History Webcomic / NineteenNinetySomething

* MindScrew: Disscussed and [[spoiler:demonstrated]] in [[http://1990somethingcomic.com/ this comic]]

* TimeSkip: Not an in-universe one, but a sketch page has the main cast appear as [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/The-Edge-of-Forever-348495297 21-year olds.]]
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-Big-Mommy-309117715 Said word for word by Jocelyn when her little brother switches]] Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 to WesternAnimation/CatDog. Her boyfriend, Steve, [[ActuallyPrettyFunny doesn't mind.]]
* VaporWear: Aaron states that Denise never wears a bra. This is actually proven in [[http://thejayster49.deviantart.com/art/F16-Animal-Magnetism-P7-435962007 page 7 of "Animal Magnetism"]]. The page also implies that Denise [[spoiler:might not wear panties]].
* WhoWouldWantToWatchUs: Kendra, fed up with the formulaic lineup of Fox's animated programming, decides to make her own cartoon. Crosses into SelfDeprecation with this [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-Fourth-Wall-Go-Boom-193953226 strip;]]
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Abby's roommate in ''Adorkable'' has blue hair.

** Joel gives this to [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-Last-Temptation-of-Joel-189768444 Lindsay Duquense when she tries to get him to cheat on his girlfriend, Michelle, here.]]
** Joel gives another one to [[spoiler:his sister Katy when she accidentally deafens him and pins the blame on him to their mother, leading to the confiscation of his guitar]].

* {{Retcon}}: WordOfGod says strips from 2010-2011 are non-canon [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/journal/How-Do-I-Sold-Comics-419757926 here.]]
* ShoutOut: The comic is this out of universe and the characters do this deliberately themselves in universe. Such examples include;
** The gang seeing the movie ''WesternAnimation/SouthParkBiggerLongerAndUncut'' [[http://count-kraumburger1.deviantart.com/art/F16-La-Resistance-Lives-On-315020205 in this comic]] which actually gets Joel into trouble when his mother hears him singing the "Uncle Fucker" song from said movie.
** [[http://count-kraumburger1.deviantart.com/art/F16-With-Apologies-to-Allen-Ginsberg-354058989 To the poem "Howl" by Alan Ginsberg here]]
** [[http://count-kraumburger1.deviantart.com/art/F16-Fictitious-Pulpiness-255276241 This comic]] is entirely based on quotes and events from the movie PulpFiction.
** Film/BackToTheFuturePartII [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-Shark-Still-Looks-Fake-358033123 for here.]]
** [[TransAtlanticEquivalent The American version]] of ''Series/{{Skins}}'' [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-The-Kids-Ain-t-All-Right-195486088 gets parodied here.]]
* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: In January of 2014, JB has started another side comic, [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/Hide-and-Go-Sink-423836320 ''Off The Deep End'']] as a pet project about an underwater photography model. [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/My-Super-Soaked-Sweet-16-P1-424467427 The first strip can be seen here:]]
* SpinOff: The strips ''Adorkable'' features secondary character Abby as a college student.
** JB made a spinoff for [[WesternAnimation/AmericanDad Hayley Smith]] [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/Goodbye-Langley-Falls-269340716 here and]] [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/SketchDump-2012-Hayley-and-Friends-316884045 here.]]
* TakeThat: JB uses the comic to take shots at things he doesn't like, such as [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/Forever-16-B27-268952050 Justin Beiber,]] [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-A-Death-In-The-Family-190253654 the 2010 Yogi Bear movie and]] [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-Singled-Out-193675205 Jenny McCarthy's anti-vaccine crusade.]]
** TheWarOnTerror [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-Patriot-Games-350508498 gets a potshot in this page]]
** SethMacFarlane and TwentiethCenturyFox [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-For-Art-s-Sake-194464545 get a double dose here.]]
** [[http://1990somethingcomic.com/comic/july-27-1990/ Bugs Bunny's then 50th anniversary is not well liked by Joel.]]

* ThisIsGonnaSuck: [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-Big-Mommy-309117715 Said word for word by Jocelyn when her little brother switches]] Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 to CatDog. Her boyfriend, Steve, [[ActuallyPrettyFunny doesn't mind.]]

