1 | ''Their mission is to spread awesome.'' [[quoteright:176:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nerf-this-feature-176x300_759.jpg]] |
2 | [[caption-width-right:176:Chase Connors. Power: Having moxie.]] |
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4 | Created by some artist ''cough, Scott, cough'', [[http://nerf-this.com/ Nerf This]] follows the adventures of the aggressively stylish Chase Connors, his horribly adorable pet monster Monty and their group of [[http://nerf-this.com/cast/ oddball friends]]. Updating Monday. Wednesday and Friday, this {{Webcomic}} has been running since March 2009. Sadly, the comic stopped updating in 2017 and as of 2021, the site no longer exists. |
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6 | The series is notable for its MundaneFantastic universe and its later strips being more [[CerebusSyndrome plot oriented]] as opposed to a joke-per-strip comic. |
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8 | Not to be confused with ''Webcomic/NerfNow'' (a gaming comic). |
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11 | !! Nerf This contains examples of: |
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13 | * AbandonedInfoPage: The cast page is a few story arcs behind and missing several main characters. |
14 | * AnthropomorphicPersonification: Taryn's mother, Destiny, may or may not ''actually'' be the universal force known as destiny. |
15 | * ArtEvolution: Later comics are noticeably sharper and more detailed than the earlier comics. |
16 | * BetaCouple: Tony and Steph, engaged almost from the get-go. |
17 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: You do ''not'' want to [[http://nerf-this.com/comic/snappingly-violent/ make]] [[TheFool Chase]] [[LetsGetDangerous Connors]] [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge angry.]] |
18 | * {{Bifauxnen}}: Taryn's friend Aiden gets confused for a guy by multiple characters. |
19 | * BirdsOfAFeather: Taryn and Chase, so alike it's creepy. |
20 | * CantActPervertedTowardALoveInterest: Averted, Chase is often at his worst with Taryn, even when they first [[http://nerf-this.com/06222009/ meet]]. |
21 | * ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Snarky, Taryn's pet, hasn't been seen for a while. |
22 | ** Referenced, then averted. |
23 | ** Though [[spoiler: the koalas]] haven't shown up for a while either... |
24 | %% * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Chase |
25 | * DisneyDeath: [[spoiler: Chase during Tony's wedding]]. |
26 | ** Also, [[spoiler: Monty during the rescue from the carnival.]] Chase goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge for him. |
27 | * DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: And how, poor Chase is usually the one to end up duct taped in a carboot. |
28 | * DysfunctionalFamily: Zoey's 20-year game of hide-and-seek with her father. |
29 | ** After his 12th marriage, Chase's dad stopped [[spoiler:buying wedding rings instead opting for pregnancy tests]]. |
30 | * EyesAlwaysShut: [[spoiler: Destiny]] in half her appearances thus far. |
31 | * FunPersonified: Chase's happy-go lucky nature means he's usually up for anything. |
32 | * GentlemanAdventurer: a core concept of the comic, most easily seen in Taryn's father, a member of the Killing Things with Their Bare Hands Club. They have [[http://dapperdecorum.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=36&product_id=61 T-shirts]]. |
33 | * HenpeckedHusband: While Taryn's father may be a walking embodiment of [[TestosteronePoisoning manly manliness]], his wife wears the pants in the house. |
34 | * HighClassGlass: Chase at one point dons a tophat, fancy mustache and two monocles. So does [[http://nerf-this.com/poetry-in-motion/ his girlfriend]]. |
35 | * IDidntMeanToTurnYouOn: The first of many, when Chase and Taryn [[http://nerf-this.com/06222009/ meet]]. |
36 | * NonactionGuy: Both Chase and Tony, although Chase does have his moments. Tonys dad. |
37 | * OfficialCouple: Chase and Taryn, Tony and Steph. |
38 | * OlderThanTheyLook: Nergil says that he's [[http://nerf-this.com/ancient-genitals/ "Old as balls."]] |
39 | * ThePollyanna: Chase. |
40 | * ARealManIsAKiller: Almost a word for word quote: |
41 | --> '''Taryn's Father''': A man's hands aren't meant for hugging. They're meant for '''killing'''. |
42 | * SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Chase and Tony, most easily seen when they were [[http://nerf-this.com/merrily-trip-trapping/ children]]. |
43 | * SmugSnake: [[spoiler:Destiny Mills]] |
44 | * SnarkyNonHumanSidekick: Literally, Taryn's monster is called Snarky. |
45 | * StalkerWithACrush: Taryn's friend Zoey is this to Chase. |
46 | * TestosteronePoisoning: Taryn's Dad, natch. Killed 50 bears and has a [[ManlyFacialHair Ragestache]] capable of inducing puberty. |
47 | * WhamLine: [[spoiler: I am Nergil Pendleton, The greatest wizard who has ever lived!]] |
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