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Ctrl+Alt+Del is a Two Gamers on a Couch Webcomic, following the adventures of two guys, a girl, and a robot who alternate between sitting around playing video games and getting up to wacky hijinks. Created and written by Tim Buckley (no relation).The comic strip has undergone three separate iterations: The Original Run: Beginning on October 23, 2002, the webcomic alternated its updates between story-based strips and video game-specific ones. This iteration ended on November 24, 2012, with the comic wrapping up the storyline and ended Ethan, Lilah, Lucas, and Zeke's narratives. The Retool: Following this conclusion, the comic became exclusively focused on video game jokes, occasionally starring the four colored players previously seen in occasional earlier joke strips. During this time period, Buckley figured out how he wanted to re-introduce an on-going storyline whilst also removing his strip's biggest flaw. This run began on November 26, 2012, and is still ongoing, running concurrently with... The Reboot: An Alternate Universe take on the webcomic which began on October 29, 2014. The series now features Ethan and Lucas as a gaming-themed superhero team, with a marked change in drawing style, being much more dynamic and detailed. In 2018, Buckley opted to separate the story-based strips from the gag-based strips by referring to the story-based ones as Analog and D-Pad and the gag-based ones as Ctrl+Alt+Del.Over the course of its history, the webcomic has accrued a suite of recurring storylines: Ethan and Lucas: The original and most famous storyline, starring Ethan, Lucas, Lilah and Zeke. Originally starting out as a gag strip, on-going stories would become more and more common, usually spurred by Ethan's antics. As noted above, it ended just over a decade after it first began. Sillies: Black and white three-panel strips like you'd see in a newspaper, these would often be used to provide quick gags based on current events, usually while an ongoing storyline was running in the main comic. Has a tendency to go on long hiatuses. The Console Wars: A comic that uses a war setting as a metaphor for the actual Console Wars (game publishers are weapon manufacturers, for example). While it has the most frequent hiatuses, this is by necessity, as it only updates when major events happen in real life, such as the release of new tentpole games or systems. The Campaign: The Players in a game of Dungeons & Dragons, with their adventures depicted as Imagine Spots within the fantasy setting (but often interrupted by their own antics at the table). Is the current iteration of The Players, a set of four Players who represented Players 1-4 of a multiplayer game, and were famous for brutally murdering each-other on a regular basis over petty misdeeds. The Starcaster Chronicles: Starring retired and jaded space cop Cort as he stumbles upon the Starcaster, an incredibly powerful superweapon that can alter the state of galactic politics simply by who happens to have one. Is notable for being a Story Branching format where Patreon subscribers can vote on story decisions (it's then uploaded in full on the main site with the decisions revealed later). Analog and D-Pad: The current iteration of the Ethan and Lucas storyline that started in 2014, and essentially a continuity reboot of an earlier comic with an identical concept. Here Ethan and Lucas are the titular super-heroes, struggling for recognition as they fight crime in Omnitropolis as they balance running a brick-and-mortar games store. Also features Scott as a good guy, Lilah as a budding news writer, and Zeke as a liberated ninja robot learning their way around human culture and why they shouldn't murder all of them. Starcaster is heavily inspired by an earlier storyline, Ethan McManus: Space Archeologist, which (similar to Analog and D-Pad) recast the characters of the main storyline with the same CYOA structure, only in an Indy IN SPACE! setting that time.On top of all this, the comic also has "One Shots" that comment on particular events, either being wholly self-contained, set within one of the existing stories above between their arcs, or even a fictional depiction of Buckley's real life as a gamer and parent.Not to be confused with the three-finger-salute/Vulcan Nerve Pinch or the Belgian and socialist political book of the same name. Or the keyboard command that the comic gets its name from, for that matter.There is also an animated adaption, Ctrl+Alt+Del: The Animated Series. Its site is here.
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Unraveled Entanglement: Ethan somehow manages to do this to himself with duct tape. Even Lucas, who is pretty thoroughly desensitized to his roommate's misadventures, is a bit perturbed by this.
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Creator Cameo
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Creator Cameo: In the animated series. Hilarious in Hindsight; City of Heroes eventually did put out a Mac Edition with special goodies and much fanfare.
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Only Six Faces
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Only Six Faces: One face and/or expression commonly called "B^U◊" or "Buckleyface".
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Alt Text
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Alt Text: The Annotated Series. Before the revamp, the alt-text was just repeating the name of the strip. Post-revamp, it's now the de facto name of the strip since they're now untitled.
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Snarky Non-Human Sidekick
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Snarky Non-Human Sidekick: Zeke, who was made out of an Xbox. Also something of a Robotic Psychopath when he debuted. Now, he's just downgraded to a snarky Robot Buddy with Embla as the new Psycho.
