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* BerserkerTears: [[spoiler:Mars finds Achilles' leash by the sea and assumes the worst]]. She is ''[[AngerBornOfWorry livid]]'' when she finds him again, angrier than she's ever been. When [[spoiler:Achilles]] [[InnocentlyInsensitive acts completely normal, instead of acknowledging her hurt feelings]], she is [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness crying out of rage and hurt]].
* CrackIsCheaper: Mars eventually [[MasochismTango comes to accept]] Achilles' "eccentricities". She makes him pay throught the nose if he wants her services, though, and gives nothing away for free.
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* DefiantStrip: Chloe strips down to cool off when it gets too hot in Halo Head. It takes an ''absurd'' amount of yelling, chasing and begging from Clair to get her to put her clothes on again.
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* DefiantStrip: Chloe strips down to cool off when it gets too hot in Halo Head. It takes an ''absurd'' amount of [[PleasePutSomeClothesOn yelling, chasing and begging begging]] from Clair to get her to put her clothes on again.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Clair frequently laments that nobody appreciates the work she puts into keeping Halo Head running.
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--> '''Achilles:''' [Looking at the drawing Clair made of him] Wow, it's perfect! ...Except you forget my ear notch.
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--> '''Achilles:''' [Looking ''[Looking at the drawing Clair made of him] him]'' Wow, it's perfect! ...Except you forget my ear notch.
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---> '''[[spoiler:Ares]]''': [Pointing to her missing ear] Sure. Far I'm concerned, anyone who's been through '''''THAT''''' is a friend.
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---> '''[[spoiler:Ares]]''': [Pointing ''[Pointing to her missing ear] ear]'' Sure. Far I'm concerned, anyone who's been through '''''THAT''''' is a friend.
friend of mine.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Achilles initially at first with Chloe and Mars, due to his nerdy appearance and [[CasualKink extreme and obvious masochism]], but becomes [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] as his friendship with Pepper develops.
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*** Mars relieves boredom while two other people are having a conversation by sharpening her claws on a nearby wall.
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---> '''Achilles:''' [Smiling] That's what people tell me.
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---> '''Achilles:''' [Smiling] ''[Smiling]'' That's what people tell me.
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--> '''Clair:''' [[spoiler:[turning to Pepper] Why did she go to '''you?''']]
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--> '''Clair:''' [[spoiler:[turning [[spoiler:''[turning to Pepper] Pepper]'' Why did she go to '''you?''']]
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** Specific examples:
*** Chloe excitedly tells Clair that [[spoiler:she spent the night at Pepper's place]], not noticing Clair's heartbroken reaction. Later that night, Pepper comes into her office and finds her [[spoiler:crying with both eyes open out of jealousy and betrayal]]. The [[YouDontLookLikeYou sight alone]] is enough to freak him out.
*** Clair becomes jealous when [[spoiler:Chloe starts confiding in Pepper instead of her]]. When she introduce Chloe to Peachykeen she adopts an uncharacteristically cold and mocking tone. Even Chloe is creeped out by this.
*** When Mars finds [[spoiler:Achilles after fearing him dead]], he doesn't acknowledge her [[AngerBornOfWorry feelings]] at all. She's so angry and hurt she [[BerserkerTears cries]].
*** Clair finds footprints going beyond the lighthouse and suspects that Pepper has seen things he shouldn't ([[spoiler:he has]]), She adopts a [[TranquilFury calm]] accusatory tone on confronting him about it.
*** Pepper tries to [[spoiler:press Chloe for information about Clair]]. Chloe almost literally balls up and refuses to elaborate. Pepper [[spoiler:doesn't take the hint, though, and keeps pushing]]. Chloe doesn't get mad or [[StepfordSnarker play it off as a joke]], she simply closes the book she's reading and leaves, [[BrushOffWalkOff only saying "Bye." on the way out]].
*** Pepper [[spoiler:lies to Clair in front of Achilles]]. When Achilles challenges him about it he brushes off his questions and tries to change the subject. This causes Achilles to snap and ''demand'' an answer.
*** Later when Pepper [[spoiler:starts working on Achilles to convince him that Clair is a bad person]], Achilles snaps even harder and launches into a tearful tirade defending her.
*** Chloe excitedly tells Clair that [[spoiler:she spent the night at Pepper's place]], not noticing Clair's heartbroken reaction. Later that night, Pepper comes into her office and finds her [[spoiler:crying with both eyes open out of jealousy and betrayal]]. The [[YouDontLookLikeYou sight alone]] is enough to freak him out.
*** Clair becomes jealous when [[spoiler:Chloe starts confiding in Pepper instead of her]]. When she introduce Chloe to Peachykeen she adopts an uncharacteristically cold and mocking tone. Even Chloe is creeped out by this.
*** When Mars finds [[spoiler:Achilles after fearing him dead]], he doesn't acknowledge her [[AngerBornOfWorry feelings]] at all. She's so angry and hurt she [[BerserkerTears cries]].
*** Clair finds footprints going beyond the lighthouse and suspects that Pepper has seen things he shouldn't ([[spoiler:he has]]), She adopts a [[TranquilFury calm]] accusatory tone on confronting him about it.
*** Pepper tries to [[spoiler:press Chloe for information about Clair]]. Chloe almost literally balls up and refuses to elaborate. Pepper [[spoiler:doesn't take the hint, though, and keeps pushing]]. Chloe doesn't get mad or [[StepfordSnarker play it off as a joke]], she simply closes the book she's reading and leaves, [[BrushOffWalkOff only saying "Bye." on the way out]].
*** Pepper [[spoiler:lies to Clair in front of Achilles]]. When Achilles challenges him about it he brushes off his questions and tries to change the subject. This causes Achilles to snap and ''demand'' an answer.
*** Later when Pepper [[spoiler:starts working on Achilles to convince him that Clair is a bad person]], Achilles snaps even harder and launches into a tearful tirade defending her.
* SceneryPorn: Halo Head is ''beautiful''. Even [[StepfordSnarker Chloe]] comments on it when she first sees it. Batshaped is not shy about full panel vistas showing this off. [[https://halo-head.com/comic/385-everythings-boring/ #385]] is a good example of this.
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** Pepper has a copy of [[Literature/TheYellowWallpaper The Yellow Wallpaper]] by Charlotte Perkins Gilman on his bookshelf.
** In [[https://halo-head.com/comic/160-is-it-weird/ #160]], Pepper is reading [[Literature/ASeparatePeace A Separate Peace]] by John Knowles.
** Clair tries to convince Chloe not to sit in a tub full of ice by referencing Whole, a documentary about people who want to become amputees. One man gets his leg amputated by doing exactly this.
** In [[https://halo-head.com/comic/160-is-it-weird/ #160]], Pepper is reading [[Literature/ASeparatePeace A Separate Peace]] by John Knowles.
** Clair tries to convince Chloe not to sit in a tub full of ice by referencing Whole, a documentary about people who want to become amputees. One man gets his leg amputated by doing exactly this.
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** Pepper has a copy of [[Literature/TheYellowWallpaper ''[[Literature/TheYellowWallpaper The Yellow Wallpaper]] Wallpaper]]'' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman on his bookshelf.
** In [[https://halo-head.com/comic/160-is-it-weird/ #160]], Pepper is reading[[Literature/ASeparatePeace ''[[Literature/ASeparatePeace A Separate Peace]] Peace]]'' by John Knowles.
