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*** The issue of alpha-version leaks had been addressed. You can guess the site that [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/811 it happened on.]]
*** The issue of alpha-version leaks had been addressed. You can guess the site that [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/811 it happened on.]]
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* KissOfTheVampire: ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim's]]'' Skyrim]]'''s Lydia is asked what Engie-tan should afflict herself with: lycanthropy or vampirism. Lydia suffers often from VideoGameCrueltyPotential ad and she knows that eventually Engie-tan is going to eat her. So she chooses sensual neck nibbling over being ripped into pieces.
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** And [[StarCraft Drone-tan and Probe-tan]]. [[http://jopereira.deviantart.com/art/Idle-Workers-148754914 Probably NSFW.]]
** Engie-tans love has jumped from the DeviantArt pages and [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/323 into the main comic]].
** Apparently made [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/692 canon now]]. . . or at the very least an extreme ShipTease.
** And [[StarCraft Drone-tan and Probe-tan]]. [[http://jopereira.deviantart.com/art/Idle-Workers-148754914 Probably NSFW.]]
** Engie-tans love has jumped from the DeviantArt pages and [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/323 into the main comic]].
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* MediumAwareness: Sonic, in [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/636 this comic.]] Too bad he was wrong about what to expect.
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[[caption-width-right:253:[[ZergRush Zerg rushes]] [[CuteMonsterGirl have never been so adorable.]]]]
''[[http://nerfnow.com Nerf NOW!!]]'' is a gaming webcomic centering on the RED and BLU Teams' endless battle in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', though it also includes {{story arc}}s taking place in ''Left4Dead'', ''{{Starcraft}}'', or one-shot comics based on other games. What sets it apart from [[GamingWebcomics its rivals]] is its art, which is {{animesque}}, dangerously cute, and [[GrotesqueCute somewhat inappropriate for a scenario involving two factions trying to murder each other]], as well as for the fact that the comic is quite capable of telling a story without any dialogue (though more recent arcs have been using more {{speech bubbles}}).
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!!Tropes include:
* AllMenArePerverts: The Team Fortress crew? Mostly. Mario especially. Which leads to....
* AllWomenAreLustful: The ladies are just as willing as the men.
* AlmostKiss: [[MomentKiller Dammit,]] [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/323 Scout!]]
* AndIMustScream: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/570 Female Shepard probably shouldn't have used the Renegade option]] [[DoNotTauntCthulhu when backtalking the author.]]
* {{Animesque}}: SweatDrop? Check. CrossPoppingVeins? Check. CornerOfWoe? Check. LuminescentBlush? Check...
* ArtEvolution or ArtShift: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/archives The November 22nd 2011 comic]] had much more detailed shading than prevoius ones (and Engie-tan dressed like an actual Engineer for a change). It remains to be seen if this is permenant.
* AuthorAvatar: The Engineer with short, red hair. She appears more often than the other [=TF2-tans=] and is used as Jo Pereira's avatar for Twitter and DeviantArt. Also, in [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/342 this strip]] and [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/248 various]] [[MassEffect Mass Effect 2]] [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/244 strips]].
** And then denied [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/462 here]], where he is apparently a tentacle monster in the comic.
** From time to time, he'll [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/478 occasionally appear]] [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/667 as himself]].
* [[BadassGrandpa Badass Old School Gamer]]: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/324 In a mini-arc,]] Grandpa wants to show the noob kids how it's done, [[SubvertedTrope but he fails]]... [[hottip:*:[[spoiler:[[DoubleSubversion ...Or so it seems at first,]] before revealing [[ExactlyWhatIAimedAt everything went exactly as he planned]].]]
* BatmanGambit: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/315 "Master Plan"]]
* BerserkerTears: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/12 He loved that doctor]].
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Steam-tan. Her true love is money. [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/624 Of course, this is returned in kind.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/41 Drone-tan being forced to become a Hatchery]], with some overlap with CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.
