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Penny Arcade (Webcomic)
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Penny Arcade is a Gaming Webcomic, created by Mike "Gabe" Krahulik (art) and Jerry "Tycho" Holkins (writing) and updating on a Monday-Wednesday-Friday schedule. From its humble beginnings in late 1998, the comic has inspired countless imitators and grown into a veritable household name; the franchise has its own convention (PAX) and charity (Child's Play), as well as several commissions.Although most of the comics are connected to Video Games in some manner, it is not exclusively a gaming comic; much of the humor is drawn from real-life experience, as well as character interaction, both with the authors' alter-egos and with their friends.The series has spun off multiple other projects, including: PAX, formerly the Penny Arcade Expo, a convention featuring gaming of all kinds. There are now four (previously five) PAXes yearly: two general ones in the U.S. (West, formerly Prime as it was the original PAX event, and East),note The former third general U.S. PAX, South, was held from 2016 to 2020, but was canceled in 2021 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and a lack of growth. one in Australia, and an "Unplugged" one with a focus on tabletop games. There's also PAX Dev for game developers. ChildsPlay, a charity that seeks to fight negative gamer stereotypes by providing gaming equipment to children's hospitals. Episodic video game Penny Arcade Adventures: On The Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness. Various video series, including Penny Arcade: The Series, a documentary shot in the PA offices, DLC PodShow, which shows Mike drawing the comics featured in the podcasts; Livescream, which shows the office cowards playing scary games; You're Gonna Love It, which is where employees show terrible games to each other; Play Date, where employees show each other their favorite titles; and First 15, which show Gabe and Tycho playing through the - you guessed it - first fifteen minutes of a game neither has played before. ("PATV" as the various web series were called, shut down in 2013, although Mike, Jerry and associates now regularly stream on Twitch.) Song of the Sorcelator/Epic Legends Of The Hierarchs. This one's complicated, but the gist is that Jerry set up a Fanfic Magnet and told the internet to go to town with Stylistic Suck. And then he threw a fake Fandom Rivalry into the mix.invoked Acquisitions Incorporated, a Dungeons & Dragons podcast/video series that's a collaboration between PA and Wizards of the Coast; with additional players such as Scott Kurtz of PvP, Wil Wheaton, Morgan Webb of X-Play and fantasy writer Patrick Rothfuss. Now officially part of the Forgotten Realms canon. Reality talent search web series entitled Strip Search. Tabletop game Eyrewood Adventures, spinning out of some of the strip's fantasy stories. The Trenches, a webcomic about video game quality assurance testers, originally created in collaboration with Scott Kurtz of PvP. First announced to be on a hiatus in 2016, but links to it were removed from the Penny Arcade site in 2022 and the site domain expired in 2023. The Penny Arcade Report, a section of the PA site for "serious" game industry news, reviews, and commentary which ran 2012-2013. Lexcalibur, a series of children's books containing fantasy-themed poetry written by Jerry with accompanying illustrations by Mike. As of 2022, two volumes out of a planned trilogy have been released.Krahulik and Holkins were chosen for TIME Magazine's list of Top 100 Influential People for their 2010 issue under the "Artists" category.Tycho has starred along with Strong Bad, The Heavy, and Max in a poker game named Poker Night at the Inventory, and the Fruit Fucker 2000 appeared (renamed Juice Bot) in the Steam version of Monday Night Combat. The Merch is now an unlockable pet in the game Fire Fall.The Cardboard Tube Samurai was available as a promotional Survivor for CMON's Zombicide for backing the Kickstarter campaign or attending the PAX convention. Gabe and Tycho also appear as Kickstarter exclusive players for CMON's Kaosball. | |
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Heroic BSoD | |
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Heroic BSoD: Tycho goes into one when he sees an ad for "Gamez N Flix", the mutilation of language reducing him to a catatonic state. | |
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Totem Pole Trench | |
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Totem Pole Trench: Naturally, they take it to a dark place. | |
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Does This Remind You of Anything? | |
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Does This Remind You of Anything?: In a Shout-Out to Dateline, Tycho is confronted by Chris Hansen over his intentions towards a little sister. | |
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Unexpectedly Realistic Gameplay | |
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Unexpectedly Realistic Gameplay: There was a strip where Gabriel experienced this problem with Tomb Raider (2013), trying to figure out a way to get across a gap when Tycho suggests simply jumping over, which works, to which he responds "I don't think this is a puzzle room". | |
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Heel–Face Door-Slam | |
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Heel–Face Door-Slam: Lampshaded here. | |
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Badass Adorable | |
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Badass Adorable: Annarchy in Armadeaddon, and doubly so in Penny Arcade Adventures, where she plays a Gadgeteer Genius. | |
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Perverse Sexual Lust | |
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Perverse Sexual Lust: Displayed with "Polygonous Polygamy". | |
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Your Mom | |
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Your Mom: When Tycho comments on Gabe's playing style, | |
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Staging an Intervention | |
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Staging an Intervention: In one comic ("Just When I Get Out"), Tycho assumes that his "friends" are staging an intervention. He makes an emotional confession of his drinking problem and of thinking that nobody cared, and is grateful and optimistic now that they're rallying around him. Actually, they're there to pressure him into something else, and explicitly don't care about his problem. | |
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Shoehorned First Letter | |
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Shoehorned First Letter: In this comic about Kirby. | |
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Relationship Values | |
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Relationship Values: This strip has Gabe playing Scarlet Nexus and liking the combat but wanting to skip the "anime romance bullshit" until Tycho tells him he gets new powers based on this trope. | |
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Just One More Level! | |
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Just One More Level!: World Of Warcrack reclaims Gabe as he knew it would. (Eventually Tycho succumbed as well.) Gabe has been lost to Minecraft: | |
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Fourth-Wall Portrait | |
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Fourth-Wall Portrait: Gabe and Tycho look almost nothing like their real-life alter egos. In "Perhaps Too Real", Gabe tried to update the strip with a more detailed look, resulting in grotesque caricatures of Mike and Jerry. | |
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Play the Game, Skip the Story | |
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Play the Game, Skip the Story: invokedDiscussed; one subject that's used for gags every now and then is that Gabe doesn't care about game stories, and just wants to get on with playing. Examples include here, here, here, here, here, and here. | |
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The Cameo | |
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The Cameo: Adventure Time's Finn and Jake appear on a poster in one strip. Derpy Hooves, from My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic appears in a few convention request strips. | |
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The Rival | |
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The Rival: Scott Kurtz of PvP. In reality he has collaborated with the boys many times, but in the strip he inevitably gets dubbed 'Steve Kuntz' and Mis-blamed for anything controversial. Scott briefly worked out of the PA offices, although he and PA have now gone their separate ways. | |
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Clickbait Gag | |
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Clickbait Gag: This strip has Tycho worried that Loki (2021) worried that while the show is definitely great, there'll be some very Wild Mass Guessing clickbait-y articles along the lines of "Could Loki Finally MCU Marvel Infinity Stones Tesseract Space Stone?" Gabe wonders if an algorithm is writing it for other algorthims or if a human is human actually typed out the article. Tycho finds both ideas equally horrifying. | |
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Overly Narrow Superlative | |
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Overly Narrow Superlative: Here, Kolibri is described as "arguably the finest hummingbird-based shooter available for the 32X". This becomes something of a Running Gag during the early 2000's. | |
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Heterosexual Life-Partners | |
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Heterosexual Life-Partners: Tycho and Gabe, because they seem to spend a lot more time with each other than with their wives and children, and their periodic forays into sexual experimentation never seem to lead them together. In fact, whenever one of them is stripped down to his skivvies or less, the other is outright disgusted. Seems to apply to the series creators, too. In case we needed any confirmation, Jerry described Mike in a news post as "He's not my friend; he's more like my arm". He does jokingly make fun of this trope in one newspost where he mentions that "he and Jerry are not together, and only rarely have sex. | |
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Breaking the Fourth Wall | |
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: Parabolic, a comic where Gabe and Tycho argue over The Stanley Parable, ends with the real life versions of themselves commenting over how real it was getting. | |
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Stealth Pun | |
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Stealth Pun: This strip. It's a riff on the show "Hoarders," and they're members of the Horde. | |
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Fingore | |
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Fingore: Gabe once legit cut his thumb clear to the bone without even realizing it. In the accompanying strip, Tycho was less than concerned. | |
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Dada Comics | |
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Dada Comics: Twisp & Catsby. | |
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Long-Runners | |
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Long-Runners: The very first comic was submitted on November 18, 1998 and the comic continues to this day, with virtually no Schedule Slip. | |
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Black Comedy | |
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Black Comedy: Used here and here, kinda. Lampshaded: "Damn, son! That be that gallows humor!" | |
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So Long, and Thanks for All the Gear | |
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So Long, and Thanks for All the Gear: Referenced in this strip | |
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Funny Background Event | |
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Funny Background Event: Inverted here where the event is in the foreground. Here. | |
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Small Name, Big Ego | |
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Real life example: Ocean Marketing (or, rather, one person too high up the chain for his own good) picked a fight with Penny Arcade for the loyalty of the gamer population, was crushed like a bug and briefly became the laughing-stock of gaming media. | |
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Non-Indicative Name: See Species Surname below. | |
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Nightmare Fetishist | |
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Nightmare Fetishist: Tycho is one. Apparently this trait extends to his real-life persona... Another example. | |
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Lampshade Hanging | |
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Also Lampshaded here and here | |
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Trust Me, I'm an X | |
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Trust Me, I'm an X: "It's okay, I'm a dentist." | |
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Limited Wardrobe | |
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Limited Wardrobe: Gabe wears his Pac-Man T-shirt over a darker yellow long-sleeve, and Tycho sports a two-tone blue sweatshirt, at nearly all times. | |
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Bring My Brown Pants | |
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Bring My Brown Pants: Happens to Gabe upon being scared by Tycho while playing F.E.A.R.. He then tries to deny the fact that he pissed himself. Taken to an extremet here when Tycho plays Resident Evil 7: Biohazard in VR. | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_2b5ea43c | type |
Bland-Name Product | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_2b5ea43c | comment |
Bland-Name Product: Most products are named and mocked, but in two strips they were under a non-disclosure agreement, and decided to illustrate how silly the whole NDA thing is. There have been store and restaurant names such as GameShop, Taco Hole, and Wang's Chinese Restaurant, though Tycho once did refer to Barnes & Noble by its real name. | |