** Clair tries to convince Chloe not to sit in a tub full of ice by referencingWhole, ''[[{{Film/Whole}} Whole]]'', a documentary about people who want to become amputees. One man gets his leg amputated by doing exactly this.
** In [[https://halo-head.com/comic/160-is-it-weird/ #160]], Pepper is reading
** Clair tries to convince Chloe not to sit in a tub full of ice by referencing
* TheShrink: Pepper is usually the go-to guy when someone needs some insight, help with their problems, or just be a shoulder to lean on.
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* {{Squick}}: Chloe has this reaction when Peachykeen pulls a peach out of {{Hammerspace}} (without breaking [[TheUnblinking eye contact]], no less!) and offers it to her.
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* {{Squick}}: [[invoked]] Chloe has this reaction when Peachykeen pulls a peach out of {{Hammerspace}} (without breaking [[TheUnblinking eye contact]], no less!) and offers it to her.
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* TheShrink: Pepper is usually the go-to guy when someone needs some insight, help with their problems, or just be a shoulder to lean on.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Achilles initially at first with Chloe and Mars, due to his nerdy appearance and [[CasualKink extreme and obvious masochism]], but becomes [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] as his friendship with Pepper develops.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Achilles initially at first with Chloe and Mars, due to his nerdy appearance and [[CasualKink extreme and obvious masochism]], but becomes [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] as his friendship with Pepper develops.
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* TheShrink: Pepper is usually TemptingFate: Clair will often declare out loud [[ThinkingOutLoud to herself]] that things are going to be more normal from now on, starting ''now''. Only for something to come up out of the go-to guy when someone needs some insight, help with their problems, or just be a shoulder to lean on.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Achilles initially at first with Chloe and Mars, due to his nerdy appearance and [[CasualKink extreme and obvious masochism]], but becomes [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] as his friendship with Pepper develops.
blue that adds [[BeleagueredBoss more stress into her life]].
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Achilles initially at first with Chloe and Mars, due to his nerdy appearance and [[CasualKink extreme and obvious masochism]], but becomes [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] as his friendship with Pepper develops.
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* TooKinkyToTorture: Achilles is this for Mars and occasionally others. She mentions that she would like to beat him up for constantly following her, but that he probably would enjoy it too much. The only expectation to this is Peachykeen, as to him [[SubvertedTrope there's no way to make it fun]].
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* TooKinkyToTorture: Achilles is this for Mars and occasionally others. She mentions that she would like to beat him up for constantly following her, but that he probably would enjoy it too much. The only expectation exception to this is Peachykeen, as to him [[SubvertedTrope there's no way to make it fun]].
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* BeleagueredBoss: Clair, sort of. She isn't exactly the boss, but she is in charge of Halo Head, and is often on the receiving end of Chloe' and Mars' hijinks.
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* AnxietyDreams: Pepper has one after the revelation that [[spoiler: Halo Head is actually a LayeredWorld]]. He see [[spoiler:Ares]] [[ArtShift with no outlines]] and she's noticeably less friendly than Achilles described. She mocks him for [[KnowNothingKnowItAll not being as smart as he thinks]].
* BeatPanel: The most common way the strip sets up a punchline.
* BeleagueredBoss: Clair, sort of. She isn't exactly the boss, but she is in charge of Halo Head, and is often on the receiving end of Chloe' and Mars'hijinks.
hijinks.
* BeefBandage:
** Pepper takes Achilles home with him when he finds the latter with a black eye, slipping in and out of consciousness. He puts a steak on his eye to help the wound.
** Later that night, when Pepper is having a [[AnxietyDreams stress dream]], Achilles puts the steak on his face to "help his brains".
** Clair [[DontTryThisAtHome lampshades]] the RealLife implications of doing this.
---> '''Clair:''' Though if documentaries are anything to go by, I think doing it in RealLife would just set you up for a pretty gruesome infection.
* BeatPanel: The most common way the strip sets up a punchline.
* BeleagueredBoss: Clair, sort of. She isn't exactly the boss, but she is in charge of Halo Head, and is often on the receiving end of Chloe' and Mars'
* BeefBandage:
** Pepper takes Achilles home with him when he finds the latter with a black eye, slipping in and out of consciousness. He puts a steak on his eye to help the wound.
** Later that night, when Pepper is having a [[AnxietyDreams stress dream]], Achilles puts the steak on his face to "help his brains".
** Clair [[DontTryThisAtHome lampshades]] the RealLife implications of doing this.
---> '''Clair:''' Though if documentaries are anything to go by, I think doing it in RealLife would just set you up for a pretty gruesome infection.
*** Clair abruptly enters the lighthouse behind Pepper in one strip, causing him to let out a "yip".
* KissingInATree: Chloe mocks Mars for her [[EveryoneCanSeeIt very obvious]] feelings for Achilles, much to her [[HairTriggerTemper fury]].
* RealityWarper: Clair. It's implied that she draws the things ordered by the residents and their homes into existence.
--> '''Chloe:''' That place... was not there yesterday.
--> '''Chloe:''' That place... was not there yesterday.
** During her introduction, when Peachykeen tells Chloe her name, her [[PlantHair leaf]] looks like a heart.
*** This is also invoked in #378 when Chloe pictures her in a more "[[RidiculouslyCuteCritter cutesy]]" style.
*** This is also invoked in #378 when Chloe pictures her in a more "[[RidiculouslyCuteCritter cutesy]]" style.
** In an early strip Chloe and Mars are carving a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cool_S Cool S]] into a tree.
** Pepper has a copy of [[Literature/TheYellowWallpaper The Yellow Wallpaper]] by Charlotte Perkins Gilman on his bookshelf.
** In [[https://halo-head.com/comic/160-is-it-weird/ #160]], Pepper is reading [[Literature/ASeparatePeace A Separate Peace]] by John Knowles.
**Clair tries to convince Chloe not to sit in a tub full of ice by referencing Whole, a documentary about people who want to become amputees. One man gets his leg amputated by doing exactly this.
---> '''Chloe:''' What the ''fuck'' is wrong with you?
** Pepper has a copy of [[Literature/TheYellowWallpaper The Yellow Wallpaper]] by Charlotte Perkins Gilman on his bookshelf.
** In [[https://halo-head.com/comic/160-is-it-weird/ #160]], Pepper is reading [[Literature/ASeparatePeace A Separate Peace]] by John Knowles.
**Clair tries to convince Chloe not to sit in a tub full of ice by referencing Whole, a documentary about people who want to become amputees. One man gets his leg amputated by doing exactly this.
---> '''Chloe:''' What the ''fuck'' is wrong with you?
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** Pepper stops Mars from writing on the walls of the lighthouse and [[SarcasmMode calls]] her " a modern [[Creator/ErnestHemingway Hemingway]]".
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** Peachykeen is a fruit bat whose head is a literal peach
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** Peachykeen is a fruit bat whose head is a literal peach
peach.
* WildTake: Mars is the most likely to do this, though Clair gets quite a few of these, too.
* WildTake: Mars is the most likely to do this, though Clair gets quite a few of these, too.
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* CrushBlush: Achilles, whenever Mars is nearby.
** When Achilles starts listing all the ways Mars would be good at hurting him, she starts [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther blushing herself]].
* CrypticConversation: Achilles' encounter with [[spoiler:Ares]] is almost entirely this. Lampshaded by Pepper.
