Webcomic / Uniju Holiday Theater

Uniju's on the right, and DarkHero Sonic's on the left, acting just like he normally does.

Uniju Holiday Theater is a Sprite Comic on Userpedia, made by Uniju, that began around Halloween 2008. It follows the adventures of Uniju and his friends as they go on multiple holiday-themed adventures, and occasionally non-holiday adventures. There are 3 main characters in the comic:

• Uniju, the main character and author of the comic. He's some sort of robot with A, B, X, and Y, buttons that apparently act as his hands and feet.
• DarkHero Sonic, commonly shortened to DHS, is one of Uniju's closest "friends" in the comic series, and often accompanies Uniju on his adventures. He's portrayed as an edited Sonic sprite from Sonic Advance.
• SnackServ, otherwise known as Snack, is Uniju's brother in Real Life, and a common character in the series. He takes the form of a winged Ninji.

There are also a few other characters who commonly appear but aren't quite main characters.

• Toadbert101, a character who makes several minor appearances over the course of the series. He's portrayed as an edited version of Luigi's sprite from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, with either a blue shirt and green overalls instead, or a nice suit and a darker green hat.
• Turboo, commonly shortened to Turb, is another recurring character in the series. He is shown as Superstar Saga Peach (sometimes with a red dress) and a hot dog hat, or a blue bird.
• Super-Yoshi is a Yoshi, of course. He's an edited version of the Superstar Saga Yoshi sprite who occasionally comes on Uniju's adventures.

The series is one of Userpedia's longest-running comics time-wise, while also being one of it's shortest runners in issues; in 8 years, 17 issues have been released.

This webcomic contains examples of the following tropes:

• 555: In Uniju's Crappy Christmas Clusterfuck◊, the number for Uniju & Turb Ghost Removal is 1-800-555-5555.
• Added Alliterative Appeal: Some comic names, including Uniju's Horrible Halloween of Horror, Uniju's Cruddily Crafted Christmas Chronicle, Horrendously Harrowing Halloween Twenty Thirtween, and Uniju's Crappy Christmas Clusterfuck.
• Affably Evil: The evil lord who hates Christmas in Uniju's Cruddily Crafted Christmas Chronicle◊ was going to fight Uniju and the gang, but they were having trouble finding him due to the flooding. The evil lord was willing to meet Uniju and the gang halfway, but he couldn't because his car was underwater.
• Attention Deficit Creator Disorder: Played for laughs in Uniju Is Blowing Everything Up◊. invoked
  Uniju: I really hate you, Darkhero Sonic.
  DHS: We've been on seven or eight adventures now, I don't think I need to be reminded of that fact.
  Uniju: Try "two or three".
  DHS: You've STARTED seven or eight, but only two or three came out.
  Uniju: I really hate you.
  DHS: We've been on se-
  Uniju: SHUT UP.
• Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: In Magical Greenery Day Adventure!◊, Uniju is charged with rape, child abuse, murder, theft, possession of illegal drugs, and looking at drawings that our wives don't like, in that order.
• Author Appeal: This Uniju guy likes anime.
• Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick: In An All Too Uniju Christmas (Part 1)◊, we get to hear a list of the animes that DHS's daughter likes: Code LeLouch, Tangy Top Spinning Gar Lagging, Gundam and Strawberry Panic!. Uniju lampshades this.
  Uniju: One of those seriously doesn't belong there... Giant robots... Giant robots... Giant robots... Lesbians.
• Call-Back: DHS's "Scurvy doesn't take eyes" in The Argentinean Beef Ribs Day Disaster◊ is one to Magical Greenery Day Adventure!◊, where Uniju and DHS are adrift in the ocean and Uniju says this.
• Continuity Nod:
  • In Uniju's Cruddily Crafted Christmas Chronicle◊, when Uniju and DHS are trying to figure out what to eat for Christmas dinner, DHS says that they never actually ate the beef ribs. The Argentinean Beef Ribs Day Disaster◊ was the comic that came before that one, in which they were going to eat beef ribs in celebration.
  • In The Return of Uniju Holiday Theatre Holiday Horrors◊, Uniju wonders if DHS is going to use the TARDIS to show alternate-dimension Uniju the true meaning of Halloween, like what they did for him in Uniju's Horrible Halloween of Horror◊. DHS says that he figured they'd run away to a tropical island again, like they did in between The Argentinean Beef Ribs Day Disaster◊ and Uniju's Cruddily Crafted Christmas Chronicle◊.
  • In Uniju's Awfully Abhorrent All Hallow's Eve◊, DHS asks Uniju why he isn't going to be staying home and giving out candy on Halloween, since he understands the spirit of Halloween. Uniju says "Well yeah, but..." and there's a flashback to The Return of Uniju Holiday Theatre Holiday Horrors◊, specifically the panel where the cops are arresting Uniju.
  • In Uniju's Stupid St. Patrick's Day Selebration◊, Uniju and DHS visit Uniju's next-door neighbor to ask him if he's Irish. He tells them to leave upon finding out that DHS is the one who blew up his house way back in Uniju Is Blowing Everything Up◊. There's also another nod in the beginning when DHS knocks on Uniju's non-existent door, and when Uniju shows up, DHS says that he was afraid that he was afraid that Uniju was going to slam the "non-existant" door in his face again, something that originally happened in Uniju's Awfully Abhorrent All Hallow's Eve◊. After killing the ghost of Mason towards the end of the comic, Uniju suggests escaping to a tropical island again to DHS.
  • In Uniju's Crappy Christmas Clusterfuck◊, Super-Yoshi says that Uniju's ghost extermination business sounds like a "legitimate business" and that he'd like to invest lots of money. In Uniju Holiday Theatre Presents Mario Awards X F15: Most Disappointing Game◊, DHS tells Uniju that he bought stock in his sprite comic, since his financial investor said it sounded like a "legitimate business" and that he should invest lots of money.
  • In Uniju's Terrible Tome of Halloween 2010◊, DHS says that he wants to go out as Mario for Halloween, but he's afraid people would think he was SonicMario. In Uniju's Awfully Abhorrent All Hallows Eve◊, DHS says that he wants to go out as Dr. Mario for Halloween, but he's afraid people would think he was Dr. SonicMario.
• Dropped a Bridge on Him:
  • In Uniju Is Blowing Everything Up◊, DarkHero Sonic gets shot in the head by Muslim terrorists but comes back to life within the very same comic through the power of "modern Brittanian medical science".
  • The end of Halloween MMIX◊.
  Uniju died that night of horrible indigestion. The end.
• Felony Misdemeanor: In The Argentinean Beef Ribs Day Disaster◊, Uniju ends up wanted all over the US and Canada for calling people to say "ribs" over and over.
• Fictional Holiday: Argentinean Beef Ribs Day◊. Nobody is quite sure what you do for it (aside from eating Argentinean Beef Ribs, of course), and Uniju decides to celebrate it by calling his friends and shouting "RIBS" repeatedly into the phone.
• Get Out!: At the end of Uniju's Crappy Christmas Clusterfuck◊.
  Uniju: Actually, the true meaning of Christmas is spending time with the ones you love. You've been in Christmas specials with me for five years and you didn't realize this?