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1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_2b5ea43c | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_2c13a6ce | type |
Complaining About Things You Haven't Paid For | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_2c13a6ce | comment |
Complaining About Things You Haven't Paid For: This newspost reveals that this is how Gabe feels about winning Nocturne in a competition. "Even when he gets your game for free, it would appear that you still owe him." | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_2c13a6ce | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_2c13a6ce | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_2c1f1138 | type |
He Who Fights Monsters | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_2c1f1138 | comment |
He Who Fights Nerds: "Look at yourself. Look at what you've become." | |
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1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_2c1f1138 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_2cac8d77 | type |
Rooting for the Empire | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_2cac8d77 | comment |
invokedRooting for the Empire: Tycho in this strip towards the zombies of The Walking Dead. | |
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1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_2cac8d77 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_2d4a6d8c | type |
Sophisticated as Hell | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_2d4a6d8c | comment |
Sophisticated as Hell: Some days, it's some of the most erudite commentary on videogame culture out there. Other days, it's a series of knob gags. That's not even when it's "Semen Week". This is basically Terry Holkins' stock and trade, as all of the non-comic blog posts are written so much in this style that it's easy to imagine them in Tycho's voice. Tycho. For a man with that big of a vocabulary, he sure does love using the F word. For example, "Things, Part Two". In "The Verdict": "On the charge of manslaughter, we the jury find the defendant, Jonathan Gabriel, not guilty. Furthermore, the jury believes the deceased totally had it coming to him, on the account of the bogus shit he said about 'Jesse's Girl'." All of "The Case Of Texas vs. CryoLord". | |
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1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_2d4a6d8c | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_2f36d97 | type |
Older Than They Look | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_2f36d97 | comment |
Older Than They Look: Tycho and Gabe continue to look and generally act like slacker twenty-somethings well into their forties. Semi-justified in that they're simultaneously Author Avatars whose lives mirror the creators' and independent entities who operate on cartoon logic, so while physically they're Not Allowed to Grow Old, mentally they've grown into middle-aged men. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_2f36d97 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_2f36d97 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_318bdacf | type |
Elmuh Fudd Syndwome | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_318bdacf | comment |
Elmuh Fudd Syndwome: This strip invokes it for laughs. Subverted since Gabe does not actually have Elmer Fudd Syndrome. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_318bdacf | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
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1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_318bdacf | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_319e4a2f | type |
Even Evil Has Standards | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_319e4a2f | comment |
Even Evil Has Standards: Gabe and Tycho may do horrible things to other people and one another, but they do in fact have limits. Another example here. | |
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1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_319e4a2f | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_31ae6183 | type |
Got Me Doing It | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_31ae6183 | comment |
Got Me Doing It: Due to Gabe playing so much Red Dead Redemption II, Tycho confronts him about his new patois. Gabe doesn't care, making Tycho speak the same way during a fit of anger. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_31ae6183 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_31ae6183 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_32da91b8 | type |
Out of Focus | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_32da91b8 | comment |
Out of Focus: Div. He still hangs around, and still occasionally gets lines, but the strip doesnt have much use for an alcoholic, obsolete piece of home entertainment hardware anymore. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_32da91b8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_32da91b8 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_334e48a1 | type |
After the End | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_334e48a1 | comment |
After the End: We trusted the cloud, and it's made fools of us all! | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_334e48a1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_334e48a1 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_340575a7 | type |
Girl on Girl Is Hot | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_340575a7 | comment |
Girl on Girl Is Hot: Heavily implied here. Also touched on in the legendary "carrot cake soup" blog post, where Jerry describes the unholy concoction's flavor as "the taste of watching girls make out." | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_340575a7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_340575a7 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_347c2 | type |
Inkblot Test | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_347c2 | comment |
Inkblot Test: In this strip, a psychiatrist tells Raikoh from Otogi: Myth of Demons that he has an obsession with demons after he sees them in every inkblot… and the water cooler. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_347c2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_347c2 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_35b43c5 | type |
Guest Strip | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_35b43c5 | comment |
Guest Strip: Rare enough to stand out; one example (necessary because of Gabe's swine flu) was done by Bill Amend. And then mercilessly lampshaded by one guest artist himself by coming up with the same idea for the strip subject as one of the previous guests. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_35b43c5 | featureApplicability |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_35b43c5 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_362bdb30 | type |
Out-Gambitted | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_362bdb30 | comment |
Out-Gambitted: A hilarious example. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_362bdb30 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_362bdb30 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_3682d1f5 | type |
Superhuman Transfusion | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_3682d1f5 | comment |
Superhuman Transfusion: After a car accident on a snowy mountain pass: | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_3682d1f5 | featureApplicability |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_3682d1f5 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_36e63b81 | type |
Rule of Cool | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_36e63b81 | comment |
Rule of Cool: Why does Penny Arcade think you should get [PROTOTYPE]? | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_36e63b81 | featureApplicability |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_36e63b81 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_3722d66c | type |
Hold Your Hippogriffs | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_3722d66c | comment |
Hold Your Hippogriffs: Gabe gets pissed off at one of Star Wars Legends's worst examples. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_3722d66c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_3722d66c | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_374c339d | type |
I'll Kill You! | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_374c339d | comment |
I'll Kill You!: How Gabe reacts to Tycho unboxing his new phone. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_374c339d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_374c339d | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_37fcf16 | type |
Death Is Cheap | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_37fcf16 | comment |
Death Is Cheap: Both Tycho and Gabe have died a number of times in the comic's run. They're still doing fine. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_37fcf16 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_37fcf16 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_39db6c28 | type |
Dark Age of Supernames | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_39db6c28 | comment |
Dark Age of Supernames: Parodied with Doctor Raven Darktalon Blood. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_39db6c28 | featureApplicability |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_39db6c28 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_3aa61d8e | type |
TheCloudcuckoolanderWasRight | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_3aa61d8e | comment |
The Cloudcuckoolander Was Right: In a joke about him being egotistical, Gabe thinks his birthday is an internationally recognised festival celebrated by everyone. Turns out that it is. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_3aa61d8e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_3aa61d8e | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_3bb5c1ec | type |
Single-Issue Landlord | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_3bb5c1ec | comment |
Single-Issue Landlord: The premise of "That's so locust!" | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_3bb5c1ec | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_3bb5c1ec | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_3ec468b8 | type |
Online Alias | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_3ec468b8 | comment |
Online Alias: Annarchy is of the "hacker" variety. Many MMORPG strips use the "Xtreme Kool Letterz and numbers" variety. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_3ec468b8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_3ec468b8 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_40bb59d0 | type |
Blatant Lies | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_40bb59d0 | comment |
Blatant Lies: "Gabe, sometimes in order to hurt someone very badly, you have to tell that person terrible lies." | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_40bb59d0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_40bb59d0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_415b3315 | type |
Stylistic Suck | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_415b3315 | comment |
Stylistic Suck: L. H. Franzibald. The "solo comics" from when they supposedly fell out with each other: Tycho's is erudite but very poorly drawn; Gabe's is well-drawn but is just three unconnected panels of terrible things happening to Tycho. Gabe's writing has improved to the point of having a Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot by the time Tycho joins the writer's strike. Tycho's own words on the matter of this trope: | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_415b3315 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_415b3315 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_427b71b5 | type |
Informed Obscenity | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_427b71b5 | comment |
Informed Obscenity: One strip showed Microsoft using the Precog-system from Minority Report to predict words that are about to become profanities. The word that gets pulled down is 'Ham Doctor'. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_427b71b5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_427b71b5 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_479f9ad0 | type |
Characterization Marches On | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_479f9ad0 | comment |
Characterization Marches On: When the strip started, Tycho and Gabe were more or less interchangeable, with Tycho serving slightly as a Straight Man to Gabe's enthusiasm. As the strip moved on, they experienced wildly different development, with Tycho evolving into his current sexually depraved intellectual persona, while Gabe became dumber, more unhinged and randomly violent. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_479f9ad0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_479f9ad0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_4c851777 | type |
Black Comedy Rape | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_4c851777 | comment |
Black Comedy Rape: The dickwolves strip and the strips that followed it. The dickwolves are amateurs when compared to the customer service droid. And between the droid and the dickwolves, Velociraptors. Airport security is very strict | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_4c851777 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_4c851777 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_4c98584 | type |
Bloody Smile | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_4c98584 | comment |
Bloody Smile: In the commentary of one strip around when Undertale was first released and the fandom was at its peak, Tycho said that the game was "smiling, but it has blood on its mouth" to metaphorically describe how its tone came across to him: a hostile satire that presents itself as an Affectionate Parody of Role-Playing Games while simultaneously denouncing them as evil. In other words, what the game uses as a love letter to games that came before, he saw as a Compliment Backfire. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_4c98584 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_4c98584 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_4cff7c0d | type |
Check, Please! | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_4cff7c0d | comment |
Check, Please!: This strip. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_4cff7c0d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_4cff7c0d | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_4f4372e9 | type |