--> '''Pepper:''' You weren't once like "Hey, what the hell does that mean?!"
** When Achilles starts listing all the ways Mars would be good at hurting him, she starts [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther blushing herself]].
* CrypticConversation: Achilles' encounter with [[spoiler:Ares]] is almost entirely this. Lampshaded by Pepper.
--> '''Pepper:''' You weren't once like "Hey, what the hell does that mean?!"
* DudeNotFunny: Clair reacts this way when Pepper tries to lighten the mood during his introduction with a "What do you want, bitch?" After Mars [[ToxicFriendInfluence brought out the worst in Chloe]], and Achilles turned into a [[CasualKink masochistic pervert]], Clair nearly [[NervousWreck breaks down on the spot]]. She lightens up when he walks back his joke, but is still [[StepfordSmiler very clearly unimpressed]].
*** While Achilles is comforting Pepper after [[spoiler:the reveal that Halo Head is a layered world]], Pepper affectionately [[LickedByTheDog licks his face]], before claiming it was to [[ItMakesSenseInContext not waste meat juice]].
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*** Peachykeen can hang upside down from tree branches.
* GirlsStareAtSceneryBoysStareAtGirls: When Mars is at the very top of a tree, admiring the view, Achilles is on a lower branch admiring ''her''.
* GirlsStareAtSceneryBoysStareAtGirls: When Mars is at the very top of a tree, admiring the view, Achilles is on a lower branch admiring ''her''.
* GuiltyPleasures: Once Mars [[{{Tsundere}} warms up to Achilles]], she actually starts playing into his masochism ([[OnlyInItForTheMoney provided he pays up]]). That doesn't mean she isn't incredibly embarrassed to be seen with him.
* ImagineSpot:
** When Clair stops Chloe from eating a butterfly, she goes on an angry rant about [[DudeWheresMyRespect Chloe not respecting the time and work she put into creating Halo Head]]. Chloe spends the time imagining what would happen if [[TheInfested she forced Clair to eat the butterfly]] instead.
** Chloe sees a mysterious shape on the horizon and thinks Clair has introduced a new villager to Halo Head (it's [[spoiler:Mars standing on Achilles' face]]). She starts picturing what her new neighbour looks like, before imagining her neighbours in a more "[[RidiculouslyCuteCritter cutesy]]" style.
** When Clair stops Chloe from eating a butterfly, she goes on an angry rant about [[DudeWheresMyRespect Chloe not respecting the time and work she put into creating Halo Head]]. Chloe spends the time imagining what would happen if [[TheInfested she forced Clair to eat the butterfly]] instead.
** Chloe sees a mysterious shape on the horizon and thinks Clair has introduced a new villager to Halo Head (it's [[spoiler:Mars standing on Achilles' face]]). She starts picturing what her new neighbour looks like, before imagining her neighbours in a more "[[RidiculouslyCuteCritter cutesy]]" style.
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* IronicEcho: Pepper and Clair shares these moments with each other a few times.
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* IronicEcho: Pepper and Clair shares share these moments with each other a few times.
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** When Pepper tries to brings it up with Clair the next day, [[spoiler:she tells him that he caught her in a private moment, and prefers if he doesn't mentation it to anyone else]].
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** When Pepper tries to brings it up with Clair the next day, [[spoiler:she tells him that he caught her in a private moment, and prefers if he doesn't mentation mention it to anyone else]].
* KarmicThief: When [[ManipulativeBastard Pepper]] gets a little too nosy while Chloe is at his house, she stuffs one of his books down her shorts because he was being "boring and an ass".
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* LostFoodGrievance: When Achilles first discovers his CasualKink, he attempts to instigate one of these to [[ArentYouGoingToRavishMe get a rise out of Mars]]. She sees through it though and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere decides to bail]].
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* LostFoodGrievance: When Achilles first discovers his CasualKink, he attempts to instigate one of these to [[ArentYouGoingToRavishMe get a rise out of Mars]]. She sees through it though it, though, and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere decides to bail]].
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* RecurringCameraShot: The inside of Clair's lighthouse [[spoiler:and its variant]] is shown from [[https://halo-head.com/comic/5-it-all-happens-here/ above with a character looking up toward the reader]] more than once.
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* PrecisionFStrike: The only time Clair swears, at least harsher than "hell" or "damn", is when she catches Chloe [[TooDumbToLive hanging upside-down from a tree branch poking a beehive]].
--> '''Clair:''' I think things will be just-'''[[SuddenlyShouting WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING]]'''?
--> '''Chloe:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Do you want me to answer that or are you just like, yelling to yell]]?
* RecurringCameraShot: The inside of Clair's lighthouse [[spoiler:and its variant]] is shown from [[https://halo-head.com/comic/5-it-all-happens-here/ above with a character looking up toward the reader]] more thanonce.
once.
* RefiningResources: Non-[[VideoGames video-game]] example. The main method for making money in Halo Head is for villagers to collect natural resources (usually fish) and sell them to Clair. Subverted in that Clair only instituted the system to keep Chloe busy, which [[LaboriousLaziness doesn't work at all]].
--> '''Clair:''' I think things will be just-'''[[SuddenlyShouting WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING]]'''?
--> '''Chloe:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Do you want me to answer that or are you just like, yelling to yell]]?
* RecurringCameraShot: The inside of Clair's lighthouse [[spoiler:and its variant]] is shown from [[https://halo-head.com/comic/5-it-all-happens-here/ above with a character looking up toward the reader]] more than
* RefiningResources: Non-[[VideoGames video-game]] example. The main method for making money in Halo Head is for villagers to collect natural resources (usually fish) and sell them to Clair. Subverted in that Clair only instituted the system to keep Chloe busy, which [[LaboriousLaziness doesn't work at all]].
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* RuleOfSymbolism: Batshaped created the strip as a way of document her own mental health journey. As a result the strip is dripping with symbolism:
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* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: The comic already has a pretty cute style, but [[https://halo-head.com/comic/378-cutesy/ #378]] reveals that Chloe sees her neighbours as even cuter than they already are.
* RuleOfSymbolism: Batshaped created the strip as a wayof to document her own mental health journey. As a result the strip is dripping with symbolism:
* RuleOfSymbolism: Batshaped created the strip as a way
* ShoutOut:
** In [[https://halo-head.com/comic/164-outsiders-perspective/ #164]], Chloe seems to be doing an [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/awesome-face-epic-smiley Awesome Face]].
** In [[https://halo-head.com/comic/164-outsiders-perspective/ #164]], Chloe seems to be doing an [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/awesome-face-epic-smiley Awesome Face]].
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* TheShrink: Pepper is usually the to-go guy when someone needs some insight, help with their problems, or just be a shoulder to lean on.
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* TheShrink: Pepper is usually the to-go go-to guy when someone needs some insight, help with their problems, or just be a shoulder to lean on.
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* WorldShapes: [[spoiler: Halo Head is flat,]] with stairs leading down to lower levels.
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* WorldShapes: [[spoiler: Halo Head is flat,]] with stairs leading down to lower levels.levels.
* YouAreNotReady: Said word-for-word by [[spoiler:Ares]] when she realizes Achilles isn't seeing things her way.
* YouAreNotReady: Said word-for-word by [[spoiler:Ares]] when she realizes Achilles isn't seeing things her way.
