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Multiplex (Webcomic)

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Multiplex (Webcomic)
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Multiplex
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Multiplex is a completed webcomic by Gordon McAlpin.Set in the (fictional) Multiplex 10 Cinema, the strip is an interesting blend of Comedy and Teen Drama, littered with lots of movie (and movie theater industry) commentary and criticism about everything from actual movies, to directors and actors, to the debates underlying certain documentaries. The various antics, misadventures, and industry-speak of the cast form the basis for a lot of the humor, and the entire basis for said drama (which thankfully comes in small doses).The strip manages to create a good balance between all these elements, interspersing the movie commentary and relationship drama between lots of gags, more than one video game challenge, and a good dose of character development.Despite its setting and the characters, it is very accessible, and the author is part of a podcast panel that goes into more detail on many freshly released movies, as just one of several projects.The strip also has several things which make it easier to read, including a fairly helpful comments section, with a "related strips" sub-section, and it is one of the many webcomics starting to use a "tagger," which lets the reader cookie the strip they were reading.
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Mr. Fanservice
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Mr. Fanservice: Jamal.
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The Twink
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The Twink: Chase jumps into this role within a few days of his first homosexual experience. He then piles on the Camp Gay, much to the annoyance of the serie's other gay character, Neil.
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Heterosexual Life-Partners
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Heterosexual Life-Partners: Jason and Kurt, to the point where Kurt admits after one week with Jason gone that his life is empty without him to banter with.
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Papa Wolf
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Papa Wolf: Neil, in this strip
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White Man's Burden
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White Man's Burden: Tease gets irate and points this out about The Help.
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Wrong Genre Savvy
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Wrong Genre Savvy: Sunny thinks she has romance all figured out. Too bad she's in a humor comic.
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Hurricane of Puns
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Hurricane of Puns: Kurt is enjoying his hand costume way too much.
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Better as Friends
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Better as Friends: Jason and Angie came to an agreement that his atheism and her Christianity was something he was incapable of getting around, and for the sake of keeping him from bickering about it, they broke up. They're still good friends and hang out after work though. Jason and Devi cycle in and out of this over the course of the strip.
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Hidden Depths
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Hidden Depths: Everyone. Particularly: Angie: Believed to be an Emo Teen, turned out to be a Perky Goth who is a devout Christian. Sunny: Dumb Blonde cheerleader who dated Brian with major PDA and would sleep with him in the theater. Turns out she is also a devout Christian, becoming chaste because she wanted to focus on her faith, and aspires to be a social worker. Also, you should really watch out for her. Brian: The resident ditz. Turns out it was all a scam. Whitey/Dub: Seems like your average dumb stoner. Turns out to be a very talented funk & soul bass player with a bit more intelligence than his accent lets on.
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Yet Another Christmas Carol
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Yet Another Christmas Carol: Pulled on Jason.
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Distaff Counterpart
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Distaff Counterpart: Becky mentions that Lydia is like Jason with boobs.
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I Call Him "Mister Happy"
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I Call Him "Mister Happy": Jason has named his "The Night Projectionist."
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Shipper on Deck
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Shipper on Deck: Oddly, the whole theater staff seemed to join in on an elaborate scheme to help Neil hook up with his crush.
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Never Heard That One Before
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Never Heard That One Before: Kurt, in the very first strip.
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Engineered Public Confession
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Engineered Public Confession: Gretchen catches Brian this way.
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Actor Allusion
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Author Allusion McAlpin makes numerous references to his (former) movie review site Movie Makeout.
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Character Development
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Character Development: Jason's been opening his mind to things that he's never thought to even give a chance before, after coming face to face with the idea of having to work in a movie theater the rest of his life. He's been reviewing movies for blogs and going to see movies he doesn't expect to be good. Whitey went from the Pretty Fly for a White Guy stereotype to a well rounded, intelligent and talented person.
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Plot Twist
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The Plot Twist of Multiplex of the Dead reveals that the entire movie is one to Michael Bay.
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The Snark Knight
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The Snark Knight: Jason's taste in movies is what he would consider to be distinguished and high brow. He has no problem admonishing others for their choice of films.
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Stop Being Stereotypical
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Stop Being Stereotypical: Neil gets incredibly angry about the way Chase is such a flamboyant gay, and chews him out a lot for it, eventually causing Chase to have an emotional breakdown.
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Early-Installment Weirdness
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Early-Installment Weirdness: The first few years of the comic were significantly more filled with office drama. "will they wont they" romantic tension, lying and backstabbing, and villainous employees. These days most of the comic is focused on introspective examination of the characters growing into adults.
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Place Worse Than Death
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Place Worse Than Death: While they are discussing the source of the zombie invasion of the movie theater.