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Breaking the Fourth Wall
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: Done quite literally in this strip.
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Ironic Echo
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Ironic Echo: The animated series had a short skit involving the Four Players. One of the players doesn't heal the other after shouting, "Heal me!" The player responds by going to the other player in real time and chopping him up with an axe. The victim replies, "Heal me!"
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Fast-Roping
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Fast-Roping: The sheer amount of places that you can do in the Rainbow Six: Vegas games is jokingly explained here.
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Limited Wardrobe
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Limited Wardrobe: Nobody in this strip changes their clothes except for plot reasons.
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Dead Guy Junior
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Dead Guy Junior: Lucas' child is named for Ethan.
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Kick the Dog
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Kick the Dog: Christian. His whole post-miscarriage store plot was to set up Ethan so he could get Lilah back. Putting so much effort to frame a moron so you can get back a girl who left you is both petty and evil, especially when all the money he spent on that asinine plot could have gone into getting whores or dating sites.
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False Cause
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False Cause: Rogues take less damage from falls. Rogues wear light clothing. Therefore, no clothing would be even better.
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My Own Private "I Do"
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My Own Private "I Do": Ethan and Lilah of the Elope First, Plan Later variety. Zeke eventually finds out and uses it as blackmail fodder.
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GIS Syndrome
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GIS Syndrome: One of the more prominent users, particularly for posters. Early strips even had Ethan's Gamecube suffer from this.
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Character Development
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Character Development: Ethan suddenly acquires competence when he uses his cellphone as a wire. It's been theorized that this has something to do with Ethan and Lilah moving from boyfriend-girlfriend to married couple, where Ethan's behavior wouldn't really work. Or he did it as part of his daily seven seconds of focus.
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Noodle Incident
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Noodle Incident: We never do find out just what Zeke said to make Ethan so mad at him in these-three strips.
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Secret Test of Character
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Secret Test of Character: Kate does this to Lucas by showing up for their date in a fat suit; she wants a guy who doesn't care about appearances, and it appears that he passes. Subverted in that his thoughts show he clearly doesn't, which leads to a Broken Aesop.
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Broken Aesop
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Broken Aesop: The comic makes it clear it's wrong to be a "console fanboy," in one strip even having God personally squash one. However, there are issues with this, since the fanboys are always Gamecube fans, the evil Gamer King in an early strip used a staff with a golden Gamecube controller on top (versus Ethan's Xbox one), Ethan playing a Gamecube is referred to as a "sin against the gaming gods," he mentions that turning the Gamecube into a robot would result into a girl robot, and doing the same to a Playstation would produce a gay one while the Xbox appears to be perfect and sinless.
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Bittersweet Ending
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Bittersweet Ending: The ending of the main storyline. Ethan gives his life in a Heroic Sacrifice to stop the annihilation of two universes, never making it back home, never getting to say "I love you" to Lilah one last time. Everyone mourns his death, but eventually moves on. Zeke reveals himself, saying that he's just "trying to find his place in the world." Lucas learns to love again, marrying Kate and having a son which he names after Ethan. His legacy is remembered in the form of "The Ethan MacManus Church of Gaming". We're left with an image of Lilah looking up at said church with a proud but sorrowful smile. The alternate ending featured in the collection book is also this with Ethan actually surviving this time and instead getting sent many years into the future with Lilah now an old woman who tells him to go and live his life without her.
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A.I. Is a Crapshoot
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A.I. Is a Crapshoot: Post-reboot Zeke is a robot made to hunt their creator's enemies, with a burning hatred for humanity. But they have a very good reason for that.
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The Name Is Bond, James Bond
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The Name Is Bond, James Bond: Ethan tries this, and hilariously fails.
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Becoming the Mask
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Becoming the Mask: Meta example, but the current Something Awful mock thread has moved on to drawing fan art (ban art) of Buckley's characters, often in an attempt to fix the flaws in his writing/art/characterisation. This has led to the horrible realisation:
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Four Is Death
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Four Is Death: The Four Players to each other, usually Player 2 to Player 1.
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Butt-Monkey
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Butt-Monkey: Rob. Very seldom will anyone say anything remotely nice to or about him. Ethan once pushed a vending machine on him purely For the Evulz and then jumped on top of it with Rob still lying under it. Rob's hideous crime? He's a "frat boy" who only likes a handful of super-popular games like World of Warcraft and Halo. And Counter Strike. Lots and lots of Counter Strike. Faildruid, a hapless World of Warcraft player/character who happens to be a bear (and later an owl-bear). His crime is basically being a very naive newbie. Nintendo in the Console Wars series of strips takes a lot of this, with the "Weeyous" (Wii U) in particular being a subject for ridicule. Although if the most recent couple strips are any indication, the tide◊ is◊ turning◊.
