History Webcomic / OneWheatMark

* Main/AdaptationalBadass: Mike and Will have [[Main/StuffBlowingUp blown up several buildings]], and shown themselves to be able to handle themselves when fighting demogorgons, especially Will with his large M16. [[Main/AdaptationalWimp This goes both ways though]], as Will also is frequently incapacitated by the Mind Flayer's influence, and both have been seen crying over very little things happening.
* Main/AdaptationalJerkass: Mike Wheeler in Stranger Things was pretty bad to his friend Will sometimes, but One Wheat Mark takes it even further, yelling at Will "[[UsefulNotes/SuiCide KILL YOURSELF]]" ([[Main/SuicideAsComedy in impact font, no less]]), making him break into Dave & Buster's with him for [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom Furcon]] even though Will doesn't want to and leaving him to fend for himself at the venue as soon as they get inside, [[UsefulNotes/HomoPhobia hating gay people]], [[spoiler: tweeting at Russia from the U.S. military's account]], [[Main/CyberBullying being a cyberbully]], hurling various insults at Will [[spoiler: during their time in the secret military bunker]], seemingly trying to [[Main/GasLighting gaslight]] Will, etc. Granted, [[Main/ALighterShadeOfBlack Will only seems nicer by comparison]], and is fully capable of saying and doing harmful things to Mike as well (like [[Main/ImpliedDeathThreat making it clear several times that he wants to hurt or kill Mike]]).
* Main/AdaptationPersonalityChange: The two are more like caricatures of their Stranger Things counterparts' most inflammatory traits, with Ronnie admitting in a reply on one of his comments that "the personality change or whatever is because the characters all act like wet cardboard so it's impossible to make anything funny with them"
* Main/AdaptedOut: Most of the other characters from the Stranger Things television show are completely absent, including Eleven (for now at least).
* Main/AdvertisedExtra: Eleven has been depicted in an official art on Ronnie's Instagram, as well as in one of the animations, but has yet to appear in the comic itself.
* Main/AffectionateGestureToTheHead: In the first part, Mike can be seen ruffling Will's hair with his elbow.
* Main/AffectionateParody: Of the Netflix Original Stranger Things. It's debatable though to what extent Ronnie even has affection for the series, seeing as he's told his fans not to watch Stranger Things because it's "mid" and often saying that he barely thinks of Mike and Will as the characters from Stranger Things anymore, as they're more like his own creation at this point.
* Main/AirVentPassageway: The two use one to break into the Dave & Buster's hosting Furcon 1984.
* Main/AllAnimalsAreDogs: The Demogorgons.

* Main/AllLoveIsUnrequited: [[Main/ZigZaggedTrope Zig-zagged.]] One of the main sources of comedy and intrigue in One Wheat Mark is Will's seemingly unrequited crush on Mike, his closeted gayness, and Mike's inner struggle to remain straight, not knowing if he can reciprocate Will's affection.
* Main/AlternateHistory: The World of One Wheat Mark is one where [[spoiler: Russia actually DID bomb the United States during UsefulNotes/TheColdWar. Because the United States Military [[Main/AnachronismStew Twitter]] [[Main/RuleOfFunny account]] said they were going to bomb them first. ]]
* Main/AmbiguouslyAbsentParent: Neither Mike's nor Will's parents appear in the comic, even at the beginning when we see inside of Will's house. This was likely due to a lack of interest in writing them as characters rather than to imply that they aren't around.
* Main/AmbiguouslyGay: Both Will and Mike, to varying degrees. Both of them claim to be straight, but between Mike being oddly touchy with his little friend and Will always blushing when they hold hands, the audience is clearly meant to see that this is not the case.
* Main/AmusingInjuries: Several instances. Usually happens to [[Main/ButtMonkey Will]], but both boys get their fair share of hurt throughout the comic.
* Main/AnachronismStew: Stranger Things is set in Main/TheEighties, and One Wheat Mark seemingly also takes place in 1984 specifically, but sprinkled throughout are inventions which did not exist yet during that time period. Main/RuleOfFunny seems to be the determining factor in whether or not they have modern cellphones, music, social media, etc in any given moment.

* Main/ApocalypseHow: [[Main/DownplayedTrope Downplayed,]] as the severity is low and the scope is at most North America if not just Indiana, but the story does end up in a kind of apocalypse setting, after various events occur (Will creating the Demogorgons and [[spoiler: Mike provoking a bombing from Russia]]).
* Main/ARareSentence:

* Main/ArmouredClosetGay: Mike, in contrast with Will being a regular Main/ClosetGay.
* Main/ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: [[spoiler: Trapped in the bunker, Mike contemplates his options: Go outside and die from the radiation, stay in the bunker and be killed by Will, or stay in the bunker and be romanced by Will. He's not particularly pleased with any of these possibilities, and the implication is that being gay is just as bad as [[Main/AnvilOnHead having an anvil dropped on your head Looney-Tunes style]], or [[Main/FastKillingRadiation literally having your flesh melted off by radiation]].]]
* Main/ArtEvolution: Ronnie's artstyle can be seen subtly changing and developing over the course of the comic.
* [[spoiler: Main/ArtisticLicenseNuclearPhysics: Mike and Will could not leave the bunker because of "radiation poisoning." After a timeframe of a few hours at most, they decide to simply climb up a ladder to escape and, although desolate, the landscape shows few signs of irradiation, and the two are completely safe and show no signs of radiation poisoning (unless the implication is meant to be that the reason it's too hot out is not, in fact, due to the sun).]]
* Main/AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachother: Inbetween their fighting, bickering, and struggling to get along, Mike and Will have a few sincerely sweet moments between eachother:

** In part 10, Mike notices Will crying and injured behind a potted plant at the Dave & Busters Furcon 1984. Upon looking around and immediately piecing together what happened, Mike goes to a supply closet to grab gasoline and starts spreading it everywhere, specifically on the fursuiters who were hurting Will. Then he excitedly grabs Will and runs out of the building to throw a match, lighting the entire venue on fire, killing everyone inside. He does this despite having very much enjoyed the event, just because Will had been hurt. The look on Will's face as he watches the building burn down says it all. [[spoiler: And then, upon seeing one of the furries who was bullying him crawl out of the rubble, [[Main/BigDamnKiss Will pulls Mike in for a kiss]]. A chunk of ceiling falls on her and she dies, midway through calling Will the F-slur.]]
** In parts 11-12, after [[spoiler: the kiss]], Will thinks Mike is mad at him, so he walks away to cry and fantasize about killing Mike with his bare hands. Mike decides to surprise him by [[spoiler: drawing a rough picture of Will inside of a heart shape [[Main/LudicrousGibs using the blood and viscera of the orange furry as his paint]].]] This makes Will so happy his eyes dilate, he is drawn with visible blush lines across his face, and he foams at the mouth before hugging Mike. The sweetness of the moment doesn't last too long though, as Mike starts questioning if this is gay and pushes Will to the side, responding to his question of "do you like me?" with "Yes" and then a hesitant "maybe. i'm still deciding."

* Main/BackFromTheDead: Only in the animations, where Mike and Will ([[Main/TheWoobie but mostly Will]]) have been shown dying many violent, bloody deaths with absolutely no permanence.
* Main/BadassAdorable: Will is unstoppable with his Main/BigFuckingGun. He plows through demogorgons with only the same level of anxiety as if he were taking a driving test, and sees multiple opportunities to kill Mike, simply deciding against it for now because he likes him. He's also [[Main/OneHeadShorter an entire head shorter than Mike]], [[Main/UglyCute perpetually sweaty with bags under his eyes and shaggy hair]], and is noticably drawn with eyelashes in the earlier parts.
* Main/BaThos: The two go through some seriously messed up stuff together, especially for children their age, but Mike usually just tries to laugh if off and say something wacky to distract from the situation.
* Main/BeneathTheMask: The dynamic of a typical One Wheat Mark animation is as follows: Will puts up with Mike's wacky antics because he's just trying to survive, and Mike's torment of Will puts him closer and closer to mental break. The comic follows this formula as well, except on the rare occasion that Will's insanity causes him to say or do something so concerning ([[Main/ImpliedDeathThreat usually to Mike's safety]]) that Mike's zany persona actually falters and he shows genuine fear. This aspect of Mike has begun showing up in the animations as well, much to the confusion of Ronnie's Youtube-only fans.

-->'''Mike:''' [[Main/ReactionShot (extremely detailed shot of him with the most fearful expression that has been seen in this comic so far)]]

* Main/BerserkButton: The most angry the Mindflayer is seen in the comic so far is when he saw Mike smoking weed.

* Main/BigFuckingGun: Will is often portrayed with some sort of large firearm almost as long as he is tall, modeled after an M16 specifically.
* [[spoiler: Main/BigDamnKiss: Mike and Will share a kiss after burning down Dave & Busters.]]
* Main/BiShonen: Mike is drawn as a Deviantart-esque approximation of one for a total of 2 frames in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZxQOjpwqLI this animation]].
* Main/BlandNameProduct: [[Main/SubvertedTrope Subverted.]] Any opportunity the comic sees to show a copyrighted, unaffiliated brand-name product, it will. Usually in the form of a [[Main/GISSyndrome stock photo being pasted into the comic.]]
* Main/BlatantLies: Mike says "Maybe if you didn't roll our map into a blunt and smoke it we'd BE there by now", referencing something that [[Main/NeverMyFault HE actually did]] [[Main/ContinuityNod in a much earlier part of the comic]]. Will tries correcting him, only to be hit with a "Shut up".
* Main/BloodFromTheMouth: Will bleeds from his mouth after vomiting up demogorgons and being attacked by the Mindflayer, and also after being punched by the blue fursuiter in part 10. Mike is also shown bleeding from his mouth after having his [[Main/ImpromptuTracheotomy throat ripped out]] by Will during his fantasy sequence.
* Main/BloodyHilarious: A prominent component of both the comic and animations' appeal is the characters getting beaten and killed in many horrific bloody ways, over and over again.
* Main/BodyHorror: Mildly present with the Demogorgons as they were in Stranger Things, [[Main/DownplayedTrope downplayed]] because none of the demogorgons take a anthropomorphic shape and are fully portrayed as nothing more than monsters.
* Main/BoomHeadshot: Will's main technique of killing the demogorgons.
* Main/BottleEpisode: Parts 13-17 have Mike and Will cooped up in [[spoiler: a secret military bunker, stuck there after Mike causes a Russian bombing that destroyed the stairs they used to get in.]] It doesn't take long before they start trying to kill eachother out of frustration.
* Main/BreakTheCutie: Will goes through a lot of bad stuff in the comic, leaving him bitter, angry, and violent by the later parts.
* Main/BuddyPicture: The story is centered around Will and Mike, two frenemies trying to survive an apocalypse that they themselves technically caused, and get to Home Depot. Dips into Main/BromanticComedy territory, but is decidely not one due to a) the heterosexuality of Will and Mike's relationship being too dubious to qualify as a bromance and b) the comic having an overarching plot besides developing social relationships between the two characters.
* Main/CallToAdventure: The story begins when Mike is at Will's house and wakes him up by kicking over his fridge, and tells him that they are going to Home Depot.
* Main/CerebusSyndrome: The comic wasn't all sunshine and rainbows to begin with, but atleast the boys weren't constantly trying to kill one another, and [[spoiler: the world they were walking through had not become the hellscape it is at the current point in the recent parts. As of writing this, it is implied that Mike is suffering hallucinations, Will might be experiencing symptoms of radiation poisoning, and all buildings in the area have been destroyed,]] so it's not clear how the two are going to make it to Home Depot at this point.
* Main/CharacterTics: Mike likes to grab onto Will by the shoulders or the hand, often making Will [[Main/CrushBlush blush]] from the contact. He also smiles a lot.
* Main/ChildhoodFriendRomance: A prominent feature of the later parts is the developing romance between Mike and Will, be it Will's complicated, messy crush or Mike questioning his orientation over Will.
* Main/ClosetGay: Will, and debatably Mike as well.
* Main/ClothingDamage: [[Main/AvertedTrope Averted]]. The characters get blood and viscera on their clothes constantly, both of others and sometimes their own, but not so much as a tear is shown in the area of the wound when they get hurt.
* Main/ComicallyMissingThePoint: Will, at several points.

-->'''Mike:''' "[[Main/MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext I used what I could salvage of the orange dog to make it because I thought it'd be really funny]]"

-->'''Will:''' [[Main/ReactionShot (realizes, blushing)]]

* Main/CompanionCube: At one point, Mike is drawn with blush marks while saying, "oh.. wow..." and the next panel reveals that he was looking at a wall of guns.
* Main/ConditionedToAcceptHorror: Will has become very used to the conditions he lives in, even in the earlier chapters while he is throwing up bloody demogorgon spawn.

* Main/ContinuityNod: After exiting [[spoiler: the bunker]], Will asks where they're going to go and Mike responds, "Home Depot".
* Main/CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Okay, maybe not the demogorgons and the Mindflayer going on with Will. But [[spoiler: entering into a secret military bunker and tweeting "WE ARE NUKING YOUR WHOLE FUCKING COUNTRY NIGHT NOW -U.S. ARMY" at Russia]] was a choice Mike made fully of his own volition.
* Main/CreatorCouple: Ronnie's girlfriend of the username 'callingmebackhome' also creates art of the comic's versions of Mike and Will, including reference pages and has also made [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt3Nwdj4G70 an animatic]] set to the song "In Fact" by Gregory and the Hawk. The two even have matching One Wheat Mark Mike and Will icons that were drawn by her!
* Main/CurseCutShort: After [[spoiler: Mike and Will's kiss]],

* Main/DeadlyPrank: Mike and Will using a pipebomb to blow up a Wendy's as a drive-thru "prank".
* Main/DidntThinkThisThrough: Various of Mike's actions and ideas end up not working out for this reason, such as rolling their map into a blunt to smoke it and get high, trying to "50/50" the directions the rest of the way, and most devastatingly, [[spoiler: [[Main/BullyingADragon tweeting at Russia from the United States Military twitter account to provoke an attack.]]]]
* Main/DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: Whilst [[Main/TheStoner high on "weed"]], Mike calls the Mindflayer the "mind GAYER" and "COCK SLAYAH", against Will's better judgement.
* Main/EpisodeTitleCard: Every part begins with a "Title Card" with official artwork alongside the part number and title.
* Main/EvilPlan: [[Main/InvokedTrope Invoked]] by Mike [[spoiler: when they enter the secret military bunker.]]

* Main/FailedASpotCheck: When Mike and Will are first attacked by a demogorgon, Mike (having just been woken up by Will) says, "WHAT is that do we have houseflies in here" right before getting tackled by the demogorgon.
* Main/FlowerMouth: Demogorgons have this as one of the most recognizable parts of their character design.
* [[spoiler: Main/ForcefulKiss: Wills does this to Mike while they watch Furcon go up in flames.]]
* Main/FourFingeredHands: A quirk of Ronnie's artstyle which adds cartoonish flare to the look of their drawings, comics, and animations.
* Main/FreeRangeChildren: Mike and Will are far from home by this point, and the audience has not so much as seen either of their parents.
* Main/FreezeFrameBonus:

* Main/FromBadToWorse: As if being so far away from home on the run from the demogorgons wasn't bad enough, [[spoiler: Mike inadvertently causes the United States to get bombed by Russia.]]
* Main/GenreSavvy: In part 4, Mike drops the line "get up we gotta go man it's like 3pm and in comic time that means it's gonna be night in like 4 panels". It's left a bit ambiguous whether Mike is this, or if he has full-blown Main/MediumAwareness.
* Main/GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The comic and animations have gained a following in Russian-speaking online circles for no apparent reason, spawning Main/FanTranslation, comic dubs, edits, fanart, and even Main/FanWebcomics ... of what is technically already a fan-webcomic of Series/StrangerThings.
* Main/GISSyndrome: Stock photos and other photos of environments harvested from Google Images are used for most of the backgrounds, creating a photo collage look. Sometimes you can even still see the watermarks!
* Main/GoneHorriblyRight: Mike's twitter cyberbullying towards [[spoiler: the country of Russia]] seems laughable and ineffective at first, as it doesn't even elicit a reply... Save for the [[spoiler: planes overhead dropping nuclear bombs on them]].
* Main/GoodAngelBadAngel: In part 12, little angel and devil versions of Mike appear over his shoulders while Will is hugging him, seeming to represent Mike's confusion on if he likes him or not. Both the angel and devil are homophobic for [[Main/HeteronormativeCrusader different]] [[Main/HateCrimesAreASpecialKindOfEvil reasons]], convincing Mike for the moment that he's straight and doesn't like Will like that.
* Main/GunsAkimbo: In one of Ronnie's animations, "i cant decide animation", Will is shown wielding two hand-pistols, rather than his usual one large rifle.

* Main/HarmfulToMinors: Will experiences nightmares every time he goes to sleep, and vomits up blood which eventually turns into demogorgons. Him and Mike decide to walk to Home Depot without a map. On the way, they blow up a Wendy's, Mike nearly dies from a demogorgon attack, Will learns how to use a gun to kill said demogorgon, they break into Dave & Buster's to attend Furcon 1984, where Will is harassed and beaten by the patrons, they set flame to the Dave & Buster's, they sneak into a [[spoiler: secret military bunker and cause the United states to get bombed by Russia, get into a fight and nearly kill eachother, and once they escape the bunker, the landscape has become barren and Mike begins to hallucinate a talking deer.]] None of this is good for pre-teen Mike and Will's psychological development.
* Main/HoldingHands: Mike and Will are often seen holding hands, especially in the earlier parts. Note how Will is always drawn looking happy and/or with blush marks when they do this.
* Main/HypocriticalHumor: Mike. He's homophobic despite probably not being straight himself, and also seems to be fiercely protective of Will, to the point of burning down a building after some of the people inside had beaten Will up, although he himself doesn't treat Will that much better. He also tells Will at one point that he is "genuinely such an annoying person." Cue eye-roll.
* Main/ImpliedDeathThreat: Early on, when Will reveals that he might be attracting the demogorgons, this exchange occurs:

* Main/InformedAbility: Mike claims to be "an expert at 50/50" when it comes to directions. A few pages later him and Will are lost because he tried to 50/50 guess what direction they should be going to get to Home Depot.
* Main/JerkAss: Mike oscillates between being this trope played straight and being a Main/JerkWithAHeartOfGold. He genuinely does horrible things, both to Will and others, but every once in a while he shows a soft spot for Will specifically.
* Main/KidsAreCruel: Overlaps with Main/TeensAreMonsters because Mike and Will are inbetween the two age-groups. The two have bombed a Wendy's just for their own amusement, burned down a Dave & Busters because 2 of the patrons were mean to Will,[[spoiler: caused a nuclear fallout]], all just on the way to Home Depot.
* Main/KilledMidSentence: See the above example for Main/CurseCutShort. An orange fursuiter dies this way.
* Main/KillItWithFire: Mike sets a Dave & Buster's on fire to kill 2 fursuiters who had hurt Will, killing everyone inside and destroying the building.
* Main/LaughingMad: Will, after killing an imaginary version of Mike.
* Main/LeaningOnTheFourthWall: See the above example for Main/GenreSavvy. Mike drops a line like this, and it never comes up again.
* Main/LetsGetDangerous: Part 6: PARTY HARD features the first time Will shoots a gun, to kill a demogorgon that was attacking Mike. This signals the beginning of a tonal shift in the comic.
* Main/LimitedWardrobe: [[Main/JustifiedTrope Justified]], because the two have been away from home for a couple days by now and therefore haven't had an opportunity to change clothes, but Mike and Will are consistently wearing the same outfits for the entire comic thus far.
* Main/LudicrousGibs: The demogorgons are often shot into bits, but the most notable instance of this trope is after the orange fursuiter gets crushed to death, she becomes a chunky, bloody paste which Mike uses to draw Will a picture on the pavement.
* Main/MajorInjuryUnderreaction: The two have undergone various injuries over the course of the comic, including, but not limited to:
** [[Main/BloodFromTheMouth Will coughing up blood.]]

** Will getting a [[Main/TheToothHurts tooth punched out]] and a [[Main/GoForTheEye red eye]] from a fursuiter at Dave & Buster's attacking him.

Most of these are met with little acknowledgement more than a shrug and a laugh, although Will's condition at the Dave & Buster's 1984 Furcon does provoke Mike to [[Main/DisproportionateRetribution set the entire venue on fire]].
* Main/MatureWorkChildProtagonists: One Wheat Mark isn't a mature comic per-se, but it's certainly not aimed at children of Mike and Will's age demographic. It's a dark comedy aimed at chronically online teenagers and adults.
* Main/MoodWhiplash: All the time. A large part of the appeal is the wild, "chaotic" energy seen in the way characters will rapidly jump from one subject to the next, resulting in moments where maybe we're getting some romantic development between Mike and Will, and then that's dropped to focus instead of whatever mayhem Mike is about to unleash, or maybe a large monster is about to attack the two. The focus might also shift panel-to-panel from the hatred brewing in Will's heart and Mike's genuine fear of what his friend has become, and comedic levity from Mike trying to change the subject to maintain his funnyman persona.
* Main/MoreDakka: [[Main/JustifiedTrope Justified]] in the comic as their problems mainly consist of shootable monsters, less so in the animations which emphasize the violence exchanged between Mike and Will.
* Main/MotiveDecay: Although not forgotten entirely, it seems that along the way Mike and Will might have lost sight more than a couple times of why they originally left home: to go to Home Depot.
* Main/NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: When Mike's attempts at cyberbullying get Russia to actually bomb the United States.]]
* Main/NightmareSequence: A brief one of these every time Will goes to sleep.
* Main/NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Mike. He's lucky Will likes him so much...
* Main/NotAllowedToGrowUp: It's been stated by Ronnie that the comic takes place in Series/StrangerThings 's corresponding 2nd season "and only the second season", meaning that this could be the case for Mike and Will.
* Main/NotHelpingYourCase: [[spoiler: After kissing him on the mouth, Will struggles to convince Mike that he isn't gay.]]

* Main/OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Mike showing genuine fear at Will's violent moments.
* Main/PlotArmor: To an extent. Police, and other adult authority figures, are never present to punish Will and Mike for their deeds. Instead, the comic allows them to simply be punished by the direct consequences of those deeds. Sometimes. Other times they just go on like nothing happened. For example: when Mike and Will use a pipebomb to destroy a Wendy's, nothing bad happens and they just run away laughing. However, [[spoiler: when Mike tweets at Russia from the U.S. Military's computer and threatens an attack, they get bombed and are forced to hide in the bunker as if waiting out the radiation. When they finally leave, the landscape is totally left barren as a result of the nuclear bomb.]] Also, guns are available to Will whenever he needs one. Or just because.
* Main/PoliceAreUseless: They don't even exist, seemingly. See above.
* Main/RageBreakingPoint: [[spoiler: When Mike and Will are trapped in the bunker, after Mike caused a nuclear bombing from Russia, Will's frustration at Mike's inability to take anything seriously reaches a peak and he hits Mike with a very large, sharp piece of metal debris that he was about to kill himself with before Mike woke up. This cumulates in a fight breaking out between the two, with Will only willing to "Peace Treaty" with Mike after the latter gains the upper hand.]]
* Main/RedOniBlueOni: Mike is Red and Will is Blue, with the roles occasionally reversed.
* Main/RedShirt: Any mortal character that isn't Mike or Will, will likely be killed within no more than 2 parts of their introduction, if not immediately.
* Main/RescueRomance: Will kills a demogorgon for the first time to save Mike.
* Main/RuleOfFunny: The comic's internal logic runs on this.
* Main/RunningGag: Mike going off on a lengthy spiel about something almost completely irrelevant to the current situation, only to eventually be cut off by Will. It's happened about [[Main/RuleOfThree 3 times]], once while he was summarizing the movie Film/Tusk2014, and twice while he was telling a personal story.

* [[spoiler: Main/SerialEscalation: The comic begins with the premise that Mike and Will are going to Home Depot. Then there's the demogorgons. And the Furcon. And the nuclear fallout that happened in 1984. Supposedly though, the comic is still about them going to Home Depot. ]]
* Main/ShipTease: The ship of "Byler" is teased throughout, but [[spoiler: even after their kiss]] it's still not confirmed canon of the comic.
* Main/ShoutOut:

* [[spoiler: Main/SillyReasonForWar: [[Main/DownplayedTrope Downplayed]], because UsefulNotes/TheColdWar wasn't fully started by Mike's cyberbullying, but he did cause the Russians to actually attack, by tweeting at them from the U.S. Military's twitter account.]]
* Main/SlasherSmile: Will sports a very toothy one when he thinks about killing Mike or violence in general, and it can be seen in both the comics and the animations.
* Main/StuffBlowingUp: In the comic, Mike sure has a tendency to blow things up and/or set thing on fire; Wendy's (pipebomb), Dave & Buster's 1984 Furcon (set ablaze with gasoline and a match), [[spoiler: The United States of America (Russian nuclear bomb)]]. And in the animations, explosions are a feature of nearly every one. Will gets blown up by a space satellite, Mike and Will are both exploded by a plane crashing on them, A building blows up behind Mike while he's out getting groceries, and of course, Mike burning down a Pride Parade.
* Main/SunkCostFallacy: Mike and Will have gone too far from home to turn back now; They must make it to Home Depot at all costs.
* Main/TheDogBitesBack: It is very, very satisfying to see Will outright attack [[Main/AssholeVictim Mike]] after several parts, illustrations, and animations enduring his torment.
* Main/TheStoner: Mike. He rolls a map into a blunt to smoke it and claims "will look i'm smoking WEED" and later introduces Will to his "sneaky link".
* Main/TheWoobie: Will. Overlaps with Main/ButtMonkey because his suffering is the source of much of the comedy, but he's also just a little guy clearly meant to evoke sympathy in the audience.
* Main/TimePassesMontage: In part 5, The sky is seen slowly darkening from panel to panel while Mike and Will walk towards their destination. Overlaps with Main/TravelMontage.
* Main/UnexplainedRecovery: Most of the times when Mike and Will get mildly or even seriously injured, they can be seen fully back to normal by the next part or even within a couple panels with no explanation of how they healed. At most they'll be shown with blood splattered all over them for the rest of the part. One time Will literally had a tooth knocked out. Once Will hit Mike with a thick piece of jagged metal that was as big as his head. Neither of these injuries were permanent.
* Main/VerbalBackspace:

* Main/ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption: Mike and Will solve most of their problems or even just boredom this way. Including interpersonal conflict.
* Main/VitriolicBestBuds: Mike and Will have a very troubled relationship. They hate eachother, but they've got to stick together, cause they're best friends forever, even if they get on eachothers' nerves. The added romantic component certainly doesn't make matters any better. But it does make it fun to read!
* Main/WeaksauceWeakness: The Mindflayer is apparently susceptible to overheating, despite not physically existing. It often complains to Will over minor disturbances, most of which have to do with Mike.
* Main/WebcomicTime: Lampshaded by Mike in part 4.

* Main/WhamEpisode:

* Main/WithFriendsLikeThese: Mike and Will.
* Main/YanDere: Will has shades of this, in the intersection between his violent urges and his romantic feelings for Mike.
* Main/YouCantGoHomeAgain: After all they've been through, Mike and Will are never seeing their families again.
* Main/ZanyCartoon: The animations are practically a bloody version of this.

* Main/Yandere: Will has shades of this, in the intersection between his violent urges and his romantic feelings for Mike.

Main/AdaptationalBadass: Mike and Will have [[Main/StuffBlowingUp blown up several buildings]], and shown themselves to be able to handle themselves when fighting demogorgons, especially Will with his large M16. [[Main/AdaptationalWimp This goes both ways though]], as Will also is frequently incapacitated by the Mind Flayer's influence, and both have been seen crying over very little things happening.

Main/AdaptationalJerkass: Mike Wheeler in Stranger Things was pretty bad to his friend Will sometimes, but One Wheat Mark takes it even further, yelling at Will "[[UsefulNotes/SuiCide KILL YOURSELF]]" ([[Main/SuicideAsComedy in impact font, no less]]), making him break into Dave & Buster's with him for [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom Furcon]] even though Will doesn't want to and leaving him to fend for himself at the venue as soon as they get inside, [[UsefulNotes/HomoPhobia hating gay people]], [[spoiler: tweeting at Russia from the U.S. military's account]], [[Main/CyberBullying being a cyberbully]], hurling various insults at Will [[spoiler: during their time in the secret military bunker]], seemingly trying to [[Main/GasLighting gaslight]] Will, etc. Granted, [[Main/ALighterShadeOfBlack Will only seems nicer by comparison]], and is fully capable of saying and doing harmful things to Mike as well (like [[Main/ImpliedDeathThreat making it clear several times that he wants to hurt or kill Mike]]).

Main/AdaptationPersonalityChange: The two are more like caricatures of their Stranger Things counterparts' most inflammatory traits, with Ronnie admitting in a reply on one of his comments that "the personality change or whatever is because the characters all act like wet cardboard so it's impossible to make anything funny with them"

Main/AdaptedOut: Most of the other characters from the Stranger Things television show are completely absent, including Eleven (for now at least).

Main/AdvertisedExtra: Eleven has been depicted in an official art on Ronnie's Instagram, as well as in one of the animations, but has yet to appear in the comic itself.

Main/AffectionateGestureToTheHead: In the first part, Mike can be seen ruffling Will's hair with his elbow.

Main/AffectionateParody: Of the Netflix Original Stranger Things. It's debatable though to what extent Ronnie even has affection for the series, seeing as he's told his fans not to watch Stranger Things because it's "mid" and often saying that he barely thinks of Mike and Will as the characters from Stranger Things anymore, as they're more like his own creation at this point.

Main/AirVentPassageway: The two use one to break into the Dave & Buster's hosting Furcon 1984.

Main/AllAnimalsAreDogs: The Demogorgons.

Main/AllLoveIsUnrequited: [[Main/ZigZaggedTrope Zig-zagged.]] One of the main sources of comedy and intrigue in One Wheat Mark is Will's seemingly unrequited crush on Mike, his closeted gayness, and Mike's inner struggle to remain straight, not knowing if he can reciprocate Will's affection.

Main/AlternateHistory: The World of One Wheat Mark is one where [[spoiler: Russia actually DID bomb the United States during UsefulNotes/TheColdWar. Because the United States Military [[Main/AnachronismStew Twitter]] [[Main/RuleOfFunny account]] said they were going to bomb them first. ]]

Main/AmbiguouslyAbsentParent: Neither Mike's nor Will's parents appear in the comic, even at the beginning when we see inside of Will's house. This was likely due to a lack of interest in writing them as characters rather than to imply that they aren't around.

Main/AmbiguouslyGay: Both Will and Mike, to varying degrees. Both of them claim to be straight, but between Mike being oddly touchy with his little friend and Will always blushing when they hold hands, the audience is clearly meant to see that this is not the case.

Main/AmusingInjuries: Several instances. Usually happens to [[Main/ButtMonkey Will]], but both boys get their fair share of hurt throughout the comic.

Main/AnachronismStew: Stranger Things is set in Main/TheEighties, and One Wheat Mark seemingly also takes place in 1984 specifically, but sprinkled throughout are inventions which did not exist yet during that time period. Main/RuleOfFunny seems to be the determining factor in whether or not they have modern cellphones, music, social media, etc in any given moment.

Main/ApocalypseHow: [[Main/DownplayedTrope Downplayed,]] as the severity is low and the scope is at most North America if not just Indiana, but the story does end up in a kind of apocalypse setting, after various events occur (Will creating the Demogorgons and [[spoiler: Mike provoking a bombing from Russia]]).

Main/ARareSentence:

Main/ArmouredClosetGay: Mike, in contrast with Will being a regular Main/ClosetGay.

Main/ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: [[spoiler: Trapped in the bunker, Mike contemplates his options: Go outside and die from the radiation, stay in the bunker and be killed by Will, or stay in the bunker and be romanced by Will. He's not particularly pleased with any of these possibilities, and the implication is that being gay is just as bad as [[Main/AnvilOnHead having an anvil dropped on your head Looney-Tunes style]], or [[Main/FastKillingRadiation literally having your flesh melted off by radiation]].]]

Main/ArtEvolution: Ronnie's artstyle can be seen subtly changing and developing over the course of the comic.

[[spoiler: Main/ArtisticLicenseNuclearPhysics: Mike and Will could not leave the bunker because of "radiation poisoning." After a timeframe of a few hours at most, they decide to simply climb up a ladder to escape and, although desolate, the landscape shows few signs of irradiation, and the two are completely safe and show no signs of radiation poisoning (unless the implication is meant to be that the reason it's too hot out is not, in fact, due to the sun).]]

Main/AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachother: Inbetween their fighting, bickering, and struggling to get along, Mike and Will have a few sincerely sweet moments between eachother:
* In part 3, Mike checks on Will, asking to see if he's okay because he hasn't spoken in a while.
* In part 6, Will shoots the demogorgon without thinking to save Mike.
* In part 10, Mike notices Will crying and injured behind a potted plant at the Dave & Busters Furcon 1984. Upon looking around and immediately piecing together what happened, Mike goes to a supply closet to grab gasoline and starts spreading it everywhere, specifically on the fursuiters who were hurting Will. Then he excitedly grabs Will and runs out of the building to throw a match, lighting the entire venue on fire, killing everyone inside. He does this despite having very much enjoyed the event, just because Will had been hurt. The look on Will's face as he watches the building burn down says it all. [[spoiler: And then, upon seeing one of the furries who was bullying him crawl out of the rubble, [[Main/BigDamnKiss Will pulls Mike in for a kiss]]. A chunk of ceiling falls on her and she dies, midway through calling Will the F-slur.]]
* In parts 11-12, after [[spoiler: the kiss]], Will thinks Mike is mad at him, so he walks away to cry and fantasize about killing Mike with his bare hands. Mike decides to surprise him by [[spoiler: drawing a rough picture of Will inside of a heart shape [[Main/LudicrousGibs using the blood and viscera of the orange furry as his paint]].]] This makes Will so happy his eyes dilate, he is drawn with visible blush lines across his face, and he foams at the mouth before hugging Mike. The sweetness of the moment doesn't last too long though, as Mike starts questioning if this is gay and pushes Will to the side, responding to his question of "do you like me?" with "Yes" and then a hesitant "maybe. i'm still deciding."
* In part 15, Will tells Mike [[spoiler: not to leave the bunker yet because the radiation poisoning will kill him.]] He has to remind him once again after their fight.

Main/BackFromTheDead: Only in the animations, where Mike and Will ([[Main/TheWoobie but mostly Will]]) have been shown dying many violent, bloody deaths with absolutely no permanence.

Main/BadassAdorable: Will is unstoppable with his Main/BigFuckingGun. He plows through demogorgons with only the same level of anxiety as if he were taking a driving test, and sees multiple opportunities to kill Mike, simply deciding against it for now because he likes him. He's also [[Main/OneHeadShorter an entire head shorter than Mike]], [[Main/UglyCute perpetually sweaty with bags under his eyes and shaggy hair]], and is noticably drawn with eyelashes in the earlier parts.

Main/BaThos: The two go through some seriously messed up stuff together, especially for children their age, but Mike usually just tries to laugh if off and say something wacky to distract from the situation.

Main/BeneathTheMask: The dynamic of a typical One Wheat Mark animation is as follows: Will puts up with Mike's wacky antics because he's just trying to survive, and Mike's torment of Will puts him closer and closer to mental break. The comic follows this formula as well, except on the rare occasion that Will's insanity causes him to say or do something so concerning ([[Main/ImpliedDeathThreat usually to Mike's safety]]) that Mike's zany persona actually falters and he shows genuine fear. This aspect of Mike has begun showing up in the animations as well, much to the confusion of Ronnie's Youtube-only fans.

Main/BerserkButton: The most angry the Mindflayer is seen in the comic so far is when he saw Mike smoking weed.

Main/BigFuckingGun: Will is often portrayed with some sort of large firearm almost as long as he is tall, modeled after an M16 specifically.

[[spoiler: Main/BigDamnKiss: Mike and Will share a kiss after burning down Dave & Busters.]]

Main/BiShonen: Mike is drawn as a Deviantart-esque approximation of one for a total of 2 frames in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZxQOjpwqLI this animation]].

Main/BlandNameProduct: [[Main/SubvertedTrope Subverted.]] Any opportunity the comic sees to show a copyrighted, unaffiliated brand-name product, it will. Usually in the form of a [[Main/GISSyndrome stock photo being pasted into the comic.]]

Main/BlatantLies: Mike says "Maybe if you didn't roll our map into a blunt and smoke it we'd BE there by now", referencing something that [[Main/NeverMyFault HE actually did]] [[Main/ContinuityNod in a much earlier part of the comic]]. Will tries correcting him, only to be hit with a "Shut up".

Main/BloodFromTheMouth: Will bleeds from his mouth after vomiting up demogorgons and being attacked by the Mindflayer, and also after being punched by the blue fursuiter in part 10. Mike is also shown bleeding from his mouth after having his [[Main/ImpromptuTracheotomy throat ripped out]] by Will during his fantasy sequence.

Main/BodyHorror: Mildly present with the Demogorgons as they were in Stranger Things, [[Main/DownplayedTrope downplayed]] because none of the demogorgons take a anthropomorphic shape and are fully portrayed as nothing more than monsters.

Main/BoomHeadshot: Will's main technique of killing the demogorgons.

Main/BottleEpisode: Parts 13-17 have Mike and Will cooped up in [[spoiler: a secret military bunker, stuck there after Mike causes a Russian bombing that destroyed the stairs they used to get in.]] It doesn't take long before they start trying to kill eachother out of frustration.

Main/BreakTheCutie: Will goes through a lot of bad stuff in the comic, leaving him bitter, angry, and violent by the later parts.

Main/BuddyPicture: The story is centered around Will and Mike, two frenemies trying to survive an apocalypse that they themselves technically caused, and get to Home Depot. Dips into Main/BromanticComedy territory, but is decidely not one due to a) the heterosexuality of Will and Mike's relationship being too dubious to qualify as a bromance and b) the comic having an overarching plot besides developing social relationships between the two characters.

Main/CallToAdventure: The story begins when Mike is at Will's house and wakes him up by kicking over his fridge, and tells him that they are going to Home Depot.

Main/CerebusSyndrome: The comic wasn't all sunshine and rainbows to begin with, but atleast the boys weren't constantly trying to kill one another, and [[spoiler: the world they were walking through had not become the hellscape it is at the current point in the recent parts. As of writing this, it is implied that Mike is suffering hallucinations, Will might be experiencing symptoms of radiation poisoning, and all buildings in the area have been destroyed,]] so it's not clear how the two are going to make it to Home Depot at this point.

Main/CharacterTics: Mike likes to grab onto Will by the shoulders or the hand, often making Will [[Main/CrushBlush blush]] from the contact. He also smiles a lot.

Main/ChildhoodFriendRomance: A prominent feature of the later parts is the developing romance between Mike and Will, be it Will's complicated, messy crush or Mike questioning his orientation over Will.

Main/ClosetGay: Will, and debatably Mike as well.

Main/ClothingDamage: [[Main/AvertedTrope Averted]]. The characters get blood and viscera on their clothes constantly, both of others and sometimes their own, but not so much as a tear is shown in the area of the wound when they get hurt.

Main/ComicallyMissingThePoint: Will, at several points.

And later right after hearing [[spoiler: Russian planes overhead about to drop bombs, after Mike tweeted threats at them]]:

And even later, we have an example on Mike:

Main/CompanionCube: At one point, Mike is drawn with blush marks while saying, "oh.. wow..." and the next panel reveals that he was looking at a wall of guns.

Main/ConditionedToAcceptHorror: Will has become very used to the conditions he lives in, even in the earlier chapters while he is throwing up bloody demogorgon spawn.

Main/ContinuityNod: After exiting [[spoiler: the bunker]], Will asks where they're going to go and Mike responds, "Home Depot".

Main/CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Okay, maybe not the demogorgons and the Mindflayer going on with Will. But [[spoiler: entering into a secret military bunker and tweeting "WE ARE NUKING YOUR WHOLE FUCKING COUNTRY NIGHT NOW -U.S. ARMY" at Russia]] was a choice Mike made fully of his own volition.

Main/CreatorCouple: Ronnie's girlfriend of the username 'callingmebackhome' also creates art of the comic's versions of Mike and Will, including reference pages and has also made [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt3Nwdj4G70 an animatic]] set to the song "In Fact" by Gregory and the Hawk. The two even have matching One Wheat Mark Mike and Will icons that were drawn by her!

Main/CurseCutShort: After [[spoiler: Mike and Will's kiss]],

Main/DeadlyPrank: Mike and Will using a pipebomb to blow up a Wendy's as a drive-thru "prank".

Main/DidntThinkThisThrough: Various of Mike's actions and ideas end up not working out for this reason, such as rolling their map into a blunt to smoke it and get high, trying to "50/50" the directions the rest of the way, and most devastatingly, [[spoiler: [[Main/BullyingADragon tweeting at Russia from the United States Military twitter account to provoke an attack.]]]]

Main/DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: Whilst [[Main/TheStoner high on "weed"]], Mike calls the Mindflayer the "mind GAYER" and "COCK SLAYAH", against Will's better judgement.

Main/EpisodeTitleCard: Every part begins with a "Title Card" with official artwork alongside the part number and title.

Main/EvilPlan: [[Main/InvokedTrope Invoked]] by Mike [[spoiler: when they enter the secret military bunker.]]

Main/FailedASpotCheck: When Mike and Will are first attacked by a demogorgon, Mike (having just been woken up by Will) says, "WHAT is that do we have houseflies in here" right before getting tackled by the demogorgon.

Main/FlowerMouth: Demogorgons have this as one of the most recognizable parts of their character design.

[[spoiler: Main/ForcefulKiss: Wills does this to Mike while they watch Furcon go up in flames.]]

Main/FourFingeredHands: A quirk of Ronnie's artstyle which adds cartoonish flare to the look of their drawings, comics, and animations.

Main/FreeRangeChildren: Mike and Will are far from home by this point, and the audience has not so much as seen either of their parents.

Main/FreezeFrameBonus:
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZxQOjpwqLI In this animation]], Will drops his smile the second Mike closes the door.
* 18 seconds into [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHK3yz1XXSQ this animation]], Will is drawn with longer hair like in the comic for only this shot.

Main/FromBadToWorse: As if being so far away from home on the run from the demogorgons wasn't bad enough, [[spoiler: Mike inadvertently causes the United States to get bombed by Russia.]]

Main/GenreSavvy: In part 4, Mike drops the line "get up we gotta go man it's like 3pm and in comic time that means it's gonna be night in like 4 panels". It's left a bit ambiguous whether Mike is this, or if he has full-blown Main/MediumAwareness.

Main/GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The comic and animations have gained a following in Russian-speaking online circles for no apparent reason, spawning Main/FanTranslation, comic dubs, edits, fanart, and even Main/FanWebcomics ... of what is technically already a fan-webcomic of Series/StrangerThings.

Main/GISSyndrome: Stock photos and other photos of environments harvested from Google Images are used for most of the backgrounds, creating a photo collage look. Sometimes you can even still see the watermarks!

Main/GoneHorriblyRight: Mike's twitter cyberbullying towards [[spoiler: the country of Russia]] seems laughable and ineffective at first, as it doesn't even elicit a reply... Save for the [[spoiler: planes overhead dropping nuclear bombs on them]].

Main/GoodAngelBadAngel: In part 12, little angel and devil versions of Mike appear over his shoulders while Will is hugging him, seeming to represent Mike's confusion on if he likes him or not. Both the angel and devil are homophobic for [[Main/HeteronormativeCrusader different]] [[Main/HateCrimesAreASpecialKindOfEvil reasons]], convincing Mike for the moment that he's straight and doesn't like Will like that.

Main/GunsAkimbo: In one of Ronnie's animations, "i cant decide animation", Will is shown wielding two hand-pistols, rather than his usual one large rifle.

Main/HarmfulToMinors: Will experiences nightmares every time he goes to sleep, and vomits up blood which eventually turns into demogorgons. Him and Mike decide to walk to Home Depot without a map. On the way, they blow up a Wendy's, Mike nearly dies from a demogorgon attack, Will learns how to use a gun to kill said demogorgon, they break into Dave & Buster's to attend Furcon 1984, where Will is harassed and beaten by the patrons, they set flame to the Dave & Buster's, they sneak into a [[spoiler: secret military bunker and cause the United states to get bombed by Russia, get into a fight and nearly kill eachother, and once they escape the bunker, the landscape has become barren and Mike begins to hallucinate a talking deer.]] None of this is good for pre-teen Mike and Will's psychological development.

Main/HoldingHands: Mike and Will are often seen holding hands, especially in the earlier parts. Note how Will is always drawn looking happy and/or with blush marks when they do this.

Main/HypocriticalHumor: Mike. He's homophobic despite probably not being straight himself, and also seems to be fiercely protective of Will, to the point of burning down a building after some of the people inside had beaten Will up, although he himself doesn't treat Will that much better. He also tells Will at one point that he is "genuinely such an annoying person." Cue eye-roll.

Main/ImpliedDeathThreat: Early on, when Will reveals that he might be attracting the demogorgons, this exchange occurs:

* This only becomes more prominent in later parts and animations, with Will holding weapons at Mike to scare him, and the repeated sentiment of wanting Mike dead is felt throughout.

Main/InformedAbility: Mike claims to be "an expert at 50/50" when it comes to directions. A few pages later him and Will are lost because he tried to 50/50 guess what direction they should be going to get to Home Depot.

Main/JerkAss: Mike oscillates between being this trope played straight and being a Main/JerkWithAHeartOfGold. He genuinely does horrible things, both to Will and others, but every once in a while he shows a soft spot for Will specifically.

Main/KidsAreCruel: Overlaps with Main/TeensAreMonsters because Mike and Will are inbetween the two age-groups. The two have bombed a Wendy's just for their own amusement, burned down a Dave & Busters because 2 of the patrons were mean to Will,[[spoiler: caused a nuclear fallout]], all just on the way to Home Depot.

Main/KilledMidSentence: See the above example for Main/CurseCutShort. An orange fursuiter dies this way.

Main/KillItWithFire: Mike sets a Dave & Buster's on fire to kill 2 fursuiters who had hurt Will, killing everyone inside and destroying the building.

Main/LaughingMad: Will, after killing an imaginary version of Mike.

Main/LeaningOnTheFourthWall: See the above example for Main/GenreSavvy. Mike drops a line like this, and it never comes up again.

Main/LetsGetDangerous: Part 6: PARTY HARD features the first time Will shoots a gun, to kill a demogorgon that was attacking Mike. This signals the beginning of a tonal shift in the comic.

Main/LimitedWardrobe: [[Main/JustifiedTrope Justified]], because the two have been away from home for a couple days by now and therefore haven't had an opportunity to change clothes, but Mike and Will are consistently wearing the same outfits for the entire comic thus far.

Main/LudicrousGibs: The demogorgons are often shot into bits, but the most notable instance of this trope is after the orange fursuiter gets crushed to death, she becomes a chunky, bloody paste which Mike uses to draw Will a picture on the pavement.

Main/MajorInjuryUnderreaction: The two have undergone various injuries over the course of the comic, including, but not limited to:
* [[Main/BloodFromTheMouth Will coughing up blood.]]
* Mike getting a demogorgon's tooth lodged into his head because it tried to bite him.
* Will getting a [[Main/TheToothHurts tooth punched out]] and a [[Main/GoForTheEye red eye]] from a fursuiter at Dave & Buster's attacking him.
* Various bits of shrapnel being lodged into the skulls of Will and Mike after an explosion.
* Mike being attacked by Will holding a large piece of metal debris, and most of what the two do to eachother during their fight would result in severe injury.

Main/MatureWorkChildProtagonists: One Wheat Mark isn't a mature comic per-se, but it's certainly not aimed at children of Mike and Will's age demographic. It's a dark comedy aimed at chronically online teenagers and adults.

Main/MoodWhiplash: All the time. A large part of the appeal is the wild, "chaotic" energy seen in the way characters will rapidly jump from one subject to the next, resulting in moments where maybe we're getting some romantic development between Mike and Will, and then that's dropped to focus instead of whatever mayhem Mike is about to unleash, or maybe a large monster is about to attack the two. The focus might also shift panel-to-panel from the hatred brewing in Will's heart and Mike's genuine fear of what his friend has become, and comedic levity from Mike trying to change the subject to maintain his funnyman persona.

Main/MoreDakka: [[Main/JustifiedTrope Justified]] in the comic as their problems mainly consist of shootable monsters, less so in the animations which emphasize the violence exchanged between Mike and Will.

Main/MotiveDecay: Although not forgotten entirely, it seems that along the way Mike and Will might have lost sight more than a couple times of why they originally left home: to go to Home Depot.

Main/NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: When Mike's attempts at cyberbullying get Russia to actually bomb the United States.]]

Main/NightmareSequence: A brief one of these every time Will goes to sleep.

Main/NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Mike. He's lucky Will likes him so much...

Main/NotAllowedToGrowUp: It's been stated by Ronnie that the comic takes place in Series/StrangerThings 's corresponding 2nd season "and only the second season", meaning that this could be the case for Mike and Will.

Main/NotHelpingYourCase: [[spoiler: After kissing him on the mouth, Will struggles to convince Mike that he isn't gay.]]

Main/OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Mike showing genuine fear at Will's violent moments.

Main/PlotArmor: To an extent. Police, and other adult authority figures, are never present to punish Will and Mike for their deeds. Instead, the comic allows them to simply be punished by the direct consequences of those deeds. Sometimes. Other times they just go on like nothing happened. For example: when Mike and Will use a pipebomb to destroy a Wendy's, nothing bad happens and they just run away laughing. However, [[spoiler: when Mike tweets at Russia from the U.S. Military's computer and threatens an attack, they get bombed and are forced to hide in the bunker as if waiting out the radiation. When they finally leave, the landscape is totally left barren as a result of the nuclear bomb.]] Also, guns are available to Will whenever he needs one. Or just because.

Main/PoliceAreUseless: They don't even exist, seemingly. see above.

Main/RageBreakingPoint: [[spoiler: When Mike and Will are trapped in the bunker, after Mike caused a nuclear bombing from Russia, Will's frustration at Mike's inability to take anything seriously reaches a peak and he hits Mike with a very large, sharp piece of metal debris that he was about to kill himself with before Mike woke up. This cumulates in a fight breaking out between the two, with Will only willing to "Peace Treaty" with Mike after the latter gains the upper hand.]]

Main/RedOniBlueOni: Mike is Red and Will is Blue, with the roles occasionally reversed.

Main/RedShirt: Any mortal character that isn't Mike or Will, will likely be killed within no more than 2 parts of their introduction, if not immediately.

Main/RescueRomance: Will kills a demogorgon for the first time to save Mike.

Main/RuleOfFunny: The comic's internal logic runs on this.

Main/RunningGag: Mike going off on a lengthy spiel about something almost completely irrelevant to the current situation, only to eventually be cut off by Will. It's happened about [[Main/RuleOfThree 3 times]], once while he was summarizing the movie Film/Tusk2014, and twice while he was telling a personal story.

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-->'''Mike:''' "You're leading them here?"

-->'''Will:''' "you think i want to kill you?"

* In parts 11-12, after [[spoiler: the kiss]], Will thinks Mike is mad at him, so he walks away to cry and fantasize about killing Mike with his bare hands. Mike decides to surprise him by [[spoiler: drawing a rough picture of Will inside of a heart shape using the blood and viscera of the orange furry as his paint.]] This makes Will so happy his eyes dilate, he is drawn with visible blush lines across his face, and he foams at the mouth before hugging Mike. The sweetness of the moment doesn't last too long though, as Mike starts questioning if this is gay and pushes Will to the side, responding to his question of "do you like me?" with "Yes" and then a hesitant "maybe. i'm still deciding."

Main/BiShonen: Mike is drawn as a Deviantart-esque approximation of one for a total of 2 frames in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZxQOjpwqLI this animation]].

-->'''Mike''' "Me too i hope we'll live long enough to see it happen"

Main/FailedASpotCheck: When Mike and Will are first attacked by a demogorgon, Mike (having just been woken up by Will) says, "WHAT is that do we have houseflies in here" right before getting tackled by the demogorgon.

Main/BullyingADragon: Whilst [[Main/TheStoner high on "weed"]], Mike calls the Mindflayer the "mind GAYER" and "COCK SLAYAH", against Will's better judgement.

Main/CreatorCouple: Ronnie's girlfriend of the username 'callingmebackhome' also creates art of the comic's versions of Mike and Will, including reference pages and has also made [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt3Nwdj4G70 an animatic]] set to the song "in fact" by gregory and the hawk. The two even have matching One Wheat Mark Mike and Will icons that were drawn by her!

-->'''Orange Fursuiter:''' "oh... you're... ... a fa-"

spoiler: Main/ApocalypseHow: [[Main/DownplayedTrope Downplayed,]] as the severity is low and the scope is at most North America if not just Indiana, but the story does end up in a kind of apocalypse setting, after various events occur (Will creating the Demogorgons and [[spoiler: Mike provoking a bombing from Russia]]).

Main/AdaptationalJerkass: Mike Wheeler in Stranger Things was pretty bad to his friend Will sometimes, but One Wheat Mark takes it even further, yelling at Will "[[UsefulNotes/SuiCide KILL YOURSELF]]" ([[Main/SuicideAsComedy in impact font, no less]]), making him break into Dave & Buster's with him for [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom Furcon]] even though Will doesn't want to and leaving him to fend for himself at the venue as soon as they get inside, [[UsefulNotes/HomoPhobia hating gay people]], [[Main/MakesSenseInContext tweeting at Russia from the U.S. military's account]], [[Main/CyberBullying being a cyberbully]], hurling various insults at Will during their time in the secret military bunker, seemingly trying to [[Main/GasLighting gaslight]] Will, etc. Granted, [[Main/ALighterShadeOfBlack Will only seems nicer by comparison]], and is fully capable of saying and doing harmful things to Mike as well (like [[Main/ImpliedDeathThreat making it clear several times that he wants to hurt or kill Mike]]).

Main/AlternateHistory: The World of One Wheat Mark is one where Russia actually DID bomb the United States during UsefulNotes/TheColdWar. Because the United States Military [[Main/AnachronismStew Twitter]] [[Main/RuleOfFunny account]] said they were going to bomb them first.

Main/ApocalypseHow: [[Main/DownplayedTrope Downplayed,]] as the severity is low and the scope is at most North America if not just Indiana, but the story does end up in a kind of apocalypse setting, after various events occur (Will creating the Demogorgons and Mike provoking a bombing from Russia).

Main/ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Trapped in the bunker, Mike contemplates his options: Go outside and die from the radiation, stay in the bunker and be killed by Will, or stay in the bunker and be romanced by Will. He's not particularly pleased with any of these possibilities, and the implication is that being gay is just as bad as [[Main/AnvilOnHead having an anvil dropped on your head Looney-Tunes style]], or [[Main/FastKillingRadiation literally having your flesh melted off by radiation]].

Main/ArtisticLicenseNuclearPhysics: Mike and Will could not leave the bunker because of "radiation poisoning." After a timeframe of a few hours at most, they decide to simply climb up a ladder to escape and, although desolate, the landscape shows few signs of irradiation, and the two are completely safe and show no signs of radiation poisoning (unless the implication is meant to be that the reason it's too hot out is not, in fact, due to the sun).

* In part 10, Mike notices Will crying and injured behind a potted plant at the Dave & Busters Furcon 1984. Upon looking around and immediately piecing together what happened, Mike goes to a supply closet to grab gasoline and starts spreading it everywhere, specifically on the fursuiters who were hurting Will. Then he excitedly grabs Will and runs out of the building to throw a match, lighting the entire venue on fire, killing everyone inside. He does this despite having very much enjoyed the event, just because Will had been hurt. The look on Will's face as he watches the building burn down says it all. And then, upon seeing one of the furries who was bullying him crawl out of the rubble, [[Main/BigDamnKiss Will pulls Mike in for a kiss]]. A chunk of ceiling falls on her and she dies, midway through calling Will the F-slur.
* In parts 11-12, after the kiss, Will thinks Mike is mad at him, so he walks away to cry and fantasize about killing Mike with his bare hands. Mike decides to surprise him by drawing a rough picture of Will inside of a heart shape using the blood and viscera of the orange furry as his paint. This makes Will so happy his eyes dilate, he is drawn with visible blush lines across his face, and he foams at the mouth before hugging Mike. The sweetness of the moment doesn't last too long though, as Mike starts questioning if this is gay and pushes Will to the side, responding to his question of "do you like me?" with "Yes" and then a hesitant "maybe. i'm still deciding."
* In part 15, Will tells Mike not to leave the bunker yet because the radiation poisoning will kill him. He has to remind him once again after their fight.

Main/BlatantLies: Mike says "Maybe if you didn't roll our map into a blunt and smoke it we'd BE there by now", referencing something that [[Main/NeverMyFault he actually did]] [[Main/CallBack in a much earlier part of the comic]]. Will tries correcting him, only to be hit with a "Shut up".

Main/BottleEpisode: Parts 13-17 have Mike and Will cooped up in a secret military bunker, stuck there after Mike causes a Russian bombing that destroyed the stairs they used to get in. It doesn't take long before they start trying to kill eachother out of frustration.

Main/CallToAdventure: Mike comes into Will's house and wakes him up by kicking over his fridge, and tells him that they are going to Home Depot.

Main/CerebusSyndrome: The comic wasn't all sunshine and rainbows to begin with, but atleast the boys weren't constantly trying to kill one another, and the world they were walking through had not become the hellscape it is at the current point in the recent parts. As of writing this, it is implied that Mike is suffering hallucinations, Will might be experiencing symptoms of radiation poisoning, and all buildings in the area have been destroyed, so it's not clear how the two are going to make it to Home Depot at this point.

Main/ComicallyMissingThePoint: Mike, at several points.

Main/CompanionCube: At one point, Mike is drawn with blush marks while saying, "oh, wow..." and the next panel reveals that he was looking at a wall of guns.

Main/ConditionedToAcceptHorror: Will has become very used to the conditions he lives in, even in the earlier chapters while he is throwing up bloody demogorgon spawn.

-->'''Mike:''' [[Main/ReactionShots(extremely detailed shot of him with the most fearful expression that has been seen in this comic so far)]]

-->'''Mike:''' (extremely detailed shot of him with the most fearful expression that has been seen in this comic so far)

Main/CallToAdventure: Mike comes into Will's house and wakes him up by kicking over his fridge, and tells him that they are going to Home Depot.

One Wheat Mark is a Series/StrangerThings parody/fancomic made by truckstoptiger05, a.k.a. Ronnie. It was created in 2022, following the misadventures of Mike and Will, two childhood best friends in their tween years. The comic is posted in parts on [[https://www.instagram.com/truckstoptiger05/ Instagram]], along with supplementary official art and animations. The animations are posted to Ronnie's [[https://www.youtube.com/@truckstoptiger05 Youtube channel]], under the same username as his Instagram account.

Main/BlatantLies: Mike says "Maybe if you didn't roll our map into a blunt and smoke it we'd BE there by now", referencing something that [[Main/NeverMyFault he actually did in a much earlier part of the comic]]. Will tries correcting him, only to be hit with a "Shut up".

Main/BreakTheCutie: Will goes through a lot of bad stuff in the comic, leaving him bitter, angry, and violent by the later parts.

Main/BlandNameProduct: [[Main/SubvertedTrope Subverted.]] Any opportunity the comic sees to show a copyrighted, unaffiliated brand-name product, it will. Usually in the form of a [[Main/GISSyndrome stock photo being pasted into the comic.]]

Main/AmbiguousDisorder: Mike and Will are both shown to be very sick in the head, but the specifics are unclear.

Main/BlandNameProduct: [[Main/SubvertedTrope Subverted.]] Any opportunity the comic sees to show a copyrighted, unaffiliated brand-name product, it will. usually in the form of a [[Main/GISSyndrome stock photo being pasted into the comic.]]

Main/BiShonen: Mike is drawn as a Deviantart-esque approximation of one for a total of 2 frames in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZxQOjpwqLI this animation]].

Main/BaThos: The two go through some seriously messed up stuff together, especially for children their age, but Mike usually just tries to laugh if off and say something wacky to distract from the situation.

Main/Bathos: The two go through some seriously messed up stuff together, especially for children their age, but Mike usually just tries to laugh if off and say something wacky to distract from the situation.

Main/ArtEvolution: Ronnie's artstyle can be seen subtly changing and developing over the course of the comic.