Line #16 Webcomic/TheBedfellows


1	[[quoteright:298:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bedfellows_6036.jpg]]
2
3	''The Bedfellows'' is a [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom furry-oriented]] webcomic (exclusively on Platform/FurAffinity) by Kris Patrick of ''ARG/CatGhost'' fame, later adapted to a Website/YouTube series of comedy animated short films. It follows the crazy antics of two anthropomorphic roommates: Robert "Sheen" Hunter, a mean-spirited and ruthless green [[MixAndMatchCritters cat/dog cross]]; and Taylor "Fatigue" Stenson, a [[TheDitz very dumb]] and happy-go-lucky purple {{Jackalope}} of [[AmbiguousGender unknown gender]]. Together, they do a lot of crazy stuff and get on each other's nerves.
4
5	It was announced in February 2013 that the webtoon series was picked up by Creator/MondoMedia (of ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' and ''WebAnimation/DickFigures'' fame) for distribution.
6
7	The comics are available to read at [[http://www.furaffinity.net/user/shenanigans FurAffinity]] and the animated cartoons are watchable at [[https://www.youtube.com/TheBedfellows YouTube]]. Be warned: They contain NotSafeForWork elements.
8
9	In February 2017, a video game adaptation called ''Bedfellows: Frenzy'' was released on Steam. The plot is basically Sheen and/or Fatigue playing the in-universe ''Rampage'' homage, ''Frenzy'', while dealing with the eccentricities of the rest of the ''Bedfellows'' cast.
10	----
11	!!Tropes include
12	* FourOneNineScam: Sheen prevents Fatigue from becoming a victim of this in "Spam". [[spoiler:Subverted, as there really was a Nigerian prince after all, who is very distraught that no one is accepting his offer.]]
13	* AbusiveParents: As revealed in "Parents", Sheen's parents booed at him during a SchoolPlay along with other parents.
14	* AllThereInTheScript: There are many characters whose names are only given in the web series' end credits, such as the overweight cat bashing the show in "Fans" being named Fatso, the policewoman being named Kathy and Sheen's lizard cellmate in "Rap Song" being named Malcolm X Ray.
15	* AffectionateNickname: Considering Sheen's HairTriggerTemper, this is a very bad idea; the conversation below only proves it.
16	-->'''Bauhaus:''' Now, Sheenie Beenie, tell me a little about how you have been feeling lately.\
17	'''Sheen:''' Wonderful, fabulous... I'm a ship sailing on calm seas... '''''[[SuddenlyShouting AND DON'T CALL ME THAT!!]]'''''
18	* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents:
19	** Sheen's mother; Sheen even goes as far to ''apologize'' to a waitress for her "traditional" behavior!
20	** Fatigue's mother has no qualms about ''flirting'' with others right in front of her own child.
21	* AmbiguousGender: Fatigue exhibits masculine and feminine traits; other characters refer to Fatigue as a man or woman, Fatigue has a tampon in his purse, and in one episode, Fatigue appears to be peeing standing up in one episode when he's really pouring spoiled milk down a toilet. Additionally, Fatigue is shown to be the "woman of the house" compared to Sheen, and has CampGay tendencies.
22	** Ever since the youtube series started Fatigue's gender was retconned to canonically unknown and the gender confusion was elevated to RunningGag status, but [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness in the earliest comics,]] especially the NSFW ones, it was made ''graphically'' clear Fatigue was a male (with one even having Fatigue try to get Sheen to fellate him on his birthday).
23	* AngryGuardDog: Sheen is half-dog, and it shows.
24	* AnimatedAdaptation: The work started out as a webcomic, but later got an animated web series posted to [=YouTube=].
25	* AnimatedMusicVideo: "Keys Keys Keys", a parody of "Get Low" by Music/LilJon, and "Rap Song".
26	* AntiClimaxCut:
27	** In "Bubble Gum," Sheen attempts to create a viral video by swallowing as much bubble gum as possible and taping the results. We get a close up of his [[GrowlingGut moaning stomach]] as he squeals in anticipation... before we cut to him in a hospital bed being told that the gum formed a large blockage in his lower intestine.
28	** In the second "Mothers Day" episode:
29	--->'''Sheen:''' Take a seat, buddy. Let's have... ''dinner.'' ''(Maniacal laugh)''
30	--->''(Cut to Sheen, Fatigue and Fatigue's mother quietly eating dinner)''
31	* ArmoredClosetGay: Sheen lives with, sleeps with, and [[BlackComedyRape rapes]] Fatigue, but is nevertheless abrasive to the point of borderline sociopathy and insists that his relations with Fatigue do not make him gay.