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Faceless Masses
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Faceless Masses: Averted during the wedding.
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Comedic Sociopathy
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Comedic Sociopathy: Ethan displayed it a lot in the past, which is biting the comic in the arse now Cerebus Syndrome has kicked in and he's meant to be a little more sympathetic and at least trying to mature. The Four Players, especially Two and Four.
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Smug Snake
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Smug Snake: Similar to the above example, Christian is smug, and a snake.
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Sudden Video-Game Moment
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Sudden Video-Game Moment: The fourth panel in this strip.
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Convenient Miscarriage
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Convenient Miscarriage: Lilah's miscarriage that spawned a thousand flame wars.
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Golden Moment
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Golden Moment: Lilah and Ethan finally talk to each other.
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Genius Ditz
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Genius Ditz: Despite being a total idiot, Ethan has constructed a fully sapient (albeit rather misanthropic) robot (out of an Xbox no less), a set of super-strong robot hands, and a hermetically sealed chamber with a chair capable of sensing biorhythms to discourage sleep or inattentiveness. He states that for seven seconds a day, his mind can focus granting him virtually unlimited insight into how the world works, allowing him to build his technological wonders and dispense incredibly good insight into other people's relationships. He then puts pineapple rings over his eyes, saying "heh...Pineapple Goggles."
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Chainsaw Good
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Chainsaw Good: This strip: [1]
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The Smurfette Principle
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The Smurfette Principle: Of the 4 people (and one penguin) living in the main characters' house, Lilah is the only female.
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1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_5d753b19
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_61114939
type
Webcomic Time
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_61114939
comment
Web Comic Time: One day in the comic equals at least four months in real life. Buckley says he draws the plot out so people doing Archive Binges can spend more time with the story. The oddest manifestation of this is Ethan saving the day with a cellphone that didn't exist commercially before the arc started.
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_61114939
featureApplicability
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_61114939
featureConfidence
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_61114939
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_6439de78
type
Heroic Sacrifice
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_6439de78
comment
Ethan's years of escaping consequences for his actions end when a time machine he created is used to show him a Bad Future resulting from his creation of Zeke. When the same time machine overloads, Ethan is forced to commit a Heroic Sacrifice.
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_6439de78
featureApplicability
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_6439de78
featureConfidence
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_6439de78
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_644eca71
type
Rich Bitch
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_644eca71
comment
Rich Bitch: Christian. He's rich, and he's a bitch. He's also one of the most liked characters in the comic.
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_644eca71
featureApplicability
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_644eca71
featureConfidence
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_644eca71
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_66755d29
type
Author Avatar
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_66755d29
comment
Author Avatar: The main character, Ethan, has an outstanding physical resemblance to Buckley, and Buckley admitted he based the character on himself just how most of the cast are based on real life friends of his.
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_66755d29
featureApplicability
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_66755d29
featureConfidence
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_66755d29
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_67c287fe
type
Karmic Twist Ending
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_67c287fe
comment
Karmic Twist Ending: Ethan's years of escaping consequences for his actions end when a time machine he created is used to show him a Bad Future resulting from his creation of Zeke. When the same time machine overloads, Ethan is forced to commit a Heroic Sacrifice. Also seen in a few of the deaths from the Space Archaeologist Choose Your Own Adventure arcs.
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_67c287fe
featureApplicability
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_67c287fe
featureConfidence
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_67c287fe
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_69987960
type
No Sense of Direction
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_69987960
comment
No Sense of Direction: Fail Druid makes a return after 6 years. Turns out he never left. He just got lost in the Deeprun Tram!
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_69987960
featureApplicability
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_69987960
featureConfidence
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_69987960
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_6b5a92dc
type
Uncanny Valley
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_6b5a92dc
comment
Uncanny Valley: Invoked. The mouth on Zeke's human disguise doesn't move because Ethan couldn't get it to look natural.
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_6b5a92dc
featureApplicability
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_6b5a92dc
featureConfidence
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_6b5a92dc
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_6ddc33
type
Drama Bomb Finale
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_6ddc33
comment
Drama Bomb Finale: The "Endings...And Beginnings" strip.
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_6ddc33
featureApplicability
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_6ddc33
featureConfidence
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_6ddc33
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_6e6b8ca7
type
Tertiary Sexual Characteristics
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_6e6b8ca7
comment
Tertiary Sexual Characteristics: Embla. Strangely, Buckley said she's not necessarily female.
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_6e6b8ca7
featureApplicability
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_6e6b8ca7
featureConfidence
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_6e6b8ca7
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_6f9d7da3
type
GrimReaper
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_6f9d7da3
comment
Grim Reaper: An extra in the Sillies; has his own T-Shirt!