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* ExtremeOmnivore: Chloe:
** When Chloe first arrives in Halo Head, Clair keeps trying to get her to change things in order to leave a mark on the place. Chloe responds by trying to eat a passing butterfly while a panicked Clair tries to [[GoodIsNotSoft wrestle it out of her hands]].
** Later Clair gives Chloe a pack of seeds saying "[[TemptingFate I'm sure you can figure out what to do with this]]." Chloe immediately starts snacking down on them.
** When all the other characters are too busy (or [[JerkassBall manipulative]]) to spend time with her, Chloe starts contemplating whether she should eat a chrysalis she found in a tree.
** When Chloe first arrives in Halo Head, Clair keeps trying to get her to change things in order to leave a mark on the place. Chloe responds by trying to eat a passing butterfly while a panicked Clair tries to [[GoodIsNotSoft wrestle it out of her hands]].
** Later Clair gives Chloe a pack of seeds saying "[[TemptingFate I'm sure you can figure out what to do with this]]." Chloe immediately starts snacking down on them.
** When all the other characters are too busy (or [[JerkassBall manipulative]]) to spend time with her, Chloe starts contemplating whether she should eat a chrysalis she found in a tree.
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* HiddenDepths: Despite his "eccentricities," Achilles has a real passion for tending to flowers, particularly rosebushes. He also organizes Clair's files in a way that makes more sense to her than the system [[BeyondTheImpossible she created herself]].
--> '''Clair:''' Y... You're some kind of freak.
--> '''Achilles:''' [Smiling] That's what people tell me.
--> '''Clair:''' Y... You're some kind of freak.
--> '''Achilles:''' [Smiling] That's what people tell me.
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* HiddenDepths: Despite HiddenDepths:
**Despite his "eccentricities," Achilles has a real passion for tending to flowers, particularly rosebushes. He also organizes Clair's files in a way that makes more sense to her than the system [[BeyondTheImpossible she created herself]].
--> ---> '''Clair:''' Y... You're some kind of freak.
--> ---> '''Achilles:''' [Smiling] That's what people tell me.
** When Chloe is contemplating whether to eat a chrysalis she finds in a tree, she uses language and metaphors that imply she's [[ObfuscatingStupidity smarter than she lets on]].
**Despite his "eccentricities," Achilles has a real passion for tending to flowers, particularly rosebushes. He also organizes Clair's files in a way that makes more sense to her than the system [[BeyondTheImpossible she created herself]].
** When Chloe is contemplating whether to eat a chrysalis she finds in a tree, she uses language and metaphors that imply she's [[ObfuscatingStupidity smarter than she lets on]].
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Pepper tries to help Mars launder some money by lying about catching some fish. It's only when Clair asks to see them he realizes [[EpicFail he doesn't actually have any fish to hand]]. To his credit, it only fails because Clair woke up at exactly the wrong time. When Achilles said she was sleeping, Pepper didn't realize he meant [[PoorCommunicationKills she was sleeping right behind the desk]].
* EarNotch: Achilles has one. It's implied to have darker origins.
--> '''Achilles:''' [Looking at the drawing Clair made of him] Wow, it's perfect! ...Except you forget my ear notch.
--> '''[[TheMaker Clair]]:''' Oh yeah, that was a mistake.
--> '''Achilles:''' Can you fix it?
--> '''Clair:''' Theoretically, yes, but it'd be... Oh, you meant the drawing?
** Later:
---> '''[[spoiler:Ares]]''': Oh, you're one of us.
---> '''Achilles:''' I am?
---> '''[[spoiler:Ares]]''': [Pointing to her missing ear] Sure. Far I'm concerned, anyone who's been through '''''THAT''''' is a friend.
* EarNotch: Achilles has one. It's implied to have darker origins.
--> '''Achilles:''' [Looking at the drawing Clair made of him] Wow, it's perfect! ...Except you forget my ear notch.
--> '''[[TheMaker Clair]]:''' Oh yeah, that was a mistake.
--> '''Achilles:''' Can you fix it?
--> '''Clair:''' Theoretically, yes, but it'd be... Oh, you meant the drawing?
** Later:
---> '''[[spoiler:Ares]]''': Oh, you're one of us.
---> '''Achilles:''' I am?
---> '''[[spoiler:Ares]]''': [Pointing to her missing ear] Sure. Far I'm concerned, anyone who's been through '''''THAT''''' is a friend.
* FurryConfusion: Lampshaded in this exchange between Pepper (a dog) and Mars (a cat) about Achilles (another cat).
--> '''Pepper:''' ''I'm'' the one who came along and found him all beat up - alone - outside...
--> '''Mars:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Great work. You should start a cat rescue.]]
--> '''Pepper:''' I'm the one who took him in, cleaned him up...
--> '''Mars:''' Dewormed him...
--> '''Pepper:''' Made him a bed, got him some food...
--> '''Mars:''' Spayed him, neutered him...
--> '''Pepper:''' We had a very rough night.
--> '''Mars:''' [[SarcasmMode What do you want? "Pet owner of the year" award?]]
--> '''Pepper''' '''[[SuddenlyShouting NO! I WANT YOU TO BE A MORE RESPONSIBLE PET OWNER!]]'''
--> '''Pepper:''' ...Never mind, [[{{Metaphorgotten}} I really hate this analogy]].
--> '''Mars:''' Yeah, [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything you ruined it]]. Start over.
--> '''Pepper:''' ''I'm'' the one who came along and found him all beat up - alone - outside...
--> '''Mars:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Great work. You should start a cat rescue.]]
--> '''Pepper:''' I'm the one who took him in, cleaned him up...
--> '''Mars:''' Dewormed him...
--> '''Pepper:''' Made him a bed, got him some food...
--> '''Mars:''' Spayed him, neutered him...
--> '''Pepper:''' We had a very rough night.
--> '''Mars:''' [[SarcasmMode What do you want? "Pet owner of the year" award?]]
--> '''Pepper''' '''[[SuddenlyShouting NO! I WANT YOU TO BE A MORE RESPONSIBLE PET OWNER!]]'''
--> '''Pepper:''' ...Never mind, [[{{Metaphorgotten}} I really hate this analogy]].
--> '''Mars:''' Yeah, [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything you ruined it]]. Start over.
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** When Mars starts warming (slightly) to Achilles, she pulls him up to a tree branch she's sitting on because he can't climb himself. Mars and Achilles, [[ShipTease sittin' in a tree...]]
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* LostFoodGrievance: When Achilles first discovers his CasualKink, he attempts to instigate one of these to [[ArentYouGoingToRavishMe get a rise out of Mars]]. She sees through it though and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere decides to bail]].
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* RecurringCameraShot: The inside of Clair's lighthouse [[spoiler:and its variant]] is shown from [[https://halo-head.com/comic/5-it-all-happens-here/ above with a character looking up toward the reader]] more than once.
* ReversePsychology: Clair tries this when Chloe is [[DefiantStrip running about in the nude]]. It nearly works, but as Chloe is putting her clothes on again, Pepper [[NiceJobBreakingItHero praises Chloe for giving Clair a win]]. Cue Chloe ripping them off again and Clair has to start over.
* RuleOfSymbolism: Batshaped created the strip as a way of document her own mental health journey. As a result the strip is dripping with symbolism:
** Whenever Chloe tries to remember her DarkAndTroubledPast, Clair always tries to stop her. After a particularly nasty row early on, Chloe announces she's leaving Halo Head. The next time we see her, she's encountered a literal wall built by Clair.
