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2 | [[caption-width-right:246:Apparently, Charlie Brown had a Flat-top before undergoing chemotherapy]] |
3 | ''[[http://revfitz.com/chapter/kick-the-football-chuck/ Kick the Football, Chuck.]]'' is a BlackComedy webcomic by Rev. Michael Fitzgerald (creator of Webcomic/MrSquare and [[http://revfitz.com/existential-terror-breakfast/ Existential Terror and Breakfast]]) intended to be a {{Deconstruction}} of ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}''. In it, Charlie Brown goes bald because of chemotherapy and every common gag in Peanuts is shed in this light. |
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6 | !!This webcomic contains examples of: |
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8 | %%* BlackComedy |
9 | * CruelToBeKind: Lucy ''thinks'' that by yanking the football away every time Chuck tries to kick it, she's teaching him how to cope with unexpected obstacles. |
10 | %%* DarkerAndEdgier |
11 | %%* {{Deconstruction}}: Of ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}''. |
12 | %%* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Charlie Brown]]. |
13 | * HopeSpot: Lucy decides to ThrowTheDogABone and let Chuck kick the ball to help build up his confidence. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, he's not around to appreciate this.]] |
14 | * HowWeGotHere: The series starts with Charlie Brown learning about his condition, and proceeds to give dark explanations for many of the original comic's quirks. |
15 | * LittleNo: Lucy reacts with several of these after learning [[spoiler:that Charlie killed himself]]. |
16 | %%* LittlestCancerPatient: Charlie Brown. |
17 | * MiseryBuildsCharacter: Lucy comes up with the whole 'try and kick the football' exercise as a way to teach Chuck about overcoming adversity. She keeps pulling it away because "This is meant to be hard." |
18 | %%* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Lucy]], at the end. |
19 | * TheRant: The first one of which calls the comic 'a labor of love, but ultimately fear', and continually blames the Ghost of Schultz for its existence. |
20 | * SecurityBlanket: Linus starts carrying his iconic blanket around after Charlie Brown tells him about his condition, stressing how cancer can strike anyone without warning or any reason. |
21 | * WorseWithContext: The comic does not outwardly state that Charlie Brown has cancer. Without this context many of the strips look like normal ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' comics. |
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