History Webcomic / Mulberry

* LogoJoke: One banner featured Mulberry dressed as the ColumbiaPictures [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/top48.gif Torch Lady]]. It served as the image on This Very Wiki's Platypus Comix page for most of 2010.

** Mulberry finds herself resorting to this in "Mulberry's Lawn," while trying to turn Creator/BrittanyMurphy's last movie ([[TheAsylum Asylum Pictures]]' ''UFO vs. Killer Unicorn'') into a Hollywood blockbuster. {{Universal}} nearly rejects the film for not having enough [[{{Film/Avatar}} blue people]], but she manages to get around that by [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=20&page=12&seriesID=4 promising]] [[VisualEffectsOfAwesome "4-D" special effects]] instead. Mulberry also broadens appeal by [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=20&page=13 changing the title]] to ''[[WordSaladTitle The Feel Sandwich]]'', in hopes of earning a ''[[Film/TheHurtLocker Hurt Locker]]''-level of critical acclaim, and [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=20&page=14&seriesID=4 turning Flava Flav's character]] from a [[DawsonCasting little boy]] to a [[Literature/{{Twilight}} sparkly vampire]].

* ThisLoserIsYou: In "Planet of the Jerks", as Mulberry and Carrie Fisher people-watch, Carrie points out the people's afflictions. At one point, she appears to point at the reader, and exclaims, "And that man over there? He's just dumb!"

* SpiritAdvisor: "Planet of the Jerks" has Mulberry receive advice from Creator/CarrieFisher on how to survive a bigoted society.

* HypocriticalHumor: At the end of "Mulberry's Wraparounds", Taffy asks how they can avoid obnoxious commercials if they turn up everywhere. Jack answers, "[[ProductPlacement Let's use our]] [[MicrosoftWindows WINDOWS PRODUCTS]] to find the answer!"

* CharacterizationMarchesPm: When the series first started, Jack was a little bit dimmer and seemed more easily excitable. He soon settled into more of a moderating force between Mulberry and Taffy.

* CrossCastRole: "My Fat Lady" depicts a cross-dressing Tracy Morgan as the fourth member of the "entirely female" Film/{{Ghostbusters| 2016}}, instead of Leslie Jones. [[spoiler:The ending also reveals that Kristen Schaal will don men's clothing to play a male Ghostbuster.]]

* RecursiveCanon: "Outatime" presents a roundabout example. When Marty visits the Cafe '80s, the Cafe has a poster for ''Series/FreeSpirit'', featuring Corinne Bohrer and Edan Gross as Winnie Goodwin and Gene Harper. The incarnations of Winnie and Gene from Peter's ''Webcomic/FreeSpirit'' FanWebcomics series previously appeared in the ''Webcomic/{{Keiki}}''[=/=]''Mulberry'' crossover "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/keiki/index.php?issue=19&pageType=index&seriesID=5 Haole Berry]]", implying that all three of those comics share a universe. Overthink these scenes, and it appears that Mulberry's universe has Winnie Goodwin and the Harper clan as both characters in an '80s sitcom, and an actual CuteWitch and mortal family living together.

Peter Paltridge, the host of Website/PlatypusComix, created ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?seriesID=4 Mulberry]]'' in 2004. The title character, who has also become Platypus Comix's mascot, had previously [[EarlyBirdCameo appeared in the final strips of another comic]], ''Marin Meadow''. ''Mulberry'' features Mulberry Sharona, a 16-year old heiress from Seven Springs, California, who has managed to avoid becoming an UpperClassTwit thanks to ParentalAbandonment. Accompanied by [[ThreeAmigos her friends]] Jack, TheOneGuy, and Taffeta "Taffy" Sparks, the DumbBlonde housekeeper, this NonIdleRich girl makes adventures out of any scheme she comes up with.