Early-Installment Weirdness | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_4f4372e9 | comment |
Early-Installment Weirdness: The presence of some of the PA staff such as Batjew and Safety Monkey in some of the early 2000's strips, as well as them having their own posts on the front page, something which hasnt been seen in years. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_4f4372e9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_4f4372e9 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_4f4602da | type |
They Changed It, Now It Sucks! | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_4f4602da | comment |
They Changed It, Now It Sucks!: In-universe; Gabe disapproves of D&D Essentials: | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_4f4602da | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_4f4602da | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_50b05d30 | type |
Disproportionate Retribution | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_50b05d30 | comment |
Disproportionate Retribution: "I'm getting into my car, and I'm driving to Barnes and Noble. If that is the name of a real book, I'm going to kill myself. Others may die also. I'm going to play this thing by ear." In a fit of rage, Gabe resorts to public crucifixtions to deter scalpers at PAX | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_50b05d30 | featureApplicability |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_50b05d30 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_50d71a78 | type |
Dual Wielding | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_50d71a78 | comment |
Dual Wielding: With Ping-pong paddles. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_50d71a78 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_50d71a78 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_52d1f46e | type |
Not What It Looks Like | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_52d1f46e | comment |
Not What It Looks Like: Tycho jokingly asks if the stains on Gabe's pants are semen. Gabe rebuffs him him by saying these are his painting pants, for an autobiography... which he's painting entirely in his own semen. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_52d1f46e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_52d1f46e | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_53224e46 | type |
Bookends | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_53224e46 | comment |
Bookends: a textbook example of this trope. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_53224e46 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_53224e46 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_535156bc | type |
Christmas Special | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_535156bc | comment |
Christmas Special: Oh so subverted. Combined with The Merch. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_535156bc | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
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1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_535156bc | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_55d919f7 | type |
Lovecraft Lite | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_55d919f7 | comment |
Lovecraft Lite: Several Eldritch Abomination like beings exists and are taken lightly. An Orkin employee taming a Deep Crow. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_55d919f7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_55d919f7 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_57b80b45 | type |
Fantastic Racism | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_57b80b45 | comment |
Fantastic Racism: Their "Spin-Off" series Automata is set in a 1920s noirish universe where racism is saved for robots rather than other humans. It's also the subject of this strip. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_57b80b45 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_57b80b45 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_57dbc947 | type |
Retconning the Wiki | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_57dbc947 | comment |
Retconning the Wiki: Tycho and Gabe. Gabe does that for fun, Tycho out of grudge. There's also a strip where Skeletor can be seen vandalizing the He-Man page on wikipedia. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_57dbc947 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_57dbc947 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_589243b5 | type |
Never Say That Again | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_589243b5 | comment |
Never Say That Again: Gabe evoked this response from Tycho. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_589243b5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_589243b5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_589243b5 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_5a6aeb9e | type |
How the Character Stole Christmas | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_5a6aeb9e | comment |
How the Character Stole Christmas | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_5a6aeb9e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_5a6aeb9e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_5a6aeb9e | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_5aa13a6c | type |
"Second Law" My Ass! | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_5aa13a6c | comment |
"Second Law" My Ass!: The Fruit Fucker, and Div. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_5aa13a6c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_5aa13a6c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_5aa13a6c | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_5c17c12f | type |
Bribing Your Way to Victory | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_5c17c12f | comment |
Bribing Your Way to Victory: Somewhere between this trope and Revenue-Enhancing Devices is the Visa Crucible (for Everquest II). Gabe cannot resist this in "premium content" model games such as League of Legends, often leading to him walking around in top-tier gear days into a game. Mike states that he used to do this, but as he's gotten older, the experience has increasingly soured for him, and for the most part, he plays games to enjoy them instead. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_5c17c12f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_5c17c12f | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_5d103ea8 | type |
AwesomeMcCoolName | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_5d103ea8 | comment |
Awesome Mc Cool Name: Mike named his Dungeons & Dragons wizard "Jim Darkmagic" (of the New Hampshire Darkmagics). Immediately called out by Scott Kurtz, who demands, "Why don't you call yourself Chet AwesomeLaser?" Scott Kurtz later gave this a Shout-Out in his own strip. The group also suggested "Jim Fellmagic," "Fell DarkJim," "Jim Felldark," "Fell Darkevil," and "Ominous Darkfell Magic-Bad." Also, Doctor Raven Darktalon Blood. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_5d103ea8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_5d103ea8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_5d103ea8 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_5dcb9d92 | type |
Less Embarrassing Term | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_5dcb9d92 | comment |
Less Embarrassing Term: Doubly subverted in this strip where Gabe takes offence to his belt-mounted carrying bag being called a fanny pack, but then calling the second bag he's wearing a fanny pack. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_5dcb9d92 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_5dcb9d92 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_5dcb9d92 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_5e5cf652 | type |
Go, Ye Heroes, Go and Die | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_5e5cf652 | comment |
Go, Ye Heroes, Go and Die: The motto of the Lookouts in the eponymous strip is "May We Die In The Forest". | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_5e5cf652 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_5e5cf652 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_5e5cf652 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_5f930b19 | type |
Named After Somebody Famous | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_5f930b19 | comment |
Named After Somebody Famous: Tycho Brahe. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_5f930b19 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_5f930b19 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_5f930b19 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_61a503a7 | type |
Hell Is That Noise | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_61a503a7 | comment |
Hell Is That Noise: The Patapon soundtrack apparently. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_61a503a7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_61a503a7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_61a503a7 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_626f2d94 | type |
Clandestine Cover | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_626f2d94 | comment |
Clandestine Cover: Penny Arcade released a collected book titled "The Splendid Magic of Penny Arcade: The 11 1/2 Anniversary Edition"; removing the dust jacket changes the title to "Almost 12 Years of Bullshit". Amusingly, the title change can be seen as representing the cover art, which shows Gabe enthusiastically riding a unicorn under a rainbow, while Tycho sits on the back looking annoyed. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_626f2d94 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_626f2d94 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_626f2d94 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_64b2ff00 | type |
Jesus Was Way Cool | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_64b2ff00 | comment |
Jesus Is Way Cool: And also "fucking metal". He likes hanging out and playing video games, brings great food to Thanksgiving dinner, and buys christmas presents for his friends. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_64b2ff00 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_64b2ff00 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_64b2ff00 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_65d658f | type |
Putting the Band Back Together | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_65d658f | comment |
Putting the Band Back Together: Tycho and Gabe (and Ben) after falling out, and the Troperiffic faux-movie example from "Paint The Line": | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_65d658f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_65d658f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_65d658f | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6627695f | type |
Author Appeal | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6627695f | comment |
Author Appeal: Gabe seems to like drawing weird, disgusting-looking alien creatures. Tycho loves Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6627695f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6627695f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6627695f | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_66755d29 | type |
Author Avatar | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_66755d29 | comment |
Author Avatar: Retroactively so — Tycho and Gabe were not originally meant to represent the creators, but too many readers assumed that they did and eventually Jerry and Mike just went with that. Jerry's posts sometimes mention that while Tycho draws from Jerry and Gabe from Mike, their characters are distinct from their creators and the real story is redistributed to the appropriate character. For instance, he was the one that wanted to give away free waffles at their convention booth, but it wasn't something Tycho would do, so their roles were switched for the comic. The dissimilarities between Mike/Jerry and Gabe/Tycho were later played for laughs in "Perhaps Too Real", where Tycho and Gabe art redrawn for the iPad Retina display end up looking like Jerry and Mike. Later brought up to heighten the joke in "Parabolic". | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_66755d29 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_66755d29 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_67e84a8e | type |
Wild Mass Guessing | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_67e84a8e | comment |
Wild Mass Guessing: Combined with Intercontinuity Crossover here. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_67e84a8e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_67e84a8e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_67e84a8e | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_680f950 | type |
Gilligan Cut | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_680f950 | comment |
Gilligan Cut: One covering twelve years and an Art Shift. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_680f950 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_680f950 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_680f950 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6977c45e | type |
Purple Prose | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6977c45e | comment |
Purple Prose: Sometimes, Tycho's newsposts fly off into a world of imagination and word-crafting. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6977c45e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6977c45e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6977c45e | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_69a54df1 | type |
Chest Burster | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_69a54df1 | comment |
Chest Burster / Puppeteer Parasite: The Broodax, in spades. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_69a54df1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_69a54df1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_69a54df1 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_69cc2a27 | type |
Hilariously Abusive Childhood | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_69cc2a27 | comment |
Hilariously Abusive Childhood: Tycho is occasionally mentioned to have had one. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_69cc2a27 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_69cc2a27 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_69cc2a27 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6a2ae11f | type |
Improbable Weapon User | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6a2ae11f | comment |
