History Webcomic / SupernormalStep

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The BigBad is stopped from destroying the world and WordOfGod assures us that all the surviving characters will be doing fine, but the fact remains that the world has suffered irreparable damage and is considerably worse off than it was before the end of the comic ,Fiona after going through the whole ordeal fixed her old trailer and journey to parts unknown.]]

* BroughtdowqntoNormal :[[spoiler:Fiona does this along with the rest of the world in the final chapter]]

* BittersweetEnding: The BigBad is stopped from destroying the world and WordOfGod assures us that all the surviving characters will be doing fine, but the fact remains that the world has suffered irreparable damage and is considerably worse off than it was before the end of the comic ,FIona after going through the whole ordeal fixed her old trailer and journey to parts unknown.

* BittersweetEnding: The BigBad is stopped from destroying the world and WordOfGod assures us that all the surviving characters will be doing fine, but the fact remains that the world has suffered irreparable damage and is considerably worse off than it was before the end of the comic.

* BittersweetEnding: The BidBad is stopped from destroying the world and WordOfGod assures us that all the surviving characters will be doing fine, but the fact remains that the world has suffered irreparable damage and is considerably worse off than it was before the end of the comic.

** [[Franchise/DevilMayCry Dante]] doesn't use a gun - IT'S A WAND! [[http://supernormalstep.com/129/]]

''[[http://supernormalstep.com Supernormal Step]]'' is a AlternateUniverse fantasy webcomic by Michael Lee Lunsford that updates Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Central to the comic are [[TheMultiVerse two universes]]: our normal 'Verse and the Supernormal 'Verse. Fiona, a [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair blue-haired]] but [[BlatantLies otherwise normal]] girl from our regular 'Verse, is accidentally pulled to the Supernormal 'Verse by two men: JerkAss Jim, who is cursed to transform into a [[SealedEvilInATeddyBear stuffed bunny]] whenever he does something malicious, and [[TheCharmer Charmer]] Van, who is following/helping Jim ostensibly [[ForTheLulz for shits and giggles]], but really out of a sense of responsibility.

'''Jules:''' I... thought you might have done them yourself? [[CrowningMomentOfFunny I'm less impressed now]].

Now has a [[Characters/SupernormalStep Character Page]].

** [[CthulhuMythos Cthulhu]] Books [[http://supernormalstep.com/42/]].
** [[http://supernormalstep.com/45/ This whole page]].

* AlliterativeName: Hall Henderson, Vic Valentine.

* TheMagicGoesAway: Part of the backstory of Fiona's homeworld. [[spoiler:Magic was once a normal part of her world, but overuse of it resulted in the creation of rifts which started to eat the world away. Myrrine Whalen's solution was to separate everything magic had touched away from it into a pocket dimension, which would become the Supernormal Step universe]].

!!''SupernormalStep'' features examples of:

* UnwittingPawn: The Nameless are basically this to Mr. Kite.

* TheMagicComesBack: Fiona's native universe is equivalent to our own and starts out largely non-magical, with most people not believing such a thing exists. According to one of TheMenInBlack it once was very real and still is to a degree, but it is now tucked away. It is possible for portals from the Supernormal Step universe to connect to it and even grab things, but it has been stated that magic cannot survive there for long. This is later revealed to be due to the efforts of a [[spoiler:RealityWarper witch, who has been keeping magic suppressed]]. However, when Fiona and her companions [[spoiler:finally return home from the Supernormal universe via a newly made portal, their presence causes magic to start flooding from the Supernormalverse into her world, causing increasing amounts of chaos as it starts getting empowered by [[EmotionalPowers everyone's confidence]].]]

* MergedReality: [[spoiler:In ancient times, Fiona's mundane world and the Supernormalverse were one and the same. To prevent magic from going out of control, a witch separated everything magical away from the main universe into a pocket dimension of its own. She isn't sure what will happen if too much magic overloads the spell maintaining the pocket dimension, but the pocket dimension collapsing back into the main universe is one of the possibilities.]]