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_6f9d7da3
featureApplicability
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_6f9d7da3
featureConfidence
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_6f9d7da3
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_72d2da56
type
Textplosion
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_72d2da56
comment
Textplosion: It switched into this for the "Winter-een-mas 2012/Game Games Bowl" story-arc. Tim Buckley has said that doing it in comic form would have taken several months, long past the Winter-een-mas "season," and that he didn't want to do another long-term comic story arc so soon after the "Scott and Ted" arc.
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_72d2da56
featureApplicability
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_72d2da56
featureConfidence
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_72d2da56
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_72d30083
type
Cheaters Never Prosper
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_72d30083
comment
Cheaters Never Prosper: Ethan trying out an RPG-themed rewards system (one of his rare, not-actually-that-bad ideas) at his game shop when he encounters a Gamer Chick who's trying to manipulate the system by buying ten games at once to get an eleventh one at a discount and then returning the first ten games. Ethan seems to get the upper hand after he sorts out the rules, but then she moves on rigging the tabletop games by, um, paying the entrance fees for a band of hobos for a prize that's only a percentage of the money she paid.
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_72d30083
featureApplicability
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_72d30083
featureConfidence
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_72d30083
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_73ef9ef3
type
Almighty Janitor
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_73ef9ef3
comment
Almighty Janitor: This strip. The PC in World of Warcraft after cleaning out the Emerald Nightmare. "Fuck, Malfurion! It's only been a week! Pick up a fucking Swiffer once in a while!"
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_73ef9ef3
featureApplicability
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_73ef9ef3
featureConfidence
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_73ef9ef3
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_740f59b4
type
ColorCodedForYourConvenience
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_740f59b4
comment
Color-Coded for Your Convenience: The Four Players.
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_740f59b4
featureApplicability
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_740f59b4
featureConfidence
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_740f59b4
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_7451e686
type
It Came from the Fridge
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_7451e686
comment
It Came from the Fridge: this strip.
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_7451e686
featureApplicability
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_7451e686
featureConfidence
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_7451e686
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_754df088
type
Put on a Bus
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_754df088
comment
Put on a Bus: The robots disappeared into the night; Rory's going to jail.
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_754df088
featureApplicability
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_754df088
featureConfidence
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_754df088
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_786bf97f
type
Real Life Writes the Plot
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_786bf97f
comment
Real Life Writes the Plot: (Rapidly-approaching deadline - any planned script) + Alcohol = Chef Brian
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_786bf97f
featureApplicability
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_786bf97f
featureConfidence
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_786bf97f
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_7a2fcdc6
type
Beat Them at Their Own Element
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_7a2fcdc6
comment
Beat Them at Their Own Element: The Campaign: Into the Fire involves the Fire Form spell being used against the party. It was overcome using a fire attack, specifically by choking out the air required for the fire to use.
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_7a2fcdc6
featureApplicability
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_7a2fcdc6
featureConfidence
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_7a2fcdc6
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_7a368a80
type
Comic Role Play
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_7a368a80
comment
Comic Role Play: In one strip, Ethan freaks Lucas out by wearing fake breasts when playing his girlfriend.
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_7a368a80
featureApplicability
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_7a368a80
featureConfidence
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_7a368a80
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_7b21ef92
type
Later-Installment Weirdness
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_7b21ef92
comment
Later-Installment Weirdness: In its final years it rather awkwardly changed from a fairly tame "Two Gamers On A Couch" gag comic that never really had a deep plot, to an extremely dark and character-driven dramedy involving time travel and a quest to prevent the apocalypse. The shift is... rather jarring to say the least.
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_7b21ef92
featureApplicability
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_7b21ef92
featureConfidence
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_7b21ef92
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_7c9dcc1
type
THeUnfavorite
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_7c9dcc1
comment
The Unfavorite: Ethan.
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_7c9dcc1
featureApplicability
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_7c9dcc1
featureConfidence
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_7c9dcc1
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_7d34f23a
type
Reckless Gun Usage
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_7d34f23a
comment
Reckless Gun Usage: Ethan demonstrates why Gun Safety rules exist.
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_7d34f23a
featureApplicability
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_7d34f23a
featureConfidence
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_7d34f23a
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_83a903f6
type
Stepford Smiler
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_83a903f6
comment
Stepford Smiler: Lilah is starting to look and act like one. It's — unsettling.
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_83a903f6
featureApplicability
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_83a903f6
featureConfidence
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_83a903f6
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_863fa679
type
What Happened to the Mouse?
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_863fa679
comment
What Happened to the Mouse?: Lucas' girlfriend Kate, last seen in the background of Ethan and Lilah's wedding.
