| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) |
type |
TVTItem |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) |
label |
The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) |
page |
TheJapaneseBeetle |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) |
comment |
The Japanese Beetle, alias Ken Watanabe, is the bravest, boldest hero in Skyline City, the last line of defense against rampaging supervillains, terrorists, and mind-controlled Girl Scouts......At least that's what he'd like you to think (especially if you're a beautiful woman). In truth, Ken is actually selfish, greedy, chauvinistic, and has the attention span of an over-caffeinated moth. Fortunately, the villains he fights are just as dysfunctional as he is, as are all the other superheroes. So in the end, he comes out looking pretty good by comparison.Created by Dave White in 1994 for his college newspaper, The Japanese Beetle is an Affectionate Parody of the superhero genre, playfully poking fun at both Comic Book Tropes and outright skewering specific storylines, like Frank Miller's seminal Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. The series exists in several incarnations, but as of 2005 stopped updating, and seems to have been forgotten. |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) |
fetched |
2023-06-03T22:29:18Z |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) |
parsed |
2023-06-03T22:29:18Z |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) |
processingComment |
Dropped link to AffectionateParody: Not a Feature - ITEM |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) |
isPartOf |
DBTropes |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_12de0775 |
type |
Goggles Do Nothing |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_12de0775 |
comment |
Goggles Do Nothing |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_12de0775 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_12de0775 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_12de0775 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_169d22e6 |
type |
Villain Team-Up |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_169d22e6 |
comment |
Villain Team-Up: The villains, lead by Ken in disguise, teamed up to battle Hypnotron, only to turn on Ken once the main threat is defeated. |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_169d22e6 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_169d22e6 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_169d22e6 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_1989b0c |
type |
Comic-Book Time |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_1989b0c |
comment |
Comic-Book Time: Averted |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_1989b0c |
featureApplicability |
-1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_1989b0c |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_1989b0c |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_23698fa8 |
type |
Aborted Arc |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_23698fa8 |
comment |
Aborted Arc: In late 2001, a clone of Kremlina was introduced to set up a story arc where the American government was the villain. Then 9/11 happened, and White dropped the arc because it felt inappropriate. This is actually represented in-story by having a debate between Clone Kremlina and Ken interrupted by the attack on the World Trade Center, after which the original story was dropped and the clone vanishes without a trace. |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_23698fa8 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_23698fa8 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_23698fa8 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_2c18b9a3 |
type |
Orphaned Series |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_2c18b9a3 |
comment |
Orphaned Series |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_2c18b9a3 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_2c18b9a3 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_2c18b9a3 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_429732d8 |
type |
Bat Signal |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_429732d8 |
comment |
Bat Signal: Parodied. |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_429732d8 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_429732d8 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_429732d8 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_47fea76b |
type |
Butt-Monkey |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_47fea76b |
comment |
Butt-Monkey: The Jaywalker, who later on attempts a Who's Laughing Now?. |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_47fea76b |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_47fea76b |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_47fea76b |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_486b2b4c |
type |
Girls Behind Bars |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_486b2b4c |
comment |
Girls Behind Bars: The subplot where Kremlina goes to prison. |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_486b2b4c |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_486b2b4c |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_486b2b4c |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_4c554daf |
type |
President Evil |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_4c554daf |
comment |
President Evil: Hypnotron |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_4c554daf |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_4c554daf |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_4c554daf |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_4f62bde6 |
type |
Kavorka Man |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_4f62bde6 |
comment |
Kavorka Man: The Cartoonist, as part of his general parody. |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_4f62bde6 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_4f62bde6 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_4f62bde6 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_5c7f3d09 |
type |
Superdickery |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_5c7f3d09 |
comment |
Superdickery |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_5c7f3d09 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_5c7f3d09 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_5c7f3d09 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_5c9caf26 |
type |
Civvie Spandex |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_5c9caf26 |
comment |
Civvie Spandex: Ken's costume consists of a baseball jersey, jeans, and sneakers. |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_5c9caf26 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_5c9caf26 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_5c9caf26 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_617f0563 |
type |
Heel–Face Turn |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_617f0563 |
comment |
Heel–Face Turn: Kremlina. Also the Flying Squirrel in the 1994 incarnation. |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_617f0563 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_617f0563 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_617f0563 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_6411dac8 |
type |
BadassNormal |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_6411dac8 |
comment |
Badass Normal: Subverted. With only a jetpack and a laser pistol, Ken would qualify as one...if only he were badass. |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_6411dac8 |
featureApplicability |
-0.3 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_6411dac8 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_6411dac8 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_661a66d8 |
type |
Animal Wrongs Group |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_661a66d8 |
comment |