* OlderThanTheyLook: Cavan, according to [[http://supernormalstep.com/archives/95 Fiona's intel]].
** Not just OlderThanTheyLook: by Cavan's own admission, he's [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld well over a century]] by now.

* BowtiesAreCool: Mr. Kite, Beatle (who has one painted on), and Wing.

* AntiMagic: The exact details haven't been explained, but Fiona's universe, which is equivalent to ours, is non-magical. Additionally, it has been stated that any magic imported from the Supernormal Step universe cannot survive there. However, portals generated from the Supernormal universe are still able to reach over and grab things, and there also appears to be a few other exceptions. Whatever prevents magic from surviving in Fiona's universe ultimately starts breaking down when she finally manages to return.

* {{Asexuality}} Fiona confirms herself to be asexual and aromantic to boot.

* TheMagicComesBack: Fiona's native universe is equivalent to our own and starts out largely non-magical, with most people not believing such a thing exists. According to one of TheMenInBlack it once was very real and still is to a degree, but it is now tucked away. It is possible for portals from the Supernormal Step universe to connect to it and even grab things, but it has been stated that magic cannot survive there for long. This is later revealed to be due to the efforts of a [[spoiler:RealityWarper witch, who has been keeping magic suppressed]]. However, when Fiona and her companions finally return home from the Supernormal universe via a newly made portal, their presence causes magic to start flooding from the Supernormalverse into her world, causing increasing amounts of chaos as it starts getting empowered by [[EmotionalPowers everyone's confidence]].

* TheMenInBlack: They start showing up to investigate the "[[RealityIsOutToLunch events]]" triggered by the [[TheMagicComesBack return of magic]], resulting from Fiona and several Supernormalworlders returning to her largely mundane world.

* RealityIsOutToLunch: When magic surges into Fiona's largely non-magical universe, it results in events far more bizarre than anything in even the Supernormal Step universe, such as people spontaneously turning into monsters then rioting and Fiona getting stuck inside a giant, otherworldly, haunted pinball machine. A mysterious witch states that this is because their world no longer knows how to handle magic when in the hands amateurs, and that the resulting reality bending phenomena puts all of existence at stake.

* WorldOfSymbolism: When magic is introduced to Fiona's previously non-magical world, it runs out of control and causes RealityIsOutToLunch. Displays of confidence start resulting in "events", generating alternate realities filled with symbolism related to the confident person's psychological wounds.

* AlienBlood: Hall and Eva have [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=142 black blood]].

* AntiClimax: [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=39 A masterful one]].
** Fiona's reaction [[spoiler:to learning that Jim was trying to pull her dad into the universe]], seen [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=209 here]].
** "Hall, [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=328 you okay]]?"

* ArtEvolution: Comparing current pages with the first few shows a clear improvement over time, especially in proportions and shading. Compare Hall and Eva from their first appearance in [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=15 Chapter 1]] with the first page of [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=180 Chapter 5]], and then [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=289 here]].

** And [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=243 Jim]]. By the end of Act 1, it's clear that he was a PsychoForHire on a leash... and now the MadScientist cut the leash.

** Also [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=242 Jim]], though he's more of a Jerkass Longcoat (and he spends so much time as a stuffed bunny that it's rarely played up).

* [[FuroScene Bathtub Scene]]: [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=108 Here]].
* BeardOfEvil: Edvard de Santigo has a [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=77 very malicious-looking goatee]].

* BrickJoke: "Be nice or [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=51 you go]] in [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=79 this jar]] I found."
** Fiona and Jim seem to [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=121 enjoy]] [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=191 this]].

* TheCavalry: Apparently, Hendersons [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=126 aren't totally useless Mooks]].
* CerebusSyndrome: A rare example of a comic that, while gaining continuity and complexity, never really lost the funny. For example, the latest arc sees [[StateSec Henderson Security]] attempting to kidnap [[NightmareFuel anyone who's ever met Fiona]]. However, given the comic's LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, this [[HilarityEnsues leads to]] [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=339 some confusion]].

* ClothingDamage: Hall [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=47 here]], after Eva stabbed him with a pipe. In retaliation to his stabbing her with a pipe.

