Webcomic / Beeserker

He's really quite friendly, even whilst tearing you in half.

Beeserker is a webcomic from cartoonist and video game developer TJ Cordes, aka. Kyatt. Running since April 1st, 2010, the comic details the adventures and antics of two scientists, calling themselves Sciencemen, and their greatest creation, the Beeserker- a robot powered entirely by bees. The comic also stars bee delivery girl Trigona Ambrose, whose endeavors and family are major focal points in the late stages of the comic.

May be on its way into a permanent Series Hiatus, as Kyatt has determined the comic may be nearing the end of its natural lifespan, which is fair given its almost nine-year-long run.

The first strip can be read here.

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Beeserker provides examples of:

• Action Girl: All of the Ambrose women qualify.
• Aerith and Bob: The Ambrose family as seen in the comic consists of Mel, Queenie, Teddi, and Trigona.
• Art Shift: Frequently undergone, either for comedic effect or just for fun.
• Big "NO!": Smoking is totally fine, as long as the cigarette doesn't come out of a centaur.
• Breaking the Fourth Wall: Gotta recruit new characters for your game somehow.
• By the Power of Grayskull!: The Ambroses use these phrases for transformation sequences. Other characters play off their phrases, especially in Chapter 10.
  Trigona: "Stinging minions, heed my call!"

  • There's also a "smoking minions" variant, apparently used by Queenie and passed on to Trigona.
  • Yellow creates a variant, calling his "digital minions".
  • Beeserker calls for "terrestrial minions" when becoming Queen Beeserker VII.
• Catchphrase: A few characters have their own.
  • The Sciencemen: "Damn, son!"
    • Orange and Yellow both say it, usually in tandem with each other, so it is therefore also a Share Phrase.
  • Beeserker: "I AM THE BEESERKER!", as well as "MOSHI MOSHI!"
  • Trigona: "Stinging minions, heed my call!"
• Clothing Damage: Falling through a boat will do that to you.
• Death Is Cheap: If a Scienceman dies- or is injured enough that they reasonably should die, or are effectively or functionally dead- they'll get better.
  Yellow: "Burying me was a bad idea."
• Either/Or Title: Chapter 5 is titled "Chapter 5: Unlucky Cat (or, The Girl and the Glue)".
• Elemental Rivalry: Within the Ambrose family, there are the beekeepers and the bearkeepers, also referred to as bear elementals.
• Half the Man He Used to Be: The Sciencemen are very frequently bisected by Beeserker.
• Healing Factor: The Sciencemen may be downright impossible kill by means of physical trauma, as they recover without fail from what should be more than death.
  • The only time a Scienceman faces the apparent prospect of death is when Orange is nearly cast into the void of outer space.
• Idea Bulb: For the Sciencemen, this comes in the form of burning trash cans. Kyatt mentions the idea was taken from Beavis And Butthead.
• Ken Doll Anatomy: Averted. The Sciencemen appear to possess a distinctive lack of nipples and thingies for most of the comic, but it's revealed in Chapter 10 that they simply wear flesh-toned bodysuits... pretty much always.
• Leaning on the Fourth Wall: Making mention of BEESERKER: Chapter 12, HANDSOME LIL' CASTLE causes a strange popup to occur.
• Licensed Game: Quite a few browser games were made based on the webcomic.
• Literal-Minded: Beeserker is this to a tee, interpreting common figures of speech as commands. This usually ends in a Scienceman being "up and split" (in half), or being given a break (in their spinal cord), among other forms of well-meaning brutalization.
• Malaproper: Beeserker, big time. As mentioned above, he has a tendency to misconstrue turns of phrase in a Bloody Hilarious way, but there are also a great many times when he mishears those words, meaning even compliments can turn into a hazard.
• Meaningful Name: Trigona is named after the genus Trigona, the largest genus of stingless bees.
• Mixed Metaphor: "I thought horses never forgot?"
• Names to Run Away from Really Fast: Beeserker, really. Bees, berserkers... there's a lot to unpack there.
  • Further still, Queen Beeserker VII.
• Not Afraid of You Anymore: Subverted. Cosmic Scootsie X, having gained immense celestial power, boldly yet falsely claims to no longer fear the Ursinerator.
  Cosmic Scootsie X: "Foolish Ambrose... do you think your charred taxidermy can scare me?"
  Cosmic Scootsie X: "Well either way, I'm really big now."
• "Not So Different" Remark: The Sciencemen and Queenie share a talent for tech and the ideology of "where's the fun in mundane solutions?"
  Yellow: The three of us aren't so different after all!
  Queenie: Ew! The three of us are so different... er... before nothing!
• Nude-Colored Clothes: The Sciencemen. Played for laughs, with them realizing that Trigona (who didn't know) must have thought they were running around in the buff the whole time.
• Only Known by Their Nickname: Handsome Lil' Centaur. He's effectively confirmed that HLC is not his given name, but his real name has not been disclosed.
  • Fairbanks is known as "That Giant Bear Who Follows Teddi Around" to most of the cast before his name is disclosed by Beeserker.
• Power Gives You Wings: When Snuhbee becomes Cosmic Scootsie X, it gains three pairs of bee wings.
• Retraux: The cast page illustrates the characters with classic pixel graphics.
• Shout-Out: Many, usually (but not exclusively) to video games. The list includes Pokémon, Mega Man, Metroid, Metroid again, and The Little Mermaid.
  • Chapter 3 is titled "A Tale of Two Scootsies", which references A Tale of Two Cities.
• Transformation Sequence: Trigona and Queenie use bee-based and smoke-based transformations, respectively, to get dressed in the morning, as well as swap outfits on the go if needed.
  • Inspired by Trigona, Yellow comes up with one of his own. He only uses it once, however, as it involves his being horrifyingly killed.
    Beeserker: "IF IT'S ANY CONSOLATION, BEING DEREZZED IN A SWARM OF BEES IS ONE OF THE LEAST PAINFUL WAYS TO GO."
  • Beeserker undergoes one to become Queen Beeserker VII.