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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In the [[http://www.gocomics.com/snowflakes/2015/07/06 very first comic]], no less.
-->'''Lu''': I wish I looked like Colette Hintz. She would've gotten picked. Look how big her pigtails are!\\
'''Priti''': Pfft. Those are fake.
-->'''Lu''': I wish I looked like Colette Hintz. She would've gotten picked. Look how big her pigtails are!\\
'''Priti''': Pfft. Those are fake.
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* LiteralCliffhanger: While ActingOutADaydream, Wray ends up falling down a snowbank, falling down a cliff with only a stray branch keeping her from plummeting down.
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* LiteralCliffhanger: While ActingOutADaydream, Wray ends up falling tumbling down a snowbank, falling down a cliff with only a stray branch keeping her from plummeting down.
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* MaliciousSlander: When it looks like Lu and Sloan are about to win the election, Priti comes up with one last plan to sabotage them: hiding Greg’s ring on Sloan and telling the nuns she stole it. [[spoiler: this backfires horribly when, during the election, Enzo says ''she'' stole it instead. This indirectly disqualifies her team, allowing Glory to win the election.]]
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* MaliciousSlander: When it looks like Lu and Sloan are about to win the election, Priti comes up with one last plan to sabotage them: hiding Greg’s ring on Sloan and telling the nuns she stole it. [[spoiler: this This backfires horribly when, during the election, Enzo says ''she'' stole it instead. This indirectly disqualifies her team, allowing Glory to win the election.]]
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* HairTriggerAvalanche: One happens after Wray and Greg are chased out of a cave by a bear. [[spoiler: this also ends up being what brings them back to the orphanage, as the snow carried the plane they were in until it crashed into the side of the building.]]
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* HairTriggerAvalanche: One happens after Wray and Greg are chased out of a cave by a bear. [[spoiler: this This also ends up being what brings them back to the orphanage, as the snow carried the plane they were in until it crashed into the side of the building.]]
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* LiteralCliffhanger: While ActingOutADaydream, Wray ends up falling down a snowbank with only a stray branch keeping her from plummeting down.
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* HairTriggerAvalanche: One happens after Wray and Greg are chased out of a cave by a bear. [[spoiler: this also ends up being what brings them back to the orphanage, as the snow carried the plane they were in until it crashed into the side of the building.]]
* LiteralCliffhanger: While ActingOutADaydream, Wray ends up falling down a snowbank with only a stray branch keeping her from plummeting down.
* LiteralCliffhanger: While ActingOutADaydream, Wray ends up falling down a snowbank with only a stray branch keeping her from plummeting down.
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* MaliciousSlander: When it looks like Lu and Sloan are about to win the election, Priti comes up with one last plan to sabotage them: hiding Greg’s ring on Sloan and telling the nuns she stole it. [[spoiler: this backfires horribly when, during the election, Enzo says ''she'' stole it instead. This indirectly disqualifies her team, allowing Glory to win the election.]]
** This is also done earlier, where Priti tries to convince the public that voting for Lu [[ItMakesSenseInContext will get them eaten by yetis.]]
** This is also done earlier, where Priti tries to convince the public that voting for Lu [[ItMakesSenseInContext will get them eaten by yetis.]]
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* MomentOfWeakness: Wray has one after being scared during a LiteralCliffhanger. [[https://www.gocomics.com/snowflakes/2016/01/19 She’s not pleased.]]
--> '''Glory''': Great job Wray! You were so brave!
--> '''Wray''': Silence! Warriors don’t cry! And I cried!
--> '''Greg''': Achilles wept for Patroclus.
--> '''Wray''': If you believe the media!
--> '''Glory''': Great job Wray! You were so brave!
--> '''Wray''': Silence! Warriors don’t cry! And I cried!
--> '''Greg''': Achilles wept for Patroclus.
--> '''Wray''': If you believe the media!
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* SnowballLie: To try and get votes away from Priti, Sloan ends up lying to the public to earn their trust, slowly relying on bigger lies to keep Lu’s popularity from waning. This gets to the point where, despite Lu’s protests, Sloan still tries to carry on lying due to the lies “carrying them this far”. [[spoiler: This backfires on her during the election, where the kids realize they were deceived and begin to ask questions neither her or Lu can answer.]]