Improbable Weapon User: Cardboard Tube Samurai | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6a2ae11f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6a2ae11f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6a2ae11f | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6a49268 | type |
"Just So" Story | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6a49268 | comment |
"Just So" Story: What the tooth fairy does with teeth. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6a49268 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6a49268 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6a49268 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6a6760fa | type |
The Power of Hate | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6a6760fa | comment |
The Power of Hate: Gabe tells Tycho, "I wish I could hate you to death." And then his nose starts bleeding. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6a6760fa | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6a6760fa | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6a6760fa | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6b146924 | type |
Species Surname | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6b146924 | comment |
Species Surname: You'd think that Catsby was the dapper cat, yes, and thus the demon Twisp? Subverted. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6b146924 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6b146924 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6b146924 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6b35bdff | type |
Serious Business | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6b35bdff | comment |
Serious Business: Ping-pong. Leaches into real life, as Penny Arcade Company frequently hosts ping-pong tournaments at their offices against game developers and reviewers. This has led to some instances of calling out that have backfired. Especially with regards to SOE. Also, Warcraft games. One of the strips has Gabe mentioning having a glass eye as the result of a Warcraft 2 game that got out of hand. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6b35bdff | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6b35bdff | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6b35bdff | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6bfc52a3 | type |
A Wizard Did It | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6bfc52a3 | comment |
A Wizard Did It: Discussed here by Scott McCloud. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6bfc52a3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6bfc52a3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6bfc52a3 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6d332aea | type |
Driven to Suicide | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6d332aea | comment |
Driven to Suicide: Apparently one shouldn't read the entirety of Gabe's thoughts for two years put down to writing. Gabe and Tycho drive off a cliff Thelma & Louise-style after a discussion of the various freemium currencies in Diablo Immortal. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6d332aea | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6d332aea | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6d332aea | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6d722dcd | type |
When I Was Your Age... | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6d722dcd | comment |
When I Was Your Age...: Gabe rants about the Anti-Frustration Features incorporated into Pokémon X and Y, such as getting the rollerblades before the first gym, and the new Exp Share. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6d722dcd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6d722dcd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6d722dcd | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6e0e5ba0 | type |
Multiple Choice Form Letter | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6e0e5ba0 | comment |
Multiple Choice Form Letter: Tycho writes one comic this way as he wants to write a comic about the PAX East convention before he attends. Subverted when the first two blanks have been filled in with incredibly generic things virtually guaranteed to occur, then double-subverted when the last panel describes something no one could have predicted. (There really was a grown-ass man cosplaying as Chun-Li at PAX East 2011.) | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6e0e5ba0 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6e0e5ba0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6e0e5ba0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6e92a631 | type |
Four-Fingered Hands | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6e92a631 | comment |
Four-Fingered Hands: The norm, though subverted in one strip specifically for an extended pinky. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6e92a631 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6e92a631 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_6e92a631 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_70351b6c | type |
No Medication for Me | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_70351b6c | comment |
No Medication for Me: Tycho spends a week off Lexapro, and is impressed with what he produced. There was the downside of "wrestling with demons of the mind" though. He contemplates this idea, in The Rant before rejecting it as misinformed. And even if the peaks are still attractive, they don't compensate for the troughs. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_70351b6c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_70351b6c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_70351b6c | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_735b967c | type |
Forced Tutorial | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_735b967c | comment |
Forced Tutorial: Before you can skip the tutorial, you must complete the Tutorial Skipping Tutorial. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_735b967c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_735b967c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_735b967c | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_73f7b5a5 | type |
Total Party Kill | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_73f7b5a5 | comment |
Total Party Kill: In the comic, this seems to be Tycho's main goal as a Game Master, and he advises Gabe and other DM's on ways to achieve it. Averted with the real Jerry as a DM, since if all the players are dead there's no audience for his intricately devised puzzles and lore poetry. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_73f7b5a5 | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_73f7b5a5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_73f7b5a5 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_74828aea | type |
Killer Rabbit | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_74828aea | comment |
Killer Rabbit: "The Omega Hare" has this in Final Fantasy XI with one turning Gabe's galka partner into mush in a Gory Discretion Shot. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_74828aea | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_74828aea | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_74828aea | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_7503483d | type |
Original Position Fallacy | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_7503483d | comment |
Original Position Fallacy: Tycho gives a public service announcement about letting children explore the internet and accepting they may encounter things they are not ready for. He immediately transforms in rage when his son cheerfully tells him that he met a friend online who has "a peepee too." | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_7503483d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_7503483d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_7503483d | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_77494f30 | type |
X Days Since | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_77494f30 | comment |
X Days Since: here. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_77494f30 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_77494f30 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_77494f30 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_786bf97f | type |
Real Life Writes the Plot | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_786bf97f | comment |
Real Life Writes the Plot: Where half of the stories and humor come from, one example being the July 1st, 2013 strip where Gabe insists on building a retro video game arcade in his and Tycho's garage. In real life, Mike Krahulik had been doing just that in his garage. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_786bf97f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_786bf97f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_786bf97f | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_788b4436 | type |
I Like Those Odds | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_788b4436 | comment |
I Like Those Odds: "This ain't really fair now, is it? I mean... there's only two of them." | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_788b4436 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_788b4436 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_788b4436 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_79372d59 | type |
The Game Come to Life | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_79372d59 | comment |
The Game Come to Life: Ninja Gaiden's Hard Mode. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_79372d59 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_79372d59 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_79372d59 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_7a143509 | type |
Shell-Shocked Veteran | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_7a143509 | comment |
Shell-Shocked Veteran: Frank. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_7a143509 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_7a143509 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_7a143509 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_7b8b3def | type |
Celebrity Paradox | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_7b8b3def | comment |
Celebrity Paradox: A few strips feature Mike and Jerry while still referencing Gabe and Tycho as characters that exist alongside them. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_7b8b3def | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_7b8b3def | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_7b8b3def | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_7cd98af5 | type |
Potty Failure | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_7cd98af5 | comment |
Potty Failure: The result of Gabe wearing his pants backwards like Kris Kross. (see Answer Cut, listed above) | |
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The Annotated Edition | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_7d9f4e92 | comment |
The Annotated Edition: The printed collections have text commentary. | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_7e081ea0 | type |
Slice of Life | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_7e081ea0 | comment |
Slice of Life: As the guys have started having families, these sort of strips have started to happen occasionally. An example. | |
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Bullying a Dragon | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_7eb73553 | comment |
Bullying a Dragon: Anyone who tries to push around Jerry and Mike. Penny Arcade has a huge following, and most of them are very internet-savvy. Do not attempt to threaten or bully its creators or their friends. You will be destroyed. Ocean Marketing and Jack Thompson found this out the hard way. | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_808cbaeb | type |
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_808cbaeb | comment |
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: From the rejection letter the duo supposedly received from Golf Digest for Bogey Golf, their series of golf comics: | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_816a4e80 | type |
Star Wars (Franchise) | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_816a4e80 | comment |
Comic!Gabe's OCD in relation to Star Wars trivia. | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_83444b89 | type |
MST | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_83444b89 | comment |
MST: Admonishments, found here. | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_835f53f3 | type |
Pals with Jesus | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_835f53f3 | comment |
Pals with Jesus: Quite literally. Jesus seems to swing by the house frequently and gets along well with Gabe. He's polite to Tycho, but apparently the writer's nonstop blasphemy and questionable morality has already doomed him to Hell. | |
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Exactly What It Says on the Tin | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_8409a385 | comment |
Exactly What It Says on the Tin: Tycho's explanation of a Mind Flayer. There's also the comic called "Emerging From Hideous Cocoons" where Gabe and Tycho, well, emerge from hideous cocoons. | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_8485d41a | type |
Interspecies Romance | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_8485d41a | comment |
Interspecies Romance: Sexy, sexy giraffes. Also, jellyfish, birds and aliens. | |
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1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_850258ca | type |
I Know Mortal Kombat | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_850258ca | comment |
I Know Mortal Kombat: Parodied here and here. As well as here. And then hilariously averted here. | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_86b21114 | type |
Badass Boast | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_86b21114 | comment |
Badass Boast: Mike Krahulik gets one while talking about Ocean Marketing. | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_8774fb47 | type |
Eldritch Abomination | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_8774fb47 | comment |
Gabe seems to like drawing weird, disgusting-looking alien creatures. | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_879b744c | type |
Badass Santa | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_879b744c | comment |
Badass Santa: In the 2012 Christmas strips featuring Acquisitions Incorporated. Ho-ho-holy crap! And they gave him stats. | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_8d612fe6 | type |