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_863fa679
featureApplicability
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_863fa679
featureConfidence
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_863fa679
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_8707d338
type
Nerd Nanny
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_8707d338
comment
Nerd Nanny: Lilah, as a Straight Man for Ethan.
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_8707d338
featureApplicability
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_8707d338
featureConfidence
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_8707d338
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_88933ad4
type
Parental Favoritism
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_88933ad4
comment
Parental Favoritism: Rory > Ethan — even when Ethan's getting married.
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_88933ad4
featureApplicability
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_88933ad4
featureConfidence
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_88933ad4
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_8a8f37f9
type
Artistic License – Law Enforcement
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_8a8f37f9
comment
Artistic License – Law Enforcement: Based on Lilah's word, they were going to cavity search Christian after she indicates him as a terrorist in an airport. They don't seem particularly concerned about the implications of filing a false police report, nor pissing off someone who has demonstrated a willingness to spend lots of money to satiate his own petty whims.
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_8a8f37f9
featureApplicability
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_8a8f37f9
featureConfidence
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_8a8f37f9
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_8fda1d64
type
Drama Bomb
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_8fda1d64
comment
Drama Bomb: The infamous miscarriage arc.
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_8fda1d64
featureApplicability
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_8fda1d64
featureConfidence
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_8fda1d64
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_905438eb
type
Recycled IN SPACE!
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_905438eb
comment
Recycled In Space: ''Idiots in Space'' is Ctrl+Alt+Del IN SPACE!
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_905438eb
featureApplicability
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_905438eb
featureConfidence
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_905438eb
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_94274db1
type
Life Embellished
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_94274db1
comment
Life Embellished: Tim Buckley describes Ethan as a "stylized version" of himself (his avatar looks more or less like Ethan with shorter hair), and Lucas likewise of his best friend. Ethan has gradually evolved away from this. It's visually apparent in this comic.
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_94274db1
featureApplicability
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_94274db1
featureConfidence
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_94274db1
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_9ac5c1e8
type
WallsOfText
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_9ac5c1e8
comment
Walls of Text: A particularly extreme example. At least one strip used this to deliberate comedic effect.
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_9ac5c1e8
featureApplicability
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_9ac5c1e8
featureConfidence
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_9ac5c1e8
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_9bb14eb1
type
Word-Salad Humor
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_9bb14eb1
comment
Word-Salad Humor: Anything involving the strangely surreal Chef Brian.
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_9bb14eb1
featureApplicability
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_9bb14eb1
featureConfidence
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_9bb14eb1
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_a0434be6
type
Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_a0434be6
comment
Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette: Lucas, concentration camp Lucas Barry (Ethan's old boss), Scott, Lucas' murderous girlfriend, Christian's agent Shannon, and Abby the Gamer Chick who's gaming Ethan.
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_a0434be6
featureApplicability
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_a0434be6
featureConfidence
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_a0434be6
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_a4c37cbe
type
Mood Whiplash
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_a4c37cbe
comment
Mood Whiplash: The strip directly after the dramatic, bloody Grand Finale is about the Gameloft My Little Pony game.
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_a4c37cbe
featureApplicability
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_a4c37cbe
featureConfidence
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_a4c37cbe
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_a65288e2
type
Ascended Extra
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_a65288e2
comment
Ascended Extra: The colored "players" are the main recurring characters post-reboot
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_a65288e2
featureApplicability
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_a65288e2
featureConfidence
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_a65288e2
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_a68421bb
type
Animated Adaptation
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_a68421bb
comment
Animated Adaptation: Uses different storylines than those of the comic itself. It wasn't well received and nearly put Blind Ferret Entertainment out of business. One of the creators that produced season one had this to say:
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_a68421bb
featureApplicability
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_a68421bb
featureConfidence
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_a68421bb
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_a6e8221e
type
Status Quo Is God
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_a6e8221e
comment
Status Quo Is God: Eventually averted but maintained for years.
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_a6e8221e
featureApplicability
-1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_a6e8221e
featureConfidence
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_a6e8221e
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_adfd3165
type
For the Evulz
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_adfd3165
comment
Rob. Very seldom will anyone say anything remotely nice to or about him. Ethan once pushed a vending machine on him purely For the Evulz and then jumped on top of it with Rob still lying under it. Rob's hideous crime? He's a "frat boy" who only likes a handful of super-popular games like World of Warcraft and Halo. And Counter Strike. Lots and lots of Counter Strike.
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_adfd3165
featureApplicability
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_adfd3165
featureConfidence
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_adfd3165
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_afc52a86
type
Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_afc52a86
comment
Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot: "This is how the world ends". No, THIS is.
