History Webcomic / MaterialGirl

Unnatural forces aside, the comic remains mostly a slice-of-life comedy with a bit of drama and [[AnAesop some messages for the readers]].

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* OverprotectiveDad: Who collects ''medieval torture devices''.

* BrotherChuck: Scotty and Chet disappear after a seemingly unresolved fight.

* DancingPants.

** The overall art style has some deliberate similarities to ''Comics/CalvinAndHobbes'' (e.g. cars 'float' down the street at high speed), and focuses on the interactions between a boy and his ambiguously-imaginary non-human sidekick.

* SuddenlySexuality: Despite originally being freaked out about dating a boy and showing no tendencies to homosexuality, by the end of the series, [[spoiler:it's clear that Noah has began to have feelings for Mars.]]

* SuddenlySexuality: Despite originally being freaked out about dating a boy and showing no tendencies to transvestism, homosexuality or transgenderism, by the end of the series, [[spoiler:it's clear that Noah has began to have feelings for Mars.]]

You can start reading it on Website/DeviantART [[http://heartgear.deviantart.com/art/Material-Girl-Bad-Karma-85286795 here]].

* HelloNurse: Just look at the ''goddamn'' picture above! (Does not actually happen in the comic proper.)

* AndIMustScream: A minor version -- one of the animated clothing's favorite tricks is to simply gag him with animated ribbon and drag him where it wants him to go.

'''Material Girl''' is a {{Webcomic}} created by Heartgear and hosted on Website/DeviantART. It follows the story of Noah, a teenager forced to live as a WholesomeCrossdresser after brushing off the local beggar girl. Failing to spare some coin, Noah finds himself [[LaserGuidedKarma a slave to Karma]] when his sister's wardrobe ([[AWizardDidIt somehow]]) acquires life and, in her absence, decide he'll make an acceptable replacement.

* GenderBender: A variant. Noah's doesn't change gender ''per se'', but is forced into being a WholesomeCrossDresser by magically animated clothing. Unless you buy into the theory that it's all in his head and he's having a breakdown due to repressed [[{{Transgender}} gender issues]], that is. [[spoiler: When pressed by a bully, he claims to be both a boy and a girl (a concept known as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genderqueer genderqueer]]). The epilogue shows Noah going through the rest of high school as a woman, presumably voluntarily.]]

You can start reading it on Website/DeviantART [[http://heartgear.deviantart.com/art/Material-Girl-Bad-Karma-85286795 here]]. The comic is also available on the artist's own website [[http://heartgearimagineers.com/materialgirl/ here]].

'''Material Girl''' is a {{Webcomic}} created by Heartgear and hosted on Website/DeviantART. Material Girl follows the story of Noah, a teenager forced to live as a WholesomeCrossdresser after brushing off the local beggar girl. Failing to spare some coin, Noah finds himself [[LaserGuidedKarma a slave to Karma]] when his sister's wardrobe ([[AWizardDidIt somehow]]) acquires life and, in her absence, decide he'll make an acceptable replacement.

Unnatural forces aside, the comic stays mostly slice-of-life comedy with a bit of drama and [[AnAesop some messages to give to the readers]].

* AndIMustScream: A minor version of this -- one of the animated clothing's favorite tricks is to simply gag him with an animated ribbon and them drag him where they want him to go.

* BrokenAesop: Remember, your sexuality is a choice! Someone else just has to choose it for you and then condition you into following said sexuality. A retcon to Noah's past tried to fix this, but it still seems to contradict the overall message of the comic [[FridgeHorror and turn very veeeery freaky.]]
** The creater did address these concerns, sort of.

* DancingPants
* DisproportionateRetribution: So he ignores a gypsy beggar and ends up having his entire life shattered and put back together in response? Harsh.
** It depends on how much you read into the comic. With the symbolism, it could be that the gypsy was completely unrelated to a later nervous breakdown, or her harsh words caused it.

* GypsyCurse: In this case the Gypsy is a cute young-ish girl instead of an old crone, but it still fits.
* HelloNurse: Just look at the ''goddamn'' picture in the article!! (Does not actually happen in the comic proper.)

* {{Homage}}: To ''Literature/AliceInWonderland''.
** Also, a comparison with the Literature/BeautyAndTheBeast.
* IDidntMeanToTurnYouOn: Noah certainly didn't mean this with [[spoiler:Rex]], but had to pay the consequences.