Swapped Roles | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_8d612fe6 | comment |
Swapped Roles: For the Rule of Funny. Gabe plays the Straight Man while Tycho does a faux Cloud Cuckoo Lander impression, but they immediately revert back by the third panel. | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_912b24c4 | type |
Art Shift | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_912b24c4 | comment |
Art Shift: Another art shift used here. | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_926da3d0 | type |
Virtual Danger Denial | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_926da3d0 | comment |
Virtual Danger Denial: As this strip shows, there was initially some reluctance to deal with Real Money Trade related scams, thanks to a perception that the goods weren't "real" anyway. | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_94274db1 | type |
Life Embellished | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_94274db1 | comment |
Life Embellished: Gabe and Tycho are not quite the same as Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins, but the comic characters' opinions and lifestyle closely mirror the authors'. Comics are often written about real events and conversations, and real people appear in the comic, including the authors' families - often depicted even closer to how they are in real life than the main duo. Lampshaded in "It's a Problem" when the comic version of Mike's real wife Kara, who is presumed married to Gabe in-universe, calls Tycho "Jerry" and Gabe "Mike" prompting Tycho to correct her. | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_94e4b975 | type |
Vomit Indiscretion Shot | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_94e4b975 | comment |
Vomit Indiscretion Shot: Combined with Overly Long Gag in this strip about Gabe having motion sickness when playing Mirror's Edge... 's tutorial. | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_97cf338 | type |
Looming Silhouette of Rage | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_97cf338 | comment |
Looming Silhouette of Rage: Found here, along with a Shadow Discretion Shot. | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_97cf338 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_985e118a | type |
Odd Couple | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_985e118a | comment |
Odd Couple: The bread and butter shtick of the comic. Tycho mocks Gabe's ignorance, Gabe derides Tycho's pretensions. Rinse and repeat. | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_985e118a | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_991af300 | type |
Poke the Poodle | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_991af300 | comment |
Poke the Poodle: Tycho, here. | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_991af300 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_997ce6ad | type |
Boyfriend-Blocking Dad | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_997ce6ad | comment |
Boyfriend-Blocking Dad: Anne's parents say she can't date boys until she's married. Wait, what? She also brings out the Overprotective Uncle in Tycho. Though she doesn't take it very well... | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_997ce6ad | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_9a0481a2 | type |
Dada Ad | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_9a0481a2 | comment |
Dada Ad: The Seinfeld Windows Vista ads, as seen here. | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_9a0481a2 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_9ae0cca6 | type |
Character Blog | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_9ae0cca6 | comment |
Character Blog: The corresponding blogs on the strips. More prevalent a few years ago, when the two would often argue on the front page, something that almost never happens anymore. | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_9b0f37de | type |
Contemplate Our Navels | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_9b0f37de | comment |
Contemplate Our Navels: In-universe; what is delicious[sic] | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_9b0f37de | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_9be2ef69 | type |
Rule 34 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_9be2ef69 | comment |
Rule 34: For the New Year, the guys have resolved to quit bizarre Internet porn (Tycho... coldturkeys.com?) and quit jacking off to the jellyfishes in the local aquarium (Gabe). In The Love Nest of Har'akki | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_9c1f758a | type |
Kill It with Fire | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_9c1f758a | comment |
Kill It with Fire: Effectively the MO of the Gabe's Dungeons & Dragons wizard Jim Darkmagic (of the New Hampshire Darkmagics) in their podcast on the Wizards of the Coast website. Scorching Burst was used to set fire to everything from goblins to zombies to vampires to berserkers to priests to Binwin Bronzebottom, the party's Dwarven Fighter. | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_9c1f758a | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_9c45b5a2 | type |
What Measure Is a Non-Human? | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_9c45b5a2 | comment |
What Measure Is a Non-Human?: The basis of the Automata storyline | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_9c4a7090 | type |
Springtime for Hitler | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_9c4a7090 | comment |
Springtime for Hitler: Twisp and Catsby, which Gabe and Tycho intended to be so horrible that nobody would enjoy it. They became immensely popular instead, much to the creators' disbelief, and remain a favorite when they want to do something surrealistic. One of the appearances of the Victorian duo was a children's book written for one of their kids, in fact. | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_9c88cfb | type |
Mermaid Problem | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_9c88cfb | comment |
Mermaid Problem: Addressed quite directly here. | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_9ca12273 | type |
Handy Feet | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_9ca12273 | comment |
Handy Feet: Gabe is pointed out to have monkey-like feet in one strip. | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_9dab0a6e | type |
Continuity Nod | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_9dab0a6e | comment |
Continuity Nod: Fairly odd for a webcomic that features the main characters dying horrible deaths on a regular basis, but one comic introduced us to the idea that Tycho can't deal with the sun. More than six years later, Tycho is again seen trying to protect himself (although he only uses the helmet). And once more. The zombie that "borrowed" Tycho's shirt has a small cameo in the Armadeaddon arc. Tycho's penchant for rolling natural 20s is used to finish the Armadeaddon. Extremely subtle, but you'll notice that the two children sitting in the middle are wearing shirts depicting the Merch and Fleshreaper. | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_9fb11776 | type |
Non-Lethal Warfare | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_9fb11776 | comment |
Non-Lethal Warfare: Really weird, considering how often they do Sugar Apocalypses. | |
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1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_9fc04a54 | type |
Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today? | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_9fc04a54 | comment |
Their comic counterparts' obsession with penises. But not in a gay way. | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_9fc04a54 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_a036d3df | type |
Sarcastic Confession | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_a036d3df | comment |
Sarcastic Confession: "He's absolutely right. I'm constantly going to the store to buy things I hate." Bearing in mind that it is, to a greater or lesser extent, his job to do so. Comic!Tycho was speaking to a penchant for doing so of his own volition, independent of any sort of obligation. | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_a0cf200f | type |
Digital Piracy Is Evil | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_a0cf200f | comment |
Digital Piracy Is Evil: From the rant for October 26th 2009; Also Lampshaded here and here "A Cyclical Argument With A Literal Strawman" The sad thing is that the strawman isn't really much of an exaggeration at all. They are using actual arguments frequently made by pirates. | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_a17aad72 | type |
Seductive Mummy | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_a17aad72 | comment |
Seductive Mummy: Parodied via a scene from The Twilight Saga when the characters predict what would follow up the vampire craze. | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_a19cce82 | type |
Merchandise-Driven | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_a19cce82 | comment |
Merchandise-Driven: Lampshaded. See The Merch, above. | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_a19cce82 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_a1a1491e | type |
Homage | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_a1a1491e | comment |
Homage: The entire "Will She Complete the Training?" strip is a direct homage to the The Empire Strikes Back scene where Luke asks Yoda to train him. Kara (Luke) asks Gabe (Yoda) to give her a crash course in Quake (Jedi training) before she faces her brothers (Darth Vader) online later, with Tycho appearing as a bodiless spirit (Obi-wan) to counsel them but messing up his lines. The title is a Gender Flipped paraphrase of a scene quote as well. | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_a1b141f4 | type |
My God, What Have I Done? | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_a1b141f4 | comment |
My God, What Have I Done?: The first part of the story arc Ripped From Today's Headlines has Tycho accidentally killing his wife when trying out a move from Splinter Cell, and feeling bad for it. | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_a20ff0b5 | type |
Bindle Stick | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_a20ff0b5 | comment |
Bindle Stick: Gabe has one here. | |
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Eye Scream | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_a2b38d3b | comment |
Eye Scream: THIS IS INCREDIBLE Also, this. And this. Jesus FUCK my EYE CHRIST! In the first panel. Gabe tries to get a "reverse Lasik" procedure done (that is, using lasers to make his eyesight worse, so he can wear Nerd Glasses.) It goes about as well as you'd expect. | |
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1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_a2b5f77d | type |
Awkwardly Gay Dream | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_a2b5f77d | comment |
Awkwardly Gay Dream: | |
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1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_a2c18b0a | type |
"Not Illegal" Justification | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_a2c18b0a | comment |
"Not Illegal" Justification: Played for Laughs when Tycho assumes that his stash of highly questionable giraffe videos has been exposed and jumps straight to a Suspiciously Specific Denial: | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_a2c18b0a | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_a2cd1e60 | type |
Bold Inflation | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_a2cd1e60 | comment |
Bold Inflation: Frequently, both in the comic and news posts, usually in places where one might naturally emphasize a word when speaking aloud. The tendency was lampshaded in one post where Tycho admits he "might have a problem with italics". | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_a2cd1e60 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_a3509d95 | type |
The Password Is Always "Swordfish" | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_a3509d95 | comment |
The Password Is Always "Swordfish": When Gabe's Guild Wars 2 account is hacked, Tycho asks if he used the password "password" again. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_a3509d95 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_a3509d95 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_a3eb0c53 | type |
Confusing Multiple Negatives | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_a3eb0c53 | comment |
Confusing Multiple Negatives: It doesn't not work. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_a3eb0c53 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_a63f45d5 | type |
Cool Uncle | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_a63f45d5 | comment |
Cool Uncle: Tycho to Anne, who in turn takes more after him than her Amazingly Embarrassing, Fantasy-Forbidding Parents. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_a63f45d5 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_a6bf7a7b | type |
Ambulance Chaser | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_a6bf7a7b | comment |
Ambulance Chaser: Spencer Halpin in this strip. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_a6bf7a7b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_a6bf7a7b | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_a6f99a4b | type |
Literally Prized Possession | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_a6f99a4b | comment |
Literally Prized Possession: Early strips had a Running Gag where Tyco and Gabe would steal a Pacman watch from one another (which served as shorthand for which of them needed to get even with the other this time). | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_a6f99a4b | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_a7382a73 | type |
Imagine Spot | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_a7382a73 | comment |
Imagine Spot: In just the last panel of "Rawhide", Gabe imagines the developers of Duke Nukem Forever note (possibly the most notoriously stuck-in-Development Hell game ever) playing cowboy rather than working on the game, complete with thought bubble. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_a7382a73 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_a939a527 | type |
Red Eyes, Take Warning | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_a939a527 | comment |
