History Webcomic / Wondermark

* FranchiseZombie: In-universe example in the ''Comic Strip Doctor'' column, Malki dissects this phenomenon as it relates to newspaper comics. Established strips run on brand recognition for decades after they cease to be funny, and newspapers are afraid to take risks on new artists. The result is, it's extremely difficult to get into the business, and the majority of newspaper comics are boring, predictable drivel. He considers webcomics to be the cure, because while SturgeonsLaw still applies, the truly talented now have an outlet to get their work recognized without having to compete for space on the funny page with the likes of ''ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUS'' and ''ComicStrip/{{Ziggy}}''.

* UsefulNotes/OldBritishMoney: Price Sixpence
-->[[AC:Or by post Sixpence Halfpenny]]

* {{Feghoot}}: As of #1424, at least 10 consecutive strips all consist of scenarios that exist to end with the punchline "Check out my sick elephant", the references becoming increasingly convoluted and pun-based with time.

* MeaningfulName:[[http://wondermark.com/745/ Mr. Meanscary]], a child-eating monster that happens to look like the backside of a dog. He angrily claims his grandfather was given the name on Ellis Island (although the AltText indicates he's still a child-eater).

* OverlyLongGag: at least 10 consecutive strips, as of #1424 that all consist of increasingly [[{{Feghoot}} convoluted]] [[IncrediblyLamePun puns]] around the phrase "Check out my sick elephant". Lampshaded in #1424, where a character says, "Don't worry, I'm practicing getting a ''lot'' of mileage out of some ''very'' thin material."

The author has arranged some of his favorite strips on a single page as an introduction to new readers; this can be found [[http://wondermark.com/bestof.html here]]. Of particular interest to tropers is [[http://wondermark.com/554/ this strip]], featuring the [[SteamPunk Electro-Plasmic Hydrocephalic]] [[{{Troperiffic}} Genre-Fiction Generator]] [[{{Trope2000}} 2000]].

* Trope2000: The Electro-plasmic Hydrocephalic Genre-Fiction Generator 2000, a cutting edge steampunk device to automatically generate genre fiction summaries.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: The [[http://wondermark.com/808/ Starhorse arc]] invokes this in the most frustrating way possible--the fisherman ends up only catching one of five horse-heads, and every time he tries to make a wish the single head warns him that whatever he wishes for will be reduced to one-fifth in the most inconvenient way possible.

* BeatPanel

* ContinuityNod: Strip [[http://wondermark.com/245/ #245]] features an elephant on a runaway wheeled contraption. More than 10 years later, [[http://wondermark.com/c1425/ Strip 1425]] provides an origin story of sorts for this elephant, showing how he ended up on his wild journey.

* CutAndPasteComic: ''Most'' of the time. Though image manipulation is fairly common.

* FateDrivesUsTogether

* InWhichATropeIsDescribed: See above.

* IWishedYouWereDead: Parodied [[http://wondermark.com/126/ here]].

* MistakenForPedophile: [[http://wondermark.com/346/ This strip]].
* MoralGuardians: [[http://wondermark.com/567/ O selfless saviors!]].
* MundaneMadeAwesome: [[http://wondermark.com/1k67/ What was going through your mind?]]
* NecessaryFail: [[http://wondermark.com/659/ O Theoretical Saviors]]
* NegativeContinuity
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: [[http://wondermark.com/345/ Next years memes predicted]].

** [[http://wondermark.com/495/ PIRANHAMOOSE]].
*** ...''awesome.''

* OhWaitThisIsMyGroceryList: Applied to an unfortunate Cyrano [[http://wondermark.com/106/]]

* PresentDayPast

* {{Retraux}}: The whole visual theme

* TicketLineCampout: Subject of [[http://wondermark.com/321/ this strip]]

* VampireVannabe: Parodied [[http://wondermark.com/241/ here]].
* TheVirus: [[http://wondermark.com/741/ GOOF'D!]]
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotDidactic: Parodied [[http://wondermark.com/720/ here]]. [[invoked]]

* RunningGag: ''[[http://wondermark.com/520/ Punching Stuff Until It Blows Up]]'' and its [[http://wondermark.com/521/ two]] [[http://wondermark.com/522/ sequels]].

* ContinuityNod: Strip [[http://wondermark.com/245/ #245]] features an elephant on a runaway wheeled contraption. [[http://wondermark.com/c1425/ Strip 1425]] provides an origin story of sorts for this elephant, showing how he ended up on his wild journey.

* {{Feghoot}: As of #1424, at least 10 consecutive strips all consist of scenarios that exist to end with the punchline "Check out my sick elephant", the references becoming increasingly convoluted and pun-based with time.

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: [[http://wondermark.com/115/ "Oh, hey, Deimos. Thought you were Jamie."]]

-->'''Linehorse:''' ...But alone, I can only ''one-fifth''grant wishes.\\

* PianoDrop: [[http://wondermark.com/394/ This is why you don't eat those little desiccant packets.]]

* FranchiseZombie: Not ''Wondermark'' itself, but in the ''Comic Strip Doctor'' column, Malki dissects this phenomenon as it relates to newspaper comics. Established strips run on brand recognition for decades after they cease to be funny, and newspapers are afraid to take risks on new artists. The result is, it's extremely difficult to get into the business, and the majority of newspaper comics are boring, predictable drivel. He considers webcomics to be the cure, because while SturgeonsLaw still applies, the truly talented now have an outlet to get their work recognized without having to compete for space on the funny page with the likes of ''ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUS'' and ''ComicStrip/{{Ziggy}}''.