* SnowballFight: Weaponized by [[spoiler: Priti]], who uses it to try and usurp power from the winner of the election and prevent them from fighting back.
* SnowballFight: Weaponized by [[spoiler: Priti]], who uses it to try and usurp power from the winner of the election and prevent them from fighting back.
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* {{Turncoat}}: Johnny becomes one to Priti when it looks like Lu and Sloan will win the election. However, this backfires when Enzo reveals the information he’s giving the two is fake.
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* LivingMacGuffin: Greg's father is one to him, with finding him serving as one of his main motivations
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** Greg's father acts as a LivingMacguffin.
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* BadassBookworm: While she doesn't fit this trope in the physical sense, Sloan can be pretty damn awesome sometimes.
* BigFun: Glory. Others don't always think so, however.
* BrilliantButLazy: Sloan. She reads academic literature for fun and even ends up becoming a political strategist during the orphanage’s election. At the same time, though, she prefers to [[https://www.gocomics.com/snowflakes/2015/11/15 “sleep in till noon and call people idiots”]] and [[https://www.gocomics.com/snowflakes/2015/07/24 hates getting out of bed more than once a day.]]
* BigFun: Glory. Others don't always think so, however.
* BrilliantButLazy: Sloan. She reads academic literature for fun and even ends up becoming a political strategist during the orphanage’s election. At the same time, though, she prefers to [[https://www.gocomics.com/snowflakes/2015/11/15 “sleep in till noon and call people idiots”]] and [[https://www.gocomics.com/snowflakes/2015/07/24 hates getting out of bed more than once a day.]]
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* CloudCuckooLander: Glory.
* ComedicSociopath: Wray.
* ComedicSociopath: Wray.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Sloan.
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* GreenEyedMonster: Enzo is ''very'' envious of Greg, to the point of insanity.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Priti, on several occasions.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Priti, on several occasions.
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* OnlySaneMan: Sloan gets put in this position a lot, though she's not without her own neuroses.
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* StalkerWithACrush: Enzo takes this to levels that are truly frightening.
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* MagnificentBastard: Wray is lovable for her intensity, and Priti performs her evil with such style that you can't help but root for her sometimes.
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* RashomonStyle: Both Wray and Greg have different accounts on [[spoiler: how an airplane crashed into the side of the orphanage]]. Wray’s take, in typical [[ChuuniByou Wray]] fashion, is a fantastical take on the matter complete with fighting were-yetis, shooting lightning out of her face, and ripping off video games she played. Greg’s take, however, is an entirely truthful retelling.
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Or, in Greg’s case, [[https://www.gocomics.com/snowflakes/2015/12/20 why did it have to be frost spiders?]]
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* BrilliantButLazy: Sloan. She reads academic literature for fun and even ends up becoming a political strategist during the orphanage’s election. At the same time, though, she prefers to [[https://www.gocomics.com/snowflakes/2015/11/15 “sleep in till noon and call people idiots”]] and [[https://www.gocomics.com/snowflakes/2015/07/24 hates getting out of bed more than once a day.]]
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** Greg's father acts as a LivingMacguffin.
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** Downplayed after the winner is chosen, however. Although their role treated as important by the other kids and they're given the chance to make important decisions, not much is shown due to [[spoiler: Priti attempting to overthrow them]].
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** Downplayed [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] after the winner is chosen, however. Although their role treated as important by the other kids and they're given the chance to make important decisions, not much is shown due to [[spoiler: Priti attempting to overthrow them]].
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** Downplayed after the winner is chosen, however. Although their role treated as important by the other kids and they're given the chance to make important decisions, not much is shown due to [[spoiler: Priti attempting to overthrow them]].
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A webcomic created in 2009 by James Ashby, Chris Jones and [[SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal Zach Weiner]]. ''[[http://www.gocomics.com/snowflakes/2015/07/06 Snowflakes]]'' takes place in an orphanage located in the Andes mountains, where children wait to be picked by families every Christmas. However, it gets boring waiting around for that, so the children spend their days engaging in political power battles against each other.
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A webcomic created in 2009 by James Ashby, Chris Jones and [[SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal [[Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal Zach Weiner]]. ''[[http://www.gocomics.com/snowflakes/2015/07/06 Snowflakes]]'' takes place in an orphanage located in the Andes mountains, where children wait to be picked by families every Christmas. However, it gets boring waiting around for that, so the children spend their days engaging in political power battles against each other.