** Chloe quickly strikes up a friendship with [[MellowFellow Pepper]]. When Clair finds out that Chloe [[spoiler:confided in him instead of her]], she's crestfallen. At the end of the reveal, when the speech bubbles have mostly disappeared, a picture of a broken heart is prominently visible on the wall next to her.
** When Chloe [[spoiler:wakes up in Pepper's house]], the skylights resemble two eyes with OcularGushers, foreshadowing Pepper [[spoiler: catching Clair crying with both eyes open out of jealousy and betrayal]].
** Pepper opens his kitchen drawer to discover he still has Achilles' can opener. It sticks out starkly against Pepper's things in much the same way Achilles himself doesn't fit in with the rest of Halo Head.
** Chloe remarks that she's "not some boring bitch that takes shit all serious," obviously referring to [[ControlFreak Clair]]. As she does so, she walks in front of Pepper's clock, making it resemble a halo.
* AScarToRemember: Mars gives [[spoiler:Achilles a black eye]]. He's excited to show it off, too.
* ReversePsychology: Clair tries this when Chloe is [[DefiantStrip running about in the nude]]. It nearly works, but as Chloe is putting her clothes on again, Pepper [[NiceJobBreakingItHero praises Chloe for giving Clair a win]]. Cue Chloe ripping them off again and Clair has to start over.
* RuleOfSymbolism: Batshaped created the strip as a way of document her own mental health journey. As a result the strip is dripping with symbolism:
** Whenever Chloe tries to remember her DarkAndTroubledPast, Clair always tries to stop her. After a particularly nasty row early on, Chloe announces she's leaving Halo Head. The next time we see her, she's encountered a literal wall built by Clair.
** Chloe quickly strikes up a friendship with [[MellowFellow Pepper]]. When Clair finds out that Chloe [[spoiler:confided in him instead of her]], she's crestfallen. At the end of the reveal, when the speech bubbles have mostly disappeared, a picture of a broken heart is prominently visible on the wall next to her.
** When Chloe [[spoiler:wakes up in Pepper's house]], the skylights resemble two eyes with OcularGushers, foreshadowing Pepper [[spoiler: catching Clair crying with both eyes open out of jealousy and betrayal]].
** Pepper opens his kitchen drawer to discover he still has Achilles' can opener. It sticks out starkly against Pepper's things in much the same way Achilles himself doesn't fit in with the rest of Halo Head.
** Chloe remarks that she's "not some boring bitch that takes shit all serious," obviously referring to [[ControlFreak Clair]]. As she does so, she walks in front of Pepper's clock, making it resemble a halo.
* AScarToRemember: Mars gives [[spoiler:Achilles a black eye]]. He's excited to show it off, too.
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* {{Squick}}: Chloe has this reaction when Peachykeen pulls a peach out of {{Hammerspace}} (without breaking [[TheUnblinking eye contact]], no less!) and offers it to her.
--> '''Chloe:''' Uh... where the fuck did that peach come from?
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Pepper working with Mars to [[spoiler:launder $900]] so he can hide the fact HeKnowsTooMuch from Clair.
--> '''Chloe:''' Uh... where the fuck did that peach come from?
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Pepper working with Mars to [[spoiler:launder $900]] so he can hide the fact HeKnowsTooMuch from Clair.
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* AfterActionPatchUp: Both Clair and Pepper end up doing this to Chloe at different points.
** Pepper does this for Achilles after the latter cuts his hand during an argument.
* AllAnimalsAreDogs: Every character with a tail, regardless of species, will wag their tail when happy or excited.
** Pepper does this for Achilles after the latter cuts his hand during an argument.
* AllAnimalsAreDogs: Every character with a tail, regardless of species, will wag their tail when happy or excited.
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* {{Egopolis}}: Subverted. While "Halo Head" started out as a nickname for Clair, BewareTheNiceOnes: Clair has the place wasn't named patience of a saint, she really does. But when she's pushed too far, she shows her spiteful side. Usually this just amounts to letting Chloe stew in her honor.
own problems but she has gone as far as deliberately introducing residents she know Chloe will hate.
--> '''Clair:''' So what do you think [of [[CloudCuckooLander Peachykeen]]]?
--> '''Chloe:''' What the ''fuck'', Halo Head? I thought you picked these people with ''me'' in mind. [[HypocriticalHumor That thing is loud and weird and gonna freak everyone the hell out]].
--> *{{Beat}}*
--> '''Chloe:''' Wait... ''you'' have a sense of humor?
--> '''Clair''' Oh... something like that.
* BigEntrance: Chloe usually enters Clair's lighthouse by shoving both front doors hard enough to slam against the walls.
* BottleEpisode: Pepper "persuades" Mars to spend all day in the lighthouse with Achilles. As a result, they spend #339 to #351 trapped in there together (Clair is in there as well, but asleep the whole time).
* CantLiveWithThemCantLiveWithoutThem: Mars is constantly trying to ditch Achilles once he turns into a "little freak." When he actually ''does'' disappear, she starts to wonder where he went, while claiming [[BlatantLies she isn't bothered in the slightest]].
* CartoonyTail: Chloe has a pointy devil-like tail.
* CensorSuds: When Chloe decides to cool off by [[TooDumbToLive bathing in a hot tub full of ice]], the blocks of ice preserve her modesty.
* CharacterisationClickMoment: Achilles was initially an introverted [[OnlySaneMan straight man]], but ever since Mars shoved him to the ground, he wanted nothing more than to be abused by her.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Speech bubbles, possessions, even sound effects are similar colors to the person they belong to:
** Chloe: Purple
** Clair: Cream
** Mars: Red
** Achilles: Blue
** Pepper: Yellow
** Peachykeen: Green
* ConstructedWorld: Halo Head ([[TitleConfusion the place]]) and probably its non-human inhabitants were created by Clair.
* ControlFreak: Clair just wants what's best for Chloe, but her well-intentioned meddling often ends up pushing her away instead.
** After [[spoiler:seeing the staircase to lower worlds]], Pepper seems to be turning into this, with even less success.
--> '''Clair:''' So what do you think [of [[CloudCuckooLander Peachykeen]]]?
--> '''Chloe:''' What the ''fuck'', Halo Head? I thought you picked these people with ''me'' in mind. [[HypocriticalHumor That thing is loud and weird and gonna freak everyone the hell out]].
--> *{{Beat}}*
--> '''Chloe:''' Wait... ''you'' have a sense of humor?
--> '''Clair''' Oh... something like that.
* BigEntrance: Chloe usually enters Clair's lighthouse by shoving both front doors hard enough to slam against the walls.
* BottleEpisode: Pepper "persuades" Mars to spend all day in the lighthouse with Achilles. As a result, they spend #339 to #351 trapped in there together (Clair is in there as well, but asleep the whole time).
* CantLiveWithThemCantLiveWithoutThem: Mars is constantly trying to ditch Achilles once he turns into a "little freak." When he actually ''does'' disappear, she starts to wonder where he went, while claiming [[BlatantLies she isn't bothered in the slightest]].
* CartoonyTail: Chloe has a pointy devil-like tail.
* CensorSuds: When Chloe decides to cool off by [[TooDumbToLive bathing in a hot tub full of ice]], the blocks of ice preserve her modesty.
