"What can be said about Ben and Winslow that hasn't already been written in gasoline in someone's front lawn?"
— Andrew Kaye
Ben and Winslow
is a webcomic created by Andrew Kaye and is available for viewing on Defenestration, but can also be found on DeviantArt. It stars the eponymous Ben and Winslow as well as their friends, as they get up to... well, plenty of things, none of which entirely make sense.
Ben and Winslow provides examples of:
- Ambiguously Human: The titular duo, as well as most of their friends. Considering that we've seen notably more human-looking characters in the comic (including Apsara mentioned below), it's kind of hard to judge.
- Art Evolution: Because the comic started before the creator was even in college, improvements were more or less inevitable. This installment sums up their history quite well.
- Attention Whore: Apsara. Hell, for a while she even went by "Attention Whore".
- Crossover: The "Looting the Mushroom Kingdom" contest hosted on dA, where people drew the duo entering the Mushroom Kingdom uninvited.
- Cute Monster Girl: Dr. Spiderqueen, although we might be pushing the definition of "cute".
- The Cynic: No points for guessing what Kurt the Cynic's main character trait is.
- Death Is Cheap: Winslow has died at least twice in the comic's run.
- The Eeyore: Quentin Sadguy.
- For Science!: One strip has Winslow, Little Winslow, a tiny clown, and a gnome seeing if badgers can be split into two identical "superbadgers". They can't; they explode.
- Freud Was Right: Andrew Kaye is well aware that his main characters resemble penises. He's even lampshaded this a few times, such as listing Winslow's occupation as "sex symbol".
- Gag Penis: Winslow has a gnome infestation.
- Magic Plastic Surgery: One story arc has Winslow getting plastic surgery because...reasons. The surgery also gave him the ability to shoot Eye Beams. They eventually set his face on fire and make Ben get Winslow his regular face back.
- Meatgrinder Surgery: Any time Winslow or Little Winslow attempt any medical procedure more complex than amputating a limb. One strip sees Winslow attempt to build himself a new face with Mr. Potato Head parts. And yes, it involves drilling holes in his head.
- An early strip involves Winslow getting a splinter out of someone's back. Using a giant set of pliers. And he ends up killing the person.
- My Little Panzer: Winslow creates "Axe Manderson", the toy you'll most definitely like hugging.
- Name and Name
- Non-Human Head: Prior to going online, A Running Gag saw Winslow replacing his head with random objects. These include (but are not limited to) a gumball machine, a jack-o-lantern, and a live pig.
- There's also Sandwich-Headed Jimmy and Outhouse Johnny, who apparently belong to a large family of object-headed people.
- There's also Sandwich-Headed Jimmy
- Only Sane Man: Inverted. Everyone around Winslow is at least slightly aware that what he's doing most of the time isn't entirely normal.
- Our Vampires Are Different: Another comic Andrew writes titled "Vampiric Minority" exists in the same continuity as Ben and Winslow. But the crossover is (mostly) limited to cameos.
- Psychic Powers: Psychic Rob.
- Real Trailer, Fake Movie: There have been a few comics that show "trailers" for fictional movies, such as "Cartoon Zombie Freakout", "Ninja Apocalypse Fandango", "Bikini Robot A-Go-Go", "Giant Radioactive Kaiju Sandwich Armageddon", "Epic, Vaguely Medieval Showdown", "Ben and Winslow: Time Gentlemen", and "The Dread Pirate Robots".
- Side Effects Include...: sweats, shakes, spontaneous combustion, vomiting, squidmouth, separation of soul from body, vampirism, Lincolnism, arachnophilia, unexplained handsomeness, gnome infestations, and chestbursters.
- Sneeze of Doom: Played for Laughs in one brief arc, where Winslow sneezes things that shouldn't even belong in a nose, such as geometry, tiny ninjas, and tiny pirates.
- Summoning Ritual: In this strip, Winslow summons the demon Uz'hxthathul. He did it because he wanted the demon to make him a sandwich.
- Too Dumb to Live: Some of Winslow's less illegal stunts are this trope, such as partially sticking his head in a blender, confusing a stapler for a Pez dispenser, and having Death live in his coffee.
- Visual Pun: In this comic, Winslow becomes an arms dealer. As in, he's selling actual arms. They're actually very large sperm.