* IfItsYouItsOkay: [[spoiler:By the end, Mars has figured out Noah's gender. He doesn't care. Also, shown in the epilogue, Rex is still fairly torn over his attraction to Noah.]]

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Is Noah possessed by magically animated girls' clothing items, or having a nervous break over the development of a non-male gender identity?

* NoNameGiven: 'Mars', with no name given in the comic proper, the fans just followed the artist's lead and named him from his shirt.
* OverprotectiveDad: That collects ''medieval torture devices''.

* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted - As the CerebusSyndrome kicks in and Noah's new quirk goes from funny to disturbing, the "have you called a therapist" joke between Noah's parents becomes "we're locking you in the back of the car and making you go to one".

'''Material Girl''' is a {{Webcomic}} hosted on Website/DeviantART. Material Girl follows the story of Noah, a teenager forced to live as a WholesomeCrossdresser after brushing off the local beggar girl. Failing to spare some coin, Noah finds himself [[LaserGuidedKarma a slave to Karma]] when his sister's wardrobe ([[AWizardDidIt somehow]]) acquires life and, in her absence, decide he'll make an acceptable replacement.

You can start reading it [[http://heartgear.deviantart.com/art/Material-Girl-Bad-Karma-85286795 here]].

'''Material Girl''' is a {{Webcomic}} hosted on DeviantART. Material Girl follows the story of Noah, a teenager forced to live as a WholesomeCrossdresser after brushing off the local beggar girl. Failing to spare some coin, Noah finds himself [[LaserGuidedKarma a slave to Karma]] when his sister's wardrobe ([[AWizardDidIt somehow]]) acquires life and, in her absence, decide he'll make an acceptable replacement.

* DroppedABridgetOnHim: That's how it starts.

* ItGotWorse: [[spoiler:One of the epilogues shows Noah's ''male'' clothing animating in much the same way as his sister's clothing, demanding equal access to him. The author's note suggests that they all start getting along afterwards. Symbolism, much?]]

...is a {{Webcomic}} hosted on DeviantART. Material Girl follows the story of Noah, a teenager forced to live as a WholesomeCrossdresser after brushing off the local beggar girl. Failing to spare some coin, Noah finds himself [[LaserGuidedKarma a slave to Karma]] when his sister's wardrobe ([[AWizardDidIt somehow]]) acquires life and, in her absence, decide he'll make an acceptable replacement.

* CerebusSyndrome: The comic starts out as a joke a day panel each time, and then becomes much darker until [[spoiler: Noah gets attacked by Rex and his goons]]

* HelloNurse: Just look at the ''goddamn'' picture in the article!! ([[spoiler: Does not actually happen in the comic proper.]])
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Noah's solution to Rex swinging a heavy bat at Mars's head is to jump in the way, suffering a concussion for his troubles. It ''does'' apparently cause Rex to [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone come to his senses]], however.]]

* [[IDidntMeanToTurnYouOn I Didn't Mean To Turn You On]]: Noah certainly didn't mean this with [[spoiler:Rex]], but had to pay the consequences.
** He also kind of does it [[http://HeartGear.deviantart.com/art/Material-Girl-Dirty-Dealin-122640478 here]]
* IfItsYouItsOkay: [[spoiler: By the end, Mars has figured out Noah's gender. He doesn't care. Also, shown in the epilogue, Rex is still fairly torn over his attraction to Noah.]]

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Ribbon's response to seeing [[spoiler: Noah get the everloving crap kicked out of him by a bigoted bully.]] Also [[spoiler: Rex]]'s apparent offscreen reaction to [[spoiler: Noah taking a bullet -- er, bat for Mars.]]
* OverprotectiveDad: That collects ''medieval torture devices''.
* NoNameGiven: 'Mars', with no name given in the comic proper, the fans just followed the artist's lead and named him from his shirt.

* TakeAThirdOption: Which was possibly Noah's CrowningMomentOfAwesome.

* UnresolvedSexualTension: [[spoiler: Resolved with a bat to the head. Sorta. In the epilogue, it's shown that Rex is still pining over Noah.]]

* {{Homage}}: To Literature/AliceInWonderland.
** Also, a comparison with the BeautyAndTheBeast.

* {{Homage}}: To AliceInWonderland.