  DHS: I never payed much attention. Do you think you can find it in your heart to forgive me?
  Uniju: No. Get out of my house.
• "Groundhog Day" Loop: In Horrendously Harrowing Halloween Twenty Thirtween◊, Uniju says that he wishes it was Halloween every day, and somehow, DHS grants this wish.
• I Have Many Names: Super-Yoshi is also known as Frank sometimes, and in Uniju's Cruddily Crafted Christmas Chronicle◊, he goes by "The Fresh Prince of Christmas".
• No Fourth Wall: Pretty much everyone is aware that they're in a comic.
• Orphaned Punchline:
  • From The Argentinean Beef Ribs Day Disaster◊:
    Anton: And that's how my Pikachu lost it's Occipital lobe.
  • From U̶n̶i̶j̶u̶'̶s̶ Turb's Valentines Day Debacle◊:
    Uniju: ...And that's how I won a vacation for two to Greece!
    DHS: Wow! I didn't even know you played basketball!
• Recursive Canon: In The Argentinean Beef Ribs Day Disaster◊, Uniju is making a comic, which can be discerned as the one you're currently reading if you look close enough.
• The Remake: The Argentinean Beef Ribs Day Disaster◊ got an HD remake◊.
• Running Gag:
  • Free-range lemon cream filled Oreos are commonly mentioned, for some reason.
  • So far, the TARDIS has appeared in 4 comics.
• Self-Deprecation: The characters in UHT commonly talk about the low quality of the comics.
  • In Halloween MMIX◊, Uniju refers to them as "shitty comics".
  • In U̶n̶i̶j̶u̶'̶s̶ Turb's Valentines Day Debacle◊, we get this exchange:
    Uniju: But if we don't do anything, what's going to happen in the comic?
    DHS: Nothing, I guess?
    Uniju: But won't that be boring?
    DHS: Ha! Like your other comics aren't!
    Uniju: Haha! Yeah, it's like, why do I even keep making them?
  • In Horrendously Harrowing Halloween Twenty Thirtween◊, Uniju says that making everyone speak with different colored words and bubbles would make making comics take more time. DHS replies "Not that you work very hard on them to begin with."
• Shout-Out:
  • In Uniju's Horrible Halloween of Horror◊, SnackServ needs a time machine to take Uniju into the past. Conveniently, he finds a TARDIS in Uniju's basement. Shortly after, Snack refers to Uniju as Adric.
  • In Magical Greenery Day Adventure!◊, during the news broadcast about the flood, an ad for Jorge and the Family, another Userpedia comic, can be seen.
  • In U̶n̶i̶j̶u̶'̶s̶ Turb's Valentines Day Debacle◊, DHS says he had a book of the best hiding places in the world, and Uniju asks if he means Where's Waldo. Shortly after that, Uniju asks DHS what kind of games they play in Greece, to which DHS responds with Olympic Games. Uniju asks "What, like Mario and Sonic?"
  • In Uniju's Crappy Christmas Clusterfuck◊, Uniju and Turb start a ghost removal business with the motto "Ghosts do die!" Earlier, Turb makes a reference to Big Boo's Haunt.
  • In Uniju's Stupid St. Patrick's Day Selebration◊, Mason says that "I ain't afraid of no ghost! ...Buster. Later in the same comic, Mason is lured by Uniju into a pool of green paint that DHS threw on the floor. DHS then tells Uniju to take out Mason, since "he's weakened while he's standing in the other team's color." Two panels later, Uniju tells DHS that his icky, paint-like goop was helpful.
• Snap Back: Uniju dies at the end of Halloween MMIX◊. Obviously, we can't have the title character dead.
• Something We Forgot: At the end of Uniju's Cruddily Crafted Christmas Chronicle◊, Uniju, Snack, and Bill all go home to their own universe without ever fighting the evil lord who hates Christmas, and are disappointed that they never got to meet him. Then Uniju remembers that the alternate universe is still flooded. Then we see something they actually forgot: DHS and Super-Yoshi.
  Uniju: I can't help but think we're forgetting something, though.
  Snack: I know how you feel, it's pretty unsatisfying that we went home without even meeting the guy.
  Uniju: Oh, I remember! The other universe is still flooded!
  Snack: Oh, that? It'll dry up eventually.
  Uniju: You're right.
  *meanwhile, in the other universe*
  Super-Yoshi: Do you think they're ever going to come back for us?
  DHS: No.
• This Is for Emphasis, Bitch!: In Uniju's Cruddily Crafted Christmas Chronicle◊, Super-Yoshi/Frank gives one of these to Uniju.
  Uniju: Frank? What are you doing here?
  Frank/The Fresh Prince of Christmas: Frank? That's the Fresh Prince of Christmas to you, bitch.
• Undisclosed Funds: In Uniju's Crappy Christmas Clusterfuck◊, Super-Yoshi decides to invest in Uniju's Christmas ghost extermination business. How much money? "Lots of money."
  Uniju: Perfect, that's the amount we need.
• Yet Another Christmas Carol:
  • Uniju's Horrible Halloween of Horror◊ does this for Halloween instead. The titular character is visited by the three ghosts of Halloween to understand the holiday more.
  • Exploited in Uniju's Crappy Christmas Clusterfuck◊. Uniju decides to start a ghost removal business to exorcise the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future so that people won't have to be in YACCs anymore.
    Uniju: You know how ghosts always pop up around Christmas, right?
    Turb: No. Are you okay?
    Uniju: Naw, this happens to everything. I've done rigorous market studies.
    Turb: You're crazy.
    Uniju: Basically, we're going to exorcise the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future so that people don't have to be in A Christmas Carol ripoffs anymore. And we'll make big bucks, since Scrooge is a rich dude.