32	* ArtEvolution: While the animation has always been rather stiff and limited, more recent episodes have had the occasional AnimationBump, full-body shots and more expressive Flash puppets.
33	* ArtShift: Make a rather awkward transition to cel-shaded CGI when 2D Flash puppets apparently became too expensive and time-consuming for the artists.
34	* AsHimself: Music/AndrewWK in "Next Door," complete with an [[ActorAllusion allusion]] to his cover for ''I Get Wet'' when Sheen punches him in the nose, causing it to bleed profusely. Bonus points for the character he voices being his personal fursona.
35	* AxCrazy: Sheen, always being abusive to Fatigue.
36	* BaitAndSwitch:
37	** The second "Mother's Day" episode has Fatigue sneaking out of the house to go visit his mother, doing everything possible to avoid Sheen finding out. It looks as though he's doing this to avoid Sheen's wrath for going somewhere without telling him, but he was really just afraid that [[spoiler: if Sheen came along, he'd make Fatigue's mom strip for them. He was right.]]
38	** Sheen is introduced in the episode "Drinking" obscured by the shadows, with a SlasherSmile and BlankWhiteEyes and is quickly revealed to be absolutely piss-drunk, with the sinister music and atmosphere making it look like he's going to start abusing Fatigue again, until he's then revealed to be an incredibly friendly and pleasant drunk. [[FauxHorrific which still horrifies Fatigue]].
39	** Double-subverted in "Toni P." Sheen is ashamed to call the titular character until Fatigue tells him not to be ashamed of himself and accept that "this is simply who he is." Sheen enthusiastically calls up [[spoiler: a pizza place called "Toni's Pizza," who laugh at him for wanting a pizza with anchovies.]]
40	* BerserkButton:
41	** Don't touch Sheen's stuff.
42	** Don't ask Sheen about Fatigue's gender.
43	* BigStupidDoodooHead: In "Fans", Sheen and Fatigue both call the overweight critic panning their show a "meanie jerkhead".
44	* BlackAndGreyMorality: Fatigue is an air-headed ButtMonkey and Sheen is an UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist.
45	* BlackComedy: A lot of the show's humor revolves around Sheen abusing and beating Fatigue whenever the latter pisses him off.
46	* BlackComedyRape:
47	** Sexual abuse is frequently implied between Sheen and Fatigue. For example, this exchange from "Two Friends Play Frenzy" when Fatigue tries to get Sheen to participate in doing a gameplay video of ''Frenzy'' for the Internet.
48	--->'''Sheen:''' I'm not playing that! That game is boring!\
49	'''Fatigue:''' But-but you ''agreed'' that you would!\
50	'''Sheen:''' I never said that! You're a liar!\
51	'''Fatigue:''' Yes, you did! Remember? Like, like yesterday, when you had me dressed up in that fairy costume and I didn't want to, but you said to do it anyways and then I did, so--\
52	'''Sheen:''' (''frantically puts his hands over Fatigue's mouth'') Okay! Shut up! I'll do it! Uh...(''chuckles'') we'll just edit that out later, right?
53	** "Rap Song" has Sheen rap about how he isn't legally allowed to rap, with a lot of jokes having him mention "rap" in a context that would make more sense if the word ended with a silent E and its present participle only had one P. Hell, the video ends with a PrisonRape gag where Sheen winds up in jail and finds himself having a lizard cellmate who turns off the lights as he tells Sheen he'll be the victim of his next "rap" song.
54	* BrickJoke: In "Next Door," Sheen wakes Fatigue up to "take care of a problem," which Fatigue takes to mean his RagingStiffie. Sheen meant the noise next door, but he tells Fatigue to keep going. In the next scene, Fatigue knocks on the door with a hand covered in a [[{{Squick}} dubious, white substance]].
55	* ButtMonkey: Both Sheen and Fatigue towards each other; Fatigue constantly annoys Sheen, and Sheen is physically abusive towards Fatigue.
56	* CampGay: AmbiguousGender aside, Fatigue shows multiple traits of being a camp gay man, such as feminine mannerisms and flamboyant vocal inflections.
57	* CatchPhrase: DIS-LIKE! (From a episode with Sheen rating videos)
58	* CatsAreMean: Well, Sheen is only ''half''-cat, but he's still quite a malicious prick.