* BlushSticker
* BottomOfTheBarrelJoke: [[CosmeticAward Hat]] jokes. Lampshaded [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/462 here]].
* BrainBleach: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/328 You've seen it]], Now you can't [[{{Futurama}} unsee it]].
* BreakTheCutie: Drone-tan's first arc.
** Sniper-tan.
* BreastExpansion: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/609 2-up]]
* BrickJoke: Harking back to Meet the Demoman, the Sniper, [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/277 after ticking off Demo-tan]], [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/278 is being stitched back together... "In Hell!"]]
** Santa didn't forget about what happened to him [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/227 on Engie's home last year]]; but he's a forgiving fellow: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/439 He even gave her a hat!]]
* ButtMonkey: The Sniper. Back during the Sniper VS Spy Update, there was a string of comics with the Spy being far superior to the Sniper. He then later pissed of a RED Demogirl, and... [[IronButtmonkey it ended badly.]]
** In contrast, [[{{DistaffCounterpart}} Sniper-Tan]] has been exempt from this treatment. [[spoiler: As of late, however, she has her own problems to deal with.]]
*** YMMV. Sniper-Tan has had some pretty bad luck. Pyro was only interested in her because Engie-Tan was, at the time, dating Scout. After she broke up with him, Pyro started pursuing her again, (or did he?) even though he and Sniper-Tan were still dating. Poor girl just needs a hug.
** After exhausting all her options, the now-homeless Engie-tan [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/672 still refuses to spend the night at Sniper's camper van.]]
* CardiovascularLove: HeartSymbol imagery appear all the time.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Origin-tan.
** [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/670 Sniper-tan]] as well.
* CornerOfWoe: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/92 This one.]] Can't really blame the Medic for it; over more or less the entire arc, things were going really, '''really''' badly for him. Good thing the enemy heavy was [[HeelFaceTurn sympathetic.]]
* CreatorCameo: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/461 Here.]] BrainBleach is that way.
** EarlyBirdCameo[[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/235 ?]]
* CrossOver: [[http://jopereira.deviantart.com/art/Neon-Fortress-Senterion-146732859 Neon Fortress Senterion]], anyone?
** The RPGElements Valve is adding to ''[[http://nerfnow.com/comic/134 Team Fortress 2]]''...
* CuteLittleFangs: Zergling-tans.
* CuteMonsterGirl: The Zerg. No, seriously.
** And [[TheElderScrolls the Lusty Argonian Maid.]]
* DeepImmersionGaming: From kill reports, chat channels, and the fact that they occasionally change classes/games, the two teams are obviously in a video game, though their players are never shown.
* DistaffCounterpart: The ''Team Fortress 2'' classes are joined by ([[FetishFuel hot]]) female couterparts.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/189 This]] short arc about a newbie [[DistressedDamsel video game princess]]' first kidnapping.
** [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/178 And this]] previous mini-arc featuring [[CasualVideoGame a casual gamer]]
** [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/445 Oh]] [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/446 God]] [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/447 yes.]]
* DoubleStandard [[hottip:*:With a dash of HypocriticalHumor]]: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/456 Of the non-gender-issues related variety]].
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: The ''Game/MegaMan 9'' arc.]]
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: It started as a story-driven ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' comic, but it's mostly a gag-a-day general gaming comic now.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: The American Violent Gamer may be violent, but he doesn't violate women. [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/537 Only Japanese gamers do.]]
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Red haired Engie-tan.
* {{Expy}}: The most recent one is [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/222 how one Engie-tan]] resembles [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Rei]].
** [[http://jopereira.deviantart.com/art/Neon-Fortress-Senterion-146732859 A more obvious version]].
* {{Fanservice}}: With a huge [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/288 engineered lampshade.]]
--> [[MemeticMutation Fanservice? In MY Nerfnow?]]
* FanDisservice: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/336 Curse you, [=WoW=]!]]
* FieryRedhead: Engie-tan.