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_afc52a86
featureApplicability
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_afc52a86
featureConfidence
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_afc52a86
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_b006c883
type
FillerStrip
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_b006c883
comment
Filler Strip: Ironically the only time when the comic is about video games (Word of God says the actual strip is about gamers, i.e. the main characters).
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_b006c883
featureApplicability
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_b006c883
featureConfidence
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_b006c883
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_b0d9564
type
Fan Speak
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_b0d9564
comment
Fan Speak: "Life dropped an Epic Husband..."
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_b0d9564
featureApplicability
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_b0d9564
featureConfidence
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_b0d9564
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_b2283870
type
Retool
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_b2283870
comment
Retool: After the conclusion to the "Save the Future" Arc.
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_b2283870
featureApplicability
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_b2283870
featureConfidence
1.0
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_b2283870
 Ctrl+Alt+Del (Webcomic) / int_b58b4e3c
type
Too Dumb to Live
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comment
Too Dumb to Live: Ethan. According to Zeke, if you run the data from Ethan's various misadventures, his life expectancy comes out negative. Negative forty.
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"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue
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"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue: The final comic of the main storyline is this for Lilah, Lucas, and Zeke.
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Con Recap
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Con Recap.
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We Wait
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We Wait: Lilah and Lucas' plan for dealing with Ethan's big brother-induced alcoholism. It works. Ethan seeing Lilah with her wedding dress was enough to convince him to get cleaned up, at least for the day.
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That Makes Me Feel Angry
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That Makes Me Feel Angry: Ethan's reaction to the resolution of a Christian Arc: "That is, all at once, unexpected, hilarious, and extremely satisfying."
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Dull Surprise
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Dull Surprise: Common enough to spawn the B^U Memetic Mutation
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Outside-the-Box Tactic
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Outside-the-Box Tactic: Post-Reboot, The Campaign storyline had the party's Fire Mage ready to level up and learn the Fire Form. But first, he must pass the test from an instructor, who assumed the Fire Form and fought him. Much to the Mage's chagrin, since he has nothing but fire spells. But he managed to defeat the instructor by enveloping the instructor with a dome of flames, snuffing out the oxygen and ending the Fire Form.
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Evil Redhead
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Evil Red Head: Two of Four, possibly Christian and Kate, who's more of a misguided redhead.
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Gamer Chick
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Gamer Chick: Lilah, played completely straight and one of the earliest examples of it.
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Way Past the Expiration Date
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Way Past the Expiration Date: Ethan consumes breakfast cereal that expired in May 1985. Lucas hypothesizes that consuming mold-culture cereal has made Ethan more delusional and sociopathic than usual.
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Shout-Out
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Shout-Out: Featured a character strikingly similar in appearance to Tyler Durden from the movie Fight Club speaking for the character Ethan with the line "he fell down some stairs" to explain to a doctor the reasoning behind some suspicious facial trauma. Similarly, there's a strip where Ethan imagines himself in a "happy place"—a frozen cave with Ted's hated pet penguin, and a giant mallet. The penguin's even panicking and thinking, "...slide?" To 'The Big Bang Theory'' in this strip. A rare subtle example is a small vocal tic for Embla, which according to seasoned gamers is a match for SHODAN.
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Cloudcuckoolander
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Cloudcuckoolander: Ethan borders between this and The Ditz.
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Cerebus Syndrome
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Cerebus Syndrome: Since the miscarriage, there have been more purely dramatic strips and less gags, culminating in the Grand Finale where Ethan dies in a Heroic Sacrifice to save two timelines.
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Long Bus Trip
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Long Bus Trip: Scott the Linux guy and owner of the penguin, who became Ensemble Dark Horses. Buckley insists they were meant to be one-off characters. Bringing him up on the forums is grounds for instant banning. Strangely they're both featured in the opening of the animated series and occasionally have walk-on roles.
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Sympathy for the Devil
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Sympathy for the Devil: Ethan's attitude towards the homicidal Zeke. Underneath all that rage, he can see real fear, the fear of dying. A fear Ethan has not experienced for a long time now, thanks to his Resurrective Immortality.
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Gamebooks
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Gamebooks: Once or twice a year, the author will come out with a storyline where he decides what the character's actions will be or what plot branch to take in the next update based on the number of emailed votes he receives.
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Hypocrite
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Hypocrite: Lucas tells Kate they can see other people, then is hurt and offended when she actually does. Then has the balls to make her apologize to him when it was his idea to move to casual in the first place.
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Continuity Creep
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Continuity Creep: Starts out as your standard issue gamer comic, and eventually descends into lengthy storylines.
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Bad Future
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Bad Future: In an alternate timeline, Zeke decides to conquer the world after being convinced by a fellow robot. He succeeds.