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* DarkHorseVictory: The winner of the election? [[spoiler:[[http://www.gocomics.com/snowflakes/2016/03/23 Glory]]]]
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* CallingTheOldManOut: Greg does it [[http://www.snowflakescomic.com/?id=313&sl=3 here]].
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* CallingTheOldManOut: Greg does it [[http://www.snowflakescomic.com/?id=313&sl=3 gocomics.com/snowflakes/2015/12/28 here]].
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*NapoleonDelusion: [[http://www.gocomics.com/snowflakes/2015/11/26 Wray has one.]]
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A webcomic created in 2009 by James Ashby, Chris Jones and [[SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal Zach Weiner]]. ''[[http://www.snowflakescomic.com/ Snowflakes]]'' takes place in an orphanage located in the Andes mountains, where children wait to be picked by families every Christmas. However, it gets boring waiting around for that, so the children spend their days engaging in political power battles against each other.
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A webcomic created in 2009 by James Ashby, Chris Jones and [[SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal Zach Weiner]]. ''[[http://www.snowflakescomic.com/ gocomics.com/snowflakes/2015/07/06 Snowflakes]]'' takes place in an orphanage located in the Andes mountains, where children wait to be picked by families every Christmas. However, it gets boring waiting around for that, so the children spend their days engaging in political power battles against each other.
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* DescriptionCut: [[http://www.snowflakescomic.com/?sl=1&db=comics&id=105 Here.]]
* FashionMagazine: [[http://www.snowflakescomic.com/?id=103&sl=1 Modern Tots]].
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In the [[http://www.snowflakescomic.com/?id=103&sl=1 very first comic]], no less.
* FashionMagazine: [[http://www.snowflakescomic.com/?id=103&sl=1 Modern Tots]].
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In the [[http://www.snowflakescomic.com/?id=103&sl=1 very first comic]], no less.
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* DescriptionCut: [[http://www.snowflakescomic.com/?sl=1&db=comics&id=105 gocomics.com/snowflakes/2015/07/08 Here.]]
* FashionMagazine: [[http://www.snowflakescomic.com/?id=103&sl=1 gocomics.com/snowflakes/2015/07/06 Modern Tots]].
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In the [[http://www.snowflakescomic.com/?id=103&sl=1 gocomics.com/snowflakes/2015/07/06 very first comic]], no less.
* FashionMagazine: [[http://www.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In the [[http://www.
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* PunctuatedForEmphasis: [[http://www.snowflakescomic.com/?id=204&sl=2 gocomics.com/snowflakes/2015/10/12 "There. Are. Vikings. And. I. Will. Find. Them. With. Swords."]]
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* BigFun: Glory. Others don't always think so, however.
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* InsaneTrollLogic: Priti, on several occasions.
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A webcomic created in 2009 by James Ashby, Chris Jones and [[SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal Zach Weiner]]. ''[[http://www.snowflakescomic.com/ Snowflakes]]'' takes place in an orphanage located in the Andes mountains, where children wait to be picked by families every Christmas. However, it gets boring waiting around for that, so the children spend their days engaging in political power battles against each other.
Notable for having extremely strong characterization right out of the gate. Check out the [[Characters/{{Snowflakes}} character sheet]] for more info.
Currently on its second arc, as well as a third storyline written for the American Heart Association that is available on a separate part of the archive.
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!!''Snowflakes'' contains examples of:
* AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil: Played with. While the election has taken up much of the second arc, no winner has been decided yet and it's unclear as to how much they would actually be able to influence if they won. It just gets ''really'' boring waiting around an orphanage all day.
* AdventurerArchaeologist: Greg's father, though he might have just been a standard treasure hunter considering that he left Greg at the orphanage just so he could carry more gold.
* BadassBookworm: While she doesn't fit this trope in the physical sense, Sloan can be pretty damn awesome sometimes.
* CallingTheOldManOut: Greg does it [[http://www.snowflakescomic.com/?id=313&sl=3 here]].
* CharacterDevelopment: While the characterization is strong to begin with, it's fascinating to watch how the goals of each character change as the comic goes on.
* CloudCuckooLander: Glory.
* ComedicSociopath: Wray.
* DeadpanSnarker: Sloan.