* CharacterisationClickMoment: Achilles was initially an introverted [[OnlySaneMan straight man]], but ever since Mars shoved him to the ground, he wanted nothing more than to be abused by her.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Speech bubbles, possessions, even sound effects are similar colors to the person they belong to:
** Chloe: Purple
** Clair: Cream
** Mars: Red
** Achilles: Blue
** Pepper: Yellow
** Peachykeen: Green
* ConstructedWorld: Halo Head ([[TitleConfusion the place]]) and probably its non-human inhabitants were created by Clair.
* ControlFreak: Clair just wants what's best for Chloe, but her well-intentioned meddling often ends up pushing her away instead.
** After [[spoiler:seeing the staircase to lower worlds]], Pepper seems to be turning into this, with even less success.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Clair created Halo Head to distract Chloe from a traumatic memory. When Chloe ''is'' thinking about it, [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness her left eye opens slightly]].
* DefiantStrip: Chloe strips down to cool off when it gets too hot in Halo Head. It takes an ''absurd'' amount of yelling, chasing and begging from Clair to get her to put her clothes on again.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The [[{{Flashback}} flashbacks]] to Chloe's traumatic past are colored this way.
* DevilishHairHorns: Chloe has them, in contrast with Clair's angelic appearance.
* EarthyBarefootCharacter: Clair and Chloe. Everyone else is a BarefootCartoonAnimal.
* {{Egopolis}}: Subverted. While "Halo Head" started out as a nickname for Clair, the place wasn't named in her honor.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Both Pepper and Chloe point out Mars' barely hidden feelings for Achilles. She reacts with [[HairTriggerTemper characteristic anger]].
* {{Flashback}} Chloe has these to a traumatic event from her past. The audience is only shown vague shapes, though.
* FriendshipMoment: When Chloe and Mars first meet:
-->*[[BeatPanel Mars and Chloe stare at each other]]*
-->'''Mars:''' The fuck you starin' at, bitch?
-->'''Chloe:''' Oh thank God you're cool! Let's be best friends!
* FurryReminder:
** Mostly Achilles:
*** When Clair draws a picture in front of Achilles, he feels compelled to bat at the pen.
*** In #152 Clair pets Achilles' head, causing him to purr.
*** In #252 Achilles in lying down like a real cat while comforting Pepper.
** Other characters:
*** While showing Achilles how to climb a tree, Mars walks along the branch on all fours like a feral cat.
*** When having a nightmare in #242, Pepper whines like a dog.
* DefiantStrip: Chloe strips down to cool off when it gets too hot in Halo Head. It takes an ''absurd'' amount of yelling, chasing and begging from Clair to get her to put her clothes on again.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The [[{{Flashback}} flashbacks]] to Chloe's traumatic past are colored this way.
* DevilishHairHorns: Chloe has them, in contrast with Clair's angelic appearance.
* EarthyBarefootCharacter: Clair and Chloe. Everyone else is a BarefootCartoonAnimal.
* {{Egopolis}}: Subverted. While "Halo Head" started out as a nickname for Clair, the place wasn't named in her honor.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Both Pepper and Chloe point out Mars' barely hidden feelings for Achilles. She reacts with [[HairTriggerTemper characteristic anger]].
* {{Flashback}} Chloe has these to a traumatic event from her past. The audience is only shown vague shapes, though.
* FriendshipMoment: When Chloe and Mars first meet:
-->*[[BeatPanel Mars and Chloe stare at each other]]*
-->'''Mars:''' The fuck you starin' at, bitch?
-->'''Chloe:''' Oh thank God you're cool! Let's be best friends!
* FurryReminder:
** Mostly Achilles:
*** When Clair draws a picture in front of Achilles, he feels compelled to bat at the pen.
*** In #152 Clair pets Achilles' head, causing him to purr.
*** In #252 Achilles in lying down like a real cat while comforting Pepper.
** Other characters:
*** While showing Achilles how to climb a tree, Mars walks along the branch on all fours like a feral cat.
*** When having a nightmare in #242, Pepper whines like a dog.
* HiddenDepths: Despite his "eccentricities," Achilles has a real passion for tending to flowers, particularly rosebushes. He also organizes Clair's files in a way that makes more sense to her than the system [[BeyondTheImpossible she created herself]].
--> '''Clair:''' Y... You're some kind of freak.
--> '''Achilles:''' [Smiling] That's what people tell me.
* HighPressureEmotion: When Clair is pushed too far, her normally beige outlines are replaced with red, giver her a much harsher appearance.
* HolyHalo: Clair has one. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in that while she isn't divine in the traditional sense, she did create Halo Head and is heavily implied to have created all of the other villagers.
* IgnoredEpiphany: A somewhat dark example. Every time Chloe tries to remember a particular [[NoodleIncident traumatic event]] from her past, Clair will say something or do something to distract her.
--> [Chloe is staring into space with her [[MeaningfulLook left eye slightly open]]]
--> '''Clair:''' You're doing that again. I can tell.
--> '''Clair:''' I'll try to find you a ''good'' influence this time [Pepper].
* InterspeciesFriendship: The six regular residents of Halo Head come from four different species (human, cat, dog, fruit bat), so this is a given.
--> '''Clair:''' Y... You're some kind of freak.
--> '''Achilles:''' [Smiling] That's what people tell me.
* HighPressureEmotion: When Clair is pushed too far, her normally beige outlines are replaced with red, giver her a much harsher appearance.
* HolyHalo: Clair has one. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in that while she isn't divine in the traditional sense, she did create Halo Head and is heavily implied to have created all of the other villagers.
* IgnoredEpiphany: A somewhat dark example. Every time Chloe tries to remember a particular [[NoodleIncident traumatic event]] from her past, Clair will say something or do something to distract her.
--> [Chloe is staring into space with her [[MeaningfulLook left eye slightly open]]]
--> '''Clair:''' You're doing that again. I can tell.
--> '''Clair:''' I'll try to find you a ''good'' influence this time [Pepper].
* InterspeciesFriendship: The six regular residents of Halo Head come from four different species (human, cat, dog, fruit bat), so this is a given.
* LayeredWorld: [[spoiler:Halo Head is this, sitting above worlds that are similar to "our" Halo Head but bizarrely incomplete. It's implied that "our" Halo Head is not the first iteration.]]
* LiteralMetaphor:
** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Achilles after [[spoiler:discovering the staircase to different worlds]]:
---> '''Achilles:''' Guess I could take my chances in one of the places down there...
---> '''Achilles:''' Do I really want that... ?
---> [A tiny version of Achilles appears in his thought bubble and clutches his ear]
---> '''Inner!Achilles:''' Yes!! You want this!!
---> '''Achilles:''' Welp, nothin' like an extremely literal visual metaphor to help you figure out what to do!
** When Pepper is trying to concentrate on his book in #160, Achilles is literally occupying his thoughts.
** After yet another failed attempt at wooing Mars, Pepper advises Achilles to "take the lead." Achilles [[LiteralMinded interprets]] this as wearing a leash (i.e. a [[{{Pun}} lead]]) and offering Mars the handle. Much later after Achilles has been missing for days, Mars finds the leash and fears the worst. When she catches up to him, she's still clutching the leash. Immediately after, she [[spoiler:finally gives him the punch he's been waiting for for so long]], having "taken the lead."
* LiteralMinded: Achilles can't understand metaphors or sarcasm ''at all''.
--> '''Pepper:''' Achilles! What are you doing on the ground?
--> '''Achilles:''' I mean... [[AskAStupidQuestion not much]].