* SchmuckBait: Taffy recalls [[http://platypuscomix.net/top213.jpg here]] that last Christmas, she gave her heart to WHAM! Mulberry asks, "Then what happened?", only for Taffy to embarrassingly admit that she doesn't want to talk about it.[[note]]If you're too young to know WHAM! by name, they're the guys that sang "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8gmARGvPlI Last Christmas]]."[[/note]]

** Mulberry finds herself resorting to this in "Mulberry's Lawn," while trying to turn Creator/BrittanyMurphy's last movie ([[TheAsylum Asylum Pictures]]' ''UFO vs. Killer Unicorn'') into a Hollywood blockbuster. {{Universal}} nearly rejects the film for not having enough [[{{Film/Avatar}} blue people]], but she manages to get around that by [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=20&page=12&seriesID=4 promising]] [[VisualEffectsOfAwesome "4-D" special effects]] instead. Mulberry also broadens appeal by [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=20&page=13 changing the title]] to ''[[WordSaladTitle The Feel Sandwich]]'', in hopes of earning a ''[[TheHurtLocker Hurt Locker]]''-level of critical acclaim, and [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=20&page=14&seriesID=4 turning Flava Flav's character]] from a [[DawsonCasting little boy]] to a [[Literature/{{Twilight}} sparkly vampire]].

** [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Aang]] [[http://platypuscomix.net/top152.jpg punching]] Creator/MNightShyamalan after the release of ''Film/TheLastAirbender''.

* MirrorMatch: Mulberry witnesses one in "My Fat Lady", when she watches the movie ''Franchise/{{Batman}} vs. Batman''. [[spoiler:To her disappointment, the Batmen spend their confrontation boasting how Crazy Prepared they are to face each other, and a "To Be Spread Out Over Six Movies" card appears before they actually start fighting.]]

** Mulberry donning a HockeyMaskAndChainsaw and preparing to [[http://platypuscomix.net/top136.jpg kill Flo, the Progressive Insurance Girl]], then [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/top236.jpg Midori Francis, a Liberty Mutual Insurance spokesgirl]].

** Mulberry dressing as [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason]] and preparing to [[http://platypuscomix.net/top136.jpg kill Flo, the Progressive Insurance Girl]].

* CrossCastRole: "My Fat Lady" depicts a cross-dressing Tracy Morgan as the fourth member of the "entirely female" Film/{{Ghostbusters| 2016}}, instead of Leslie Jones.[[note]]If this sounds like an insult to Leslie Jones' appearance and/or her LargeHam behavior, then note that Peter has admitted not hearing about her before she became a Ghostbuster.[[/note]] [[spoiler:The ending also reveals that Kristen Schaal will don men's clothing to play a male Ghostbuster.]]

* CrossCastRole: "My Fat Lady" depicts a cross-dressing Tracy Morgan as the fourth member of the "entirely female" Film/{{Ghostbusters| 2016}}, instead of Leslie Jones. [[spoiler:The ending also reveals that Kristen Schaal will don men's clothing to play a male Ghostbuster.]]

* MonochromeCasting: The alternate ''Film/Ghostbusters2016'' casting ideas Mulberry shares in "My Fat Lady" don't include any women of color. Whether or not this means she objects to the thought of them becoming Ghostbusters seems unclear.
-->Even if they'd had the sense to cast Creator/TinaFey, Creator/AmyPoehler, Creator/AlisonBrie, and Creator/AubreyPlaza as Janine, we STILL would have had [=McCarthy=] thrown in there!
** [[spoiler:This also applies to the last page's selection of new male Ghostbusters, including Seth Rogen, Chris Pratt, James Franco, and the aforementioned Kristen Schaal. Hopefully just a jab at Hollywood whitewashing.]]

-->Even if they'd had the sense to cast Creator/TinaFey, Creator/AmyPohler, Creator/AlisonBrie, and Creator/AubreyPlaza as Janine, we STILL would have had [=McCarthy=] thrown in there!

* HumansAreBastards: By attending Vess [=MacMeal=]'s Friendship Academy in "Friendship is Voodoo", Mulberry learns that friends tend to unexpectedly separate, mooch off of each other, and refuse to listen to each other's emotional problems.

* KarmicTwistEnding: "Miraculous Adventures of Ledyba And Meowth Noir" has one. [[spoiler:Missingno reveals itself as the true creator of ''Pokémon Go'', and that it meant the app to help determine whether or not Pokémon could live on Earth. Unfortunately, Missingno decides that since the app has motivated players to perform crimes and distract themselves from important tasks, that humanity can't live peacefully with Pokémon. It proceeds to permanently shut down the ''Pokémon Go'' servers, and return to the world of ''Pokémon''.]]

* [[ActuallyIAmHim Actually, I Am Her]]: In "Miraculous Adventures of Ledyba And Meowth Noir", Mulberry becomes the first ''VideoGame/PokemonGo'' player to receive TheMissingno as her starter.