Red Eyes, Take Warning: The Deepcrow and some of the Warhammer characters. Whenever Tycho is pissed or evil enough (or both), his normally brown eyes get a nice red glow. In this strip, Gabe (as well as Cole) gets a pair while he's repeatedly resurrecting and murdering a helpless civilian in inFAMOUS. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_a939a527 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_a9de87d2 | type |
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_a9de87d2 | comment |
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Gabe. Not only is he the Cardboard Tube Samurai - whose skills may carry over in some form to his civilian persona - but he has received a blood transfusion from Spider-Man, and may be Darth Vader's son. Taking all this into account, Gabe may have the potential to be a web-slinging force-adept with the ability to slice things to shreds with a perfectly round tube, to say nothing of the potential synergy between spider-sense and force awareness. He's also the Beta Whisperer. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_a9de87d2 | featureApplicability |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_a9de87d2 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_aa7dc8ce | type |
Luke Nounverber | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_aa7dc8ce | comment |
Luke Nounverber: Jim Darkmagic (of the New Hampshire Darkmagics) | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_aa7dc8ce | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_aa7dc8ce | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_aabe3e78 | type |
Secret Santa | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_aabe3e78 | comment |
Secret Santa: Organized by Div... except that the only name in the hat is Div. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_aabe3e78 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_aabe3e78 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_ab729e43 | type |
Disappointed in You | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_ab729e43 | comment |
Disappointed in You: In this strip describing Gambit mode of Destiny, this line is dropped. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_ab729e43 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_ab729e43 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_ab9311f0 | type |
Closer to Earth | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_ab9311f0 | comment |
Closer to Earth: Tycho and Gabe's wives Brenna and Kara come across this way, more for providing an outside perspective on their geeky madness than just being more grounded. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_ab9311f0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_ab9311f0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_abd29ad8 | type |
No-Sell | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_abd29ad8 | comment |
No-Sell: The main character from Sand has survived every attempt to execute him so far apparently without feeling any pain or taking any damage at all. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_abd29ad8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_abd29ad8 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_ad1db87c | type |
Oh, Crap! | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_ad1db87c | comment |
Oh, Crap!: Gabe tries out Minecraft and realises he's gotten into something very addictive: Insulting someone bigger, stronger, and younger than you are is not a good move. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_ad1db87c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_add931af | type |
I Choose to Stay | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_add931af | comment |
I Choose to Stay: In the strip ''We Can Help'', the World of Warcraft movie ends with the nerd deciding that he belongs in Azeroth instead of the real world. Cue emotional goodbye. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_add931af | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_add931af | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_ae136edf | type |
Plagiarism in Fiction | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_ae136edf | comment |
Plagiarism in Fiction: Played for Laughs with one of Gabe's later Dungeons & Dragons games, which is simply Dragonlance. Not even the campaign setting—the novels. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_ae136edf | featureApplicability |
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1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_ae136edf | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_af616e40 | type |
Accidental Misnaming | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_af616e40 | comment |
Accidental Misnaming: Scott Kurtz of PvP, portrayed as The Rival in some strips, is invariably called "Steve Kuntz" by Gabe and Tycho. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_af616e40 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_af616e40 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_afc52a86 | type |
Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_afc52a86 | comment |
Gabe's writing has improved to the point of having a Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot by the time Tycho joins the writer's strike. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_afc52a86 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_afc52a86 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_afd181c7 | type |
Xtreme Kool Letterz | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_afd181c7 | comment |
Xtreme Kool Letterz: Tycho does not like these. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_afd181c7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_afd181c7 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b006c883 | type |
FillerStrip | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b006c883 | comment |
Filler Strip: The Sketchbook-like updates that happen when the two are at various conventions. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b006c883 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b006c883 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b0cd3349 | type |
Fridge Brilliance | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b0cd3349 | comment |
Fridge Brilliance: invoked Parodied here, for a Take That! at Halo. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b0cd3349 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b0cd3349 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b11ac9f5 | type |
Abusive Parents | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b11ac9f5 | comment |
Abusive Parents: Tycho's childhood was often a living hell. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b11ac9f5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b11ac9f5 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b2af79fb | type |
Leave the Camera Running | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b2af79fb | comment |
Leave the Camera Running: The guys have described their pacing as a comic adaptation of this idea; many strips have punchlines in the second panel, and the frame will simply stay on the characters a little too long. The third panel will either be a One-Two Punchline, Overly Long Gag, or Reaction Shot. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b2af79fb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b2af79fb | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b431d1a6 | type |
Adjective Animal Alehouse | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b431d1a6 | comment |
Adjective Animal Alehouse: the Silver Unicorn in The Vault Of Winter, Part One | |
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1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b47d95be | type |
No OSHA Compliance | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b47d95be | comment |
No OSHA Compliance: Seen here. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b47d95be | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b47d95be | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b4eff8a8 | type |
Epic Fail | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b4eff8a8 | comment |
Epic Fail: Gabe and Tycho use Kinect. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b4eff8a8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b4eff8a8 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b53077b3 | type |
Take That! | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b53077b3 | comment |
Take That!: Among the usual ones to specific video games, most biting uses are usually towards the likes of Jack Thompson and Tim Buckley. Earlier than that, they created rampant plagiarist and egotistical hack author L. H. Franzibald as a facsimile of him. (examples: 1, 2) "For Jack Thompson, because Jack Thompson won't." But subverted here - "I don't know what the fuck you're talking about." PAX 2011 was criticized for allowing Duke Nukem Forever booth babes (who were playing, more or less, actual women from the game), on the grounds that it was demeaning and objectifying. PAX 2012 was criticized for asking a scantily-clad official cosplayer of Juliet Starling, the main character of Lollipop Chainsaw, to tone down her outfit, on the grounds that the organizers were threatened by female sexuality or were "anti-fun" or were hypocritical because they allowed scantily-clad cosplayers. Mike's response was not positive. Interestingly, the commentary for the print version of a 2000 strip insulting Daily Radar suggests a lampshading on the petty and somewhat ineffective nature of this trope. Tycho is not impressed with the Republican party. Tycho claims that there is no better sign of quality than Polygon not liking something. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b53077b3 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
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1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b53077b3 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b58b4e3c | type |
Too Dumb to Live | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b58b4e3c | comment |
Too Dumb to Live: Geez, Tycho. Did you have to use a sharp knife to cut a banana? Real life example: Ocean Marketing (or, rather, one person too high up the chain for his own good) picked a fight with Penny Arcade for the loyalty of the gamer population, was crushed like a bug and briefly became the laughing-stock of gaming media. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b58b4e3c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b58b4e3c | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b610be6f | type |
Anthropomorphic Typography | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b610be6f | comment |
Anthropomorphic Typography: The comic has a talking period, correcting trolls and addressing fan outrage. And this. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b610be6f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b610be6f | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b7c45771 | type |
Single Malt Vision | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b7c45771 | comment |
Single Malt Vision. A variant. Gabe starts seeing multiples of things not because he's drunk, but because he cut his hand open. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b7c45771 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b7c45771 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b7ee2d42 | type |
Con Recap | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b7ee2d42 | comment |
Con Recap: In the filler strips. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b7ee2d42 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b7ee2d42 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b85c06f2 | type |
Glowing Eyes of Doom | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b85c06f2 | comment |
Glowing Eyes of Doom: Often seen when the characters, especially Tycho, are angry. Here's just one of many examples. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b85c06f2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b85c06f2 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b9d334b2 | type |
Aerith and Bob | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b9d334b2 | comment |
Aerith and Bob: Or so Gabe has been led to believe. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b9d334b2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_b9d334b2 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_ba253095 | type |
Baffled by Own Biology | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_ba253095 | comment |
Baffled by Own Biology: Gabe exercises so little that when he gets Wii Fit, he doesn't recognize his own sweat. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_ba253095 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_ba253095 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_ba94e7ad | type |
Low Count Gag | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_ba94e7ad | comment |
Low Count Gag: Tycho and his nemesis L.H. Franzibald are guests at a convention. Upon entering the hall for their panel, Franzibald notes to Tycho, "I see all your fan turned up." And there is, indeed, a solitary "furnie" on one side of the room. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_ba94e7ad | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_ba94e7ad | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_bc74ef27 | type |
Berserk Button | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_bc74ef27 | comment |
Berserk Button: For the love of God, don't insult ''Jesse's Girl''. Or mention those claw shrimps. Or imply that Warhammer and Warcraft are the same thing near Tycho. Real-life example: Mike Krahulik detests bullies. So much so that he publicly named and shamed a horrid PR spokesman after he belittled, mocked and threatened a customer after providing terrible service. Said spokesman's career is in tatters now. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_bc74ef27 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_bc74ef27 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_bd4264a3 | type |
Slasher Smile | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_bd4264a3 | comment |
Slasher Smile: Gabe gets a horrifying onenote Based off The Grinch's when the comic's popularity happens to cause trouble for Ocean Marketing. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_bd4264a3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_bd4264a3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_bd4264a3 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_bdbfd01c | type |
Perfectly Cromulent Word | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_bdbfd01c | comment |
