1 | ''[[http://www.ronplanet.com/ Ron Planet]]'', by Creator/MattChapman and Creator/CraigZobel, is a {{webcomic}} that takes place circa 2040. It centers on Ron Planet, the last astronaut on Earth, and his lame life (i.e., cleaning up vomit in space). However, everything changes when a now dirt-poor NASA approaches him to solve a problem related to microwave popcorn. |
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4 | !!This webcomic provides examples of: |
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6 | %%* AntiHero: Ron is a Type II; all the other important characters fall under Type I. |
7 | * BerserkButton: Mentioning Tang around Dr. Eggleston |
8 | * CharacterTitle: The Titular Ron Planet. |
9 | %%* TheChewToy: Ron. |
10 | %%* CloudCuckooLander: Blonde Hair and Red Hair. |
11 | * CrapsackWorld: The most realistic one ever. |
12 | %%* DeadpanSnarker: Ron |
13 | %%* {{Determinator}}: Sidecar |
14 | * DontExplainTheJoke: "Ron Planet Astronauting: 'Cause planets are in space!" |
15 | --> "Those were the names of some famous satellites" |
16 | %%* GreekChorus: Blonde Hair and Red Hair |
17 | * HeKnowsTooMuch: Ron's theory on how [[spoiler:the moon people]] feel about Eggleston. |
18 | * HowTheMightyHaveFallen: |
19 | ** All astronauts; once space travel became too common, the once-romanticized career became a joke. |
20 | ** NASA itself has been reduced to one guy and two on-loan government agents. |
21 | * InSeriesNickname: Carlos, aka "Sidecar". |
22 | * JadedWashout: Ron fits all the criteria, with the exception of laziness. |
23 | %%* JumpedAtTheCall: Sidecar. |
24 | * MeaningfulName: "'Cause ''planets'' are in space!" |
25 | * MsExposition: The old lady who explains the strip's concept of an astronaut to the little boy. |
26 | * OnlySaneMan: While definitely not normal [[note]]the man agreed to a dangerous mission, provided they paid him in space ice cream![[/note]], Ron seems to have a much better grasp on the world around him than his colleagues. |
27 | * RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Seems to be going in this direction |
28 | %%* RefusalOfTheCall: Ron. |
29 | %%* SelfDeprecation: Ron, sometimes. |
30 | * SqueakyEyes: Dr. Eggleston. His blinks are audible. |
31 | %%* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture |
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