* FoeYay[=/=]LesYay: Based on his DeviantArt page, [[http://jopereira.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d1f8zas BLU and RED]] [[http://jopereira.deviantart.com/art/Impossible-Love-85859739?q=gallery:JoPereira/1044209&qo=104 Engie-tans]].
** And [[StarCraft Drone-tan and Probe-tan]]. [[http://jopereira.deviantart.com/art/Idle-Workers-148754914 Probably NSFW.]]
** Engie-tans love has jumped from the DeviantArt pages and [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/323 into the main comic]].
** Apparently made [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/692 canon now]]. . . or at the very least an extreme ShipTease.
* FrenchJerk: Guess who.
* FridgeLogic: In universe, coupled with EurekaMoment: [[Game/MegaMan Dr. Wily]] finds [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/230 a strategy]] to [[ExploitedTrope exploit]] MegaManning.
** What happens if [[FistOfTheNorthStar you are already dead]] to [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/237 begin with?!]]
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/155 This comic]] lampshades the impossibility of the Engineer's feats in the actual game as a punchline.
* GeniusBruiser: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/132 The Heavy, apparently]].
* GenreShift: "[[http://nerfnow.com/comic/144 She Was Just Level One]]" is a pretty [[DarkerAndEdgier grim and gritty]] story for a comic that normally runs on the RuleOfCute.
** [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Frontier_Justice Now an]] AscendedFanfic.
** [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/205 Revisited]] in Revengineer 2.0. Brief but satisfying.
* GirlOnGirlIsHot: The author does enjoy drawing lesbian make-out scenes every [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/273 now]] and [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/248 then]], [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/323 and again...]]
** It seems Pyro and Demoman in the third comic agree. Scout probably agrees also, he's just impatient.
* GoofyPrintUnderwear: Considering they're being worn by Pyro, you can probably guess what they [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/99 are...]]
** A female example serves as an [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/75 enjoyable last view for the sniper]].
* HairOfGold: Blonde Engie-tan.
* HandsGoDown: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/331 Concerning uses of the new Kinect system.]]
* HeadPet: Heavy Weapons Guy needs to go Scout to deliver a message, but doesn't have a helmet. Mini-Medic wants to tag along. [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/361 The solution is obvious]].
* HotAmazon: Heavy Weapons Girl.
* {{Hikikomori}} / CrazySurvivalist: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/358 This strip]].
* HotterAndSexier: It's Team Fortress plus anime babes.
* IdeaBulb: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/135 This]] comic.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Heavy Weapons Guy and Heavy Weapons Girl compete for the Medic's affections. [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/98 When Medic chooses HWGirl, HWGuy leaves so as not to come between them]].
* {{Irony}}: Situational, noted in the NewsPost under [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/297 Strip 297]], the end of the "Nerf" arc.
* InnocentInnuendo: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/329 What were you expecting?]]
* InSovietRussiaTropeMocksYou: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/376 In Soviet Russia, Tetris plays YOU!]]
* {{Jerkass}}: The Sniper.
* {{Kawaisa}}: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/229 Sleeping Zerglings]]. Dawwwww.
* LimitedWardrobe: Averted to hell and back with Engie-tan who has a different (and extremly {{fanservice}}y) outfit in pretty much every comic.
* LonersAreFreaks: The original [=TF2=] Sniper is a ButtMonkey due to his exaggerated loner reputation.
* LovableSexManiac: Redhead Engie-tan.
* LoveHurts: Several arcs go take the major relationships to dark places.
* LoveTriangle: [[ItMakesSenseInContext Between a Medic and two Heavies]].
** Between a gamer, [[WhiteHairedPrettyGirl Steam-tan]] and [[ClingyJealousGirl Origin-tan.]]
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Sometimes being aflame is just [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/170 a chance to flirt]]. Or not.
* MoeAnthropomorphism: Drone-tan is [[GenkiGirl genki]] about harvesting minerals, Zerglings and Hydralisks are {{Cute Monster Girl}}s, and an Overlord is a {{Meganekko}} dangling from a balloon. [[{{Starcraft}} The Zerg]] have never been more precious.