59	* CaughtWithYourPantsDown: "Jacked Ass" ends with Fatigue walking in on Sheen masturbating.
60	* ChristmasEpisode: "The 12 Rapes of Christmas", consisting of Fatigue singing a [[TheTwelveSpoofsOfChristmas Twelve Day of Christmas parody]] where they list items Sheen gave them as well as acts of abuse that Sheen inflicted on Fatigue.
61	* CloudCuckoolander: Fatigue is the more absent-minded of the duo, as well as the nicer one.
62	* DavidVersusGoliath: In "Beach Bully", the titular bully - a tall, muscular Doberman anthro - shoves Sheen out of the way to flirt with Fatigue, when Sheen stands up to the bully and gets in a fighting stance, appearing ready to fight him. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope However, Sheen throws his punch at Fatigue instead]], knocking them to the ground and [[BlamingTheVictim calling them "a little slut" for accepting the bully's advances]]. He then leaves the bully [[EveryoneHasStandards in shock at what just happened]].]]
63	* DepravedBisexual: [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist Sheen]] is often seen sleeping with random women, and can also be seen with men, and is presumably in an (abusive) relationship with Fatigue.
64	* DisproportionateRetribution:
65	** On Sheen's laundry list of flaws. The first episode has him coming home from work to punch Fatigue in the face for ''hanging up on him!'' After Sheen '''''specifically told Fatigue to hang up!!'''''
66	** In "Aspergers," Sheen claims that he once threw water in a girls face and called her a whore when she ''asked if a dress looked good on her!''
67	* DisabilityAsAnExcuseForJerkassery: In "Aspergers," Sheen's erratic, anti-social behavior is diagnosed as the titular disorder, which he immediately uses as an excuse to act out worse than ever, including speeding through traffic, beating up strangers, and eventually resisting arrest. Subverted at the end, when [[spoiler:he's re-diagnosed as simply being a jerk.]]
68	* DisappearedDad: We have no idea what happened to Fatigue's father.
69	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Sheen's mother's anti-lizard racism is clearly a stand-in for racism against black people.
70	* TheDogBitesBack: Fatigue beats up and pepper-sprays Sheen in an episode, albeit on accident because Sheen came home completely bald and Fatigue thought that he was a stranger.
71	* DomesticAbuse: PlayedForLaughs. Hell, one episode has Sheen drunk and acting ''compassionate'' to Fatigue, but Fatigue responds as if he's being abused.
72	* DontEatAndSwim: "Swimming" has Sheen eat a hot dog before getting into the pool and ignoring the lifeguard's warning that he must wait a bit first, getting cramps within seconds.
73	* DoubleStandardRapeMaleOnMale: Sheen's sexual abuse of Fatigue is treated as humorous.
74	* EarWorm: In the "Jacked Ass" video, Sheen gets sick of Fatigue playing the "[[Franchise/MyLittlePony My Little Donkey]]" theme song loudly, so he yells at him to turn it down. Then he gets the song stuck in his head when he starts playing with his penis, causing him to sing it. He angrily struggles to get it out of his head, but he couldn't stop singing it, resulting in an AtomicFBomb he screams out in rage.
75	* EarnYourHappyEnding: "Collect Call" heavily implies that Fatigue has finally summoned the courage to leave Sheen and the toxic relationship they had behind. [[SnapBack Subsequent videos have them together again]], though Sheen is less abusive this time.
76	* EnragedByIdiocy: Be the idiocy in the form of an EarWorm, or [[HatesBeingTouched Being Touched]], or who knows what else, you can count on Sheen to yell and curse and become violent on a hair trigger whenever it happens.
77	* ExpressiveEars: Sheen. Justified considering that he's a hybrid between both a dog AND a cat, both of which have their ears as part of their body language.
78	* EveryoneHasStandards:
79	** A raging asshole Sheen may be, but even he can't tolerate his mother's FantasticRacism against lizards to the point where he actually apologizes for her behavior.
80	** The titular character of "Beach Bully" is disturbed when Sheen retaliates to him trying to steal Fatigue from him by punching Fatigue.
81	* FauxHorrific: Fatigue's reaction to a drunken Sheen, who is nothing but pleasant and friendly towards them in a stark contrast to his usual abrasive and outright abusive behavior.
82	* FemaleFelineMaleMutt: Sheen's parents consist of a female cat and a male dog.