* FanMyopia: Joel is an avid fan of bands like the Pixies, Sonic Youth, Jane's Addiction, and Mudhoney...in 1990, before the success of Nirvana's ''Music/{{Nevermind}}'' album made alternative rock mainstream. Naturally, whenever he sings the praises of these bands, nobody in his family knows or cares what he's talking about.

-->'''Kendra''': It's not exactly one of those things I can ask my family to help me with, now, is it?

* CriticalResearchFailure: In-universe, this is what bites Aaron in the ass when he tries to fake his way through a literary analysis of Literature/LordOfTheFlies, having gone to see the (very different) movie adaptation instead.

* DownerEnding: [[http://1990somethingcomic.com/comic/june-22-1990/ The ending of the "Gothman Prophecies" arc]] [[spoiler:Joel finds out Tabithia didn't love him so much as he liked his ''potential'' of being her ideal man. Joel doesn't take the relavation well and breaks up with her]].

* FanMyopia: Joel is an avid fan of bands like the Pixies, Sonic Youth, Jane's Addiction, and Mudhoney...in 1990, before the success of Nirvana's "Music/{{Nevermind}}" album made alternative rock mainstream. Naturally, whenever he sings the praises of these bands, nobody in his family knows or cares what he's talking about.

* MsFanService: Lindsay usually wears the skimpiest outfits among the recurring cast, most notably her cheerleading uniform.

In keeping with the 1990s backdrop, the strip not only references popular culture and current events of the time, but is drawn in the style of a '90s newspaper strip like ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes or ComicStrip/FoxTrot, both of which Barboza cites as major creative influences.

Can be read here: http://1990somethingcomic.com

* ADayInTheLimelight: A number of strips focus on Tina and her job as a first grade teacher.

* AuthorAppeal: Barboza is a self-professed dork for '90s pop culture, having grown up in the decade.

* AndTheFandomRejoiced: Many fans of the original comics were happy when Michelle got formally reintroduced back in the strip.

* DidNotGetTheGirl: Joel's ill-fated dates with NewAgeRetroHippie girl Denise and obnoxious Music/{{SineadOConnor}} fan Selina, as well as Aaron's disastrous attempt to ask out former cheerleading captain Jessica Sullivan.

* DownerEnding: [[http://1990somethingcomic.com/comic/june-22-1990/ The ending of the "Gothman Prophecies" arc]] [[spoiler:Joel finds out Tabithia didn't love him so much as he liked his ''potential'' of being her ideal man. Joel doesn't take the relavation well and breaks up with her]].

** [[http://1990somethingcomic.com/comic/july-27-1990/ Bug's Bunny's then 50th anniversary is not well liked by Joel]]

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Joel gives this to [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-Last-Temptation-of-Joel-189768444 Lindsay Duquense when she tries to get him to cheat on his girlfriend, Michelle, here.]]
** Joel gives another one to [[spoiler:his sister Katy when she accidentally deafens him and pins the blame on him to their mother, leading to the confiscation of his guitar]].
--->'''Joel:'''[[spoiler:OH, FUCK YOU KATY! DO YOU EVER STOP TO THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME? NO! NOBODY IN THIS HOUSE FUCKING DOES! This may be hard for you to believe, but I didn't take up the guitar just to annoy the shit out of you! I took it up because I wanted to learn a new skill! I wanted to do something meaningful with my life that I enjoyed! And now mom's treating me like some sort of drugged up juvenile delinquent! She's got it in her head that I blew up my own eardrums, even though I told her it was your stupid Mariah Carey tape, but of course she won't listen to me because I like rock music, so obviously I'm just some dumb brainwashed criminal, aren't I?]]

* VaporWear: Aaron states that Denise never wears a bra. This is actually proven in [[http://thejayster49.deviantart.com/art/F16-Animal-Magnetism-P7-435962007 page 7 of "Animal Magnetism"]].
** The page also implies that Denise [[spoiler:might not wear panties]].