* DescriptionCut: [[http://www.snowflakescomic.com/?sl=1&db=comics&id=105 Here.]]
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In the [[http://www.snowflakescomic.com/?id=103&sl=1 very first comic]], no less.
-->'''Lu''': I wish I looked like Colette Hintz. She would've gotten picked. Look how big her pigtails are!\\
'''Priti''': Pfft. Those are fake.
* GoodAngelBadAngel: Played with. Enzo has two devils because, according to one of them, "You're a five year old."
* GreenEyedMonster: Enzo is ''very'' envious of Greg, to the point of insanity.
* MacGuffin: The ring from the first arc.
* MagnificentBastard: Wray is lovable for her intensity, and Priti performs her evil with such style that you can't help but root for her sometimes.
* ManipulativeBastard: Priti's main strength, though it's been coming back to haunt her recently.
* OnlySaneMan: Sloan gets put in this position a lot, though she's not without her own neuroses.
* SevenDeadlySins: Each of the seven main characters is modeled after one of the sins: Greg is {{Greed}}, Enzo is [[GreenEyedMonster Envy]], Glory is Gluttony, Lu is {{Lust}}, Priti is {{Pride}}, Sloan is Sloth, and Wray is Wrath. Their names are too similar to each of the sins for this to be a coincidence.
* StalkerWithACrush: Enzo takes this to levels that are truly frightening.
* ThemeNaming: See SevenDeadlySins.
* ThisIsSparta: [[http://www.snowflakescomic.com/?id=204&sl=2 "There. Are. Vikings. And. I. Will. Find. Them. With. Swords."]]
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Notable for having extremely strong characterization right out of the gate. Check out the [[Characters/{{Snowflakes}} character sheet]] for more info.
Currently on its second arc, as well as a third storyline written for the American Heart Association that is available on a separate part of the archive.
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!!''Snowflakes'' contains examples of:
* AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil: Played with. While the election has taken up much of the second arc, no winner has been decided yet and it's unclear as to how much they would actually be able to influence if they won. It just gets ''really'' boring waiting around an orphanage all day.
* AdventurerArchaeologist: Greg's father, though he might have just been a standard treasure hunter considering that he left Greg at the orphanage just so he could carry more gold.
* BadassBookworm: While she doesn't fit this trope in the physical sense, Sloan can be pretty damn awesome sometimes.
* CallingTheOldManOut: Greg does it [[http://www.snowflakescomic.com/?id=313&sl=3 here]].
* CharacterDevelopment: While the characterization is strong to begin with, it's fascinating to watch how the goals of each character change as the comic goes on.
* CloudCuckooLander: Glory.
* ComedicSociopath: Wray.
* DeadpanSnarker: Sloan.
* DescriptionCut: [[http://www.snowflakescomic.com/?sl=1&db=comics&id=105 Here.]]
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In the [[http://www.snowflakescomic.com/?id=103&sl=1 very first comic]], no less.
-->'''Lu''': I wish I looked like Colette Hintz. She would've gotten picked. Look how big her pigtails are!\\
'''Priti''': Pfft. Those are fake.
* GoodAngelBadAngel: Played with. Enzo has two devils because, according to one of them, "You're a five year old."
* GreenEyedMonster: Enzo is ''very'' envious of Greg, to the point of insanity.
* MacGuffin: The ring from the first arc.
* MagnificentBastard: Wray is lovable for her intensity, and Priti performs her evil with such style that you can't help but root for her sometimes.
* ManipulativeBastard: Priti's main strength, though it's been coming back to haunt her recently.
* OnlySaneMan: Sloan gets put in this position a lot, though she's not without her own neuroses.
* SevenDeadlySins: Each of the seven main characters is modeled after one of the sins: Greg is {{Greed}}, Enzo is [[GreenEyedMonster Envy]], Glory is Gluttony, Lu is {{Lust}}, Priti is {{Pride}}, Sloan is Sloth, and Wray is Wrath. Their names are too similar to each of the sins for this to be a coincidence.
* StalkerWithACrush: Enzo takes this to levels that are truly frightening.
* ThemeNaming: See SevenDeadlySins.
* ThisIsSparta: [[http://www.snowflakescomic.com/?id=204&sl=2 "There. Are. Vikings. And. I. Will. Find. Them. With. Swords."]]
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