* CutenessOverload: Jim's bunny form induces one [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=13 here]].
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Lampshaded with "hot lava" [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=23 here.]]
* DeadSerious: [[spoiler: Oh, [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=277 shi---]]]]

* DreamSequence: Fiona has one [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=118 here]].
** And another funnier, [[spoiler: slightly disturbing]] one [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=147 here]].

* DynamicEntry: Hall [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=173 makes an entrance]].

* TheElevatorFromIpanema: [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=44 Musak!]]

* {{Expospeak}}: [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=43 Poor Henderson.]]

** That random old lady in the first chapter, until [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=225 this page]].

* FanDisservice: [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=156 Mr. Kite... shirtless?]]

* FemmeFatale: [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=227 Dollface.]]

* FingerlessGloves: Gloves are HUGE in the Supernormal universe. They [[RuleOfCool look cool]], but apparently they have a [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=102 function]] as well: focusing on the gloves, especially high-contrast ones, helps a magic user [[GogglesDoSomethingUnusual channel magic]] into his/her hands.
* FirstNameBasis: Hall is a Field Marshal with [[StateSec Henderson Security]], but he's too affable to use his title. He and Fiona are on a FirstNameBasis from [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=16 their first meeting.]]

* FiveFingerDiscount: Van, referenced on [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=21 this page]]. Well, sort of...

* FluffyTheTerrible: Mr. Wigglewiskers, but [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=254 only to non-friendly targets]].

* FridgeHorror: In-universe literal example [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=72 here]].

* FullContactMagic: Fiona's fighting style definitely [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=515 qualifies]].

** Apparently, [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=202 it runs in the family]].

* GoForTheEye: In the most [[EyeScream wince-inducing]] way manageable [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=126 here]].

* GlowingEyesOfDoom: [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=82 "I'm going to teach this band of liars and thieves not to screw with me."]]
** May also does this. Honestly, she [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=83 does it better]].
** And Fenris probably [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=89 does it best]].

* HeroicBSOD: Fiona, after learning [[spoiler: that she will never return to her universe.]] Her [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=82 face]] is [[TheWoobie heartbreaking]].
* HeyYouHaymaker: Nosirrah favors a refined and dignified approach to this: [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=269 "Excuse me."]]

* {{Immortality}}: [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=17 Hall and Eva are]] via a HealingFactor.

** Although not really InsistentTerminology, Hall and Fiona draw a line between "where one belongs" and "one's home" [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=146 here]] that makes it difficult to keep saying, "Fiona wants to go back home."

* LoveTriangle: There appears to be a [[TriangRelations type three]] with [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=299 Akela]] and [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=227 Hall]] having an interest in Fiona.

* MoodWhiplash: "Alright ladies, time to play follow the handsome man... [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=248 But seriously we could die at any moment]]."

* MundaneUtility: Fiona uses her magic as a flashlight [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=93 here]].
* MysteriousPast: Hall apparently made some [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=50 "past mistakes"]], but whether this qualifies as a DarkAndTroubledPast is debatable, as it hinges on Cavan's definition of a "mistake".

* NoodleIncident: The [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=10 baby carriage]] [[IncendiaryExponent bonfire]] debacle?

* OhCrap: [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=109 "Dad?!"]]
** Sharp-eyed readers will note that the guy from [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=106 this page]] is the skeleton in the yellow shirt [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=119/ here]], making this an "Oh, Crap" for the reader.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Cavan, according to [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=95 Fiona's intel]].

* OrcusOnHisThrone: Cavan hasn't done much besides paint a "creepy blind chick" and speak ominously, [[spoiler: until [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=277 this page]].]]

* PaperThinDisguise: Why hello, May, we totally [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=110 didn't see you there!]]

* ThePowerOfRock: Fiona's new magic technique [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=971 ROCK!]]

* RedOniBlueOni: Eva and Hall, respectively. See [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=15 here]].

* SexyShirtSwitch: May wears Van's shirt [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=204 here]].

