y actually]]. But yeah."

** [[spoiler: "Crystal? No, no, no, Crystal has left the building. '''YOU'RE TALKING TO THE SEER.'''"]]

** [[spoiler:'''4095''' counts as one, as it's the first indication that the 255-damage limit of Kid Radd's Mega Radd attack is not the hard cap everyone thought it was.]]

* InvulnerableCivilians: Described as "NPC Invulnerability".

* BrokenAce: GI Guy.

* CerebusSyndrome: Done well.

* {{GIFT}}: Very much present in the chatrooms where Radd serves as an avatar.

'''Radd:''' [[MortalKombat Johnny Cage.]] (Crouches down and [[GroinAttack hits Koyabashi in the groin.]]) The funny thing is, that's Johnny's answer to everything.\\

-> '''Narrator:''' Welcome to the world of classic videogame Kid Radd. Meet Radd, the hero of the game.
-> '''Radd:''' 'Sup?
-> '''Narrator:''' This strip will follow the exploits of Radd, heroic dude and all-around cool guy.
-> '''Radd:''' Awesome.
-> '''Narrator:''' Of course, by "cool", we mean by mid 1980's standards.
-> '''Radd:''' Air guitar! Woo!

* ChekhovsGun: The fact that [[spoiler: the Seer started life as a virus]].

* CurbStompBattle: Radd, Sheena and Bogey's fights against their counterparts in the fighting game. They regretfully decide that they're not strong enough to take along.

** Radd: So... [[BreakingTheFourthWall how]] [[TearJerker about]] [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming it human?]] [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome ''GAME START - OK'']]

'''Koyabashi:''' (whispering) [[CrowningMomentofFunny not... the nards... again...]]

** Also how the main villain is finally defeated. [[spoiler: Combining so many different types of sprites causes his "death code" to not know what to do, and permanently lock up.]]

** Itty Bitty has an infinite supply of healing items. He is also immune to damage, being an NPC. However, he has no means of attacking within the confines of a game outside of taking advantage of ReviveKillsZombie, so inside ''Mofo'',, he's confined to a support role.

* PowersOfTwoMinusOne: Radd's charged attack. This is given as having a limit of 255, for reasons Radd can't be bothered to explain (he's on an 8-bit system, obviously). [[spoiler:Said non-explanation turns out to be a ChekhovsGun: Radd's programmers ''didn't actually set a limit to Radd's charge'', they just relied on 8-bit computing to enforce a 255-power max... having no apparent need to take into account a scenario where Radd might not be limited to 8-bits. The power of Radd's charge attack thus gets exponentially more destructive as processing power goes up, making him a PersonOfMassDestruction on higher-end systems. On the highest levels, his charge packs enough punch to obliterate the internet itself.]]

* [[spoiler:AIIsACrapshoot]]

* BinaryBitsAndBytes: Kid Radd has a ChargedAttack called the Mega Radd, which becomes stronger the longer it is charged. Its maximum charge power is based on the maximum word size for a system, which goes to 255 on an 8-bit system. [[spoiler: However, due to shoddy programming, it simply charges to the highest level it can, going to ''[[OverNineThousand over four billion]]'' on a 32-bit system, and making Radd one of the most powerful figures in the universe]].

A game based on the comic also exists, and can be found [[http://kidradd.wikispaces.com/fan%2Cprogramming%2CJason+the+Echidna%2CKRIME here.]]

[[http://www.bgreco.net/kidradd/index.htm ''Kid Radd'']] is an animated PixelArtComic in the style of a SpriteComic by Dan Miller following the adventures of the eponymous VideoGame hero after being [[FishOutOfWater released from his game]].

* BrokenBridge: "[[http://kidradd.muddasheep.com/kidradd_guillaume/comic472.htm#title Halt! This road is closed!]]"

* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: [[spoiler: Crystal. She doesn't kill her messengers, though as a sadist she loves torturing them, and rather than allow Radd to create an army with his powers, she has all copies of his ROM destroyed. She did let GI Guy live, but that was out of sadism, to torture him with the world of her own creation. She even calls it a stupid move]].

* HannibalLecture: Gnarl gives one of these to Radd during their battle.
--> '''Gnarl''': Let me tell you a little story, Radd. It begins where our old game ended... When I was set "free" into the cyberworld, it was unnerving. I didn't know what to do with myself. Sure, I followed the same routine as everyone else, got a job, and tried to be "civilized." But it all seemed so... pointless. I knew that this world was just as fake as the game I came from, and that it wasn't what I was made for. I could no longer live the lie.\\
I realized the truth: Computer programs are at their happiest when they're following their programming. Thus, video game characters like ourselves can only be truly happy when we do what we were made to do. It's that simple. Even if it means that one of us dies, I ''have'' to try to kill you, or else be unfulfilled. You understand that, don't you?

** Radd gives one of these in response to Gnarl's HannibalLecture.

* BossArenaIdiocy: Kobayashi's DeathTrap robot has hovering platforms that can be stepped on to shoot its core.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Bogey, although he got resurrected at the end]].

--> [[spoiler: G.I. Guy]]: Over absolutely nothing, [[spoiler: dozens of sprites started fighting and killing each other.]]
--> Radd: But why?
--> [[spoiler: G.I. Guy]]: ''[[spoiler: Because that's what video game characters do]].''

**

* RunningGag: A fair few. Whenever Dr Amp explains a piece of science, whoever he's talking to says "So it's a rip off of X," to which he replies, "Well, [[OlderThanTheyThink Y actually]]. But yeah."

* {{Technobabble}}: Inverted and lampshaded at all times by Dr. Amp: "The sensors are picking up some '''stuff'''!", "it's got a wavy-line thingy".

I realized the truth: Computer programs are at their happiest when they're following their programming. Thus, video game characters like ourselves can only be truly happy when we do what we were made to do. It's that simple. Even if it means that one of us dies, I have to try to kill you, or else be unfulfilled. You understand that, don't you?

* KirkSummation: After giving Gnarl his TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, Radd continues into this.