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Even the Girls Want Her
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Even the Girls Want Her: Lizzie is among the men drooling over Ariela
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Beta Couple
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Beta Couple: Kurt and Melissa have dated pretty uneventfully for the entire run of the strip.
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Author Appeal
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Author Appeal: Movies His knowledge of the inner workings of movie theaters is actually pretty impressive considering he's never worked in one. He's just really determined to have accurate details.
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Modesty Bedsheet
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Modesty Bedsheet: Invoked by Jason.
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The Stoner
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The Stoner: Jason, when not on the clock, can almost always be seen blazed out. Whether in his home, at a friend's house, or even sitting out in public. Lizzie, on the other hand, doesn't even wait till she's off the clock.
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Once Done, Never Forgotten
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Once Done, Never Forgotten: Jason checks out a girl's ass, not knowing that she's Melissa's little sister and 12. Melissa harps on it for years.
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Queer People Are Funny
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Queer People Are Funny: Neil is highly annoyed with Jason and Kurt's attitude toward using gay jokes and using "gay" or "queer" as an insult.
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Camp Gay
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Chase complains about homosexual stereotypes.
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Put on a Bus
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Put on a Bus: Dom. Introduced as a member of Whitey's band in the same strip he starts up a relationship with Becky, his time in the strip ends with her breaking up right after sex on Valentine's Day and then getting tossed out of his band for leaving them stuck playing covers because he doesn't practice.
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Curse Cut Short
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Curse Cut Short: This strip.
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Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist
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Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist: Jason, and some other characters to lesser extents.
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Straight Gay
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Straight Gay: Neil. He wears a pink shirt, but besides that he acts like any other employee in the theater. He's also been trying to "fix" the Camp Gay character who endlessly frustrates him.
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Bait-and-Switch Tyrant
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Bait-and-Switch Tyrant: Norma, whose strict adherence to company policy earns her the hatred of the staff who is used to laissez-faire management. She quickly proves that she truly cares about the staff, shows appreciation for a job well done, and even learns to loosen up a bit.
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The Chosen One
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The Chosen One: parodied by Kurt.
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Cosplay
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Cosplay: One of the favorite activities of the staff is to dress up for big premiers.
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Stalker with a Crush
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Stalker with a Crush: Keith for Angie. It gets so scary he ends up fired after he attacks Jason and frightens Angie. It's even hinted that he came back to get Jason with a butcher's knife, but aborted the plan when he found out Jason had borrowed the security guard's taser. Earlier in the strip, one of the running gags was Melissa's stalker, who was a much tamer version than Keith. He was more of an annoyance and faded away.
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Dumb Blonde
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Sunny: Dumb Blonde cheerleader who dated Brian with major PDA and would sleep with him in the theater. Turns out she is also a devout Christian, becoming chaste because she wanted to focus on her faith, and aspires to be a social worker. Also, you should really watch out for her.
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Art Shift
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Art Shift: The standard style is vectorized characters and settings, but when the staff begins filming a zombie film the "camera view" is a sketchy black-and-white/gray-scaled graphic novel-esque style.
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Tuckerization
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Tuckerization: Kurt Bollinger and Melissa Recar were both close friends of Gordan McAlpin when the comic started.
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Cutaway Gag
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Cutaway Gag: Discussed and parodied.
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Ice Queen
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Ice Queen: Norma, who even looks pale and frosty. Gretchen has several of the trope's traits too.
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Punctuated! For! Emphasis!
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Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: "Nobody. Screws. With. My. Kids."
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Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_9e0c3153
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Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?
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comment
Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?: Chase before he comes out and becomes the Camp Gay.
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1.0
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_9fc04a54
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Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_9fc04a54
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_a31c79f3
type
Paparazzi
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comment
Paparazzi: Gretchen considers herself an "investigative reporter" in training. Really, she's just a completely unlikable gossip who is willing to sleep around and use minor blackmail to dig up dirt on the personal lives of her fellow employees.
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1.0
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_a31c79f3
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1.0
 Multiplex (Webcomic)
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Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_a31c79f3
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_a58e5ad7
type
Naked People Are Funny
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_a58e5ad7
comment
Naked People Are Funny: Used several times. Melissa sets Kurt up to walk naked into a theater and the punchline of this strip.
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_a58e5ad7
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1.0
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1.0
 Multiplex (Webcomic)
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Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_a58e5ad7
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_a7aef9ff
type
Obfuscating Stupidity
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_a7aef9ff
comment
Obfuscating Stupidity: Brian
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_a7aef9ff
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 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_a7aef9ff
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1.0
 Multiplex (Webcomic)
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Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_a7aef9ff
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_acedb8f5
type
Oscar Bait
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_acedb8f5
comment
Oscar Bait: Referenced, by name, in this strip.
