Line #24 Webcomic/TurboDefiant


1	'''Turbo Defiant''' (previously known as Turbo Defiant Kimecan) is an online graphic novel written and illustrated by Dono Sanchez Almara (best known for his work as a colorist for Marvel for titles like Rage of Ultron and the [[Manga/AttackOnTitan Attack on]] [[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avengers]] crossover story). Turbo Defiant used to update weekly but is currently on hiatus. It can be found at [[http://turbodefiant.net turbodefiant.net]].[[note]]Due to the domain name change, some links might still be directed to turbodefiant.com, but will still work on the site when changed to .net.[[/note]] Two parts have been released so far with a third part on the way. Only part one is available on the Turbo Defiant site as of October 2018.
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3	Lucas keeps having this strange dream where he's running from a giant brute and gets saved by a mysterious girl. Other than that, his life is average with rowdy friends, mixed romantic signals from one of them, his single father, meeting the girl in his dream on the train...
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5	Ah yeah, and the Fantastic Friends of Sam are in town too. This popular circus show is so popular, they extended their stay. These acrobatic clowns are actually dangerous monsters from another world that want to merge our world with that of dreams. Little does Lucas know that deep within him lies Icario, a Kimecan, a super powered robot that can help stop them, along with the eccentric trio of Barett, Ozman, and Gala, the girl from his dream.
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7	Turbo Defiant was originally presented presented in both traditional HTML format and an interactive "Turbo" mode, a graphic narrative experiment Dono called "Progressive Sequential Art". The Turbo Mode allowed for pacing and certain presentation elements that don't work in print. While the comic is still developed for print and available for reading online in a regular webcomic format, Dono is still looking into reviving Turbo Mode, possibly with [=HTML5=].
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10	!!Tropes:
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12	* AMechByAnyOtherName: Lucas refers to Icario as a giant robot, but nobody else makes the connection. Those that can transform into a giant robot are referred to as Kimecans.
13	* {{Animesque}}: Inspired by classic giant robot anime and early Gainax.
14	* CurbStompBattle: Lucas' first battle as Icario leads to all of the Shidur besides Sioran being taken out.
15	* CallingYourAttacks: Of the video game style where they show up onscreen.
16	** Icario's Exploding Kentron Shock Stinger, Warping Turbo Vortex, and Monster Karma Canniban
17	** Azdruba's Thermomania Razorbeam
18	** Barret's Jaswinder Knockout
19	* CasualDangerDialogue: On the other side, people there really care more about seeing a Kimecan battle instead of getting to safety, with one even asking people to "PLACE YOUR BETS"!
20	* CatapultNightmare: Lucas experiences this in the beginning.
21	* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Morgan, the benefactor of Azdruba and his "brothers"
22	* DreamLand: The Umbra. Gala describes it as such: "All human beings visit the Umbra while they sleep, all the sleeping minds create it and sustain it."
23	* EyeScream: The baddies use eyes to conduct the Vigris Tar spell to summon Persecutors and hone in on targets, at the expense of the humans who were originally using it.
24	* {{Expy}}: Gala is one for Haruko and Icario serves as one for Canti. Unlike in Anime/{{FLCL}}, Gala is less antagonistic, more grounded behavior wise, and her relationship with Icario is more positive.
25	** Averted for Lucas, which he's similar to Naota in that he has a distaste for beer and cigarettes in the same way Naota does for sour and spicy stuff, he lacks Naota's desire to be a "mini-adult" and asserts himself more often in the beginning.
26	* {{Fandisservice}}: Sioren strips down naked only to transform into monster form and start cutting Lucas' face.
27	* GetAHoldOfYourSelfMan: The first time Gala does this to Icario, she ''slaps him right in the face''. The second time she does this, ''SHE THROWS A CAR AT HIM''. Him being "a giant robot".
28	* GoofyPrintUnderwear: Gala has some...of multiple chibi Icarios.
29	* InMediasRes: The story starts with Lucas repeating the same dream he's always had of escaping from Frakornen and meeting Gala, then he wakes up.
30	* InterspeciesRomance: Between Lucas' dad and Cecilia.
31	* MsFanservice: Gala, unsubtlely in-universe and out of it. Her {{Stripperific}} outfit choices only apply to the real world though.
32	* TakeThat: A channel flipping sequence lightly takes the piss out of Hollywood gossip news shows, reality TV, telenovelas, and very subtly, the official story for the assassination of Bin Laden, shown as a text crawl during a weather segment.
33	** In another example of news stories current to the pages they appear in sneaking into the comics, STOP SOPA appears in the bar as a poster.
34	* TransformationSequence: For Icario when he first awakens.
35	* UrbanFantasy: Advertised as such.
36	* WhatTheHellHero: Gala keeps asking this of Icario multiple times when she asks him to quit absorbing people.

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