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Sexy Santa Dress
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Sexy Santa Dress: This strip.
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Even Nerds Have Standards
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Even Nerds Have Standards: Seen here.
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Manchild
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Manchild: Ethan. With hints of Psychopathic Man Child.
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Art Evolution
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Art Evolution: A slow one, but after stagnating for quite some time, the comic has gotten much more dynamic, moving away from its infamous Cut and Paste Comic status. The Analog and D-pad arc in particular shows a drastic change (for the better) in art quality.
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I Have Boobs, You Must Obey!
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I Have Boobs, You Must Obey!: Lilah fully exploits this on Ethan. Then Ethan tries it...... and fails.
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Two Gamers on a Couch
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Two Gamers on a Couch: Lampshaded in the very first comic, even. They eventually get armchairs, but whatever. Following the revamp, now four players on the couch.
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Bound and Gagged
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Bound and Gagged: Happens to Lilah in one strip when she's kidnapped.
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Big Damn Heroes
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Big Damn Heroes: Rory saves Ethan with a fire extinguisher attacking the Hawaiian Mafia.
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Jerkass
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Jerkass: Ethan when it comes to customers and Rob due to their limited experience or ignorance of video games. Rory to his little brother Maowio, at least when they were kids.
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Cain and Abel
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Cain and Abel: Rory and Ethan.
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Complaining About Rescues They Don't Like
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Complaining About Rescues They Don't Like: Ethan reacts to being saved from the mafia by Rory by being outright furious. Somewhat justified since Rory caused the mafia to show up in the first place, but that he reacts this way just a couple of seconds after Rory had saved him from bodily harm, and maybe even death, by knocking out the mobsters, makes Ethan seem angry about being saved.
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Evil Plan
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Evil Plan: Christian buying the video game store, which was all part of a scheme to steal Lilah away from Ethan.
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Product Placement
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Product Placement: In addition to video games, movies, and TV, Ethan produces a Droid cellphone that wasn't available when the wedding arc started.
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Idiot Houdini
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Idiot Houdini: Ethan's devolution to this is in large part why the comic has such a hatedom. In early strips, other characters put up with his stupidity only to the extent necessary to keep him as a character in the webcomic. By the time Winter-een-mas rolls around, the universe is bending over backward to turn all of his stupid ideas into outrageous successes. At the comic's end, he did end up getting some comeuppance by getting killed off trying to fix the consequences of his actions. The author admitted the decision behind this was that he was overdue to get some backlash after having things go his way for so long.
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Kill Streak
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Kill Streak: Parodied in the strip "Perky", with Modern Warfare 2 having a perk that lets you play as RoboCop after 30 kills.
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You Mean "Xmas"
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You Mean "Xmas": Wintereenmas... sort of.
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Cut and Paste Comic
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Cut and Paste Comic: To a fairly infamous degree, especially during a con demonstration of how he works his comics, it's shown that he keeps a file full of different eyes and mouths to copy and paste from, along with differently shaded body parts. Eventually Buckley has moved away from it, with much more dynamic angles and poses.
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Convenient Miscarriage / int_ab67d84
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Cranial Processing Unit / int_ab67d84
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Creator Killer / int_ab67d84
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Criminal Amnesiac / int_ab67d84
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Critic-Proof / int_ab67d84
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Critical Backlash / int_ab67d84
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Crowdfunded Comics / int_ab67d84
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Cut a Slice, Take the Rest / int_ab67d84
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Cut and Paste Comic / int_ab67d84
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Dating Service Disaster / int_ab67d84
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Dear Negative Reader / int_ab67d84
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Deep-Immersion Gaming / int_ab67d84
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Designated Hero / int_ab67d84
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Dope Slap / int_ab67d84
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Drama Bomb / int_ab67d84
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Drama Bomb Finale / int_ab67d84
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Dueling Hackers / int_ab67d84
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Easy Amnesia / int_ab67d84
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Even Nerds Have Standards / int_ab67d84
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Evil Redhead / int_ab67d84
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Explosive Overclocking / int_ab67d84
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Faked Rip Van Winkle / int_ab67d84
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Fan-Work Ban / int_ab67d84
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Fatal Attractor / int_ab67d84
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Fictional Holiday / int_ab67d84
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Fingore / int_ab67d84
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Flanderization / int_ab67d84
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"Flowers for Algernon" Syndrome / int_ab67d84
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Follow the Chaos / int_ab67d84
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GIS Syndrome / int_ab67d84
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Gamebooks / int_ab67d84
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Gamer Chick / int_ab67d84
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Glowing Eyes of Doom / int_ab67d84
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Guilty Pleasures / int_ab67d84
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Hard Light / int_ab67d84
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Head Hat / int_ab67d84
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Head-Tiltingly Kinky / int_ab67d84
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Hell / int_ab67d84
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Heroes Want Redheads / int_ab67d84
