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ty sonata
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* RightOnQueue: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/18 18: canonicity court part 1]], La Croix and Musi want their case to be tried in canonicity court. The bad news is that the court is busy trying to determine whether or not the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riemann_hypothesis Reimann hypothesis]] is true in this universe, and just found a new lead. The judge says it will be [[BlatantLies "not long"]] before that case is closed, and until then they have to wait their turn. The good news, for the protagonists at least, is that the judges agree to put that case on hold.
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* RightOnQueue: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/18 18: canonicity court part 1]], La Croix and Musi want their case to be tried in canonicity court. The bad news is that the court is busy trying to determine whether or not the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riemann_hypothesis Reimann Riemann hypothesis]] is true in this universe, and just found a new lead. The judge says it will be [[BlatantLies "not long"]] before that case is closed, and until then they have to wait their turn. The good news, for the protagonists at least, is that the judges agree to put that case on hold.
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* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: In the alt text of [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/e4 extra-1 - sequel curse]], La Croix claims that the fact they were in charge of casting every single time that an actor died while portraying Inconsistent Man for the second time is "purely incidental".
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* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: SuspiciouslySpecificDenial:
** In the alt text of [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/e4 extra-1 - sequel curse]], La Croix claims that the fact they were in charge of casting every single time that an actor died while portraying Inconsistent Man for the second time is "purelyincidental".incidental".
** The description of [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/51 51: qxlkbh #51]] insists that the cake from the previous comic "mysteriously disappeared" and denies that it was eaten by the other characters.
** In the alt text of [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/e4 extra-1 - sequel curse]], La Croix claims that the fact they were in charge of casting every single time that an actor died while portraying Inconsistent Man for the second time is "purely
** The description of [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/51 51: qxlkbh #51]] insists that the cake from the previous comic "mysteriously disappeared" and denies that it was eaten by the other characters.
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apparently i was right the first time
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* CardiovascularLove: Sonata has a heart floating next to her while [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/49 watching the sunset]] with a cueball.
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** Although it actually has a relatively high amount of effort put into it, Sonata admits that [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/49 49: sunset]] is a filler strip to help reach the MilestoneCelebration of 50 comics.
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** Although it actually has a relatively high amount of effort put into it, Sonata admits that [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/49 49: sunset]] is a filler strip to help reach the MilestoneCelebration milestone of 50 comics.
* WhosOnFirst: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/47 Q&A 4]], Musi clarifies that "what" is the genre of the comic and "Who" is the baseball player with the highest batting average.
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* WhosOnFirst: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/47 Q&A 4]], Musi clarifies that "what" is the genre of the comic and "Who" is the baseball player with the highest batting average.
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* AlternateRealityGame: The "canon", which currently consists of the pages [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/canon0 canon0]] and [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/canon1 canon1]], is described as an "[[InUniverse in-universe]] [=ARG=]". Hints are to be given by Dandan in newly drawn comics.
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just found a different trope for this that is probably more fitting; moving to Characters page
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* IRejectYourReality: The crackpot "theorist" who was asked out as a prank [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/39 refuses to admit]] that he was duped, and insists that his date is merely running late. He even points his cane at a fellow prankee for questioning his "vast intellect".
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* CardiovascularLove: Sonata has a heart floating next to her while [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/49 watching the sunset]] with a cueball.
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* ArtShift: [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/5 weirdness - 3]] features sort-of realistic lighting in its last panel, while [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/6 6: weirdness - 4]] is the first strip to be in color. The latter is [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Musi in the following strip, and both are later alluded to in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/21 21: canonicity court part 3]] when Musi tries to declare both of these instances non-canon.
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* ArtShift: ArtShift:
** [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/5 5: weirdness - 3]] features sort-of realistic lighting in its last panel, while [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/6 6: weirdness - 4]] is the first strip to be in color. The latter is [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Musi in the following strip, and both are later alluded to in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/21 21: canonicity court part 3]] when Musi tries to declare both of these instancesnon-canon.non-canon.
** The third panel of [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/49 49: sunset]] is the first to be ''fully'' in color.
** [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/5 5: weirdness - 3]] features sort-of realistic lighting in its last panel, while [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/6 6: weirdness - 4]] is the first strip to be in color. The latter is [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Musi in the following strip, and both are later alluded to in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/21 21: canonicity court part 3]] when Musi tries to declare both of these instances
** The third panel of [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/49 49: sunset]] is the first to be ''fully'' in color.
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* CanonDiscontinuity: La Croix tries to [[InvokedTrope invoke]] this in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/e4 extra - weirdness - 2]], an alternate version of the mainline strip of the same name, hoping that the early strips will be declared non-canon. Later, in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/7 7: weirdness - 5]], Musi tries to invoke it by [[CourtroomEpisode suing La Croix]] in "canonicity court" in objection to the current storyline... which is exactly what La Croix wanted.
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* CanonDiscontinuity: CanonDiscontinuity:
** La Croix tries to [[InvokedTrope invoke]] this in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/e4 extra - weirdness - 2]], an alternate version of the mainline strip of the same name, hoping that the early strips will be declared non-canon. Later, in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/7 7: weirdness - 5]], Musi tries to invoke it by [[CourtroomEpisode suing La Croix]] in "canonicity court" in objection to the current storyline... which is exactly what La Croixwanted.wanted.
** In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/49 49: sunset]], Sonata threatens to take La Croix to canonicity court.
** La Croix tries to [[InvokedTrope invoke]] this in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/e4 extra - weirdness - 2]], an alternate version of the mainline strip of the same name, hoping that the early strips will be declared non-canon. Later, in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/7 7: weirdness - 5]], Musi tries to invoke it by [[CourtroomEpisode suing La Croix]] in "canonicity court" in objection to the current storyline... which is exactly what La Croix
** In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/49 49: sunset]], Sonata threatens to take La Croix to canonicity court.
* [[invoked]]CharacterAlignment: [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/48 48: hcaptcha]] pokes fun at the contentious nature of character alignments by comparing it to another type of 3x3 grid - the [[TuringTest [=CAPTCHA=] test]].
* FillerStrips:
** [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/19 19: interlude]] is a single panel of Musi apologizing to the reader for there not being another strip.
** Although it actually has a relatively high amount of effort put into it, Sonata admits that [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/49 49: sunset]] is a filler strip to help reach the MilestoneCelebration of 50 comics.
** [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/19 19: interlude]] is a single panel of Musi apologizing to the reader for there not being another strip.
** Although it actually has a relatively high amount of effort put into it, Sonata admits that [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/49 49: sunset]] is a filler strip to help reach the MilestoneCelebration of 50 comics.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The alt text of [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/48 48: hcaptcha]] states that the comic may be hinting at something that will be featured in a future comic, though what that is has yet to be seen.
** Andrew pokes fun at the quality of his own artstyle in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/50 50: here's the milestone]].
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* TriviallyObvious: The comic's original {{Tagline}}, from before it got its own website: "the webcomic ever".
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* TriviallyObvious: TriviallyObvious:
** The comic's original {{Tagline}}, from before it got its own website: "the webcomicever".ever".
** Because Musi was [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/51 late]] to the 50th comic milestone, they have to settle for the fact that their comic is "the ONLY 51st comic".
** The comic's original {{Tagline}}, from before it got its own website: "the webcomic
** Because Musi was [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/51 late]] to the 50th comic milestone, they have to settle for the fact that their comic is "the ONLY 51st comic".
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* WatchingTheSunset: Sonata [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/49 gives a monologue]] about the beauty of the sunset to a cueball who isn't really listening.
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* FourthWallMailSlot: The "Q&A" comics, starting with [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/44 44: Q&A 1]]. So far, however, none of the questions have actually been fan-submitted, and instead have been made up by the authors.
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* FourthWallMailSlot: The "Q&A" comics, starting with [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/44 44: Q&A 1]]. 1]], feature the authors (mostly Musi) answering questions about the comic. So far, however, none of the questions have actually been fan-submitted, and instead have been made up by the authors.authors themselves.
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a few more tropes were split to the Character page since i forgot about Inconsistent Man
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%%* BluntYes: In a Q&A strip:
%%--> '''Musi:''' ok, this one's asking how on earth you're supposed to pronounce "qxlkbh". it's just /qxlkbh/, is it ''that'' hard?
%%--> '''Musi:''' ok, this one's asking how on earth you're supposed to pronounce "qxlkbh". it's just /qxlkbh/, is it ''that'' hard?
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--> '''Musi:''' ok, this one's asking how on earth you're supposed to pronounce "qxlkbh". it's just /qxlkbh/, is it ''that'' hard?
* FourthWallMailSlot: The "Q&A" comics, starting with [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/44 44: Q&A 1]]. So far, however, none of the questions have actually been fan-submitted, and instead have been made up by the authors.
* NonAnswer: Musi's [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/45 answer]] to a question from Andrew is simply "good question, Andrew."
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* OxymoronicBeing: [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/2 Inconsistent Man]], whose superpower is being inconsistent, including in his appearance. Except he's not always inconsistent, because otherwise he'd be consistent in being inconsistent. Although if he's inconsistently inconsistent, he'd have to be consistent occasionally...
* SmokeOut: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/47 47: Q&A 4]], Musi sets off a smoke bomb while disappearing so they can go watch a baseball game.
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* SuperheroesWearCapes: Inconsistent Man, being inconsistent, is ''sometimes'' depicted as wearing a cape, like in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/26 26: developing plot or something]].
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* SuperheroesWearCapes: Inconsistent Man, being inconsistent, is ''sometimes'' depicted as wearing a cape, like in SuddenlyFluentInGibberish: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/26 26: developing plot or something]].io/46 46: Q&A 3]], Musi speaks a nonsensical string of phonemes. Andrew seemingly understands it perfectly - it's apparently something about bunchberries.
* {{Tradesnark}}: Musi blames "[[WebcomicTime webcomic time]]™" for [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/46 Andrew's confusion]] about the timeline of the comic.
* TranslationConvention: [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/17 17: translation errs]] reveals that everyone is actually speaking "Stickese" ([[spoiler:actually Quechua]]) which has been translated into English for the audience's benefit.
* TranslationConvention: [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/17 17: translation errs]] reveals that everyone is actually speaking "Stickese" ([[spoiler:actually Quechua]]) which has been translated into English for the audience's benefit.
** The alt text of [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/47 47: Q&A 4]] reads "*description of event instead of onomatopoeic word*"
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* TheUnpronounceable: The FAQ specifies that the comic title is meant to be pronounced [qxlkbh] in IPA.
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* TheUnpronounceable: TheUnpronounceable:
** The FAQ specifies that the comic title is meant to be pronounced [qxlkbh] inIPA.IPA.
** Musi [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/46 answers a question]] with "[xɬpʼχʷɬtʰɬpʰɬːskʷʰt͡sʼ]" at one point.
* UnsoundEffect: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/47 47: Q&A 4]], Musi disappears in a [[SmokeOut smoke bomb]] labeled "*smokebomb*".
** The FAQ specifies that the comic title is meant to be pronounced [qxlkbh] in
** Musi [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/46 answers a question]] with "[xɬpʼχʷɬtʰɬpʰɬːskʷʰt͡sʼ]" at one point.
* UnsoundEffect: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/47 47: Q&A 4]], Musi disappears in a [[SmokeOut smoke bomb]] labeled "*smokebomb*".
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* WebcomicTime: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/46 46: Q&A 3]], Andrew is confused by the fact that the comic is already a month and a half old. Musi replies that it's simply a case of webcomic time[[{{Tradesnark}} ™]].
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* WhosOnFirst: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/47 Q&A 4]], Musi clarifies that "what" is the genre of the comic and "Who" is the baseball player with the highest batting average.
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* AscendedExtra: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/7 7: weirdness - 5]], Musi fears that the {{fanservice}}-obsessed cueball from the very first strip, originally intended as a one-off joke, will turn into a recurring character. Sure enough, they make yet another appearance in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/10 10: qxlkbh title]].
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* AuthorAvatar: All three main authors are themselves characters in the comic.
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* BabyPlanet: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/12 12: the third author]]. Although the relative size of the puppets implies that [=PlanetN9ne=] is himself far smaller than astronomically possible, the alt text reveals that it's actually the puppets that are extremely ''large'', and [=PlanetN9ne=]'s "arms" are actually [[SpaceElevator space elevators]].
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* CardiovascularLove: The Most Beautiful Stickman is always seen surrounded by hearts.
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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: La Croix, who has a tendency to get involved in random antics [[RuleOfFunny for the sake of comedy]], which the other characters tend to find nonsensical. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Musi when La Croix [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/26 gets approved]] for a chemistry research grant:
--> '''Musi:''' how on earth did you of all people get approved
--> '''Musi:''' how on earth did you of all people get approved
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%%* CompanionCube: The spilled tea table from [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/14 14: background music]] is turned into a new character in "extra - the tea table". It is canonically the second cousin of Justice Fourcurls.
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* DastardlyDapperDerby: The villainous Mustache Twirler wears a derby.
* DastardlyWhiplash: Mustache Twirler is designed as a stereotypical old-school cartoon villain. Besides the mustache and the bowler hat, they also wear a [[EvilWearsBlack black cape]]. %%and are depicted [[FingerTenting clasping their hands together]] in official character art
* DastardlyWhiplash: Mustache Twirler is designed as a stereotypical old-school cartoon villain. Besides the mustache and the bowler hat, they also wear a [[EvilWearsBlack black cape]]. %%and are depicted [[FingerTenting clasping their hands together]] in official character art
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* DressedToHeal: The doctor in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/9 9: title drop]] wears a head mirror to indicate their profession. Later, [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/38 they wear it]] to what [[PrankDate they thought was]] a date with the Most Beautiful Stickman.
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* EvilWearsBlack: The villanious Mustache Twirler wears a black derby and cape.
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* GratuitousFrench: La Croix ("the cross").
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* ImprobablyHighIQ: The crackpot "theorist" [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/35 supposedly has]] an IQ of 182.
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* InformedAttractiveness: The Most Beautiful Stickman looks identical to a typical cueball, with the exception of being surrounded by hearts. It is partially for this reason that Musi initially objects to including {{Fanservice}} in the comic.
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* InteractiveNarrator: The Narrator is almost always treated as just another character in the story, and regularly engages in conversation with the other characters.
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* JudicialWig: The judges in the "canonicity court" arc all wear wigs. They're each named after how many curls they have.
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: The [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/35 cellular automata "theorist"]] is ''extremely'' egotistical and insists on talking about his pseudoscientific theories during his [[PrankDate supposed first date]].
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: The [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/35 cellular automata "theorist"]] is ''extremely'' egotistical and insists on talking about his pseudoscientific theories during his [[PrankDate supposed first date]].
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* LittleBitBeastly: Musi has antlers, but otherwise looks like a normal humanoid.
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* LittleBitBeastly: Musi has antlers, but otherwise looks like a normal humanoid.LifeMeter: [[spoiler:The "fourth wall health bar" secret page, which is updated every time the [[BreakingTheFourthWall fourth wall is broken]].]]
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* MadScientist: La Croix [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/29 announces that they have discovered]] how to [[CreatingLife create life]] through nuclear fusion by inserting bees into the equation, and misuses his grant money to create sentient radioactive matter.
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* NeverBareheaded: La Croix is never seen without a hat, although they do on one occasion [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/29 switch out their standard hat for a wider one]].
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* PublicDomainCharacter: The [[VideoGame/TheGameOfLife glider]], which floats in complete solitude in another universe so that "philosophy happens".
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* QuintessentialBritishGentleman: The cellular automata "theorist" has a [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/35 prominent mustache and pince-nez glasses]], and shows up to his "date" sporting [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/39 a top hat and a cane]].
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* RetiredMonster: [[DastardlyWhiplash Mustache Twirler]] is no longer obligated to engage in villainous schemes because they're retired. However, they still wear their villain outfit, implying that they're not particularly ashamed of their past.
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* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: The cellular automata [[KnowNothingKnowItAll "theorist"]] [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/35 tends to talk using unnecessarily long words]] to show off his supposed intelligence. According to the comic description, "his best (and only) friend is his thesaurus":
--> '''"Theorist":''' I would deeply enjoy traversing the seashore with you. I could perchance inform you of my neoteric inquistitions PROVING cellular automata the foundation of the cosmos.
--> '''"Theorist":''' I would deeply enjoy traversing the seashore with you. I could perchance inform you of my neoteric inquistitions PROVING cellular automata the foundation of the cosmos.
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** The generic stick figures without any distinguishing features are referred to as "cueballs", in reference to a [[invoked]]FanNickname for the generic stick figure in ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}''.
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* TakeThat:
** [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/1 1: most beautiful stickman]] is a commentary about the prevalence of {{Fanservice}} in the webcomic industry:
** [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/1 1: most beautiful stickman]] is a commentary about the prevalence of {{Fanservice}} in the webcomic industry:
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* TakeThat:
**TakeThat: [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/1 1: most beautiful stickman]] is a commentary about the prevalence of {{Fanservice}} in the webcomic industry:
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** The [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/35 "theorist"]] in the "phone" arc is a jab at some of the more pseudoscientific theories about cellular automata like VideoGame/TheGameOfLife, with his claim that he has proved "cellular automata [to be] the foundation of the cosmos."
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* TookALevelInSmartass: The Most Beautiful Stickman, who goes from existing solely to be beautiful to snarking about [[StylisticSuck the comic's artstyle]] and how [[PlotArmor the story would never kill off the main characters]].
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* VerbalTic: Justice Fourcurls in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/e5 extra - court extra 1]] replaces ''U''s with ''V''s in their dialogue to "show [their] connection with the law".
* TheVoice: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Narrator]] has no physical presence, and communicates with other characters through text boxes.
* TheVoice: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Narrator]] has no physical presence, and communicates with other characters through text boxes.
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* WorldsMostBeautifulWoman: The Most Beautiful Stickman, who was begrudgingly created by Musi for the sake of {{Fanservice}}. One cueball can't help but {{Squee}} at their presence. In the "phone" arc, when asked to go on a date with the Most Beautiful Stickman, all three people shown accept enthusiastically and without hesitation.
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* AspectRatioSwitch: [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]] in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/43 43: screen borders]], in which both characters are in the process of being crushed by the [[{{Letterbox}} black bars]].
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** The {{Letterbox}} in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/43 43: screen borders]] is actually solid, and the result is that both Inconsistent Man and La Croix end up getting squished.
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most, but not all, of the extra comics are now on the website
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%%* ArbitrarySkepticism: Despite living in a universe where pretty much anything goes, La Croix in "extra-1 - sequel curse" insists that the "curse" of Inconsistent Man actors dying can't possibly be real. However, the alt text implies that La Croix was only denying it because they themselves were somehow responsible for the actors' deaths.
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* CanonDiscontinuity: La Croix tries to [[InvokedTrope invoke]] this in "extra - weirdness - 2", an alternate version of the mainline strip of the same name, hoping that the early strips will be declared non-canon. Later, in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/7 7: weirdness - 5]], Musi tries to invoke it by [[CourtroomEpisode suing La Croix]] in "canonicity court" in objection to the current storyline... which is exactly what La Croix wanted.
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* CanonDiscontinuity: La Croix tries to [[InvokedTrope invoke]] this in "extra [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/e4 extra - weirdness - 2", 2]], an alternate version of the mainline strip of the same name, hoping that the early strips will be declared non-canon. Later, in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/7 7: weirdness - 5]], Musi tries to invoke it by [[CourtroomEpisode suing La Croix]] in "canonicity court" in objection to the current storyline... which is exactly what La Croix wanted.
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%%* TheProductionCurse: Occurs InUniverse in "extra-1 - sequel curse". ''Seventeen'' different actors have died while portraying Inconsistent Man for the second time, but La Croix insists that the "sequel curse" is a myth.
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** [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/29 29: more plot]] and [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/33 33: EVEN MORE PLOT???]], by Dandan.
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''[[https://qxlkbh.github.io/house qxlkbh]]'' is a StickFigureComic made by [[VideoGame/TheGameOfLife Conwaylife Lounge]] Discord users Moosey (canonically spelled [[UsefulNotes/TokiPona "Musi" or "Musija"]]), [[Tropers/{{Andrewthetroper}} andrewthecoder]], [=PlanetN9ne=], Dandan, and Sonata.[[note]]plus [[GuestStrip guest appearances]] by Digin and Henry[[/note]] First published on Discord on June 22, 2022, the comic was given its own website on August 1, 2022.
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''[[https://qxlkbh.github.io/house qxlkbh]]'' is a StickFigureComic made by [[VideoGame/TheGameOfLife Conwaylife Lounge]] Discord users Moosey [[Tropers/{{janmusija}} Moosey]] (canonically spelled [[UsefulNotes/TokiPona "Musi" or "Musija"]]), [[Tropers/{{Andrewthetroper}} andrewthecoder]], [=PlanetN9ne=], Dandan, and Sonata.[[note]]plus [[GuestStrip guest appearances]] by Digin and Henry[[/note]] First published on Discord on June 22, 2022, the comic was given its own website on August 1, 2022.
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* ByNoIMeanYes: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/22 22: canonicity court part 4]], Justice Fivecurls asks La Croix whether his question was intended to distract the court:
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* IMeantToDoThat: La Croix's response to the Most Beautiful Stickman [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/31 falling into his panel]] is "I oughta act like I planned this."
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* NeverBareheaded: La Croix is never seen without a hat, although he does on one occasion [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/29 switch out his standard hat for a wider one]].
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* NeverBareheaded: La Croix is never seen without a hat, although he does they do on one occasion [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/29 switch out his their standard hat for a wider one]].
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''[[https://qxlkbh.github.io/house qxlkbh]]'' is a StickFigureComic made by [[VideoGame/TheGameOfLife Conwaylife Lounge]] Discord users Moosey (canonically spelled [[UsefulNotes/TokiPona "Musi" or "Musija"]]), [[Tropers/{{Andrewthetroper}} andrewthecoder]], and [=PlanetN9ne=].[[note]]plus [[GuestStrip guest appearances]] by Digin, Dandan, and Henry[[/note]] First published on Discord on June 22, 2022, the comic was given its own website on August 1, 2022.
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''[[https://qxlkbh.github.io/house qxlkbh]]'' is a StickFigureComic made by [[VideoGame/TheGameOfLife Conwaylife Lounge]] Discord users Moosey (canonically spelled [[UsefulNotes/TokiPona "Musi" or "Musija"]]), [[Tropers/{{Andrewthetroper}} andrewthecoder]], [=PlanetN9ne=], Dandan, and [=PlanetN9ne=].Sonata.[[note]]plus [[GuestStrip guest appearances]] by Digin, Dandan, Digin and Henry[[/note]] First published on Discord on June 22, 2022, the comic was given its own website on August 1, 2022.
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''[[https://qxlkbh.github.io/house qxlkbh]]'' is a StickFigureComic made by [[VideoGame/TheGameOfLife Conwaylife Lounge]] Discord users Moosey (canonically spelled [[UsefulNotes/TokiPona "Musi"]]), [[Tropers/{{Andrewthetroper}} andrewthecoder]], and [=PlanetN9ne=].[[note]]plus [[GuestStrip guest appearances]] by Digin, Dandan, and Henry[[/note]] First published on Discord on June 22, 2022, the comic was given its own website on August 1, 2022.
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''[[https://qxlkbh.github.io/house qxlkbh]]'' is a StickFigureComic made by [[VideoGame/TheGameOfLife Conwaylife Lounge]] Discord users Moosey (canonically spelled [[UsefulNotes/TokiPona "Musi"]]), "Musi" or "Musija"]]), [[Tropers/{{Andrewthetroper}} andrewthecoder]], and [=PlanetN9ne=].[[note]]plus [[GuestStrip guest appearances]] by Digin, Dandan, and Henry[[/note]] First published on Discord on June 22, 2022, the comic was given its own website on August 1, 2022.
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* {{God}}: Makes a cameo in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/8 8: beat panels]], in which He declares that TheMeaningOfLife is BeatPanels.
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* {{God}}: Makes a cameo in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/8 8: beat panels]], in which He declares that TheMeaningOfLife [[TheMeaningOfLife the meaning of life]] is BeatPanels.[[BeatPanel beat panels]].
* GratuitousFrench: La Croix ("the cross").
* GratuitousFrench: La Croix ("the cross").
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* AnotherDimension: The glider has an entire [[VideoGame/TheGameOfLife Conway's Game of Life]] universe all to itself, all for the purpose of philosophical musings.
* BrainInAJar: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/42 42: Regarding Tvtropes]], the [[VideoGame/TheGameOfLife glider]] poses the question of how a human brain would be able to determine that the sensations it experiences are based on the real world, rather than, say, simulated impulses from a computer, or a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boltzmann_brain Boltzmann brain]] that just happened to pop into existence thanks to a lucky series of random fluctuations in the quantum field.
* ChainedToARailway: Musi [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/42 suggests]] that Mustache Twirler tie someone to a railroad to [[EstablishingCharacterMoment establish their villainy]], but Mustache Twirler says that they're [[RetiredMonster retired]].
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%%* DastardlyWhiplash: "Mustache Twirler" is designed as a stereotypical old-school cartoon villain. Besides the mustache and the hat, they also wear a [[SuperheroesWearCapes black cape]] and are depicted [[FingerTenting clasping their hands together]].
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** [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/42 42: Regarding Tvtropes]] shouts out [[Wiki/TVTropes this very page]], introducing both Mustache Twirler and the glider to the mainline comics for the first time so that they could be troped. The alt text, meanwhile, shouts out ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' by [[{{Irony}} insisting that there will be no shout-out]] to ''Hitchhiker's Guide''.
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* SmashCut: Immediately after introducing Mustache Twirler, Musi [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/42 cuts]] to AnotherDimension to introduce ''another'' new character, the [[VideoGame/TheGameOfLife glider]].
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* BluntYes: In a Q&A strip:
--> '''Musi:''' ok, this one's asking how on earth you're supposed to pronounce "qxlkbh". it's just /qxlkbh/, is it ''that'' hard?
--> '''Musi:''' ok, this one's asking how on earth you're supposed to pronounce "qxlkbh". it's just /qxlkbh/, is it ''that'' hard?
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* DoNotTauntCthulhu: In "proto-1", Musi is challenged to a DuelToTheDeath. After being taunted by their challenger, Musi simply makes them disappear, being the author of the comic.
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* DuelToTheDeath: In "proto-1", a person enters Musi's room and challenges them to a "duel to the death", only to be [[SubvertedTrope poofed out of existence]].
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!!''qxlkbh'' provides examples of:
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* DastardlyDapperDerby: Although they have yet to appear in the comic itself, official character art shows the villainous "Mustache Twirler" wearing a derby.
* DastardlyWhiplash: "Mustache Twirler" is designed as a stereotypical old-school cartoon villain. Besides the mustache and the hat, they also wear a [[SuperheroesWearCapes black cape]] and are depicted [[FingerTenting clasping their hands together]].
* DastardlyWhiplash: "Mustache Twirler" is designed as a stereotypical old-school cartoon villain. Besides the mustache and the hat, they also wear a [[SuperheroesWearCapes black cape]] and are depicted [[FingerTenting clasping their hands together]].
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* PublicDomainCharacter: The official character art lists the [[VideoGame/TheGameOfLife glider]] as a character. However, as of strip #41, it has yet to make an appearance.
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* GeniusBonus:
** The strip makes references to both the [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/13 Collatz conjecture]] and the [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/18 Riemann hypothesis]], both famous unsolved problems in mathematics.
** In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/26 26: developing plot or something]], Inconsistent Man's cape reads "P∧¬P".[[note]]"P and not P", i.e. a logical contradiction.[[/note]]
** The strip makes references to both the [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/13 Collatz conjecture]] and the [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/18 Riemann hypothesis]], both famous unsolved problems in mathematics.
** In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/26 26: developing plot or something]], Inconsistent Man's cape reads "P∧¬P".[[note]]"P and not P", i.e. a logical contradiction.[[/note]]
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** The generic stick figures without any distinguishing features are referred to as "cueballs", in reference to a FanNickname for the generic stick figure in ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}''.
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* ArbitrarySkepticism: Despite living in a universe where pretty much anything goes, La Croix in "extra-1 - sequel curse" insists that the "curse" of Inconsistent Man actors dying can't possibly be real. However, the alt text implies that La Croix was only denying it because they themselves were somehow responsible for the actors' deaths.
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** "Extra - qxlkbh minus, uh qxlkbh?" is [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/8 8: beat panels]] but with the cueball being the only character, as a reference to ''Webcomic/GarfieldMinusGarfield''.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[{{Tagline}} the comic with a tagline that is this tagline]]''[[note]]Clockwise from top left: Andrew, Musi, and [=PlanetN9ne=][[/note]]]]
''[[https://qxlkbh.github.io/house qxlkbh]]'' is a StickFigureComic made by [[VideoGame/TheGameOfLife Conwaylife Lounge]] Discord users Moosey (canonically spelled [[UsefulNotes/TokiPona "Musi"]]), [[Tropers/{{Andrewthetroper}} andrewthecoder]], and [=PlanetN9ne=].[[note]]plus [[GuestStrip guest appearances]] by Digin, Dandan, and Henry[[/note]] First published on Discord on June 22, 2022, the comic was given its own website on August 1, 2022.
The comic contains extensive amounts of {{Meta}} and SelfReferentialHumor, and takes ''a lot'' of inspiration from ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'', right down to its WordPureeTitle.
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!!''qxlkbh'' provides examples of:
* FourTwentyBlazeIt: La Croix [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/29 discovers]] that it takes exactly 1.3 bees to make a single sentient francium atom. So they ask the National Science Foundation for 546 bees to make 420 sentient francium atoms.
* FiveFiveFive: The phone number given to purchase advertising space on [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/20 20: canonicity court part 2]] is 555-0123-012.
* AFoolForAClient: Both La Croix and Musi serve as their own representation in the "canonicity court" arc.
* AlternateUniverse: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/41 41: Untitled]], the page flips and brings Henry to "the other side" of ''qxlkbh'', the side where Musi resides and also where the Narrator's dialogue is anti-aliased like it's supposed to be.
* AltText: Each strip has alt text that can be seen by hovering over it. In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/17 17: translation errs]], the alt text is actually necessary for understanding the strip, unless you [[spoiler:happen to speak Quechua]].
* AntiClimax: The "phone" arc [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/40 ends]] with the Narrator and their fellow prankees shrugging their shoulders after realizing they were duped.
--> '''Narrator:''' so what now
--> '''Doctor:''' Just make an endcard or something.
--> '''Narrator:''' ok
--> ''[[TheEnd ~FIN~]]''
* ArbitrarySkepticism: Despite living in a universe where pretty much anything goes, La Croix in "extra-1 - sequel curse" insists that the "curse" of Inconsistent Man actors dying can't possibly be real. However, the alt text implies that La Croix was only denying it because they themselves were somehow responsible for the actors' deaths.
* ArtShift: [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/5 weirdness - 3]] features sort-of realistic lighting in its last panel, while [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/6 6: weirdness - 4]] is the first strip to be in color. The latter is [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Musi in the following strip, and both are later alluded to in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/21 21: canonicity court part 3]] when Musi tries to declare both of these instances non-canon.
* AscendedExtra: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/7 7: weirdness - 5]], Musi fears that the {{fanservice}}-obsessed cueball from the very first strip, originally intended as a one-off joke, will turn into a recurring character. Sure enough, they make yet another appearance in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/10 10: qxlkbh title]].
* ASCIIArt: The title of [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/31 31]] is "outside the comic >+o|=", with the >+o representing a sideways stick figure.
* AuthorAvatar: All three main authors are themselves characters in the comic.
* AuthorGuestSpot: [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/19 19: interlude]] is Musi apologizing to the reader for there not being another "canonicity court" strip.
* BabyPlanet: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/12 12: the third author]]. Although the relative size of the puppets implies that [=PlanetN9ne=] is himself far smaller than astronomically possible, the alt text reveals that it's actually the puppets that are extremely ''large'', and [=PlanetN9ne=]'s "arms" are actually [[SpaceElevator space elevators]].
* BackFromTheDead: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/11 11: killing off for real]], Musi [[DiscussedTrope offers]] a practical demonstration of this trope by getting run over by a train. In the next panel, they are seen standing next to a pool of ink and picking up one of their clone's antlers.
* BeatPanel:
** [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/8 8: beat panels]] contains [[IdenticalPanelGag three panels in a row]] of a cueball standing and contemplating {{God}}'s answer as to TheMeaningOfLife.
** [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/21 21: canonicity court part 3]] contains one as Musi contemplates about the judge's response that their case is merely "tempting".
** [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/30 30: website]] contains a panel of the two stickmen standing in silence after they finish discussing whether or not a comic published exclusively on Discord really counts as a "webcomic".
* BecauseISaidSo: In the "canonicity court" arc, [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/21 Musi argues]] that as the comic author, [[invoked]][[WordOfGod they have authority]] to declare parts of the previous storylines non-canon.
* BetterThanABareBulb: With this being {{Metafiction}}, expect numerous instances of characters [[LampshadeHanging pointing out tropes as they're used]].
* BigShutUp: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/2 2: inconsistent man 1.5 the presequel]]:
--> '''Narrator:''' At least [Inconsistent Man]'s not real--
--> '''Inconsistent Man:''' (''pointing gun'') '''Do not question me.'''
* BilingualBonus:
** [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/17 17: translation errs]] reveals that the Stickese [[spoiler:actually speak Quechua]].
---> '''Andrew:''' (translated) This comic sure is unintelligible to the audience, huh?
** In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/25 25: canonicity court part 7]], the Bolivian Army speaks Spanish:
---> '''Bolivian Army officer:''' (translated) [[PrecisionFStrike Fuck]], we're at the wrong address!
* BladeOnAStick: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/15 15: panel power]], La Croix pokes a cueball with a spear.
* BluntYes: In a Q&A strip:
--> '''Musi:''' ok, this one's asking how on earth you're supposed to pronounce "qxlkbh". it's just /qxlkbh/, is it ''that'' hard?
--> '''Cueball:''' hm... [[TheUnpronounceable yes]].
* BolivianArmyEnding: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] when the actual Bolivian Army [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/25 raids the courtroom]], supposedly dooming the protagonists, only to realize they were at the wrong address.
* BrickJoke: A DoubleSubversion occurs in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/16 16: the brick joke]]: Andrew throws a boomerang. The cueball standing next to him [[LampshadeHanging points out]] that the boomerang will probably come back in 500 strips, only to be [[InstantlyProvenWrong immediately hit]] by it. The alt text implies that after 500 strips, they'll wake up.
* BrokenRecord: The Narrator in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/9 9: title drop]] inexplicably can't stop saying "think":
--> '''Andrew:''' We have it easy, other [[TitleDrop title drops]] have to make sense and not [[BreakingTheFourthWall break the fourth wall]]-- [[LampshadeHanging why are you saying think?]]
--> '''Narrator:''' thinkthinkthinkthinkthinkthink I have to do that, ok?
* ButHeSoundsHandsome: In the alt text for [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/4 4: weirdness - 2]], La Croix is described in the third person as trustworthy, in a quote attributed to... La Croix.
* ByNoIMeanYes: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/22 22: canonicity court part 4]], Justice Fivecurls asks La Croix whether his question was intended to distract the court:
--> '''La Croix:''' I plead the fifth. Also, yes, I am.
* CallForward: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/29 29: more plot]], La Croix tries to create sentient francium. Dandan asks La Croix whether the events of [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/6 6: weirdness - 4]] (in which a sentient cube of francium causes mass death and distruction) are the final outcome of this, to which La Croix replies "Perhaps."
* CanonDiscontinuity: La Croix tries to [[InvokedTrope invoke]] this in "extra - weirdness - 2", an alternate version of the mainline strip of the same name, hoping that the early strips will be declared non-canon. Later, in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/7 7: weirdness - 5]], Musi tries to invoke it by [[CourtroomEpisode suing La Croix]] in "canonicity court" in objection to the current storyline... which is exactly what La Croix wanted.
* CardiovascularLove: The Most Beautiful Stickman is always seen surrounded by hearts.
* ChangeTheUncomfortableSubject: In the "canonicity court" arc, La Croix tries on two separate occasions to change the subject to the court ''itself'' and its power over the story, instead of arguing for why the previous story events should be canon.
* CirclingBirdies: Henry [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/41 falls]] into the "other side" of ''qxlkbh'' and gets a whirl above his head upon landing.
* CircularReasoning: [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/13 La Croix's "proof"]] of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collatz_conjecture Collatz conjecture]] is that the authors can [[ArtisticLicense assume anything]] to be true InUniverse.
* ClickHello: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/2 2: inconsistent man 1.5 the presequel]], Inconsistent Man introduces himself by pointing a gun at the Narrator for doubting his existence.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: La Croix, who has a tendency to get involved in random antics [[RuleOfFunny for the sake of comedy]], which the other characters tend to find nonsensical. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Musi when La Croix [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/26 gets approved]] for a chemistry research grant:
--> '''Musi:''' how on earth did you of all people get approved
* ClusterBleepBomb: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/32 32: censorship]], one of the stick figures drops three censored F-bombs in the span of two panels. The alt text contains two more.
* CompanionCube: The spilled tea table from [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/14 14: background music]] is turned into a new character in "extra - the tea table". It is canonically the second cousin of Justice Fourcurls.
* {{Conlang}}: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/17 17: translation errs]], which claims that the English dialogue was actually being translated from "Stickese" the whole time. However, the [[https://pastebin.com/py8sWm4Y Pastebin]] linked in the alt text reveals that [[spoiler:the "Stickese" is actually Quechua]].
* ContentWarnings: [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/32 32: censorship]] [[ParodiedTrope parodies this]] with an MPAA ratings card that suddenly realizes this is a comic, not a movie.
* CourtroomEpisode: The "{{canon}}icity court" arc revolves around Musi suing La Croix in court to have the events of the previous comic strips declared non-canon.
* CreatingLife: When asked to test out a normal fusion reaction, La Croix [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/29 instead decides]] to make the atoms sentient... using bees. [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/33 It works.]]
* DastardlyDapperDerby: Although they have yet to appear in the comic itself, official character art shows the villainous "Mustache Twirler" wearing a derby.
* DastardlyWhiplash: "Mustache Twirler" is designed as a stereotypical old-school cartoon villain. Besides the mustache and the hat, they also wear a [[SuperheroesWearCapes black cape]] and are depicted [[FingerTenting clasping their hands together]].
* DeathIsCheap: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/11 11: killing off for real]], Musi promises that major characters will not be [[KilledOffForReal permanently killed at any point in the comic]], and even demonstrates it by getting run over by a train. Although a pool of ink and two antlers can be seen occupying the place they once stood, another copy of them continues talking to the audience like nothing happened.
* DeathlyDiesIrae: When [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/14 listening to]] ''Dies Irae'', the cueball remarks that [[LampshadeHanging they think they are about to get murdered]].
* DependingOnTheWriter: According to the description of [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/34 34: Phone - part 1]], what a character canonically sounds like depends on how their dialogue is displayed. Therefore, in Andrew's comics, everybody including the Narrator sounds the same as their dialogue is always typed out. In Musi's comics, the Narrator's dialogue is typed while everyone else's is written out, meaning that everyone except the Narrator has the same voice.
* DeusExMachina: The cast is [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/25 saved]] by the Bolivian Army's realization that they raided the wrong address.
* DoNotTauntCthulhu: In "proto-1", Musi is challenged to a DuelToTheDeath. After being taunted by their challenger, Musi simply makes them disappear, being the author of the comic.
* DramaticHighPerching: In the "canonicity court" arc, the judge in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/21 sits at an absurdly high desk]], so tall that they need a ladder to get up.
* DressedToHeal: The doctor in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/9 9: title drop]] wears a head mirror to indicate their profession. Later, [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/38 they wear it]] to what [[PrankDate they thought was]] a date with the Most Beautiful Stickman.
* DuelToTheDeath: In "proto-1", a person enters Musi's room and challenges them to a "duel to the death", only to be [[SubvertedTrope poofed out of existence]].
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The "weirdness" arc begins with the Most Beautiful Stickman talking about how early strips of a webcomic tend to be weird. The stickmen attempt to [[DefiedTrope defy]] this trope by avoiding "[doing] anything [they] might regret later" - i.e., doing absolutely nothing. However, La Croix fears that this will merely doom them to a bland future where the early comics are merely "weird" in comparison, and so instead tries to [[ExploitedTrope exploit]] this trope by engaging in as much mayhem as possible.
* {{Emoticon}}:
** In the alt text of [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/11 11: killing off for real]]:
---> "and I was only one day from retiring :("
** In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/41 41: Retiring]]:
---> '''Narrator:''' someone turned my antialiasing off :/
* TheEnd: A "FIN" end card appears at [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/40 the end of the "phone" arc]].
* EvilWearsBlack: The villanious Mustache Twirler wears a black derby and cape.
* {{Facepalm}}: Musi does this in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/1 1: most beautiful stickman]] after being begged to include {{Fanservice}} in the comic, before finally relenting, and then again in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/23 23: canonicity court part 5]] when the Most Beautiful Stickman gets married.
* FingerTenting: Official character art shows Mustache Twirler clasping their hands at chest level, although their fingers themselves are not visible since they're a stick figure.
* FridgeLogic: An InUniverse example occurs with the alt text of [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/5 5: weirdness - 3]], which asks about the implications of the Narrator being able to cause a timeskip simply by saying "later...".
* GainaxEnding: The [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/25 Bolivian Army suddenly appears]] right as La Croix remarks that something odd is about to happen now that they're at the end of the story.
* GeniusBonus:
** The strip makes references to both the [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/13 Collatz conjecture]] and the [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/18 Riemann hypothesis]], both famous unsolved problems in mathematics.
** In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/26 26: developing plot or something]], Inconsistent Man's cape reads "P∧¬P".[[note]]"P and not P", i.e. a logical contradiction.[[/note]]
* {{God}}: Makes a cameo in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/8 8: beat panels]], in which He declares that TheMeaningOfLife is BeatPanels.
* GuestStrip:
** [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/17 17: translation errs]], by Digin.
** [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/29 29: more plot]] and [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/33 33: EVEN MORE PLOT???]], by Dandan.
** [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/41 41: Untitled]], by Henry.
* HandPuppet: [=PlanetN9ne=] operates hand puppets of Musi and Andrew in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/12 12: the third author]].
* HelpHelpTrappedInTitleFactory: The alt text for [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/28 28]] reads:
--> "Help I\'m stuck in a title text"
* HowIWroteThisArticleArticle: [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/41 41: Untitled]] is about the [[GuestStrip guest author]], Henry, trying to make a guest comic for ''qxlkbh''.
* ICannotSelfTerminate: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/9 9: title drop]], the personified FourthWall begs to be put out of [[BreakingTheFourthWall its misery]].
* IdenticalPanelGag: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/8 8: beat panels]], both the cueball and God are copy-pasted multiple times across panels as the former ponders God's response.
* IMeantToDoThat: La Croix's response to the Most Beautiful Stickman [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/31 falling into his panel]] is "I oughta act like I planned this."
* ImprobablyHighIQ: The crackpot "theorist" [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/35 supposedly has]] an IQ of 182.
* InAWorld: [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/2 2: inconsistent man 1.5 the presequel]] spoofs a trailer for a superhero movie:
--> '''Narrator:''' In a world... where danger is everywhere... Inconsistent Man provides security.
* InformedAttractiveness: The Most Beautiful Stickman looks identical to a typical cueball, with the exception of being surrounded by hearts. It is partially for this reason that Musi initially objects to including {{Fanservice}} in the comic.
* InstantlyProvenWrong: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/16 16: the brick joke]], the cueball sees a boomerang thrown and remarks that it'll come back [[BrickJoke 500 strips later]], only to be immediately struck by said boomerang.
* InteractiveNarrator: The Narrator is almost always treated as just another character in the story, and regularly engages in conversation with the other characters.
* IRejectYourReality: The crackpot "theorist" who was asked out as a prank [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/39 refuses to admit]] that he was duped, and insists that his date is merely running late. He even points his cane at a fellow prankee for questioning his "vast intellect".
* JokeAndReceive: La Croix remarks that [[GainaxEnding something odd is about to happen]] now that the "canonicity court" arc is (seemingly) resolved. Cue the [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/25 Bolivian Army]].
* JudicialWig: The judges in the "canonicity court" arc all wear wigs. They're each named after how many curls they have.
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: The [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/35 cellular automata "theorist"]] is ''extremely'' egotistical and insists on talking about his pseudoscientific theories during his [[PrankDate supposed first date]].
* LampshadeHanging: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/6 6: weirdness - 4]], one cueball expresses dismay at the SicklyGreenGlow of the francium cube. This is [[RunningGag itself lampshaded]] in the next panel:
--> '''Fourth Wall:''' NOT THE ARTISTIC CHOICE LAMPSHADE!
* TheLawOfConservationOfDetail: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by Justice Fivecurls by saying that they [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/22 do not want]] to spend multiple strips arguing with La Croix about whether the "canonicity court" is itself canon. The Narrator [[LampshadeHanging calls this]] a nice play on Fivecurls' part.
* LiesDamnedLiesAndStatistics: The alt text of [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/13 13: proof]] claims that the Collatz conjecture ''must'' be true because [[InsaneTrollLogic there is a <5% probability that all of the trillions of numbers tested would support the conjecture purely by chance]].
* LittleBitBeastly: Musi has antlers, but otherwise looks like a normal humanoid.
* LongList: In the description of [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/36 Phone - part 3]], UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill lists out at least fourteen things he has to offer, each one being something that normally occupies that numerical index in a list.[[note]]So for example, UsefulNotes/JamesMonroe is placed fifth since he was the fifth US president, UsefulNotes/{{Antarctica}} is seventh because it's usually listed as the seventh continent, etc.[[/note]]
* TheMeaningOfLife: A cueball [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/8 asks]] {{God}} what the purpose of life is. His response? [[BeatPanel Beat panels]].
* MadScientist: La Croix [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/29 announces that they have discovered]] how to [[CreatingLife create life]] through nuclear fusion by inserting bees into the equation, and misuses his grant money to create sentient radioactive matter.
* MediumAwareness:
** In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/15 15: panel power]], La Croix pierces through the first and second panels to poke the cueball in the third panel.
** In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/31 31: outside the comic >+o|=]], panel boundaries can be stood on, broken through, and climbed on.
* {{Metafiction}}: The comic regularly comments on itself in a [[BreakingTheFourthWall fourth-wall-breaking]] manner, and the authors are themselves prominent characters.
* NeverBareheaded: La Croix is never seen without a hat, although he does on one occasion [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/29 switch out his standard hat for a wider one]].
* NoFourthWall: Much of the humor comes from characters acknowledging that they're in a webcomic and making changes to the universe as they please. The "fourth wall" is canonically in a hospital bed due to how often it's broken.
* NoTitle: Played with in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/28 28]] which appears to have no title, until you realize the comic itself ''is'' the title.
* OddShapedPanel: The panels in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/41 41: Untitled]] form an hourglass shape to give the appearance of the page gradually being flipped over.
* OffModel: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/31 31: outside the comic >+o|=]], the cueball that starts out bald in panel 1 suddenly gains fairly long hair in panel 2. The alt text [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this.
* OxymoronicBeing: [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/2 Inconsistent Man]], whose superpower is being inconsistent, including in his appearance. Except he's not always inconsistent, because otherwise he'd be consistent in being inconsistent. Although if he's inconsistently inconsistent, he'd have to be consistent occasionally...
* PlotArmor: The Most Beautiful Stickman in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/25 25: canonicity court part 7]] [[LampshadeHanging points out]] that the main cast seems to have special immunity:
--> '''Narrator:''' Oh woe. For once the protagonists are against [[BolivianArmyEnding insurmountable odds]]! How will they make it out?
--> '''MBS:''' Like they'd kill off one of our main characters.
* PrankCall: In the "phone" arc, La Croix impersonates the Most Beautiful Stickman over the phone, asking multiple people out on dates. Since everybody except the Narrator has the same voice, the impersonation is easy to pull off.
* PrankDate: La Croix pranks everyone by asking them out to the same location at the same time, only to not show up.
* PrecisionFStrike: A [[BilingualBonus Spanish]] F-bomb (specifically, "mierda") is dropped [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/25 25: canonicity court part 7]]:
--> '''Bolivian Army officer:''' (translated) Fuck, we're at the wrong address!
* TheProductionCurse: Occurs InUniverse in "extra-1 - sequel curse". ''Seventeen'' different actors have died while portraying Inconsistent Man for the second time, but La Croix insists that the "sequel curse" is a myth.
* PublicDomainCharacter: The official character art lists the [[VideoGame/TheGameOfLife glider]] as a character. However, as of strip #41, it has yet to make an appearance.
* PuffOfLogic: It is [[ImpliedTrope Implied]] by the alt text of [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/2 2: inconsistent man 1.5 the presequel]] that Inconsistent Man stopped being real once he realized he couldn't consistently be real:
--> "So, you've always been real?"
--> '''Inconsistent Man:''' Yeah. Wai--
* QuintessentialBritishGentleman: The cellular automata "theorist" has a [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/35 prominent mustache and pince-nez glasses]], and shows up to his "date" sporting [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/39 a top hat and a cane]].
* TheRant: Many of the comics have (brief) blog sections where the RealLife authors talk about the comic.
* {{Retirony}}: In the alt text of [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/11 11: killing off for real]], it's implied that an unspecified character died one day before retiring.
* RevealShot: The third panel of [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/27 27: lookalikes]] reveals that "Musi" and "Andrew" from the first two panels are actually each two different people. However, it remains unclear which ones, if any, are the real Musi and Andrew.
* RightOnQueue: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/18 18: canonicity court part 1]], La Croix and Musi want their case to be tried in canonicity court. The bad news is that the court is busy trying to determine whether or not the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riemann_hypothesis Reimann hypothesis]] is true in this universe, and just found a new lead. The judge says it will be [[BlatantLies "not long"]] before that case is closed, and until then they have to wait their turn. The good news, for the protagonists at least, is that the judges agree to put that case on hold.
* RuleOfFunny:
** La Croix's justification for panicking in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/5 5: weirdness - 3]] is "to make the comic weirder".
** One of the judges' justification for [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/20 sitting on a bench]] and not doing their job is to parody the TwoGamersOnACouch trope.
* RuleOfThree: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by La Croix in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/36 Phone - part 3]], when they realize they have [[PrankCall prank-called]] three people so far.
* RunningGag: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/6 6: weirdness - 4]], three out of four panels include the text "[[LampshadeHanging NOT THE [=[TROPE]=]]]". The running gag is ''itself'' lampshaded by the alt text:
--> "Not the three uses of the same gag!"
* SelfDeprecation:
** The Most Beautiful Stickman [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/24 criticizes the comic's artstyle]] for not showing any differences in their appearance after the ruling.
** They later [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/30 make fun]] of the so-called webcomic for taking so long to actually be published on the World Wide Web.
* SellOut: [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]] in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/20 20: canonicity court part 2]], whose rightmost panel is an advertising placeholder. The alt text mentions the possibility of the unfilled bottom section of the image also being for sale.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: The cellular automata [[KnowNothingKnowItAll "theorist"]] [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/35 tends to talk using unnecessarily long words]] to show off his supposed intelligence. According to the comic description, "his best (and only) friend is his thesaurus":
--> '''"Theorist":''' I would deeply enjoy traversing the seashore with you. I could perchance inform you of my neoteric inquistitions PROVING cellular automata the foundation of the cosmos.
* ShapedLikeItself: The {{Tagline}}: "the comic with a tagline that is this tagline".
* ShoutOut:
** The generic stick figures without any distinguishing features are referred to as "cueballs", in reference to a FanNickname for the generic stick figure in ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}''.
** The alt text of [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/9 9: title drop]] references the "roll credits" RunningGag from WebVideo/CinemaSins regarding [[TitleDrop title drops]].
** "Proto-2" is just a ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' strip with different dialogue.
** "Extra - qxlkbh minus, uh qxlkbh?" is [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/8 8: beat panels]] but with the cueball being the only character, as a reference to ''Webcomic/GarfieldMinusGarfield''.
* SicklyGreenGlow: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/6 6: weirdness - 4]], the cube of francium glows green.
--> '''Cueball:''' [[LampshadeHanging NOT THE EMANATING LINES OR THE GREEN GLOW!]]
* {{Squee}}: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/1 1: most beautiful stickman]], one cueball squees upon witnessing their beauty.
* StatingTheSimpleSolution: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/31 31: outside the comic >+o|=]], Andrew tries to climb to the top of the comic using rope, while Musi says he should just fly to the top, while doing so.
* StickFigureComic:
** In general, the majority of characters are drawn as stick figures.
** Played with in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/12 12: the third author]], in which "Musi" and "Andrew" are drawn with actual torsoes and arms, albeit very simplistic ones. "Andrew" chalks it up to differing artstyles, until the two of them realize they are both just [[HandPuppet hand puppets]].
* StockLegalPhrases:
** In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/22 22: canonicity court part 4]], La Croix's response to Justice Fivecurls' question:
---> '''La Croix:''' I plead the fifth. [[ByNoIMeanYes Also, yes, I am.]]
** Dandan [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/23 says]] "objection, hearsay" in response to La Croix's claim that the Most Beautiful Stickman's spouse didn't know about the marriage.
** At the [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/24 end of the case]], the judge announces that "the court is adjourned".
* StylisticSuck: Most strips consist of stick figures talking on a white background. The website is also extremely bare-bones and contains no CSS styling whatsoever.
* SuperheroesWearCapes: Inconsistent Man, being inconsistent, is ''sometimes'' depicted as wearing a cape, like in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/26 26: developing plot or something]].
* SurveillanceAsThePlotDemands: Musi [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/37 reveals]] that they are able to livestream footage from things happening anywhere else InUniverse, as long as it doesn't create any [[PlotHole plot holes]]. They create a livestream at the pier so that La Croix can see the results of their prank.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: In the alt text of "extra-1 - sequel curse", La Croix claims that the fact they were in charge of casting every single time that an actor died while portraying Inconsistent Man for the second time is "purely incidental".
* SymbolSwearing: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/32 32: censorship]], the swearing is censored as "$!@#".
* TakeOurWordForIt: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/5 5: weirdness - 3]], La Croix and the Narrator decide to "cause general mayhem" without elaborating further:
--> '''La Croix:''' haha everything offpanel sure is on fire right now
* TakeThat:
** [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/1 1: most beautiful stickman]] is a commentary about the prevalence of {{Fanservice}} in the webcomic industry:
---> '''Cueball:''' Soooo... might there be any fanservice in this comic?
---> '''Musi:''' what? no! First, that's a '''super''' creepy question to ask, and second this is [[InformedAttractiveness literally a greyscale stick figure comic how would that even work]]?
** The [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/35 "theorist"]] in the "phone" arc is a jab at some of the more pseudoscientific theories about cellular automata like VideoGame/TheGameOfLife, with his claim that he has proved "cellular automata [to be] the foundation of the cosmos."
* ThinkingOutLoud: Henry begins [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/41 his guest comic]] by voicing his thoughts about [[HowIWroteThisArticleArticle writing a good guest comic]].
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: The Most Beautiful Stickman says "well crap" in response to [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/31 falling into the panel below]].
* TitleDrop: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/9 9: title drop]]. Actually using "qxlkbh" in a sentence would be difficult since, you know, [[WordPureeTitle it's a random jumble of letters]], except for the fact that the comic has little concern for the FourthWall and thus can make reference to itself:
--> '''Fourth Wall:''' [[ICannotSelfTerminate Put me out of my misery]]... I can't do this...
--> '''Doctor:''' But we've got to preserve some sense of logic in ''qxlkbh'' somehow!
* TookALevelInSmartass: The Most Beautiful Stickman, who goes from existing solely to be beautiful to snarking about [[StylisticSuck the comic's artstyle]] and how [[PlotArmor the story would never kill off the main characters]].
* TriviallyObvious: The comic's original {{Tagline}}, from before it got its own website: "the webcomic ever".
* TropeName:
** The premise of [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/10 10: qxlkbh title]]:
---> '''Cueball 1:''' Clever [[LampshadeHanging lampshade hanging]]
---> '''Cueball 2:''' Witty answer
---> '''Narrator:''' Narrator's opinion
** Another, more brief, example occurs in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/30 30: website]]:
---> '''Cueball with cap:''' [obligatory forced punchline]
* {{Troperiffic}}: ''Many'' strips have individual tropes as their premise, and sometimes even call them out by name.
* TwoGamersOnACouch: [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]] in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/20 20: canonicity court part 2]], with two ''judges'' sitting on a bench talking for the sake of "making a dig at [[GamingWebcomics gaming webcomics]]".
* TheUnpronounceable: The FAQ specifies that the comic title is meant to be pronounced [qxlkbh] in IPA.
* UntitledTitle: [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/41 41: Untitled]]
* VerbalTic: Justice Fourcurls in "extra - court extra 1" replaces ''U''s with ''V''s in their dialogue to "show [their] connection with the law".
* TheVoice: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Narrator]] has no physical presence, and communicates with other characters through text boxes.
* WatsonianVersusDoylist: The Doylist (i.e. RealLife) explanation of nobody ever questioning La Croix's lies is that everyone else was written that way. The Watsonian (i.e. InUniverse) explanation is... [[{{Metafiction}} also that everyone else was written that way]].
* WhoWatchesTheWatchmen: In the "canonicity court" arc, La Croix's "defense" is not so much about defending the antics of the previous storylines as canon (since they were only ever intended to serve as a baseline for EarlyInstallmentWeirdness), but rather claiming that the court ''itself'' is non-canon and thus has no authority to rule on the issue of canonicity. The court, it turns out, had already tried itself in a separate case. Although the outcome of that case is not specified, Fivecurls claims it is irrelevant to whether the court's rulings in general have weight.
* WordOfGod: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by Musi as [[BecauseISaidSo justification]] for declaring aspects of some of the previous strips non-canon in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/21 21: canonicity court part 3]]. However, the judge misinterprets "Word of God" as literally referring to {{God}}.
* WordPureeTitle: "qxlkbh".
* WorldsMostBeautifulWoman: The Most Beautiful Stickman, who was begrudgingly created by Musi for the sake of {{Fanservice}}. One cueball can't help but {{Squee}} at their presence. In the "phone" arc, when asked to go on a date with the Most Beautiful Stickman, all three people shown accept enthusiastically and without hesitation.
* WrittenSoundEffect: When [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/25 the Bolivian Army arrives]], an explosion occurs and is annotated as "BOOM!".
* WrongSongGag: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/14 14: background music]], a cueball puts on a "peaceful pastoral music playlist" and ends up listening to ''[[DeathlyDiesIrae Dies Irae]]''. The Narrator apologizes for the mistake.
* YouWouldntShootMe: The Most Beautiful Stickman [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/25 knows]] that the cast has PlotArmor:
--> '''Narrator:''' Oh woe. For once the protagonists are against [[BolivianArmyEnding insurmountable odds]]! How will they make it out?
--> '''MBS:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Like they'd kill off one of our main characters.]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[{{Tagline}} the comic with a tagline that is this tagline]]''[[note]]Clockwise from top left: Andrew, Musi, and [=PlanetN9ne=][[/note]]]]
''[[https://qxlkbh.github.io/house qxlkbh]]'' is a StickFigureComic made by [[VideoGame/TheGameOfLife Conwaylife Lounge]] Discord users Moosey (canonically spelled [[UsefulNotes/TokiPona "Musi"]]), [[Tropers/{{Andrewthetroper}} andrewthecoder]], and [=PlanetN9ne=].[[note]]plus [[GuestStrip guest appearances]] by Digin, Dandan, and Henry[[/note]] First published on Discord on June 22, 2022, the comic was given its own website on August 1, 2022.
The comic contains extensive amounts of {{Meta}} and SelfReferentialHumor, and takes ''a lot'' of inspiration from ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'', right down to its WordPureeTitle.
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!!''qxlkbh'' provides examples of:
* FourTwentyBlazeIt: La Croix [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/29 discovers]] that it takes exactly 1.3 bees to make a single sentient francium atom. So they ask the National Science Foundation for 546 bees to make 420 sentient francium atoms.
* FiveFiveFive: The phone number given to purchase advertising space on [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/20 20: canonicity court part 2]] is 555-0123-012.
* AFoolForAClient: Both La Croix and Musi serve as their own representation in the "canonicity court" arc.
* AlternateUniverse: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/41 41: Untitled]], the page flips and brings Henry to "the other side" of ''qxlkbh'', the side where Musi resides and also where the Narrator's dialogue is anti-aliased like it's supposed to be.
* AltText: Each strip has alt text that can be seen by hovering over it. In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/17 17: translation errs]], the alt text is actually necessary for understanding the strip, unless you [[spoiler:happen to speak Quechua]].
* AntiClimax: The "phone" arc [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/40 ends]] with the Narrator and their fellow prankees shrugging their shoulders after realizing they were duped.
--> '''Narrator:''' so what now
--> '''Doctor:''' Just make an endcard or something.
--> '''Narrator:''' ok
--> ''[[TheEnd ~FIN~]]''
* ArbitrarySkepticism: Despite living in a universe where pretty much anything goes, La Croix in "extra-1 - sequel curse" insists that the "curse" of Inconsistent Man actors dying can't possibly be real. However, the alt text implies that La Croix was only denying it because they themselves were somehow responsible for the actors' deaths.
* ArtShift: [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/5 weirdness - 3]] features sort-of realistic lighting in its last panel, while [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/6 6: weirdness - 4]] is the first strip to be in color. The latter is [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Musi in the following strip, and both are later alluded to in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/21 21: canonicity court part 3]] when Musi tries to declare both of these instances non-canon.
* AscendedExtra: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/7 7: weirdness - 5]], Musi fears that the {{fanservice}}-obsessed cueball from the very first strip, originally intended as a one-off joke, will turn into a recurring character. Sure enough, they make yet another appearance in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/10 10: qxlkbh title]].
* ASCIIArt: The title of [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/31 31]] is "outside the comic >+o|=", with the >+o representing a sideways stick figure.
* AuthorAvatar: All three main authors are themselves characters in the comic.
* AuthorGuestSpot: [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/19 19: interlude]] is Musi apologizing to the reader for there not being another "canonicity court" strip.
* BabyPlanet: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/12 12: the third author]]. Although the relative size of the puppets implies that [=PlanetN9ne=] is himself far smaller than astronomically possible, the alt text reveals that it's actually the puppets that are extremely ''large'', and [=PlanetN9ne=]'s "arms" are actually [[SpaceElevator space elevators]].
* BackFromTheDead: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/11 11: killing off for real]], Musi [[DiscussedTrope offers]] a practical demonstration of this trope by getting run over by a train. In the next panel, they are seen standing next to a pool of ink and picking up one of their clone's antlers.
* BeatPanel:
** [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/8 8: beat panels]] contains [[IdenticalPanelGag three panels in a row]] of a cueball standing and contemplating {{God}}'s answer as to TheMeaningOfLife.
** [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/21 21: canonicity court part 3]] contains one as Musi contemplates about the judge's response that their case is merely "tempting".
** [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/30 30: website]] contains a panel of the two stickmen standing in silence after they finish discussing whether or not a comic published exclusively on Discord really counts as a "webcomic".
* BecauseISaidSo: In the "canonicity court" arc, [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/21 Musi argues]] that as the comic author, [[invoked]][[WordOfGod they have authority]] to declare parts of the previous storylines non-canon.
* BetterThanABareBulb: With this being {{Metafiction}}, expect numerous instances of characters [[LampshadeHanging pointing out tropes as they're used]].
* BigShutUp: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/2 2: inconsistent man 1.5 the presequel]]:
--> '''Narrator:''' At least [Inconsistent Man]'s not real--
--> '''Inconsistent Man:''' (''pointing gun'') '''Do not question me.'''
* BilingualBonus:
** [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/17 17: translation errs]] reveals that the Stickese [[spoiler:actually speak Quechua]].
---> '''Andrew:''' (translated) This comic sure is unintelligible to the audience, huh?
** In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/25 25: canonicity court part 7]], the Bolivian Army speaks Spanish:
---> '''Bolivian Army officer:''' (translated) [[PrecisionFStrike Fuck]], we're at the wrong address!
* BladeOnAStick: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/15 15: panel power]], La Croix pokes a cueball with a spear.
* BluntYes: In a Q&A strip:
--> '''Musi:''' ok, this one's asking how on earth you're supposed to pronounce "qxlkbh". it's just /qxlkbh/, is it ''that'' hard?
--> '''Cueball:''' hm... [[TheUnpronounceable yes]].
* BolivianArmyEnding: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] when the actual Bolivian Army [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/25 raids the courtroom]], supposedly dooming the protagonists, only to realize they were at the wrong address.
* BrickJoke: A DoubleSubversion occurs in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/16 16: the brick joke]]: Andrew throws a boomerang. The cueball standing next to him [[LampshadeHanging points out]] that the boomerang will probably come back in 500 strips, only to be [[InstantlyProvenWrong immediately hit]] by it. The alt text implies that after 500 strips, they'll wake up.
* BrokenRecord: The Narrator in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/9 9: title drop]] inexplicably can't stop saying "think":
--> '''Andrew:''' We have it easy, other [[TitleDrop title drops]] have to make sense and not [[BreakingTheFourthWall break the fourth wall]]-- [[LampshadeHanging why are you saying think?]]
--> '''Narrator:''' thinkthinkthinkthinkthinkthink I have to do that, ok?
* ButHeSoundsHandsome: In the alt text for [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/4 4: weirdness - 2]], La Croix is described in the third person as trustworthy, in a quote attributed to... La Croix.
* ByNoIMeanYes: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/22 22: canonicity court part 4]], Justice Fivecurls asks La Croix whether his question was intended to distract the court:
--> '''La Croix:''' I plead the fifth. Also, yes, I am.
* CallForward: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/29 29: more plot]], La Croix tries to create sentient francium. Dandan asks La Croix whether the events of [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/6 6: weirdness - 4]] (in which a sentient cube of francium causes mass death and distruction) are the final outcome of this, to which La Croix replies "Perhaps."
* CanonDiscontinuity: La Croix tries to [[InvokedTrope invoke]] this in "extra - weirdness - 2", an alternate version of the mainline strip of the same name, hoping that the early strips will be declared non-canon. Later, in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/7 7: weirdness - 5]], Musi tries to invoke it by [[CourtroomEpisode suing La Croix]] in "canonicity court" in objection to the current storyline... which is exactly what La Croix wanted.
* CardiovascularLove: The Most Beautiful Stickman is always seen surrounded by hearts.
* ChangeTheUncomfortableSubject: In the "canonicity court" arc, La Croix tries on two separate occasions to change the subject to the court ''itself'' and its power over the story, instead of arguing for why the previous story events should be canon.
* CirclingBirdies: Henry [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/41 falls]] into the "other side" of ''qxlkbh'' and gets a whirl above his head upon landing.
* CircularReasoning: [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/13 La Croix's "proof"]] of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collatz_conjecture Collatz conjecture]] is that the authors can [[ArtisticLicense assume anything]] to be true InUniverse.
* ClickHello: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/2 2: inconsistent man 1.5 the presequel]], Inconsistent Man introduces himself by pointing a gun at the Narrator for doubting his existence.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: La Croix, who has a tendency to get involved in random antics [[RuleOfFunny for the sake of comedy]], which the other characters tend to find nonsensical. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Musi when La Croix [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/26 gets approved]] for a chemistry research grant:
--> '''Musi:''' how on earth did you of all people get approved
* ClusterBleepBomb: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/32 32: censorship]], one of the stick figures drops three censored F-bombs in the span of two panels. The alt text contains two more.
* CompanionCube: The spilled tea table from [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/14 14: background music]] is turned into a new character in "extra - the tea table". It is canonically the second cousin of Justice Fourcurls.
* {{Conlang}}: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/17 17: translation errs]], which claims that the English dialogue was actually being translated from "Stickese" the whole time. However, the [[https://pastebin.com/py8sWm4Y Pastebin]] linked in the alt text reveals that [[spoiler:the "Stickese" is actually Quechua]].
* ContentWarnings: [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/32 32: censorship]] [[ParodiedTrope parodies this]] with an MPAA ratings card that suddenly realizes this is a comic, not a movie.
* CourtroomEpisode: The "{{canon}}icity court" arc revolves around Musi suing La Croix in court to have the events of the previous comic strips declared non-canon.
* CreatingLife: When asked to test out a normal fusion reaction, La Croix [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/29 instead decides]] to make the atoms sentient... using bees. [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/33 It works.]]
* DastardlyDapperDerby: Although they have yet to appear in the comic itself, official character art shows the villainous "Mustache Twirler" wearing a derby.
* DastardlyWhiplash: "Mustache Twirler" is designed as a stereotypical old-school cartoon villain. Besides the mustache and the hat, they also wear a [[SuperheroesWearCapes black cape]] and are depicted [[FingerTenting clasping their hands together]].
* DeathIsCheap: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/11 11: killing off for real]], Musi promises that major characters will not be [[KilledOffForReal permanently killed at any point in the comic]], and even demonstrates it by getting run over by a train. Although a pool of ink and two antlers can be seen occupying the place they once stood, another copy of them continues talking to the audience like nothing happened.
* DeathlyDiesIrae: When [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/14 listening to]] ''Dies Irae'', the cueball remarks that [[LampshadeHanging they think they are about to get murdered]].
* DependingOnTheWriter: According to the description of [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/34 34: Phone - part 1]], what a character canonically sounds like depends on how their dialogue is displayed. Therefore, in Andrew's comics, everybody including the Narrator sounds the same as their dialogue is always typed out. In Musi's comics, the Narrator's dialogue is typed while everyone else's is written out, meaning that everyone except the Narrator has the same voice.
* DeusExMachina: The cast is [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/25 saved]] by the Bolivian Army's realization that they raided the wrong address.
* DoNotTauntCthulhu: In "proto-1", Musi is challenged to a DuelToTheDeath. After being taunted by their challenger, Musi simply makes them disappear, being the author of the comic.
* DramaticHighPerching: In the "canonicity court" arc, the judge in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/21 sits at an absurdly high desk]], so tall that they need a ladder to get up.
* DressedToHeal: The doctor in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/9 9: title drop]] wears a head mirror to indicate their profession. Later, [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/38 they wear it]] to what [[PrankDate they thought was]] a date with the Most Beautiful Stickman.
* DuelToTheDeath: In "proto-1", a person enters Musi's room and challenges them to a "duel to the death", only to be [[SubvertedTrope poofed out of existence]].
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The "weirdness" arc begins with the Most Beautiful Stickman talking about how early strips of a webcomic tend to be weird. The stickmen attempt to [[DefiedTrope defy]] this trope by avoiding "[doing] anything [they] might regret later" - i.e., doing absolutely nothing. However, La Croix fears that this will merely doom them to a bland future where the early comics are merely "weird" in comparison, and so instead tries to [[ExploitedTrope exploit]] this trope by engaging in as much mayhem as possible.
* {{Emoticon}}:
** In the alt text of [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/11 11: killing off for real]]:
---> "and I was only one day from retiring :("
** In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/41 41: Retiring]]:
---> '''Narrator:''' someone turned my antialiasing off :/
* TheEnd: A "FIN" end card appears at [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/40 the end of the "phone" arc]].
* EvilWearsBlack: The villanious Mustache Twirler wears a black derby and cape.
* {{Facepalm}}: Musi does this in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/1 1: most beautiful stickman]] after being begged to include {{Fanservice}} in the comic, before finally relenting, and then again in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/23 23: canonicity court part 5]] when the Most Beautiful Stickman gets married.
* FingerTenting: Official character art shows Mustache Twirler clasping their hands at chest level, although their fingers themselves are not visible since they're a stick figure.
* FridgeLogic: An InUniverse example occurs with the alt text of [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/5 5: weirdness - 3]], which asks about the implications of the Narrator being able to cause a timeskip simply by saying "later...".
* GainaxEnding: The [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/25 Bolivian Army suddenly appears]] right as La Croix remarks that something odd is about to happen now that they're at the end of the story.
* GeniusBonus:
** The strip makes references to both the [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/13 Collatz conjecture]] and the [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/18 Riemann hypothesis]], both famous unsolved problems in mathematics.
** In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/26 26: developing plot or something]], Inconsistent Man's cape reads "P∧¬P".[[note]]"P and not P", i.e. a logical contradiction.[[/note]]
* {{God}}: Makes a cameo in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/8 8: beat panels]], in which He declares that TheMeaningOfLife is BeatPanels.
* GuestStrip:
** [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/17 17: translation errs]], by Digin.
** [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/29 29: more plot]] and [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/33 33: EVEN MORE PLOT???]], by Dandan.
** [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/41 41: Untitled]], by Henry.
* HandPuppet: [=PlanetN9ne=] operates hand puppets of Musi and Andrew in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/12 12: the third author]].
* HelpHelpTrappedInTitleFactory: The alt text for [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/28 28]] reads:
--> "Help I\'m stuck in a title text"
* HowIWroteThisArticleArticle: [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/41 41: Untitled]] is about the [[GuestStrip guest author]], Henry, trying to make a guest comic for ''qxlkbh''.
* ICannotSelfTerminate: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/9 9: title drop]], the personified FourthWall begs to be put out of [[BreakingTheFourthWall its misery]].
* IdenticalPanelGag: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/8 8: beat panels]], both the cueball and God are copy-pasted multiple times across panels as the former ponders God's response.
* IMeantToDoThat: La Croix's response to the Most Beautiful Stickman [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/31 falling into his panel]] is "I oughta act like I planned this."
* ImprobablyHighIQ: The crackpot "theorist" [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/35 supposedly has]] an IQ of 182.
* InAWorld: [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/2 2: inconsistent man 1.5 the presequel]] spoofs a trailer for a superhero movie:
--> '''Narrator:''' In a world... where danger is everywhere... Inconsistent Man provides security.
* InformedAttractiveness: The Most Beautiful Stickman looks identical to a typical cueball, with the exception of being surrounded by hearts. It is partially for this reason that Musi initially objects to including {{Fanservice}} in the comic.
* InstantlyProvenWrong: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/16 16: the brick joke]], the cueball sees a boomerang thrown and remarks that it'll come back [[BrickJoke 500 strips later]], only to be immediately struck by said boomerang.
* InteractiveNarrator: The Narrator is almost always treated as just another character in the story, and regularly engages in conversation with the other characters.
* IRejectYourReality: The crackpot "theorist" who was asked out as a prank [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/39 refuses to admit]] that he was duped, and insists that his date is merely running late. He even points his cane at a fellow prankee for questioning his "vast intellect".
* JokeAndReceive: La Croix remarks that [[GainaxEnding something odd is about to happen]] now that the "canonicity court" arc is (seemingly) resolved. Cue the [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/25 Bolivian Army]].
* JudicialWig: The judges in the "canonicity court" arc all wear wigs. They're each named after how many curls they have.
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: The [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/35 cellular automata "theorist"]] is ''extremely'' egotistical and insists on talking about his pseudoscientific theories during his [[PrankDate supposed first date]].
* LampshadeHanging: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/6 6: weirdness - 4]], one cueball expresses dismay at the SicklyGreenGlow of the francium cube. This is [[RunningGag itself lampshaded]] in the next panel:
--> '''Fourth Wall:''' NOT THE ARTISTIC CHOICE LAMPSHADE!
* TheLawOfConservationOfDetail: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by Justice Fivecurls by saying that they [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/22 do not want]] to spend multiple strips arguing with La Croix about whether the "canonicity court" is itself canon. The Narrator [[LampshadeHanging calls this]] a nice play on Fivecurls' part.
* LiesDamnedLiesAndStatistics: The alt text of [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/13 13: proof]] claims that the Collatz conjecture ''must'' be true because [[InsaneTrollLogic there is a <5% probability that all of the trillions of numbers tested would support the conjecture purely by chance]].
* LittleBitBeastly: Musi has antlers, but otherwise looks like a normal humanoid.
* LongList: In the description of [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/36 Phone - part 3]], UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill lists out at least fourteen things he has to offer, each one being something that normally occupies that numerical index in a list.[[note]]So for example, UsefulNotes/JamesMonroe is placed fifth since he was the fifth US president, UsefulNotes/{{Antarctica}} is seventh because it's usually listed as the seventh continent, etc.[[/note]]
* TheMeaningOfLife: A cueball [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/8 asks]] {{God}} what the purpose of life is. His response? [[BeatPanel Beat panels]].
* MadScientist: La Croix [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/29 announces that they have discovered]] how to [[CreatingLife create life]] through nuclear fusion by inserting bees into the equation, and misuses his grant money to create sentient radioactive matter.
* MediumAwareness:
** In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/15 15: panel power]], La Croix pierces through the first and second panels to poke the cueball in the third panel.
** In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/31 31: outside the comic >+o|=]], panel boundaries can be stood on, broken through, and climbed on.
* {{Metafiction}}: The comic regularly comments on itself in a [[BreakingTheFourthWall fourth-wall-breaking]] manner, and the authors are themselves prominent characters.
* NeverBareheaded: La Croix is never seen without a hat, although he does on one occasion [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/29 switch out his standard hat for a wider one]].
* NoFourthWall: Much of the humor comes from characters acknowledging that they're in a webcomic and making changes to the universe as they please. The "fourth wall" is canonically in a hospital bed due to how often it's broken.
* NoTitle: Played with in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/28 28]] which appears to have no title, until you realize the comic itself ''is'' the title.
* OddShapedPanel: The panels in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/41 41: Untitled]] form an hourglass shape to give the appearance of the page gradually being flipped over.
* OffModel: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/31 31: outside the comic >+o|=]], the cueball that starts out bald in panel 1 suddenly gains fairly long hair in panel 2. The alt text [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this.
* OxymoronicBeing: [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/2 Inconsistent Man]], whose superpower is being inconsistent, including in his appearance. Except he's not always inconsistent, because otherwise he'd be consistent in being inconsistent. Although if he's inconsistently inconsistent, he'd have to be consistent occasionally...
* PlotArmor: The Most Beautiful Stickman in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/25 25: canonicity court part 7]] [[LampshadeHanging points out]] that the main cast seems to have special immunity:
--> '''Narrator:''' Oh woe. For once the protagonists are against [[BolivianArmyEnding insurmountable odds]]! How will they make it out?
--> '''MBS:''' Like they'd kill off one of our main characters.
* PrankCall: In the "phone" arc, La Croix impersonates the Most Beautiful Stickman over the phone, asking multiple people out on dates. Since everybody except the Narrator has the same voice, the impersonation is easy to pull off.
* PrankDate: La Croix pranks everyone by asking them out to the same location at the same time, only to not show up.
* PrecisionFStrike: A [[BilingualBonus Spanish]] F-bomb (specifically, "mierda") is dropped [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/25 25: canonicity court part 7]]:
--> '''Bolivian Army officer:''' (translated) Fuck, we're at the wrong address!
* TheProductionCurse: Occurs InUniverse in "extra-1 - sequel curse". ''Seventeen'' different actors have died while portraying Inconsistent Man for the second time, but La Croix insists that the "sequel curse" is a myth.
* PublicDomainCharacter: The official character art lists the [[VideoGame/TheGameOfLife glider]] as a character. However, as of strip #41, it has yet to make an appearance.
* PuffOfLogic: It is [[ImpliedTrope Implied]] by the alt text of [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/2 2: inconsistent man 1.5 the presequel]] that Inconsistent Man stopped being real once he realized he couldn't consistently be real:
--> "So, you've always been real?"
--> '''Inconsistent Man:''' Yeah. Wai--
* QuintessentialBritishGentleman: The cellular automata "theorist" has a [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/35 prominent mustache and pince-nez glasses]], and shows up to his "date" sporting [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/39 a top hat and a cane]].
* TheRant: Many of the comics have (brief) blog sections where the RealLife authors talk about the comic.
* {{Retirony}}: In the alt text of [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/11 11: killing off for real]], it's implied that an unspecified character died one day before retiring.
* RevealShot: The third panel of [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/27 27: lookalikes]] reveals that "Musi" and "Andrew" from the first two panels are actually each two different people. However, it remains unclear which ones, if any, are the real Musi and Andrew.
* RightOnQueue: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/18 18: canonicity court part 1]], La Croix and Musi want their case to be tried in canonicity court. The bad news is that the court is busy trying to determine whether or not the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riemann_hypothesis Reimann hypothesis]] is true in this universe, and just found a new lead. The judge says it will be [[BlatantLies "not long"]] before that case is closed, and until then they have to wait their turn. The good news, for the protagonists at least, is that the judges agree to put that case on hold.
* RuleOfFunny:
** La Croix's justification for panicking in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/5 5: weirdness - 3]] is "to make the comic weirder".
** One of the judges' justification for [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/20 sitting on a bench]] and not doing their job is to parody the TwoGamersOnACouch trope.
* RuleOfThree: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by La Croix in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/36 Phone - part 3]], when they realize they have [[PrankCall prank-called]] three people so far.
* RunningGag: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/6 6: weirdness - 4]], three out of four panels include the text "[[LampshadeHanging NOT THE [=[TROPE]=]]]". The running gag is ''itself'' lampshaded by the alt text:
--> "Not the three uses of the same gag!"
* SelfDeprecation:
** The Most Beautiful Stickman [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/24 criticizes the comic's artstyle]] for not showing any differences in their appearance after the ruling.
** They later [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/30 make fun]] of the so-called webcomic for taking so long to actually be published on the World Wide Web.
* SellOut: [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]] in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/20 20: canonicity court part 2]], whose rightmost panel is an advertising placeholder. The alt text mentions the possibility of the unfilled bottom section of the image also being for sale.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: The cellular automata [[KnowNothingKnowItAll "theorist"]] [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/35 tends to talk using unnecessarily long words]] to show off his supposed intelligence. According to the comic description, "his best (and only) friend is his thesaurus":
--> '''"Theorist":''' I would deeply enjoy traversing the seashore with you. I could perchance inform you of my neoteric inquistitions PROVING cellular automata the foundation of the cosmos.
* ShapedLikeItself: The {{Tagline}}: "the comic with a tagline that is this tagline".
* ShoutOut:
** The generic stick figures without any distinguishing features are referred to as "cueballs", in reference to a FanNickname for the generic stick figure in ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}''.
** The alt text of [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/9 9: title drop]] references the "roll credits" RunningGag from WebVideo/CinemaSins regarding [[TitleDrop title drops]].
** "Proto-2" is just a ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' strip with different dialogue.
** "Extra - qxlkbh minus, uh qxlkbh?" is [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/8 8: beat panels]] but with the cueball being the only character, as a reference to ''Webcomic/GarfieldMinusGarfield''.
* SicklyGreenGlow: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/6 6: weirdness - 4]], the cube of francium glows green.
--> '''Cueball:''' [[LampshadeHanging NOT THE EMANATING LINES OR THE GREEN GLOW!]]
* {{Squee}}: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/1 1: most beautiful stickman]], one cueball squees upon witnessing their beauty.
* StatingTheSimpleSolution: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/31 31: outside the comic >+o|=]], Andrew tries to climb to the top of the comic using rope, while Musi says he should just fly to the top, while doing so.
* StickFigureComic:
** In general, the majority of characters are drawn as stick figures.
** Played with in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/12 12: the third author]], in which "Musi" and "Andrew" are drawn with actual torsoes and arms, albeit very simplistic ones. "Andrew" chalks it up to differing artstyles, until the two of them realize they are both just [[HandPuppet hand puppets]].
* StockLegalPhrases:
** In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/22 22: canonicity court part 4]], La Croix's response to Justice Fivecurls' question:
---> '''La Croix:''' I plead the fifth. [[ByNoIMeanYes Also, yes, I am.]]
** Dandan [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/23 says]] "objection, hearsay" in response to La Croix's claim that the Most Beautiful Stickman's spouse didn't know about the marriage.
** At the [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/24 end of the case]], the judge announces that "the court is adjourned".
* StylisticSuck: Most strips consist of stick figures talking on a white background. The website is also extremely bare-bones and contains no CSS styling whatsoever.
* SuperheroesWearCapes: Inconsistent Man, being inconsistent, is ''sometimes'' depicted as wearing a cape, like in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/26 26: developing plot or something]].
* SurveillanceAsThePlotDemands: Musi [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/37 reveals]] that they are able to livestream footage from things happening anywhere else InUniverse, as long as it doesn't create any [[PlotHole plot holes]]. They create a livestream at the pier so that La Croix can see the results of their prank.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: In the alt text of "extra-1 - sequel curse", La Croix claims that the fact they were in charge of casting every single time that an actor died while portraying Inconsistent Man for the second time is "purely incidental".
* SymbolSwearing: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/32 32: censorship]], the swearing is censored as "$!@#".
* TakeOurWordForIt: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/5 5: weirdness - 3]], La Croix and the Narrator decide to "cause general mayhem" without elaborating further:
--> '''La Croix:''' haha everything offpanel sure is on fire right now
* TakeThat:
** [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/1 1: most beautiful stickman]] is a commentary about the prevalence of {{Fanservice}} in the webcomic industry:
---> '''Cueball:''' Soooo... might there be any fanservice in this comic?
---> '''Musi:''' what? no! First, that's a '''super''' creepy question to ask, and second this is [[InformedAttractiveness literally a greyscale stick figure comic how would that even work]]?
** The [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/35 "theorist"]] in the "phone" arc is a jab at some of the more pseudoscientific theories about cellular automata like VideoGame/TheGameOfLife, with his claim that he has proved "cellular automata [to be] the foundation of the cosmos."
* ThinkingOutLoud: Henry begins [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/41 his guest comic]] by voicing his thoughts about [[HowIWroteThisArticleArticle writing a good guest comic]].
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: The Most Beautiful Stickman says "well crap" in response to [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/31 falling into the panel below]].
* TitleDrop: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/9 9: title drop]]. Actually using "qxlkbh" in a sentence would be difficult since, you know, [[WordPureeTitle it's a random jumble of letters]], except for the fact that the comic has little concern for the FourthWall and thus can make reference to itself:
--> '''Fourth Wall:''' [[ICannotSelfTerminate Put me out of my misery]]... I can't do this...
--> '''Doctor:''' But we've got to preserve some sense of logic in ''qxlkbh'' somehow!
* TookALevelInSmartass: The Most Beautiful Stickman, who goes from existing solely to be beautiful to snarking about [[StylisticSuck the comic's artstyle]] and how [[PlotArmor the story would never kill off the main characters]].
* TriviallyObvious: The comic's original {{Tagline}}, from before it got its own website: "the webcomic ever".
* TropeName:
** The premise of [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/10 10: qxlkbh title]]:
---> '''Cueball 1:''' Clever [[LampshadeHanging lampshade hanging]]
---> '''Cueball 2:''' Witty answer
---> '''Narrator:''' Narrator's opinion
** Another, more brief, example occurs in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/30 30: website]]:
---> '''Cueball with cap:''' [obligatory forced punchline]
* {{Troperiffic}}: ''Many'' strips have individual tropes as their premise, and sometimes even call them out by name.
* TwoGamersOnACouch: [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]] in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/20 20: canonicity court part 2]], with two ''judges'' sitting on a bench talking for the sake of "making a dig at [[GamingWebcomics gaming webcomics]]".
* TheUnpronounceable: The FAQ specifies that the comic title is meant to be pronounced [qxlkbh] in IPA.
* UntitledTitle: [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/41 41: Untitled]]
* VerbalTic: Justice Fourcurls in "extra - court extra 1" replaces ''U''s with ''V''s in their dialogue to "show [their] connection with the law".
* TheVoice: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Narrator]] has no physical presence, and communicates with other characters through text boxes.
* WatsonianVersusDoylist: The Doylist (i.e. RealLife) explanation of nobody ever questioning La Croix's lies is that everyone else was written that way. The Watsonian (i.e. InUniverse) explanation is... [[{{Metafiction}} also that everyone else was written that way]].
* WhoWatchesTheWatchmen: In the "canonicity court" arc, La Croix's "defense" is not so much about defending the antics of the previous storylines as canon (since they were only ever intended to serve as a baseline for EarlyInstallmentWeirdness), but rather claiming that the court ''itself'' is non-canon and thus has no authority to rule on the issue of canonicity. The court, it turns out, had already tried itself in a separate case. Although the outcome of that case is not specified, Fivecurls claims it is irrelevant to whether the court's rulings in general have weight.
* WordOfGod: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by Musi as [[BecauseISaidSo justification]] for declaring aspects of some of the previous strips non-canon in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/21 21: canonicity court part 3]]. However, the judge misinterprets "Word of God" as literally referring to {{God}}.
* WordPureeTitle: "qxlkbh".
* WorldsMostBeautifulWoman: The Most Beautiful Stickman, who was begrudgingly created by Musi for the sake of {{Fanservice}}. One cueball can't help but {{Squee}} at their presence. In the "phone" arc, when asked to go on a date with the Most Beautiful Stickman, all three people shown accept enthusiastically and without hesitation.
* WrittenSoundEffect: When [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/25 the Bolivian Army arrives]], an explosion occurs and is annotated as "BOOM!".
* WrongSongGag: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/14 14: background music]], a cueball puts on a "peaceful pastoral music playlist" and ends up listening to ''[[DeathlyDiesIrae Dies Irae]]''. The Narrator apologizes for the mistake.
* YouWouldntShootMe: The Most Beautiful Stickman [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/25 knows]] that the cast has PlotArmor:
--> '''Narrator:''' Oh woe. For once the protagonists are against [[BolivianArmyEnding insurmountable odds]]! How will they make it out?
--> '''MBS:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Like they'd kill off one of our main characters.]]
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