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3 | ''[[http://mezzacotta.net/itoons iToons]]'' is a spin-off of ''Webcomic/SquareRootOfMinusGarfield'', started in June 2015. Basically, it takes the idea of "anything goes" {{Remix Comic}}s that ''Square Root of Minus Garfield'' made famous and applies it to almost ''any'' {{newspaper|Comics}} or {{webcomic|s}} out there. Originally hosted on Blogger, it joined ''[=SRoMG=]'' on Webcomic/{{Mezzacotta}} in late 2015. |
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5 | The only comics off limits from remixing: |
6 | * ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' (obviously) |
7 | * Prior to its integration into mezzacotta, edits based on ''Webcomic/IrregularWebcomic'' or any of mezzacotta's features were also off limits (so as to avoid offending the Comics Irregulars, whom ''[=iToons=]''' creator is on good terms with). |
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9 | ''Webcomic/DinosaurComics'' used to be off-limits as well; due to its "same artwork every strip" gimmick, only rewrites were thought possible, and ''The Dinosaur Whiteboard'' already fulfills that purpose. After a user demonstrated other ways to edit ''Dinosaur Comics'', this restriction was lifted. |
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11 | !!List of tropes used: |
12 | * AerithAndBob: [[https://mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=430 This comic]] takes off from an original ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' in which the "Aerith" names were mostly {{preppy name}}s. |
13 | * AdaptationalAlternateEnding: [[https://mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=777 How The Jungle Book Should Have Ended]] applies this to ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967'', depicting an alternate ending wherein Mowgli stays in the jungle instead of [[spoiler:settling in the Man-Village]]. |
14 | * BaitAndSwitch: The description of [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=619 Red Spiders 3]], wherein a man is startled by two very large "red spiders", one of which clearly painted itself red. |
15 | -->This actually happened to me once. It was pretty awful. I'm glad I kept the paint out of my eyes. |
16 | * CallBack: [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=196 This comic]] ends with a cameo from [[spoiler:Orlando Bloom]], who previously appeared in [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=146 this rather strange one]]. |
17 | * CutAndPasteComic: |
18 | ** [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=229 Repetition]] is sort of self-explanatory. |
19 | ** [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=336 We're an Individual]], as well. |
20 | ** [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=381 I should come up with a good title]] has [[ComicStrip/{{Nancy}} Fritzi]] conclude that she should "copy and paste less". |
21 | ** [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=431 Taking Xeroxing pretty seriously]], which does this a ''Calvin and Hobbes'' strip about "[[LampshadeHanging Xeroxed talking heads]]". |
22 | * DigitalBikini: |
23 | ** Parodied in [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=6 "I See Cleo..."]], which thus destroys the original strip's joke. |
24 | ** Inverted in [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=707 "Grin and Bare It"]], which redraws [[https://imycomic.com Imy]]'s one-piece swimsuit into a bikini |
25 | * FormulaBreakingEpisode: "[[https://mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=777 How The Jungle Book Should Have Ended]]" and "[[https://mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=782 Wronger Lever]]" do not use a comic strip as a base source and instead use animated movies as their respective sources (''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'' respectively), with edited movie screencaps arranged into a comic strip format. |
26 | * FreakyFridayFlip: [[https://mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=441 Role With The Punches]] changes the punchline of a ''Calvin and Hobbes'' comic so that it ends with the reveal that Calvin and Hobbes have switched bodies. |
27 | * GiantSpider: The two spiders in [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=619 Red Spiders 3]], with a stick figure for comparison. One is merely a bit taller than the stick figure; the other is, according to the transcript, ''the size of a house.'' |
28 | * HurricaneOfPuns: [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=24 "Nori-cane of Puns"]] adds three curtain-based puns to [[Manga/HidamariSketch Nori]]'s original one. Appropriately, the strip title is a pun on the trope name. |
29 | * IProduct: In this case, it's both a pun on [=iTunes=] and a math reference (the "i" stands for imaginary numbers - which fits, given that these are imaginary comic strips). |
30 | * MadeOfExplodium: [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=257 Charlie Brown]], apparently. |
31 | -->I ''would'' explode if I was Charlie Brown! |
32 | * MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext: [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=146 "Orlando Bloom?!"]] ([[PaintingTheMedium Even the transcript is bewildered.]]) |
33 | * PokemonSpeak: "[[https://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=331 Cathymon]]" edits a ''ComicStrip/{{Cathy}}'' comic so that Cathy only speaks in "[[CharacterCatchphrase AACK!]]", including the author notes. |
34 | * PunBasedTitle: See IProduct above. |
35 | * ShoutOut: It's a spinoff of the ReferenceOverdosed ''Square Root of Minus Garfield'', goes without saying. See the [[ShoutOut/IToons Shout Out]] page. |
36 | * SongParody: [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=13 Sam Petty and the Helixbreakers]] has [[Webcomic/{{Freefall}} Sam and Helix]] sing one of Music/TomPetty and the Heartbreakers' "Free Fallin'" as a StealthPun on the title of the source comic. |
37 | * SpinOff: From ''Webcomic/SquareRootOfMinusGarfield'', natch. |
38 | * StealthPun: [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=13 Sam Petty and the Helixbreakers]] has [[Webcomic/{{Freefall}} Sam and Helix]] make one by singing a SongParody of "Free Fallin'". |
39 | * TakeThat: Also common, in ''[=SRoMG=]'' tradition. See the [[TakeThat/IToons Take That page]]. |
40 | * ToiletHumour: |
41 | ** [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=309 This strip]] is pretty self-explanatory. |
42 | ** [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=382 This one]], even more so. |
43 | * TranslationConvention: [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=214 Loss of Communication]] implies the possibility of this in any [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom furry-based work]] by showing a ''Webcomic/{{Cloudscratcher}}'' comic, before being translated from Cattish (and Doggish for that one line). |
44 | * TranslationTrainWreck: "[[https://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=635/ This is America]]" takes a ''ComicStrip/USAcres'' comic and runs all the dialogue through Yandex Translate. |
45 | * VaudevilleHook: [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=382 "Relaxing Plops" would be a good name for a laxative]] describes this happening to the author in the author's note, due to their making a {{pun}} based on the contents of the strip. |
46 | -->'''[=KelpTheGreat=]:''' I'm sorry, guys, I know you deserve better than this. I tried my best on this, but this comic is just crap.\ |
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48 | ''A large cane mysteriously appears to the author's left, which hooks around his torso and whisks him away, vaudeville-style'' |
49 | * WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties: [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=749/ Emoji of the Ci--]], wherein [[ComicStrip/HeartOfTheCity Heart]]'s use of a poop emoji [[PaintingTheMedium causes the strip to crash]] [[note]]referencing two ''[=SRoMG=]'' strips that had their scripts broken after emojis were inserted[[/note]]. |
50 | * WordSaladHumor: A handful of comics involve the dialogue in the edited comic being edited to say off-the-wall and nonsensical things, often with surreal visual edits to go with them, creating what seems to be the closest thing one could get to a print version of a YouTubePoop. Some comics in this vein include "[[https://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=676 Can You Geggs?!]]" (a ''WebComic/{{Buttersafe}}'' edit), "[[https://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=661 The Croquet Game]]" (a ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' edit), and "[[https://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=735 Lubberly Glaums: Fiddlesticks]]" (an edit of mezzacotta's own ''Awkward Fumbles''), the last of which coins the term "geggslike" (in reference to "Can You Geggs?!") to refer to surreal comic edits like these. |
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