* LiteralMetaphor:
** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Achilles after [[spoiler:discovering the staircase to different worlds]]:
---> '''Achilles:''' Guess I could take my chances in one of the places down there...
---> '''Achilles:''' Do I really want that... ?
---> [A tiny version of Achilles appears in his thought bubble and clutches his ear]
---> '''Inner!Achilles:''' Yes!! You want this!!
---> '''Achilles:''' Welp, nothin' like an extremely literal visual metaphor to help you figure out what to do!
** When Pepper is trying to concentrate on his book in #160, Achilles is literally occupying his thoughts.
** After yet another failed attempt at wooing Mars, Pepper advises Achilles to "take the lead." Achilles [[LiteralMinded interprets]] this as wearing a leash (i.e. a [[{{Pun}} lead]]) and offering Mars the handle. Much later after Achilles has been missing for days, Mars finds the leash and fears the worst. When she catches up to him, she's still clutching the leash. Immediately after, she [[spoiler:finally gives him the punch he's been waiting for for so long]], having "taken the lead."
* LiteralMinded: Achilles can't understand metaphors or sarcasm ''at all''.
--> '''Pepper:''' Achilles! What are you doing on the ground?
--> '''Achilles:''' I mean... [[AskAStupidQuestion not much]].
* MeaningfulLook: Both the girls have one eye closed. Chloe her left, Clair her right. When Chloe's left eye is open, it's because she's remembering the traumatic event that prompted Clair to create Halo Head as a distraction. [[spoiler: When Clair finds out that Chloe spent the night with Pepper instead of her, Pepper finds her later crying with both eyes open.]]
* MinimalistCast: Lampshaded:
--> '''Mars:''' I heard you were good at solving problems.
--> '''Pepper:''' Haha, aww. Chloe said that about me?
--> '''Mars:''' I never said it was Chloe.
--> '''Pepper:''' Dude there's like five people on Halo Head and you only hang out with one of them.
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: When Chloe gets too hot she strips down to her birthday suit.
* NewFriendEnvy: Clair begins to resent Pepper after [[spoiler:Chloe spends the night at his place]].
--> '''Clair:''' I've told her a thousand times she could stay with me
--> '''Clair:''' I've told her a thousand times I'd help her
--> '''Clair:''' [[spoiler:[turning to Pepper] Why did she go to '''you?''']]
* NoNameGiven: Despite being the first characters introduced, Chloe and Clair aren't named until over 50 strips into the comic's run.
* MinimalistCast: Lampshaded:
--> '''Mars:''' I heard you were good at solving problems.
--> '''Pepper:''' Haha, aww. Chloe said that about me?
--> '''Mars:''' I never said it was Chloe.
--> '''Pepper:''' Dude there's like five people on Halo Head and you only hang out with one of them.
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: When Chloe gets too hot she strips down to her birthday suit.
* NewFriendEnvy: Clair begins to resent Pepper after [[spoiler:Chloe spends the night at his place]].
--> '''Clair:''' I've told her a thousand times she could stay with me
--> '''Clair:''' I've told her a thousand times I'd help her
--> '''Clair:''' [[spoiler:[turning to Pepper] Why did she go to '''you?''']]
* NoNameGiven: Despite being the first characters introduced, Chloe and Clair aren't named until over 50 strips into the comic's run.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: If either of the girls has both eyes open, it's a sign they are ''not'' okay.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Mars is the physically strongest character in the cast, despite being the size of a child.
* PleasePutSomeClothesOn: Clair to Chloe when the latter is running around naked, minus the "please" part.
* SelfHarm: Played for laughs with Achilles. He can't stop talking about hurting himself to the point where other characters are sick of it.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Mars is the physically strongest character in the cast, despite being the size of a child.
* PleasePutSomeClothesOn: Clair to Chloe when the latter is running around naked, minus the "please" part.
* SelfHarm: Played for laughs with Achilles. He can't stop talking about hurting himself to the point where other characters are sick of it.
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* ThreatBackfire: See below.
TooKinkyToTorture below.
* TooDumbToLive: Chloe's antics often veer into this. From poking a beehive while covered in sugar water to bathing naked in a tub full of ice.
* TooDumbToLive: Chloe's antics often veer into this. From poking a beehive while covered in sugar water to bathing naked in a tub full of ice.
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-->'''Mars:''' Wait no fuck.fuck.
*ToxicFriendInfluence: What did Clair expect when introducing Chloe to someone who is similar in personality and temperament to her?
* UnusualHalo: Clair's halo will often change shape when she's moving quickly and will often emote with her.
--> '''Pepper:''' You okay, dude? Your lifesaver's sweating.
* VisualPun:
** Achilles is a cat who is obsessed with [[SelfHarm hurting himself]]. Appropriately his fur is colored black-and-blue.
** Peachykeen is a fruit bat whose head is a literal peach
* WorldShapes: [[spoiler: Halo Head is flat,]] with stairs leading down to lower levels.
*ToxicFriendInfluence: What did Clair expect when introducing Chloe to someone who is similar in personality and temperament to her?
* UnusualHalo: Clair's halo will often change shape when she's moving quickly and will often emote with her.
--> '''Pepper:''' You okay, dude? Your lifesaver's sweating.
* VisualPun:
** Achilles is a cat who is obsessed with [[SelfHarm hurting himself]]. Appropriately his fur is colored black-and-blue.
** Peachykeen is a fruit bat whose head is a literal peach
* WorldShapes: [[spoiler: Halo Head is flat,]] with stairs leading down to lower levels.
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* {{Egopolis}}: Subverted. While "Halo Head" started out as a nickname for Clair, the place wasn't named in her honor.
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You can read the story so far on its own [[https://halo-head.com/ website]], [[https://twitter.com/i/events/1271537882042269696?lang=en Twitter]] as well as on [[https://tapas.io/series/HALOHEAD/info Tapas]]. Although it's generally not recommended anymore since to just use the website instead, as it's actually updated, as for the others, the author lost access to the Twitter event and stopped updating Tapas, so it's better to browse through her feed for the moment.
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Created in June 2020 and currently ongoing, [Hello from Halo Head] is a ‘traumedy’ webcomic by batshaped on Twitter following an angel who creates a brightly colored world to entertain her demon companion. Tensions rise between the two and the denizens of the new realm, with hints of a darker plot under the cartoonish surface.
You can read the story so far on Twitter: https://twitter.com/i/events/1271537882042269696?lang=en as well as on Tapas: https://tapas.io/series/HALOHEAD/info
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!! [Hello from Halo Head] contains examples of:
* AmusingInjuries: When Chloe trips on Pepper’s conversation pit.
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* AmusingInjuries: When Chloe trips on Pepper’s conversation pit.
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Created in June 2020 and currently ongoing,[Hello ''Hello from Halo Head] Head'' is a ‘traumedy’ webcomic by batshaped [[https://twitter.com/batshaped batshaped]] on Twitter following that explores the multitudes of a person's response to trauma, it's also cartoon animal adventures. It's a trauma comedy, a ''[[BreadEggsBreadedEggs traumedy]]''. The webcomic follows an angel who creates a brightly colored world to entertain her demon companion. Tensions rise between the two and the denizens of the new realm, with hints of a darker plot under the cartoonish surface.
You can read the story so far onTwitter: https://twitter.[[https://twitter.com/i/events/1271537882042269696?lang=en Twitter]] as well as on Tapas: https://tapas.io/series/HALOHEAD/info
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* AmusingInjuries: When Chloe trips on Pepper’s conversationpit.
