History Webcomic / Loserz

* GirlOnGirlIsHot: Jodie, while openly bisexual, uses this to hook up with guys as well. Eric and Ben lampshades this.
--> '''Eric''': We're still going to watch, right?
--> '''Ben''': Of course we're going to watch!

* LipstickLesbian: [[spoiler:Jessica [=McIntyre=].]]

* ManipulativeBastard: Adam knows how to get the ladies, most of the time.
* ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex: Jodi wonders how awkward it had to be for {{Superman}} to have sex as a teen, [[http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/475 especially if the girl wanted to get spanked]] - even Eric's hat is appalled at the idea.

* {{Nerd}}: Ben and Eric, Eric even more so.
* NerdsAreSexy: [[spoiler:Adam - although he's rather a sexy nerd]]

* AuthorGuestSpot: Occasionally, usually to either [[FourthWallBreaking break the fourth wall]] or deliver a mini-AuthorTract ([[http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/518 in one case regarding]] [[RantInducingSlight the existence of]] SpellMyNameWithAnS trope).

[[caption-width-right:262: Eric Approves.]]

A webcomic by Erik Schoenek. Started in 2001, went on indefinite hiatus in 2007. [[Found here http://loserzcomic.comicgenesis.com/]].

A webcomic by Erik Schoenek. Started in 2001, went on indefinite hiatus in 2007. You find [[http://loserzcomic.comicgenesis.com/ the archive of strips up to 2004 here]].

* SchoolgirlLesbians: [[spoiler:Jessica]], forming a pair with Jodie.

A webcomic by Erik Schoenek. Started in 2001, went on infinite hiatus in 2007. You find [[http://loserzcomic.comicgenesis.com/ the archive of strips up to 2004 here]].

* NotSoDifferent: For all his impressive Casanova abilities, Adam has shown himself to not be quite as different from Ben and Eric as he'd like to pretend. For one thing, he's a huge [=DnD=] fan, and second, Jodie implies that when she and Adam broke up, he wrote a lot of sappy romantic poems about it.

* AnythingThatMoves: Jodie has a very active sex life, including both men and women. [[http://loserzcomic.comicgenesis.com/d/20010822.html Heck she'd even do]] [[Manga/AhMyGodess Belldandy]] if it was possible.

* AnythingThatMoves: Jodie has a very active sex life, including both men and women. [[http://loserzcomic.comicgenesis.com/d/20010822.html Heck she'd even do]] [[LightNovel/OhMyGodess Belldandy]] if it was possible.

* AnythingThatMoves: Jodie has a very active sex life, including both men and women. [[http://loserzcomic.comicgenesis.com/d/20010822.html Heck she'd even do]] [[Anime/OhMyGodess Belldandy]] if it was possible.

* AnythingThatMoves: Jodie has a very active sex life, including both men and women.

A webcomic by Erik Schoenek. Started in 2001, went on infinite hiatus in 2007. You find [[http://loserzcomic.comicgenesis.com/ the archive of strips up to 2004 here]] while the latest archive can be found [[http://the-qlc.com/loserz/ here]].

* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: Jodie too.

--> ''Jesus'':[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Disco Jesus does not date boys!]]

* BeeAfraid: During the second summer vacation arc when Ben's family is camping, Ben is harassed by bees twice. The second time a hive falls in his lap while he's dozing in a hammock.
--> '''Ben''': FUCK! Bees!!
--> '''Ben's Mom''': Language!

* CompletelyMissingThePoint: Ben, when he met and hooked up with a girl who was just like Jodie while camping.

* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: No, Jodie farting once in front of her friends was a definite aversion.

* BlackBestFriend: Black Girlfriend -- Alice.
** Though isn't that more like the inversion of WhereDaWhiteWomenAt ?

* Eric Remington, a typical nerd, fan of ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Franchise/StarTrek'', ComicBooks, TabletopGames, ''[[Film/LordOfTheRings Lord of the Rings]]'', VideoGames, and so on.

%%* CardboardPal

%%* DreamWithinADream

* FatBastard: Averted with Eric who is a bit overweight, but nice. Played straight with a one-shot character parodying the "obesety epidemic".

* IgnoreTheFanservice: Ben unconsciously [[http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/363 ignored a hot girl hitting on him]], but it was because he was staring at Jess's butt, so it's also DistractedByTheSexy.

* TheAllegedCar: Eric's. In a two-part joke, the car broke down and when Eric and Jodie got to a mechanic, he told Eric that ''literally every breakable part in the car was broken'', and fixing it would cost every dime he had, and the soul of his firstbortn... to get it running for 5 minutes.

* AprilFoolsDay: The author occasionally appears as a hyper-stylized version of himself. On two separate occasions, its for a TheRant about the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' fanbase and their obsession with Aeris's original name.