** The Protoss add their Probe-tan to the fray. And when a Probe and a Drone meet in the mineral fields, traditional harvesting isn't on their minds.
* MoneyDearBoy: Steam-tan.
* NewOldFlame: VideoGame/DeusEx, [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/433 personified as Adam Jensen]], to Engie-tan.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Nice job [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/227 ruining Christmas]], BLU Engie-tan...
* NotDistractedByTheSexy: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/422 Heavy]]. [[AllMenArePerverts Dammit, Heavy]].
* NostalgiaFilter: Discussed in a ''{{Pokemon}}'' [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/302 comic]].
** Also CoolOldLady [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/618 GOG-tan]].
* {{NSFW}}: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/346 Parodied]]
* OlderAndWiser:
** The Heavy after joining a team of "babies". Has shown elements of being a PapaWolf as well.
** The old man from the "Noob" arc.
* PeekABangs: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/277 The Demogirl]] has these in lieu of an EyepatchOfPower.
* PowerPerversionPotential: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/331 For the Kinect]].
** And for the [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/334 time manipulation]] on ''{{Singularity}}''.
** The [[{{Starcraft}} Protoss]] find [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/221 a new purpose for Observers.]]
* PuppyDogEyes: Only it's [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/374 ''larva eyes'']] for zergs
* {{Ragequit}}: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/551 In the Little Red Riding Hood episode]].
* RealityEnsues: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/310 Here]], though instead of making the story more realistic, it's PlayedForLaughs.
* RebusBubble: Used for the dialogue-free arcs.
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* RescueRomance: The very first arc. [[spoiler: And it doesn't work out for Pyro.]]
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Just about each of the major VideoGame/TeamFortress2 updates have garnered a reaction strip or three, but other examples include: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/100 Backstab]], [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/284 Karma]], and [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/291 Lottery]].
* SecondLove: Sniper-tan to Pyro.
* SelfDeprecation: "I got bored of butchering the english language. Now I butcher grammar in japanese too." [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/588]]
* SerenadeYourLover: Sniper-tan confesses her love for Pyro by singing [[RickAstley Never Gonna Give You Up]]
* [[RosesAreRedVioletsAreBlue Roses Are Red]]: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/467 Violet is BLU]]
* ShoutOut: To VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies, with the Peashooter in all of the Left4Dead arcs.
* ShoutOut / MemeticMutation: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/300 #300]]
** [[TheManYourManCouldSmellLike I'm on a]] [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/391 pig]]
* SmokeShield: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/8 This strip]], complete with BigDamnHeroes moment.
* StealthPun: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/67 Tonight's]] ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' special guest: [[{{Castlevania}} Dracula]].
* {{Stripperiffic}}: The female ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' characters' outfits can be [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/165 dangerous]] [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/166 distractions]].
* StopHavingFunGuy: Apparently, the StarCraft scene [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/285 is nothing but this.]]
** In other strips, SHFG's are depicted as grey-brown skinned cultists in purple robes with "Mr. Yuk" on them.
* SuperDeformed: Particularly the "[[http://nerfnow.com/comic/127 Entire Team Is Babies]]" arc.
* TakeThat: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/220 This]] comic makes a [[{{Castlevania}} not-so-subtle]] jab at Literature/{{Twilight}}.
** Also [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/482 this]] against [[{{EightPointEight}} game reviewers]] and ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}''.
* ThereAreNoGirlsOnTheInternet: {{Inverted}} [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/525 here.]]
* {{Tsundere}}: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/245 Jack]] from ''MassEffect 2''
** [[DistaffCounterpart A female]] [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/252 Predator]] for Valentine's Day.
* TitleDrop: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/673 Here]].
* WarHasNeverBeenSoMuchFun: Team Fortress, now with romance!
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/244 Mineral Scan!!!]]
* WhiteHairedPrettyGirl: Soldier-tan and Steam-tan.