83	* FreudianExcuse: The episode where Sheen starts seeing a shrink reveals that his bad attitude can be traced back to when he was heckled out of a kindergarten play. The hecklers? His own parents!
84	* HairTriggerTemper: Sheen could probably give [[WesternAnimation/DanVs Dan]] a run for his money in being perpetually pissed off.
85	* HatesBeingTouched:
86	** One of Sheen's flaws is that he doesn't like other people touching him.
87	** In the ChristmasEpisode he allows Fatigue "9 Awkward Touches".
88	* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: Sheen, as revealed in "Parents".
89	* HiddenDepths: It's revealed in "Bored Meeting" that Fatigue works as an architect and is quite serious and passionate about it, and actually prefers function over form when it comes to his job, and overall uncharacteristically acts as the OnlySaneMan towards his two superiors because of this.
90	* HypocriticalHumor:
91	** In "Next Door," Sheen's noisy neighbor apologies for his loud music as kindly and well-spoken as possible, with the only thing really offensive being just ''how'' well-spoken he is causes him to be mildly annoying. Sheen tells him to "talk like a normal person and stop being an egotistical jerk!"
92	* InkSuitActor: Music/AndrewWK's character in "Next Door," which also happens to be his real-life fursona.
93	* {{Jerkass}}: Sheen is a complete asshole who likes to do cruel and hurtful things to other people.
94	* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Sheen often gets away with abusing and beating Fatigue, but typically faces actual punishment when he tries to harm or inconvenience anyone else.
95	* LighterAndSofter: The post-2017 shorts significantly tone down Sheen's personality from an outright abuser towards Fatigue to being just an outright grouch.
96	* ManlyTears: Tears quietly roll down Sheen's angry face after Toni P [[spoiler:laughs at him for wanting a pizza with anchovies]].
97	* MeaningfulName: Fatigue. He gets Sheen in trouble a lot.
98	* MemeticMutation: Parodied; one comic strip has Fatigue and a pal of his giving Sheen a cheeseburger only to mirror the "I Can Haz A Cheezburger" meme, much to Sheen's extreme irritation, who then yells at them to get out, resulting in Fatigue and his friend cooking spaghetti to mirror another meme.[[invoked]]
99	* MixAndMatchCritters: Sheen is a cat/dog hybrid.
100	* MisterSeahorse: In the ChristmasEpisode after 10 Contraceptives.
101	-->'''Sheen:''' ''(to Fatigue hugging a bulging stomach)'' WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU'RE PREGNANT?!?
102	* NiceGuy: Fatigue is considerably more pleasant and personable than Sheen.
103	* NoYou: In "Football", Fatigue calls football dumb and Sheen responds with "No, you're dumb!"
104	* NoYouHangUpFirst: In "Hang Up", when Sheen and Fatigue argue over who should hang up.
105	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The one time Fatigue actually stands up for himself is in "Bored Meeting," when he calls out his bosses for doing nothing but patting themselves on the back (and other places) for their good work rather than make it even better.
106	* OneHourWorkWeek: Sheen's job at the post office doesn't come up after the first episode, and we don't even find out if Fatigue ''has'' a job until episode 29.
107	* {{Pilot}}: "Just Give Him Ten Minutes", a short where Sheen and Fatigue go to a sperm bank to donate samples, serves as the pilot episode of the web series. It is not available on the main channel, but can be found through reuploads.
108	* PoorMansPorn: Fatigue's architectural blueprints are enough to send his bosses into an ''orgasmic frenzy.''
109	* PrecisionFStrike: The lizard cook in "Dinner" who [[spoiler: spits in Sheen's mom's salad]].
110	--> '''Lizard Cook:''' "Dinner is served.... muthafucka."
111	* PrisonRape: "Rap Song" ends with Sheen in jail and his lizard cellmate ready to violate him.
112	* PunBasedTitle: Some of the episode titles, such as "Jacked Ass" and "Bored Meeting".
113	* RacistGrandma: Sheen's mom expresses hate speech towards [[FantasticRacism lizards]] in "Dinner", to the chagrin of Sheen.
114	* {{Retraux}}: The ''Frenzy'' video game in the "Two Friends Play Frenzy" cartoon resembles a game on NES.
115	* RippedFromTheHeadlines: "Yolo," but only because Sheen is the kind of person who'd misinterpret it the way most people did.
116	* SadistShow: Boy howdy.
117	* SelfDeprecation: A video where Kris Patrick demonstrates how he animates the web series ends with him telling the viewer that the show is terrible and that no one should watch it.
