Line #15 Webcomic/Tinyraygun


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2	[[caption-width-right:350: Space ''and'' monsters?]]
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4	[[http://tinyraygun.tumblr.com:80/ tinyraygun]] is a [[SciFiWebcomics Sci-Fi Webcomic]] by Shelbie Copas (A.K.A. Themsjolly), following the adventures of a bright but naive space explorer trying to make her way in the galaxy.
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8	* AffablyEvil: Tork, especially compared to his egomaniac of a sidekick, Vector. He's surprisingly laid back about stealing Nepta's stuff, and isn't even all that interested in Nepta herself.
9	* BarefootCartoonAnimal: Common among the Levik species. They come from an icy planet and evolved feet tough enough to never really need shoes.
10	* {{BFG}}: A matter of pride among the Geckoids.
11	* BigGuyLittleGuy: Tork and Vector. Unusually, Vector, the smaller one, only ''thinks'' he's in charge, while his larger, smarter partner Tork doesn't take him particularly seriously.
12	* BigRedButton: Nepta's ship has one that [[FasterThanLightTravel makes her ship go faster]]. Which is, of course, labeled "Faster".
13	* ButtMonkey: Right off the bat, Nepta's being pursued for unknown reasons, crashes her ship trying to escape, ''and'' winds up captured by thieves, all in the first few pages.
14	* CompanionCube: Goes hand in hand with the Geckoid's gun culture. The loss of his only firearm is enough to make Tork shed a tear.
15	* ComedicSociopathy: Nepta coming this close to ''selling Doppler'' to a shady animal trader with a cheerful "OK!" Thankfully, a look around the shop is all it takes to give her a change of heart.
16	* DefiantStoneThrow: Done to Valie while she's ''[[DisproportionateRetribution making a sales pitch]]''. Honestly, she takes it better than one might expect.
17	* ExpressiveEars: Both Nepta and Doppler sport long ears that show their mood.
18	* ExtremeOmnivore: Doppler, who has no trouble eating Tork's ''raygun''.
19	* GasMaskMooks: The Geckoids, thanks to their highly industrialized home planet becoming heavily polluted. They've become so common in their everyday lives they don't even bother to take them off on planets where they ''don't'' need them.
20	* GoshDangItToHeck: How Nepta talks. Paired with her intelligence, the fact she talks like an old-timey cartoon is adorable.
21	* HonestJohnsDealership: Valie, a shady merchant. Of course, no one believes her sales pitches.
22	* FasterThanLightTravel: Of course, instead of having to punch in any fancy coordinates, all you have to do is press a BigRedButton.
23	* HumongousMecha: Valie gives a sales pitch while standing on the severed head of one.
24	* {{Imprinting}}: Nepta's the first thing Doppler sees after hatching and immediately imprints on her.
25	* IntelligentGerbil: The different species of the galaxy all tend to bare some resemblance to Earth animals. Leviks from the mountainous regions, for example, resemble long-eared cats with antlers and short tails.
26	* MadeOfIron: Nepta survives being thrown from the cockpit of a ship that crashlanded at light speed without so much as a scratch.
27	* MultipurposeTongue: Doppler's tongue can wrap around objects and snatch them from even a fully grown Geckoid.
28	* NightVisionGoggles: Nepta's headgear of choice.
29	* OldSchoolDogfight: As per its send-up to pulpy sci-fi, the comic opens with Nepta's ship being pursued by other ships firing at her from incredibly close range ([[ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy and still mostly missing]]).
30	* ThePollyanna: After nearly dying in a space chase, getting robbed by dangerous thieves and left stranded on an unkown, barren planet, Nepta is still amazingly upbeat about it.
31	* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Doppler, a small, quadruped creature with long ears and enormous green eyes.
32	* SkewedPriorities: After the Geckoids take her supplies, Nepta's pleased to find they didn't find her rations, first aid kits...and comic books.
33	* TheSmartGirl: Nepta's brilliant on an intellectual level, but highly naive about the way the world really works.
34	* SpockSpeak: In addition her quirky, old-fashioned way of talking, Nepta never uses contractions.
35	* SuperSpit: Doppler, a little alien creature that's taken to following Nepta, can spit acid.
36	* WarIsHell: Nepta's backstory. [[spoiler: She was a courier on a war-torn planet who finally snapped and stole a spaceship to escape.]]
37	* WretchedHive: The Yard seems a bit friendlier than most, but still really shady.

Context Webcomic / Tinyraygun