* AndTheFandomRejoiced: Many fans of the original comics were happy when Michelle got formally reintroduced back in the strip.

--->'''Joel:'''OH, FUCK YOU KATY! DO YOU EVER STOP TO THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME? NO! NOBODY IN THIS HOUSE FUCKING DOES! This may be hard for you to believe, but I didn't take up the guitar just to annoy the shit out of you! I took it up because I wanted to learn a new skill! I wanted to do something meaningful with my life that I enjoyed! And now mom's treating me like some sort of drugged up juvenile delinquent! She's got it in her head that I blew up my own eardrums, even though I told her it was your stupid Mariah Carey tape, but of course she won't listen to me because I like rock music, so obviously I'm just some dumb brainwashed criminal, aren't I?]]

** Film/BackToTheFuture [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-Shark-Still-Looks-Fake-358033123 for here.]]

* OhCrap: Joel gets this face in this [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-Animal-Magnetism-P7-435962007 comic]] when he learns before having sex with Denise [[spoiler:that Denise doesn't shave]].
* OneOfUs: The comic itself could be called One Of Us: The Comic.
* PrinceAndPauper: [[spoiler:Justin Beiber]], of all people, and Joel [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-Unheard-Voices-197648813 as explained here]].

* HalloweenEpisode: [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-Jocelyn-com-265064500 ''Jocelyn.com'']] and [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-Blair-Necessities-262700342?q=sort%3Atime%20((halloween%20)%20AND%20(by%3Ajbwarner86))&qo=6 ''Blair]] [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-Blair-Necessities-II-263912065?q=sort%3Atime%20((halloween%20)%20AND%20(by%3Ajbwarner86))&qo=4 Necessities'']]
* HeroesWantRedHeads: Joel and Steven admit that they find [[WesternAnimation/KimPossible Kim Possible]] [[WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends and Frankie attractive]] [[http://count-kraumburger1.deviantart.com/art/F16-I-m-Just-Drawn-That-Way-353943714 in this comic.]]
* {{Homage}}: To {{Comics/TheBoondocks}} in this [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-Patriot-Games-350508498 page.]] Also the below mentioned examples of PulpFiction and JurrasicPark in the ShoutOut examples.
* HypotheticalCasting: [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/Welcome-To-Paradise-203322605 This page here]] lists actors to play the characters. They are;
** Aaron - [[BoyMeetsWorld Will]] [[KimPossible Friedle]]
** Steve - [[{{Clerks}} Jason]] [[ClerksTheAnimatedSeries Mewes]]
** Jocelyn - [[{{Pink}} Alecia Beth Moore]]
** Joel - [[SuperBad Jonah Hill]]
** Michelle - [[{{Juno}} Ellen]] [[ScottPilgrimVersusTheWorld Wong]]
** Abby - [[GilmoreGirls America Ferrera]]
** Katy - [[PhineasAndFerb Ashley]] [[HighSchoolMusical Tisdale]]
** Ashleigh - [[AGoofyMovie Jenna]] [[SeventhHeaven Von]] [[PepperAnn Oy]]
* JerkAss: Aaron and Jocelyn at their worst, the Duquense family is perennially assholes described [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/SD09-The-Family-That-Preys-133084165 here]] and Kendra's older brother demonstrates this [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-Quiet-Riot-322290843 here]]
* UsefulNotes/McDonalds: Joel starts working there [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-McWorld-Politics-P3-440207851 here.]]
* MeaningfulRename: JB renamed his comic ''Nineteen-Ninety-Something'' in late 2014 since it makes more sense, considering that the comic is meant to take place in the 90s.
* MsFanService: Jocelyn can be this from time to time, but Denise Holbrook takes the cake in the "Animal Magnetism" arc. Aaron describes her by saying "She's got great hooters and she never wears a bra", later [[spoiler:offers Joel sex [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-Animal-Magnetism-P5-435468893 here]]]] [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-Animal-Magnetism-P6-435756812 and here]]
* MurderTheHypotenuse: See AIIsACrapShoot above.