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_acedb8f5
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1.0
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_acedb8f5
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1.0
 Multiplex (Webcomic)
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Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_acedb8f5
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_ad1db87c
type
Oh, Crap!
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_ad1db87c
comment
Oh, Crap!: The ending of Multiplex of the Dead, where after all the zombies return to normal, the cast realizes that they just murdered a whole bunch of people and that that's going to be hard to explain.
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_ad1db87c
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 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_ad1db87c
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 Multiplex (Webcomic)
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Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_ad1db87c
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_ae3d6438
type
Deadpan Snarker
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_ae3d6438
comment
Deadpan Snarker: Jason.
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_ae3d6438
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1.0
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_ae3d6438
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 Multiplex (Webcomic)
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Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_ae3d6438
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_b53077b3
type
Take That!
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_b53077b3
comment
Take That!: To AT&T. The Plot Twist of Multiplex of the Dead reveals that the entire movie is one to Michael Bay.
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_b53077b3
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Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_b53077b3
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Hypocritical Humor
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_b707726f
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Hypocritical Humor: Melissa uses it to call Jason on some of his B.S regularly. Chase complains about homosexual stereotypes.
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_b707726f
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1.0
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_b707726f
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 Multiplex (Webcomic)
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Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_b707726f
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_bbc17998
type
Enforced Method Acting
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_bbc17998
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Enforced Method Acting: Becky has an established weak stomach for horror gore. She's not faking it in this strip.
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_bbc17998
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Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_bbc17998
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_bd8c1248
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Fleeting Demographic Rule
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_bd8c1248
comment
Fleeting Demographic Rule: Expect Jason to point out when this rears its ugly head in any new movie.
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_bd8c1248
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1.0
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_bd8c1248
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Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_bd8c1248
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_bdd4c302
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Perky Goth
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_bdd4c302
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Perky Goth: Angie.
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Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_bdd4c302
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_be1472cc
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[Trope Name]
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_be1472cc
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[Trope Name]: In The One About Shrek the Third.
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_be1472cc
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Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_be1472cc
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_bf1255fa
type
Really Gets Around
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_bf1255fa
comment
Really Gets Around: Max.
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_bf1255fa
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1.0
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Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_bf1255fa
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_c007c53
type
Cool and Unusual Punishment
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_c007c53
comment
Cool and Unusual Punishment: Rookie's punishment for not doing the homework Kurt assigned him.
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_c007c53
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Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_c007c53
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_c2393191
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Show Within a Show
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_c2393191
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Show Within a Show: Multiplex of the Dead, the zombie film the cast creates.
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_c2393191
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 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_c2393191
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1.0
 Multiplex (Webcomic)
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Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_c2393191
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_c2cedc1c
type
Big "NO!"
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_c2cedc1c
comment
Big "NO!": ironically.
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_c2cedc1c
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1.0
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_c2cedc1c
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1.0
 Multiplex (Webcomic)
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Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_c2cedc1c
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_c3c245f2
type
Squee
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_c3c245f2
comment
Squee: Becky lets out one after finding out that a school has hired her to be a substitute teacher.
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_c3c245f2
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 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_c3c245f2
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Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_c3c245f2
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_c75df49a
type
Shout-Out
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_c75df49a
comment
Shout-Out: Constantly and everywhere about any movie they can reference - and it works wonderfully.
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_c75df49a
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Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_c75df49a
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_d39e327f
type
What the Hell, Hero?
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_d39e327f
comment
What the Hell, Hero?: Becky chews out Jason for ditching his date because she was obnoxiously texting in the middle of a movie. Jason then responds by pointing out that Becky waited to break up with her boyfriend until immediately after she got one last sex out of him first. They then concluded that they're both jackasses.
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_d39e327f
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 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_d39e327f
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 Multiplex (Webcomic)
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Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_d39e327f
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_d54f84cb
type
Dream Within a Dream
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_d54f84cb
comment
Dream Within a Dream: Jason has one after seeing A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) for the first time. And of course, the trope features in a spoof of Inception that the cast pulls at one point.
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_d54f84cb
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1.0
 Multiplex (Webcomic)
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Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_d54f84cb
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_d78fbd81
type
DreamWorks Face
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_d78fbd81
comment
Dreamworks Face: Jason makes one to sum up his expectations of How to Train Your Dragon.
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_d78fbd81
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1.0
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_d78fbd81
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1.0
 Multiplex (Webcomic)
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Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_d78fbd81
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_da46a2c0
type
Hollywood Atheist
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_da46a2c0
comment
Hollywood Atheist: Jason had a problem dating Angie because he is an atheist and she is a Christian, and despite the fact that she has no problems with his lack of faith, he was always the one to bring up the topic and try to fight about it. It's justified, however—Jason is argumentative and opinionated about everything, it's his major character flaw and was presented as such before the subject of religion even arose.