* ShipTease: Eva constantly harasses Hall for his generally platonic interest in Fiona. This doesn't come to much of anything until [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=227 this page]], when it becomes clear that Eva may be on to something.

** [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=497 The girls attached to the tentacle guy are named]] [[Theatre/PunchAndJudy Punch and Judy]].

** [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=33 Backsies!]]

* StealthHiBye: "You called, I came; I came, you called? [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=59 What difference is there!]]"

* TheStoic: Hall has elements of this. Although he shows a full range of emotion, he's usually calm, cool, and collected. His [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=91 mildly amused expression]] is roughly equivalent to Eva's [[ManChild childish glee]]. Until...
** NotSoStoic: Hall does lose his composure on a few notable occasions: [[spoiler: when [[ShipTease Fiona's life]] [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=173 is threatened]] and when Dollface [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=227 harasses him]], especially about Fiona]].

** And [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=306 Inga]] to Elvina and Britta.

* TapOnTheHead: It's even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=151 here.]]

* TechnicallyASmile: [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=154 Welcome to Rascals!]]
** TheUnsmile: [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=154 OH GOD IT'S TERRIFYING]]

* YankTheDogsChain: Fiona finally gets to a copy of the book that Van and Jim used to summon her, only to learn that [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=81 sending her back is impossible]]. Turns out to be a [[spoiler: KickTheDog when we learn that Edvard was lying.]]

** Mr. Kite has [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=225 several forms]], [[spoiler: including [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=176 Hall]].]]

* WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises: The first time we see Dave's eyes, [[http://supernormalstep.com/?p=70 here]].

* TheMasquerade: In Fiona's native world, magic is largely believed to be fictitious, but there is a government agency charged with investigating it. Though they ''know'' magic to be real, they are limited to the memories of eye-witnesses since all actual evidence just mysteriously vanishes. They only have theories as to why, but Agent Matsuoka personally suspects that it is a deliberate effort by some sort of god-like being. [[spoiler:Said god-like being turns out to be a witch named Myrrine Whalen, who has been preventing magic from manifesting for countless ages to avoid TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.]]

* AlternateUniverse: ''Supernormal Step'' takes place on an AU Earth with magic and fantasy creatures. However, Earth is virtually unrecognizable--Fiona only figures it out when she sees a map that looks like America. [[spoiler:In truth, Fiona's world and the Supernormal Step universe were once one and the same. A powerful witch separated the magical version from the main universe to prevent magic from going out of control and causing TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.]]

* PurpleIsPowerful: Every caster has a signature color to their magic. Two of these colors include blue and red, but the colors never mix. Purple magic is considered to be legendary and nearly unheard of. But [[spoiler:Mr. Kite and Myrrine Whalen]] both have this as their color.

* SummonEverymanHero: Appears to be Jim, Fiona, and [[spoiler:Mr.Henderson]]'s situation, though in Jim's case, it would be closer to Everyman Villain. All 3 of them were nobodies summoned from a magic-less world equivalent to ours into the fantastic world of Supernormal Step. There is normally a hard limit to how powerful a spellcaster can be. Jim and [[spoiler:Mr. Henderson]] have both proven to be exceptions to that rule, and it is implied that Fiona has the same potential. All 3 of them are implied to have been summoned as part of a mysterious being's master plan, with Fiona and [[spoiler:Mr. Henderson]] being intended as heroes.

* AlternateUniverse: ''Supernormal Step'' takes place on an AU Earth with magic and fantasy creatures. However, Earth is virtually unrecognizable--Fiona only figures it out when she sees a map that looks like America.

* TheMasquerade: In Fiona's native world, magic is largely believed to be fictitious, but there is a government agency charged with investigating it. Though they ''know'' magic to be real, they are limited to the memories of eye-witnesses since all actual evidence just mysteriously vanishes. They only have theories as to why, but Agent Matsuoka personally suspects that it is a deliberate effort by some sort of god-like being. [[spoiler:Said god-like being turns out to be a witch named Myrrine Whalen, who has been preventing magic from manifesting for countless ages.]]