History Webcomic / WildeLife

-->'''Oscar:''' Ah ha yeah. I don't know how to make it better. Beer?\\\

* ShipTease:
** Oscar and Sylvia have more than their fair share of caring tendencies and meaningful looks towards each other, which is encouraged when the author makes [[https://www.wildelifecomic.com/comic/108 art like the extra comment]] featuring them playing StripPoker.

* PerpetualFrowner: Cliff. While he he loves his mother and brother, [[spoiler:the stress of the years of abuse by his stepfather resulted in his dour look most of the time]].
* PrecisionFStrike: Oscar discovering [[spoiler:Carl is abusing Clifford and Carl's arrival at his door to reclaim Clifford]] infuriates Oscar to the point he yells at the person to "Fuck off!"
* PungeonMaster: Puns appear rather often due to [[AuthorAppeal the author's fondness for them]] - if not in the comic proper, then in the AltText and ''especially'' prevalent in the comment section. Particularly playful (and/or [[IncrediblyLamePun painful]]) punnery will often get highlighted as a top comment by Pascalle.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: We might assume that Black Wolf running around barefoot is a case of BarefootPoverty, but once we see his DeathGlare as [[https://www.wildelifecomic.com/comic/1102 his mother is making a shoe for him]], it becomes apparent that he wouldn't like to wear shoes even if he had a change.

** Then we have Cliff, short for Clifford, who turns into a [[WesternAnimation/CliffordTheBigRedDog big red wolf]].
** Barbara has two dogs ([[spoiler:who can turn into human boys]]) who seem to be twins, and one is named Remus.

* LeaveMeAlone: At one point Cliff is fed up with Raven and tells him to leave him alone.

** In chapter 11 when Lester procures [[spoiler:a god's heart to save Oscar's life]] he pours the liquid from it into a coffee mug with frog designs on it. Later on Oscar [[spoiler:encounters the owner of that heart, a giant frog being named Hanyi]].

** In chapter 12, Nora promises Oscar the strength of her convictions by saying she would fight the devil to protect her children [[spoiler:and whispers to herself, "and have." The next chapter has Sheol, who is possibly the Devil, appear and knows Cliff's father. Clifford's arrival is enough amusement for Sheol to depart from killing Oscar]].

* GoodShepherd: Pastor Jim Goodness is a kind man. One character tells Oscar of a time when a mother and her son took up in an abandoned house deep in the woods and the day Pastor Goodness heard this, he sought them out. Not to ask them to move, but offer them clothing, food, and firewood. He tells the mother he wouldn't feel right knowing there is a family struggling in the woods. The mother is genuinely taken back by this kindness and admits she and her son rarely receive it.

* HumanMomNonhumanDad: Cliff assumes that his DisappearedDad had the same powers that he did, and that his mom didn't know about them, because she probably would have brought it up otherwise.

** Whenever Oscar offers to put on a movie, it's always going to ''Film/Terminator2''.

** Cliff insisting that he and Oscar (and Eliza) are not friends. He drops this eventually, [[FanNickname but the fandom won't]].

''[[http://wildelifecomic.com/ Wilde Life]]'' is a fantasy/horror webcomic that began in September 2014, drawing from Native American legends and other stories. It is written and drawn by Pascalle Lepas, the artist of ''{{Webcomic/Zap}}.''

** Near beginning of Chapter 6 (''The Animal Fair'') Carl is arguing with Cliff and grabs him by the forearm. Cliff says Carl's "getting pretty brave" and asks what he's going to do just before Nora interrupts. Come the end of Chapter 11, ''What Are Friends For'', we find out [[spoiler:[[HarsherInHindsight that Carl is beating Cliff]], but he only does it when Kevin and Nora aren't home.]]

* EnthrallingSiren: [[spoiler: [[MeaningfulName Lorelei]] from a local coffee shop in Chapter Seven is a siren and has bewitched Oscar...[[PowerIncontinence completely by accident]], and is heartbroken upon realizing that his attraction towards her was likely due to her powers brainwashing Oscar and not actually a consensual attraction on his part]].

* MundaneUtility: [[spoiler:Flower-girl Eliza]] is a witch and opens her beers with a simple spell, making the caps just pop off. The caption lampshades this:

* NoJustNoReaction: Oscar, upon [[https://www.wildelifecomic.com/comic/25 first seeing Sylvia]], immediately "Nopes" [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere right out to his car]].

* QuirkyTown[=/=]TownWithADarkSecret: Podunk has werewolves, witches, ghosts and who knows what else? As to the quirky part, apparently even people from Chicago are called Yankees or Yanks, even though Chicago is Mid-West.

* SummonBiggerFish: Oscar attempts this while fleeing [[spoiler:a giant spider monster by calling on the Thunderchildren to help, but [[HorrifyingTheHorror they promptly flee when they see what he was hoping they'd eat]]]].

* SpreadWingsFrameShot: The webcomic occasionally puts main character Oscar in a position where it looks like he has angel wings. [[http://www.wildelifecomic.com/comic/98 On cover of chapter 3]], he's standing in a gallery in front of a painting with angels. A similar juxtaposition occurs [[http://www.wildelifecomic.com/comic/104 a few pages later]] when he appears to have a pair of feathery wings in front of a hospital picture. This is likely some manner of foreshadowing.

* TheSpeechless: Taki, the young boy Cliff and Oscar find in chapter 10, never speaks. [[spoiler:When he does it is when they are close to the bones of his dead dog who died in the same accident as Taki and his parents. He calls her name and using his powers, summons her spirit to him and they go off into the light afterwards]].

** Oscar and the hairdresser Hazel flirt a few times before in chapter 13 they go on a date. [[spoiler:Hazel ends it by taking him to a crossroads so she can swap bodies with him. The demonic being there instead chooses to just hunt and try to kill Oscar]].