History Webcomic / TheFourth

* CanadaEh: The authors would like to remind you that northern Idenau is not Canada.

* ShoutOut: The whole comic's premise is based on VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda

* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Frozio of Frostbite Fortress]] is a penguin.

* AnAxeToGrind: Skärva and Derk briefly run afoul of a lumberjack, wielding an axe almost as big as him.

** Taken UpToEleven with Slice, who seems blissfully unaware that his boss is an antagonist, and probably wouldn't understand if corrected.

* ScheduleSlip: Not often, but occasionally. To their credit, Victor and Courtney are the first to acknowledge it and usually put up something anyway to tide the fans over until the next release, so [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools it's not really a loss.]]

''The Fourth'' is a satirical [[FantasyWebcomics fantasy webcomic]] by [[CreatorCouple Courtney Svatek and Victor Acuña]] about “the odd and helpless situation of being a villain in an adventure game.” The comic features a trio of colorful characters--hapless {{evil overlord}}, Lord Tiberius Skärva the Fourth, his right-hand lackey Derk, and Lorelei, a girl who "obviously never had a mother who warned her to stay away from strange shark people"--and their adventures in a world that runs on classic {{adventure game}} tropes.

Check it out [[http://thefourthcomic.com/?p=11 Here.]]

* AscendedExtra: The little demon Davis, see EnsembleDarkhorse, [[spoiler: eventually gets a job at Lord Skärva's castle.]]

* BatOutOfHell: Parodied. A [[GoddamnedBats goddamned bat]] in Molten Mountain accidentally flies into a torch and promptly flaps around screaming in agony.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Skärva brings out the love potion, Blank thinks he's developed some uncomfortable FoeYay.

* EvilPlan: On the tram ride to Frostbite Fortress, Skärva explains that he is looking for a place to hide the last piece of the [[InfinityPlusOneSword Sword of Stabbing]] to the newcomer, Lorelei. But before he finishes his EvilGloating, [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments the tram driver points out a "No Evil Plotting" sign.]]

* ThatOneLevel: [[SlippySlideyIceWorld Frostbite Fortress]]. PlayedWith; it's seen from the ''villain's'' perspective as a very good place to store PlotCoupons.

** Not to mention, most of the 'crimes' required for divine judgement are less about moral reprehension and more about ensuring the gods stay on top; if you're a threat / ''near'' a threat to the gods by being a flawed but powerful creation creation / [[GodsNeedPrayerBadly proud of your own self-accomplished efforts instead of accrediting them to the gods]] / [[spoiler:InnocentBystander happen to live in the same town as a really horrible villain]], you're fucked.

* KiAttacks: Floyd prepares to unleash one on Blank, but Blank counters with his sword's FauxFlame. Not long, later, though, Blank comes across Derk...who unleashes a KamehameHadouken on him. [[TookALevelInBadass The ascension of badass levels cannot be counted that high.]]

* TookALevelInBadass: The first time we see Blank and Derk together, Derk is huddled up on the ground in fear. The second time...Derk unleashes KiAttacks.

* BadassGrandpa: The village elder at Wilderfall shuts Ecta up and gets an apology out of her, something only Skärva is able to do.

* ScheduleSlip: Not often, but occasionally. To their credit, Victor and Courtney are the first to acknowledge it and usually put up something anyway to tide the fans over until the next release, so [[TropesAreNotBad it's not really a loss.]]

* TokenTrio: With Derk as the white male, Lorelei as the white female, and Lord Skärva as the male of [[{{PettingZooPeople}} shark-man descent.]]

* ShootTheShaggyDog: Implied. After so much time spent touring through Frostbite Fortress and Molten Mountain, Blank's progress through them comes under [[TimeSkip Time Skips]] and he immediately reaches Skärva's castle. After Frozen Fortress, the only remote mention of the dungeon is the fact that Blank acquired the Sword of Stabbing, which is what Skärva hid there.

* EvilPlan: On the tram ride to Frostbite Fortress, Skärva explains that he is looking for a place to hide the last piece of the [[InfinityPlusOneSword Sword of Stabbing]] to the newcomer, Lorelei. But before he finishes his EvilGloating, [[CrowningMomentofFunny the tram driver points out a "No Evil Plotting" sign.]]

* BowtiesAreCool: Davis is never seen without one.

** Veronika, too. Comes under her GenreSavvy attitude.

* GenreSavvy: Princess Veronika is well aware that she is fated to marry either an idiot prince or a vapid hero, and has long since given up caring about anything because of it.

--> '''[[TheDragon Derk]]''': Well, you figured wrong. Besides, you may be protected by the Gods, [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy but only against dark magic.]]

* JerkAssGods: The Ideneauian Pantheon doesn't forgive, but they do punish "evildoers" quite harshly. Racial degeneration, generational curses, and eternal undeath are a few of their favorites.