Animal Wrongs Group: The Militia for Ethical Animal Treatment, who throw "bricks of love" at those who harm animals. |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_661a66d8 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_661a66d8 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_661a66d8 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_66755d29 |
type |
Author Avatar |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_66755d29 |
comment |
Author Avatar: The Cartoonist, an obvious avatar for creator Dave White, as well as a Parody Sue. |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_66755d29 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_66755d29 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_66755d29 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_71bd62b9 |
type |
Calling Your Attacks |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_71bd62b9 |
comment |
Calling Your Attacks: Parodied when Ken and the Flying Squirrel attempt a team attack and just end up smashing head-first into one another.. |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_71bd62b9 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_71bd62b9 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_71bd62b9 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_76d233f9 |
type |
Straw Feminist |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_76d233f9 |
comment |
Straw Feminist: The New Order of Women, an Affectionate Parody of the New World Order |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_76d233f9 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_76d233f9 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_76d233f9 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_786bf97f |
type |
Real Life Writes the Plot |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_786bf97f |
comment |
Real Life Writes the Plot: White was planning a storyline where the U.S. government was the main villain. Then came 9/11... |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_786bf97f |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_786bf97f |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_786bf97f |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_7b90899b |
type |
Ultimate Universe |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_7b90899b |
comment |
Ultimate Universe: By the creator's admission, the 2003 reboot was an attempt at this. |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_7b90899b |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_7b90899b |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_7b90899b |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_7d163c9c |
type |
Dating Catwoman |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_7d163c9c |
comment |
Dating Catwoman: Kremlina |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_7d163c9c |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_7d163c9c |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_7d163c9c |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_8cbd311b |
type |
Good Angel, Bad Angel |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_8cbd311b |
comment |
Good Angel, Bad Angel: One-shot villain The Enabler, a hitman who uses his powers of Sizeshifting and Telepathy to pose as someone's Shoulder Devil and drive them to destruction. |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_8cbd311b |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_8cbd311b |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_8cbd311b |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_9298d265 |
type |
Jaywalking Will Ruin Your Life |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_9298d265 |
comment |
Jaywalking Will Ruin Your Life |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_9298d265 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_9298d265 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_9298d265 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_9c47b23b |
type |
Dirty Communists |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_9c47b23b |
comment |
Dirty Communists: Kremlina Stalinova (initially) and later the Mao Tse-Dong Thought Control Team. |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_9c47b23b |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_9c47b23b |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_9c47b23b |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_9d1a935f |
type |
Brought to You by the Letter "S" |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_9d1a935f |
comment |
Brought to You by the Letter "S": The "B" is for Beetle, of course. |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_9d1a935f |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_9d1a935f |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_9d1a935f |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_a0396574 |
type |
Rogues Gallery |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_a0396574 |
comment |
Rogues Gallery: The Flying Squirrel, El-Vis, The Frenchman, Multifacet, Hypnotron, The Jaywalker, and many more. |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_a0396574 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_a0396574 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_a0396574 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_a806691d |
type |
Casanova Wannabe |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_a806691d |
comment |
Casanova Wannabe: Ken |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_a806691d |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_a806691d |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_a806691d |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_b5b4b077 |
type |
The Ace |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_b5b4b077 |
comment |
The Ace: Max Factor |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_b5b4b077 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_b5b4b077 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_b5b4b077 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_c75df49a |
type |
Shout-Out |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_c75df49a |
comment |
Shout-Out: Oh so many. |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_c75df49a |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_c75df49a |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_c75df49a |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_cc4b45f6 |
type |
Word of God |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_cc4b45f6 |
comment |
Word of God: The 2003 reboot has a sequence where Ken engages in a discussion about his very existence with a disembodied voice; on the forums, White admitted that the entire sequence was based on his own confusion on what to do with the series, with the voice representing himself. |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_cc4b45f6 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_cc4b45f6 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_cc4b45f6 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_da9d2f16 |
type |
'90s Anti-Hero |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_da9d2f16 |
comment |
'90s Anti-Hero: Parodied during Ken's bizarre journey in the 2003 series |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_da9d2f16 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_da9d2f16 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_da9d2f16 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_name |
type |
ItemName |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_name |
comment |
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| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_name |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_name |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_name |
| | The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) / int_name |
itemName |
The Japanese Beetle (Webcomic) |