118	* ShoutOut:
119	** "My Little Donkey" in the "Jacked Ass" cartoon [[MyLittlePhony is a parody of]] ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' and especially ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''.
120	** The "Keys Keys Keys" music video is a parody of "Get Low" by Music/LilJon.
121	** The game played in "Two Friends Play Frenzy" is similar to ''VideoGame/{{Rampage}}''.
122	* SingleMomStripper: Fatigue's mother Amy Stenson puts on exotic dances for money, with Fatigue's dad [[DisappearedDad never even acknowledged.]]
123	* SirSwearsalot: Sheen, who swears very often when he's angry, and that too is very often.
124	* SlippingAMickey: In the ChristmasEpisode "11 Drinks with Roofies"
125	* StealthPun: In "Bored Meeting," Fatigue's bosses get hot and bothered (and, eventually, kinky) as he explains his blueprints for a ballroom. It's "artistic masturbation."
126	* StrawFeminist: "Train" has Sheen argue with and fall in love with a stereotypical man-hating feminist.
127	* StylisticSuck: Fatigue's titular "show" on "Two Friends Play Frenzy".
128	* SuddenAnatomy:
129	** In the animations, the characters normally don't have toes on their feet, but in the "Don't Touch My Stuff" and "Gary" cartoons, they suddenly gain toes and soles in a few shots.
130	** [[http://ru-furry.org/post/142007/-3--c---3-annoyed-bag-bedfellows-chair-comic-controller-humour-male-painting-paws-shenanigans-sitting-tea-tea_bagging-xbox This early comic]] shows that Sheen has pads on his feet in a closeup, although they disappeared in others.
131	** Sheen, Fatigue and Fatigue's Mom all have toes though out the ChristmasEpisode. The style has stuck on since then.
132	* SuddenlyShouting: Sheen does it to his therapist for [[AffectionateNickname calling him "Sheenie Beenie"]].
133	* TakeThat:
134	** Suffice to say, ''My Little Donkey'' from the episode "Jacked Ass" is not an AffectionateParody of [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Bronies]], with the theme song insinuating that fans of the show are losers for fawning over a MerchandiseDriven show targeted at young children.
135	** Subverted with "Yolo" in that it's a satire of the people who interpret "Don't let consequences rule you" as "I can do whatever I want and get away with it", which is exactly the kind of person Sheen is.
136	* TakeThatAudience: "Fans" is nothing but this, portraying the show's fanbase as so creepy that Sheen and Fatigue find the detractors preferable.
137	* TheTwelveSpoofsOfChristmas: As the title indicates, "The 12 Rapes of Christmas" has Fatigue sing a parody of ''Twelve Days of Christmas'' where they list what presents Sheen gave them as well as acts of abuse Sheen inflicted on Fatigue.
138	* ToiletSeatDivorce: In a scene in "The 12 Rapes Of Christmas", Sheen asks for a divorce over... Fatigue showing off his (Fatigue's) thong.
139	* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Sheen regularly abuses Fatigue and everyone else around him, and is a promiscuous and {{depraved bisexual}}.
140	* VanityLicensePlate: On Sheen's car in the "Keys Keys Keys" video - "NOT GAY".
141	* ViewerGenderConfusion: Invoked and played with; when new viewers had trouble guessing Fatigue's gender, the creators decided to roll with the idea and have Fatigue's gender be undecided. People refer to Fatigue as a man or woman, Fatigue has a tampon in his purse, Fatigue appears to be peeing standing up in one episode when he's really pouring spoiled milk down a toilet...
142	* VillainProtagonist: Sheen abuses and [[BlackComedyRape rapes]] Fatigue frequently, and on the whole, is an UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist.
143	* VolumetricMouth: Sheen's mouth expands cartoonishly whenever he yells louder.
144	* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Fatigue has a weird accent that simultaneously sounds like an English one, an Australian one, and a South African one at the same time.
145	* WhyTheFandomCantHaveNiceThings: "Fans" presents the nitpicking and hatred from people who dislike the show as ''pleasant'' when compared to the creepy TMI comments made by people who like it.
146	* WithFriendsLikeThese: Sheen and Fatigue.
147	* WorldOfJerkass: Fatigue and their friend Gary seem to be the only genuinely nice characters to ever appear in this series, given that pretty much everyone else around them is a self-serving, unlikeable asshole (''especially'' Sheen).

Context Webcomic / TheBedfellows