YMMV / Zebra Girl

• Archive Binge: The webcomic started in 2000. It ran until 2018. And it had a continuous plot. The update schedule varied a lot at certain points, though the author has been keeping a weekly one for a really long time, so the comic concluded at 814 strips - and that's the number after the site migration, which saw merging strips and various regroupings, technically "condensing" the content.
• Epileptic Trees: One need only read the fan forums to find a veritable epileptic forest concerning such matters as the true nature of Mr. Chalk, the final fate of Tool, the reasons behind Sandra's Face–Heel Turn, etc.
• Complete Monster: Harold Duvase, from the "Magi-net" arc, is a wizard who welcomes Jack to the Magi-net, an incorporeal space where mages gather through Astral Projection to share their experiences, grow and reshape it as they see fit. Unbeknownst to them, Harold is also its creator and a much older wizard than he appears to be, who devised the Magi-net not as a place for wizards to socialize, but as a giant soul trap to gain more power. After Jack shares with him Tomie's worries, Harold decides to enact his plan, and instantly kills every mage inside the Magi-net, absorbing their souls in the process. Confronted by Jack, an unrepentant Harold engages in Evil Gloating, revealing his true nature, why he created the Magi-net, and tries to kill him on the spot, temporarily succeeding.
• Evil Is Cool: After nearly two years in-universe (and roughly 10 years in real life) of moping around her house and feeling depressed, Sandra became incredibly cooler when she gave in her demonic urges. Yes, she was cruel and borderline completely insane, but she also was downright frightening. The Subfusc arc allowed her to regain her humanity while changing her outlook on her life.
• Growing the Beard: The series started as a Roommate Com WITH DEMONS!. The jokes lasted for about as long as you expect. A series of experiments with tone and plot-lines followed. The story took a more interesting (and darker) turn when Sandra decided to give in her demonic urges and turned against her friends. Starting with the Earthbroke arc (november 2007), the subsequent arcs (The Dawn of Night, Disaccord, Sandra in the Outlands and Heaven on Earth) only improved the comic further, with better writing, character development and gorgeous art.
• Hilarious in Hindsight: Sandra calling sarcastically Viv "mother" in this strip. Well, when you realize that Viv is in fact Eve, and is, technically, the mother of all humanity...
• Ho Yay: Crystal and Sandra deeply care for each other. In fact, it was pointed out to Sandra that she may have romantic feelings for Crystal, even if she doesn't want to accept them. She eventually realizes that she is in love with her, but ultimately lets her go as she already is in a relationship with Wally, and Sandra is feeling too guilty about what she put her through. Centuries later, Sandra is now in a relationship with Betty.
• Iron Woobie: Jack, who takes his failures as a need to make the world better at his own detriment, and eventually exiles himself into living in homelessness at some point during the Earth-years that Sandra's been in the Subfusc.
• LGBT Fanbase: With Sandra, the main character, having feelings for her female best friend and eventually accepting her bisexuality, with her being in a relationship with a pansexual character much later on, the comic inevitably garners the attention of LGBT people. The author eventually released an illustration for 2021's Pride Month, featuring characters from all over the spectrum.
• The Woobie:
  • Sandra becomes very depressed following her transformation into a demon. She is unable to go outside or socialize, and withdrew into herself as a result, was twice the subject of an attack because of her demonic nature, and hasn't talked with her mother, whom she is very close, in years. When Gregory tried to drag her to hell with him, she snapped.
  • Crystal, full-stop, when Sandra turns evil, terrorizes the whole town, and physically and mentally tortures her and her friends. Her inability to stop Sandra, who she still considered as her best friend until her "I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight (which fails miserably), completely breaks her.
  • Mabel. The little girl is lost in the Subfusc, a dreamland where she doesn't belong, and doesn't remember who she is. Her mind seems fractured, and she is just a frail and fragile human being surrounded by mythical creatures who can overpower her with little efforts. If not for benevolent beings such as Viv and her own luck, she would have died long ago.

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