Line #30 Webcomic/Zukahnaut


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2	->''"Potatoes produce a toxin when they get old, spend time in the light or suffer physical damage. The built-up toxin turns them green. After that they will '''mess you up.''' Pain. Diarrhea. Coma. Death. I was already '''old.''' Today was the most '''sunlight''' I've seen in years. Now this knob is set on '''beating me?''' I dunno about the potato... But I'm feelin' '''green as hell.'''"''
3	-->-- '''Zukah''', ''Zukahnaut Chapter Three'', page 7.
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5	''Zukahnaut'' is a Canadian action/adventure webcomic by Otty Justason and Sonya Somers. It follows an alien recluse who decides to give living out in the open a shot. After over 50 years of skulking out of sight on Earth, Zukah is lonely, rude, out of shape, and out of his mind... but he's working on it.
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7	The world Zukah joins turns out to be more accepting of a huge green alien than he anticipates, thanks to a recent development known as Portals. These Portals are opening, apparently at random, all over the world and spitting out people and things from what appear to be parallel universes. Zukah gets sucked into this mystery alongside the likes of Darius Douglas (a scrubby and good-hearted Action Social Worker) and Darius' sister Daphne (a veterinarian-turned-sawbones) as they face monkey centaurs, goat men, cyclops giants, sea orcs and immortal vikings.
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9	The webcomic is published weekly [[http://zukahnaut.com/ here]].
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11	!!This webcomic contains examples of:
12	* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Zukah, while [[spoiler: in the body of the Atlantean King]], appears to be enjoying his power a little too much.
13	* AfterActionPatchup: One of the comic's protagonists is introduced when Zukah seeks help [[http://zukahnaut.com/2013/05/04/026-doctor-daphne/ mending a wound.]]
14	* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: Zukah isn't generally that bright to begin with, but once booze is added to the equation there's no telling what kind of bad decisions will be made.
15	* {{Atlantis}}: When Zukah discovers that he's now the ruler of an undersea kingdom, he immediately renames it Atlantis.
16	* BigFun: Zukah is big, fat, and quite affable despite everything.
17	* CarCushion: After getting [[http://zukahnaut.com/2014/05/10/077-the-stand/ punted into the air]] for an entire scene, Zukah returns to Earth with nothing worse for the wear except for the [[http://zukahnaut.com/2014/06/07/081-zukahnaut-vs-juggernaut/ truck he lands on]].
18	* ClassicalAntiHero: Zukah definitely fits this profile.
19	* ColossusClimb: Hrothgar tends to climb larger opponents to get his shots in, such as [[http://zukahnaut.com/2013/11/02/051-piggybacker/ Zukah]] and the [[http://zukahnaut.com/2014/04/05/072-in-the-shadow-of-the-colossus/ squid-faced giant]].
20	* CurbStompBattle: [[http://zukahnaut.com/2013/08/10/040-slobberknocker/ Zukah versus the warring factions of goat-men and monkey-centaurs.]]
21	* CurseCutShort: Zukah has a habit of [[http://zukahnaut.com/2013/08/03/039-war-is-raw/ talking over Darius, sometimes cutting off curses]].
22	* DeathByOriginStory: Hrothgar's origin features [[spoiler: not just his father's death, but his own as well.]]
23	* DogPileOfDoom: The Gelthir and the Kongohl [[http://zukahnaut.com/2013/08/03/039-war-is-raw/ perform this]] against Zukah.
24	* ExtremeOmnivore: Zukah manages to eat a [[http://zukahnaut.com/2012/11/24/004-a-wee-man/ phone]].
25	* FishPeople : Zwendelaar, Setanta, and their subjects.
26	* GoodSamaritan: Darius just wants to help the Displaced people find their place in the world.
27	* HairTriggerTemper: Zukah's fuse is rather short.
28	* HealingFactor: Hrothgar recovers from any injury as though he is still in Valhalla.
29	* HeroesFightBarehanded: Zukah [[http://zukahnaut.com/2013/11/02/051-piggybacker/ shouts down Darius]] when he offers to help against Hrothgar. For his part, Hrothgar doesn't use his axe.
30	* HollywoodFire: When a bar fight turns conflagratory, the flames hang back from the action to serve as little more than set dressing.
31	* HollywoodHealing: Once dressed, injuries seem to be given little further acknowledgement.
32	* HornyVikings: Hrothgar the Faceless
33	* ImpressivePyrotechnics: Somehow Zukah seems to have the ability to make vegetables explode in magnificent fireballs.
34	* {{Kevlard}}: In chapter 1, Zukah survives a [[http://zukahnaut.com/2012/12/15/007-warm-reception/ hail of small arms fire]] when the bullets simply bounce off his rotund body.
35	* LargeHam: Zukah, emphasized by the large red letters in his word balloons.
36	* MissionBriefing: Detective Killigan fills Darius in [[http://zukahnaut.com/2013/07/13/036-on-the-scene/ when they arrive on the scene]] of their first job.
37	* NeverMessWithGranny: No matter how dangerous the world becomes around her, Darius and Daphne's Nanma lives [[http://one-shots.zukahnaut.com/comic/036-fearless/ without fear.]]
38	* NonFatalExplosions: Hrothgar takes an [[http://zukahnaut.com/2013/10/19/049-potatoom/ exploding potato to the face]] (erm, mask) without anything more serious than singed hair and cloak to show for it.
39	* PointyEars: One of Zukah's features.
40	* PunchedAcrossTheRoom: After handily wiping the floor with his opponents early on, Zukah is later tossed around with ease by [[http://zukahnaut.com/2013/10/05/047-this-looks-bad/ Hrothgar]] and the [[http://zukahnaut.com/2014/04/12/073-godzilla-vs-beowulf/ squid-faced giant]].
41	* SoftGlass: The [[http://zukahnaut.com/2013/11/09/052-fighting-through-the-pane/ climax]] of Hrothgar vs. Zukah makes use of this trope.
42	* SpaceMarine: Zukah's [[http://zukahnaut.com/2012/11/01/000-origin/ one-page origin]] reveals that he was once a space marine.
43	* ThereWasADoor: Instead of walking the extra three steps around a corner, Zukah [[http://zukahnaut.com/2012/11/17/the-phone-call/ punches a hole in the wall]] in order to reach his ringing phone.
44	* ThisIsMyBoomstick: Largely played straight at the true end of the conflict between the goat men and the monkey centaurs when Darius, under threat by the groups he's been trying to talk down, breaks a primitive spear by putting a bullet through it. Though it could be considered [[InvertedTrope inverted]] in so far as the native, Darius, is the one with the higher technology. Darius then [[DiscussedTrope explains the situation completely]] to make it clear to the two sides. As Darius points out, the [[JustifiedTrope trope is justified]] in so far as many individuals and groups are technologically behind (though they may have magic or other advantages).
45	** Before giving the speech he actually uses, Darius gives a ShoutOut to ''Film/ArmyOfDarkness'', "Man I wish I knew the '''boom-stick speech''' by heart..."
46	* ThreePointLanding: Hrothgar lands [[http://zukahnaut.com/2013/11/16/053-paying-the-price/ picture-perfectly]] after Zukah sends them both through a plate glass window.
47	* TimeForPlanB: When Zukah realizes that punches aren't getting him anywhere, his next instinct is to [[http://zukahnaut.com/2013/10/12/048-when-the-going-gets-tough/ blow stuff up]].
48	* UncertainDoom: The bar fight between Zukah and Hrothgar ends this way.
49	* UnderwaterCity: Zukah finds himself first imprisoned in, then ruling over, an entire undersea kingdom after some body-swapping shenanigans with its leader.

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