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Heroic Comedic Sociopath / int_ab67d84
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Hollywood Law / int_ab67d84
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Hollywood Restraining Order / int_ab67d84
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Hostage for MacGuffin / int_ab67d84
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Humor Dissonance / int_ab67d84
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I Have Boobs, You Must Obey! / int_ab67d84
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I Have Your Wife / int_ab67d84
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I Knew It! / int_ab67d84
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I Surrender, Suckers / int_ab67d84
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Idiot Houdini / int_ab67d84
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Idiot Savant / int_ab67d84
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Invulnerable Knuckles / int_ab67d84
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It Has Been an Honor / int_ab67d84
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It's Popular, Now It Sucks! / int_ab67d84
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It's Raining Salesmen / int_ab67d84
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Just One More Level! / int_ab67d84
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Karmic Twist Ending / int_ab67d84
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Konami Code / int_ab67d84
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Later-Installment Weirdness / int_ab67d84
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Lemony Narrator / int_ab67d84
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MacGyvering / int_ab67d84
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Made of Plasticine / int_ab67d84
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Mood Dissonance / int_ab67d84
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Murder Is the Best Solution / int_ab67d84
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My Own Private "I Do" / int_ab67d84
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My Verbin' Noun / int_ab67d84
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Naked People Trapped Outside / int_d87ac1a4
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Narm / int_ab67d84
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Nerd Nanny / int_ab67d84
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Nerdgasm / int_ab67d84
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Nightmare Face / int_ab67d84
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No Accounting for Taste / int_ab67d84
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No Waterproofing in the Future / int_ab67d84
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Non Sequitur, *Thud* / int_ab67d84
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Only Six Faces / int_ab67d84
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Out of Focus / int_ab67d84
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Overused Running Gag / int_ab67d84
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Pals with Jesus / int_ab67d84
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Pass the Popcorn / int_ab67d84
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Place Worse Than Death / int_ab67d84
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Player Killing / int_ab67d84
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Pop Culture Holiday / int_ab67d84
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Porn Stash / int_ab67d84
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Prone to Sunburn / int_ab67d84
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Psychopathic Manchild / int_ab67d84
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Real Money Trade / int_ab67d84
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Reckless Gun Usage / int_ab67d84
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Remix Comic / int_ab67d84
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Resurrection Teleportation / int_ab67d84
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Resurrective Immortality / int_ab67d84
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Retcon / int_ab67d84
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Rip Van Winkle / int_ab67d84
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Robo Cam / int_ab67d84
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Robotic Psychopath / int_ab67d84
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Rugged Scar / int_ab67d84
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Rule 34 – Creator Reactions / int_ab67d84
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Running Gagged / int_ab67d84
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"Second Law" My Ass! / int_ab67d84
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Shoryuken / int_ab67d84
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Show Some Leg / int_ab67d84
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Signature Scene / int_ab67d84
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Smart People Build Robots / int_ab67d84
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Speech-Centric Work / int_ab67d84
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Squee / int_ab67d84
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Straw Character / int_ab67d84
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Sudden Downer Ending / int_ab67d84
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Super-Powered Robot Meter Maids / int_ab67d84
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Surprisingly Improved Sequel / int_ab67d84
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Talking Appliance Sidekick / int_ab67d84
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Textplosion / int_ab67d84
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hasFeature
Thanks for the Mammary / int_ab67d84
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That Was Objectionable / int_ab67d84
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The Merch / int_ab67d84
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This Loser Is You / int_ab67d84
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Two Gamers on a Couch / int_ab67d84
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Ultimate Job Security / int_ab67d84
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hasFeature
Unintentional Uncanny Valley / int_ab67d84
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hasFeature
Unraveled Entanglement / int_ab67d84
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Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist / int_ab67d84
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Void Between the Worlds / int_ab67d84
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Walking Techbane / int_ab67d84
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Wall of Text / int_ab67d84
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Way Past the Expiration Date / int_ab67d84
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We Want Our Idiot Back! / int_ab67d84
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Web First / int_ab67d84
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Webcomic Print Collection / int_ab67d84
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hasFeature
What Year Is This? / int_ab67d84
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Wire Dilemma / int_ab67d84
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Word-Salad Humor / int_ab67d84
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hasFeature
World of Weirdness / int_ab67d84
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hasFeature
Would Rather Suffer / int_ab67d84
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hasFeature
You Can't Handle The Parody / int_ab67d84
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You Mean "Xmas" / int_ab67d84
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