* WhoWearsShortShorts: Engie-tan.
* WomanScorned: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/277 BLU Sniper]] discovers that [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/278 RED Demo-tan]] doesn't take rejection well.
** [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/347 Hell hath no fury as an AI scorned.]] [[{{Halo}} Master Chief]] really should have cleared his browser history.
** More like AnthropomorphicPersonification scorned, [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/545 but...]]
* WorldsSmallestViolin: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/466 Requiem]]
* WrenchWench: Engie-tan, of course.
* {{Yandere}}: '''''Everyone.'''''
* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler: Pyro and Sniper-Tan both cheat on each other and regret it.]]
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[[caption-width-right:253:[[ZergRush Zerg rushes]] [[CuteMonsterGirl have never been so adorable.]]]]
''[[http://nerfnow.com Nerf NOW!!]]'' is a gaming webcomic centering on the RED and BLU Teams' endless battle in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', though it also includes {{story arc}}s taking place in ''Left4Dead'', ''{{Starcraft}}'', or one-shot comics based on other games. What sets it apart from [[GamingWebcomics its rivals]] is its art, which is {{animesque}}, dangerously cute, and [[GrotesqueCute somewhat inappropriate for a scenario involving two factions trying to murder each other]], as well as for the fact that the comic is quite capable of telling a story without any dialogue (though more recent arcs have been using more {{speech bubbles}}).
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!!Tropes include:
* AllMenArePerverts: The Team Fortress crew? Mostly. Mario especially. Which leads to....
* AllWomenAreLustful: The ladies are just as willing as the men.
* AlmostKiss: [[MomentKiller Dammit,]] [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/323 Scout!]]
* AndIMustScream: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/570 Female Shepard probably shouldn't have used the Renegade option]] [[DoNotTauntCthulhu when backtalking the author.]]
* {{Animesque}}: SweatDrop? Check. CrossPoppingVeins? Check. CornerOfWoe? Check. LuminescentBlush? Check...
* ArtEvolution or ArtShift: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/archives The November 22nd 2011 comic]] had much more detailed shading than prevoius ones (and Engie-tan dressed like an actual Engineer for a change). It remains to be seen if this is permenant.
* AuthorAvatar: The Engineer with short, red hair. She appears more often than the other [=TF2-tans=] and is used as Jo Pereira's avatar for Twitter and DeviantArt. Also, in [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/342 this strip]] and [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/248 various]] [[MassEffect Mass Effect 2]] [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/244 strips]].
** And then denied [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/462 here]], where he is apparently a tentacle monster in the comic.
** From time to time, he'll [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/478 occasionally appear]] [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/667 as himself]].
* [[BadassGrandpa Badass Old School Gamer]]: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/324 In a mini-arc,]] Grandpa wants to show the noob kids how it's done, [[SubvertedTrope but he fails]]... [[hottip:*:[[spoiler:[[DoubleSubversion ...Or so it seems at first,]] before revealing [[ExactlyWhatIAimedAt everything went exactly as he planned]].]]
* BatmanGambit: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/315 "Master Plan"]]
* BerserkerTears: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/12 He loved that doctor]].
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Steam-tan. Her true love is money. [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/624 Of course, this is returned in kind.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/41 Drone-tan being forced to become a Hatchery]], with some overlap with CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.
* BlushSticker
* BottomOfTheBarrelJoke: [[CosmeticAward Hat]] jokes. Lampshaded [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/462 here]].
* BrainBleach: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/328 You've seen it]], Now you can't [[{{Futurama}} unsee it]].
* BreakTheCutie: Drone-tan's first arc.
** Sniper-tan.
* BreastExpansion: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/609 2-up]]
* BrickJoke: Harking back to Meet the Demoman, the Sniper, [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/277 after ticking off Demo-tan]], [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/278 is being stitched back together... "In Hell!"]]
** Santa didn't forget about what happened to him [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/227 on Engie's home last year]]; but he's a forgiving fellow: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/439 He even gave her a hat!]]