Perfectly Cromulent Word: Killographic, used also in Real Life, and stuponfuicous. Such words are often used by Tycho when he writes the news posts that accompany comics. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_bdbfd01c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_bdbfd01c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_bdbfd01c | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_bf24f6ac | type |
Nerf Arm | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_bf24f6ac | comment |
Nerf Arm: The Cardboard Tube Samurai, which has spawned more than a few instances of the deadly tube showing up in some games. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_bf24f6ac | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_bf24f6ac | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_bf24f6ac | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_c1d57cf7 | type |
"The Villain Sucks" Song | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_c1d57cf7 | comment |
"The Villain Sucks" Song: Open Mic Night. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_c1d57cf7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_c1d57cf7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_c1d57cf7 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_c25c7890 | type |
Fun with Acronyms | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_c25c7890 | comment |
Fun with Acronyms: While presenting dynamic story-telling in Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, with the Variable Automated Global Intrigue Narrative Agent. For Gabe's "Gamers Against Exercise" initiative, he had T-shirts printed out. This one may not be so quick to catch on, though.note Hint:Read the acronym as one word, not letter by letter. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_c25c7890 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_c25c7890 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_c25c7890 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_c26a5838 | type |
Rule 63 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_c26a5838 | comment |
Rule 63: To P Or Not To P turns Gabe and Tycho into female versions of themselves. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_c26a5838 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_c26a5838 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_c26a5838 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_c2cedc1c | type |
Big "NO!" | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_c2cedc1c | comment |
Big "NO!": Too late, Gabe realizes the awful truth in "He Who Fights With Nerds". More gruesome examples are here and here. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_c2cedc1c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_c2cedc1c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_c2cedc1c | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_c313d43a | type |
True Companions | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_c313d43a | comment |
True Companions: Gabriel is not my friend, he's more like my arm. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_c313d43a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_c313d43a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_c313d43a | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_c335b9ec | type |
Irony | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_c335b9ec | comment |
Irony: The team hates game piracy, but both the real and comic Tycho openly admit to torrenting TV shows. And yes, they're self-aware. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_c335b9ec | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_c335b9ec | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_c335b9ec | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_c3fbac64 | type |
Bestiality Is Depraved | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_c3fbac64 | comment |
Bestiality Is Depraved: There is a Running Gag with Tycho having sex with all sorts of animals, including giraffes. It squicks out Gabe whenever it comes up. Specifically, animals with long, slender (sexy) necks. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_c3fbac64 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_c3fbac64 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_c3fbac64 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_c75df49a | type |
Shout-Out | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_c75df49a | comment |
Scott Kurtz later gave this a Shout-Out in his own strip. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_c75df49a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_c75df49a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_c75df49a | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_c9597a03 | type |
Self-Deprecation | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_c9597a03 | comment |
Self-Deprecation: Pretty often, both in the comic and Tycho's missives, notably when Tycho explains the nature of Stylistic Suck. Tycho and Gabe teach schoolkids how to make comic strips: | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_c9597a03 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_c9597a03 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_c9597a03 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_cb3adcb7 | type |
Kill It with Ice | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_cb3adcb7 | comment |
Kill It with Ice: Right here. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_cb3adcb7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_cb3adcb7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_cb3adcb7 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_cf1b706e | type |
Flat-Earth Atheist | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_cf1b706e | comment |
Flat-Earth Atheist: Tycho knows that Gabe often hangs out with Jesus (literally; they play video games), but is an atheist. Lampshaded by Gabe in The Rant here. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_cf1b706e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_cf1b706e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_cf1b706e | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_d2c0e2ed | type |
Schmuck Bait | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_d2c0e2ed | comment |
Click OK to be kicked in the beanbag. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_d2c0e2ed | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_d2c0e2ed | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_d2c0e2ed | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_d2f06a6f | type |
Bottom of the Barrel Joke | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_d2f06a6f | comment |
Bottom of the Barrel Joke: Best Punchlines of 2009 (that weren't actual punchlines that previously appeared in the comic), which consists of three unconnected panels - an alien that looks like a sperm except the head looks like a testicle which is holding a gun with a barrel that looks like a butt plug declared that the "Scrotuum" have returned, Gabe telling a cult member he joined the cult because of "All the unprotected sects", and Tycho with his groin bloody and concealed by Pixellation yelling "MY DIIIIIIIIIICK". | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_d2f06a6f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_d2f06a6f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_d2f06a6f | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_d442f9d1 | type |
ToiletHumor | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_d442f9d1 | comment |
Toilet Humor: Quite a few strips, but here are some of the most notable examples. Also, in this strip, Tycho appears to be sitting on the toilet. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_d442f9d1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_d442f9d1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_d442f9d1 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_d45c0b86 | type |
Refuge in Audacity | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_d45c0b86 | comment |
Refuge in Audacity: Some of their more out-there content falls under this. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_d45c0b86 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_d45c0b86 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_d45c0b86 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_d7c3ba61 | type |
Race Lift | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_d7c3ba61 | comment |
Race Lift: Parodied here | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_d7c3ba61 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_d7c3ba61 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_d7c3ba61 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_d8e40b47 | type |
El Spanish "-o" | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_d8e40b47 | comment |
El Spanish "-o": In "The Ruse", Gabe tries to use this as part of a Paper-Thin Disguise. It almost works on the clerk. And somehow works on Tycho. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_d8e40b47 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_d8e40b47 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_d8e40b47 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_d8efd609 | type |
Happy-Ending Massage | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_d8efd609 | comment |
Happy-Ending Massage: This strip. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_d8efd609 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_d8efd609 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_d8efd609 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_d94ff9b3 | type |
Wall of Text | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_d94ff9b3 | comment |
Wall of Text: I Hope You Like Text. The comic strip is a Shout-Out to Back to the Future. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_d94ff9b3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_d94ff9b3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_d94ff9b3 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_d9ee7048 | type |
Spin-Off | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_d9ee7048 | comment |
Spin-Off: By now, Penny Arcade has spun off a bunch of side projects. Some were jokes from the strip that took on lives of their own, others were the creators taking the chance to do something different: The Cardboard Tube Samurai, one of the oldest, got started when Gabe started waving a cardboard tube around like a katana, pretending he was a samurai. The character now gets pulled out whenever the creators feel like telling a serious samurai tale, never mind that the thing's made of cardboard. Twisp and Catsby was a Stylistic Suck Dada Comic mocking It's Not Supposed to Win Oscars. ("I'd bet you'd love to criticize that, wouldn't you, you Critics! But you can't." "It's not for you.") Ironically, fans loved them. Paint the Line, an Eighties Cold War Ping-Pong story. They eventually put together a event week where the strips were pitches for new projects, and the fans voted on what they'd focus on first: Lookouts, Automata, and Jim Darkmagic. They've since presented another round of potential spinoffs like Sand and Queen of Bells. One, The New Kid, was optioned for a movie. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_d9ee7048 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_d9ee7048 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_db4170fc | type |
Impossible Item Drop | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_db4170fc | comment |
Impossible Item Drop: Spoofed in this comic. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_db4170fc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_db4170fc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_db4170fc | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_dc579c91 | type |
Contrived Coincidence | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_dc579c91 | comment |
Contrived Coincidence: Tycho buys a Zune, Microsoft's ill-fated answer to the iPod, based on the selling point that you can trade songs with other Zune users, yet he's the only one who has one. He eventually runs into another Zune user... Bill Gates. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_dc579c91 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_dc579c91 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_dc579c91 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_dcbddebe | type |
Pregnant Badass | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_dcbddebe | comment |
Pregnant Badass: Gabe's wife Kara, as least according to this post by Tycho: | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_dcbddebe | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_dcbddebe | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_dcbddebe | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_dda99fa8 | type |
Despair Event Horizon | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_dda99fa8 | comment |
Despair Event Horizon: Tycho is on the edge of one when looking up whether "Lord of the God-Kings" is a real book. If it is, he's going to kill himself and possibly others too. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_dda99fa8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_dda99fa8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_dda99fa8 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e052ae34 | type |
Gagging on Your Words | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e052ae34 | comment |
Gagging on Your Words: Gabe in this strip. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e052ae34 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e052ae34 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e052ae34 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e0804063 | type |
Even Nerds Have Standards | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e0804063 | comment |
Even Nerds Have Standards: Gabe does not approve of his son LARPing. Tycho, on the other hand... | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e0804063 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e0804063 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e0804063 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e0c470a1 | type |
The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e0c470a1 | comment |
The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You: their "Error 500" message is as follows: | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e0c470a1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e0c470a1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e0c470a1 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e28f88b8 | type |