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* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Achilles, due to his nerdy appearance and [[CasualKink extreme and obvious masochism]].
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* IronicEcho: Pepper and Clair shares these moments with each other a few times.
** When Pepper was giving advice to Clair is that [[spoiler:you can't make anyone do anything, and at a certain point you gotta say: "Okay. Good luck with that." Clairs ignores it and concludes that she has to try harder, no matter how many tries it takes.]]
--->'''Clair:''' [[spoiler:If it takes a thousand tries.]]
--->'''Clair:''' [[spoiler:I just have to try harder.]]
--->'''Pepper:''' ''*sighs*''
--->'''Pepper:''' [[spoiler:Okay. Good luck with that.]]
** When Pepper tries to brings it up with Clair the next day, [[spoiler:she tells him that he caught her in a private moment, and prefers if he doesn't mentation it to anyone else]].
--->'''Clair:''' [[spoiler:You caught me at... a private moment.]]
--->'''Clair:''' [[spoiler:It's none of your business, or anyone else's. I'd appreciate if you didn't mention it to anyone.]]
--->By #258, Pepper [[spoiler:has to make up an excuse on the spot where he and Achilles was last night, so he utilizes the same words Clair used against her, almost from word to word, and guilt trips her in the process.]]
--->'''Pepper:''' [[spoiler:Look. You "''caught us in a private moment''".]]
--->'''Pepper:''' [[spoiler:Which is no one else's business.]]
--->'''Pepper:''' [[spoiler:You of all people should understand that.]]
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Mars and Achilles respectively.
* OnlySaneMan: Achilles was initially presented as this, until that ill-fated moment with Mars shoving him onto the ground, due to her losing the crab race with Chloe, turning him into a "little freak", becoming [[SubvertedTrope harshly subverted]]. Then Pepper would inherit the role from him.
* SkepticNoLonger: By #222, [[spoiler:once Achilles shows Pepper the same staircase off the island to prove that what he was saying was in fact '''real''', Pepper starts to question what is real anymore, and seemingly develops Bathmophobia (the fear of stairs).]]
* TheShrink: Pepper is usually the to-go guy when someone needs some insight, help with their problems, or just be a shoulder to lean on.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes:Achilles, Achilles initially at first with Chloe and Mars, due to his nerdy appearance and [[CasualKink extreme and obvious masochism]].
masochism]], but becomes [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] as his friendship with Pepper develops.
** When Pepper was giving advice to Clair is that [[spoiler:you can't make anyone do anything, and at a certain point you gotta say: "Okay. Good luck with that." Clairs ignores it and concludes that she has to try harder, no matter how many tries it takes.]]
--->'''Clair:''' [[spoiler:If it takes a thousand tries.]]
--->'''Clair:''' [[spoiler:I just have to try harder.]]
--->'''Pepper:''' ''*sighs*''
--->'''Pepper:''' [[spoiler:Okay. Good luck with that.]]
** When Pepper tries to brings it up with Clair the next day, [[spoiler:she tells him that he caught her in a private moment, and prefers if he doesn't mentation it to anyone else]].
--->'''Clair:''' [[spoiler:You caught me at... a private moment.]]
--->'''Clair:''' [[spoiler:It's none of your business, or anyone else's. I'd appreciate if you didn't mention it to anyone.]]
--->By #258, Pepper [[spoiler:has to make up an excuse on the spot where he and Achilles was last night, so he utilizes the same words Clair used against her, almost from word to word, and guilt trips her in the process.]]
--->'''Pepper:''' [[spoiler:Look. You "''caught us in a private moment''".]]
--->'''Pepper:''' [[spoiler:Which is no one else's business.]]
--->'''Pepper:''' [[spoiler:You of all people should understand that.]]
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Mars and Achilles respectively.
* OnlySaneMan: Achilles was initially presented as this, until that ill-fated moment with Mars shoving him onto the ground, due to her losing the crab race with Chloe, turning him into a "little freak", becoming [[SubvertedTrope harshly subverted]]. Then Pepper would inherit the role from him.
* SkepticNoLonger: By #222, [[spoiler:once Achilles shows Pepper the same staircase off the island to prove that what he was saying was in fact '''real''', Pepper starts to question what is real anymore, and seemingly develops Bathmophobia (the fear of stairs).]]
* TheShrink: Pepper is usually the to-go guy when someone needs some insight, help with their problems, or just be a shoulder to lean on.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes:
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* TooKinkyToTorture: Achilles is this for Mars and occasionally others. She mentions that she would like to beat him up for constantly following her, but that he probably would enjoy it too much.
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* TooKinkyToTorture: Achilles is this for Mars and occasionally others. She mentions that she would like to beat him up for constantly following her, but that he probably would enjoy it too much. The only expectation to this is Peachykeen, as to him [[SubvertedTrope there's no way to make it fun]].
-->'''Mars:''' You know I can fuck you up way worse right?
-->'''Achilles:''' ''Uh-''
-->'''Achilles:''' ...Prove it?
-->'''Mars:''' Maybe I w-
-->'''Mars:''' Wait no fuck.
-->'''Mars:''' You know I can fuck you up way worse right?
-->'''Achilles:''' ''Uh-''
-->'''Achilles:''' ...Prove it?
-->'''Mars:''' Maybe I w-
-->'''Mars:''' Wait no fuck.
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* AmusingInjuries: When Chloe trips on Pepper’s conversation pit.
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* CuteMonsterGirl: Chloe. Although her personality might not be as cute.
* GuardianAngel: Clair is probably this. Unfortunately, Chloe isn’t interested.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Achilles, due to his nerdy appearance and [[CasualKink extreme and obvious masochism]].
* GuardianAngel: Clair is probably this. Unfortunately, Chloe isn’t interested.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Achilles, due to his nerdy appearance and [[CasualKink extreme and obvious masochism]].
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Created in June 2020 and currently ongoing, [Hello from Halo Head] is a ‘traumedy’ webcomic by batshaped on Twitter following an angel who creates a brightly colored world to entertain her demon companion. Tensions rise between the two and the denizens of the new realm, with hints of a darker plot under the cartoonish surface.
You can read the story so far on Twitter: https://twitter.com/i/events/1271537882042269696?lang=en as well as on Tapas: https://tapas.io/series/HALOHEAD/info
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!! [Hello from Halo Head] contains examples of:
* BeleagueredBoss: Clair, sort of. She isn’t exactly the boss, but she is in charge of Halo Head, and is often on the receiving end of Chloe’ and Mars’ hijinks.
* ThreatBackfire: See below.
* TooKinkyToTorture: Achilles is this for Mars and occasionally others. She mentions that she would like to beat him up for constantly following her, but that he probably would enjoy it too much.
You can read the story so far on Twitter: https://twitter.com/i/events/1271537882042269696?lang=en as well as on Tapas: https://tapas.io/series/HALOHEAD/info
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!! [Hello from Halo Head] contains examples of:
* BeleagueredBoss: Clair, sort of. She isn’t exactly the boss, but she is in charge of Halo Head, and is often on the receiving end of Chloe’ and Mars’ hijinks.
* ThreatBackfire: See below.
* TooKinkyToTorture: Achilles is this for Mars and occasionally others. She mentions that she would like to beat him up for constantly following her, but that he probably would enjoy it too much.