* ButtMonkey: The Sniper. Back during the Sniper VS Spy Update, there was a string of comics with the Spy being far superior to the Sniper. He then later pissed of a RED Demogirl, and... [[IronButtmonkey it ended badly.]]
** In contrast, [[{{DistaffCounterpart}} Sniper-Tan]] has been exempt from this treatment. [[spoiler: As of late, however, she has her own problems to deal with.]]
*** YMMV. Sniper-Tan has had some pretty bad luck. Pyro was only interested in her because Engie-Tan was, at the time, dating Scout. After she broke up with him, Pyro started pursuing her again, (or did he?) even though he and Sniper-Tan were still dating. Poor girl just needs a hug.
** After exhausting all her options, the now-homeless Engie-tan [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/672 still refuses to spend the night at Sniper's camper van.]]
* CardiovascularLove: HeartSymbol imagery appear all the time.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Origin-tan.
** [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/670 Sniper-tan]] as well.
* CornerOfWoe: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/92 This one.]] Can't really blame the Medic for it; over more or less the entire arc, things were going really, '''really''' badly for him. Good thing the enemy heavy was [[HeelFaceTurn sympathetic.]]
* CreatorCameo: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/461 Here.]] BrainBleach is that way.
** EarlyBirdCameo[[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/235 ?]]
* CrossOver: [[http://jopereira.deviantart.com/art/Neon-Fortress-Senterion-146732859 Neon Fortress Senterion]], anyone?
** The RPGElements Valve is adding to ''[[http://nerfnow.com/comic/134 Team Fortress 2]]''...
* CuteLittleFangs: Zergling-tans.
* CuteMonsterGirl: The Zerg. No, seriously.
** And [[TheElderScrolls the Lusty Argonian Maid.]]
* DeepImmersionGaming: From kill reports, chat channels, and the fact that they occasionally change classes/games, the two teams are obviously in a video game, though their players are never shown.
* DistaffCounterpart: The ''Team Fortress 2'' classes are joined by ([[FetishFuel hot]]) female couterparts.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/189 This]] short arc about a newbie [[DistressedDamsel video game princess]]' first kidnapping.
** [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/178 And this]] previous mini-arc featuring [[CasualVideoGame a casual gamer]]
** [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/445 Oh]] [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/446 God]] [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/447 yes.]]
* DoubleStandard [[hottip:*:With a dash of HypocriticalHumor]]: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/456 Of the non-gender-issues related variety]].
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: The ''Game/MegaMan 9'' arc.]]
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: It started as a story-driven ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' comic, but it's mostly a gag-a-day general gaming comic now.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: The American Violent Gamer may be violent, but he doesn't violate women. [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/537 Only Japanese gamers do.]]
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Red haired Engie-tan.
* {{Expy}}: The most recent one is [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/222 how one Engie-tan]] resembles [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Rei]].
** [[http://jopereira.deviantart.com/art/Neon-Fortress-Senterion-146732859 A more obvious version]].
* {{Fanservice}}: With a huge [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/288 engineered lampshade.]]
--> [[MemeticMutation Fanservice? In MY Nerfnow?]]
* FanDisservice: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/336 Curse you, [=WoW=]!]]
* FieryRedhead: Engie-tan.
* FoeYay[=/=]LesYay: Based on his DeviantArt page, [[http://jopereira.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d1f8zas BLU and RED]] [[http://jopereira.deviantart.com/art/Impossible-Love-85859739?q=gallery:JoPereira/1044209&qo=104 Engie-tans]].
** And [[StarCraft Drone-tan and Probe-tan]]. [[http://jopereira.deviantart.com/art/Idle-Workers-148754914 Probably NSFW.]]
** Engie-tans love has jumped from the DeviantArt pages and [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/323 into the main comic]].
** Apparently made [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/692 canon now]]. . . or at the very least an extreme ShipTease.
* FrenchJerk: Guess who.
* FridgeLogic: In universe, coupled with EurekaMoment: [[Game/MegaMan Dr. Wily]] finds [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/230 a strategy]] to [[ExploitedTrope exploit]] MegaManning.
** What happens if [[FistOfTheNorthStar you are already dead]] to [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/237 begin with?!]]
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/155 This comic]] lampshades the impossibility of the Engineer's feats in the actual game as a punchline.
* GeniusBruiser: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/132 The Heavy, apparently]].
* GenreShift: "[[http://nerfnow.com/comic/144 She Was Just Level One]]" is a pretty [[DarkerAndEdgier grim and gritty]] story for a comic that normally runs on the RuleOfCute.
** [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Frontier_Justice Now an]] AscendedFanfic.
** [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/205 Revisited]] in Revengineer 2.0. Brief but satisfying.
* GirlOnGirlIsHot: The author does enjoy drawing lesbian make-out scenes every [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/273 now]] and [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/248 then]], [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/323 and again...]]
** It seems Pyro and Demoman in the third comic agree. Scout probably agrees also, he's just impatient.
* GoofyPrintUnderwear: Considering they're being worn by Pyro, you can probably guess what they [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/99 are...]]
** A female example serves as an [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/75 enjoyable last view for the sniper]].
* HairOfGold: Blonde Engie-tan.
* HandsGoDown: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/331 Concerning uses of the new Kinect system.]]
* HeadPet: Heavy Weapons Guy needs to go Scout to deliver a message, but doesn't have a helmet. Mini-Medic wants to tag along. [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/361 The solution is obvious]].
* HotAmazon: Heavy Weapons Girl.
* {{Hikikomori}} / CrazySurvivalist: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/358 This strip]].
* HotterAndSexier: It's Team Fortress plus anime babes.
* IdeaBulb: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/135 This]] comic.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Heavy Weapons Guy and Heavy Weapons Girl compete for the Medic's affections. [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/98 When Medic chooses HWGirl, HWGuy leaves so as not to come between them]].
* {{Irony}}: Situational, noted in the NewsPost under [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/297 Strip 297]], the end of the "Nerf" arc.
* InnocentInnuendo: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/329 What were you expecting?]]
* InSovietRussiaTropeMocksYou: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/376 In Soviet Russia, Tetris plays YOU!]]
* {{Jerkass}}: The Sniper.
* {{Kawaisa}}: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/229 Sleeping Zerglings]]. Dawwwww.
* LimitedWardrobe: Averted to hell and back with Engie-tan who has a different (and extremly {{fanservice}}y) outfit in pretty much every comic.
* LonersAreFreaks: The original [=TF2=] Sniper is a ButtMonkey due to his exaggerated loner reputation.
* LovableSexManiac: Redhead Engie-tan.
* LoveHurts: Several arcs go take the major relationships to dark places.
* LoveTriangle: [[ItMakesSenseInContext Between a Medic and two Heavies]].
** Between a gamer, [[WhiteHairedPrettyGirl Steam-tan]] and [[ClingyJealousGirl Origin-tan.]]
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Sometimes being aflame is just [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/170 a chance to flirt]]. Or not.
* MoeAnthropomorphism: Drone-tan is [[GenkiGirl genki]] about harvesting minerals, Zerglings and Hydralisks are {{Cute Monster Girl}}s, and an Overlord is a {{Meganekko}} dangling from a balloon. [[{{Starcraft}} The Zerg]] have never been more precious.
** The Protoss add their Probe-tan to the fray. And when a Probe and a Drone meet in the mineral fields, traditional harvesting isn't on their minds.
* MoneyDearBoy: Steam-tan.
* NewOldFlame: VideoGame/DeusEx, [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/433 personified as Adam Jensen]], to Engie-tan.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Nice job [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/227 ruining Christmas]], BLU Engie-tan...
* NotDistractedByTheSexy: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/422 Heavy]]. [[AllMenArePerverts Dammit, Heavy]].
* NostalgiaFilter: Discussed in a ''{{Pokemon}}'' [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/302 comic]].
** Also CoolOldLady [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/618 GOG-tan]].
* {{NSFW}}: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/346 Parodied]]
* OlderAndWiser:
** The Heavy after joining a team of "babies". Has shown elements of being a PapaWolf as well.
** The old man from the "Noob" arc.
* PeekABangs: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/277 The Demogirl]] has these in lieu of an EyepatchOfPower.
* PowerPerversionPotential: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/331 For the Kinect]].
** And for the [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/334 time manipulation]] on ''{{Singularity}}''.
** The [[{{Starcraft}} Protoss]] find [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/221 a new purpose for Observers.]]
* PuppyDogEyes: Only it's [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/374 ''larva eyes'']] for zergs
* {{Ragequit}}: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/551 In the Little Red Riding Hood episode]].
* RealityEnsues: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/310 Here]], though instead of making the story more realistic, it's PlayedForLaughs.
* RebusBubble: Used for the dialogue-free arcs.
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* RescueRomance: The very first arc. [[spoiler: And it doesn't work out for Pyro.]]
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Just about each of the major VideoGame/TeamFortress2 updates have garnered a reaction strip or three, but other examples include: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/100 Backstab]], [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/284 Karma]], and [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/291 Lottery]].
* SecondLove: Sniper-tan to Pyro.
* SelfDeprecation: "I got bored of butchering the english language. Now I butcher grammar in japanese too." [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/588]]
* SerenadeYourLover: Sniper-tan confesses her love for Pyro by singing [[RickAstley Never Gonna Give You Up]]
* [[RosesAreRedVioletsAreBlue Roses Are Red]]: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/467 Violet is BLU]]
* ShoutOut: To VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies, with the Peashooter in all of the Left4Dead arcs.
* ShoutOut / MemeticMutation: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/300 #300]]
** [[TheManYourManCouldSmellLike I'm on a]] [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/391 pig]]
* SmokeShield: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/8 This strip]], complete with BigDamnHeroes moment.
* StealthPun: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/67 Tonight's]] ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' special guest: [[{{Castlevania}} Dracula]].
* {{Stripperiffic}}: The female ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' characters' outfits can be [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/165 dangerous]] [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/166 distractions]].
* StopHavingFunGuy: Apparently, the StarCraft scene [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/285 is nothing but this.]]
** In other strips, SHFG's are depicted as grey-brown skinned cultists in purple robes with "Mr. Yuk" on them.
* SuperDeformed: Particularly the "[[http://nerfnow.com/comic/127 Entire Team Is Babies]]" arc.
* TakeThat: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/220 This]] comic makes a [[{{Castlevania}} not-so-subtle]] jab at Literature/{{Twilight}}.
** Also [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/482 this]] against [[{{EightPointEight}} game reviewers]] and ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}''.
* ThereAreNoGirlsOnTheInternet: {{Inverted}} [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/525 here.]]
* {{Tsundere}}: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/245 Jack]] from ''MassEffect 2''
** [[DistaffCounterpart A female]] [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/252 Predator]] for Valentine's Day.
* TitleDrop: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/673 Here]].
* WarHasNeverBeenSoMuchFun: Team Fortress, now with romance!
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/244 Mineral Scan!!!]]
* WhiteHairedPrettyGirl: Soldier-tan and Steam-tan.
* WhoWearsShortShorts: Engie-tan.
* WomanScorned: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/277 BLU Sniper]] discovers that [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/278 RED Demo-tan]] doesn't take rejection well.
** [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/347 Hell hath no fury as an AI scorned.]] [[{{Halo}} Master Chief]] really should have cleared his browser history.
** More like AnthropomorphicPersonification scorned, [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/545 but...]]
* WorldsSmallestViolin: [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/466 Requiem]]
* WrenchWench: Engie-tan, of course.
* {{Yandere}}: '''''Everyone.'''''
* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler: Pyro and Sniper-Tan both cheat on each other and regret it.]]
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