* ForegoneConclusion: The 2014 storyline of Joel going on a date with [[GranolaGirl Denise]] [[NewAgeRetroHippie Holbrook]] is this as it takes place before he met Michelle [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-Animal-Magnetism-P5-435468893?q=gallery%3Ajbwarner86&qo=0 (trope namedropped here).]]

* Chekhov'sGun: A few pop up here and there:

* DamnedByAFool'sPraise: Tina mentioning in passing that she really likes MTV's "Unplugged" is enough to make Joel and Aaron swear it off.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Joel is very in to [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-I-Like-To-Watch-191494966 Michelle's dancing to Zumba Fitness.]]
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The strips of what eventually became ''Forever 16'', ''Maxwell's Silver Hammer'', had this with [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/MSH-01-Short-Story-45753486 rougher artwork and a Joel who was more like his friend, Aaron West, early on here.]]
* FanOfUnderdog: JB is a huge fan of [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Meg Griffin,]] [[WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow Roberta Tubbs]] [[WesternAnimation/AmericanDad and Hayley Smith]] for the shows putting them off to the side. [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/Seth-s-Girls-261567452 He has made much fan art for the three of them,]] [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/SketchDump-2012-Hayley-and-Friends-316884045 Hayley]] [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/Goodbye-Langley-Falls-269340716 in particular.]]

* CreatorBackLash: JB has been reported saying that he hates the strips from 2010-2011, such as the PrinceAndPauper story because of how they're so many plot holes and feels he could've done better.
* DreamWorksFace: [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-Lift-Those-Eyebrows-185346160 Demonstrated here;]]

* AbortedArc: When ''Film/KickAss'' came to theaters, JB made an outline for a story where Steve and Jocelyn dress up as Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl and become vigilantes. This gets a DiscontinuityNod in [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-All-Dressed-Up-192920250 this strip]] when Steve wants to do the same thing again when he sees the ''Film/GreenHornet'' movie.
** The "Joel working at Mcdonald's" arc has come to a halt as JB couldn't think of what to do next [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/Dark-Nuggets-and-Dirty-Helmets-451729741 as detailed here]]. Later subverted when it regained steam [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-If-He-Fries-He-Fries-475060167 here;]]
* {{Adorkable}}: Most of the main cast, but in particular Abby (even her spinoff is called this).
* AIIsACrapShoot: [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-This-Bytes-200415111 Michelle's upgraded Watson-esque computer trys]] to kill Joel in order to be Michelle's boyfriend.
* AllMenArePerverts: Aaron West is a total perv.
** Joel Maxwell used to be this until he met Michelle.
** Steve sometimes tends to be a bit perverted towards his girlfriend Jocelyn, not that she really minds though.
* AlphaBitch: Lindsay Duquense, also head cheerleader.
* ArtEvolution: JB's art has shown some major improvement over the years he's been on Website/DeviantART. Evidenced by an [[http://thejayster49.deviantart.com/art/The-Theory-of-Evolution-500997377 art evolution meme he made]].
* AuthorAppeal: JB loves putting his (or other) characters in a pool of water (in either swimsuits or street clothes). Also anything from the '90s.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Michelle has this in the story line where the school's AlphaBitch tries to break her and Joel apart. [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-Don-t-Make-Me-Angry-189875930 Do not make her angry.]] [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-Berserk-Button-189987259 You wouldn't like her when she's angry...]]
* CasanovaWannabe: Aaron West, definitely.

''Nineteen-Ninety-Something'' (formerly "Forever 16") is a webcomic found on Website/DeviantART about Joel Maxwell, a 16-year-old in Minnesota during the '90s, who is a big fan of music, cartoons and movies.

His friends include his disgruntled food court worker girlfriend, Michelle Hseign; his best friends, Steve and Aaron; Steve's girlfriend, the punk rocker Jocelyn (she, Joel, Steve and Aaron form the band Westworld), and the animation fanatic and object of Aaron's unwanted affection, Kendra.

The series takes place in the 1990s and allows the author, JB Warner, to pay homage to the culture of that time while quite a number of strips take place in modern times as well.

Can be found here; http://1990somethingcomic.com