* ClusterFBomb: Jodie, when the school cafeteria ran out of coffee. The reason was that atleast four people cut ahead of her in line, disregarding her because of her social status, and completely justifying her anger. Of course, the clerk didnt see that happen.

** Also, the author originally played around a lot with the art style and comic design before settling on the style he'd use until the comics ArtShift in 2005. The strip was originally very stylized, and the characers looked much slimmer than they later would. There's also the very out of place "BEN" introduction strip, which was intended to be the first of three mini-storylines that would introduce the characters to new readers, but only Bens was ever made.

* TheExitIsThatWay: When Alice and Eric meet up at the spring dance, Ben attempts to make a smooth exit to give them some alone time, only to smack facefirst into a wall.

* TheExitIsThatWay: A sleep drunk Eric walks right into the hallway closet with a bowl of cereal on his head.

* {{Fanservice}}: Mostly involving Jodie.

* FreudianExcuse: The reason Carrie is such a horrendous, elitist bitch is because of her parents who are strict bordering on the abusive. She genuinely belives in the social stratification of high school because her competitive parents have taught her that the world works the same and "losers" just drag you down.

* HitlerAteSugar: The anti-marijuana movements main argument is that Hitler smoked pot with Satan.

* HypocriticalHumor: Several times, frex [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/ this strip about responsibility]].
* IgnoreTheFanservice: Ben unconsciously [[http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/363 ignored a hot girl hitting on him]] because he was staring at Jess's butt

* LeftHanging: When the comic went on indefinete, and likely permanent hiatus, we never find out how Jodie dealt with her accidental relationship with Jesse, nor how the characters eventually graduated and went off to college. ''Quarter-Life Crisis'', set almost a decade later, provided almost no resolutions, and in fact introduced MORE unanswered questions, such as Adam having a daughter, and Eric becoming estranged from Ben and Jodie thanks to his demanding girlfriend.

* LipstickLesbian: [[spoiler: Jessica [=McIntyre=].]]

* MadScientist: Eric has his moments, most notably during the "Water Fight" arc where he's offscreen for most of it, only to appear during the climax, having constructed an impressive Water Gun Machine Rig... which promptly explodes in a watery mushroom cloud when he tries firing it. Thats what happens when you skip the testing phase.

* MeanBoss: Erics boss at the restaurant he works at, another co-worker describes him as a mean and imposing ogre. Eric protests, and says he's more like a caveman.

* MediaWatchdog: One storyline revolves around Bens mother becoming concerned about violence in video games after seeing a report on TV. Ben, of course, makes it worse by joking that the game he's currently playing is called "Set Your Family On Fire While They Sleep".
* MisplacedKindergartenTeacher: Mrs. Snockenflaubin, sometimes

* NotSoDifferent: For all his impressive Cassanova abilities, Adam has shown himself to not be quite as different from Ben and Eric as he'd like to pretend. For one thing, he's a huge DnD fan, and second, Jodie implies that when she and Adam broke up, he wrote a lot of sappy romantic poems about it.

* ParentalObliviousness: Jodie's mom, the other parents to some extent.

* PetTheDog: Carrie's normally cold and elitist mother turns out to be accepting of Jesse's homosexuality after she comes out, since she belives being openly gay requires a lot of strength. For all her other faults, homophobia isnt one of them.

--> '''News Caster''': ''A small object was observed leaving Earths orbit at about 6:30 AM today. No word from NASA as for yet''

* TheUnseen: Erics parents never appear in the comic, the closest is one of them speaking offscreen in an early strip. Bens mom calls them about her concern with violent video games at one point and thinks she's talking to his dad, but its actually just Eric pretending to be him.

* WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou: Played horrifingly straight with Jodie and her asshole jock boyfriend when he smacks her to "calm her down" after she very understandably becomes furious about his lying and manipulation. He doesnt get any further as Jody [[AssShove pays him back by stuffing a school locker where he'll have a hard time opening it]]

* WouldntHitAGirl: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]]. When a guilt-ridden (for [[spoiler: having sex with Jess]]) Jodie [[http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/511 demands that Ben punch her]], he eventually hits her with a light tap, saying that's how little he's angry with her. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] afterward when she confesses to kissing her and [[WouldHitAGirl Ben lunges at her in fury]]. Before that, he plays up the DoubleStandard for all it's worth. Jodie asks him "What would you do if it was ''Eric'' who slept with her?". Ben immediately goes into a trance-like state and launches Eric across the room with one punch without turning around or even looking at him.

* RingRingCRUNCH: When Ben wakes up before his alarm goes off, he cant bring himself to drag himself out of his warm bed and prepare for a miserable day at school, so slowly drifts off to sleep... only to abruptly get woken back up by the shrieking alarm.

%%* AGoodOldFashionedPaintWatching

* MadScientist: Eric has his moments.

%%* RingRingCRUNCH

%%* TheTalk

%%* WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou