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Welcome to the [[TheVerse Building-verse]]! This article is about the Weekly WebComic (normally[[hottip:*:(ScheduleSlip happens sometimes but more often it gets published on a more rapid rate. The ''Zombie Halloween arc'' of 2011 holds the record with 2 pages/day!)]] updated on Mondays) that started all: ''Roommates'' by [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com AsheRhyder]] and [[AscendedFanon the fans]][[hottip:*:(Ashe reads the comments and regularly holds polls to see what they want)]] on DeviantArt. It's mainly about Goblin King [[Film/{{Labyrinth}} Jareth]], The Phantom [[ThePhantomOfTheOpera Erik]], (ex-)Commodore [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean James Norrington]] and (ex-)Inspector [[LesMiserables Javert]], who all live together in the same apartment building. Also along for the ride (occasionally) are [[Literature/GoodOmens Crowley, Aziraphale]] and [[TheLordOfTheRings Legolas]] and the romantic interests [[ThePhantomoftheOpera Christine]] and [[Film/{{Labyrinth}} Sarah]] as they try to survive [[WithFriendsLikeThese each other]], [[MetaFic life outside]] of [[SelfReferentialHumor their normal existence]] and [[FantasticComedy general weirdness]]. This building, this town and possibly this whole world is a special place. Sure it looks quite normal on the surface (urban PresentDay setting) but how [[PlanetEris sane]] can it be if [[TheLordOfTheRings Gandalf]] teaches [[SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic science]] at the [[ExtranormalInstitute local university]]? All fiction exist as movies / books / etc. and as real past for the characters? And there isn't [[MediumAwareness much of]] a [[NoFourthWall fourth wall]] either...
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Welcome to the [[TheVerse Building-verse]]! This article is about the Weekly WebComic (normally[[hottip:*:(ScheduleSlip happens sometimes but more often it gets published on a more rapid rate. The ''Zombie Halloween arc'' of 2011 holds the record with 2 pages/day!)]] updated on Mondays) that started all: all in 2007: ''Roommates'' by [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com AsheRhyder]] and [[AscendedFanon the fans]][[hottip:*:(Ashe reads the comments and regularly holds polls to see what they want)]] fans]] on DeviantArt. DeviantArt.
It's mainly about Goblin King [[Film/{{Labyrinth}} Jareth]], The Phantom [[ThePhantomOfTheOpera Erik]], (ex-)Commodore [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean James Norrington]] and (ex-)Inspector [[LesMiserables Javert]], who all live together in the same apartment building. Also along for the ride (occasionally) are [[Literature/GoodOmens Crowley, Aziraphale]] and [[TheLordOfTheRings Legolas]] and the romantic interests [[ThePhantomoftheOpera Christine]] and [[Film/{{Labyrinth}} Sarah]] and [[MegaCrossover many]] [[LotsAndLotsOfCharacters MANY]] more as they try to survive [[WithFriendsLikeThese each other]], [[MetaFic life outside]] of [[SelfReferentialHumor their normal existence]] and [[FantasticComedy generalweirdness]]. weirdness]].
This building, this town and possibly this whole world is a special place. Sure it looks quite normal on the surface (urban PresentDay setting) but how [[PlanetEris sane]] can it be if [[TheLordOfTheRings Gandalf]] teaches [[SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic science]] at the [[ExtranormalInstitute local university]]? All fiction exist as movies / books / etc. and as real past for the characters? And there isn't [[MediumAwareness much of]] a [[NoFourthWall fourth wall]] either...
It's mainly about Goblin King [[Film/{{Labyrinth}} Jareth]], The Phantom [[ThePhantomOfTheOpera Erik]], (ex-)Commodore [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean James Norrington]] and (ex-)Inspector [[LesMiserables Javert]], who all live together in the same apartment building. Also along for the ride (occasionally) are [[Literature/GoodOmens Crowley, Aziraphale]] and [[TheLordOfTheRings Legolas]] and the romantic interests [[ThePhantomoftheOpera Christine]] and [[Film/{{Labyrinth}} Sarah]] and [[MegaCrossover many]] [[LotsAndLotsOfCharacters MANY]] more as they try to survive [[WithFriendsLikeThese each other]], [[MetaFic life outside]] of [[SelfReferentialHumor their normal existence]] and [[FantasticComedy general
This building, this town and possibly this whole world is a special place. Sure it looks quite normal on the surface (urban PresentDay setting) but how [[PlanetEris sane]] can it be if [[TheLordOfTheRings Gandalf]] teaches [[SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic science]] at the [[ExtranormalInstitute local university]]? All fiction exist as movies / books / etc. and as real past for the characters? And there isn't [[MediumAwareness much of]] a [[NoFourthWall fourth wall]] either...
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* NarniaTime: The time in the Building in the ''Dark!Jareth arc'' is just [[MindScrew weird]]. [[DownplayedTrope At least]] there was a "[[YearInsideHourOutside Hour Inside, Half an Hour Outside]]" joke when Sarah met Mrs. Norrington and it was nighttime at the rooftop when it clearly wasn't even afternoon on the lower levels or outside. And time got back to normal with the next morning.
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* FlushingToiletScreamingShower: Jareth pulled this prank on Erik once. Cue: Inevitable death threat and a wounded ego.
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* FlushingToiletScreamingShower: Jareth pulled this prank on Erik once. Cue: Inevitable An inevitable death threat and a wounded ego.ego followed.
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* FlushingToiletScreamingShower: Jareth did this to Erik once. Cue: Inevitable death threat and a wounded ego.
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* FlushingToiletScreamingShower: Jareth did this to Erik once. Cue: Inevitable death threat and a wounded ego.
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* YouNeedToGetLaid: [[CovertPervert James']] solution in ''BlindDate arc''.
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* YouNeedToGetLaid: [[CovertPervert James']] solution in the ''BlindDate arc''.
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* VanishingVillage: Vanishing River. It was established that the biggest body of water around the building is a duck pond... then [[SpaceMaster Jareth]] organized a tubing trip.
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* YouAllMeetInAnInn: Jareth and Erik definitely did (all of the proto-strips for this comic take place in a bar) and according to [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-264-Questions-1-and-2-307694070 this]] also the others.
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* YouAllMeetInAnInn: Jareth and Erik definitely did (all of the proto-strips for this comic take place in a bar) [[InnBetweenTheWorlds bar]]) and according to [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-264-Questions-1-and-2-307694070 this]] also the others.
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* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: Dark!Jareth to James [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-166-Fall-212382327 here]]. James is too savvy or insecure to think of himself as WorthyOpponent though so it's a subversion.
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* FeminineWomenCanCook: Averted. At least three female (and all quite old school so ''feminine'') characters can be considered to be {{Lethal Chef}}s on some level.
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* FeminineWomenCanCook: Averted. At least three female (and all quite old school so ''feminine'') characters can be considered to be {{Lethal Chef}}s on some level. Also [[RealMenWearPink James]] can cook.
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* HolyHalo: James is soooooo pure and innocent in his [[LoopholeAbuse efforts]] to avert the dreaded [[RunningGag Fruit Basket]] that he got an {{Anti Gravity|Clothing}} ring halo [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-268-Muffin-313557349 here]]. Also [[FallenAngel Crowley]] tries to invoke his trope with his costume to prove he couldn't be the culprit in Mystery [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Mystery-Pg-6-101622130 here]].
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* ValleyGirl: Or at least the local equivalent of the accent (''Plázacica''). James when showing [[RealMenWearPink his more feminine side]]. This is mostly for making replacement jokes for untranslatable ones.
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* ValleyGirl: Or at least the local equivalent of the accent (''Plázacica''). James sometimes when showing [[RealMenWearPink his more feminine side]]. This is mostly for making replacement jokes for untranslatable ones.ones (also adds a bit more [[TheGadfly troll]] to the character).
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* ValleyGirl: Or at least the local equivalent of the accent (''Plázacica''). James when showing [[RealMenWearPink his more feminine side]]. This is mostly for making replacement jokes for untranslatable ones.
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* LoopholeAbuse: James invented the fruit muffin basket to get around the dreaded fruit basket "curse".
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* SchmuckBait: It kicks off the ''Kids arc''. "[[WhatDoesThisButtonDo What does this]] [[CrystalBall glowing orb]] [[WhatDoesThisButtonDo do?]]"
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* SchmuckBait: It kicks off the ''Kids arc''. arc'' against all of [[ProperlyParanoid Erik]]'s [[DontTouchItYouIdiot efforts]]. "[[WhatDoesThisButtonDo What does this]] [[CrystalBall glowing orb]] [[WhatDoesThisButtonDo do?]]" do?]]"
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* SchmuckBait: It kicks off the ''Kids arc''. "What does this [[CrystalBall glowing orb]] do?"
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* SchmuckBait: It kicks off the ''Kids arc''. "What "[[WhatDoesThisButtonDo What does this this]] [[CrystalBall glowing orb]] do?"[[WhatDoesThisButtonDo do?]]"
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* NotWhatItLooksLike: Happened twice between [[spoiler: Jareth and Sarah. First Sarah made a RelativeError about his sister and then was that thing when he [[PowerIncontinence accidentally]] [[GenderBender turned his best friend into a woman]].]]
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* NotWhatItLooksLike: Happened twice between [[spoiler: Jareth and Sarah. Sarah]]. First Sarah she made a RelativeError about his sister and then was that thing when he James [[GenderBender got turned into a woman]] [[PowerIncontinence accidentally]] [[GenderBender turned his best friend into a woman]].]]accidentally]].
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* CostumePorn: Ever so often. Like Erik's [=PJ=]s, Shadow!Sarah's BattleBallgown, the Erlkönig's and Jareth's fae armors, most outfits on the covers etc..
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* CostumePorn: Ever so often. Like Erik's [=PJ=]s, Shadow!Sarah's BattleBallgown, the Erlkönig's and Jareth's fae armors, most outfits on the covers and extras etc..
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* CostumePorn: Ever so often. Like Erik's [=PJ=]s, Shadow!Sarah's BattleBallgown, the Erlkönig's and Jareth's fae armors, most outfits on the covers etc..
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Seems to be subverted at first. Because James even lampshaded the OOC -ness of Jareth [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-100-Heal-129210040 here]] but nothing seemed to change. See the ''[[{{Fridge/Roommates}} Fridge Logic]]'' entry for details as it's a DoubleSubversion with ChekhovsGun qualities.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Seems to be subverted at first. Because first as James even lampshaded the OOC -ness of Jareth [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-100-Heal-129210040 here]] but nothing seemed to change. See the ''[[{{Fridge/Roommates}} Fridge Logic]]'' entry for details as it's a DoubleSubversion with ChekhovsGun qualities.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Seems to be subverted at first. Because James even lampshaded the OOC -ness of Jareth [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-100-Heal-129210040 here]] but nothing seemed to change. See the ''[[{{Fridge/Roommates}} Fridge Logic]]'' entry for details.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Seems to be subverted at first. Because James even lampshaded the OOC -ness of Jareth [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-100-Heal-129210040 here]] but nothing seemed to change. See the ''[[{{Fridge/Roommates}} Fridge Logic]]'' entry for details. details as it's a DoubleSubversion with ChekhovsGun qualities.
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** Pika-la-Cynique's ''Webcomic/GirlsNextDoor''. It started as just an alternate twist on events from the girls' point of view, but has since developed its own storyline and character development and also became {{More Popular|Spinoff}}. Ongoing, updates on Wednesdays.
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** Pika-la-Cynique's ''Webcomic/GirlsNextDoor''. It started as just an alternate twist on events from the girls' point of view, but has since developed its own storyline and character development and also became {{More Popular|Spinoff}}. Ongoing, updates on Wednesdays. (This is also a MorePopularSpinOff)
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** ''[[http://spiritfox94.deviantart.com/gallery/33493540 Superintendent]]'' by spiritfox94 a fancomic focusing on the omake HoYay ship. Ongoing, updated weekly [[ScheduleSlip more or less]]. (Slightly risky as it's about a [[CaptainObvious gay relationship]].)
** ''[[http://greeneyesandglasses.deviantart.com/gallery/31709033 Only a Dream]]'' by greeneyesandglasses fanfic with Sarah / Jareth and heavy emphasis on dreams. Ongoing but erratic.
** ''[[http://amarth9.deviantart.com/gallery/32162471 Tanuki in the Building]]'' by Amarth9 a fancomic which adds some OCs. Wasn't updated since Sept. 2011.
** ''[[http://greeneyesandglasses.deviantart.com/gallery/31709033 Only a Dream]]'' by greeneyesandglasses fanfic with Sarah / Jareth and heavy emphasis on dreams. Ongoing but erratic.
** ''[[http://amarth9.deviantart.com/gallery/32162471 Tanuki in the Building]]'' by Amarth9 a fancomic which adds some OCs. Wasn't updated since Sept. 2011.
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** ''[[http://spiritfox94.deviantart.com/gallery/33493540 Superintendent]]'' by spiritfox94 a fancomic focusing on the omake HoYay "omake" ship. Ongoing, updated weekly [[ScheduleSlip more or less]]. (Slightly risky as it's about a [[CaptainObvious [[HoYay gay relationship]].)
** ''[[http://greeneyesandglasses.deviantart.com/gallery/31709033 Only a Dream]]'' by greeneyesandglasses fanfic with Sarah / Jareth and heavy emphasis on dreams. Ongoing buterratic.
without a fixed update rate.
** ''[[http://amarth9.deviantart.com/gallery/32162471 Tanuki in the Building]]'' by Amarth9 a fancomic which adds someOCs.[=OC=]s. Wasn't updated since Sept. 2011.
** ''[[http://greeneyesandglasses.deviantart.com/gallery/31709033 Only a Dream]]'' by greeneyesandglasses fanfic with Sarah / Jareth and heavy emphasis on dreams. Ongoing but
** ''[[http://amarth9.deviantart.com/gallery/32162471 Tanuki in the Building]]'' by Amarth9 a fancomic which adds some
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* OpposedMentors: Jareth's parents [[spoiler: Jadis and the Erlkönig to him]] and they still fight (one is [[GoodOldWays Old]] [[MightMakesRight Fashioned]] [[EvilMentor Evil]] and the other a MagnificentBastard [[TricksterMentor Trickster]]). This seems to be one of the reasons they divorced. [[spoiler: Jareth [[TakeAThirdOption choose neither]].]]
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* OpposedMentors: Jareth's parents [[spoiler: Jadis and the Erlkönig to him]] and they still fight (one is [[GoodOldWays Old]] [[MightMakesRight Fashioned]] [[EvilMentor Evil]] {{Evil|Mentor}} and the other a MagnificentBastard [[TricksterMentor Trickster]]).{{Trickster|Mentor}}). This seems to be one of the reasons they divorced. [[spoiler: Jareth [[TakeAThirdOption choose neither]].]]
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** The translator also admittedly tries to keep the subtitle alliteration / puns not the more literall meaning.
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* TotallyRadical: The characters from the 80s mostly and Jareth in particular. (It's unknown if this is intentional or the translators age is showing.)
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* TotallyRadical: The characters from the 80s mostly in general and Jareth in particular. (It's unknown if this is intentional or the translators age is showing.)
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Seems to be subverted at first. Because James even lampshaded the OOC -ness of Jareth [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-100-Heal-129210040 here]] but nothing seemed to change. See the ''[[{{Fridge/Roommates}} Fridge Logic]]'' entry for details.
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Also for a more intuitive explanation of the series you could check [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vau4EX_DKbg The 5th Anniversary Video]] made by [[http://everydayartist.deviantart.com/ EveryDayArtist]].
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Also for a more intuitive explanation of the series you could check [[http://www.''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vau4EX_DKbg The 5th Anniversary Video]] made Video]]'' by [[http://everydayartist.deviantart.com/ EveryDayArtist]].
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Welcome to the [[TheVerse Building-verse]]! This article is about the Weekly WebComic (normally[[hottip:*:(ScheduleSlip happens sometimes but more often it gets published on a more rapid rate. The ''Zombie Halloween arc'' of 2011 holds the record with 2 pages/day!)]] updated on Mondays) that started all: ''Roommates'' by [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com AsheRhyder]] and [[AscendedFanon the fans]][[hottip:*:(Ashe reads the comments and regularly holds polls to see what they want)]] on DeviantArt. It's mainly about Goblin King [[Film/{{Labyrinth}} Jareth]], The Phantom [[ThePhantomOfTheOpera Erik]], (ex-)Commodore [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean James Norrington]] and (ex-)Inspector [[LesMiserables Javert]], who all live together in the same apartment building. Also along for the ride (occasionally) are [[Literature/GoodOmens Crowley, Aziraphale]] and [[TheLordOfTheRings Legolas]] and the romantic interests [[ThePhantomoftheOpera Christine]] and [[Film/{{Labyrinth}} Sarah]] as they try to survive [[WithFriendsLikeThese each other]] and [[FantasticComedy life outside]] of [[SelfReferentialHumor their normal existence]]. This building, this town and possibly this whole world is a special place. Sure it looks quite normal on the surface (urban PresentDay setting) but how [[PlanetEris sane]] can it be if [[TheLordOfTheRings Gandalf]] teaches science at the local university? All fiction exist as movies / books / etc. and as real past for the characters? And there isn't [[MediumAwareness much of]] a [[NoFourthWall fourth wall]] either...
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Welcome to the [[TheVerse Building-verse]]! This article is about the Weekly WebComic (normally[[hottip:*:(ScheduleSlip happens sometimes but more often it gets published on a more rapid rate. The ''Zombie Halloween arc'' of 2011 holds the record with 2 pages/day!)]] updated on Mondays) that started all: ''Roommates'' by [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com AsheRhyder]] and [[AscendedFanon the fans]][[hottip:*:(Ashe reads the comments and regularly holds polls to see what they want)]] on DeviantArt. It's mainly about Goblin King [[Film/{{Labyrinth}} Jareth]], The Phantom [[ThePhantomOfTheOpera Erik]], (ex-)Commodore [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean James Norrington]] and (ex-)Inspector [[LesMiserables Javert]], who all live together in the same apartment building. Also along for the ride (occasionally) are [[Literature/GoodOmens Crowley, Aziraphale]] and [[TheLordOfTheRings Legolas]] and the romantic interests [[ThePhantomoftheOpera Christine]] and [[Film/{{Labyrinth}} Sarah]] as they try to survive [[WithFriendsLikeThese each other]] and [[FantasticComedy other]], [[MetaFic life outside]] of [[SelfReferentialHumor their normal existence]].existence]] and [[FantasticComedy general weirdness]]. This building, this town and possibly this whole world is a special place. Sure it looks quite normal on the surface (urban PresentDay setting) but how [[PlanetEris sane]] can it be if [[TheLordOfTheRings Gandalf]] teaches science [[SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic science]] at the [[ExtranormalInstitute local university? university]]? All fiction exist as movies / books / etc. and as real past for the characters? And there isn't [[MediumAwareness much of]] a [[NoFourthWall fourth wall]] either...
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This page has ''[[{{YMMV/Roommates2007}} Your Mileage Might Vary]]'', ''[[{{WMG/Roommates2007}} Wild Mass Guessing]]'', ''[[{{Trivia/Roommates2007}} Trivia]]'', ''[[{{ShoutOut/Roommates2007}} Shout Out]]'', and ''[[{{Fridge/Roommates2007}} Fridge Logic]]'' entries as well as ''[[{{Characters/Roommates2007}} Character Sheets]]'' and subpages for ''[[{{NightmareFuel/Roommates2007}} Scary]]'', ''[[{{Funny/Roommates2007}} Really Funny]]'', ''[[{{Heartwarming/Roommates2007}} Heartwarming]]'', ''[[{{Awesome/Roommates2007}} Awesome]]'', and ''[[{{TearJerker/Roommates2007}} Tear Jerking]]'' moments.
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This page has ''[[{{YMMV/Roommates2007}} ''[[{{YMMV/Roommates}} Your Mileage Might Vary]]'', ''[[{{WMG/Roommates2007}} ''[[{{WMG/Roommates}} Wild Mass Guessing]]'', ''[[{{Trivia/Roommates2007}} ''[[{{Trivia/Roommates}} Trivia]]'', ''[[{{ShoutOut/Roommates2007}} ''[[{{ShoutOut/Roommates}} Shout Out]]'', and ''[[{{Fridge/Roommates2007}} ''[[{{Fridge/Roommates}} Fridge Logic]]'' entries as well as ''[[{{Characters/Roommates2007}} ''[[{{Characters/Roommates}} Character Sheets]]'' and subpages for ''[[{{NightmareFuel/Roommates2007}} ''[[{{NightmareFuel/Roommates}} Scary]]'', ''[[{{Funny/Roommates2007}} ''[[{{Funny/Roommates}} Really Funny]]'', ''[[{{Heartwarming/Roommates2007}} ''[[{{Heartwarming/Roommates}} Heartwarming]]'', ''[[{{Awesome/Roommates2007}} ''[[{{Awesome/Roommates}} Awesome]]'', and ''[[{{TearJerker/Roommates2007}} ''[[{{TearJerker/Roommates}} Tear Jerking]]'' moments.
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* DeathByOriginStory: One of the two known ways to be DeaderThanDead in this world. As poor [[Film/{{Zombieland}} Tallahassee]] can attest. (See: the [[TearJerker/{{Roommates2007}} Tear Jerker]] page)
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* DeathByOriginStory: One of the two known ways to be DeaderThanDead in this world. As poor [[Film/{{Zombieland}} Tallahassee]] can attest. (See: the [[TearJerker/{{Roommates2007}} [[TearJerker/{{Roommates}} Tear Jerker]] page)
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* {{Glamour}}: Jareth casts one on [[spoiler: Erik]] in the [[spoiler: turned-into-children]] arc, so that he could [[spoiler: spend an afternoon with Christine without her seeing his deformity.]] ''[[{{Heartwarming/Roommates2007}} Awww.]]''
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* {{Glamour}}: Jareth casts one on [[spoiler: Erik]] in the [[spoiler: turned-into-children]] arc, so that he could [[spoiler: spend an afternoon with Christine without her seeing his deformity.]] ''[[{{Heartwarming/Roommates2007}} ''[[{{Heartwarming/Roommates}} Awww.]]''
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* MetafictionalDevice: The vine border in ''Such Stuff Dreams are Made On'' is a lot more than just a flourish indicating "dreams". (Check the [[{{NightmareFuel/Roommates2007}} Nightmare Fuel]] page)
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* MetafictionalDevice: The vine border in ''Such Stuff Dreams are Made On'' is a lot more than just a flourish indicating "dreams". (Check the [[{{NightmareFuel/Roommates2007}} [[{{NightmareFuel/Roommates}} Nightmare Fuel]] page)
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* NobodyCanDie: At least nobody who isn't [[TheVerse verse]]-[[{{Muggles}} native]] (not tested) or DeaderThanDead. And here DeaderThanDead means (as far as we can see it yet): a) [[YouCantFightFate Your death is required]] for someone else's [[DeathByOriginStory backstory characterization]]. [[spoiler: See the [[TearJerker/{{Roommates2007}} Tear Jerker page]]]] b) [[TheScrappy The fandom hates YOU]]. [[spoiler: This is why Mrs. Norrington is a widow]].
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* NobodyCanDie: At least nobody who isn't [[TheVerse verse]]-[[{{Muggles}} native]] (not tested) or DeaderThanDead. And here DeaderThanDead means (as far as we can see it yet): a) [[YouCantFightFate Your death is required]] for someone else's [[DeathByOriginStory backstory characterization]]. [[spoiler: See the [[TearJerker/{{Roommates2007}} [[TearJerker/{{Roommates}} Tear Jerker page]]]] b) [[TheScrappy The fandom hates YOU]]. [[spoiler: This is why Mrs. Norrington is a widow]].
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* PostModernMagik: In the days of old you communicated with powerful entities through elaborate rituals, nowadays you can have their [[{{Funny/Roommates2007}} phone number]].
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* SnicketWarningLabel: The [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-206-Return-266360157 penultimate strip]] of the ''Zombie Halloween arc'' notes that those who want it to have an unequivocally happy ending should "cue credits here." The [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-207-Immutable-266360821 ending]] is a [[MoodWhiplash rapid switch]] from humorous to [[{{TearJerker/Roommates2007}} heartbreaking]]. (Warning for Film/{{Zombieland}} spoilers!)
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* SnicketWarningLabel: The [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-206-Return-266360157 penultimate strip]] of the ''Zombie Halloween arc'' notes that those who want it to have an unequivocally happy ending should "cue credits here." The [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-207-Immutable-266360821 ending]] is a [[MoodWhiplash rapid switch]] from humorous to [[{{TearJerker/Roommates2007}} [[{{TearJerker/Roommates}} heartbreaking]]. (Warning for Film/{{Zombieland}} spoilers!)
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** Later it's revealed in a [[{{TearJerker/Roommates2007}} [[{{TearJerker/Roommates}} heartbreaking]] (mini)arc that [[spoiler: his father got banished by his mother]] with the [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-133-Forsaken-184751515 very SAME monologue]] and appearently [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-22-Girls-Rock-71158866 also works]] on [[TheLordOfTheRings Ringwraiths]].
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* UnderestimatingBadassery: Happens quite often (WorldOfBadass masquerading as FantasticComedy and all) even if it rarely escalates into physical violence. Like to James in their movie night (See the ''[[{{Funny/Roommates2007}} Funny moments]]'' subpage), or to Jareth a lot of times (as he is also a well HiddenBadass), or to Legolas (so his performance in the ''Zombie arc'' was quite the shock for many).
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* UnderestimatingBadassery: Happens quite often (WorldOfBadass masquerading as FantasticComedy and all) even if it rarely escalates into physical violence. Like to James in their movie night (See the ''[[{{Funny/Roommates2007}} ''[[{{Funny/Roommates}} Funny moments]]'' subpage), or to Jareth a lot of times (as he is also a well HiddenBadass), or to Legolas (so his performance in the ''Zombie arc'' was quite the shock for many).
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** In a narrow definition ''Building-verse'' is shared by ''Webcomic/{{Roommates|2007}}'' ''Webcomic/{{Roommates}}'' and its largest and most popular {{Spin Off}} ''Webcomic/GirlsNextDoor'' (even if some canon differences suggest AlternateContinuity).
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[[caption-width-right:300:Our main cast of lovable misfits[[hottip:*:(From left to right: ''ThePhantomOfTheOpera - Erik'', ''LesMiserables - Javert'', ''Film/{{Labyrinth}} - Jareth'' and ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean - James'')]].]]
->''Somewhere, there is a place where all stories are real and all dreams are truth.\\
This is not that place.\\
This is not quite that place, but it's close.''
--> -- Narration form [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-61-Lundi-99389187 "Roommates 61 - Lundi"]]
Welcome to the [[TheVerse Building-verse]]! This article is about the Weekly WebComic (normally[[hottip:*:(ScheduleSlip happens sometimes but more often it gets published on a more rapid rate. The ''Zombie Halloween arc'' of 2011 holds the record with 2 pages/day!)]] updated on Mondays) that started all: ''Roommates'' by [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com AsheRhyder]] and [[AscendedFanon the fans]][[hottip:*:(Ashe reads the comments and regularly holds polls to see what they want)]] on DeviantArt. It's mainly about Goblin King [[Film/{{Labyrinth}} Jareth]], The Phantom [[ThePhantomOfTheOpera Erik]], (ex-)Commodore [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean James Norrington]] and (ex-)Inspector [[LesMiserables Javert]], who all live together in the same apartment building. Also along for the ride (occasionally) are [[Literature/GoodOmens Crowley, Aziraphale]] and [[TheLordOfTheRings Legolas]] and the romantic interests [[ThePhantomoftheOpera Christine]] and [[Film/{{Labyrinth}} Sarah]] as they try to survive [[WithFriendsLikeThese each other]] and [[FantasticComedy life outside]] of [[SelfReferentialHumor their normal existence]]. This building, this town and possibly this whole world is a special place. Sure it looks quite normal on the surface (urban PresentDay setting) but how [[PlanetEris sane]] can it be if [[TheLordOfTheRings Gandalf]] teaches science at the local university? All fiction exist as movies / books / etc. and as real past for the characters? And there isn't [[MediumAwareness much of]] a [[NoFourthWall fourth wall]] either...
Further expanded in the spinoffs ''Webcomic/GirlsNextDoor'' by Pika-la-Cynique and the ''Webcomic/DownTheStreet'' by Heroes-Daughter.
[[Tropers/{{Malitia}} Someone]] does a(n admittedly less than perfect) ''[[UsefulNotes/{{Hungary}} Hungarian]]'' translation of it titled ''[[http://mali-chan.deviantart.com/gallery/32285369 "Lakótársak"]]'' (Has a mirror [[http://lakotarsak-webcomic.freeblog.hu/ here]])
This page has ''[[{{YMMV/Roommates2007}} Your Mileage Might Vary]]'', ''[[{{WMG/Roommates2007}} Wild Mass Guessing]]'', ''[[{{Trivia/Roommates2007}} Trivia]]'', ''[[{{ShoutOut/Roommates2007}} Shout Out]]'', and ''[[{{Fridge/Roommates2007}} Fridge Logic]]'' entries as well as ''[[{{Characters/Roommates2007}} Character Sheets]]'' and subpages for ''[[{{NightmareFuel/Roommates2007}} Scary]]'', ''[[{{Funny/Roommates2007}} Really Funny]]'', ''[[{{Heartwarming/Roommates2007}} Heartwarming]]'', ''[[{{Awesome/Roommates2007}} Awesome]]'', and ''[[{{TearJerker/Roommates2007}} Tear Jerking]]'' moments.
!!Tropes used in Roommates
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* ActorAllusion: Lots and lots. [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-24-Bloom-72785397 The reason]] why Norrington can't stand Legolas and also why Erik gets [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Old-23013883 younger]] and [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-209-Younger-268990761 younger]]. The entire ''Copies miniarc''.
* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-213-Sneeze-273593677 Sweet sustained sonatas]]
* AlliterativeTitle: More like Alliterative Subtitles actually. The pages of some (mini)arcs have these, like the ''Erlkönig Arc'' (pages 135-140) Loom, Lurk, Lee, Loss, Lethe, Legacy; or the ''Kid!Jareth Arc'' (pages 130-133) Falling, Flying, Faery Tale, Forsaken. See also: PunBasedTitle.
* AllJustADream: [[spoiler: ''Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On'']] but a dream shared by (at least) part of the cast and one with [[YourMindMakesItReal conse]][[YourSoulIsMine quences]].
* AllLoveIsUnrequited : Averted marvelously... most of the time. Most characters, due to being villains or side characters, don't get the girl in their own canon. In the comic they are either given girlfriends, oneshot dates, or a chance with the canon love interest. But there's liberal doses of "He just never got over her..." for at least Erik.
* {{Animesque}}
* [[AntiHero Anti-]]HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler: Javert suffers a textbook one (maybe even bordering AngstComa) when he notices that Valjean moved to the building. Later James when he learns that his mother is coming to visit. Erik after seeing Film/{{Labyrinth}} in HD.]]
* ArtEvolution: Compare [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=168#/dz0amg this]] to [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=0#/d33fizf this]] and then [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-as-Dreams-Are-Made-On-29-299943687 this]].
* ArtShift: The more serious the mood the more realistic the art gets (but remains {{animesque}}) just to become SuperDeformed when something silly happens.
* AttractiveBentGender: As Sarah called Jareth out about it:
-->'''Sarah''': [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-217-Sit-278492881 Right. Do you want to try explaining why they're all built like super-models, on top of being girls?...]]
** Also James in his own right.
* [[BacktoBackBadasses Back to Back]] ''[[BacktoBackBadasses to Back]]'' [[BacktoBackBadasses Badasses]]: when [[spoiler: they find themselves in Oz]].
** Also, the imagery is invoked [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d2vyojr here]], though Crowley and Az are dealing with a flood of information rather than physical opponents.
** [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-196-Power-Play-265228145 Zombies!]]
* BeachEpisode: The last third of the ''First Vacation Arc''
* BigDamnHeroes: Or {{Anti Hero}}es. The main [[spoiler: Shadow!]]cast [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-as-Dreams-Are-Made-On-29-299943687 here]]. Perfectly in line with Jareth's PreAsskickingOneliner.
* BittersweetEnding: Almost all the arcs with definite endings. The only thing the cast tends to win is the right to continue their life as it is now (with all its happiness, sadness, weirdness and relative freedom) and even that comes with a price.
* BloodMagic: [[spoiler: The Erlkönig used his own blood to seal his son's magic.]]
* BrainBleach: Erik's reaction to seeing [[spoiler:Javert and Valjean kissing.]][[hottip:*:It should be noted that this even only happened in the Omake... So far.]]
-->'''Erik''': "...can't unsee..." *whimper*
* BreakThemByTalking: [[spoiler: "Odile" attempted this with Jareth using the "You're trapped, alone. I have power over you. Why don't we make the best of it?" reasoning in ''Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On''. Doesn't work though, Jareth is not amused.]]
* BrownBagMask: Javert [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-S4-Butcher-Job-153550324 here]]. Not only Jareth is guilty in the sin of vanity.
* CallBack: [[spoiler: Dark!]]Jareth to his own idealistic speech on page 100 [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-166-Fall-212382327 here]].
** Jadis to the ''[[WhamEpisode Dark!Jareth arc]]'' [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-as-Dreams-Are-Made-On-34-302419828 here]], Jareth to his father's advice about fighting for the ending he wants [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-as-Dreams-Are-Made-On-40-305264355 here]].
** James to the Movie Night and Erik to the Killed For Canon Meeting [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-266-Questions-5-and-6-310562546 here]].
* CallingTheOldManOut: Jareth managed to do this to both of his parents at the end of ''Such Stuff as Dreams Are made On''.
* TheCameo: ''Lots''.
* [[{{canon}} Canonical]] DeathIsCheap: As a rule this is a comic where NobodyCanDie [[spoiler: TheFairFolk could still steal your soul though]]. But also characters can be dead in [[{{Canon}} their own story]] and still be around and "alive" here so it's safe to say that nobody even stays dead (except some rare cases). This condition is called being "Canonically Dead" in the comic. Ashe [[PlayingWithATrope playes with]] and [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] it frequently ("Killed for canon" support group meetings; "Still Dead" checks; Confused undead etc.)
* CasualDangerDialog: [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-188-Checked-260306606 James and House]] in the middle of a zombie apocalypse.
* CensorBox: For [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-58800328 swearing and threats]], [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Halloween-07-Roommates-Special-68680429 nudity]], [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-194-Americana-263879732 violence]] and occasionally [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-69-Attention-105670381 not even for the readers]]!
* CerebusRollercoaster: This is a highly [[MediumAwareness Self-Aware]], {{Comedy}}, FanService WebComic with an overarching plot about the nature of stories and fictional characters ([[YouCantFightFate Can you fight your own story?]] [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong Can you change what happened?]] etc.). Wait. [[FlatWhat WHAT?]] [[spoiler: [[http://comments.deviantart.com/1/48267877/2353474235 This]] is [[WordOfGod Word of Ashe]].]]
* ChangelingTale: The ''Erlkönig arc''. [[spoiler: Subverted. But poor [[Film/{{Labyrinth}} Toby]] is a fae magnet. And this is probably the LEAST endearing way you can reintroduce yourself to your son's story. Way to go [[Literature/{{TheErlKing}} Erlkönig]]!]]
* CharacterRerailment: [[InvokedTrope Invoked.]] [[spoiler: In the ''Dark!Jareth arc'' Jareth reverted back to his original [[TheFairFolk Goblin King]] characterization and was hellbent on undoing all the CharacterDevelopment the others had gone through as well.]]
* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: Probably not the characters but to quote:
-->'''Mr. King''': [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-as-Dreams-Are-Made-On-18-295029792 Fight for the ending you want. Somewhere someone will feel the same and believe. Then even if you lose, even if you die... you will live.]] [[spoiler: You will live on in dreams. ...]]
* CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys: When you have a fight between Erik and Javert (French) and Commander Norrington and Jareth (British and... Um... "British"), this insult is obviously going to be used. Sometimes it's even used under the most ''[[SeriousBusiness ridiculous]]'' of circumstances- like in [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-8-100-Years-War-63348564?q=gallery%3Aasherhyder%2F22161111&qo=166 this]] mini arc.
* ChekhovsSkill: The dramatic entrance techniques that James learned from Erik in [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-68-Rule-Number-1-105027947 Episode 68]], posted in November 2008, show up again [[spoiler: allowing James to save Sarah in [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-176-Demands-250092245 Episode 176]], posted in August 2011,]] over 32 months later
* ColdIron: Referenced by Sarah as one of the reasons why she doesn't believe that they managed to seriously injure Jareth with a steel sword... it's not {{Iron}} and even less ColdIron. Her other reason was basically MediaClassifications: "NobodyCanDie in our movie."
* ContinuityCreep: This series began basically as one of the GagPerDayWebcomics before it got arc based (with longer and longer arcs) and got on with the CerebusRollercoaster (and exploring the consequences of it's own premise)... it didn't reached the level of an ongoing plot yet (or did it?) and sometimes still switches back to the original format.
* ConversationalTroping: Happens sometimes. Like this [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=168#/d12p906 conversation]] about how RedemptionEqualsDeath.
* CooldownHug: James attempts to use this on [[spoiler: Dark!Jareth]] in ''Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On'' (See also: HeroicSacrifice).
* CrossoverShip: In-universe, there's [[spoiler: Erik and [[RepoTheGeneticOpera Blind Mag]]]] and [[spoiler: Norrington and [[LesMiserables Eponine]]]].
* CurbStompBattle:
** [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-138-Loss-188692595 Jareth vs. Erlkönig]]
** [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-206-Return-266360157 Cast vs. Zombies]] [[spoiler: After they stopped fighting each other at least.]]
** [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-as-Dreams-Are-Made-On-33-302061702 Sarah vs. "Odile"]]
* CutenessOverload: Every male character got KO-d by [[TheLordOfTheRings Frodo]]'s illegal amount of cute... the girls seemed immune, though. On the other hand, nobody (except Javert and Jareth) can resist [[{{Cats}} Misto]].
* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: According to her son Jadis threatens him with "I'll bury you in snow until May" if he doesn't visit her for Christmas, being AnIcePerson she is probably [[NotHyperbole literal]].
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* DealWithTheDevil: Mr. King offers one to his son [[spoiler: Jareth]], just to find that the kid [[SubvertedTrope isn't]] in the [[BewareTheSillyOnes mood for games]]. Also a bit of an inversion as he offered a [[YourSoulIsMine soul he already claimed]] for [[YouOweMe favors]]. [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-as-Dreams-Are-Made-On-40-305264355 Here]].
* DeathByOriginStory: One of the two known ways to be DeaderThanDead in this world. As poor [[Film/{{Zombieland}} Tallahassee]] can attest. (See: the [[TearJerker/{{Roommates2007}} Tear Jerker]] page)
* DidMomJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu: James's initial reaction to his mother seeing [[spoiler: der Erlkönig (after he realized who he is)]]. Later [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] because the CoolOldLady is hard to fool... she willingly [[InterspeciesRomance romances]] (and [[TheGadfly trolls]]) [[TheFairFolk "Cthulhu"]].
* DiscriminateAndSwitch: After she and Sarah find [[HoYay Valjean resting an unconscious Javert's head in his lap]], Norrington's mother comments that the two of them seemed "so... you know... the f-word..." She means "[[CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkey French]]," of course.
* DontTryThisAtHome: [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-192-AoE-262679904 Here]] in the artist comment about gun safety or the lack of thereof. Also [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-203-Later-265917334 here]] about some fighting moves involving a chainsaw.
* DreamWithinADream: [[spoiler: Mortal!]]Jareth's (mostly) BadDreams in ''Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On'' are all these.
* DrowningMySorrows: [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/V-Day-48818504?q=gallery%3Aasherhyder%2F22161111&qo=189 Valentine's Day]] is hard on a pair of romantic villains...
** [[TheAlcoholic Norrington]] gets OffTheWagon this way once or twice. [[spoiler: Because of his [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-5-PotC2-Spoilers-61504907 second movie]] and [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-57-Personals-96587952 failed relationship]].]]
* DuetBonding: Erik and Mag through singing [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-97-Duet-126704110 here]].
* DysfunctionJunction: This comic has an entire cast from the more ''interesting'' fictional characters so this was inevitable.
* EmbarrassingOldPhoto: Todd and Nathan have baby pictures of their daughters. Jareth has embarrassing photos of everybody (and even of events that never(?) happened).
* EnsembleCast: The main four. If you really want to find a protagonist that would be Jareth, but probably mostly because his background here has the most storytelling possibilities. (It's a good question if Ashe knew what Pandora's box of stories (s)he opened with the Magic Family Tree.)
* EuropeansAreKinky: At leat Tallahassee thinks so. [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-195-Depth-265044151 Here]].
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: [[spoiler: The GenderBender caused by Jareth's [[PowerIncontinence cold]] made some fans question their sexuality.]]
* ExtranormalInstitute: The St. Jude University where 3/4 of the main cast works. Plus others like [[TheLordOfTheRings Gandalf]], [[IndianaJones Dr. Jones]], [[Series/{{House}} Dr. House]], and the [[Series/DoctorWho tenth Doctor]].
* FacePalm: [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-6-River-62111743 Let's]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-13-Flush-66111403 just]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-17-Hospital-68397225 say]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-53-More-Awkward-93659264 that]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-54-Up-and-Down-94397769 it]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-67-Staff-Lounge-104382342 happens]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-102-Boy-Player-156480419 a]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-145-The-M-Word-194726509 lot]]... Even a [[UpToEleven triple]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-112-Beneficiary-166305258 one]] isn't an imposibility.
* TheFairFolk: Are ALL related to Jareth, apparently and they seem to be the magical [[TakeAThirdOption third option]] between HeavenAndHell. Physically the pure-blooded ones ''tend'' to have PointyEars and MonochromaticEyes. They also ''tend'' to possess MasterOfIllusion powers for varying levels. See also: TangledFamilyTree, WitchSpecies and InterspeciesRomance
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: The series runs on this and the characters don't mind it particularly. Every world shattering event that reached them yet would have made their life worse anyway.
* FairytaleMotifs: ''Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On'' is full of them. As general classical archetypes [[spoiler: (Jareth in [[KnightInShiningArmor shining armor]] facing a Saito [[DragonsUpTheYinYang dragon]])]] and specifically ''Theatre/SwanLake'' allusions [[spoiler: (Like a Fake Sarah going with the "Odile" alias)]].
* FakingAmnesia: Averted but referenced [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-180-Status-Quo-254362098 here]].
* FakingTheDead: Jareth tries to do this [[DeathIsDramatic dramatically]] [[spoiler:It doesn't fool Sarah. [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-177-No-251632660 "Spoilsport!"]] ]]
* FanService: [[ShirtlessScene shirtless scenes]], [[ShowerScene shower scenes]], {{PrettyBoy}}s, HoYay, [[BeachEpisode beach episodes]], the list goes on and on. And the cast knows this from the [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-2-Nightcap-59889322 very beginning]]. [[spoiler: One of the main powers of the world.]]
* FeminineWomenCanCook: Averted. At least three female (and all quite old school so ''feminine'') characters can be considered to be {{Lethal Chef}}s on some level.
* FillerStrips: Rare, because Ashe tends to keep 4-10 pages (1-2 months worth) of StripBuffer, but exist. Like [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-264-Questions-1-and-2-307694070 this]] FourthWallMailSlot type after the big ''Such Stuff'' event.
* ForceFeeding: [[spoiler: Dark!Jareth's CharacterRerailment spell comes in the form of a peach that [[GenreSavvy nobody would eat willingly]]. Oh well. This doesn't stop him.]]
* ForeignCultureFetish: [[spoiler: Satine, Eponine and (if they can make her) Sarah]] have "anglophile meetings" where they discuss that "[[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-154-BBaB-202655081 British Boyfriends Are Better]]".
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Lots and lots. Sometimes even [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-125-ForeSHADOW-177399111 literally]].
* FountainOfYouth: CrystalBall of youth. And the magic only lasts for thirteen hours (the ''Kids arc'')
* FriendsWithBenefits: [[spoiler: Erik and Mag have this sort of agreement. Possibly a subversion because Erik doesn't even know what it means. Cue: FacePalm in 3... 2... 1... [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-112-Beneficiary-166305258 *SMACK*]]]]
* {{Glamour}}: Jareth casts one on [[spoiler: Erik]] in the [[spoiler: turned-into-children]] arc, so that he could [[spoiler: spend an afternoon with Christine without her seeing his deformity.]] ''[[{{Heartwarming/Roommates2007}} Awww.]]''
** Der Erlkönig uses it too [[spoiler: to [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-183-Parent-Trap-256823412 disguise himself]] and to keep the unsuspecting Mrs. Norrington that way.]]
* GratuitousForeignLanguage: [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-150-Story-199197924 This]] has the local equivalent of ''Once upon a time...'' in several languages.
* GratuitousFrench: Sometimes. Ashe tried to leave other languages alone several times, as to date (s)he failed every time.
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Sarah smacks [[spoiler: Jareth out of his Dark! mode]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-179-SMACK-253618580 here]]. Also used by Javert on HeroicBSOD James [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-145-The-M-Word-194726509 here]].
* HalloweenCosplay: The other type of Halloween special around here. [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Halloween-07-Roommates-Special-68680429 2007]] - Jareth&Erik as James&Javert. [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Halloween-2009-142032874 2009]] - the main cast as classic monsters.
* HalloweenEpisode: Usually the highlight story arc of the year.
* {{Hammerspace}}: Every character can produce his signature weapon out of nowhere (except maybe if someone explicitly takes it away but that's [[EpilepticTrees not tested]]), Jareth, [[CaptainObvious being the]] SpaceMaster, also anything else.
* HappyFunBall: Each and every item by TheFairFolk ever no matter how innocent it looks. Be it a [[PowerCrystal cry]][[CrystalBall stal]] or a slice of peach. (This is probably the only place in the multiverse where you can smell peaches when something metaphorically ''[[EvilSmellsBad stinks]]''.)
* HeartSymbol: Every so often, like hearts used to [[SayItWithHearts dot]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-10-Croissant-64450048 exclamation points]] and a heart-shaped [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-118-Landlocked-171077771 speech bubble]] with another little heart off to the side.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-193-Sacrifice-263208294 James in the zombie arc]]. [[spoiler: Good thing he is already (canonically) dead.]] And again in ''[[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-As-Dreams-Are-Made-On-37-303868006 Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On]]''.
* HiddenInPlainSight: During the ''Mystery arc'', [[spoiler: Jareth disguised himself as MirrorMask for almost the entire evening to keep the culprit from realizing that he wasn't actually dead.]]
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* IAlwaysWantedToSayThat: [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-158-Trinity-206321848 Here.]]
-->'''[[Film/{{Labyrinth}} Jareth]]''': How I've longed to say this... [[spoiler: [[ArcWords You have no POWER over me.]]]]
* IfIDoNotReturn: Jareth [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-211-Bundled-271356167 here]] he goes to visit his mother.
* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: Female-to-female example, delivered by [[MamaBear Mrs. Norrington]] to [[spoiler: Eponine]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-210-The-Candle-Talk-270223192 here.]]
* IgnoredEnemy: [[spoiler: "Odile" [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-as-Dreams-Are-Made-On-30-300502933 here]] before James plays the OnlySaneMan.]]
* IKissYourHand: Mr. King Mrs. Norrington's [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-183-Parent-Trap-256823412 here]]. What can we say, they're both old-fashioned sort of.
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Used (and referenced!) in [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-167-Inexplicable-212959019 this]] strip, while [[spoiler:Valjean]] tries to reason with [[spoiler:a [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed]] and [[CharacterDevelopment de-character developed]] Javert]]. Also used by Shadow!Erik on Mortal!Jareth with some mixed results.
* ImpossibleHourglassFigure: Ashe's way to draw women tends to look like [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-141-Rome-191096289 this]] a lot.
* ImStandingRightHere: Well sitting, but you get the idea. [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-200-Participation-265540251 James here]].
* ImTakingHerHomeWithMe: Played with, as [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-5-PotC2-Spoilers-61504907 this]] isn't because of CutenessOverload more like TheWoobie effect (except if [[Film/{{Labyrinth}} Jareth]] has some screwed up sense of cute... which is an option). For those who don't want to check out the page: [[spoiler: He took TheDrunkenSailor / OffTheWagon [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean James]] home with him and it's the beginning of a beautiful [[AdoptTheDog friendship]]. I kid you not! These two are like brothers... or at least step-brothers... Still tried to kill each other, like true family.]]
** And a perfectly straight example happened when [[Film/{{Labyrinth}} Sarah]] found [[{{Cats}} Misto]] [[spoiler:... later she gave him away.]]
* InstantCosplaySurprise: [[RunningGag Almost always]] happens when Jareth uses his [[ChangingClothesIsAFreeAction instant clothes ability]] on the others.
* InstantRunes: Jareth's time magic has them. [[spoiler: Also the Shadow!Main-Cast [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-as-Dreams-Are-Made-On-32-301393365 sometimes]].]]
* InterspeciesRomance: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] [[spoiler: by TheFairFolk according to [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-88-Relativity-119779422 Jareth]]. Further proof: [[Literature/{{TheErlKing}} His dad]] flirths with [[OCStandIn James' mother]] and [[TheMagicFlute The Queen of the Night]] lampshaded some of the dangers of this practice.]]
* InWhichATropeIsDescribed: Each page is given two different summaries in this format in the author's notes.
* KudzuPlot: Happens sometimes. The most glaring were ''the Second Vacation Arc'' and the ''Erlkönig arc'' [[spoiler: both led to the ''Dark!Jareth arc'' that still left loose ends]]. Also the ''Zombie arc'', the invasion was stopped but nothing else was resolved.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler: Jareth casts it on Toby and Javert at the end of the ''Erlkönig arc'' to protect them.]] Fails on [[spoiler: Javert]], but at least manages to spare the kid some BadDreams. With this act he effectively declared [[spoiler: his father]] in-universe NightmareFuel:
-->'''Jareth''': [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-139-Lethe-189459118 You would prefer to let him have nightmares and jump at shadows for the rest of his life?]]
* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: [[WordOfGod Word of Ashe]] that this is the karaoke night for the main cast and nobody brought it up yet (but Jareth was shown to have [[EmbarrassingOldPhoto pictures]] of it). Also the Amalthea incident for Lír.
* LivingDream: [[spoiler: TheFairFolk]] is implied to be this. More than the fictional beings living in a world where their fiction exists level of MindScrew that the whole 'verse is.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Even if only Jareth, Erik, James and Javert are counted as main cast but with the regulars the number of characters inflates to over 15 people. (With everybody ... just look at the characters page.)
* LoomingSilhouetteOfRage: A textbook [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-50-Boundaries-91547204 example]].
* LotusEaterMachine: [[spoiler: The Erlkönig created a DreamLand like this for his son (and who knows who else, maybe the whole cast) in ''Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On''.]]
* LoveConfession: Jareth[[spoiler: 's two sides]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-171-Magic-Words-216609356 here]].
* MagicAIsMagicA: Played with. [[spoiler: Seems like the rules of magic for the magic users depend on the story they come from. So the most widespread ideas probably work for most but every one of them will have his/her own quirks. Theoretically you can do anything with magic, but different things are easier or harder depending on the users talents/inherited abilities (Jareth can heal, but it's not his forte at all), source of power (willpower, contract with someone) or maybe even what the [[TheoryOfNarrativeCausality story]] [[WildMagic wants]] (if the effect fits in the narrative it will probably be easier to achieve... except if your tale decides that it needs more dramatic tension).]]
* MagicalLand: The Underground, Oz, Narnia etc.. At the end of the ''Oz arc'' Jareth gives a bit of exposition about the rules of his magic effectively lampshading that {{Magical Land}}s are well... magic.
* MagicMirror: Jareth [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-125-ForeSHADOW-177399111 had]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-156-Breaking-204471943 one]]. [[spoiler: The first is the end of the ''Second Vacation arc'', where he severely overexerted himself and his magic in a very [[OutOfCharacter OOC]] way. The second is the beginning of the ''Dark!Jareth arc'' where he [[PowerAtAPrice pays the price]].]]
* MangaEffects: Being {{Animesque}}, this is pretty much a given, but for example:
** BlueWithShock: [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-110-Revealing-164577617 As close as we can get]].
** CatSmile: [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-204-Sonic-265918018 The Doctor]]
** CrossPoppingVeins: Many people but mostly Erik... [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-58800328 he has a whole box full]].
** GivingUpTheGhost: [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-S4-Butcher-Job-153550324 Here goes James' self esteem]].
** HarshWordImpact: Not so harsh word impact. Even absolute trust and good faith can hit you [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-70-Moral-Compass-106344635 hard]].
** HiddenEyes: [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-149-Favor-198285146 Jareth here]].
** ShyFingerTwiddling [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-127-Humidity-180018442 Erik here]].
** VisibleSigh: [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-as-Dreams-Are-Made-On-3-288739055 Like this]].
* MediaClassifications: Made fun of [[RunningGag a lot]]. Things like: Jareth (mostly) can't be harmed on screen and doesn't sustain injuries for long because of "PG" or any poor character's (but mostly Erik's) reaction to "R".
* MediumAwareness: Most, if not all of the characters are aware that they are fictional characters. This is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] frequently. [[WordOfGod Word of Ashe]] that the series has a fourth wall [[http://comments.deviantart.com/1/279724525/2371391861 made of sugar-glass]] so [[LampshadeHanging it's less dangerous]] to [[BreakingTheFourthWall break it]]... so almost NoFourthWall at all.
* MegaCrossover: All fiction seem to have a back door leading to the Building-verse (and back). This thought borders on TheWorldAsMyth.
* MetaFic: Played with. Yes, Fictional characters have a life outside their original story BUT this doesn't make it any less real for them. Example: Maybe there is no reason to hate their enemies even here, but frogetting the past wrongs is not that easy.
** Not to mention that maybe this place is out of their original continuity but NOT out of the realm of [[TheoryOfNarrativeCausality stories]].
* MetafictionalDevice: The vine border in ''Such Stuff Dreams are Made On'' is a lot more than just a flourish indicating "dreams". (Check the [[{{NightmareFuel/Roommates2007}} Nightmare Fuel]] page)
* MexicanStandoff: "[[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-198-Time-Out-265375997 So, why are we all lined up?]]"
* TheMissusAndTheEx: Erik's [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-98-Duel-127534244 here]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-99-Denouement-128354062 here]]. Went slightly melancholic.
* ModestyTowel: Erik [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-13-Flush-66111403 here]], James [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-75-Icy-Cold-109871640 here]]. This comic has a lot of {{Fanservice}}.
* MyNewGiftIsLame: Unfortunately, all of them got the very same [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Christmas-Special-72937761 lame thing]]. SantaClaus must have something against them. Subverted with Javert, who is quite happy to receive a hefty lump of coal in the middle of winter, considering today's rising energy costs.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Tropes - N-R]]
* NationalStereotypes: Animosities played straight: The French ''hate'' the "British"[[hottip:*:(Jareth tends to ally himself with this side)]], Europeans the Americans, and vice versa. Others mostly subverted (Like: the sillier characters tend to be the "British" ones).
* NecktieLeash: [[spoiler: Eponine]] to James [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-63-Auditing-100518935 here]].
** Also scarf leash but [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-as-Dreams-Are-Made-On-10-291510560 it]] fits. [[spoiler: And the Erik/Jareth [[HoYay shippers]] rejoiced.]]
* NobodyCanDie: At least nobody who isn't [[TheVerse verse]]-[[{{Muggles}} native]] (not tested) or DeaderThanDead. And here DeaderThanDead means (as far as we can see it yet): a) [[YouCantFightFate Your death is required]] for someone else's [[DeathByOriginStory backstory characterization]]. [[spoiler: See the [[TearJerker/{{Roommates2007}} Tear Jerker page]]]] b) [[TheScrappy The fandom hates YOU]]. [[spoiler: This is why Mrs. Norrington is a widow]].
* NonchalantDodge: [[spoiler: "Odile" does the third type while fighting three opponents and she even [[CasualDangerDialog combines it]] with EvilGloating. Later subverted when her opponents outright tell her that they did not intend to defeat her.]]
* NotProven: Jareth's (and by extension his family's) involvement in any shenanigans and pranks ever can be summed up with this (except if he admits it). He even lampshades this in the second karaoke page.
* NotSoDifferent: The Erlkönig and the Queen of the Night [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-221-Advice-283589531 here]]. "Pot calling the kettle black" joke about the mutual [[EvilGloating gloating]] included.
* NotWhatItLooksLike: Happened twice between [[spoiler: Jareth and Sarah. First Sarah made a RelativeError about his sister and then was that thing when he [[PowerIncontinence accidentally]] [[GenderBender turned his best friend into a woman]].]]
* OddCouple: Erik and Jareth. Legolas and Sweeney, but sadly, we don't see them so much. [[Series/{{House}} Dr. House]] and [[Series/DoctorWho tenth Doctor]].
* OddNameOut: The main cast. Javert, James, Jareth and Erik.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: "The Doctors' (and Norrington's) Wacky Adventures through BBC" (Seems like the TARDIS for [[ActorAllusion some reason]] brought them to all the shows HughLaurie was in.)
** Also the cast's big fight with the zombies.
* OffToSeeTheWizard: The ''Oz arc'' (The second part of ''The First Vacation arc'').
-->'''Jareth''': Well, come along, Dorothy. We're OffToSeeTheWizard and all that jazz.
* OpposedMentors: Jareth's parents [[spoiler: Jadis and the Erlkönig to him]] and they still fight (one is [[GoodOldWays Old]] [[MightMakesRight Fashioned]] [[EvilMentor Evil]] and the other a MagnificentBastard [[TricksterMentor Trickster]]). This seems to be one of the reasons they divorced. [[spoiler: Jareth [[TakeAThirdOption choose neither]].]]
* OurAngelsAreDifferent: As seen [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-122-Call-Center-174618567 here]] this verse has some pretty old-school angels (and [[FallenAngel ex-angels]]).
* PaintedOnPants: Jareth, as canonically, is fond of these... also his best advice to James on how to catch [[FemaleGaze attention]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-69-Attention-105670381 here]], it has [[CensorBox unexpected]] [[TheGlomp results]].
* PaintingTheMedium: Different characters' speech is written in different fonts, and various kinds of [[OddShapedPanel speech bubbles]] are used depending on the character's mood.
* PairTheSpares:
** [[spoiler: [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean Norrington]] and [[LesMiserables Eponine]]]]
** [[spoiler: [[PhantomOfTheOpera Erik]] and [[RepoTheGeneticOpera Blind Mag]]]]
** [[spoiler: The Erlkonig and James' mother, much to their respective sons' horror.]]
* ParentTrapPlot: Averted. You would think that a page with the subtitle "[[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-183-Parent-Trap-256823412 Parent Trap]]" would be this... no it's not, it's the ParentWithNewParamour example later.
* ParentWithNewParamour: What can be more awkward than seeing your parent flirt/go out? If (s)he flirts/goes out with your friends parent! [[spoiler: As James and Jareth can attest.]]
* PersonalRaincloud: James [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-55-POV-95137303 here]].
* PetTheDog / EvenEvilHasStandards [[hottip:*:(Depending on the given value of "evil" as "not the protaganist")]]: Jareth in [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-34-Quick-Fix-80785395?q=gallery%3Aasherhyder%2F22161111&qo=134 this]][[hottip:*:Yes, that is, in fact, Erik]] comic.
* PlotArmor: [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-205-Force-266124739 James has it!]]
* PostModernMagik: In the days of old you communicated with powerful entities through elaborate rituals, nowadays you can have their [[{{Funny/Roommates2007}} phone number]].
* PowerIncontinence: When Jareth has a [[CatchYourDeathOfCold cold]] interesting things can happen. Like:
** [[spoiler: FreakyFridayFlip]]
** [[spoiler: LittleBitBeastly]]
** [[spoiler: GenderBender]]
** [[spoiler: CreatorCameo]] - [[AscendedFanon Because the readers demanded it]] and with this the last bricks of the FourthWall are also [[NoFourthWall gone]]. [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-218-Self-Insert-279724525 Here]].
** [[spoiler: MistakenIdentity]] - Not a direct result of all the magic running wild but [[spoiler: Sweeney mistakes female!Legolas for his daughter. HilarityEnsues.]]
* PreAssKickingOneLiner: [[spoiler: Sarah]] to [[spoiler: "Odile"]]: "[[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-as-Dreams-Are-Made-On-33-302061702 Hi. I'm here to tell you about the dangers of identity theft]]." *''[[FryingPanOfDoom CLANG]]''*
* PrettyBoy: A VERY large portion of the cast, but not enough to qualify as a CastFullOfPrettyBoys mostly because there are enough strong women in the series who get ''panel time''.
* PunBasedTitle: Again, with subtitles, actually... Ashe gave us: (pages 184-185) Challenge-Accepted and (pages 187-188) Reflexes-Checked.
* RealityWarpingIsNotAToy: A highly meta example. The cast members are fictional characters; their reality is their (canon and fanon) story. If writers, authors and other assorted storytellers mess with it, the result [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-128-Switch-Hit-180702569 won't be]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-129-Mashup-181507675 pretty]]. Poor Morgan.
* RebusBubble: 1+1 = ><> ; [[OrlandoBloom Legolas]] = [[OrlandoBloom Will Turner]] ([[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-24-Bloom-72785397 Here.]])
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: James, in a lampshade-tastic [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=168#/d12p906 conversation]] about the trope itself.
* RevisedEnding: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]]. [[spoiler: The Erlkönig tells his son [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-as-Dreams-Are-Made-On-17-294419680 in this]] [[TalkingInYourDreams dream sequence]] (amongst other things) that stories can have several different endings (using Theatre/SwanLake as an example).]]
* RoadMovie: ''The First Vacation arc'' seems to be this [[SubvertedTrope initially]] [[spoiler: then after 3 pages the Tornado of fate hits and they are OffToSeeTheWizard]]. ''The Second Vacation arc'' plays this trope pretty straight it's a tubing trip down the river [[spoiler: [[AlienGeometries that was established not to be there before or after and flows down at the edge of the map]]]].
* RooftopConfrontation: Planned by Dark!Jareth... it didn't go too well.
* RulesOfTheInternet: Jareth misuses RuleThirtyFour [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-126-Rule-34-179088886 here]]. It's clearly RuleSixtyThree! Or is it? Oh! And he has [[Memes/OtherInternet pics]]!
* RunningGag: [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-3-Neighbors-60371604 The]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-4-Meetings-60853004 dreaded]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-14-Celestial-66685128 fruit]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-17-Hospital-68397225 basket]]. [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-105-Congratulation-159654767 Jareth's]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-116-Party-Hats-169674358 inability]][[hottip:*: This example also doubles as one of his SignatureMove {{Instant Cosplay Surprise}}s]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-143-Neater-192922601 to do good]]. [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-58-Blind-Date-Pt1-97279069 Jareth's]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-88-Relativity-119779422 friends]] and [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-128-Switch-Hit-180702569 family]]. [[spoiler: [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-63-Auditing-100518935 Eponine]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-66-Unemployed-103742720 pouncing]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-69-Attention-105670381 James]]]]. The English-French hostility. Erik's aversion to glitter. etc. And then there is the [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-108-Cavalry-163020749 fainting]] and [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-145-The-M-Word-194726509 carrying stuff]] that Javert so [[SubvertedTrope doesn't want]] to [[LampshadeHanging turn into]] a running gag (which pops up [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-as-Dreams-Are-Made-On-12-292407851 again]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-as-Dreams-Are-Made-On-13-292750951 later on]]).
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Tropes - S-Z]]
* SchmuckBait: It kicks off the ''Kids arc''. "What does this [[CrystalBall glowing orb]] do?"
* SecurityCling: Legolas did the leaping into another person's[[hottip:*:(James', even if he is also terrified of him)]] arms variety. [[spoiler: When he first met Sweeney.]] Erik after he got out of his ''HeroicBSOD''.
* ShutUpKiss: Sarah to Jareth [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Mystery-Pg-13-102264500 here]].
* SinglePaletteTown: The Emerald City as [[CaptainObvious observed]] by James.
* SlowNo: Invoked and [[MundaneMadeAwesome Parodied]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-23-Felicitations-72269825 here]].
* SnicketWarningLabel: The [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-206-Return-266360157 penultimate strip]] of the ''Zombie Halloween arc'' notes that those who want it to have an unequivocally happy ending should "cue credits here." The [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-207-Immutable-266360821 ending]] is a [[MoodWhiplash rapid switch]] from humorous to [[{{TearJerker/Roommates2007}} heartbreaking]]. (Warning for Film/{{Zombieland}} spoilers!)
* SpeedEchoes: Legolas can climb trees [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-187-Reflexes-259633618 FAST]]!
* SpinOff: Has many. Just check out the [[http://roomatesfans.deviantart.com/ fan group]]:
** Pika-la-Cynique's ''Webcomic/GirlsNextDoor''. It started as just an alternate twist on events from the girls' point of view, but has since developed its own storyline and character development and also became {{More Popular|Spinoff}}. Ongoing, updates on Wednesdays.
** Heroesdaughter's ''Webcomic/DownTheStreet''. It focuses on a nearby building where Frankenstein and Dracula are sharing an apartment. Wasn't updated since May 2011.
** ''[[http://ladyakeldama.deviantart.com/gallery/28391155 The Vampires Below]]'' by [=LadyAkeldama=] a fanfic that added various more crossovers mostly from the Literature/AnitaBlake novels. Wasn't updated since Feb. 2011.
** ''[[http://spiritfox94.deviantart.com/gallery/33493540 Superintendent]]'' by spiritfox94 a fancomic focusing on the omake HoYay ship. Ongoing, updated weekly [[ScheduleSlip more or less]]. (Slightly risky as it's about a [[CaptainObvious gay relationship]].)
** ''[[http://greeneyesandglasses.deviantart.com/gallery/31709033 Only a Dream]]'' by greeneyesandglasses fanfic with Sarah / Jareth and heavy emphasis on dreams. Ongoing but erratic.
** ''[[http://amarth9.deviantart.com/gallery/32162471 Tanuki in the Building]]'' by Amarth9 a fancomic which adds some OCs. Wasn't updated since Sept. 2011.
* SplashOfColor: Not counting covers and specials: [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-41-Shirts-85355253 Cristine's ''garment'' piece]] in the washing machine and [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-42-Pink-86000371 its effect]]. The [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Mystery-Pg-1-101175965 splatter]] in Mystery. When [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-78-Confrontation-1-112212850 Javert]] met [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-79-Confrontation-2-113065902 Valjean]] again. The [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-153-Vegas-201786871 ''green'' fairy]]. The full color page for [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-171-Magic-Words-216609356 Jareth's confession]]. The colored panel for [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-181-Tomorrow-254371528 James' speech]].
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Mentioned as Jareth's cause of defeat [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-12-Movie-Night-65642265 when the boys watch Labyrinth together]].
-->'''Javert''': You were monologued to death?
** Later it's revealed in a [[{{TearJerker/Roommates2007}} heartbreaking]] (mini)arc that [[spoiler: his father got banished by his mother]] with the [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-133-Forsaken-184751515 very SAME monologue]] and appearently [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-22-Girls-Rock-71158866 also works]] on [[TheLordOfTheRings Ringwraiths]].
* TangledFamilyTree: It has been established that in the continuity of the comic, pretty much the entire [[TheFairFolk magical]] [[WitchSpecies community]] of ''every fandom ever'' is related in one way or another.
** Even a few non-majic characters are somehow connected through the magic family tree. Case in point, Morgan is Jareth's Aunt and [[spoiler:Javert's]] mother, which makes the two of them cousins. Jareth's father [[spoiler: Der Erlkönig]] currently dates [[spoiler: James' mother,]] if this lasts the two will become stepbrothers.
* TemptingFate: Most of the time the characters are too GenreSavvy for this, but still happens sometimes:
--> 1) '''Shilo''': "[[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-89-Archetypes-120531687 Still, it's not like we're going to find any psycho killers or wicked manipulators in this place...]]" Next panel [[PsychopathicManchild Erik]] and [[ManipulativeBastard Jareth]]
--> 2) '''Erik''': (Talking about [[spoiler: his relationship with Mag]])"[[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-96-Blind-125876784 I doubt Christine will even notice.]]"
--> 3) '''James''': "[[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-162-Stuck-209981489 I'll be right back.]]"
* TheoryOfNarrativeCausality: Played with, discussed, lampshaded, etc. [[CerebusRollercoaster for comedy and tragedy]]. [[spoiler: The other main power of the world.]]
* ThisMeansWar: Several times in a [[DownPlayedTrope not too serious manner]]: [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-8-100-Years-War-63348564 Jareth to Erik]] and [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-81-Casus-Belli-114511326 Jareth to Misto]]. And as a warning but perfectly straight: [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-as-Dreams-Are-Made-On-41-305658205 Jareth to his mother]]. Yeah. Jareth seems to be fond of this trope.
* TimeyWimeyBall: Lampshaded. Jareth has [[TimeMaster Time Magic]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-149-Favor-198285146 trust him]] you don't want to risk this.
* TheTrickster: The resident one is Jareth but his [[TangledFamilyTree whole]] [[TheFairFolk family]] has shades of this.
* TropaholicsAnonymous: The "Killed for Canon" meeting.
* TrueCompanions: Mr. King acknowledges that the main cast and Sarah are this for his son in ''Such Stuff''.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Happens quite often (WorldOfBadass masquerading as FantasticComedy and all) even if it rarely escalates into physical violence. Like to James in their movie night (See the ''[[{{Funny/Roommates2007}} Funny moments]]'' subpage), or to Jareth a lot of times (as he is also a well HiddenBadass), or to Legolas (so his performance in the ''Zombie arc'' was quite the shock for many).
* UnderTheMistletoe: The 2011 Holiday special. It also demonstrates that [[TheGadfly Mrs.N.]] interprets kissing [[LecherousLicking rather loosely]]. Being CovertPervert runs in the family.
* UnholyMatrimony: In the comic's {{backstory}}. [[spoiler: The Erlkönig and Jadis]] were married once. How loving this relationship was is debatable because both are [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove kinda clueless about the concept]] for some [[EvilCannotComprehendGood degree]] or [[ObliviousToLove another]] and [[spoiler: Jadis]] sounds a lot like she was aiming for EvilOverlord [[GeniusBreedingAct Breeding Act]].
* UnsoundEffect: [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-58800328 Dropping!]] Yeah. This is the very first page. It still happens.
* VanityIsFeminine: Averted ''hard''. Jareth is the [[AgentPeacock poster boy]] but all four main cast members are guilty.
* TheVerse: ''Roommates'' and its {{Spin Off}}s are the ''Building-verse''.
** In a narrow definition ''Building-verse'' is shared by ''Webcomic/{{Roommates|2007}}'' and its largest and most popular {{Spin Off}} ''Webcomic/GirlsNextDoor'' (even if some canon differences suggest AlternateContinuity).
** In a wide one it also encompasses (this is the definition of most fans and [[ApprovalOfGod Ashe]]) the whole ExpandedUniverse around these main two so all other {{Spin Off}}s from ''Webcomic/DownTheStreet'' to anything in the [[http://roomatesfans.deviantart.com/ fan group]].
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: Dark(?)!Jareth suffers one when he begins to realize that he might have got what "he" (more precisely [[TheoryOfNarrativeCausality the story]]) [[FourthWallObserver wan]][[TheFatalist ted]] but that wasn't what he [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone needed]]. Namely [[TheBadGuysWin destroy the heroes]] ([[SubvertedTrope he didn't]]) but those heroes happened to be his [[WithFriendsLikeThese best friend]] and his LoveInterest.]]
* VillainousFashionSense: TheFairFolk take the cake but Erik and to a lesser extent, Javert, are also guilty of this... or let's be fair, it's harder to find someone who isn't!
* VillainousRescue: Jareth tries [[spoiler: and [[SubvertedTrope fails]]]] this when [[spoiler:Toby runs into the Erlkonig. But he still leaves so maybe this is a DoubleSubversion]].
* VillainsOutShopping: Shopping, at work, doing laundry, having [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=168#/d132xw9 movie night]]... The series kind of runs off of VillainsOutShopping, if for no other reason than most of the characters are [[TokenEvilTeammate villains]].
* VisibleSilence: [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-as-Dreams-Are-Made-On-5-289384062 ...]]
* WebcomicTime: It's a webcomic with story arcs so this isn't too surprising. Like the 30 something pages of the ''Dark!Jareth arc'' were the story of one day (posted 1 page/week) or ''Such Stuff...'' (with 3 pages/week) took 3 months to post but it chronicled the happenings of a single night.
** Between these the series seems to operate on ComicbookTime. The resulting anachronisms can almost always {{Hand Wave}}d with: "Well, the characters are from [[FishOutOfTemporalWater their fictional times]] (80s, 1700s etc.) anyway."
* WhamEpisode: The ''Dark!Jareth arc''. [[spoiler: It gave some pretty potent ParanoiaFuel and personal {{drama}} to the until that point mostly harmless [[TheTrickster trickster]].]]
* WindowsOfTheSoul: The [[TheFairFolk less]] [[WitchSpecies human]] or [[ReallySevenhundredYearsOld older]] a character is the more inhuman their normal eyes get. Example: MonochromaticEyes indicate [[SupernaturalElite pure blooded]] FairFolk.
* WingdingEyes: "Circles around pupils and nothing else" a lot. "Spirals" sometimes.
* WitchSpecies: [[spoiler: Basically any HalfHumanHybrid or HeinzHybrid produced by the InterspeciesRomance practiced by TheFairFolk who is too human to qualify as TheFairFolk is this. So here, any magical talent implies that the character has a Fairy Relative somewhere.]]
* AWizardDidIt: By the fans of this comic this is called ''[[TheFairFolk A Fae]] [[TheTrickster Did It!]]''[[hottip:*:(because of the Magical TangledFamilyTree this actually includes the WitchSpecies so also wizards.)]]... they are right most of the time... [[spoiler: Even more so because magic seems to [[TheoryOfNarrativeCausality run on patterns, story and trope]] in the verse!]]
* WorldOfBadass: Don't let the FantasticComedy exterior fool you almost all characters are {{badass}} in some way... for their misfortune this isn't the place to show it.
* WorldOfSnark: Yeah. Also. Go to the character sheets and count the DeadpanSnarker related tropes.
* XanatosSpeedChess: [[spoiler: Jadis and the Erlkönig play a round over the head of their clueless son]] in ''Such Stuff as Dreams are Made On''. [[SurpriseCheckmate He won]]. [[CallingTheOldManOut Sort of]].
* [[YouCantFightFate You Can't Fight Your Story]]: Recurring theme of the darker stories for some years. [[spoiler: It reached its current peak in the ''Dark!Jareth arc''. Magic doesn't make it easier, if not outright runs on the character's story tropes.]]
* YouAllMeetInAnInn: Jareth and Erik definitely did (all of the proto-strips for this comic take place in a bar) and according to [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-264-Questions-1-and-2-307694070 this]] also the others.
--> '''Q''': To all 4 guys: How in the world did you four meet?
--> '''A''': [[DrowningMySorrows Tequila.]]
* YouNeedToGetLaid: [[CovertPervert James']] solution in ''BlindDate arc''.
* YoureInsane: Used by Javert against [[spoiler: [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Dark!Jareth]] and his MotiveRant on why he's been [[InvokedTrope forcing]] CharacterRerailment on the others]]:
-->'''Javert''':[[spoiler: "Generous?! ''We are tragedies'', you ass! There is nothing generous in making us repeat the same mistakes that cost us everything the first time!"]]
* YourSoulIsMine: Seems like Mr. King took [[spoiler: James']] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-as-Dreams-Are-Made-On-40-305264355 here]] and put it into a [[CrystalPrison crystal]] while his body is in coma or dying.
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* LeetLingo: Sometimes instead of SymbolSwearing ([[http://mali-chan.deviantart.com/art/Lakotarsak-135-Vetul-259780883 this]] and [[http://mali-chan.deviantart.com/art/Lakotarsak-105-Gratulacio-258799935 this]]) but this is also a Jareth exclusive phenomenon... for some reason.
* LostInTranslation: Some jokes and references do despite all efforts. If noticed there is a writen explanation about it in the artist comment.
** Sometimes this actually happens because the comic references something that doesn't have a Hungarian edition either because of NoExportForYou (''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'' the musical) or just delayed release (for example ''AMonsterInParis'').
* PragmaticAdaptation: Mostly in the {{Woolseyism}} way:
** Changing the MediaClassifications to the local ones ([[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-194-Americana-263879732 Original]] [[http://mali-chan.deviantart.com/art/Lakotarsak-194-Amerikana-263904793 Localized]]).
** Adhering to the local writing custom of Avoiding Brand Names (so no Dramamine just motion-sickness medicine).
** Changing the Erlkönig's Runic {{Wingdinglish}} to a "Székely-Magyar Rovásírás" one ([[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-137-Lee-187931569 this]] to [[http://mali-chan.deviantart.com/art/Lakotarsak-137-Ved-259781596 this]]).
*** Speaking of Mr. King. He is the only one whose name got "Translated" (albeit Legolas and Frodo are also close, thanks to the original localization of their source material) so he is "Király úr" ("Király T. Vilmos Rémusz úr") here or the "Tündérkirály"... his full alias is a ShoutOut to the different translation of the original poem "Rémkirály" and "Vilikirály" (Vili is a common nickname for Vilmos) respectively.
** The translator also admittedly tries to keep the subtitle alliteration / puns not the more literall meaning.
* ShownTheirWork: The translator tends to do a lot of research for "just an unofficial localization" going so far to re-watch the [[http://mali-chan.deviantart.com/art/Lakotarsak-44-Utazas-257067658 referenced movies]] or listen to the soundtrack CD several times to [[http://mali-chan.deviantart.com/art/Lakotarsak-27-Karaoke-2-2-256512481 get a song lyric right]].
* TotallyRadical: The characters from the 80s mostly and Jareth in particular. (It's unknown if this is intentional or the translators age is showing.)
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[[caption-width-right:300:Our main cast of lovable misfits[[hottip:*:(From left to right: ''ThePhantomOfTheOpera - Erik'', ''LesMiserables - Javert'', ''Film/{{Labyrinth}} - Jareth'' and ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean - James'')]].]]
->''Somewhere, there is a place where all stories are real and all dreams are truth.\\
This is not that place.\\
This is not quite that place, but it's close.''
--> -- Narration form [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-61-Lundi-99389187 "Roommates 61 - Lundi"]]
Welcome to the [[TheVerse Building-verse]]! This article is about the Weekly WebComic (normally[[hottip:*:(ScheduleSlip happens sometimes but more often it gets published on a more rapid rate. The ''Zombie Halloween arc'' of 2011 holds the record with 2 pages/day!)]] updated on Mondays) that started all: ''Roommates'' by [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com AsheRhyder]] and [[AscendedFanon the fans]][[hottip:*:(Ashe reads the comments and regularly holds polls to see what they want)]] on DeviantArt. It's mainly about Goblin King [[Film/{{Labyrinth}} Jareth]], The Phantom [[ThePhantomOfTheOpera Erik]], (ex-)Commodore [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean James Norrington]] and (ex-)Inspector [[LesMiserables Javert]], who all live together in the same apartment building. Also along for the ride (occasionally) are [[Literature/GoodOmens Crowley, Aziraphale]] and [[TheLordOfTheRings Legolas]] and the romantic interests [[ThePhantomoftheOpera Christine]] and [[Film/{{Labyrinth}} Sarah]] as they try to survive [[WithFriendsLikeThese each other]] and [[FantasticComedy life outside]] of [[SelfReferentialHumor their normal existence]]. This building, this town and possibly this whole world is a special place. Sure it looks quite normal on the surface (urban PresentDay setting) but how [[PlanetEris sane]] can it be if [[TheLordOfTheRings Gandalf]] teaches science at the local university? All fiction exist as movies / books / etc. and as real past for the characters? And there isn't [[MediumAwareness much of]] a [[NoFourthWall fourth wall]] either...
Further expanded in the spinoffs ''Webcomic/GirlsNextDoor'' by Pika-la-Cynique and the ''Webcomic/DownTheStreet'' by Heroes-Daughter.
[[Tropers/{{Malitia}} Someone]] does a(n admittedly less than perfect) ''[[UsefulNotes/{{Hungary}} Hungarian]]'' translation of it titled ''[[http://mali-chan.deviantart.com/gallery/32285369 "Lakótársak"]]'' (Has a mirror [[http://lakotarsak-webcomic.freeblog.hu/ here]])
This page has ''[[{{YMMV/Roommates2007}} Your Mileage Might Vary]]'', ''[[{{WMG/Roommates2007}} Wild Mass Guessing]]'', ''[[{{Trivia/Roommates2007}} Trivia]]'', ''[[{{ShoutOut/Roommates2007}} Shout Out]]'', and ''[[{{Fridge/Roommates2007}} Fridge Logic]]'' entries as well as ''[[{{Characters/Roommates2007}} Character Sheets]]'' and subpages for ''[[{{NightmareFuel/Roommates2007}} Scary]]'', ''[[{{Funny/Roommates2007}} Really Funny]]'', ''[[{{Heartwarming/Roommates2007}} Heartwarming]]'', ''[[{{Awesome/Roommates2007}} Awesome]]'', and ''[[{{TearJerker/Roommates2007}} Tear Jerking]]'' moments.
!!Tropes used in Roommates
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* ActorAllusion: Lots and lots. [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-24-Bloom-72785397 The reason]] why Norrington can't stand Legolas and also why Erik gets [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Old-23013883 younger]] and [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-209-Younger-268990761 younger]]. The entire ''Copies miniarc''.
* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-213-Sneeze-273593677 Sweet sustained sonatas]]
* AlliterativeTitle: More like Alliterative Subtitles actually. The pages of some (mini)arcs have these, like the ''Erlkönig Arc'' (pages 135-140) Loom, Lurk, Lee, Loss, Lethe, Legacy; or the ''Kid!Jareth Arc'' (pages 130-133) Falling, Flying, Faery Tale, Forsaken. See also: PunBasedTitle.
* AllJustADream: [[spoiler: ''Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On'']] but a dream shared by (at least) part of the cast and one with [[YourMindMakesItReal conse]][[YourSoulIsMine quences]].
* AllLoveIsUnrequited : Averted marvelously... most of the time. Most characters, due to being villains or side characters, don't get the girl in their own canon. In the comic they are either given girlfriends, oneshot dates, or a chance with the canon love interest. But there's liberal doses of "He just never got over her..." for at least Erik.
* {{Animesque}}
* [[AntiHero Anti-]]HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler: Javert suffers a textbook one (maybe even bordering AngstComa) when he notices that Valjean moved to the building. Later James when he learns that his mother is coming to visit. Erik after seeing Film/{{Labyrinth}} in HD.]]
* ArtEvolution: Compare [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=168#/dz0amg this]] to [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=0#/d33fizf this]] and then [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-as-Dreams-Are-Made-On-29-299943687 this]].
* ArtShift: The more serious the mood the more realistic the art gets (but remains {{animesque}}) just to become SuperDeformed when something silly happens.
* AttractiveBentGender: As Sarah called Jareth out about it:
-->'''Sarah''': [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-217-Sit-278492881 Right. Do you want to try explaining why they're all built like super-models, on top of being girls?...]]
** Also James in his own right.
* [[BacktoBackBadasses Back to Back]] ''[[BacktoBackBadasses to Back]]'' [[BacktoBackBadasses Badasses]]: when [[spoiler: they find themselves in Oz]].
** Also, the imagery is invoked [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d2vyojr here]], though Crowley and Az are dealing with a flood of information rather than physical opponents.
** [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-196-Power-Play-265228145 Zombies!]]
* BeachEpisode: The last third of the ''First Vacation Arc''
* BigDamnHeroes: Or {{Anti Hero}}es. The main [[spoiler: Shadow!]]cast [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-as-Dreams-Are-Made-On-29-299943687 here]]. Perfectly in line with Jareth's PreAsskickingOneliner.
* BittersweetEnding: Almost all the arcs with definite endings. The only thing the cast tends to win is the right to continue their life as it is now (with all its happiness, sadness, weirdness and relative freedom) and even that comes with a price.
* BloodMagic: [[spoiler: The Erlkönig used his own blood to seal his son's magic.]]
* BrainBleach: Erik's reaction to seeing [[spoiler:Javert and Valjean kissing.]][[hottip:*:It should be noted that this even only happened in the Omake... So far.]]
-->'''Erik''': "...can't unsee..." *whimper*
* BreakThemByTalking: [[spoiler: "Odile" attempted this with Jareth using the "You're trapped, alone. I have power over you. Why don't we make the best of it?" reasoning in ''Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On''. Doesn't work though, Jareth is not amused.]]
* BrownBagMask: Javert [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-S4-Butcher-Job-153550324 here]]. Not only Jareth is guilty in the sin of vanity.
* CallBack: [[spoiler: Dark!]]Jareth to his own idealistic speech on page 100 [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-166-Fall-212382327 here]].
** Jadis to the ''[[WhamEpisode Dark!Jareth arc]]'' [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-as-Dreams-Are-Made-On-34-302419828 here]], Jareth to his father's advice about fighting for the ending he wants [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-as-Dreams-Are-Made-On-40-305264355 here]].
** James to the Movie Night and Erik to the Killed For Canon Meeting [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-266-Questions-5-and-6-310562546 here]].
* CallingTheOldManOut: Jareth managed to do this to both of his parents at the end of ''Such Stuff as Dreams Are made On''.
* TheCameo: ''Lots''.
* [[{{canon}} Canonical]] DeathIsCheap: As a rule this is a comic where NobodyCanDie [[spoiler: TheFairFolk could still steal your soul though]]. But also characters can be dead in [[{{Canon}} their own story]] and still be around and "alive" here so it's safe to say that nobody even stays dead (except some rare cases). This condition is called being "Canonically Dead" in the comic. Ashe [[PlayingWithATrope playes with]] and [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] it frequently ("Killed for canon" support group meetings; "Still Dead" checks; Confused undead etc.)
* CasualDangerDialog: [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-188-Checked-260306606 James and House]] in the middle of a zombie apocalypse.
* CensorBox: For [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-58800328 swearing and threats]], [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Halloween-07-Roommates-Special-68680429 nudity]], [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-194-Americana-263879732 violence]] and occasionally [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-69-Attention-105670381 not even for the readers]]!
* CerebusRollercoaster: This is a highly [[MediumAwareness Self-Aware]], {{Comedy}}, FanService WebComic with an overarching plot about the nature of stories and fictional characters ([[YouCantFightFate Can you fight your own story?]] [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong Can you change what happened?]] etc.). Wait. [[FlatWhat WHAT?]] [[spoiler: [[http://comments.deviantart.com/1/48267877/2353474235 This]] is [[WordOfGod Word of Ashe]].]]
* ChangelingTale: The ''Erlkönig arc''. [[spoiler: Subverted. But poor [[Film/{{Labyrinth}} Toby]] is a fae magnet. And this is probably the LEAST endearing way you can reintroduce yourself to your son's story. Way to go [[Literature/{{TheErlKing}} Erlkönig]]!]]
* CharacterRerailment: [[InvokedTrope Invoked.]] [[spoiler: In the ''Dark!Jareth arc'' Jareth reverted back to his original [[TheFairFolk Goblin King]] characterization and was hellbent on undoing all the CharacterDevelopment the others had gone through as well.]]
* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: Probably not the characters but to quote:
-->'''Mr. King''': [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-as-Dreams-Are-Made-On-18-295029792 Fight for the ending you want. Somewhere someone will feel the same and believe. Then even if you lose, even if you die... you will live.]] [[spoiler: You will live on in dreams. ...]]
* CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys: When you have a fight between Erik and Javert (French) and Commander Norrington and Jareth (British and... Um... "British"), this insult is obviously going to be used. Sometimes it's even used under the most ''[[SeriousBusiness ridiculous]]'' of circumstances- like in [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-8-100-Years-War-63348564?q=gallery%3Aasherhyder%2F22161111&qo=166 this]] mini arc.
* ChekhovsSkill: The dramatic entrance techniques that James learned from Erik in [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-68-Rule-Number-1-105027947 Episode 68]], posted in November 2008, show up again [[spoiler: allowing James to save Sarah in [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-176-Demands-250092245 Episode 176]], posted in August 2011,]] over 32 months later
* ColdIron: Referenced by Sarah as one of the reasons why she doesn't believe that they managed to seriously injure Jareth with a steel sword... it's not {{Iron}} and even less ColdIron. Her other reason was basically MediaClassifications: "NobodyCanDie in our movie."
* ContinuityCreep: This series began basically as one of the GagPerDayWebcomics before it got arc based (with longer and longer arcs) and got on with the CerebusRollercoaster (and exploring the consequences of it's own premise)... it didn't reached the level of an ongoing plot yet (or did it?) and sometimes still switches back to the original format.
* ConversationalTroping: Happens sometimes. Like this [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=168#/d12p906 conversation]] about how RedemptionEqualsDeath.
* CooldownHug: James attempts to use this on [[spoiler: Dark!Jareth]] in ''Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On'' (See also: HeroicSacrifice).
* CrossoverShip: In-universe, there's [[spoiler: Erik and [[RepoTheGeneticOpera Blind Mag]]]] and [[spoiler: Norrington and [[LesMiserables Eponine]]]].
* CurbStompBattle:
** [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-138-Loss-188692595 Jareth vs. Erlkönig]]
** [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-206-Return-266360157 Cast vs. Zombies]] [[spoiler: After they stopped fighting each other at least.]]
** [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-as-Dreams-Are-Made-On-33-302061702 Sarah vs. "Odile"]]
* CutenessOverload: Every male character got KO-d by [[TheLordOfTheRings Frodo]]'s illegal amount of cute... the girls seemed immune, though. On the other hand, nobody (except Javert and Jareth) can resist [[{{Cats}} Misto]].
* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: According to her son Jadis threatens him with "I'll bury you in snow until May" if he doesn't visit her for Christmas, being AnIcePerson she is probably [[NotHyperbole literal]].
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* DealWithTheDevil: Mr. King offers one to his son [[spoiler: Jareth]], just to find that the kid [[SubvertedTrope isn't]] in the [[BewareTheSillyOnes mood for games]]. Also a bit of an inversion as he offered a [[YourSoulIsMine soul he already claimed]] for [[YouOweMe favors]]. [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-as-Dreams-Are-Made-On-40-305264355 Here]].
* DeathByOriginStory: One of the two known ways to be DeaderThanDead in this world. As poor [[Film/{{Zombieland}} Tallahassee]] can attest. (See: the [[TearJerker/{{Roommates2007}} Tear Jerker]] page)
* DidMomJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu: James's initial reaction to his mother seeing [[spoiler: der Erlkönig (after he realized who he is)]]. Later [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] because the CoolOldLady is hard to fool... she willingly [[InterspeciesRomance romances]] (and [[TheGadfly trolls]]) [[TheFairFolk "Cthulhu"]].
* DiscriminateAndSwitch: After she and Sarah find [[HoYay Valjean resting an unconscious Javert's head in his lap]], Norrington's mother comments that the two of them seemed "so... you know... the f-word..." She means "[[CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkey French]]," of course.
* DontTryThisAtHome: [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-192-AoE-262679904 Here]] in the artist comment about gun safety or the lack of thereof. Also [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-203-Later-265917334 here]] about some fighting moves involving a chainsaw.
* DreamWithinADream: [[spoiler: Mortal!]]Jareth's (mostly) BadDreams in ''Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On'' are all these.
* DrowningMySorrows: [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/V-Day-48818504?q=gallery%3Aasherhyder%2F22161111&qo=189 Valentine's Day]] is hard on a pair of romantic villains...
** [[TheAlcoholic Norrington]] gets OffTheWagon this way once or twice. [[spoiler: Because of his [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-5-PotC2-Spoilers-61504907 second movie]] and [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-57-Personals-96587952 failed relationship]].]]
* DuetBonding: Erik and Mag through singing [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-97-Duet-126704110 here]].
* DysfunctionJunction: This comic has an entire cast from the more ''interesting'' fictional characters so this was inevitable.
* EmbarrassingOldPhoto: Todd and Nathan have baby pictures of their daughters. Jareth has embarrassing photos of everybody (and even of events that never(?) happened).
* EnsembleCast: The main four. If you really want to find a protagonist that would be Jareth, but probably mostly because his background here has the most storytelling possibilities. (It's a good question if Ashe knew what Pandora's box of stories (s)he opened with the Magic Family Tree.)
* EuropeansAreKinky: At leat Tallahassee thinks so. [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-195-Depth-265044151 Here]].
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: [[spoiler: The GenderBender caused by Jareth's [[PowerIncontinence cold]] made some fans question their sexuality.]]
* ExtranormalInstitute: The St. Jude University where 3/4 of the main cast works. Plus others like [[TheLordOfTheRings Gandalf]], [[IndianaJones Dr. Jones]], [[Series/{{House}} Dr. House]], and the [[Series/DoctorWho tenth Doctor]].
* FacePalm: [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-6-River-62111743 Let's]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-13-Flush-66111403 just]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-17-Hospital-68397225 say]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-53-More-Awkward-93659264 that]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-54-Up-and-Down-94397769 it]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-67-Staff-Lounge-104382342 happens]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-102-Boy-Player-156480419 a]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-145-The-M-Word-194726509 lot]]... Even a [[UpToEleven triple]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-112-Beneficiary-166305258 one]] isn't an imposibility.
* TheFairFolk: Are ALL related to Jareth, apparently and they seem to be the magical [[TakeAThirdOption third option]] between HeavenAndHell. Physically the pure-blooded ones ''tend'' to have PointyEars and MonochromaticEyes. They also ''tend'' to possess MasterOfIllusion powers for varying levels. See also: TangledFamilyTree, WitchSpecies and InterspeciesRomance
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: The series runs on this and the characters don't mind it particularly. Every world shattering event that reached them yet would have made their life worse anyway.
* FairytaleMotifs: ''Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On'' is full of them. As general classical archetypes [[spoiler: (Jareth in [[KnightInShiningArmor shining armor]] facing a Saito [[DragonsUpTheYinYang dragon]])]] and specifically ''Theatre/SwanLake'' allusions [[spoiler: (Like a Fake Sarah going with the "Odile" alias)]].
* FakingAmnesia: Averted but referenced [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-180-Status-Quo-254362098 here]].
* FakingTheDead: Jareth tries to do this [[DeathIsDramatic dramatically]] [[spoiler:It doesn't fool Sarah. [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-177-No-251632660 "Spoilsport!"]] ]]
* FanService: [[ShirtlessScene shirtless scenes]], [[ShowerScene shower scenes]], {{PrettyBoy}}s, HoYay, [[BeachEpisode beach episodes]], the list goes on and on. And the cast knows this from the [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-2-Nightcap-59889322 very beginning]]. [[spoiler: One of the main powers of the world.]]
* FeminineWomenCanCook: Averted. At least three female (and all quite old school so ''feminine'') characters can be considered to be {{Lethal Chef}}s on some level.
* FillerStrips: Rare, because Ashe tends to keep 4-10 pages (1-2 months worth) of StripBuffer, but exist. Like [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-264-Questions-1-and-2-307694070 this]] FourthWallMailSlot type after the big ''Such Stuff'' event.
* ForceFeeding: [[spoiler: Dark!Jareth's CharacterRerailment spell comes in the form of a peach that [[GenreSavvy nobody would eat willingly]]. Oh well. This doesn't stop him.]]
* ForeignCultureFetish: [[spoiler: Satine, Eponine and (if they can make her) Sarah]] have "anglophile meetings" where they discuss that "[[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-154-BBaB-202655081 British Boyfriends Are Better]]".
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Lots and lots. Sometimes even [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-125-ForeSHADOW-177399111 literally]].
* FountainOfYouth: CrystalBall of youth. And the magic only lasts for thirteen hours (the ''Kids arc'')
* FriendsWithBenefits: [[spoiler: Erik and Mag have this sort of agreement. Possibly a subversion because Erik doesn't even know what it means. Cue: FacePalm in 3... 2... 1... [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-112-Beneficiary-166305258 *SMACK*]]]]
* {{Glamour}}: Jareth casts one on [[spoiler: Erik]] in the [[spoiler: turned-into-children]] arc, so that he could [[spoiler: spend an afternoon with Christine without her seeing his deformity.]] ''[[{{Heartwarming/Roommates2007}} Awww.]]''
** Der Erlkönig uses it too [[spoiler: to [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-183-Parent-Trap-256823412 disguise himself]] and to keep the unsuspecting Mrs. Norrington that way.]]
* GratuitousForeignLanguage: [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-150-Story-199197924 This]] has the local equivalent of ''Once upon a time...'' in several languages.
* GratuitousFrench: Sometimes. Ashe tried to leave other languages alone several times, as to date (s)he failed every time.
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Sarah smacks [[spoiler: Jareth out of his Dark! mode]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-179-SMACK-253618580 here]]. Also used by Javert on HeroicBSOD James [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-145-The-M-Word-194726509 here]].
* HalloweenCosplay: The other type of Halloween special around here. [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Halloween-07-Roommates-Special-68680429 2007]] - Jareth&Erik as James&Javert. [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Halloween-2009-142032874 2009]] - the main cast as classic monsters.
* HalloweenEpisode: Usually the highlight story arc of the year.
* {{Hammerspace}}: Every character can produce his signature weapon out of nowhere (except maybe if someone explicitly takes it away but that's [[EpilepticTrees not tested]]), Jareth, [[CaptainObvious being the]] SpaceMaster, also anything else.
* HappyFunBall: Each and every item by TheFairFolk ever no matter how innocent it looks. Be it a [[PowerCrystal cry]][[CrystalBall stal]] or a slice of peach. (This is probably the only place in the multiverse where you can smell peaches when something metaphorically ''[[EvilSmellsBad stinks]]''.)
* HeartSymbol: Every so often, like hearts used to [[SayItWithHearts dot]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-10-Croissant-64450048 exclamation points]] and a heart-shaped [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-118-Landlocked-171077771 speech bubble]] with another little heart off to the side.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-193-Sacrifice-263208294 James in the zombie arc]]. [[spoiler: Good thing he is already (canonically) dead.]] And again in ''[[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-As-Dreams-Are-Made-On-37-303868006 Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On]]''.
* HiddenInPlainSight: During the ''Mystery arc'', [[spoiler: Jareth disguised himself as MirrorMask for almost the entire evening to keep the culprit from realizing that he wasn't actually dead.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Tropes - I-M]]
* IAlwaysWantedToSayThat: [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-158-Trinity-206321848 Here.]]
-->'''[[Film/{{Labyrinth}} Jareth]]''': How I've longed to say this... [[spoiler: [[ArcWords You have no POWER over me.]]]]
* IfIDoNotReturn: Jareth [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-211-Bundled-271356167 here]] he goes to visit his mother.
* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: Female-to-female example, delivered by [[MamaBear Mrs. Norrington]] to [[spoiler: Eponine]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-210-The-Candle-Talk-270223192 here.]]
* IgnoredEnemy: [[spoiler: "Odile" [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-as-Dreams-Are-Made-On-30-300502933 here]] before James plays the OnlySaneMan.]]
* IKissYourHand: Mr. King Mrs. Norrington's [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-183-Parent-Trap-256823412 here]]. What can we say, they're both old-fashioned sort of.
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Used (and referenced!) in [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-167-Inexplicable-212959019 this]] strip, while [[spoiler:Valjean]] tries to reason with [[spoiler:a [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed]] and [[CharacterDevelopment de-character developed]] Javert]]. Also used by Shadow!Erik on Mortal!Jareth with some mixed results.
* ImpossibleHourglassFigure: Ashe's way to draw women tends to look like [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-141-Rome-191096289 this]] a lot.
* ImStandingRightHere: Well sitting, but you get the idea. [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-200-Participation-265540251 James here]].
* ImTakingHerHomeWithMe: Played with, as [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-5-PotC2-Spoilers-61504907 this]] isn't because of CutenessOverload more like TheWoobie effect (except if [[Film/{{Labyrinth}} Jareth]] has some screwed up sense of cute... which is an option). For those who don't want to check out the page: [[spoiler: He took TheDrunkenSailor / OffTheWagon [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean James]] home with him and it's the beginning of a beautiful [[AdoptTheDog friendship]]. I kid you not! These two are like brothers... or at least step-brothers... Still tried to kill each other, like true family.]]
** And a perfectly straight example happened when [[Film/{{Labyrinth}} Sarah]] found [[{{Cats}} Misto]] [[spoiler:... later she gave him away.]]
* InstantCosplaySurprise: [[RunningGag Almost always]] happens when Jareth uses his [[ChangingClothesIsAFreeAction instant clothes ability]] on the others.
* InstantRunes: Jareth's time magic has them. [[spoiler: Also the Shadow!Main-Cast [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-as-Dreams-Are-Made-On-32-301393365 sometimes]].]]
* InterspeciesRomance: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] [[spoiler: by TheFairFolk according to [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-88-Relativity-119779422 Jareth]]. Further proof: [[Literature/{{TheErlKing}} His dad]] flirths with [[OCStandIn James' mother]] and [[TheMagicFlute The Queen of the Night]] lampshaded some of the dangers of this practice.]]
* InWhichATropeIsDescribed: Each page is given two different summaries in this format in the author's notes.
* KudzuPlot: Happens sometimes. The most glaring were ''the Second Vacation Arc'' and the ''Erlkönig arc'' [[spoiler: both led to the ''Dark!Jareth arc'' that still left loose ends]]. Also the ''Zombie arc'', the invasion was stopped but nothing else was resolved.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler: Jareth casts it on Toby and Javert at the end of the ''Erlkönig arc'' to protect them.]] Fails on [[spoiler: Javert]], but at least manages to spare the kid some BadDreams. With this act he effectively declared [[spoiler: his father]] in-universe NightmareFuel:
-->'''Jareth''': [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-139-Lethe-189459118 You would prefer to let him have nightmares and jump at shadows for the rest of his life?]]
* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: [[WordOfGod Word of Ashe]] that this is the karaoke night for the main cast and nobody brought it up yet (but Jareth was shown to have [[EmbarrassingOldPhoto pictures]] of it). Also the Amalthea incident for Lír.
* LivingDream: [[spoiler: TheFairFolk]] is implied to be this. More than the fictional beings living in a world where their fiction exists level of MindScrew that the whole 'verse is.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Even if only Jareth, Erik, James and Javert are counted as main cast but with the regulars the number of characters inflates to over 15 people. (With everybody ... just look at the characters page.)
* LoomingSilhouetteOfRage: A textbook [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-50-Boundaries-91547204 example]].
* LotusEaterMachine: [[spoiler: The Erlkönig created a DreamLand like this for his son (and who knows who else, maybe the whole cast) in ''Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On''.]]
* LoveConfession: Jareth[[spoiler: 's two sides]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-171-Magic-Words-216609356 here]].
* MagicAIsMagicA: Played with. [[spoiler: Seems like the rules of magic for the magic users depend on the story they come from. So the most widespread ideas probably work for most but every one of them will have his/her own quirks. Theoretically you can do anything with magic, but different things are easier or harder depending on the users talents/inherited abilities (Jareth can heal, but it's not his forte at all), source of power (willpower, contract with someone) or maybe even what the [[TheoryOfNarrativeCausality story]] [[WildMagic wants]] (if the effect fits in the narrative it will probably be easier to achieve... except if your tale decides that it needs more dramatic tension).]]
* MagicalLand: The Underground, Oz, Narnia etc.. At the end of the ''Oz arc'' Jareth gives a bit of exposition about the rules of his magic effectively lampshading that {{Magical Land}}s are well... magic.
* MagicMirror: Jareth [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-125-ForeSHADOW-177399111 had]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-156-Breaking-204471943 one]]. [[spoiler: The first is the end of the ''Second Vacation arc'', where he severely overexerted himself and his magic in a very [[OutOfCharacter OOC]] way. The second is the beginning of the ''Dark!Jareth arc'' where he [[PowerAtAPrice pays the price]].]]
* MangaEffects: Being {{Animesque}}, this is pretty much a given, but for example:
** BlueWithShock: [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-110-Revealing-164577617 As close as we can get]].
** CatSmile: [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-204-Sonic-265918018 The Doctor]]
** CrossPoppingVeins: Many people but mostly Erik... [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-58800328 he has a whole box full]].
** GivingUpTheGhost: [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-S4-Butcher-Job-153550324 Here goes James' self esteem]].
** HarshWordImpact: Not so harsh word impact. Even absolute trust and good faith can hit you [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-70-Moral-Compass-106344635 hard]].
** HiddenEyes: [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-149-Favor-198285146 Jareth here]].
** ShyFingerTwiddling [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-127-Humidity-180018442 Erik here]].
** VisibleSigh: [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-as-Dreams-Are-Made-On-3-288739055 Like this]].
* MediaClassifications: Made fun of [[RunningGag a lot]]. Things like: Jareth (mostly) can't be harmed on screen and doesn't sustain injuries for long because of "PG" or any poor character's (but mostly Erik's) reaction to "R".
* MediumAwareness: Most, if not all of the characters are aware that they are fictional characters. This is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] frequently. [[WordOfGod Word of Ashe]] that the series has a fourth wall [[http://comments.deviantart.com/1/279724525/2371391861 made of sugar-glass]] so [[LampshadeHanging it's less dangerous]] to [[BreakingTheFourthWall break it]]... so almost NoFourthWall at all.
* MegaCrossover: All fiction seem to have a back door leading to the Building-verse (and back). This thought borders on TheWorldAsMyth.
* MetaFic: Played with. Yes, Fictional characters have a life outside their original story BUT this doesn't make it any less real for them. Example: Maybe there is no reason to hate their enemies even here, but frogetting the past wrongs is not that easy.
** Not to mention that maybe this place is out of their original continuity but NOT out of the realm of [[TheoryOfNarrativeCausality stories]].
* MetafictionalDevice: The vine border in ''Such Stuff Dreams are Made On'' is a lot more than just a flourish indicating "dreams". (Check the [[{{NightmareFuel/Roommates2007}} Nightmare Fuel]] page)
* MexicanStandoff: "[[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-198-Time-Out-265375997 So, why are we all lined up?]]"
* TheMissusAndTheEx: Erik's [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-98-Duel-127534244 here]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-99-Denouement-128354062 here]]. Went slightly melancholic.
* ModestyTowel: Erik [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-13-Flush-66111403 here]], James [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-75-Icy-Cold-109871640 here]]. This comic has a lot of {{Fanservice}}.
* MyNewGiftIsLame: Unfortunately, all of them got the very same [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Christmas-Special-72937761 lame thing]]. SantaClaus must have something against them. Subverted with Javert, who is quite happy to receive a hefty lump of coal in the middle of winter, considering today's rising energy costs.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Tropes - N-R]]
* NationalStereotypes: Animosities played straight: The French ''hate'' the "British"[[hottip:*:(Jareth tends to ally himself with this side)]], Europeans the Americans, and vice versa. Others mostly subverted (Like: the sillier characters tend to be the "British" ones).
* NecktieLeash: [[spoiler: Eponine]] to James [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-63-Auditing-100518935 here]].
** Also scarf leash but [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-as-Dreams-Are-Made-On-10-291510560 it]] fits. [[spoiler: And the Erik/Jareth [[HoYay shippers]] rejoiced.]]
* NobodyCanDie: At least nobody who isn't [[TheVerse verse]]-[[{{Muggles}} native]] (not tested) or DeaderThanDead. And here DeaderThanDead means (as far as we can see it yet): a) [[YouCantFightFate Your death is required]] for someone else's [[DeathByOriginStory backstory characterization]]. [[spoiler: See the [[TearJerker/{{Roommates2007}} Tear Jerker page]]]] b) [[TheScrappy The fandom hates YOU]]. [[spoiler: This is why Mrs. Norrington is a widow]].
* NonchalantDodge: [[spoiler: "Odile" does the third type while fighting three opponents and she even [[CasualDangerDialog combines it]] with EvilGloating. Later subverted when her opponents outright tell her that they did not intend to defeat her.]]
* NotProven: Jareth's (and by extension his family's) involvement in any shenanigans and pranks ever can be summed up with this (except if he admits it). He even lampshades this in the second karaoke page.
* NotSoDifferent: The Erlkönig and the Queen of the Night [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-221-Advice-283589531 here]]. "Pot calling the kettle black" joke about the mutual [[EvilGloating gloating]] included.
* NotWhatItLooksLike: Happened twice between [[spoiler: Jareth and Sarah. First Sarah made a RelativeError about his sister and then was that thing when he [[PowerIncontinence accidentally]] [[GenderBender turned his best friend into a woman]].]]
* OddCouple: Erik and Jareth. Legolas and Sweeney, but sadly, we don't see them so much. [[Series/{{House}} Dr. House]] and [[Series/DoctorWho tenth Doctor]].
* OddNameOut: The main cast. Javert, James, Jareth and Erik.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: "The Doctors' (and Norrington's) Wacky Adventures through BBC" (Seems like the TARDIS for [[ActorAllusion some reason]] brought them to all the shows HughLaurie was in.)
** Also the cast's big fight with the zombies.
* OffToSeeTheWizard: The ''Oz arc'' (The second part of ''The First Vacation arc'').
-->'''Jareth''': Well, come along, Dorothy. We're OffToSeeTheWizard and all that jazz.
* OpposedMentors: Jareth's parents [[spoiler: Jadis and the Erlkönig to him]] and they still fight (one is [[GoodOldWays Old]] [[MightMakesRight Fashioned]] [[EvilMentor Evil]] and the other a MagnificentBastard [[TricksterMentor Trickster]]). This seems to be one of the reasons they divorced. [[spoiler: Jareth [[TakeAThirdOption choose neither]].]]
* OurAngelsAreDifferent: As seen [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-122-Call-Center-174618567 here]] this verse has some pretty old-school angels (and [[FallenAngel ex-angels]]).
* PaintedOnPants: Jareth, as canonically, is fond of these... also his best advice to James on how to catch [[FemaleGaze attention]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-69-Attention-105670381 here]], it has [[CensorBox unexpected]] [[TheGlomp results]].
* PaintingTheMedium: Different characters' speech is written in different fonts, and various kinds of [[OddShapedPanel speech bubbles]] are used depending on the character's mood.
* PairTheSpares:
** [[spoiler: [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean Norrington]] and [[LesMiserables Eponine]]]]
** [[spoiler: [[PhantomOfTheOpera Erik]] and [[RepoTheGeneticOpera Blind Mag]]]]
** [[spoiler: The Erlkonig and James' mother, much to their respective sons' horror.]]
* ParentTrapPlot: Averted. You would think that a page with the subtitle "[[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-183-Parent-Trap-256823412 Parent Trap]]" would be this... no it's not, it's the ParentWithNewParamour example later.
* ParentWithNewParamour: What can be more awkward than seeing your parent flirt/go out? If (s)he flirts/goes out with your friends parent! [[spoiler: As James and Jareth can attest.]]
* PersonalRaincloud: James [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-55-POV-95137303 here]].
* PetTheDog / EvenEvilHasStandards [[hottip:*:(Depending on the given value of "evil" as "not the protaganist")]]: Jareth in [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-34-Quick-Fix-80785395?q=gallery%3Aasherhyder%2F22161111&qo=134 this]][[hottip:*:Yes, that is, in fact, Erik]] comic.
* PlotArmor: [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-205-Force-266124739 James has it!]]
* PostModernMagik: In the days of old you communicated with powerful entities through elaborate rituals, nowadays you can have their [[{{Funny/Roommates2007}} phone number]].
* PowerIncontinence: When Jareth has a [[CatchYourDeathOfCold cold]] interesting things can happen. Like:
** [[spoiler: FreakyFridayFlip]]
** [[spoiler: LittleBitBeastly]]
** [[spoiler: GenderBender]]
** [[spoiler: CreatorCameo]] - [[AscendedFanon Because the readers demanded it]] and with this the last bricks of the FourthWall are also [[NoFourthWall gone]]. [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-218-Self-Insert-279724525 Here]].
** [[spoiler: MistakenIdentity]] - Not a direct result of all the magic running wild but [[spoiler: Sweeney mistakes female!Legolas for his daughter. HilarityEnsues.]]
* PreAssKickingOneLiner: [[spoiler: Sarah]] to [[spoiler: "Odile"]]: "[[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-as-Dreams-Are-Made-On-33-302061702 Hi. I'm here to tell you about the dangers of identity theft]]." *''[[FryingPanOfDoom CLANG]]''*
* PrettyBoy: A VERY large portion of the cast, but not enough to qualify as a CastFullOfPrettyBoys mostly because there are enough strong women in the series who get ''panel time''.
* PunBasedTitle: Again, with subtitles, actually... Ashe gave us: (pages 184-185) Challenge-Accepted and (pages 187-188) Reflexes-Checked.
* RealityWarpingIsNotAToy: A highly meta example. The cast members are fictional characters; their reality is their (canon and fanon) story. If writers, authors and other assorted storytellers mess with it, the result [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-128-Switch-Hit-180702569 won't be]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-129-Mashup-181507675 pretty]]. Poor Morgan.
* RebusBubble: 1+1 = ><> ; [[OrlandoBloom Legolas]] = [[OrlandoBloom Will Turner]] ([[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-24-Bloom-72785397 Here.]])
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: James, in a lampshade-tastic [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=168#/d12p906 conversation]] about the trope itself.
* RevisedEnding: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]]. [[spoiler: The Erlkönig tells his son [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-as-Dreams-Are-Made-On-17-294419680 in this]] [[TalkingInYourDreams dream sequence]] (amongst other things) that stories can have several different endings (using Theatre/SwanLake as an example).]]
* RoadMovie: ''The First Vacation arc'' seems to be this [[SubvertedTrope initially]] [[spoiler: then after 3 pages the Tornado of fate hits and they are OffToSeeTheWizard]]. ''The Second Vacation arc'' plays this trope pretty straight it's a tubing trip down the river [[spoiler: [[AlienGeometries that was established not to be there before or after and flows down at the edge of the map]]]].
* RooftopConfrontation: Planned by Dark!Jareth... it didn't go too well.
* RulesOfTheInternet: Jareth misuses RuleThirtyFour [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-126-Rule-34-179088886 here]]. It's clearly RuleSixtyThree! Or is it? Oh! And he has [[Memes/OtherInternet pics]]!
* RunningGag: [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-3-Neighbors-60371604 The]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-4-Meetings-60853004 dreaded]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-14-Celestial-66685128 fruit]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-17-Hospital-68397225 basket]]. [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-105-Congratulation-159654767 Jareth's]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-116-Party-Hats-169674358 inability]][[hottip:*: This example also doubles as one of his SignatureMove {{Instant Cosplay Surprise}}s]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-143-Neater-192922601 to do good]]. [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-58-Blind-Date-Pt1-97279069 Jareth's]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-88-Relativity-119779422 friends]] and [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-128-Switch-Hit-180702569 family]]. [[spoiler: [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-63-Auditing-100518935 Eponine]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-66-Unemployed-103742720 pouncing]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-69-Attention-105670381 James]]]]. The English-French hostility. Erik's aversion to glitter. etc. And then there is the [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-108-Cavalry-163020749 fainting]] and [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-145-The-M-Word-194726509 carrying stuff]] that Javert so [[SubvertedTrope doesn't want]] to [[LampshadeHanging turn into]] a running gag (which pops up [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-as-Dreams-Are-Made-On-12-292407851 again]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-as-Dreams-Are-Made-On-13-292750951 later on]]).
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[[folder:Tropes - S-Z]]
* SchmuckBait: It kicks off the ''Kids arc''. "What does this [[CrystalBall glowing orb]] do?"
* SecurityCling: Legolas did the leaping into another person's[[hottip:*:(James', even if he is also terrified of him)]] arms variety. [[spoiler: When he first met Sweeney.]] Erik after he got out of his ''HeroicBSOD''.
* ShutUpKiss: Sarah to Jareth [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Mystery-Pg-13-102264500 here]].
* SinglePaletteTown: The Emerald City as [[CaptainObvious observed]] by James.
* SlowNo: Invoked and [[MundaneMadeAwesome Parodied]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-23-Felicitations-72269825 here]].
* SnicketWarningLabel: The [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-206-Return-266360157 penultimate strip]] of the ''Zombie Halloween arc'' notes that those who want it to have an unequivocally happy ending should "cue credits here." The [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-207-Immutable-266360821 ending]] is a [[MoodWhiplash rapid switch]] from humorous to [[{{TearJerker/Roommates2007}} heartbreaking]]. (Warning for Film/{{Zombieland}} spoilers!)
* SpeedEchoes: Legolas can climb trees [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-187-Reflexes-259633618 FAST]]!
* SpinOff: Has many. Just check out the [[http://roomatesfans.deviantart.com/ fan group]]:
** Pika-la-Cynique's ''Webcomic/GirlsNextDoor''. It started as just an alternate twist on events from the girls' point of view, but has since developed its own storyline and character development and also became {{More Popular|Spinoff}}. Ongoing, updates on Wednesdays.
** Heroesdaughter's ''Webcomic/DownTheStreet''. It focuses on a nearby building where Frankenstein and Dracula are sharing an apartment. Wasn't updated since May 2011.
** ''[[http://ladyakeldama.deviantart.com/gallery/28391155 The Vampires Below]]'' by [=LadyAkeldama=] a fanfic that added various more crossovers mostly from the Literature/AnitaBlake novels. Wasn't updated since Feb. 2011.
** ''[[http://spiritfox94.deviantart.com/gallery/33493540 Superintendent]]'' by spiritfox94 a fancomic focusing on the omake HoYay ship. Ongoing, updated weekly [[ScheduleSlip more or less]]. (Slightly risky as it's about a [[CaptainObvious gay relationship]].)
** ''[[http://greeneyesandglasses.deviantart.com/gallery/31709033 Only a Dream]]'' by greeneyesandglasses fanfic with Sarah / Jareth and heavy emphasis on dreams. Ongoing but erratic.
** ''[[http://amarth9.deviantart.com/gallery/32162471 Tanuki in the Building]]'' by Amarth9 a fancomic which adds some OCs. Wasn't updated since Sept. 2011.
* SplashOfColor: Not counting covers and specials: [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-41-Shirts-85355253 Cristine's ''garment'' piece]] in the washing machine and [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-42-Pink-86000371 its effect]]. The [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Mystery-Pg-1-101175965 splatter]] in Mystery. When [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-78-Confrontation-1-112212850 Javert]] met [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-79-Confrontation-2-113065902 Valjean]] again. The [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-153-Vegas-201786871 ''green'' fairy]]. The full color page for [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-171-Magic-Words-216609356 Jareth's confession]]. The colored panel for [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-181-Tomorrow-254371528 James' speech]].
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Mentioned as Jareth's cause of defeat [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-12-Movie-Night-65642265 when the boys watch Labyrinth together]].
-->'''Javert''': You were monologued to death?
** Later it's revealed in a [[{{TearJerker/Roommates2007}} heartbreaking]] (mini)arc that [[spoiler: his father got banished by his mother]] with the [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-133-Forsaken-184751515 very SAME monologue]] and appearently [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-22-Girls-Rock-71158866 also works]] on [[TheLordOfTheRings Ringwraiths]].
* TangledFamilyTree: It has been established that in the continuity of the comic, pretty much the entire [[TheFairFolk magical]] [[WitchSpecies community]] of ''every fandom ever'' is related in one way or another.
** Even a few non-majic characters are somehow connected through the magic family tree. Case in point, Morgan is Jareth's Aunt and [[spoiler:Javert's]] mother, which makes the two of them cousins. Jareth's father [[spoiler: Der Erlkönig]] currently dates [[spoiler: James' mother,]] if this lasts the two will become stepbrothers.
* TemptingFate: Most of the time the characters are too GenreSavvy for this, but still happens sometimes:
--> 1) '''Shilo''': "[[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-89-Archetypes-120531687 Still, it's not like we're going to find any psycho killers or wicked manipulators in this place...]]" Next panel [[PsychopathicManchild Erik]] and [[ManipulativeBastard Jareth]]
--> 2) '''Erik''': (Talking about [[spoiler: his relationship with Mag]])"[[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-96-Blind-125876784 I doubt Christine will even notice.]]"
--> 3) '''James''': "[[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-162-Stuck-209981489 I'll be right back.]]"
* TheoryOfNarrativeCausality: Played with, discussed, lampshaded, etc. [[CerebusRollercoaster for comedy and tragedy]]. [[spoiler: The other main power of the world.]]
* ThisMeansWar: Several times in a [[DownPlayedTrope not too serious manner]]: [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-8-100-Years-War-63348564 Jareth to Erik]] and [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-81-Casus-Belli-114511326 Jareth to Misto]]. And as a warning but perfectly straight: [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-as-Dreams-Are-Made-On-41-305658205 Jareth to his mother]]. Yeah. Jareth seems to be fond of this trope.
* TimeyWimeyBall: Lampshaded. Jareth has [[TimeMaster Time Magic]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-149-Favor-198285146 trust him]] you don't want to risk this.
* TheTrickster: The resident one is Jareth but his [[TangledFamilyTree whole]] [[TheFairFolk family]] has shades of this.
* TropaholicsAnonymous: The "Killed for Canon" meeting.
* TrueCompanions: Mr. King acknowledges that the main cast and Sarah are this for his son in ''Such Stuff''.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Happens quite often (WorldOfBadass masquerading as FantasticComedy and all) even if it rarely escalates into physical violence. Like to James in their movie night (See the ''[[{{Funny/Roommates2007}} Funny moments]]'' subpage), or to Jareth a lot of times (as he is also a well HiddenBadass), or to Legolas (so his performance in the ''Zombie arc'' was quite the shock for many).
* UnderTheMistletoe: The 2011 Holiday special. It also demonstrates that [[TheGadfly Mrs.N.]] interprets kissing [[LecherousLicking rather loosely]]. Being CovertPervert runs in the family.
* UnholyMatrimony: In the comic's {{backstory}}. [[spoiler: The Erlkönig and Jadis]] were married once. How loving this relationship was is debatable because both are [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove kinda clueless about the concept]] for some [[EvilCannotComprehendGood degree]] or [[ObliviousToLove another]] and [[spoiler: Jadis]] sounds a lot like she was aiming for EvilOverlord [[GeniusBreedingAct Breeding Act]].
* UnsoundEffect: [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-58800328 Dropping!]] Yeah. This is the very first page. It still happens.
* VanityIsFeminine: Averted ''hard''. Jareth is the [[AgentPeacock poster boy]] but all four main cast members are guilty.
* TheVerse: ''Roommates'' and its {{Spin Off}}s are the ''Building-verse''.
** In a narrow definition ''Building-verse'' is shared by ''Webcomic/{{Roommates|2007}}'' and its largest and most popular {{Spin Off}} ''Webcomic/GirlsNextDoor'' (even if some canon differences suggest AlternateContinuity).
** In a wide one it also encompasses (this is the definition of most fans and [[ApprovalOfGod Ashe]]) the whole ExpandedUniverse around these main two so all other {{Spin Off}}s from ''Webcomic/DownTheStreet'' to anything in the [[http://roomatesfans.deviantart.com/ fan group]].
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: Dark(?)!Jareth suffers one when he begins to realize that he might have got what "he" (more precisely [[TheoryOfNarrativeCausality the story]]) [[FourthWallObserver wan]][[TheFatalist ted]] but that wasn't what he [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone needed]]. Namely [[TheBadGuysWin destroy the heroes]] ([[SubvertedTrope he didn't]]) but those heroes happened to be his [[WithFriendsLikeThese best friend]] and his LoveInterest.]]
* VillainousFashionSense: TheFairFolk take the cake but Erik and to a lesser extent, Javert, are also guilty of this... or let's be fair, it's harder to find someone who isn't!
* VillainousRescue: Jareth tries [[spoiler: and [[SubvertedTrope fails]]]] this when [[spoiler:Toby runs into the Erlkonig. But he still leaves so maybe this is a DoubleSubversion]].
* VillainsOutShopping: Shopping, at work, doing laundry, having [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=168#/d132xw9 movie night]]... The series kind of runs off of VillainsOutShopping, if for no other reason than most of the characters are [[TokenEvilTeammate villains]].
* VisibleSilence: [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-as-Dreams-Are-Made-On-5-289384062 ...]]
* WebcomicTime: It's a webcomic with story arcs so this isn't too surprising. Like the 30 something pages of the ''Dark!Jareth arc'' were the story of one day (posted 1 page/week) or ''Such Stuff...'' (with 3 pages/week) took 3 months to post but it chronicled the happenings of a single night.
** Between these the series seems to operate on ComicbookTime. The resulting anachronisms can almost always {{Hand Wave}}d with: "Well, the characters are from [[FishOutOfTemporalWater their fictional times]] (80s, 1700s etc.) anyway."
* WhamEpisode: The ''Dark!Jareth arc''. [[spoiler: It gave some pretty potent ParanoiaFuel and personal {{drama}} to the until that point mostly harmless [[TheTrickster trickster]].]]
* WindowsOfTheSoul: The [[TheFairFolk less]] [[WitchSpecies human]] or [[ReallySevenhundredYearsOld older]] a character is the more inhuman their normal eyes get. Example: MonochromaticEyes indicate [[SupernaturalElite pure blooded]] FairFolk.
* WingdingEyes: "Circles around pupils and nothing else" a lot. "Spirals" sometimes.
* WitchSpecies: [[spoiler: Basically any HalfHumanHybrid or HeinzHybrid produced by the InterspeciesRomance practiced by TheFairFolk who is too human to qualify as TheFairFolk is this. So here, any magical talent implies that the character has a Fairy Relative somewhere.]]
* AWizardDidIt: By the fans of this comic this is called ''[[TheFairFolk A Fae]] [[TheTrickster Did It!]]''[[hottip:*:(because of the Magical TangledFamilyTree this actually includes the WitchSpecies so also wizards.)]]... they are right most of the time... [[spoiler: Even more so because magic seems to [[TheoryOfNarrativeCausality run on patterns, story and trope]] in the verse!]]
* WorldOfBadass: Don't let the FantasticComedy exterior fool you almost all characters are {{badass}} in some way... for their misfortune this isn't the place to show it.
* WorldOfSnark: Yeah. Also. Go to the character sheets and count the DeadpanSnarker related tropes.
* XanatosSpeedChess: [[spoiler: Jadis and the Erlkönig play a round over the head of their clueless son]] in ''Such Stuff as Dreams are Made On''. [[SurpriseCheckmate He won]]. [[CallingTheOldManOut Sort of]].
* [[YouCantFightFate You Can't Fight Your Story]]: Recurring theme of the darker stories for some years. [[spoiler: It reached its current peak in the ''Dark!Jareth arc''. Magic doesn't make it easier, if not outright runs on the character's story tropes.]]
* YouAllMeetInAnInn: Jareth and Erik definitely did (all of the proto-strips for this comic take place in a bar) and according to [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-264-Questions-1-and-2-307694070 this]] also the others.
--> '''Q''': To all 4 guys: How in the world did you four meet?
--> '''A''': [[DrowningMySorrows Tequila.]]
* YouNeedToGetLaid: [[CovertPervert James']] solution in ''BlindDate arc''.
* YoureInsane: Used by Javert against [[spoiler: [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Dark!Jareth]] and his MotiveRant on why he's been [[InvokedTrope forcing]] CharacterRerailment on the others]]:
-->'''Javert''':[[spoiler: "Generous?! ''We are tragedies'', you ass! There is nothing generous in making us repeat the same mistakes that cost us everything the first time!"]]
* YourSoulIsMine: Seems like Mr. King took [[spoiler: James']] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-as-Dreams-Are-Made-On-40-305264355 here]] and put it into a [[CrystalPrison crystal]] while his body is in coma or dying.
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[[folder:Tropes - For "Lakótársak"]]
* LeetLingo: Sometimes instead of SymbolSwearing ([[http://mali-chan.deviantart.com/art/Lakotarsak-135-Vetul-259780883 this]] and [[http://mali-chan.deviantart.com/art/Lakotarsak-105-Gratulacio-258799935 this]]) but this is also a Jareth exclusive phenomenon... for some reason.
* LostInTranslation: Some jokes and references do despite all efforts. If noticed there is a writen explanation about it in the artist comment.
** Sometimes this actually happens because the comic references something that doesn't have a Hungarian edition either because of NoExportForYou (''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'' the musical) or just delayed release (for example ''AMonsterInParis'').
* PragmaticAdaptation: Mostly in the {{Woolseyism}} way:
** Changing the MediaClassifications to the local ones ([[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-194-Americana-263879732 Original]] [[http://mali-chan.deviantart.com/art/Lakotarsak-194-Amerikana-263904793 Localized]]).
** Adhering to the local writing custom of Avoiding Brand Names (so no Dramamine just motion-sickness medicine).
** Changing the Erlkönig's Runic {{Wingdinglish}} to a "Székely-Magyar Rovásírás" one ([[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-137-Lee-187931569 this]] to [[http://mali-chan.deviantart.com/art/Lakotarsak-137-Ved-259781596 this]]).
*** Speaking of Mr. King. He is the only one whose name got "Translated" (albeit Legolas and Frodo are also close, thanks to the original localization of their source material) so he is "Király úr" ("Király T. Vilmos Rémusz úr") here or the "Tündérkirály"... his full alias is a ShoutOut to the different translation of the original poem "Rémkirály" and "Vilikirály" (Vili is a common nickname for Vilmos) respectively.
** The translator also admittedly tries to keep the subtitle alliteration / puns not the more literall meaning.
* ShownTheirWork: The translator tends to do a lot of research for "just an unofficial localization" going so far to re-watch the [[http://mali-chan.deviantart.com/art/Lakotarsak-44-Utazas-257067658 referenced movies]] or listen to the soundtrack CD several times to [[http://mali-chan.deviantart.com/art/Lakotarsak-27-Karaoke-2-2-256512481 get a song lyric right]].
* TotallyRadical: The characters from the 80s mostly and Jareth in particular. (It's unknown if this is intentional or the translators age is showing.)
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