Last-Name Basis | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e28f88b8 | comment |
Last-Name Basis: Gabe's first name is Johnathan, but this is of course rarely used. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e28f88b8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e28f88b8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e28f88b8 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e42e91b4 | type |
Godwin's Law | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e42e91b4 | comment |
Godwin's Law: Tycho runs afoul of this. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e42e91b4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e42e91b4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e42e91b4 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e43c66bd | type |
Art Evolution | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e43c66bd | comment |
Art Evolution: Jokingly used when referencing ancient history. The ten years of practice really shows. And note that that first panel was based on the style years after the first actual panel. Art timelines for Gabe and Tycho. Later poked at again in a self-deprecating manner. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e43c66bd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e43c66bd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e43c66bd | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e5421161 | type |
Expy | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e5421161 | comment |
Expy: L. H. Franzibald appears to be some unholy combination of Tim Buckley and either L. Ron Hubbard (creator of Scientology) or R.A. Salvatore (creator of Drizz't)— mostly Tim (and yes it's based on an outfit he wore, sunglasses and all). | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e5421161 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e5421161 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e5421161 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e542d80a | type |
Gonk | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e542d80a | comment |
Gonk: A somewhat more "realistic" drawing of the authors, though exaggerated for comedic effect. A possible side-effect of raccoon AIDS. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e542d80a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e542d80a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e542d80a | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e5d8460d | type |
Unexplained Recovery | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e5d8460d | comment |
Unexplained Recovery: Brenna returned almost a year after Tycho accidentally killed her with no explanation. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e5d8460d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e5d8460d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e5d8460d | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e602b55b | type |
Shadow Discretion Shot | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e602b55b | comment |
Shadow Discretion Shot: Found here, along with a Looming Silhouette of Rage. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e602b55b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e602b55b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e602b55b | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e624f0e8 | type |
Suspiciously Specific Denial | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e624f0e8 | comment |
Suspiciously Specific Denial: From this post by Tycho: Neither Gabe nor Tycho like bestiality. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e624f0e8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e624f0e8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e624f0e8 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e784bb8c | type |
Accidental Truth | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e784bb8c | comment |
Accidental Truth: In "Stewardship" Scott Kurtz comes to the guys with a list of topics to avoid while writing PvP in his absence. As it happens, they had considered doing exactly that. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e784bb8c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e784bb8c | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e890e381 | type |
Acronym and Abbreviation Overload | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e890e381 | comment |
Acronym and Abbreviation Overload: The E3 2004 comic, where Gabe and Tycho argue over which is better: | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e890e381 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e890e381 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e8cae797 | type |
Freudian Trio | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e8cae797 | comment |
Freudian Trio: Notably absent. Tycho typically fills the Superego role and Gabe is pure Id, but there is no Ego. The two are constantly fighting, and nobody cares enough to moderate. Their former roommate, Jim, was explained as filling the role before his death (canonically predating the comic's entire run). | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e8cae797 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e8cae797 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e8cae797 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e912c1 | type |
The Rant | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e912c1 | comment |
The Rant: One for each of the duo. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e912c1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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The Talk | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_e9fb38 | comment |
The Talk: Unsurprisingly, Gabe screws it up. Tycho got a particularly painful subversion of The Talk. When his son attempts to get the truth out of him, Gabe promptly attempts to get around it. The next several guest comics are other authors' characters giving the kid their version of The Talk. | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_eacf9f86 | type |
Two Gamers on a Couch | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_eacf9f86 | comment |
Two Gamers on a Couch: The Ur-Example. However, as the comic goes on they're rarely sitting on the couch unless they're actually talking about the game in front of them. Instead, they'll be shopping, raking leaves, lying in prison beds, dumping a body, emerging from hideous cocoons... | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_eaf5a1ac | type |
Groin Attack | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_eaf5a1ac | comment |
Groin Attack: Here, here, here and here. Click OK to be kicked in the beanbag. | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_eb7c34cf | type |
Crossover | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_eb7c34cf | comment |
Crossover: Telltale's Poker Night at the Inventory, sure it's typical for them to crossover a Video Game seeing that it's a gamer webcomic, but its really unlikely for them to crossover a Web Original and a Comic Book. | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_ec8290b6 | type |
Snap Back | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_ec8290b6 | comment |
Snap Back: Quite frequently, what with the Negative Continuity. | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_ee02d93c | type |
Snarky Non-Human Sidekick | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_ee02d93c | comment |
Snarky Nonhuman Sidekick: Div. | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_eea921b7 | type |
Late to the Punchline | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_eea921b7 | comment |
Late to the Punchline: Gabe finally learns where the “Arrow to the knee� meme came from. | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_f16f631d | type |
Crowd Song | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_f16f631d | comment |
Crowd Song: This. | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_f1a36f8e | type |
Delivery Stork | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_f1a36f8e | comment |
Delivery Stork: The Talk, By Abby Howard offers a... unique spin on this. | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_f1d3f0c9 | type |
Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_f1d3f0c9 | comment |
Tycho loves Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness. | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_f285c53f | type |
Ninja Log | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_f285c53f | comment |
Ninja Log: Though it is uncertain if Gabe can choose what he leaves behind or if "the log [is] an inextricable part of the process". | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_f332d990 | type |
Too Much Information | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_f332d990 | comment |
Too Much Information: A common complaint in the strip. To boot... | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_f360fc33 | type |
Dumbass Has a Point | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_f360fc33 | comment |
Dumbass Has a Point: In one strip Tycho is pointing out that Gabe is playing a cell phone game where he matches cakes, commenting that the production values of said games must be terrible. Gabe shoots back that he'll have 50 games to Tycho's 1 and they'll see who has more fun after that. | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_f3626b09 | type |
Mercy Kill | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_f3626b09 | comment |
Mercy Kill: As seen in The Unhorse. Gabe pulls this on Sonic in "A Ring And A Prayer" by shooting him in the head, at the latter's own request. | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_f3909f81 | type |
True Meaning of Christmas | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_f3909f81 | comment |
True Meaning of Christmas: It's not actually that complicated. | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_f3e87937 | type |
Tears of Blood | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_f3e87937 | comment |
Tears of Blood: In response to a slideshow. | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_f511ea9b | type |
Product Placement | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_f511ea9b | comment |
Product Placement: Surprisingly averted. It's a positively massive webcomic, with thousands of readers and big-name advertisers. Yet, if they mention a game in a positive light, they're playing it and having fun. In fact, some companies don't advertise there, simply because the mention of their game in Penny Arcade is publicity enough. | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_f7155e6e | type |
Escalating Punchline | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_f7155e6e | comment |
Escalating Punchline: Nintendo's 2010 E3 announcement... | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_f9f2c33 | type |
Running Gag | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_f9f2c33 | comment |
Running Gag: How many times have they killed each other and stolen that Pac-Man watch from the corpse? Even the wildlife has gotten in on it. The repeated jokes that Gabe is secretly gay, (especially for Spider-Man) Their comic counterparts' obsession with penises. But not in a gay way. Punctuation. Stem cell research. Comic!Gabe's obsession with ponies. Comic!Gabe's OCD in relation to Star Wars trivia. Their aversion to exercise and/or healthy living. Pokémon as disposable living weapons. Gabe as a physically and emotionally abusive Pokemon trainer. Comic!Tycho's weird fetishes: Comic!Gabe's cybering adventures. Reporter Randy Pinkwood. | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_fabef10f | type |
Don't Explain the Joke | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_fabef10f | comment |
Don't Explain the Joke: This strip. This Paint the Line comic actually has a footnote for those lacking in table tennis knowledge. | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_faf5732b | type |
I Call It "Vera" | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_faf5732b | comment |
I Call It "Vera": EB Games management in Penny Arcade is BADASS! | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_fbba5e98 | type |
Gadgeteer Genius | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_fbba5e98 | comment |
Gadgeteer Genius: Their cat, apparently. Earlier strips had Tycho and Gabe with some extremely futuristic device, with no explanation other than "The cat helped". | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_fbba5e98 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_fcbcc221 | type |
Robot Buddy | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_fcbcc221 | comment |
Robot Buddy: Div, subverted. Although if you wanna get technical, Div isn't really a robot so much as he is a personification. The Fruit Fucker is arguably a different kind of subversion. | |
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-0.3 | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_fcbcc221 | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_fd16495f | type |
Answer Cut | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_fd16495f | comment |
Answer Cut: Annarchy decides that E3 is "an elaborate scheme to suppress rational thought" and wonders what kind of "pea-brained monkey man it's supposed to appeal to." Enter Gabe. In this strip, when Tycho asks why Gabe only wore his pants backwards once, it cuts to a flashback of Gabe in high school, with his pants soaked in pee. "What could he possibly be doing that is more important than what I want him to be doing right now?" | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_fdbd6162 | type |
With Friends Like These... | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_fdbd6162 | comment |
With Friends Like These...: Gabe and Tycho. | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_fdbd6162 | featureApplicability |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_fdfd52d9 | type |
Gross-Up Close-Up | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_fdfd52d9 | comment |
Gross-Up Close-Up: Gabe's mouth is not a pretty sight. | |
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Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_fe0330fb | type |
Brick Joke | |
Penny Arcade (Webcomic) / int_fe0330fb | comment |
Brick Joke: Most people forgot about the Pac-Man watch, what with it not being mentioned for years. Then came the announcement that it's a Team Fortress 2 Spy unlock through Poker Night at the Inventory. | |
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