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_da46a2c0
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1.0
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_da46a2c0
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1.0
 Multiplex (Webcomic)
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Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_da46a2c0
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_e13156e1
type
Mama Bear
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_e13156e1
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Mama Bear: Norma is protective of her employees.
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_e13156e1
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1.0
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_e13156e1
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1.0
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Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_e13156e1
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_e2d457
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The Ditz
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_e2d457
comment
Brian: The resident ditz. Turns out it was all a scam.
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_e2d457
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 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_e2d457
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1.0
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Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_e2d457
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_e99f2959
type
Webcomic Time
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_e99f2959
comment
Webcomic Time: Played with, in that McAlpin will generally inform us how long a story arc took and when we can start assuming its the present day again (as opposed to last Thursday or the previous week).
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_e99f2959
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 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_e99f2959
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 Multiplex (Webcomic)
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Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_e99f2959
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_eb6912
type
Pretty Fly for a White Guy
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_eb6912
comment
Whitey went from the Pretty Fly for a White Guy stereotype to a well rounded, intelligent and talented person.
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_eb6912
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1.0
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_eb6912
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Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_eb6912
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_eb8ec7c8
type
Jerkass
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_eb8ec7c8
comment
Jerkass: Jason. Occasionally a Jerk with a Heart of Gold. Occasionally.
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_eb8ec7c8
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1.0
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_eb8ec7c8
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 Multiplex (Webcomic)
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Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_eb8ec7c8
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_ee7a60e9
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One-Steve Limit
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_ee7a60e9
comment
One-Steve Limit: Discussed.
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_ee7a60e9
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 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_ee7a60e9
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Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_ee7a60e9
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_f081b6bc
type
EmoTeen
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_f081b6bc
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Angie: Believed to be an Emo Teen, turned out to be a Perky Goth who is a devout Christian.
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_f081b6bc
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1.0
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_f081b6bc
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1.0
 Multiplex (Webcomic)
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Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_f081b6bc
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_f10d3363
type
Distracted by the Sexy
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_f10d3363
comment
Distracted by the Sexy: Becky has Sunny do this to the Flickhead Video staff in Secret Weapon.
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_f10d3363
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1.0
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_f10d3363
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 Multiplex (Webcomic)
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Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_f10d3363
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_f7611ec2
type
Opinion Myopia
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_f7611ec2
comment
Opinion Myopia: In-Universe. Jason believes Michael Bay is the devil and woe be to anyone who disagrees with him.
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_f7611ec2
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 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_f7611ec2
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Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_f7611ec2
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_f9f2c33
type
Running Gag
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_f9f2c33
comment
Running Gag: A few strips begin with this setting: "Someone left the west exit open. We need to check the building again."
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_f9f2c33
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 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_f9f2c33
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1.0
 Multiplex (Webcomic)
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Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_f9f2c33
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_fccd06b6
type
Beware the Nice Ones
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_fccd06b6
comment
Beware the Nice Ones: When Sunny finds out that Brian has been cheating on her with Gretchen for months, she snaps and decks both of them.
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_fccd06b6
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1.0
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_fccd06b6
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 Multiplex (Webcomic)
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Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_fccd06b6
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_fe0330fb
type
Brick Joke
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_fe0330fb
comment
Brick Joke: Melissa chews Jason out because she suspects he wants to hook up with an underage employee. Over a year later, he finds out Franklin did just that and calls Melissa in the middle of the night to simply tell her "I hate you." Jason promises to stop using "gay" as an insult and work the kiddie matinees as punishment if he slips up. Three months later, he can't help himself when he sees Chase's new Camp Gay persona and decides working the kids matinee is worth getting in the gay joke.
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_fe0330fb
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1.0
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_fe0330fb
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Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_fe0330fb
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_ffad4e9f
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Shown Their Work
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_ffad4e9f
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Shown Their Work: The author has never worked in a movie theater, but he goes out of his way to depict a realistic cinema, including back room staff-only areas like the projection booths.
 Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_ffad4e9f
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Multiplex (Webcomic) / int_ffad4e9f
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Beta Couple / int_897dc7f1
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 Multiplex (Webcomic)
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DreamWorks Face / int_897dc7f1
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Modesty Bedsheet / int_897dc7f1
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Place Worse Than Death / int_897dc7f1
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Stop Being Stereotypical / int_897dc7f1
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Straight Gay / int_897dc7f1
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The Twink / int_897dc7f1
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Yet Another Christmas Carol / int_897dc7f1
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