Line #9 Webcomic/IToons


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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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